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The Coming Darkness, Part 1
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"La Pucelle!" The church doors blew off their hinges and the heavy flat of wood crashed down on the metallic specter. Its pickaxe stuck in the floor right in front of Michelle. Michelle looked up. A beige colored, canine angel alighted on the fallen door and kneeled forward and grabbed Michelle into a single handed hug. "Are you ok?"
"D'Arcmon," murmured Michelle quietly as she nuzzled into the beige tanned cloth on the angel. "I…I'm so sorry…"
"Don't worry," D'Arcmon whispered, as she glided backward out of the church into the open churchyard. "I won't leave you again."
"Don't be too sure on that!" shouted a growling voice. The door that was lying of the floor shifted and fell to one side. A red cloak rose up. The black hood turned to reveal gleaming, red eyes. "I have prey to take!"
"Michelle, get back," D'Arcmon spun her staff in her left hand. "Do you really think I'm going to just let you take her, Metal Phantomon?"
"You don't have much choice, D'Arcmon," growled the metal specter as he reached down to clasp his pickaxe.
"LA Pucelle!" pink whips of lightning sliced forward slapping the pickaxe further into the church, "I don't think so…"
The ghost snarled, "There is more than one way to get my prey," The metal skull opened its mouth wide, "Grave Scream!"
A rage of dark purple energy shrieked forward slamming D'Arcmon against the iron barred fence that separated the churchyard from the public sidewalk. The angel groaned and dropped to her knees. D'Arcmon shook her head, slightly jostling the red, shawl that rested on top of and around her head. Her wings flared open and she stood, but Metal Phantomon was no where to be seen.
"He must have gone into the church to retrieve his axe," growled D'Arcmon. She held her staff up defensively against her chest. "Michelle, you should not be here, it could get a little ugly."
The tan haired girl looked up at D'Arcmon and slowly nodded and started to run, but she stopped. "No,"
D'Arcmon turned her head slightly, "Michelle?"
"I'm tired of running away, I'm tired of people coming to my rescue," the girl turned, "I'm staying here with you!"
The canine smiled and nodded, "Then hide behind that tree, if he starts to win you will run…and find the others."
"He's not going to start to win, you'll kick his butt!" chirped Michelle as she looked from behind the tree.
"I'm glad you have confidence in my abilities," murmured D'Arcmon.
"Soul Predator!" roared the voice of Metal Phantomon from the church.
There was a blue flash and then two large dragon like eels swirled from the building. Their mouths opened and they clamped down on D'Arcmon's staff and started pushing her back. The angel planted her feet into the ground but was pushed back. D'Arcmon narrowed her eyes. Metal Phantomon shot from the church and was instantly driving towards Michelle. His energy axe poised to slice the tree and the girl behind it in half.
"Oh, you don't distract me from protecting my partner!" growled D'Arcmon. She twisted her staff and then brought it forward in one huge swipe, slicing the eels into ribbons. She threw her wings back and dove in front of Metal Phantomon. The pickaxe's shaft struck D'Arcmon's staff. The angel then brought her foot on the large, glowing crystal orb at the terminal end of the creature's metallic spine.
Metal Phantomon shot back with a howl and then swung his pickaxe into the ground. "Soul Predator!"
"La Pucelle!" shouted D'Arcmon in retaliation. Pink and blue flashes slammed into each other. As the dust slowly cleared; it revealed D'Arcmon pressed against the tree and Metal Phantomon lying on the ground.
The metallic skeleton rose first and swung his weapon. D'Arcmon swung her staff defensively, deflecting the blade of the pickaxe. D'Arcmon then took to the air and started to spin up her staff.
"Grave Scream!" The skull looked up and unleashed a blast of lavender energy.
"Battlement D'Armor!" balls of intense light shot down exploding as they were hit by the wave of dark energy.
D'Arcmon then dove down and swept her staff forward aiming as the metallic skull. Metal Phantomon was faster though and quickly dodged and counter-struck with his pickaxe. D'Arcmon yelped in pain as the energy blade sliced across the top of her arm.
"D'Arcmon!" screamed Michelle as the angel dropped to her knees and held her bleeding arm.
"You should've let me have the girl," growled the metal specter as he hovered forward. "It would've been painless, but now I'm going to have to hurt the both of you…"
"Not if I have anything to do with it," growled D'Arcmon. She pointed her staff straight into the air. "La Pucelle!" A blast of pink lightning erupted into the darkened sky and exploded into a thousand different bursts.
"Nice light show, but you missed," Metal Phantomon chuckled.
"Maybe I wasn't aiming for you…" growled D'Arcmon as she leapt back and with her good arm held her staff up defensively. "I just hope I can hold him off long enough…"
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"Little Blizzard!" yelped Snow Agumon as a group of Vilemon assaulted them. The monkey gremlins scrambled for safety after the front three turned into digital icicles and exploded into data.
"Man, this place looks like heck on earth," whispered Kevin quietly as he walked forward.
"You can swear with me around," chuckled Mr. Takenouchi as he walked behind Kevin.
The boy was not far wrong though. Darkness filled the sky. The buildings had junk and crap thrown all over. People, those at least that hadn't been torn apart by the ravaging Vilemon, were crying in the streets.
"Digi-Destined!" shouted a voice from one of the remaining rooftops. Kevin and Snow Agumon looked up suddenly. Between bursts of lavender lightning they caught the visage of a digimon. Two swords were raised. The creature shot forward.
"Little Blizzard!" shouted Snow Agumon reflexively. The blast of winter shot forward and slammed into the digimon, sending the small, round creature clattering to the street.
"Ouch…" whimpered the digimon as it sat up, "Did you have to be so rough?"
"Huh?" Kevin and Snow Agumon looked at each other.
"All I say is 'Digi-destined' and then I jump down to you and you hit me in the face with a blast of winter!" shouted the digimon. He swung his long, black arms about. His metal gauntlet hands flailed about at the whim of the elastic arms. Two blue eyes pierced the darkness from the metallic, knights' helmet that seemed to make up most of the creature's body, "Jeesh, I was just wondering if it was you!"
"So you weren't going to destroy us?" asked Kevin. The boy looked at the digimon suspiciously.
"No way, I don't work for Karatenmon or Bastemon!" said the digimon.
"Then, you're one of the…" Kevin lowered his voice, "spies?"
"Yes, though it seems things have gotten too serious to stay in cover," said the small, spherical knight digimon. He walked over to where his thin, saber-like swords laid and picked them up. He sheathed them into tiny rings on his hips and walked forward, "I'm Gladimon, courageous knight errant!"
"More like a knight error," whispered Kevin to Snow Agumon quietly. The white dinosaur nodded quietly.
"HEY!" yelped the metal digimon as he shook his gauntleted fist.
"Ok, ok, can you tell me where another digi-destined is?" Kevin asked quickly. He walked forward and put his flat hand against his chest, "About this tall," he ruffled his hair, "tan hair, and golden eyes."
"A girl, human?" asked Gladimon quietly as he looked up at the boy.
"Yeah! Have you seen her?" shouted Kevin enthusiastically.
"No," said Gladimon. Kevin sighed loudly and looked down. "But I have been keeping a look out for her; it seems that Karatenmon is really mad at her."
"Then we have to find her!" shouted Kevin loudly. "If he finds her…"
"He's not looking for her, he sent me and a couple of other minions after her," said Gladimon. "I'm on your side, and one of the other digimon is a pipsqueak, the one we have to worry about is Metal Phantomon, he's craaazyyy!"
"Uh…huh," said Kevin as he started walking forward. "Well you are just a little fount of knowledge aren't you?"
"They always did say I was a living exposition dump," replied Gladimon with a smile.
"Kevin, look up there," said Mr. Takenouchi. The man pointed upward at the sky. Kevin narrowed his eyes.
"So? It's just more of Karatenmon's lightning stuff…" murmured Kevin.
"Nuh uh," replied Gladimon loudly, "It's too pure…"
"Then…" Kevin furrowed his brows, "Wait a second that looks like D'Arcmon's attack!"
"If D'Arcmon has been formed, that means she's in a fight!" yelped Snow Agumon loudly.
"And if she made a big flare like that in the sky, then she must be hurting for backup!" continued Kevin loudly.
"And if she's hurting for backup, that only means one thing…" whimpered Gladimon loudly, "Metal Phantomon found your little sister!"
"Then we don't have much time!" Kevin held up his digivice, "You ready Snow Agumon."
"I've been waiting for this for a while!" said Snow Agumon loudly. He glowed brightly, "Snow Agumon digivolve to Shima Unimon!"
"Come on, get on!" shouted Kevin as he mounted the digital zebra. He turned and helped Mr. Takenouchi on and then helped Gladimon. "Let's go Shima Unimon!"
"Right!" called the horse as he galloped forward.
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"Fox Leaf Arrowhead!" the golden fox flashed in front of the humans as the evil monkeys charged forward. The shining leafs exploded into the charging troop, and they dispersed. Renamon dropped to the ground in a crouch.
"Are you ok, Renamon?" asked Janet as she walked forward.
"I am fine," said Renamon as she stood straight and flicked her tail.
"There, get her!" shouted another troop of monkeys.
Renamon looked up and grimaced, "There are so many…"
"Mach Shadow!" a formless figure glided overhead and bolts crashed down dispersing a group of the monkeys.
"Saberdramon!" shouted Janet as she turned back and looked past her mother and grandfather. "AMY?"
"Janet is that you?" came the reply as the girl in the blue dress ran forward, dragging a woman behind her.
"Susan, are you ok?" Janet's mother ran forward and took the woman's shoulder.
"Oh, Marci, please, it's just like before, when they took Penguinmon…" gasped the woman. She put her head on Marci's shoulder and cried. "Make it stop…"
"I-I don't know how…" whispered Marci quietly.
"I don't know what is wrong with Mom but, she's been like this since Saberdramon fought Ice Devimon…" whispered Amy quietly.
"We have company," gulped Janet's grandfather. He pointed forward at a troop of Vilemon.
"I got these!" called Renamon. The fox leapt forward. "Fox Leaf Arrowhead!" The monkeys sneered and dropped back.
"Nightmare Shocker!" screamed the monkeys in unison and streamers of black lightning struck Renamon.
"Renamon!" yelped Janet.
"Renamon digivolve to Youkomon!" the golden, bipedal fox leapt forward and morphed into a purple quadrapedal fox with nine tails. "Jaenryuu!" twisting fire dragons swept forward destroying the monkeys.
"Look up there…" gasped Amy as she pointed upward. A blaze of pink shattered the sky.
"What is it?" gasped the adults loudly.
"No idea, but whatever it is, it probably has to do with Karatenmon or Bastemon," growled Youkomon.
"Then we should go," called Janet as she mounted Youkomon, "Mom, Grandpa…"
"Mom," Amy ran up to her mother and hugged her, "I need you to take the other adults back to the eatery, and hold up fort until Mystimon gets back; ok?"
The dark haired girl's mother nodded slowly and looked at the other parents, "C-come on, it's this way…"
"Saberdramon!" shouted Amy. A looming dark figure glided down from the air and landed next to the girl. Amy hopped onto its foot and pointed towards the bursts of pink, "Talley HO!"
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"Ahh," D'Arcmon crashed against the brickwork of the church. A side slap from the pickaxe had helped her there. A metal fist flew forward striking the temple of the canine angel, sending her skidding across the dirt.
Metal Phantomon laughed maniacally as he hovered over the crumpled angel. His red eyes flashed up to Michelle, "You're puppy dog is going to be put to sleep soon enough, just let me put in a little more suffering before I eat her!"
"No…D'Arcmon…" Michelle started to move forward but something stopped her. It was like a cold hand had clasped her heart; she couldn't move. She was paralyzed with fear.
D'Arcmon looked up weakly. Metal Phantomon grasped the angel by the leather straps that crisscrossed her midsection and lifted her. "You're not so tough now; are you?"
D'Arcmon was bruised and trickles of blood streamed now from the corners of her lips and from gashes the metal specter had sliced into her. Her staff laid on the ground shattered into a thousand pieces.
"Tough…enough," whispered D'Arcmon. She lifted her knee and kicked Metal Phantomon in the ribcage. The metal digimon dropped the angel and fell backward holding its chest.
"You wench!" howled the metal digimon as he writhed on the ground.
D'Arcmon slowly crawled from the metal creature. Somehow she crossed the yard and reached the tree Michelle was hiding behind. The girl looked at the angel with her golden eyes. The soft tan shirt the girl was wearing was smeared with mud and dirt. The girl moved closer and grasped D'Arcmon's head.
"This is my fault," whispered Michelle loudly. "I should've just let him take me; I should have never made you fight him."
D'Arcmon coughed as she looked up at Michelle, "I won't give you up to the likes of him, you are my partner, if I ran away, I'd be no better than Karatenmon…"
"How touching," chuckled the voice of Metal Phantomon. "Maybe I can inscribe that into your headstones…that is if they find enough of the both of you to bury!" Metal Phantomon lifted his pickaxe, laughing like a maniac. "You see, my dears, I'm quite done punishing you, and with the terror in your eyes, I see that I have flavored you to perfection, so, now all that's left is to separate the meat from the bones, so to speak."
"Think again, buddy!" a voice shouted loudly. Michelle looked up suddenly and caught a small smiled from D'Arcmon. "You keep your creepy mitts off my sister!"
It was Kevin, and Shima Unimon, and their neighbor, Mr. 'Tutenstein' and, some other thing she wasn't familiar with.
"Oh, goody, now I won't have to go shopping for weeks!" laughed the metal specter loudly. "I'll have enough food for a bonanza every day!"
"Don't count on it!" growled the voice of Shima Unimon. The horned zebra stomped forward, "Kevin, Mr. Takenouchi, Gladimon, get down, I think it's time we stir fried this guy!" The zebra lowered the horn that projected from its forehead. Streamers of blue lightning flashed over the surface of the red metal that covered the horn. "Wild Thunder!"
Michelle held D'Arcmon close as the blue lightning shot past and a peel of explosive thunder rattled the ground they were lying on. Metal Phantomon screamed bloody murder as the lightning coursed through him. He jiggled and shook with the bolts of blue energy.
His head suddenly shot forward and an evil grin crept across his metallic mouth, "Gotcha…" He lifted his pickaxe. "Soul Predator!" The pick axe slammed into the ground and from the cracks a blue aura shot up revealing the two, twirling eels that shot up from the blade of the pickaxe.
Shima Unimon adeptly leapt backward and evaded the eels, but they swung around and T-boned the equine digimon sending him sliding on the street.
"Shima Unimon!" shouted Kevin loudly. He pulled his crest up, "Come on, ya gotta get up!"
The horse sprung to its feet and snarled loudly as an orange light bathed him. "Shima Unimon digivolve to…" The orange light separated suddenly, exposing the black muscles and the large, bony spiked arms and the four, leathery, red wings. "Cyberdramon!" the black dragon rose into the air growling loudly.
"Ah, finally something worth the hunt, for this mighty hunter!" chuckled Metal Phantomon. "Grave Scream!" The skull of the skeleton opened its mouth and a wave of dark energy washed forward.
Cyberdramon lifted his claws and sliced through the darkness. His face mask glowed deep crimson around the edges. "You despicable beast, you rob the graves of their spirit energy so you can steal the souls of the innocent. You call yourself a hunter, but you are nothing more than a scavenger!" Cyberdramon sliced his arm spikes through the air gathering up the emerald energy of the inter-dimensional realm. "A coward like you shall be struck down! Desolation CLAW!" Cyberdramon cupped his hands. The green energy pooled in his palms and fired forward in one, large, continuous, emerald stream.
Metal Phantomon lifted his axe as a shield but Cyberdramon's attack would not be denied. The axe shattered. The metal ribcage melted away like chocolate in the backseat of a car. Metal Phantomon let loose a horrendous screech as the blood red digi-core went dark. The dragon lowered himself down and lifted D'Arcmon in his arms.
"Thanks, I wasn't sure if I could hold him much longer…" whispered D'Arcmon quietly.
"You are injured…" replied Cyberdramon quietly. "You should de-digivolve…"
"It's too dangerous," coughed D'Arcmon.
"The dog is right…" purred a dark voice. Cyberdramon's heckles rose. He turned his head. The feline woman was crouched on the metal fence of the churchyard.
"Bastemon!" growled Cyberdramon loudly. He snarled a bit and bared his teeth.
"Oo, such a feral little beast, aren't you?" smirked the feline quietly. She looked down at her chest and lifted a little pendant. It was softly glowing deep lavender. "Ah…" She looked up. "The Child of Light…the Child of Courage…" Bastemon scanned the scene in front of her, and her eyes fell on the man. His skin was different from the others, a little more yellow or olive. His hair was short and dark. His eyes were deep black. He was wearing a dark jacket and a pair of dark pants. "And the Child of Darkness…" Bastemon's tails twitched slightly and within seconds she was in front of Mr. Takenouchi. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a hold of you?" Bastemon purred quietly and gently put a single claw on the man's chest and slid it down his front, "I'm rather impressed. Your not some scrawny brat like the others, but a real man…maybe when my master is done with you…I'll be able to play with you a little…"
"Leave him be!" shouted Kevin as he ran forward. The boy's efforts were met with a swift backhand that sent him reeling backwards and rolling head over heels.
"Kevin!" roared Cyberdramon. He looked at Bastemon and growled, "Oh I've been waiting for this!" He put D'Arcmon down and shot into the sky, only to dive down and tackle Bastemon.
"Aren't you a little frisky for a second date…?" smirked Bastemon. Cyberdramon growled and slammed her through a wall and then leapt back. The dust swirled up and the shadow of Bastemon walked forward, "Then again, I'm usually frisky in the first two minutes…" Bastemon flicked her wrist up, "Let's dance!" a crimson ribbon shot forward slicing into Cyberdramon.
The dragon grunted angrily and then slashed his claws forward and drew the energy into his cupped hands, "Desolation Claw!" the green energy flashed forward shooting straight for Bastemon.
The cat woman smirked and flicked her other wrist. A second ribbon shot up and arced up in front of the blast, whipping it, once, twice and a third time and the emerald energy burst was sent spinning into the sky.
"You didn't think little old me would go down so easily did you?" asked Bastemon in a cute, southern bell voice. She rolled her wrists back, recoiling her ribbons. "Now, let's see if Mr. Muscle's learned his lesson from last time! Helter Skelter!"
There was a horrible screeching noise as Bastemon drew her palms together and gathered up a ball of flame. The flame exploded into thousands of cats that screamed forward. Kevin winced hard and looked up. Mr. Takenouchi was holding his ears and was huddled next to Gladimon. Kevin scrambled over to him.
"Get off of me you darn cats!" growled Cyberdramon as he sliced through several of the felines.
"Mr. Takenouchi, maybe you and Gladimon should evacuate…" whispered Kevin. "I'm not sure what Bastemon is up to, with this whole Child of Darkness thing but…"
Mr. Takenouchi put his hand over Kevin's mouth, "Parts…are starting to come back…"
"ARGH!" Cyberdramon dropped back against the iron beams of the fence. Large scratch marks coursed his body.
"I see, you have resisted the ability of my fire cats," Bastemon smirked quietly, "Of course you have, such an effect only works once, but then again, it still has its uses, doesn't it."
Cyberdramon growled quietly at the feline's musings, "You think you're safe? Cyber Nail!" Cyberdramon flew forward and clenched his fist, glowing bright green.
"Oh please," Bastemon leapt up and over Cyberdramon and twisted landing behind the dragon.
She flicked her arm out and flashed a whip of crimson energy towards Cyberdramon. The whip pushed Cyberdramon through the building that had been behind Bastemon when the dragon first attacked. The whip slid back slowly and then lashed forward, repeatedly whipping the dragon.
"La Pucelle!" shouted D'Arcmon. A flash of lightning slammed Bastemon in the back. The feline lurched forward and fell to one knee. Kevin and Mr. Takenouchi looked up. Her hand was quivering with strain and beads of sweat slid down her forehead like small rivers. The angel dropped forward on the ground.
"D'Arcmon!" Michelle grasped the angel and looked up.
"So the dog thinks she is so tough?" growled Bastemon as she stood up and turned slowly toward Michelle and took a step in her direction.
"You aren't done with me, yet!" growled Cyberdramon as he lurched from the rubble.
Bastemon smirked and flicked an ear backward, "Oh, if you wish, but your appeal is greatly diminishing…" Faster than any could perceive Bastemon had sent two streams of red toward Cyberdramon flooring the black dragon again. "Get up…" growled Bastemon as she stalked slowly forward. Cyberdramon stood shakily. Bastemon walked up to the heaving dragon and backhanded him back to the ground. The feline's eyes narrowed. "Get up!" Cyberdramon got on his hands and knees and Bastemon leveled a heavy kick to Cyberdramon's solar plexuses. The dragon lifted off the ground half a foot and then collapsed again.
"Stop it!" shouted Kevin loudly. Bastemon's ear flattened against her head and she swept around.
"Child, you put him in this position, it's your fault!" growled the feline.
She lifted her hand; a line of energy dropped from her claws. She was about to slice the rope forward when something grasped her foot. Bastemon's eyes narrowed and looked down. Cyberdramon had a tentative grasp at her leg. He was trying stand again. Bastemon kicked herself free and then swept her foot around catching Cyberdramon's jaw. The dragon slammed against the wall of a building and grunted.
"Cyberdramon…" Kevin gulped a little and tears filled his eyes. The boy dropped to his knees, "Please, stop…"
"Oh I would love to," murmured Bastemon as she turned to the boy. Cyberdramon was moving again. "But he's so gosh darn willing to get hurt!" Bastemon sliced a ribbon of energy down knocking Cyberdramon back down.
"Stop!" shouted Michelle. Bastemon flashed her eyes in the girl's direction. D'Arcmon moved to her feet. Michelle grasped the digimon tightly, "Don't; not in your condition…"
"I'm the only one left…" said D'Arcmon quietly.
"Please…" Michelle grasped D'Arcmon tightly. "Don't…"
"'Oh don't please don't' boohoo!" chuckled Bastemon quietly. She lifted her claws slowly. Lines of crimson energy dripped down from her claws. "So compassionate, so loving, and then you send them off to their fight with a cheer and a wave of the hand like they're little tin soldiers off to some massacre."
"Bastemon, that's enough!" growled D'Arcmon loudly. The canine angel stood straight up and clenched her fists.
"And the funny thing is, you dimwitted digimon don't even see it!" A cold smile trailed over her lips. "Those humans aren't putting their necks out to save you; they aren't even interested in your wellbeing as long as you keep their flesh on their bones…"
"I said, 'That is enough'!" D'Arcmon shouted. She drew her hands together and then pushed the cupped palms forward, "La Pucelle!"
A stream of pink lightning flashed towards Bastemon. The cat digimon smiled and flicked her wrist forward. The red ribbon on the end of her claws shot forward slapping the pink lightning into the street. D'Arcmon narrowed her eyes.
"That's right, I've gotten quite the bit stronger since our last meeting, human souls are very nutritious," Bastemon slid her tongue over her lips. "And the men I got them from…heh, they didn't taste too bad either…"
"You will pay," growled Kevin loudly. "You…you…bitch!"
Michelle's eyes flashed wide and she looked at her brother. Bastemon smirked and leapt forward, her claws raised.
"Sword Dancer!" Gladimon shot forward brandishing his thin blades. Bastemon propelled herself backward and sneered angrily. Gladimon skidded in front of D'Arcmon and lifted his blades. "Now, I'll show you the power of the great knight Gladimon!"
"Uh…" Kevin looked at Michelle and then at Mr. Takenouchi and gulped. "This will be…"
"Wheel Rush!" The knight's black arms spun around like a large pinwheel, the blades sweeping through the air faster and faster. Gladimon then rushed Bastemon. Bastemon side stepped the attack and Gladimon crashed into the wall of a building. The knight staggered backward.
"…A massacre," said Mr. Takenouchi, finishing Kevin's sentence.
"You are a traitor…and usually I would be willing to forgive that, if you were pretty enough, but…the likes of you…" Bastemon smirked quietly.
"I'm not done yet!" grumbled Gladimon as he struggled to get the visor of his helmet back up.
"Oh…but you are," Bastemon lifted her claws.
"Stop right there!" shouted Youkomon's voice. The purpled fox was hovering in the air; not far behind her Saberdramon was hovering.
Saberdramon dropped down and let Amy down. Janet hopped down from Youkomon. Bastemon narrowed her eyes and growled.
"Youkomon, let's show her what we would've done to her if her boyfriend hadn't been there!" growled Janet. Youkomon nodded.
"Youkomon digivolve to Taomon!" The white and gold robes swept around and hundreds of thousands of papers flew forward. Taomon hovered over the street with a grin.
"Heh…" Bastemon flashed her wrists back and forth and the crimson ribbons flew forward. The papers tore into thousands of scraps. "I think the time for little, paper airplanes is over…"
"Then take this!" roared Taomon as she flashed a white talisman forward, "Talisman of Light!" A searing beam of light blazed through the concrete toward Bastemon. The feline leapt upward and back flipped out of the beam's way.
"Vampire Dance!" crimson ropes slashed forward, striking Taomon in the chest and face. Taomon dropped from her hovering position and collapsed on the ground.
"Taomon…" hissed Cyberdramon slowly as he got up on his hands, "get the others out of here…"
"Don't speak unless told to!" growled Bastemon. A crimson strike slammed Cyberdramon back to the ground.
"Cyberdramon…" Amy looked up. The dragon was slashed across his chest. His wings were shredded and he was rolled up in a fetal position. "She did that to Cyberdramon…"
"I did, it was so easy, too," Bastemon's eyes flashed in delight.
"Saberdramon…GET HER!" Amy narrowed her eyes angrily.
"Saberdramon digivolve to Garudamon!" The red wings opened angrily and a crimson aura shot up. "Wing Blade!" A stretch of phoenix flew up and then crashed down towards Bastemon.
"Vampire Dance!" a crimson ribbon bisected the phoenix. Bastemon shot upwards. Garudamon reached to grab the feline but she evaded and used the hand of the bird to launch a heavy kick to the bird's chin. Garudamon reeled backward. Bastemon crossed her arms in front of her chest and then flashed them outward, "Vampire Dance!" twin ribbons whipped forward slamming Garudamon's chest and cutting the large bird digimon.
"Talisman of Light!" roared Taomon as she fired a beam of light at the cat.
Bastemon twisted at the waist and the beam slid past her torso and harmlessly into the darkness above. The feline woman then wretched her self back around flinging her claws forward and releasing a huge, bowing ribbon of crimson energy into the priestly fox and driving Taomon back against the metal bars of the fence that surrounded the churchyard. Finally Bastemon seemingly allowed gravity to take hold again and dropped down on her feet crouched down with one of her clawed hands touching the ground.
Garudamon rose slowly and growled but Bastemon only smirked and watched as the humanoid bird rise from the rubble. The bird spread its wings opened and a burning aura filled the air around her. "Wing Blade!"
The flaming phoenix exploded from around Garudamon and shot into the sky and the dove down toward Bastemon. The feline growled loudly and leapt back as the flaming apparition charged the ground, but the avian apparition didn't hit the ground, instead it pulled up and raged into the gut of Bastemon. The feline was tossed to the ground rolling. Burn marks covered her abdominal muscles and her arms.
"Talisman of Light!" shouted Taomon as Bastemon tried to stand. A river of light snagged the feline on the shoulder, sending her spinning to the ground. "Bastemon, you are outnumbered, your luck has run dry, surrender and we will show you mercy…"
"Don't count on it!" growled Bastemon loudly. Instantly she was up and rushing towards Michelle. Her claws were spread wide.
"Michelle!" the others shouted. D'Arcmon stood in front of the girl and prepared to strike down the vampiress.
"Sword Dance!" Gladimon rushed forward crossing his twin sabers in front of him.
The twin blades flew through the air and stuck in the ground. Ten ribbons of red light sliced through Gladimon. Bastemon dropped back crouching for another strike. Gladimon staggered backward. His metal armor sliced and diced like a tin can against a Ginsu knife. Gladimon fell to the ground and looked up.
"Gladimon!" shouted Kevin and Mr. Takenouchi.
"Bastemon!" D'Arcmon growled loudly. "That was…"
"He chose to get in the way," replied Bastemon with a sneer, "I will not tolerate being thwarted; I suggest you learn a lesson from this D'Arcmon, stay out of my way!"
Kevin and Mr. Takenouchi ran to Gladimon in time for the little digimon to gasp quietly before he dissolved into data. His words fell quietly from the air, "The light will never give up…"
Michelle's eyes looked up in shock as the last of the particles filtered into the sky. "Gladimon…" A single tear streaked down her cheek. "He died…to save me…this has to stop now, more and more people get hurt protecting me…I'm tired of being saved by everyone else, It's time I stand up for myself!"
Michelle walked forward, towards the boys, and past them up to Bastemon.
"Michelle!" shouted Kevin as he ran up. He stopped as Michelle spoke.
"Bastemon, you, you are a beast!" growled Michelle loudly. The girl looked defiantly up at Bastemon. "You are no woman, no beauty; all I see is a beast, a monster!"
"You brat," growled Bastemon and she slapped Michelle to the ground, "you dare speak to me in that fashion!"
"It's the fashion that you deserve…" whispered Michelle as she stood again. "I'm not afraid of you and I won't run anymore!" She stood up, "I won't let you hurt my loved ones anymore; I can't let you hurt anyone anymore! If you are so bent on killing me then do it! If it stops you from hurting the others, do it and go!"
Bastemon smiled and lifted her claws. The girl only bowed her head slightly. Bastemon prepared to strike when the girl glowed brightly, not just her crest but the entire child glowed with a pearlescent light. Bastemon growled as the light pushed her back. The light swept over Cyberdramon and the dragon purred slightly as he stood up erect, his scratches and burns fading. The burnt and torn robes of Taomon repaired themselves, Garudamon's feathers filled in full and luscious and her burns faded. D'Arcmon bowed her head. The digimon seemed to gather the totality of the girl's light. The deep gashes and wounds closed, the burns faded. The angel's wings opened wide and healthy. D'Arcmon held out her hand and a twisting rod of light coalesced into a staff. D'Arcmon grasped the staff tightly and then exploded into pure light.
"D'Arcmon digivolve to…" The wings of the angel shuffled up and down and then closed close to her back. The angel looked up and blazing pairs of sapphires shone through the aura of white. Long white robes fell from her arms and body, head to toe. A white hood covered her face save those blazing, cobalt twins. White, clawed hands lifted up in praise to the heavens, "…Wisemon!"
Bastemon glowered. She looked from the burning glow of Wisemon, to the golden glow of Taomon to the soft flaming glow of Garudamon and finally to the emerald glow of Cyberdramon.
"Do you think you're strong enough to take us all on?" asked Wisemon with the somewhat deeper but still very feminine voice of D'Arcmon.
Bastemon lifted her claws, "You don't stand a chance! Vampire…"
"Eternal Nirvana!" Wisemon pushed her hands into the sky. A pulse of light filled the darkened sky and dropped down like drizzle over Bastemon. Wisemon then swept her clawed hands forward, "Pandora Dialog!"
A spear of white lightning shot forward. The bolt threw Bastemon backward and slammed her into the asphalt. Streaks of white energy snapped over the feline's body as she stood slowly, but painfully.
"All together, let's finish this!" growled Cyberdramon. Wisemon nodded and lifted her hands forming a ball of energy. He slashed his arms forward and cupped his hand, "Desolation Claw!"
Taomon swept her hand up and a wheel of paper formed into a shield. One by one, a ring of outer papers glowed bright gold. Inside a ring of three connected papers glowed bright red, "Talisman of Light!" Taomon pushed the paper shield forward, releasing a torrent of golden light shot for the orb.
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon crouched down folding her wings around her body. The flames engulfed the giant bird. Garudamon then stood spreading her wings and arms. The flaming bird apparition shot upward and then dove for Wisemon.
The small globe pulsed and sucked in the three attacks of Garudamon, Taomon and Cyberdramon. Wisemon then swept her hand forward. "Pandora Dialog!" A twisting blast of green, red, gold and purest white sliced through the air.
Bastemon did the unthinkable. Kevin gulped as the blast shot under the cat woman's feet and exploded down the block evaporating two buildings on either side of the initial explosion. The children gasped loudly, as did the digimon. Bastemon landed in front of Mr. Takenouchi. She punched the man in the stomach and as he doubled over she hoisted him over her shoulder. The digimon rushed towards her but she pushed her paw forward. Fire cats screamed into existence as their mistress leapt from the battle and escaped into the city.
"I'll deal with these cats, go after Bastemon!" growled Cyberdramon as he dove in front of the other digimon intercepting the flaming felines.
"Are you sure?" asked Taomon.
"I'm the only one that can take the cats without being de-digivolved, now go!" returned Cyberdramon. The three other Ultimates looked at their comrade and nodded together.
"I'll go with Cyberdramon," called Kevin.
The remaining children ran to Garudamon who lifted them up into her hands and then Wisemon, Taomon and Garudamon started their pursuit of Bastemon as Cyberdramon slashed at hellfire cats and Kevin cheered him on.
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Steven, Mark, their digimon partners and their mother were walking down the street. Lucemon had dealt with most of the monkeys and now they were left mostly alone. Lucemon stopped suddenly. The others looked at the blonde angel.
"What is it?" asked Mark quietly.
"That…." Lucemon pointed forward. A small round creature was walking toward them. It looked like a cross between a white baboon and a small teddy bear. It was holding a huge book.
"A digimon!" shouted Ryuudamon. The lizard narrowed its eyes.
"It must work for Karatenmon!" growled Lucemon.
The digimon looked up in shock. "Hello."
"You work for Karatenmon don't you?" growled Lucemon loudly. The angel clenched his fists. The little, white bear digimon gulped and took a step back. Lucemon narrowed his eyes, "Don't you?"
"I-I…" the digimon shook violently under Lucemon's gaze. The book it held shook in its hands and then as if on instinct the bear ripped open its book. The pages glowed brightly and tendrils flashed forward towards the digi-destined.
"MARK!" shouted Lucemon loudly as he pushed the boy to the side.
The light struck the angel sharply and Lucemon glowed brightly roaring in pain as he struggled to escape the tendrils of the book. Something was pulled from the angel and was sucked into the text, which the digimon clapped shut. Steven, Mark, Ryuudamon and the humans' mother looked at the angel with worry.
Lucemon dropped to his knees and then fell face forward to the ground with a soft thump. His wings fell limp to his sides. The humans looked up at the white digimon.
Ryuudamon leapt on the digimon grabbing him and pinning the digimon down. The lizard yanked on a small tuft of fur that jutted from its bulbous forehead, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"I-I!" the digimon struggled and cried loudly his voice flooded in fear.
"He stole…" whispered Lucemon in a deep, dark voice. The angel rose to his feet slowly and opened his eyes. Two rubies glowed in the sockets. "A portion of my soul…"
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AN: Next chapter will focus around Kevin-Mark, and the others. Right well I've been writing this on and off through the week, hopefully it's not so noticeably choppy…this weekend will be hectic so I probably won't post and if I do it's because I've indulged myself.
Oh, And Yay for off scene digivolutions!
Dark Qiviut: You thought last chapter had a lot of action. Well, this chapter I think has a bit more…hehe everyone was thinking that Wisemon would own Bastemon…The parents have for the most part found out…and there is a reason, I'm guessing that…Some one :eyes Blue: has probably already figured it out…
Blue: I think D'Arcmon's digivolutions are more because of D'Arcmon's appearance in the Seventh movie; if you've seen the movie then you know what I mean. If I was truly truthful, Labramon doesn't really digivolve into D'Arcmon in the first place, that was a mistake of using Digidex's site without cross referencing with Shining Celebi, but it is too late now, and I know I'll probably be hung for having the Child of Light with a virus digimon, but really, I like Wisemon more than Hippogryphomon, first off, Wisemon not so long a name as Hippogryphomon and secondly, it's not so bulky physically…And has what happened this chapter confirmed your beliefs, Blue?
Ooo, you read Genesis, both of you, thanks, I'd also like to thank Alforce who kind of got a sneak preview of the Genesis story, because I was worried it may flop badly... I hope you are liking it, I know the prologue was choppy, but that's because I was trying to cover lots of history in one fell swoop, heck, if I really wanted to….I could….write a fanfic about Lucemon's rule and fall… (which really isn't what Genesis is about, that was just a happy little prologue for Fall and well this story…) And before anyone even says something about Guilmon and DORUmon not existing in 02 continuity, don't worry, all will be explained…eventually…when I get to it, which well, it's at the end of the story as an epilogue so way far yet, and considering I'm really being slow about updating that fic…(really wants to get this one to its conclusion, don't worry we're getting closer…then I can really streamline)