I don't own digimon
Eh, some adult stuff.
Deflowering the Darkness
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"This is fan-freaking-tastic!" shouted Brendan as he stood and looked out over the grassy expanse in front of him. "They could not have gotten away! It is impossible!"
"We don't know that," said Amy hopefully.
"Can it," growled Brendan. "We were this stinkin' close!" Brendan held up a hand and pressed his thumb and middle finger together, "This close! HOW IN THE WORLD DID THEY PULL IT OFF?"
"HOW SHOULD I KNOW!" shouted Amy loudly, "You're supposed to be the smart one!"
Brendan was about to shout again but he hesitated and took a deep breath, "They can't have just gotten away. We were gaining on them!"
That part was true, they had lost them for a span of thirty minutes but Garudamon had slowly closed the gap and Brendan had been getting reliable signals from their digivices. About four hours later, there was nothing, they had disappeared conclusively off the face of the world. Garudamon had landed only a few minutes ago and de-digivolved not far from the digivice's last signal. There were no signs of a fight or any kind of storm or gateway.
"There is no where they could've gone," whispered Tapirmon. The little digimon hovered around. "And matter does not just disappear in thin air, at least not without leaving a trail…even the Digital World there are rules…"
"Right…" Brendan walked up and stopped in a spot, "They disappeared right here, still going at a considerable velocity…so in all levels of commonsense they should be right…." Brendan swept his hand forward to point and his hand disappeared in thin air. The image of a grassy expanse in front of him quivered like a pond that had had a stone tossed into it. Brendan pulled his arm back finding his hand intact he smiled broadly. "Well I'll be…"
Amy looked up at Brendan and watched him disappear in thin air. "BRENDAN!" the girl yelped and ran up to the place where the boy had disappeared. She couldn't see him anywhere and turned around. "Tapirmon, what happened?"
"Uh…" Tapirmon started.
Two hands appeared from nowhere and grabbed Amy's shoulder. The girl screamed loudly and grabbed one of the hands and pulled throwing whoever was holding her over her shoulder. Brendan crashed to the ground laughing loudly.
"To have seen your face…" laughed Brendan.
"That was not funny!" screamed Amy loudly. "What the Hell possessed you to do that?"
"Curiosity of course," chuckled Brendan. His face then became stony, "This means…" Brendan held out his digivice. "Come on," and with that he marched back up to the image of the grassy expanse and passed through leaving Amy behind. A hand stuck out of the barrier and beckoned them to come.
Amy looked to Penguinmon and Tapirmon. The two digimon moved forward and held Amy's hand and together they passed through the image. There was a brief flash of light and then darkness. Amy looked forward and gasped. The image that had been projected and the scene in front of her were totally different. Behind the barrier was a luxurious maze garden.
"Rosa nutkana," murmured Brendan as he walked up to the bushes, "Interesting…"
"What?" Amy walked up.
"Strange to have such an expansive planting of roses," whispered Brendan as he looked up at the arch. "It must go for miles and miles, and the sheer area…"
"These are all rose plants?" yelped Amy as she looked at the thorny branches.
"Mostly, there are some support shrubs here and there," murmured Brendan, "but we haven't time for botany, I've got the signal! They are up there!" Brendan pointed to a castle or a palace that was at the center of the maze.
"Well that's just great…" sighed Amy as she looked up, "It could take us months to navigate this maze…"
"We could fly…" Brendan looked at Penguinmon.
"I don't think so…" the penguin dropped back and sat down, "You guys tired me out with your, 'go faster we've gotta catch up to them…' shouts."
"Can't you try?" Brendan pleaded.
"No," Penguinmon sighed quietly.
"We could fly…" Tapirmon glided up to Brendan, "Come on, Penguinmon and Amy have been carrying us around for weeks, I think it's our turn."
"I really wanted to save that for an emergency…" Brendan whispered.
"How much more of an emergency is this?" Amy looked up at Brendan, "We need to get there, for all we know they could be hurt!"
"Or they may not be hurt!" returned Brendan.
"Brendan, they were traveling awfully fast for it to be Cyberdramon or HishaRyuumon," replied Penguinmon quietly.
"She's right, they were traveling very fast," replied Tapirmon, "We have to err on the side of caution and believe that they are in trouble!"
"Ok…" Brendan took a hold of digivice. "Are you ready? Let's hope this works."
"It will work," nodded Tapirmon quietly.
"Right, let's do it!" called Brendan as he closed his eyes.
"Tapirmon biomerge to..." There was a bright flash of golden energy that wrapped around Brendan and Tapirmon. "Anubismon!" The light exploded revealing the blue furred, brown winged, guardian of reformation, "All boarding parties to well…my back…"
"Tapirmon be serious!" growled Brendan.
"Awe, I've been waiting to say that for like a month!" whined the tapir.
Amy giggled and helped Penguinmon scramble onto her back and then she scrambled up onto Anubismon's back curling her legs around his stomach.
"This should be an experience…" grunted Anubismon as he took off.
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The swords swiped against each other as Mark closed his eyes. He didn't need to see it, hearing it was enough, the angst ridden grunts and the taps of metal on metal, the occasional swipe and yelp. Rosemon was still gently stroking his hair, but she had become less and less attentive as the sounds of whatever was happening intensified.
"Oh my that's a lot of blood…" murmured Rosemon quietly as her fingers curled in Mark's hair.
Steven screamed bloody murder and Mark eyes shot open. A long, red stream was cut across the boy's chest. Kevin was standing in front of the boy holding up his rapier, a cold smirk was playing over his lips. Steven was holding his oozing chest as blood dribbled down from the cut. Kevin poked Steven's shoulder and flicked the end of the blade up. Steven's eyes widened and he fell backward clutching his shoulder. Kevin slipped the blade under Steven's chin. Steven looked up coldly at Kevin.
"DON'T DO IT, KEVIN!" screamed Mark loudly as he strained forward, "BOTH OF YOU STOP IT NOW!"
The two boys looked up instantly. Rosemon growled loudly and slammed her hand over Mark's mouth. She glared down at the two boys down in the stadium.
"If you stop, the little one dies!" Rosemon shouted down at them.
A content smile played over her lips as Steven did a back roll and leapt away from Kevin, who instantly swept around with the rapier in his hand. The blonde ran to one of the walls as the brunette ran behind and to the right of the blonde. The blonde ran to the wall and grabbed one of the brass shields that hung there. Steven swiveled around just in time for the rapier's thin blade to bounce off the metal plate. Steven made a loud war cry and rushed forward slamming the shield into Kevin's chest and pushing the boy back. Steven then pulled back and smacked Kevin with the shield. Kevin dropped to the ground like a bag of wet rice. Steven stood over Kevin and then pounce, sitting on the brunette's chest. Steven tossed the shield aside in lieu of the use of his bare fists.
Rosemon's eyes looked in exhilarated surprise as she watched the blows crash down, biting her lip. Mark narrowed his lips and opened his mouth, and before Rosemon could react; Mark's bicuspids sunk into Rosemon's finger. The woman screamed in shock and pain and yanked her hand free.
"STOP IT STEVEN! THIS ISN'T YOU! YOU HAVE TO SNAP…." Mark was cut off by an aggressive vine that snapped out of nowhere and wrapped itself around his mouth.
"Insolent little pustule!" growled Rosemon as she glared at Mark. "I give you the chance to watch a perfect and most wonderful show and this!" she lifted up her bitten finger, "is your thank you!"
Mark glared up at Rosemon, but only got a backhand for a reply. She glared back down at the stadium. Mark's eyes followed hers. Kevin was crab-walking backwards as he scrambled from Steven, who stalked the boy. Rosemon smiled quietly.
"You see, the control the Dark Spores have is complete," Rosemon chuckled quietly. "Your pitiful pleas are nothing but whispers on deaf ears."
Mark growled through the vine and shook his arms and feet and shimmied his head. The thorns on the vines cut into his skin and he closed his eyes as he felt something warm drool down his arm. He winced and bit down on the vine. A bitter tang filled his mouth and he spit the vile sap out of his mouth.
A Floramon scurried below them and looked up from the balcony. Rosemon growled and lowered herself down to the flower digimon. The flower whispered something into Rosemon's ears and Rosemon frowned.
"Well, tell the others to get on with it! I'm busy!" shouted Rosemon loudly and she glared at the Floramon. The flower digimon gulped and nodded and ran off. Rosemon then hovered up to Mark. The boy looked to Rosemon. Rosemon smiled slightly at the boy, "Don't worry, nothing will interrupt our little show, my followers are quite capable of dealing with anything that comes this way."
"I've got to stop them…" Mark looked down and saw Steven swipe a trident at Kevin. Kevin was hopping back and snapped up the shield that Steven had discarded earlier. "Please…stop this! You guys are friends!"
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"Dear, are you ok?" Lillymon hovered forward.
Michelle and she had been playing with a doll house. The girl was still under Lillymon's control, the flower fairy had tried to release the girl from her power but the child only tried to run away. Lillymon was now kneeling in front of the girl. The little child was very flushed in the face and her skin felt as if it were burning. The girl's dulled eyes almost seemed lifeless.
"Ms. Lilly, I don't feel so well…" murmured the girl blankly, "I do believe I have one horrible fever…"
"Ill…but what could've…" Lillymon leaned forward and lifted the girl's shirt and gasped. "Oh dear…" The bandage was soaked in an oily fluid. Lillymon pulled the bandage off the girl. "Oh dear…" Lillymon looked down in horror. The wound that she had made was bright red and oozing with a clear fluid. Yellowish sores surrounded the periphery of the wound. "Child…I…I…why didn't you…?"
"Ms. Lilly, I feel tired…" whispered the child silently. "My eyes are ever so heavy…" She coughed as she spoke. Lillymon flinched as she heard the moist coughs.
"Don't worry child I'll save you," whispered Lillymon as she looked around, "Oh dear, what shall I do…I have to save her, I don't want to be alone again…" Lillymon snapped her fingers, "Herbs…but…" Lillymon buzzed her wings and flew over to the table and took some napkins and flew back to the girl, "Child, you have to clear this oily liquid from your skin, you have a very serious infection…" Lillymon looked around, "I shall return quickly with some herbs…" Lillymon stood up and ran off disappearing somewhere in the distance. "I have to save her, I can't be alone…not again!"
The flower ran down the hall of the castle frantically. She skidded to a stop at a corner. She ran down another hall and buzzed into a storage room. Bottles upon were lined on the shelves. The fairy ran all over the storage room, grabbing at herbal extracts and moss poultices. She looked down and bit her lip. A red flower rested in a domed container on the bottom level of one of the corner shelves. The flower glowed with a soft, pink light and a golden glow flowed from the glass. Lillymon danced about for a few seconds and then nodded and grabbed the flower.
That's when she heard the explosion and groaned. "Of all the times…" Lillymon whimpered as she looked at the collection she had in her arms and then looked in the direction of the explosion. "No, this is my one chance; I won't lose her…I won't let her die, she's…the closest thing I have to a real friend…but Mistress Rosemon…" Lillymon narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists, "No, I must save the girl…she's my only hope!"
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A wave of arrows flew past Anubismon's head. The god digimon snorted loudly as he weaved back and forth. Amy was wincing and clawing into his shoulder, screaming and yelping.
"Hey you have a passenger!" yelped Amy loudly as she clung harder to the biomerged digimon.
"Hey, we have arrows zinging past our head, if you want to get shot, fine I'll fly straight, if not, shut it!" shouted Brendan's voice.
"Put me down!" screamed Amy as Anubismon took a hard left and arrows whizzed past Amy's leg. Anubismon growled and dropped out of the sky landing in the forest.
"There you are, down!" Brendan snorted, "Come on Tapirmon, let's go!"
"You can't leave me here!" Amy shouted as she put Penguinmon down.
"Look, you're either coming or staying," Anubismon turned. His dualistic voice perfectly synched, "We don't have time to deal with this, chose one way or the other; you can't have both."
"Can't you stay with me?" Amy looked up at Anubismon. "Please?"
"The others need us," replied Anubismon. "Are you afraid?"
"No!" Amy narrowed her eyes, "Why would I be afraid?"
"The arrows? Whatever else, I think you're afraid of dying…" Anubismon replied. The godly digimon chuckled, "Fancy that, portion of Valkyrimon, digimon guardian of fallen heroes afraid of death…"
"Don't you laugh at me!" Amy clenched her fists. "I'm not afraid!"
"Yeah, and I'm a monkey," snorted Anubismon loudly. "You're scared out of your mind!"
"I AM NOT!" Amy ran forward and swept a fist at Anubismon. The godly digimon grabbed the fist and glared down at Amy. The girl looked up in absolute terror in the god's dark brown eyes.
"You know I'm getting sick of you hitting me, threatening to hit me or threatening to threaten to hit me," Brendan's voice growled loudly through Anubismon. "I'm really close to smacking you onto your butt so you know how it feels!"
"You wouldn't!" Amy narrowed her eyes.
"Try me," snapped Brendan.
Amy swung her other fist and Anubismon grabbed it. The digimon growled loudly but then let go giving a soft shove that sent Amy to the ground in a huff. The digimon's wings flared.
"You didn't do it!" sniped Amy loudly.
"I can't hit a girl, no matter how horrible her attitude is, and most definitely would not smack you as Anubismon, not only would that be wrong it would be disrespectful to Tapirmon," returned Brendan loudly. "Just because you have to resort to the basest actions doesn't mean I have to!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Amy stood up and brushed her dress.
"It means," Anubismon replied quietly, "That even though you strike out at us we won't strike back at you, because we're going to take the high road. Now I am going, so you can either stay here, or you can go."
Amy looked at Anubismon. He looked very regal with his robes gently flowing in the breeze. His wings unfurled were very beautiful radiating a soft bronze color instead of the brown color they had when folded. She looked at him and looked down, torn in decision.
"I'm…" Amy walked forward, "I'm scared…"
"I know…" replied Anubismon, "We're afraid as well, but we can't let that take over, if we can say that we've learned anything from Kevin; it's that we cannot let fear clutch our hearts and freeze our muscles, to do that we let the evil win…for all that evil needs to win is for good not to act…"
"I just don't want anyone to get hurt, I don't want Penguinmon to…you know…" Amy looked down, "It's just every time I think about what has happened, I mean really stop to think, I remember Sorcerymon's face when we found him, and then Mystimon…and my mother…she…went on about losing Penguinmon…"
"Amy, do not worry," Anubismon walked forward and put his hand on the girl's shoulder, "We won't let anything happen to you or Penguinmon…You have every right to be afraid, we all do, but we can't let them take over, and we can't act like we're not afraid, that would be lying to yourself and others and that can only spell trouble for you."
Amy looked up at Anubismon and smiled. "Thanks…I think…I'm ready to go now…"
"Good," Smirked Anubismon as waited for Penguinmon and Amy to scramble on. "Now, let's go!"
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LadyDevimon stood out on the battlement next to Pajiramon. The demoness glared out over the horizon, "Did you get him Pajiramon, or not?"
"I don't know all I know is that it disappeared into the tree line!" snorted the ram. Her bow was at the ready, with an arrow loaded. "If it makes a reappearance; it won't make a long one!"
"There!" shouted Skull Satamon as he pointed frantically forward. The moonlight shimmered across a shadow that shot from the forest. Pajiramon smirked and fired the arrow.
The arrow disappeared into the shadows, but the figure continued forward. Pajiramon cursed as she loaded another arrow. Skull Satamon snorted loudly and LadyDevimon glared at the ram.
"You missed," said LadyDevimon demurely.
"I know I did," Pajiramon replied, "I won't this time…"
Another arrow flew. The figure shifted to the left smoothly and continued forward. The two digimon next to Pajiramon groaned in unison.
"I'm tired of this!" Skull Satamon snapped and he leapt off the battlement and dove down to the ground. LadyDevimon looked down and saw a hulking beast marching forward like a tank.
"Vermillimon," murmured LadyDevimon. The demoness unfurled her wings, "I will not let that biology lab decoration and that overgrown strawberry dessert take the credit for this victory."
LadyDevimon glided forward and spread her long claws, "Darkness WAVE!"
The blackness washed forward, invisible against the night. LadyDevimon smiled happily as the blackness washed past the oncoming figure, but her smile soon was dismissed as the shadow roared forward. Her eyes widened.
"Amemit!" a gold burst of energy crashed into her solar plexus sending her painfully into the wall of the palace.
LadyDevimon shot out of the wall and fired forward with her claws spun into a rapier. She slashed forward, but the attacker caught the claw blade in it hands.
"Really, you should just give up, you can't win," grunted the figure. LadyDevimon glared into the canine face.
"Anubismon…" LadyDevimon's face dropped in shock. She looked at him in absolute shock.
"Jeesh, you'd think she'd seen a ghost," quipped Anubismon as he tossed her to the ground.
LadyDevimon's back crashed flatly onto the dirt with a resounding thud. She snarled in pain as she stood.
"Not going so well?" chuckled Skull Satamon.
"Shut it," growled LadyDevimon. Seconds later, Pajiramon came, tumbling towards the ground and crashed into the dirt. The ram wasn't as lucky as LadyDevimon though, instead of a thud, there was a very loud crack. Pajiramon twitched twice before her body dispersed into data. LadyDevimon looked at Vermillimon and Skull Satamon, "He killed Pajiramon, Anubismon, killed Pajiramon!"
"ANUBISMON!" Skull Satamon and Vermillimon looked at the demoness in shock.
"But I thought…" Vermillimon was shaking in his scales.
"Chaos Piedmon…" Skull Satamon narrowed his eyes, "didn't finish the job, it seems. Looks like it's up to me!"
The skeleton disappeared into the sky.
"The fool!" LadyDevimon looked up in anger, "He'll get himself killed!"
The demoness opened her wings and cried out. She looked back and saw one of the wings was bent at a severely acute angle.
"LadyDevimon are you ok?" Vermillimon moved closer.
"No, you idiot!" shouted LadyDevimon loudly.
She looked up in horror as a golden flash exploded from the battlements. The thin form of Skull Satamon rolled from the battlements, sloppily regaining composure and charging back to the fight. The sounds of scuffling wafted down from the battlements of the palace, some sixty feet in the air. Sickly yellow bursts flew from the battlements as Skull Satamon yelped fevered attacks. LadyDevimon winced as she heard a very loud shout. Vermillimon gasped and LadyDevimon lifted her eyes to see Skull Satamon's staff falling, end over end to the ground. It stuck in the earth six feet from LadyDevimon. LadyDevimon glanced up in time to see the back flare of a golden strike. The demoness closed her eyes and then looked up. The staff was gone, small bits of dark dust dissipated into the air.
"Skull Satamon…" gasped Vermillimon, "He was the strongest of us…"
"Don't be such a hero worshipper!" snapped LadyDevimon, she stood up and walked by Vermillimon. "I may not be able to fly, but I can still do damage!"
"Don't go alone!" shouted Vermillimon.
The large dinosaur rushed after the demoness as she stalked to the large gates and pushed into the palace courtyard. Anubismon stood at the top of the stairs that led to the battlements of the outer wall of the castle courtyard. LadyDevimon narrowed her eyes at the Mega digimon.
"You again…" growled Anubismon as he walked down the stairs. A human and a Rookie digimon were behind him. "Don't get in my way. I don't want to destroy you…but if you attack, I won't hold back."
"You really think you can beat us?" whispered LadyDevimon as smirked. "You haven't a chance. You may have been able to get the jump on Skull Satamon and Pajiramon, but they aren't me, I know you must be weakened from your fight with Chaos Piedmon, in fact I am surprised you even showed your face, though I don't know how you survived Chaos Piedmon, I know you shan't survive us!"
"Why is everyone going on about me being killed by Chaos Piedmon, I mean, we haven't even fought him yet!" shouted Anubismon loudly. The godly digimon shook his head and sighed, "If you think you can win, you're sadly mistaken…"
"I doubt it, Vermillimon CHARGE!" shouted LadyDevimon loudly.
"What?" yelped Vermillimon, "Are you nuts?"
"DO IT!" snapped LadyDevimon, "Charge him, crush his bones! Or I'll crush yours…"
Vermillimon gulped and nodded and roared forward charging up the stairs. Anubismon jumped back pushing the human girl and her digimon back. LadyDevimon smirked and ran forward. She charged up the stairs and leapt on top of Vermillimon and then used him as a launch pad to push her over Anubismon. The demoness sailed over Anubismon as the godly digimon grabbed onto Vermillimon's horn with his hands and started to lift the dinosaur, tossing the red and brown digimon over the edge of the stairs and down onto the courtyard. Vermillimon grunted in annoyance as his bulk collided with the earth. Anubismon then spun around but LadyDevimon already was where she wanted to be. Her claws lightly touched the soft skin of the human girl's throat.
"Amy!" shouted Anubismon loudly he moved forward but LadyDevimon hugged the girl tighter to her body.
"No, you don't, Anubismon," chuckled LadyDevimon quietly as she pressed on of her red claws against the girl's neck. "If you do…" LadyDevimon smirked quietly, "You'll not like the consequences."
"So this is how you fight, coward?" shouted Anubismon loudly. He clenched his fists.
"You call it cowardice, I call it, ingenuity," smiled LadyDevimon. "Now why are you here, Anubismon?"
"To free the digi-destined, we will not allow them to be retained here anymore!" shouted Anubismon.
"I thought as much," smirked LadyDevimon as she took a step back and dragged Amy with her. Penguinmon looked up forlornly at the girl, helpless to do anything. "You good digimon are all the same, save the digi-destined, help the digi-destined, kiss the digi-destined's booboos and give them their babas, you're so worried about those damned humans that you can't fight the evils of this world!"
"Look, lady, I don't know who you think you are," started Anubismon.
"I'm LadyDevimon," returned the demoness quickly, "and you better be quick in learning that, for I'll be the digimon that will crush you!"
"I very much doubt it…" growled Anubismon as he glared up at LadyDevimon.
"What will you do?" asked LadyDevimon, "You attack me and I kill the girl…"
"And if you attack me, you leave yourself open to attack!" growled Anubismon.
"Awe, but I have a trump card…" She looked over the side of the stairs down at Vermillimon, "Attack him you dolt!"
"You've got to be kidding me," Anubismon looked dubiously at the dinosaur.
"No, not at all, you see, if you move or twitch to try and stop his attacks or try to return fire and the girl is as good as gone…" chuckled the demoness.
"Volcanic Strike S!" snorted Vermillimon as a blast of volcanic fire erupted around Anubismon. The god digimon cringed slightly as the flames singed his fur.
Anubismon snorted quietly, "You're going to have to do better than that…"
"Volcanic Strike S!" shouted Vermillimon. This time the flames burned Anubismon's skin and the god winced as his flesh burned.
"ANUBISMON!" yelped the girl as she reached forward but LadyDevimon pressed the girl against her bodysuit.
"Don't move girl, or I may accidentally skewer your windpipe…" hissed the demoness in the child's ear. The girl closed her eyes as another blast of flame rolled over Anubismon.
LadyDevimon watched as Anubismon took blast after blast of Vermillimon's flaming attacks. His arms were quivering and his clothes were singed but the god was standing still.
"You…can't win this way," growled Anubismon, "You won't win this way, I won't let you!"
"I don't see how you can win, when all I have to do to be victorious is to run a nice gash from here…" LadyDevimon poked the right side of the girl's throat. "To here…" LadyDevimon slid her claw hoveringly across the girl's throat to the opposite side of the child's neck. "So, don't be so cocky…"
"I'm not being the one that is cocky," replied Anubismon as another blast exploded around him. The flames flashed past. "Just one question…how will you make this gash when you aren't holding the girl?"
"What?" LadyDevimon stared blankly at Anubismon.
"LadyDevimon behi…" started Vermillimon, but it was too late.
LadyDevimon felt an excruciating pain in her wing as the tendons were being torn by a weight. The demoness instantly tossed the girl from her and swirled around to find a very beaten, very bloody, but a very content Gatomon bounce against the steps.
"YOU LITTLE CRETIN!" shrieked LadyDevimon.
"You shouldn't have left your door open," rasped Gatomon quietly as he held his chest. He smiled softly in LadyDevimon's face, "Who was it that said 'Revenge is so sweet'…?"
"You'll die for this!" screamed LadyDevimon as she rushed forward with her claws drawn.
The cat only smirked quietly. LadyDevimon roared but then felt something rip through her. She looked down to see a clawed, blue hand protruding through her stomach. The hand pulled back and LadyDevimon turned slowly. Anubismon was glaring back at her.
"That's two friends you've threaten to kill in twenty minutes," growled the god as LadyDevimon felt her body melt away.
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Vermillimon was looking shocked as LadyDevimon disappeared into dust. Anubismon turned to the dinosaur. Vermillimon was shaking in fear as the godly digimon walked down the stairs.
"Do you wish to try the same stunt?" asked Anubismon quietly as he moved past the human girl and stood, looking down at Vermillimon, "because if you do, you better have more strength then you've demonstrated, because at this point, I'm a very angry Mega digimon…"
"Lord Anubismon…" Vermillimon looked down, "Please have mercy on me…"
"Get out of my sight," growled Anubismon loudly.
Vermillimon nodded feverishly and ran out of the castle. Anubismon then turned to the girl. "Are you ok, Amy?"
The girl nodded a little, "Just…a little scared…"
"Amy, I'm so sorry!" Penguinmon ran forward and hugged the girl, "I was so worried…"
"Gatomon…" Anubismon walked up the stares and picked up the feline. "You are very badly injured…and you still jumped that demon, such an act of courage…"
"Think nothing of it…" Gatomon smiled, "It was a bit of repayment on that loan that the Child of Light and the Child of Hope gave me…"
"There is a signal nearby, one…" Amy ran down the stairs and stopped short of the courtyard as a group of rotten stumps marched forward.
"Woodmon," growled Gatomon loudly, "Champion plant digimon that drain energy from others by acting like dead trees…"
"Move aside, Woodmon," shouted Anubismon loudly, "I will not harm you if you do not act aggressively." The stumps growled loudly. Anubismon walked down the stairs to the courtyard and stared at the Woodmon, "Move aside, you have no chance of victory." The Woodmon looked up at Anubismon and then at each other and moved aside as instructed. Anubismon nodded in acceptance and turned, letting Amy onto his back and picking up Penguinmon with his free arm. He then walked through the corridor the Woodmon had made. Anubismon looked to Amy. "Where is the signal?"
"Upstairs, when you go through the main doors into the actual palace," whispered Amy as she eyed the Woodmon.
Anubismon pulled the door open and walked in. The entry hall was quite expansive. It was draped in red cloth with red carpet that went up the stairs to a balcony. The banister had been carved to make it look like a rose vine with roses at the foot and head of the stairs. Anubismon quickly ran up the stairs to the balcony and looked both ways.
"Which way?" asked Anubismon as he looked right and left.
"The signal is to the right and down the hall…maybe five doors down…" replied Amy. Anubismon nodded and ran right.
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Lillymon looked down in sadness. "Please get better…"
"Ms. Lilly, you can play pathologist with me now…" murmured the girl blankly.
Lillymon looked down at the child and a tear slid down her cheek. "Please, don't give up! I demand you don't give up!" The girl's distant eyes only stared glassily at the sky blue ceiling of Lillymon's secret, illusionary garden.
"Ms. Lilly, you will dress me up ever so pretty, won't you?" whispered the child quietly. "I wouldn't want Princess Prissypants to gossip about me at my…"
"STOP TALKING LIKE THAT!" screamed Lillymon in frustration and she ripped the flower wreath from the girl's neck. "I was wrong! You aren't just another doll I can manipulate as I wish!"
"You…released me from the spell…" the child looked up at the flowery fairy. The girl winced as she touched her wound. "It's pretty bad isn't it?"
"I've done everything I've can, all I can do now is let the medicine work…" Lillymon looked down at the child.
"What changed your mind?" whispered the girl quietly. "Why do you even care…?"
"Your eyes…" Lillymon replied. "I worked so hard to get you and then I…did stupid things, and when you started getting really sick your controlled eyes showed no pain, but I could hear it…in your breathing…"
"You still want me to stay with you don't you?" asked the child quietly as she winced again.
"Would you?" Lillymon asked quietly.
"I can't…" replied the girl.
"I didn't think so…why would you want to stay with me, when I…forced you to play with me, and when I hurt you like this," Lillymon looked down, "It was a stupid, stupid, hope to keep…"
"Lillymon…" The girl gasped slightly and held her chest, "If you had asked to be my friend, if you hadn't captured us and tried to force me to play with you…I think…I may have been your friend. I may have wanted to stay with you here...as a friend" The child closed her eyes and her breathing faded.
"Don't go!" screamed the flower child. "PLEASE! I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE!"
Lillymon kneeled over the girl and cried loudly. The flower didn't even look up when her door exploded open.
"MICHELLE!" screamed a shrill voice. Another girl ran up to the child. A Penguinmon was with her. Lillymon sniffled as she looked down at the child and then up at the girl. The girl looked horrified and glared up at Lillymon, "What did you do?"
"I-I…" Lillymon started to cry, "I think I may have given her an infection." The flower looked up at the girl, "I tried to save her; I really did!"
Anubismon pushed forward and knelt down next to the girl. "She's not dead…but her breathing is very, very faint…" His eyes fell down on the oozing gash on the child's stomach, "What happened?"
"I…I was…" Lillymon covered her face, "I wanted to play with her, and I thought she was filled with sugar and nice things and I cut her open a little…but she started to leak red stuff…so I put cloth on the cut and taped it down…like I saw the pictures in the books about the girls playing doctor…but…"
"The wound got infected…" Anubismon growled loudly.
"You monster!" shouted Amy loudly. "You cut open a little girl! You are a monster!"
"I know…" Lillymon looked down. Tears fell from the fairy's face, "but I've wanted a little girl for so long, the other digimon, don't think much of me, if it wasn't for the fact that I am Rosemon's first apprentice they'd never respect me…I'm pretty weak…and well I wanted a human girl for so long and I read and read and read. We were going to be friends…"
"FRIENDS?" Amy screeched loudly, "You don't cut friends open?"
"But I thought I'd fixed her…" whined Lillymon, "I was hoping that if I took good care of her she'd want to be with me, but she kept fighting so I had put a control spell over her…"
"Such a spell would weaken the child's immune system," replied Tapirmon quietly.
"You…" Amy glared angrily at Lillymon, "You don't deserve the breath you are breathing…"
"Amy…" Michelle whispered quietly, "Is that you?"
"Michelle…" Amy leaned down and hugged the girl, "are you ok?"
"I'm…" Michelle took a long raspy breath, "ok…Is Lillymon still there?"
"I'm still here!" Lillymon looked up.
"What is it Michelle?" Amy looked down at the little girl.
"Tell her thank you for trying…" whispered Michelle quietly, "I know, she tried very hard…please…tell her thank you for trying…"
"But she did this to you!" Amy looked at the girl in shock. "She was going to treat you as a toy…"
Michelle opened her eyes and looked up weakly at Amy, "She would've treated me like any girl treats their favorite doll. I was going to be her best friend. She never hurt me on purpose…she just didn't know…"
"But!" Amy looked down at the soft golden eyes of Michelle.
"Don't get revenge on her…" Michelle coughed quietly. "She made a mistake…that is all…" Michelle winced and closed her eyes.
"Michelle," Anubismon gently touched her chest. He closed his eyes. "Michelle…I'm sorry…that we were too late…" Anubismon looked up at Amy, "I don't think she's going to wake up again…"
"No…" Penguinmon hugged Amy tightly as she buried her beak into Amy's side and started to cry.
"The Light of this world…" Gatomon curled up in Anubismon's arms, "has been turned off…"
Lillymon sniffled and looked down. "There is one last chance…" Lillymon took out a domed container that held a red flower. "I was hoping this wouldn't be necessary…"
"What is that?" Amy, Penguinmon and Anubismon looked up at Lillymon.
"It's the most special rose in this entire territory. It's called the Renkijutsu Rose…" whispered Lillymon. "The Renkijutsu is so special that Rosemon keeps it held under a special spell so its powers can't be utilized by just anyone, but since I'm first apprentice…I know the spell…"
"What are you going to do?" Anubismon narrowed his eyes.
"I'm going to release the flower's power by using a substitution spell…" replied Lillymon.
She narrowed her eyes and ran her fingers over the golden dome of the flower's container. She murmured some words under her breath and placed her thumb on the top of the dome. The golden dome faded and Lillymon gently took hold of the flower by the stem. She pressed her thumb against a thorn on the stem. Her finger cracked open and a small stream of soft green liquid fell on the thorn. Lillymon then took Michelle's hand and pressed the girl's thumb against the same thorn Lillymon had, until Michelle's thumb gave up a drop of blood.
"What are you doing?" Amy growled as she glared at Lillymon.
"Renkijutsu, listen to my plea," whispered Lillymon, "Most sacred of roses, please, grant that which I ask…" Lillymon looked at Anubismon and Amy and then sadly at Michelle, "Please trade my time for my only friend's time, give me her ailments and sickness, and give her my health and life…"
Lillymon laid the rose on top of Michelle's wound. The rose glimmered silently. Lillymon and Michelle became luminescent. Amy gasped and Anubismon stood back. Two streams of energy flowed between Lillymon and Michelle. A black line flowed from Michelle to Lillymon and a green line flowed from Lillymon to Michelle. The lines faded into nothing and then the luminescence dispersed.
Michelle opened her eyes and whimpered slightly and held her stomach, "My tummy…hurts…" Michelle sat up, "Lillymon…" The girl looked at the flower digimon. The peach flowers were wilted and blackening as a rot ran down the soft petals. Lillymon's sharp, black eyes were now grey and dull. "What did you do, Lillymon, why did you sacrifice yourself for me? I didn't treat you like a real friend you had to force me to be your friend…"
"You gave me…hope…that maybe…one day…you would…like me for real…" whispered Lillymon in short, quiet gasps. Her leafy wings were now nothing but skeletal veins.
"Lillymon…" Michelle looked at the flower and crawled over and cradled the fairy in her arms. "I change my mind…you are my friend right now, no maybes about it…"
Lillymon looked up; a soft gleam filled her eyes as a tear streaked down her graying cheek. "I can't hold the poison much longer…"
"Lillymon, please you must help us…" Anubismon moved forward, "where are the others…? Where are the partnered digimon…?"
"The digi…mon…" Lillymon closed her eyes and grasped her stomach, "are in a dungeon…the door….is in the corner….of the main entry hall….behind a tapestry of a blue rose…" Lillymon looked to Michelle; her eyes became blank but her mouth moved, "Don't…let Princess Prissypants…talk about me after…" Lillymon's body dispersed into dust.
Michelle looked blankly at her empty arms. "We…have to make sure Chaos Piedmon doesn't win…so digimon like Lillymon can be free when they are reborn…We can't let him win..."
"Michelle…" Anubismon kneeled down in front of the girl, "We have to go; I know it's sudden…"
"Who are you?" Michelle looked into Anubismon's eyes. "Brendan?"
"You have me pegged," whispered Brendan.
"You biomerged?" Michelle turned to Amy.
"I have too…" nodded Amy to the unasked question.
"I know it's a shock, and I know you're…friend just died to save your life but I have a very bad feeling that we need to get to the others, who was with you?" asked Anubismon quickly.
"Well, Kevin, Labramon and Snow Agumon, but…" Michelle looked down.
"Two signatures left to account for then…" whispered Amy.
"It must be Mark and Steven!" Michelle looked up.
"I bet they took Piximon too, and Gotsumon," Gatomon stated.
"We need to find the others first," said Anubismon. Gatomon looked up suddenly. Anubismon sighed, "I know they are important, too, but the other digi-destined are more vulnerable…without their partners."
"I have the others' signals, they're down below," whispered Amy quietly.
"Let's go," Anubismon stood up and gently helped Michelle up to her feet.
"Wait…" Michelle ran over to a table in the middle of the shimmering room, without Lillymon's influence the garden illusion was returning back to its true form, a bland brickwork cell. Michelle picked up a doll and ran back to the others, "Ok, now we can go."
Anubismon nodded and put Michelle up on his shoulders and together they left the room. They pushed into the hall and scrambled across the brickwork.
"Help me…" whimpered a voice behind a door. Michelle asked Anubismon to stop and let her down. She ran to the door. She grasped the handle and pulled the door open.
"GOTSUMON!" yelped the girl and she ran in. She appeared a few minutes later with a rocky digimon leaning against her.
"Pajiramon…" gasped the rocky digimon. His rock skin was cracked and large chunks of the stone were missing. There were still shafts of broken arrows in the digimon's body.
"Do not worry, Pajiramon is gone," assured Anubismon quietly.
"This is so wrong…" whispered Michelle quietly as she looked at Gotsumon and then up at Gatomon. "Gatomon…you look horrible…"
"You can give your regards to LadyDevimon for that…" replied Gatomon with a wince, "but we got her back…"
"You guys got hurt…" Michelle looked down, "and I got a tea party…"
"You nearly died!" Amy shouted.
"But it didn't really hurt," Michelle responded quietly.
"I'd love to stay here and chat…" Anubismon looked at the others, "but we really need to get going…"
"Gotsumon," Amy walked up and helped the rock digimon on her back, "Ok, let's go!"
They ran down the hall out onto the balcony of the main entry hall. Anubismon looked down at the floor.
"What happened here…?" Michelle looked down and saw a horde of Woodmon lying on the ground.
"Useless fools!" shouted a rough voice. A large, grey triceratops roared forth, "I told you to capture those digi-destined!" The triceratops crushed one of the Woodmon under his foot. "AND YOU LET THEM WALK RIGHT PAST YOU!"
"But Lord Triceramon!" yelped one of the Woodmon, "They had a Mega level digimon on their side!"
"I DON'T CARE!" roared Triceramon, "You serve to live and you live to serve! If you can't do one then you don't get to do the other! Since none of you can serve anyone then none you deserve to live! Tri-Horn Attack!" the triceratop's horns glowed and then rushed forward gutting three Woodmon. The Woodmon gasped in shock and fear. Triceramon growled softly, "Oh, you don't like to see your comrades destroyed, well I'm not here to make you happy so watch more of them die! TRI-HORN…."
"Stop this right now!" shouted Michelle loudly. Triceramon stopped in mid strike and turned. He looked up at the balcony.
"So the digi-destined have arrived," Triceramon looked to the Woodmon, "Well you get a little reprieve, but as soon as I am done destroying these insects I'll finish off the rest of you!"
"This is not good…" Gotsumon whimpered, "Triceramon is an Ultimate digimon…"
"So, Anubismon is a Mega digimon," Amy returned promptly.
"You didn't let him finish," replied Gatomon, "Triceramon is an Ultimate digimon that is as tough as they come, he can easily handle a Mega digimon, if he has to…
"Doesn't matter," Anubismon walked forward. "He won't hurt any of you!"
"Tri-Horn Attack!" roared Triceramon. The grey dinosaur's horns shot forward pinning Anubismon to the wall by the god's robes. The dinosaur then reeled himself up by his horns and crashed onto the balcony. Triceramon yanked his horns from the wall and towered over Anubismon.
"Size isn't everything!" snorted Anubismon. He cupped his hands together, "Amemit!" Anubismon growled as he fired a blast of golden energy into Triceramon, but he dinosaur merely turned and the blast rolled off of his armored back like water.
"See what I mean!" yelped Gatomon as he herded, Michelle, Amy, Gotsumon and Penguinmon back into the hall.
"Mega Dash!" roared Triceramon and he body blocked Anubismon sending the Mega digimon crashing into a stone wall.
"Brendan get up!" shouted Amy loudly.
"Just five more minutes Elecmon…" murmured the dazed Mega digimon.
"Hehe, so much for the toted Mega digimon!" chuckled Triceramon. He turned and looked at the others. "Now watch me destroy him…I think I'll squish him and then skewer him…"
"NO!" Michelle shouted loudly.
"Michelle!" Amy grabbed at the girl but the smaller child pulled free, knocking Amy into Penguinmon's arms, and marched forward.
"Hehe, say goodbye Anubismon…" growled Triceramon.
"Don't you do it!" Michelle growled loudly. Michelle's body radiated a soft glow. "Don't you dare try it, Triceramon…" Michelle's voice got lower and more matured, "You won't be allowed to terrorize anyone any more!"
"Oh and who will stop me, little girl?" growled the dinosaur.
"I will…" said Anubismon, he stood up and glowed with golden energy.
"And I will…" shouted another voice, a deeper, feminine voice. Triceramon looked up and saw a woman, in a feathered cloak, holding a sword.
Anubismon looked up in surprise, "Valkyrimon…"
"We will…" growled two more voices. The Gotsumon was standing, what had before been a beaten and bruised body was now a glowing figure of perfection, the Gatomon was standing straight and its fur was sterling; the holy ring on its tail was pulsing madly.
Valkyrimon glided in front of the glowing girl and Anubismon appeared at the woman's side. "Face Triceramon, you're edging ever closer to extinction!"
"You don't frighten me!" growled Triceramon.
"We should, Triceramon," replied Michelle in her new voice. The light emboldened and Triceramon was forced to visor his eyes, "Those that are cruel, those that hold malevolence in their heart, those that hold evil in their dreams, they should fear us, they should fear the Powers of Light, and the Implacable Force of Hope, for while these two things still exist there is a chance that even the most powerful of evils can be defeated!"
Triceramon only glared at the force set against him. "I cannot be stopped by a little, human girl and her buddies…"
"Triceramon, if I were you, I'd run, because if you're still here by the count of ten, well, let's just say, you won't be serving anyone for a long time…One….two…three…" Triceramon stared at Valkyrimon blankly but the woman continued to count, "Four….five…you must be pretty stupid, Triceramon, six…seven…eight…nine…ten…" the woman narrowed her eyes, "Fenrir Sword!" the blast of fire and ice crashed into Triceramon's chest sending the digimon backward through the banister and crashing from the balcony to the ground. Valkyrimon walked to the edge of the balcony. "Now, go, Triceramon, before I really try to do some damage!"
Triceramon looked up in surprise. Valkyrimon unhooked a crossbow from her back and pointed it at Triceramon. A single bolt of lightning exploded next to the large dinosaur and Triceramon rushed out of the main entry hall.
"Now…let us go to the other digimon, they will need our help," said Michelle stiffly as she walked past the two biomerged digimon.
Her body was still releasing the soft glow from her body. Anubismon and Valkyrimon looked at each other and then looked back at Gatomon and Gotsumon. The two digimon shrugged and the two biomerged digimon found themselves following the girl down the stairs to main entry hall.
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"Lucemon…are you ok?" Labramon was staring up at him. The angel winced as he looked down.
"I'm fine…" Lucemon shifted his arms and groaned, "I forgot, about these damn vines…"
"There have been explosions up above…" Labramon whispered, "I think there is a fight going on, someone may be trying to save us."
"Ryuudamon, Snow Agumon, are you guys ok?" Lucemon asked as he looked over to where the other digimon were hanging. "Ryuudamon, Snow Agumon?"
"Don't worry," rasped Ryuudamon quietly, "We're…ok…"
"Snow Agumon?" Lucemon looked down and saw the white dinosaur hanging loosely in his bindings. "Is he…?"
"Sleeping," replied Ryuudamon slowly, "The vines are draining us; I don't know how long we can…" Ryuudamon shimmered and his form shifted in configuration between his Rookie figure and his In Training form, "Keep our current level…"
"The vines aren't draining us nearly as much as they are you," Labramon said as she looked over at the others.
"We have to get them free," growled Lucemon as he pulled at his bindings.
"Lucemon, be careful," whined Labramon as she watched the angel grab at his bindings with his hands. The thorns pierced his hands and cut at his flesh.
"We have to work together…" Lucemon hissed under his breath, "Like before, we have to do this together, if we are to survive…"
"What do you want me to do?" Labramon looked up at the angel.
"Nothing just let me…" Lucemon looked up at the vines. They glowed again and Lucemon winced. "Damn it…"
"Lucemon!" Labramon yelped loudly.
The golden ringlets on the angel's wrists glowed softly. Lucemon screamed as the rings burned into his skin. The angel's head dropped down and he breathed heavily.
"Are you ok?" asked Ryuudamon in a raspy whisper.
"No…" replied Lucemon quietly, "I'm weak, and tired, I can't keep this up forever…"
"DID SOMEONE ASK FOR A RESCUE?" shouted a voice. Lucemon narrowed his eyes as the doors to the cell exploded open. A light washed into the room as it did a small girl walked into the cell.
"MICHELLE!" Labramon cheered and then stopped in shock. "What the heck…?"
"Don't ask, we don't know," called two digimon as they walked forward. One was a woman, with shoulder length brown hair and a long feathered cloak; the other was a robed digimon that had the head of a jackal and the body of a man, a pair of brown wings were tucked against his blue furred body.
"What's going on?" Lucemon glared at the two digimon. "Who are you?"
"It's us, Brendan and Amy," replied the jackal digimon, "And Tapirmon and Penguinmon, we biomerged, tada…"
"Now is not the time for flippancy," Michelle said quietly. She lifted her hand and the glow from her body rushed over the four restrained digimon.
"Woah!" Snow Agumon snapped his head up, "Does anyone else feel like they just ate a seven course meal and just awakened from a nap….?"
"I feel so strong…" Ryuudamon strained against his bindings snapping them into tatters.
"Blizzard!" snapped Snow Agumon as the vines around his body turned into ropes of ice that crumbled into frost.
"Rah!" shouted Labramon as she ripped free from the vines.
Lucemon looked down and with a yank ripped the vines from the ceiling and then he ripped the vines from his wrists and ankles before landing in front of Michelle.
"Thank you," Lucemon looked into the girl's eyes, "You couldn't have come at a better time…"
"We invested a lot in reformatting you," whispered Michelle with a coy smile, "You didn't think we'd let you sleep on the job, now did you?" Michelle turned to the others, "There is no time for reunion pleasantries; I fear the Child of Friendship and the Child of Courage are in the gravest of dangers…"
"Kevin!" yelped Snow Agumon.
"Steven…" Ryuudamon breathed.
"This way…" directed Michelle maturely, as she walked from the cell.
"Michelle…" Gotsumon and Gatomon hung back. "Would it be too much to ask if, possibly we spent some time to search for Piximon down here?"
"You may, but we must locate the rest of the digi-destined," nodded Michelle quietly with a nod. Gatomon and Gotsumon rushed down the hall as Michelle led the other back to the main entry way.
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"Keep it up, he's tiring, soon he'll be kneeling at your feet, defeated," hissed the voice loudly in Steven's ear.
"Give it up, Kevin," Steven swept the saber in his hand across the brunette's chest.
Kevin leapt back jerkily as the blade made a ragged cut. The cut was nothing but a flesh wound but Kevin still held his chest.
"Tit for tat, eh?" growled the brunette as he walked backward, "That doesn't surprise me, too damned selfish to let something go, so you make sure they don't forget…"
"You'd know about selfishness," replied Steven as he walked forward. The saber hung loosely in his hand. "You don't care about anyone; you just want to be boss, so you can push people around."
"Shove it, you made me boss!" growled Kevin as he jumped forward kicking the sword from Steven's grasp. He touched down on the ground and swung his fist forward but Steven already had his arms up and blocked the fist. "You have no one to blame but yourself, but you don't think about that, because you're the biggest hypocrite ever!"
"I knew it was a stupid move to make you leader!" Steven launched a fist forward but the brunette's head moved and the knuckles missed his head.
Kevin reeled back and then pushed forward with his fist striking Steven in the chest. Steven staggered back from the heart punch, clutching his chest.
"All you care about is your brother, you'd throw us all away just to save your brother!" shouted Kevin as he ran forward and tackled Steven. "You'd let us all get killed if it meant saving your brother!"
"You won't listen to anyone!" Steven punched Kevin in the face. The brunette rolled backward, "You were the one that wanted to vote, you were the one that lost and you were the one that got all huffy and walked off like an idiot!"
"You used your charisma to turn the others against me!" shouted Kevin loudly as he stood up and sneered, "You were the one that ran out on me! You ran off like a coward!"
"Don't, call me, a coward!" Steven leapt taking Kevin down in a flying tackle. "Just because I don't run off like some numbskull doesn't mean I'm a coward!"
The two boys rolled on the ground not really striking each other but rather shouting as they rolled trying to stay on top.
"Don't do this!" shouted a small voice from above. The two boys looked up. There was a young boy hanging from the wall. Rosemon growled as the boy spat out hunks of vine. "You know you don't want to! It's the Dark Spores!"
"Who…is that…?" Steven whispered as he looked up. "Why does he look…?" Steven gasped quietly, "Mark…"
Kevin slammed his fist into Steven's solar plexus and the blonde fell back trying to grab his breath. He glared up at the brunette as the boy leapt forward. Steven put his legs up and kneed Kevin in the stomach and then rolled backward tossing the brunette away.
"STOP IT!" screamed the child. "WHAT ABOUT MICHELLE AND THE OTHERS?"
Kevin laid on the ground and winced. "Michelle…who is that…? Oh no…Michelle…"
"The others…there are others?" Steven blinked quietly.
"YOU GUYS HAVE TO STOP!" shouted the boy. "YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE SPORES! WE'RE ALL ARE DEPENDING ON YOU TO BE BRAVE! YOU CAN'T GIVE UP ON YOUR FRIENDS!"
"Steven don't listen to that twerp, he wants you to fail, he wants you to give up on your friend…don't listen to him!" screeched the voice in Steven's head. "If you listen to that boy, you'll be seen as weak and useless!"
"Don't lie to me…" Steven whispered. "My brother would never lie to me, not about something like this…" His eyes fell on Kevin. The brunette was holding his head and shaking it. "I'm not going to fight him anymore…he's my friend and you don't hurt your friends for your own personal gain…"
"Then your brother will die!" called the voice loudly. "You will kill your brother to save your friend, such a pathetic little beast!"
"I'm not a coward!" screamed Kevin as he punched the floor, "I won't be a coward and fight those that try to make me think! I'm not always right! STOP IT!"
Kevin looked up sharply at Steven. Steven walked forward and extended his hand. "I once heard some one once say that it takes courage to extend some peace…"
Kevin looked up, "The voices…your brother…we can't stop the fighting, we can't let your brother die…"
"We have to stop," Steven replied, "We have to be strong for the others…"
"Stab me, through the chest," rasped Kevin, "That way the fighting stops and your brother lives…"
"What? NO!" Steven shouted and pulled back from Kevin, "Are you nuts?"
"Do it!" shouted Kevin, "this is my fault, and I'm going to fix it, this is the only way!"
"Don't be such an idiot," Steven looked up at the red clad woman hovering next to Mark. He winced as the voice squealed in his head, "I think I have a plan…we need to act like we're fighting…"
"How's that going to help?" Kevin asked as he looked up.
"It will buy us more time than just standing here and chatting," returned Steven. He closed his eyes. "Please, just this once, stop being a blockhead."
"No, you're right, we need to buy…" Kevin started to say as the doors to the stadium shook, "…time?"
Something was coming and it was big. The door exploded off its hinges and a blazing light filled the stadium. Kevin and Steven shielded their eyes as the light washed over every cranny of the room. There was a shrill scream and then the light faded. Kevin and Steven blinked quietly and looked around they were standing in a void of darkness, but they weren't alone, Brendan, Amy, Mark, Jason and Janet and their digimon were standing there as well, and in the middle of them was a very brightly glowing Michelle with Labramon at her side.
"Welcome, digi-destined, I'm sorry, Jason, Janet for taking you from your fishing," said Michelle in a deep, mature voice. "Now, if you don't mind, it's time for us to see why it was you who were chosen to save two worlds…" Michelle smiled at the shocked expression of the others.
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Dark Qiviut: Nope she didn't get her ass kicked, but she came close this chapter, but I hoped I handled the situation to your liking.