Digimon: Visions

Chapter 7: And the Terror

"Hatred has become the rule of life, and injury to others is more desired than benefit to ourselves"- Bertrand Russell

A chill ran down he spine as she put her foot down on to this ground. An air of malevolence engulfed them all. She looked to Dantes, and saw a dark aura surrounding him. Savaria cupped her hands over her chest, looking to the ground like so many times before, but unlike the other times, this was so she could not see the world, not so her friends could not see her.

On this ground something changed with in her, she felt different internally. They shouldn't be here, she knew that, but something was calling her in the winds up the mountain, as if it were luring her to the peak. But she did not know if she was being coaxed into a trap, or if it was the salvation that they wanted so dearly. But all it was had been howls of the winds.

She rubbed a running tear from her eye as she looked down. She had no idea why, but sadness filled her. She could not help but take on every sorrow of every living thing in this world; from the abused Digimon, to the wilting tree. She felt all of their sorrows. She felt like she could die for welcomed release as the thoughts of pure malice began to stream through her head while she walked along this earth.

Everyone stopped as Savaria let out a loud scream, begging for it to end. She had bent down onto her knees and was crying, the liquid streaming from her eyes as she begged, beseeching every omnipotent figure she could think of, even so far as Sheolmon. The wormwood around them reflected it all in their silvery leaves.

"Savaria, Savaria! Are you okay?!" Dantes pleaded for her to answer as he put one hand on the bottom of her back and the other on her knee. No one seemed to notice except for Savaria, who forced him off of her. A cold breeze went by as she continued to weep.

Everyone just looked to her in a curious horror. She seemed to be pleading with everyone to stop, they just did not know what. Something was wrong, and they knew it had to do with this strange world. The landscape seemed to morph as Savaria screamed, holding ears shut with her hands and hair. The ground beneath her became pale and the dust and pebbles evaporated in the east winds.

"Savaria..." Sakura looked to her friend sympathetically, while holding her hands to her chest. This was just so much for everyone to take in. They all knew that they had to rest tonight. Even the purest and most gallant Arthurian knight could not slay this demon which staked it's claim to Savaria this night.

After it ended, the symbols of Sheolmon which plagued the path were gone. It was no longer holy ground to the Order of Sheolmon. A rose had blossomed where Savaria's last tear fell instantly. And no one saw as Dantes stepped on it, smothering it under foot.

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"She's your partner, Nekamon, what do you think is wrong with her?" Fernirmon kicked down as he spoke, wondering about the cat Digimon's thoughts on her partner.

"I'm not sure, I think that prophecy speaks of one who is in tune with the spirits and the Digimon like that, but I haven't seen the Tabernacle since joining Jijimon in his church" Nekamon said, breaking the branches off of the tree with his claws.

"But should we trust her? We were on SHEOLMON holy ground, not Tabernamon, so that may mean she's the one who will free Him" Hexamon spoke dryly as it helped Nekamon using a spell-like attack.

"It purified though, recall, Hexamon, so I think it just may have been the fact it was her opposite that triggered it" Ridomon said as she used a Digitosse attack to cut the wood into smaller parts.

"Yeah, the fact that the burning roses vanished may support Nekamon's theory, so let's hold out and see what happens" Dracomon sighed as he helped.

"Why are we so worried, she's our friend" Agumon interjected as he worker on turning some of the wood into charcoal, so it would burn better.

"Don't be so naïve, Agumon, it's like trusting Ultimon, he doesn't talk" Hexamon sighed and looked to the orange dinosaur.

"Do we trust Dismon though? He's directly helped us, and in the same sense, he is enigmatic, Sin more so" Fernirmon picked up some of the lumber with the dragons' aid.

"True, but do we trust him? Or should we trust him?" Kittenmon asked curiously from the top of Fernirmon's head as she joined the conversation.

"These humans are making everything so confusing" Hexamon sighed.

"I dunno, I like them, they're more fun then you, Hexamon" Dracomon said to the rabbit-like creature, invoking her wrath.

"I think those two are too much like their partners" Ridomon chuckled.

"You guys, I hate to digress, but what's it like to digivolve?" Kittenmon asked them, tilting her head.

"It's a very weird experience, since you change in every way but in the soul. You even feel a change in heart, but your soul remains the same" Agumon said knowledgably.

"Don't worry, Kittenmon, you'll digivolve, but let's get this wood back to the humans, I don't think they'll appreciate it if we forget to bring them heat in this regions cold nights" Nekamon said, smiling to her friend as the discussion ended.

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The Digimon had temporarily left their partners, discussing what had happened as they gathered fire wood. Sakura simply looked to Savaria. She wondered if this was too much. The girl was obviously different then the rest of them. But how, and why? Sakura looked down to her lap. This was all becoming so confusing.

She thought about these past two days, they had come to a strange world and were enlisted into an army they did not want to join. This had started a mass confusion for them, and then they became targets of a religion, all in two of the longest days she had ever experienced.

She had been through so much alone, even. She had been kidnapped, which is more then enough for her, and she was the only one who knew of Savaria's affection for Sin, and she would not relinquish it to the others.

She heaved a heavy sigh. This isn't what I wished for. She thought as she looked to the twilight skies. She had not wanted to put anyone in danger, she just wanted a better life. She just wanted for her father to stop drinking and put the bottle down and care about her over where in Philadelphia had a good beer. It was hard to have to learn to take care of yourself so young

She knew she'd have to take care of the other, though. She could easily be a maternal voice, like for Satorii, even if she could also be outspoken, like against Dantes. But here, she knew she'd have to help everyone, damn well knew that people like Dantes, Matt and Kilroy couldn't, when they were older then her, and she would not put that stress on Savaria, she was already too stressed. Then there were Mitsuko and Aya, both were headstrong, and both had to take care of themselves enough. Only Sin remained, and she could see in his eyes the loneliness she felt, the absence of a parent, he probably could take care himself, probably did, but he was never with them, so she could not depend on him. That left her.

She let out an audible sigh as the Digimon returned. Satorii asked her something, so she turned her bright blue orbs to him, and decided to give him her attention as Fernirmon and Agumon set up a camp fire. She simply looked to Satorii as they silently began to converse about what had happened with Savaria, both hoping that she would be alright.

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Kilroy sighed as he shut down his computer, looking around at the others. "What's wrong, not making food today, Kilroy?" Agumon asked his partner after igniting a camp fire with wood he and the other Digimon had collected. The sun had begun to set as Kilroy sat upon a woodworm log, Mitsuko next to him.

"The algorithms aren't working, we'll need to forage, I guess. But what here is not with reason?" Kilroy implored through his hands. He looked down to Mistuko, recalling how alike this was to the other night, she had rested upon him then as well.

He looked to see her stroking Ridomon's back, since the creature had been so badly injured in the last fight against Maildramon. The creature had healed fast, but it was still a lot to wrap your head around. Watching her pet the creature reminded him of when he first saw Agumon digivolve to fight Veedramon; he had not truly defeated the digimon in the same sense that Virgilmon did Dokugumon, or Shinjumon had Maildramon, supposedly. But it was still a visceral feeling to see these creature change when you need them to, to save you from these demons.

"The fish, or the fruit I guess. But that's about it" This time Dracomon spoke, looking to his partner as he did. The dragon's stomach let out a growl louder then any Ultimon had mustered in his hunger, with the humans here, he dare not use natural selection.

"Kilroy, I'll go out and look for food, I need to get away for awhile" Matt said, in an unusually determined demeanor. He walked up the mountain more, Dracomon following closely to his partner. Everyone was in a different mood since they say Savaria's desperation only minutes ago, even the hardest heads and hearts were effect, hell, even Matt was. Matt sighed as he noticed Aya was following, smacking himself in lament.

"No you don't, I'm not letting you go out of here alone, I don't trust you to!" Aya yelled to him as her and Hexamon followed not far behind. The bunny Digimon sighed as it hopped onto Aya's shoulder, looking on to the darkening night.

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"Woman, why you persist in doing this, what in the hell did I do to you that requires your undivided hatred" Matt asked, looking back to her, sneering as he did. He looked back forward quickly, examining the darkened ground as he did. Symbols of a burning rose covered the path again, it was apparent that Savaria's touch was not that far reaching.

"You're a pervert, I don't trust you to go out on your own, you'll end up having Dracomon lick you, or something like that" Aya spat back. They exchanged angry glairs before turning their backs to each other.

"If you hate me so damn much, then why are you hear? Even I know if you hated me, you'd try to stay away from me" Ikaru said, holding a finger up knowingly. "Which means you must have a crush on me or something"

"You're confusing me for yourself, pervert, you disgust me, I can't emphasize that more, I just don't trust you to come back with food either. You know what, I just plain don't think you're responsible at all" She shouted to him after the typical smack of their conversations.

The Digimon simply sighed and watched them as the fought like children. Hexamon rested upon Dracomon's head as they began to pick apples from a nearby tree and also found a reservoir in the mountain, full of fish. But they knew that Aya and Matt would not care, they were to busy yelling at each other about hating each other. The mind of an ant had more depth then this conversation.

"At least I'm not some stupid, chauvinistic, ass hole, who thinks they're better then everyone!" Aya shouted with the utmost malice, though she was the only one who felt the hatred in her words, Matt was rather un phased, Aya wondered if he knew what "chauvinistic" means.

"At least I'm not some hateful bitch, who thinks everyone should kneel down and lick her pussy because she finds herself as special" Matt retorted, though his words, too, seemed not to buffet Aya, who stayed stolid to his attacks, poker faced at that.

The Digimon continued to what they came here to do, to find some things to eat. Hexamon continued to pluck fish from the waters as Dracomon killed them and carried them. But every time they looked to the two teens, it was another insult. The two were evenly matched, though, just as stubborn and crude as the other.

"Maybe I can help you settle this dispute. I'll kill both of you, then you can stop this foolish argument" A largo dinosaur-like creature appeared. It was blue, like Veedramon, but with red stripes and a red mane instead of horns. It was branded with a symbol of a burning rose, like the ground near the two.

"Why are you after us, and who the hell are you?!" Matt shouted to him, looking coarsely to the Digimon as he did, clasping his digivice as he did.

"I am Brother Allomon, of the Purgatory Monks, under the order of the Bishop Purgatomon. Bishop Purgatomon ordered it. He runs this Circle, you know, and I'd be a fool to defy his whims, besides, I'll enjoy watching you humans squirm" The dinosaur licked its pearl white claw and looked down to them. Dracomon gave the fish to Hexamon, who had grabbed a large leaf and put all of the food onto it so it would stay clean.

The creature swiped at Aya, and Matt instinctively pushed her out of the way, a claw digging into his side. Matt held the gash in his side tightly as they hit the ground, though he only worried that she was okay. He looked down to her. She had hit her head in the fall and passed out, he reached for his digivice and looked to Dracomon as he began to fly at Allomon, only to be hit down himself.

The digivice began to glow and so did Dracomon, as his form began to change, and grow. "Dracomon digivolve to... Draconismon!" A large, green European dragon appeared in the place of the smaller one. But now, he had on a metal face plate with a spike covered tail. The creature stood before Allomon, looking to it with the utmost malice.

Draconismon stepped forward, scooping up his partner and Aya in his hands before placing them to the side, hoping that they would be safe and out of the way. Allomon simply smiled gleefully. What would be the point of killing them with out resistance. Besides, he was sure Purgatomon would award his bravery in fighting them at full strength.

Draconismon looked to Allomon though the metal which covered it's head and swung it's tail calling out "Draco Tail" as the spikes dug into the creature's side. Allomon laughed at the pain, sliding his nail along the gash, putting blood on it before licking it off.

"Dino Burst!" It flung itself at Draconismon, hitting the Digimon to the ground with immense momentum, unparallel even by Maildramon's Iron Press. Passion burned within the two creature's eyes as the winged dragon scratched and clawed at Allomon in attempt to force it off of him. But despite the deepening wounds, Allomon continued to make deeper ones into Draconismon.

Draconismon managed to gather flames into it's mouth, and with a shout of Dragon Cynder, blasted the creature off of it. Allomon, though, had Sheolmon on his side, and fell into the reservoir, the cool waters helping to heal his wounds. The dinosaur got up, and ran at the European dragon again, this time calling out Dynamite Head. The two butted head, causing an explosive blast, sending them both aback. Allomon hit the cliff side, and Draconismon began to tumble off of it. Matt looked down to see his partner falling, shouting to him and hoping he would manage to recover from his freefall. He pleaded, just as Savaria had, beseeching for a savior.

Elsewhere, a girl began to glow an ethereal light as she heard the beseeching. While the others lamented to themselves, two simply conversing, two on a computer, and one by himself whilst clenching his teeth. With them, seven creatures also bickered on what had happened earlier, but none noticed. Ignorance was the norm. But Draconismon felt the power, and he managed to stop his own freefall, saved from certain death at the bottom of the Earth's abyss.

Allomon looked down the cliff to see Draconismon recover, flying back up, the metal covering of his head pounding the dinosaur's chin. The two then simply looked to each other once again, simply waiting for the other to make a move. Finally, Allomon began to run at Draconismon, calling out his attack as he did, though another flaming blast from the maw of Draconismon halted the dragon, sending it back with all of it's might. But Allomon still came running, relishing in the pain the attack brought him. At the last minute, Draconismon swung his thick tail, smashing it into Allomon's side.

Into the wounds he caused Draconismon breathed fire, causing a pyric rise of heat in Allomon's body. The dinosaur screamed as Hell's flames engulfed it's body and it was covered in fire, every vein, every artery, every capillary, setting ablaze with the power flames, as if they were inspired to the burning. Pyrite began to burn under the dinosaur as a fire engulfed everything around it and Draconismon turned it's back to the suffering the continued to destroy Allomon.

Draconismon looked to his partner as the blazes finally dissipated. "So, shall I carry you back to the others" Those huge wings let out their span again as it grabbed Matt, Aya, Hexamon and the food. Matt then passed out, he was loosing too much blood.

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"Oh dear God!" Everyone ran over to Draconismon who placed everyone on the ground, Matt's blood staining the ground around him. Savaria for the first time since the incident earlier managed to get up on her own strength, walking over to make sure everything was okay.

"I am Draconismon, the digivolved form of Dracomon" The dragon announced, to avoid confusion as he dedigivolved, looking to his partner with great concern. Blood still stained his hands, and he could not forma tourniquet. It was the first day they had been here, and someone had already died. It was his fault to, Dracomon felt he should have digivolved soon, to save his partner before he was injured.

Everyone bit their lips as they looked to the two, unconscious and one of them a bloody mess. "How did... this happen?" Mitsuko finally asked, still a bit in shock over seeing her friends in such and abused condition.

"A monk named Allomon attacked while we were gathering food, before I got to him, he swiped at Aya, and me and Dracomon were too slow" Hexamon wept as her partner awoke. Aya looked around to see that she was back with the others, but then she noticed that Matt was nearly dead next to her, and screamed loudly in fear that he had died.

"NO! Matt... You saved my life... don't die..." She sobbed over him, forgetting that everyone else was around her. But how could she hold malice for him right now; he sacrificed himself for her, when they were bickering like fools only minutes before. She wasn't that heartless.

"Aya, may I?" Savaria had kneeled next to her, looking consolingly through wood-tone hues, with strands of black hair covering her disheveled appearance.

"Savaria..." Aya slowly nodded as she looked to her, wondering was she would do. Had she had some sort of health class where they actually taught how to do anything. But then something she didn't expect happened after she had slumped off of Matt's apparent corps.

The girl checked his pulse, and then held her hands above the wound and began to glow an empyrean light. Slowly, Matt's wounds healed, and his gash only scarred. It seemed like he would get another chance.

Matt slowly woke up, to see Aya and Savaria tending to his wounds. Savaria was glowing as his wound felt much better. What was she doing? Was this related to what happened earlier? He did not know. But he got a second chance, he got stop the demons pulling him into the light.

Savaria finally stood, obviously exhausted, and walked off, telling Aya he would be alright. Matt kept his eyes shut as Aya kneeled next to him, covering his wound with his shirt, which had not been torn. He thought for a minute about this circumstance and slid his arm around her, covertly, with an obvious intent in mind. He slowly began to rub her buttocks through her pants and panties, smiling as he did. But Aya quickly caught on.

"YOU NEARLY DIE AND YOU'RE STILL A PERVERT!" She smacked him harder then normal, that hand print looked like it would last a bit of awhile. But he could tell she was still happy that he was alive. He watched her ass sway as she walked off, knowing that everyone cared. It felt good to know that, but his thoughts quickly turned back to Aya's ass.

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Kilroy shut his computer and began to nudge Mitsuko, after looking around to see if Sakura was there, but she had left to go to the bathroom, and he wanted to get a message to them as soon as he could. "Hey, wake up, please, wake up" He whispered. She slowly did and looked to him.

"What's up Kilroy? It's getting late" She yawned as she looked to him.

"Get Sakura, Satorii, Matt and Aya, it's important, I want to talk to them about Savaria" He said to her as he stood and walked in off slowly.

"What about Dantes?" She asked while wiping her eyes and standing up slowly.

"I think him and Sin are somehow involved, down ask how, it's just a gut feeling. Look, I'll tell you all about it then, just get them" He said as he walked in the trees.

"Why did you have Mitsuko wake us up, Kilroy?" Aya asked in a yawn of her own. Everyone but Kilroy and Sakura seemed really tired. Those two had been awake, watching the fire and making sure they weren't attacked.

"I just wanted to know what you all think about what happened with Savaria. She freaked out on that Holy Ground, and then she healed Matt. I personally dislike mysteries, and she's a mystery wrapped in an enigma" He folded his arms and looked around to them as he spoke.

"Wait, there are only six of us, what about Dantes?" Satorii asked as he recounted how many of them there were. Only six.

"I don't trust him, call it paranoid if you want, I just think that he's different then the rest of us. Same as Sin, same as Savaria. Don't get me wrong, I know we do have to trust him to an extent, I'm just a bit unsure right now." They all nodded to Kilroy as he finished.

"Why not the Digimon? They seem more trustworthy them him, except for Ultimon" Sakura asked quite simply.

"I don't think they'd know anymore about Savaria then us, besides, it's a more human thing, I think at least" Kilroy sighed.

"I won't rebuke that now. But anyway, What do you think IS up with Savaria? She went from our friend to a breakdown, and then to healing Matt" Sakura said, surveying the other five.

"What if she has some special sort of powers, ya know, like a God or something?" Satorii said innocently.

"That's stupid. She's just human" Matt jumped in finally.

"We don't that she isn't beyond us, what if she's of Jesus' blood line, like what Kilroy and Dantes were fighting about earlier" Mitsuko bit at Matt.

"That's even worse then her just being a God!" Aya shot her down quickly.

"Though I do agree with Aya on the second part, no offense, Mitsuko, I don't think it is that far fetched for her to be a God" Chris said as he looked to them all.

"I see what you mean, like she's the God of this world, like she's Tabernamon, or whatever. Which would explain what happened on Holy Ground of Sheolmon" Sakura explained.

"Right. Jijimon had said about how Tabernamon and Sheolmon showed up when one human was allowed into the Digital World, well, things never happen in ones, so what if another was able to get in, and was necessary for their Digimon to become Tabernamon" Kilroy continued to explain.

"So you're saying Savaria has been here before?" Mitsuko asked.

"No, just that she is necessary to make Tabernamon appear, or something like that, I don't know" Kilroy began "I'm only putting it out there as a possibility. I know it's just as probable as he being Jesus's descendant"

"What if she's just like a white mage in a video game or something?" Matt sarcastically said.

"That still implies she's Holy" Satorii said, looking to Matt like he was an idiot.

"Sarcasm!" Matt shouted back.

"Look, I don't know what she is, but she save Matt, so does it matter? Even if she had that whole freak out, she seems to be on our side" Aya said, rational for once.

"Yeah, she's a friend to use, so I think she should trust her, and if something more happens, we'll still try to find out what's going on with her" Satorii said. He looked to see if Matt was going to retort, but the half-Asian boy simply looked to the sky.

"We know that we should trust her, but what about Sin, he's proven a strong ally, saving us a couple of times, but Dantes may very well be right in expecting he's the one who is Sheolmon, as Jijimon said, even" Mitsuko brought up. This struck a cord with Kilroy, since he had had a one on one conversation with the boy.

"Sin is enigmatic in himself, but he's also a warrior, he has honor, so I'm sure he'll help us, but I just don't know how trust worthy he is" Sakura spoke, hold her thumb on her lips as she did.

"I agree, he may not see like he's on out side, but I don't think Sin is our contrast in values, even though he isn't much of a team player" Satorii said as he looked over to Sakura.

"Alright, look, we don't tell them about this, alright everyone?" Kilroy looked around to make sure everyone heard him. Everyone but Matt had already said "okay".

"Matt!" Aya shouted in his ear, getting his attention. "You have ADD or something?"

He didn't respond to her, but Matt realized what Kilroy asked "Yeah, won't tell them"

Then, they all returned to camp. Kilroy staying up on his computer, as well as to watch over everyone. But then Dantes woke up for his turn to watch over the group.

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Dantes knew they conspired against him, but it didn't matter as he ran a hand down Savaria's black hair, licking his lips as he looked to her. He simply slid his hands beneath her bra in one quick motion, feeling her nipples to his own sick pleasure. A bulge began to form in his pants as he continued to lightly grope her. He stayed conservative as best he, could refraining from actually raping her; but it was hard for him when he so easily could.

He stopped after a minute. He heard something. Everyone else was asleep. That bastard Sin. He walked back over to where Ultimon lay and began to sleep himself, pleased with what he had done. He was busy with other things, he deserved some pleasure.

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"That bastard..." Sin looked down to the camp the other saviors had made from a tree, having seen what Dantes did to Savaria. Strict to his personal morals, one of them was that you never treat a girl that way, you only treat her with the utmost reverence. It was one of the basics of his personal honor code; though he knew he could not expect it from others, that was just wrong and disgusting.

"Master, we should not stay here long, I'm sure one of them will awaken soon" Dismon hovered around his partner's head.

"Fine, but stop calling me master for the thousandth god damn time" Sin jumped from the tree and then ran off into the darkness with the small crow-like Digimon following him.

Satorii's Theme I:

Straylight Run: Existentialism on Prom Night

When the sun came up,
We were sleeping in,
Sunk inside our blankets,
Sprawled across the bed,
And we were dreaming,

There are moments when,
When I know it ends,
The world revolves around us,
And were keeping it,
Keeping it all going,
This delicate balance,
Vulnerable all knowing,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would...

Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything,
Were glad for what we've got,
Done with what we've lost
Our whole lives laid out right in front of us,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would....

Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything.