Denneylaw:

Hello, readers. Sorry I keep dragging this out and wait so long before putting up another chapter. Making up stories isn't as easy as it would seem, and I'm sure some of you would agree. Now, before I move on, I'd just like to inform you that I made another short story in the Celebrity Deathmatch section. Please read and review it (If you like). Now, on with the story.

The Rescue (part 1)-Chapter XVIII:

"I thought I was dying. I wandered around to the other side..." Said Brendan.

May and his family's vision appeared and disappeared. He darted an angry look at her. His mother's vision also appeared. "Mom!" He shouted. Then he fell down in deep darkness.

"I was alone in a strange world.. I was lonely.. Then I met him.."

You are my favorite." Cherubimon said. "Who are you!" "I'm a person who can release the darkness within. I'll give you the new power of the Spirit of Darkness!" Then Brendan changed into Duskmon amidst screams of pain.

Trailmon was chugging along on a railway. The children were in it. "I see.." May said seriously. May and Brendan were sitting far from each other. Max said, "By the way, we are going to arrive at the Rose Morning Star soon." "Ophanimon is waiting for us!" Patamon said. Trailmon stopped suddenly. "I'm hungry! I can't move anymore!" They decided to take a rest. "What can we do for May and his brother?" Ash said. "Leave them alone. I don't want to pry into the private lives of others. If I was him, I want to leave me alone." replied Brock. "Yeah you are right.. But.." Ash looked at May sitting in the station. He entered. "Well.. I wonder if I can do something for you.. I'm sorry.." Ash said. "What're older brothers like?" May asked. "I didn't have any siblings..so I don't know." replied Ash. "I have a younger brother! Oh but I'm not a good sister.. I think I should be a better sister but I still can't be.." Ash smiled.

Then Misty came in the room followed by everyone else. "I don't like having a three sisters who thinks thier better than me." she said. "I want a brother!" Patamon said joyfully. "Good luck." "It's impossible!" Bokomon said to Neemon. "Thanks.." May smiled. "He needs time.." Ash said, seeing Brendan in Trailmon. "Why.. I tried to kill them but why don't they blame me!" Brendan was thinking. Trailmon started to run again. Patamon came to Brendan and said, "Light and Dark are like brother and sister. So don't regret that you were Darkness." "You were one of the 3 angel Digimon. So you care about me who was infected with darkness.. Thanks!" Brendan said. Then Patamon noticed something. "Something is coming! It's strong!"

Suddenly, Trailmon bumped into something. "What!" The children came out from Trailmon. "He's Cherubimon!" May shouted. Cherubimon blew the Trailmon off. "Spirit Evolution!" They evolved into Digimon. They attacked Cherubimon, however, they were of no use for him. "Heaven's Judgment!" The thunder attacked them. Kazemon flew up to Brendan and saved him. They changed back into their normal selves. "You..!" Brendan ran up to Cherubimon. "Stop!" May shouted. "Why did you make me battle with my sister and her friends!" "That was what you wanted to do." "No! You cheated and controlled me!" "No, the Spirit of Darkness chooses a partner. I tried to use it on other Digimon but no one matched it. However, it chose you! The darkness in your heart was strong like this." Cherubimon said. Brendan didn't say anything. "You still deny you didn't want to fight with your so-called friends? Admit it and become my servant again!" Cherubimon said.

"No, don't say yes!" Max shouted. "Yes.. I hated Gary.. But I changed by talking with May!" Brendan turned around and looked at May. "So I don't lose to the darkness anymore!" "Then you're gonna die!" Cherubimon grinned and almost attacked him. "Brother!" May shouted. Suddenly, her Digivice started to shine and lighted up Brendan. A Digivice appeared before him. Duskmon and Velgemon's Spirit came out and changed into the new pure Spirits. They went into the Digivice. "My Digivice..?" Brendan took it and said. "Yes!" May said. "I can feel.. the power of Darkness but it's different from before. This power can defeat evil!" "This is the real power of Darkness!" Bokomon shouted. "Spirit Evolution!" Brendan evolved into Löwemon! "Oh.. The real power of Darkness was born.." Cherubimon was upset. "Endlich Meteor!" (A/N: I'm sticking with the name for that attack cause I forgot what he called it on T.V.). Löwemon attacked him with a beam shooting out of his chest. "I'm gonna finish this!"

"Lightning Spear!" Cherubimon attacked him. "Löwemon, Slide Evolution! JägerLöwemon!" He changed into the Beast Digimon. "Ebony Blast!" He attacked Cherubimon by making his armor look highly reflective. "Dark Master!" He turned himself into a dark blurry beam and shot through his body. He defeated Cherubimon, however, his Fractal Code didn't appear. "It was just Cherubimon's shadow.." he said. "You can't defeat me even if the real power of Darkness was aroused. I'm waiting for you at the Rose Morning Star." Cherubimon's voice resonated. Brendan started to walk away. "Hey, what are you doing?" May stopped him. "I'm going there alone. You should go back." said Brendan. "I can't let you go alone!" "Only the real power of Darkness can defeat him." "No! I can't let you." "I must." Just then, Brock came between them. "That's enough, you two. We all want to go, and standing here arguing about isn't getting us there any faster." he said. They both hung their heads in shame. "OK, let's go!" said Ash. Then, they walked towards the Rose Morning Star.

They arrived at a place with a mysterious castle. "Here's Ophanimon.." Ash said. "Everyone.. Thanks for coming here.." said Ophanimon through his Digivice. "Please defeat Cherubimon with the Spirits." "Cherubimon's here!" Gary said in astonishment. "Yes.." Suddenly, a lot of Fractal Code appeared and entered the castle. "Everyone's.. Data is.." Her voice was shut out. "Ophanimon! ...that data blocked her message." Ash said, looking up the castle. "Brendan may know something about it." Max said.

"Oh yeah, he was Duskmon. Hey, May, ask him!" Gary said. May looked back at her brother standing far from others. "I'm sorry.. I just know that Cherubimon is getting a lot of Data." he replied. "Anyway, let's go look for Ophanimon and save her!" Ash said. They evolved into Digimon and ventured into the castle.

Cherubimon was watching them. "The children you had been waiting for are coming." He said to her who was in a cage of light. "Do you still hesitate?" "I can't cooperate if you have an evil heart." replied Ophanimon. "Hmph.. You can control the Digital World if you decide to help me." "You are wrong! I just want to make this world peaceful."

"OK.. You'll see that you are wrong." Cherubimon said and got out of the room.

The chosen children arrived at the castle, and were faced with a mysterious gate. "Is this an entrance to the castle?" Agunimon said. "But this gate... it's just a gate." Beetlemon said. "Where there is life, there is disappearance." "They will die soon. We will slash your soul!" Two Digimon, Phantomon appeared, while pronouncing those phrases... "Soul Chopper!" They slashed away with their sickle thingies.

"Blazing Light!" Lobomon attacked him, however, Phantomon avoided his attack easily. "Endlich Meteor!" "Hurricane Wind!" "Crystal Freeze!" "Pyro Darts!" Phantomon avoided all theattacks and disappeared suddenly. "Where did they go!" Agunimon looked around. "Be careful! That cloak leads you to another dimension!" Bokomon shouted. Suddenly, Phantomon appeared and folded his cloak around Beetlemon, who vanished.

Then Kazemon, Kumamon, Agunimon and Lobomon disappeared, too. Löwemon was watching around carefully. "You never come out if you get into this crystal." Phantomon said and showed Löwemon the necklace where there were the Children. "Die! You are the last one!" They disappeared again. Löwemon closed his eyes and tried to feel their aura. "Die!" Phantomon appeared and attacked him, however, he avoided it and attacked them back. "Ewig Schlaf (A/N: Nope, don't know what this one is, either).!" Then the crystal broke up and Agunimon and the others came back. "My Digivice will purify your evilly disturbed heart! Sleep in the darkness.. Fractal Code Scan!" Phantomon's Fractal Code was scanned. Then, the gate opened. "Let's go!" Agunimon said. They went into it.

At the same time, Cherubimon was laughing full of evil. "I'll get the strongest power when I get all the Fractal Code and the Spirits of the Legendary Warriors! I'll be king of this world!"

Meanwhile, the Spirit Digimon were climbing up spiral stairs. They arrived at a room where there were mirror-like things floating. Then, they heard a groan. Suddenly, hands came out from the mirrors. "What are they!" Kazemon shouted. Then a bell rang. The hands went back to the mirrors. A Digimon came and pronounced, "Here's the Chamber of Prisons. Digimon who sacrificed their souls for Cherubimon are here." "Who are you!" demanded Agunimon. "My name is Oryxmon. I'm not your enemy. I'll take you to Lady Ophanimon." They hesitated, then Patamon smiled. He went to him and sat down on his head. "We can trust him." Agunimon and Lobomon said. "I'm sorry. Please take us to Ophanimon." "Follow me." Oryxmon took them to a room.

"Here's Ophanimon... captured... in this sanctuary of light." They all looked up at it. "She is one of the three angel Digimon, Lady Ophanimon." said Oryxmon. "Wow, she is even more beautiful than I imagined!" shouted Beetlemon. There was a big sweat drop thing on Kumemons' head as he said, "Even when he's a Digimon, he nuts." Beetlemon and Kazemon flew up and tried to break the cage, however they couldn't. "Thanks but you don't need to care about me. I have to tell you why I called you to come to this world." Ophanimon said. She told them about Lucemon, and the Human-Beast Digimon war.

"Cherubimon's thoughts were different from mine and Seraphimon's..." Seraphimon and Ophanimon are the Human type Digimon, while Cherubimon is the Beast type Digimon. Because of this, Cherubimon felt shunned. "I'll make the law for the Beast Digimon!" Cherubimon said. One day, he gathered a lot of Beast type Digimon and attacked the castle. Human Digimon countered them, however, they were defeated by Cherubimon. "Seraphimon! I'll make a new law of the Digital World!" He attacked Seraphimon. "I'll follow you so please don't kill Seraphimon!" Ophanimon shouted.

After this, Ophanimon had been captured in the castle and Seraphimon was put to sleep in the Forest Terminal. "Cherubimon must love Ophanimon..." Kazemon said. "However,"Ophanimon continued, "He had the 5 of the Spirits of the Legendary Warriors. Then he started to get Fractal Code all over the Digital World."

Ophanimon tried to get help from the Real World. She knew where the Spirits were, so she took the children to those places. "Of course, I didn't tell this to Cherubimon. Then he gave the Spirit of Darkness to a human child. Thanks for coming here. You must defeat Cherubimon and save the Digital World!" she smiled. "You are stupid, Ophanimon." Cherubimon came and said. "Didn't you think about why I didn't kill the human children and let them come to this castle?" "Huh!" "I can get this world when I get the Spirit of the Ten Warriors and a lot of Fractal Code. This is my real goal!" The symbols on the Hybrid's Armor started to shine. "What? What's happening!" "Finally.. this is the time to achieve my goal!" Cherubimon announced.

To tmp1114, sorry that I pestered you with that e-mail before. I guess I just went crazy from getting no review on my last chapter. I know I might not expect you to review EVERY chapter I do, but yet again, a little positive reinforcement would be appreciated. I know I'm sticking mostly to the story here but trust me, the real fun starts AFTER Cherubimons' defeat, I promise, so please, bear with me. Cs and Fs are welcome (if you want), and I hope to hear from you soon. Till then, later.