Chapter 11 – Tombs, Ice and Stone
Datamon was as crazy looking as ever, and he was looking me up and down in a way that made me feel extremely uncomfortable.
What the hell does he want from me? I wish he would just go away! I want to be at home! Even working in the shop is better than this! Why won't he just leave me alone?
I sobbed a little before I could stop myself. Datamon heard and his leer grew wider, grinning as he spoke.
"So my dear, have you enjoyed your stay so far? Heh heh heh…"
I tried to back away, but Mummymon held me tight in his grip. Datamon came forward on a floating metal disc and reached out with his cold metal hand to caress my cheek. I shied away, then spat at him, my saliva hitting his shiny dome. Mummymon laughed, and Datamon scowled, but he shortly regained his composure and his leering smile. I summoned up a little courage, and looked Datamon in the eye.
Glad to see there's no lost love between these two, maybe I can exploit that…
"We'll have a good time together, my dear. Mummymon! Take her to the machine!"
Mummymon sneered at Datamon, but complied, dragging me towards a familiar device on the wall.
A digital cloning machine…
I started struggling harder then, kicking at Mummymon and trying to loosen his grip. He slapped the back of his hand across my face, hard. Datamon saw and grew angry, jumping up and down like a spoiled child.
"Don't harm her you twit! Or she'll be useless to us! I need her functional!"
"Fine, metal trash, but the results had better be worth it! Our master will not be pleased otherwise!"
Datamon waved his hand dismissively and turned back to his computer as Mummymon locked me in the machine.
"Yes, yes. It will all go as Pharaohmon wants it to. As I want it to. I have worked to hard to have my revenge to be stopped now. Have your people on the surface had any more luck locating that knight? That Zanbamon was supposed to keep the Digidestined occupied for days, and that stupid black knight deleted it in an hour's time."
The Mummymon seemed a little calmer now.
"No. Our spies tell us that it was not a digidestined digimon though, as they came asking about it a few hours later."
"Hmmm, perhaps it may be turned to our side. An ally like that, combined with this plan, and we would not have to worry about the digidestined at all, if the rumors of it overwhelming Imperialdramon are true."
"WHAT!"
They both turned and looked at me. Datamon chuckled and hit a few buttons on his machine, and the analyzing band on the table I was strapped to began to hum and move down, at an excruciatingly low pace.
The Mummymon watched for a moment and left, leaving me alone with Datamon.
"What do you want from me you creep?!"
Datamon chuckled again.
"What do I want? I want revenge girl. And working with Pharaohmon guarantees me a place of leadership as well, over both worlds!"
"With all the peace in the last year, Azulongmon would have felt you gaining power. Why didn't we?"
Datamon blinked, the chuckled again.
I'm really starting to hate that chuckle…
"Well, it's said that the villain is always ruined in the exposition, but, as your idiotic surface dwelling digi-fools will never find us, and I have a little time until the machine is finished with you, why not?
Datamon has definitely lost a few more sprockets since we met last…
"It must have been about six months ago. I was sitting at the bottom of my pyramid, plotting plots of revenge, and dreaming dreams of greatness, when it occurred to me why you stupid idiots always win. You come across a foe far superior to yourselves, and you turn the tables. Why?
"The answer, of course, is relatively simple. You are the digidestined. This gives you power and ability beyond the scope available to every villain out there. Until now. You see, I am taking your data, and that of your digivice here…"
He patted the table next to him and I saw my digivice laying on it.
"…to replicate you perfectly. Perfectly mindless, that is. Think of it! Evil virus digimon with a digidestined slave to increase their power ten, no, one hundred fold! Granting them the power of digivolution at will! It will be glorious!"
The band had passed the half way point then, and his computer bleeped. He floated over to it on his disc and proceeded to check something, what I'm not sure. Then he returned to where I was and proceeded to speak once more.
"Where was I? Oh, yes. But, upon realization of my idea, I knew it would most likely end in vain like my last unfortunate attempt, so I needed an ally. I had heard of, in ancient times, of a digimon warlord with incredible power, one of the many foes sealed by your predecessors, interestingly enough. So, I searched far and wide, until I came across and old manuscript in a tomb detailing where Pharaohmon lay, sealed and asleep.
"Finding the location was easy enough. There was an entrance hidden behind a thin sheath of rock in server's desert. There were many digimon in guard around the tomb, but once I made my intentions known, they were more than happy to guide me to my destination. I entered and awoke the great lord himself, and made pact with him. His rage against the digidestined was great as well, and is content enough to take it the current ones if he can not destroy the originals.
"So, he has lent me this lab, deep in the heart of our base. Unfortunately, he was forced to leave the majority of his army behind when the entrance collapsed, but we have well over one hundred digimon here, and that will be more than enough, considering the tunnel entrance is being reopened as we speak. And now that we have you, well, you know that already. Besides, it appears our time is done."
He was more or less right; the machine was almost done with my feet. He pressed a button on his console, and Mummymon came back in.
"Be a good little lapdog and return the girl to her cell. I have all I need for now."
The Mummymon scowled at Datamon.
"What do you mean for now?"
Datamon shrugged.
"Only that I may need her unharmed for additional testing if there is something I can't quite figure out with out more than a cursory scan like this one. So, I need her alive for now. Out you go, I have work to do."
Mummymon growled and flung me over his shoulder. As I was carried from the room, I saw my nightmares come true again. On the second bed, a second me was already forming.
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Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Digivolve to… BlackGrowlmon!
Once out of sight of the digidestined, I ordered BlackGuilmon to digivolve. I looked up at my friend.
"How do you feel, boy?"
"Angry, Takatomon! IceDevimon hurt our friends! IceDevimon hurt Renamon! IceDevimon needs to be deleted!"
I took note of the boiling rage in BlackGrowlmon's voice as well as his words. That said two things. One, that BlackGrowlmon was not saying what he thought I wanted to hear, he thought it too. The second was that I needed to moderate the rage that I was feeling, so further problems involving a ten story berserk killing machine wouldn't crop up later. I attempted to calm down, then nodded to him.
"Alright, boy, I'm coming up."
He nodded back and crouched down, making for easier access. I got on and looked north. BlackGrowlmon rose with me at his neck, and started forward at a walk, then increasing his pace to a run.
He's out there, and he'll pay.
DIGI-MODIFY! Hyper Speed Activate!
BlackGrowlmon used his newly enhanced speed, and we were rushing off thorough the twilight towards our old foe. The Hyper Speed card wore off as we were exiting the desert, but BlackGrowlmon kept moving. I used a recharged card on him, but refrained from using the speed card again. Now was where we had to watch carefully for signs that the girls had been there.
Kari and Yolie must have been on Aquilamon and Nefertimon, because we hadn't even reached ice country yet, which was where a demon like IceDevimon was likely to be, and we hadn't seen a single sign that they had been through there. An hour later, we were still trudging northward, and I was beginning to wonder how a wounded Yolie and Hawkmon had made it so far without collapsing and falling unconscious. Then, the landscape began changing suddenly to a frosty, chilled atmosphere, and I knew we had made it.
The frozen north.
New home of IceDevimon.
I hopped down, and BlackGrowlmon dedigivolved, both to conserve energy and to keep us relatively unnoticed as we walked forward. We stopped as we came across signs of struggle. Looking at the devastation, I figured that this had been where they had fought, but obviously not IceDevimon's base of operations. BlackGuilmon and I looked around, searching for any sign of prints, but the only ones I found were leading back south, obviously Yolie and Hawkmon's by the sizes.
Great, now what? Maybe BlackGuilmon's found something.
"You smell anything boy?"
"IceDevimon…"
BlackGuilmon growled the word, making me a little freaked out.
"Can you track him?"
BlackGuilmon growled and nodded.
Guess that last battle with ol' Icy affected him more than I thought. While IceDevimon was thought deleted he was fine, but now… well, I can't say I blame him. I'll feel better once we put that jackass down myself. But, I mean, I'm really angry about what happened because it happened to Rika. BlackGuilmon doesn't ha…
The thought stopped me in my tracks.
Is BlackGuilmon sweet on Renamon? I'll have to ask him later. It sounds crazy, but it's the only thing I can think of to make him this mad. Especially when I'm making a real effort to remain calm.
I pondered my thoughts about my digimon as I followed him up the trail into a mountain range.
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I moaned in pain as I regained consciousness. My body hurt all over. I opened my eyes and fought the urge to throw up. Sealed in a tomb of ice was Gatomon, eyes open and expression horrified, forever etched on her face. I attempted to stand, and this time, nausea overwhelmed me, and I did throw up. I heard a haunting voice behind me.
"So, you're awake. Are you enjoying yourself?"
I tried to scramble away, but slipped on the ice. A clawed hand reached over and picked me up, setting me on my feet. Behind IceDevimon I could see all kinds of Icemon and Hyougamon.
Gatomon's frozen and I have no clue where Yolie is…
He waved a hand around behind him, where I saw even more digimon frozen in ice, looks of horror etched on their faces as well. I froze, unable even to breathe for an instant.
"Aren't they glorious? Many digimon have fallen under my hand! They ones that I chose not to delete, well, they become my… sculptures, my… art. They are wondrous, are they not?"
I stared in horror at the blocks of ice in front of me, unable to day a word. I stared in some twisted fascination at what was in front of me.
How can a digimon be so… cruel!
He kept talking.
"You like them, don't you? Yes, I can tell. You can't take your eyes off of them. Do you want me to make you some more?"
I opened my mouth to say no, but never got a word out.
"Of course you do! Well, I can get more digimon to make them with, just you wait and see! I can do it… and you can help…"
I backed up slowly, away from the insane glint in his eyes as he looked at me, unable to see anything but what he wanted to see. The digimon surrounding him watched him, studying him.
"And you will help, won't you? You love my art here so much… Yes, you would love to help me, and why should you not? I am the strongest champion level digimon in existence! With the help of a partner, I could be unstoppable! You could have all you ever wanted! You could be victorious over any who opposed us! Power, riches fame! It's all now within your grasp! Just join with me! Make me your partner! All will fall before us!"
A new voice spoke from the doorway.
"What is it with you and kidnapping pretty girls to make them your partner? If Rika Nonaka, in all her 'must be the strongest' attitude wouldn't take a loser like you, what make you think that Kari Kamiya, queen of all that is love, fluff, and puppy dogs would ever go along with you?"
I looked over. There, with a smirk on his face was Takato, leaning against the cave mouth with his arms crossed over his chest. IceDevimon was shocked.
"You! But, th-that's im…"
"Impossible? Not really, but I would have said the same for you. Imagine my surprise when Yolie stumbles into camp, mumbling about a deranged IceDevimon."
The two stared at each other for a moment, then IceDevimon spoke.
"Humph. You won't take advantage of me again, boy! I'm far more powerful than before! Your Guilmon doesn't stand a chance!"
Takato chuckled.
"Actually, he's BlackGuilmon now. But, I'm sure he wants to say hello too. BlackGuilmon…"
BlackGuilmon walked slowly around Takato, his golden eyes feral, and he was growling lightly. You could almost see the aura of hate he was giving off. BlackGuilmon spoke.
He does not look happy.
"IceDevimon… for all that you did to Rika and Renamon, for all that you did to Kari and Gatomon, I will delete you!"
What happened between these two?
IceDevimon didn't look happy. He waved and arm.
"Icemon! Forward!"
The champion level data digimon surged forward, there were about ten of them.
"FIREBALL!"
The attack burst through three of them, deleting them instantly. Takato called out calmly to BlackGuilmon.
"Keep yourself fresh, boy."
BlackGuilmon nodded, and glowed slightly, and the data that hadn't yet disappeared drained into him, just like what IceDevimon had done. I gasped in disbelief.
What the heck are these two?
One Icemon surged ahead of the rest and charged BlackGuilmon.
"ICE STRIKE!"
BlackGuilmon tilted his head to one side, allowing the Icemon's fist to sail by. He then lifted the Icemon and tossed him with ease, knocking down three more, before turning to the last three and leaping at them. He knocked the first down with his feet as he came crashing in, and turned to the one on his left.
"ROCK SMASHER!"
The Icemon shattered into pieces and drifted into the sky as data. BlackGuilmon smashed the other Icemon with his tail, knocking it into the pile of the other Icemon that were just getting up. He looked down at the struggling one beneath him and clamped his jaws around its neck, snapping the head off, eliminating it. He once more absorbed the data before turning to the five in the pile.
"FIREBALL!"
The launched attack deleted three more of them, and BlackGuilmon didn't hesitate to jump at the two remaining.
"ICEBALL BOMB!"
The attack hit and knocked BlackGuilmon to the ground, but he rolled to his feet and charged again.
"ROCK SMASHER!"
The poor Icemon didn't have a chance. It was reduced to data, and the last Icemon began backing away. BlackGuilmon turned, and the look in his eyes didn't change as he gathered flames in his mouth and attacked.
"FIREBALL!"
The final Icemon went down, BlackGuilmon destroyed the data, and I watched in horrified fascination. IceDevimon was almost comatose in his shock.
"H-How?"
Takato shrugged.
"Simple. One, BlackGuilmon here is stronger than most champions in the southern quadrant. Here they've never even heard of loading data. Two, Icemon have so little attack power they might as well be strong rookies. Three, BlackGuilmon had type and elemental advantages. And four, he kept loading the data of his defeated, keeping him recharged and strengthening him at the same time."
Takato smirked, and BlackGuilmon growled a little louder.
"Easy prey."
IceDevimon's eyes narrowed.
"Well, you won't have such an easy time with this!"
The Hyougamon surged forward. Takato didn't seem too worried though.
"I'm getting bored. Time to end this. BlackGuilmon, digivolve!
IceDevimon looked on horrified as BlackGuilmon began to glow. He roared in terror.
"NOOOOO!"
The roaring caused some of the icicles on the roof to fall. One struck me, and I knew no more.
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As Mummymon carried me back to my cell, I became a little worried.
Where are we that the other digidestined can't find us?
That worried me more than I would have cared to admit. Mummymon opened the cell wall, and tossed me in roughly. I hit the floor with a resounding thump. He gave me a leering grin.
"There you are girly, nice and safe. But the moment shorty in there says he don't need you no more, over the side you go."
I gulped, and scrambled into a corner. He laughed long and hard, then left, closing the cell behind him. I saw something shiny on the ground, my hair clip. I picked it up and clenched my fist around it, the pain distracting me from the hopelessness that I felt.
The tomb was nothing but six walls, without any bars or even a visible door once it was closed. It lacked any features what so ever, so I would be forced to sleep on the floor. With a lack of any… facilities, I was forced to defecate in a corner. I lay down as far away from it as possible, attempting to ignore the smell, and tried to sleep, my hand still clenched around the clip my mother had given me.
Where are you Tai?
Datamon was as crazy looking as ever, and he was looking me up and down in a way that made me feel extremely uncomfortable.
What the hell does he want from me? I wish he would just go away! I want to be at home! Even working in the shop is better than this! Why won't he just leave me alone?
I sobbed a little before I could stop myself. Datamon heard and his leer grew wider, grinning as he spoke.
"So my dear, have you enjoyed your stay so far? Heh heh heh…"
I tried to back away, but Mummymon held me tight in his grip. Datamon came forward on a floating metal disc and reached out with his cold metal hand to caress my cheek. I shied away, then spat at him, my saliva hitting his shiny dome. Mummymon laughed, and Datamon scowled, but he shortly regained his composure and his leering smile. I summoned up a little courage, and looked Datamon in the eye.
Glad to see there's no lost love between these two, maybe I can exploit that…
"We'll have a good time together, my dear. Mummymon! Take her to the machine!"
Mummymon sneered at Datamon, but complied, dragging me towards a familiar device on the wall.
A digital cloning machine…
I started struggling harder then, kicking at Mummymon and trying to loosen his grip. He slapped the back of his hand across my face, hard. Datamon saw and grew angry, jumping up and down like a spoiled child.
"Don't harm her you twit! Or she'll be useless to us! I need her functional!"
"Fine, metal trash, but the results had better be worth it! Our master will not be pleased otherwise!"
Datamon waved his hand dismissively and turned back to his computer as Mummymon locked me in the machine.
"Yes, yes. It will all go as Pharaohmon wants it to. As I want it to. I have worked to hard to have my revenge to be stopped now. Have your people on the surface had any more luck locating that knight? That Zanbamon was supposed to keep the Digidestined occupied for days, and that stupid black knight deleted it in an hour's time."
The Mummymon seemed a little calmer now.
"No. Our spies tell us that it was not a digidestined digimon though, as they came asking about it a few hours later."
"Hmmm, perhaps it may be turned to our side. An ally like that, combined with this plan, and we would not have to worry about the digidestined at all, if the rumors of it overwhelming Imperialdramon are true."
"WHAT!"
They both turned and looked at me. Datamon chuckled and hit a few buttons on his machine, and the analyzing band on the table I was strapped to began to hum and move down, at an excruciatingly low pace.
The Mummymon watched for a moment and left, leaving me alone with Datamon.
"What do you want from me you creep?!"
Datamon chuckled again.
"What do I want? I want revenge girl. And working with Pharaohmon guarantees me a place of leadership as well, over both worlds!"
"With all the peace in the last year, Azulongmon would have felt you gaining power. Why didn't we?"
Datamon blinked, the chuckled again.
I'm really starting to hate that chuckle…
"Well, it's said that the villain is always ruined in the exposition, but, as your idiotic surface dwelling digi-fools will never find us, and I have a little time until the machine is finished with you, why not?
Datamon has definitely lost a few more sprockets since we met last…
"It must have been about six months ago. I was sitting at the bottom of my pyramid, plotting plots of revenge, and dreaming dreams of greatness, when it occurred to me why you stupid idiots always win. You come across a foe far superior to yourselves, and you turn the tables. Why?
"The answer, of course, is relatively simple. You are the digidestined. This gives you power and ability beyond the scope available to every villain out there. Until now. You see, I am taking your data, and that of your digivice here…"
He patted the table next to him and I saw my digivice laying on it.
"…to replicate you perfectly. Perfectly mindless, that is. Think of it! Evil virus digimon with a digidestined slave to increase their power ten, no, one hundred fold! Granting them the power of digivolution at will! It will be glorious!"
The band had passed the half way point then, and his computer bleeped. He floated over to it on his disc and proceeded to check something, what I'm not sure. Then he returned to where I was and proceeded to speak once more.
"Where was I? Oh, yes. But, upon realization of my idea, I knew it would most likely end in vain like my last unfortunate attempt, so I needed an ally. I had heard of, in ancient times, of a digimon warlord with incredible power, one of the many foes sealed by your predecessors, interestingly enough. So, I searched far and wide, until I came across and old manuscript in a tomb detailing where Pharaohmon lay, sealed and asleep.
"Finding the location was easy enough. There was an entrance hidden behind a thin sheath of rock in server's desert. There were many digimon in guard around the tomb, but once I made my intentions known, they were more than happy to guide me to my destination. I entered and awoke the great lord himself, and made pact with him. His rage against the digidestined was great as well, and is content enough to take it the current ones if he can not destroy the originals.
"So, he has lent me this lab, deep in the heart of our base. Unfortunately, he was forced to leave the majority of his army behind when the entrance collapsed, but we have well over one hundred digimon here, and that will be more than enough, considering the tunnel entrance is being reopened as we speak. And now that we have you, well, you know that already. Besides, it appears our time is done."
He was more or less right; the machine was almost done with my feet. He pressed a button on his console, and Mummymon came back in.
"Be a good little lapdog and return the girl to her cell. I have all I need for now."
The Mummymon scowled at Datamon.
"What do you mean for now?"
Datamon shrugged.
"Only that I may need her unharmed for additional testing if there is something I can't quite figure out with out more than a cursory scan like this one. So, I need her alive for now. Out you go, I have work to do."
Mummymon growled and flung me over his shoulder. As I was carried from the room, I saw my nightmares come true again. On the second bed, a second me was already forming.
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Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Digivolve to… BlackGrowlmon!
Once out of sight of the digidestined, I ordered BlackGuilmon to digivolve. I looked up at my friend.
"How do you feel, boy?"
"Angry, Takatomon! IceDevimon hurt our friends! IceDevimon hurt Renamon! IceDevimon needs to be deleted!"
I took note of the boiling rage in BlackGrowlmon's voice as well as his words. That said two things. One, that BlackGrowlmon was not saying what he thought I wanted to hear, he thought it too. The second was that I needed to moderate the rage that I was feeling, so further problems involving a ten story berserk killing machine wouldn't crop up later. I attempted to calm down, then nodded to him.
"Alright, boy, I'm coming up."
He nodded back and crouched down, making for easier access. I got on and looked north. BlackGrowlmon rose with me at his neck, and started forward at a walk, then increasing his pace to a run.
He's out there, and he'll pay.
DIGI-MODIFY! Hyper Speed Activate!
BlackGrowlmon used his newly enhanced speed, and we were rushing off thorough the twilight towards our old foe. The Hyper Speed card wore off as we were exiting the desert, but BlackGrowlmon kept moving. I used a recharged card on him, but refrained from using the speed card again. Now was where we had to watch carefully for signs that the girls had been there.
Kari and Yolie must have been on Aquilamon and Nefertimon, because we hadn't even reached ice country yet, which was where a demon like IceDevimon was likely to be, and we hadn't seen a single sign that they had been through there. An hour later, we were still trudging northward, and I was beginning to wonder how a wounded Yolie and Hawkmon had made it so far without collapsing and falling unconscious. Then, the landscape began changing suddenly to a frosty, chilled atmosphere, and I knew we had made it.
The frozen north.
New home of IceDevimon.
I hopped down, and BlackGrowlmon dedigivolved, both to conserve energy and to keep us relatively unnoticed as we walked forward. We stopped as we came across signs of struggle. Looking at the devastation, I figured that this had been where they had fought, but obviously not IceDevimon's base of operations. BlackGuilmon and I looked around, searching for any sign of prints, but the only ones I found were leading back south, obviously Yolie and Hawkmon's by the sizes.
Great, now what? Maybe BlackGuilmon's found something.
"You smell anything boy?"
"IceDevimon…"
BlackGuilmon growled the word, making me a little freaked out.
"Can you track him?"
BlackGuilmon growled and nodded.
Guess that last battle with ol' Icy affected him more than I thought. While IceDevimon was thought deleted he was fine, but now… well, I can't say I blame him. I'll feel better once we put that jackass down myself. But, I mean, I'm really angry about what happened because it happened to Rika. BlackGuilmon doesn't ha…
The thought stopped me in my tracks.
Is BlackGuilmon sweet on Renamon? I'll have to ask him later. It sounds crazy, but it's the only thing I can think of to make him this mad. Especially when I'm making a real effort to remain calm.
I pondered my thoughts about my digimon as I followed him up the trail into a mountain range.
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I moaned in pain as I regained consciousness. My body hurt all over. I opened my eyes and fought the urge to throw up. Sealed in a tomb of ice was Gatomon, eyes open and expression horrified, forever etched on her face. I attempted to stand, and this time, nausea overwhelmed me, and I did throw up. I heard a haunting voice behind me.
"So, you're awake. Are you enjoying yourself?"
I tried to scramble away, but slipped on the ice. A clawed hand reached over and picked me up, setting me on my feet. Behind IceDevimon I could see all kinds of Icemon and Hyougamon.
Gatomon's frozen and I have no clue where Yolie is…
He waved a hand around behind him, where I saw even more digimon frozen in ice, looks of horror etched on their faces as well. I froze, unable even to breathe for an instant.
"Aren't they glorious? Many digimon have fallen under my hand! They ones that I chose not to delete, well, they become my… sculptures, my… art. They are wondrous, are they not?"
I stared in horror at the blocks of ice in front of me, unable to day a word. I stared in some twisted fascination at what was in front of me.
How can a digimon be so… cruel!
He kept talking.
"You like them, don't you? Yes, I can tell. You can't take your eyes off of them. Do you want me to make you some more?"
I opened my mouth to say no, but never got a word out.
"Of course you do! Well, I can get more digimon to make them with, just you wait and see! I can do it… and you can help…"
I backed up slowly, away from the insane glint in his eyes as he looked at me, unable to see anything but what he wanted to see. The digimon surrounding him watched him, studying him.
"And you will help, won't you? You love my art here so much… Yes, you would love to help me, and why should you not? I am the strongest champion level digimon in existence! With the help of a partner, I could be unstoppable! You could have all you ever wanted! You could be victorious over any who opposed us! Power, riches fame! It's all now within your grasp! Just join with me! Make me your partner! All will fall before us!"
A new voice spoke from the doorway.
"What is it with you and kidnapping pretty girls to make them your partner? If Rika Nonaka, in all her 'must be the strongest' attitude wouldn't take a loser like you, what make you think that Kari Kamiya, queen of all that is love, fluff, and puppy dogs would ever go along with you?"
I looked over. There, with a smirk on his face was Takato, leaning against the cave mouth with his arms crossed over his chest. IceDevimon was shocked.
"You! But, th-that's im…"
"Impossible? Not really, but I would have said the same for you. Imagine my surprise when Yolie stumbles into camp, mumbling about a deranged IceDevimon."
The two stared at each other for a moment, then IceDevimon spoke.
"Humph. You won't take advantage of me again, boy! I'm far more powerful than before! Your Guilmon doesn't stand a chance!"
Takato chuckled.
"Actually, he's BlackGuilmon now. But, I'm sure he wants to say hello too. BlackGuilmon…"
BlackGuilmon walked slowly around Takato, his golden eyes feral, and he was growling lightly. You could almost see the aura of hate he was giving off. BlackGuilmon spoke.
He does not look happy.
"IceDevimon… for all that you did to Rika and Renamon, for all that you did to Kari and Gatomon, I will delete you!"
What happened between these two?
IceDevimon didn't look happy. He waved and arm.
"Icemon! Forward!"
The champion level data digimon surged forward, there were about ten of them.
"FIREBALL!"
The attack burst through three of them, deleting them instantly. Takato called out calmly to BlackGuilmon.
"Keep yourself fresh, boy."
BlackGuilmon nodded, and glowed slightly, and the data that hadn't yet disappeared drained into him, just like what IceDevimon had done. I gasped in disbelief.
What the heck are these two?
One Icemon surged ahead of the rest and charged BlackGuilmon.
"ICE STRIKE!"
BlackGuilmon tilted his head to one side, allowing the Icemon's fist to sail by. He then lifted the Icemon and tossed him with ease, knocking down three more, before turning to the last three and leaping at them. He knocked the first down with his feet as he came crashing in, and turned to the one on his left.
"ROCK SMASHER!"
The Icemon shattered into pieces and drifted into the sky as data. BlackGuilmon smashed the other Icemon with his tail, knocking it into the pile of the other Icemon that were just getting up. He looked down at the struggling one beneath him and clamped his jaws around its neck, snapping the head off, eliminating it. He once more absorbed the data before turning to the five in the pile.
"FIREBALL!"
The launched attack deleted three more of them, and BlackGuilmon didn't hesitate to jump at the two remaining.
"ICEBALL BOMB!"
The attack hit and knocked BlackGuilmon to the ground, but he rolled to his feet and charged again.
"ROCK SMASHER!"
The poor Icemon didn't have a chance. It was reduced to data, and the last Icemon began backing away. BlackGuilmon turned, and the look in his eyes didn't change as he gathered flames in his mouth and attacked.
"FIREBALL!"
The final Icemon went down, BlackGuilmon destroyed the data, and I watched in horrified fascination. IceDevimon was almost comatose in his shock.
"H-How?"
Takato shrugged.
"Simple. One, BlackGuilmon here is stronger than most champions in the southern quadrant. Here they've never even heard of loading data. Two, Icemon have so little attack power they might as well be strong rookies. Three, BlackGuilmon had type and elemental advantages. And four, he kept loading the data of his defeated, keeping him recharged and strengthening him at the same time."
Takato smirked, and BlackGuilmon growled a little louder.
"Easy prey."
IceDevimon's eyes narrowed.
"Well, you won't have such an easy time with this!"
The Hyougamon surged forward. Takato didn't seem too worried though.
"I'm getting bored. Time to end this. BlackGuilmon, digivolve!
IceDevimon looked on horrified as BlackGuilmon began to glow. He roared in terror.
"NOOOOO!"
The roaring caused some of the icicles on the roof to fall. One struck me, and I knew no more.
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As Mummymon carried me back to my cell, I became a little worried.
Where are we that the other digidestined can't find us?
That worried me more than I would have cared to admit. Mummymon opened the cell wall, and tossed me in roughly. I hit the floor with a resounding thump. He gave me a leering grin.
"There you are girly, nice and safe. But the moment shorty in there says he don't need you no more, over the side you go."
I gulped, and scrambled into a corner. He laughed long and hard, then left, closing the cell behind him. I saw something shiny on the ground, my hair clip. I picked it up and clenched my fist around it, the pain distracting me from the hopelessness that I felt.
The tomb was nothing but six walls, without any bars or even a visible door once it was closed. It lacked any features what so ever, so I would be forced to sleep on the floor. With a lack of any… facilities, I was forced to defecate in a corner. I lay down as far away from it as possible, attempting to ignore the smell, and tried to sleep, my hand still clenched around the clip my mother had given me.
Where are you Tai?