Chapter 21 – Broken Toys
I smirked as Imperialdramon: Fighter Mode came onto the scene.
Good. He can keep them busy for a bit.
I hadn't been kidding before that Beezlemon was probably stronger than Imperialdramon. If he could fight ChaosGallantmon to a near standstill, then Imperialdramon wouldn't be a problem. The only reason that BlackWarGrowlmon had lasted against him was that Beezlemon hadn't really wanted to kill us.
But now that Puppetmon has specifically ordered him not to hold back…
I knelt beside BlackGuilmon.
"You okay boy?"
"I'm sleepy Takatomon… and hungry!"
I laughed a little.
"We'll get to that, boy. But right now we've got a battle to finish. Ready?"
"Right behind you Takatomon!"
"Thanks boy."
"BlackGuilmon is in no condition to fight Takato!"
I grinned at Joe.
"Relax. It's all in the cards."
DIGI-MODIFY! Recharge Activate!
The card took effect, and BlackGuilmon rolled to his feet, ready to fight.
"All right boy! Go get 'em!"
Flash
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Flash Digivolve to… BlackWarGrowlmon!
I looked to Ken and Davis, who were cheering Imperialdramon on.
"I'll keep Puppetmon off you! Just try to get Beezlemon to stay down!"
They nodded.
"RADIATION EDGE!"
BlackWarGrowlmon plowed his arms into the ground in front of Puppetmon, who jumped back to avoid them. His hands came down, and the dark strings enveloped him, attempting to take over. I could almost feel them running across me too.
"GRAHHHH!"
That came from both of us. We swung our arms wide, and the string burst off of BlackWarGrowlmon, fading instantly. We growled. Puppetmon sulked. Then he raised his hammer.
"If you won't be my toy, then I'll break you! PUPPET PUMMEL!"
BlackWarGrowlmon covered his face with his arms, warding the blow.
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"DARKNESS CLAW!"
Unfortunately for us, Beezlemon was fighting Imperialdramon, and winning.
"POSITRON LASER!"
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
Beezlemon dived out of the way of the beam, and his attack struck home. Imperialdramon reeled from the blow, but came back strong.
"GIGA DEATH!"
His clawed hand struck Beezlemon's jaw, knocking him back. But Beezlemon fell back farther than he had to, pulling Imperialdramon down on top of him.
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
At point blank range, the attack did much more damage than it would have ordinarily.
"Ugh. You're a tough one."
Beezlemon grinned, and they leapt to their feet, coming together in a contest of strength.
"You're not so bad yourself! I just wish I wasn't being controlled by that freak job over there so we could duel properly!"
"DARKNESS CLAW!"
"GIGA DEATH!"
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This is a place of darkness. Infinite darkness. The landscape is painted in shades of gray, because that is how it's master wishes it. The creatures here are vile and violent and repulsive, because this is how their master wishes them to behave.
Their master is vast. Stronger than any of them in all aspects. They do not want to depose him. Any one of them who even begins to approach his powers are killed by him instantly. Their master is evil and darkness personified, and has only even been truly defeated by one person, or two depending on your point of view.
In the pool below him, the SkullSatamon that was one a Daemon watches as his servants confront the boy who defeated him, and the digidestined.
"Foolish Puppetmon. I did not send you out there to play children's games! It appears that you alone are not enough. Even though I let you have Beezlemon, useless to me as he is, you still cannot win!"
He watched as Puppetmon sent BlackWarGrowlmon to his knees. He paused in his rantings for a moment.
"Perhaps you are not all bad. If you cannot do it, then perhaps all you need is some more power. But where to get it, I wonder?"
He paused in his musings as Beezlemon and Imperialdramon fired on each other.
"Perhaps what Milleniummon left behind, hmmm?"
SkullSatamon fingered the dark spores.
"But no. These work only on humans, and they have seen this before. What else could I possibly…"
Something brushed his leg. He looked down, snarling viscously. Then he stopped. There was something about the small creature that had brushed his leg. It had incredible power. Immediately he grabbed it. He considered it for a moment, struggling in his grasp. Then he dropped it in a nearby cage for observation. It would prove… interesting.
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I paused in my pacing on my balcony. Joe obviously wasn't going to tell me anything. He would most likely avoid me for a bit before making up some excuse. That wasn't going to work this time.
But what can I do about it? I don't even know where he left to…
Wait. Odaiba. His friends live in Odaiba.
It was a place to start at least. I grabbed my purse from the counter and headed out.
The trip to Odaiba was uneventful, and left me with plenty of time to second-guess myself.
What am I doing here? Why exactly am I trying to spy on Joe?
After thinking about it a moment, I knew the answer.
Because Joe will never tell me himself, he doesn't tru…
No, that wasn't it. Joe did trust me. He was just taking too much on himself, as usual. He just didn't want me to worry.
Which I'm sitting here doing. But if what I saw was 'not worrying', then what's really happening?
The thought made me more than a little frightened for Joe's safety.
I have to find him.
After a few minutes of driving fruitlessly around Odaiba, I pulled into a parking lot and paused to think.
This is hopeless. I don't even have any idea of where Joe is. I just know that this is where all of his 'friends' live.
Then I caught movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and gasped. A blond boy and a brunette boy were with a red-haired girl and a brown-haired girl.
I don't know who the brown-haired girl is, but the rest were in one of the photographs on Joe's wall!
The boys seemed to be arguing and gesturing at the brown thing in the brown haired boy's hand. The blond threw his hands up in the air as the four of them stalked off. Blondie handed the brown-haired girl some keys and she got into a car and drove off. The other three drove off in a different direction.
I followed, but they went to a house, and didn't come out. Frustrated, I headed home.
Where are you Joe Kido?
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I cradled Gomamon protectively against my chest. I glanced down at Cody, who was doing the same with Armadillomon. There was nothing either of us could do, really. Over to the left, Imperialdramon was still going at it with Beezlemon.
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
"POSITRON LASER!"
Beezlemon, in agreement with Takato's earlier statements, did seem to be angry about being under Puppetmon's control. He did not, however, seem to want to lose the fight either.
"Come on! I thought that Vaccine types were supposed to have the edge against virus types! Give me a challenge here! Or am I simply too tough for ya'?"
"What!? Why you little…"
"DARKNESS CLAW!"
The surprise blow caught Imperialdramon by surprise. He went down in a heap, breathing heavily. He went for the killing blow, when BlackWarGrowlmon hit his back, having been sent flying by Puppetmon.
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DIGI-MODIFY! Power Activate!
I watched, fascinated as BlackWarGrowlmon roared at his new strength, and closed in on Puppetmon. BlackWarGrowlmon was impressively strong, but Puppetmon was simply too fast for him.
What else is Takato capable of?
I watched in fascination as Puppetmon evaded blow after blow, each causing instantaneous craters to form. Puppetmon grinned.
"I don't like playing with you, you're too slow!"
Takato and BlackWarGrowlmon both growled at the same time.
"Slow is he?! I'll show you speed!"
DIGI-MODIFY! Hyper Speed Activate!
BlackWarGrowlmon roared again as his form seemed to start to blur. Puppetmon stuck out his tongue.
"Where's all that speed you were boasting your toy had, huh?"
Takato's eyes narrowed as Puppetmon turned around and bent over, smacking his butt. Then, Takato's mouth curved into a grin.
"NOW!"
BlackWarGrowlmon shot forward like a cannon, and slammed into Puppetmon, sending him flying through a few trees.
He wasn't 'blurring', he was vibrating! Containing the speed!
Puppetmon, however, got up.
"You made my clothes all dirty! I'm gonna get you for that!"
Puppetmon's form seemed to glow with an unearthly black aura, and he raised his hammer. I didn't like the look of it, and held Armadillomon closer.
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
The attack didn't launch the ordinary pellets this time. It launched balls of shimmering darkness that exploded on impact. BlackWarGrowlmon was sent flying, straight into Beezlemon's back, disrupting one of his attacks.
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Izzy and I ate an absolutely wonderful meal in the restaurant.
So far this has been a fantastic evening!
Michael hadn't shown, but that was understandable. He was probably holed up somewhere, icing down what remained of his privates. The results of the evening, however, had nothing at all to do with Michael's presence, or lack of it. The evening had a lot to do with Izzy.
He's so sweet!
Izzy had been extremely nervous all night, but not once had my good friend backed down from what I had suggested, that he play the part of my boyfriend, to get Michael to face facts and go home.
He's so cute when he blushes and stutters like that…
Izzy was attempting to say something suitably romantic in playing his part, but he kept tripping over himself. I giggled, and his entire face flushed. I stopped giggling, but kept a warm smile on my face while he tried to fight his blush. Izzy's tuxedo looked slightly out of place on him, but he was decidedly handsome anyways…
Am I really thinking these things about Izzy?
Izzy was very much a gentleman, and would never even think about betraying me the way Michael did.
"Is something wrong Mimi?"
I looked at Izzy, his red hair combed for once, a worried looking frown on his face.
Oh well.
I brought my smile back and placed my hand over top of his.
"No Izzy. Nothing's wrong."
Things couldn't be better.
Deciding to let my feelings for Izzy come as they might, I settled back in my chair and chatted with Izzy for a while longer.
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I breathed a sigh of relief as BlackWarGrowlmon disrupted Beezlemon's attack, sending it wide.
It gives Imperialdramon time to breathe at least.
BlackWarGrowlmon dedigivolved, groaning in pain. Takato rushed to his partner, dodging between Beezlemon's legs. There was a glow, and Takato started back, holding the much smaller BlackJyarimon in his arms.
"HEHEHEHEHEHE!"
I looked over and gasped. Puppetmon was more than fine. The black aura surrounding him made him appear to be even more sinister than he already did.
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
Some of the shots hit Beezlemon, who started cursing Puppetmon again, while others hit Imperialdramon, knocking him over from where he was kneeling, breathing hard. Beezlemon got up, and Puppetmon closed in, looking for the kill.
NO! WORMMON, NO!
I sank to my knees, and both hammer and shotgun rose.
"DOU-"
"PUPPET –"
A white booted heal slammed into Beezlemon, throwing him into Puppetmon. Above us there was a screech, and Garudamon came in for a landing, Sora, Tai and Matt on her back. Matt grinned.
"Thought you could use a hand."
"Thanks Matt."
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
"SUPREME CANNON!"
The glowing black orbs came out in a constant stream, holding Omnimon's beam in place. Beezlemon came in from the other side.
"DARKNESS CLAW!"
"TRANSCEND SWORD!"
Omnimon was struggling with both of them holding him down on either side.
"POSITRON LASER!"
Puppetmon looked up, only to catch the beam in the face, and be sent flying backwards. Beezlemon jumped back then, causing Omnimon to become suddenly unbalanced and stagger a bit, going down on one knee next to Imperialdramon.
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
The attack headed straight for the both of them, Imperialdramon and Omnimon. They were so close together that you couldn't tell who it was aiming for. Omnimon, while he had the energy to, was not moving. If he did, Imperialdramon would be toast. He chose to take the attack dead on.
Thank you… Omnimon.
In the confusion, we didn't notice Puppetmon get back up until it was too late.
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
Imperialdramon and Omnimon leaned against each other, breathing heavily, unable to do anything as the attack came in.
"NOOOO!"
This came not only from me, but from Davis, Tai and Matt. We all were rushing forward, our steps synchronized. Suddenly, we were forced to back off as a red light engulfed our two digimon.
I smirked as Imperialdramon: Fighter Mode came onto the scene.
Good. He can keep them busy for a bit.
I hadn't been kidding before that Beezlemon was probably stronger than Imperialdramon. If he could fight ChaosGallantmon to a near standstill, then Imperialdramon wouldn't be a problem. The only reason that BlackWarGrowlmon had lasted against him was that Beezlemon hadn't really wanted to kill us.
But now that Puppetmon has specifically ordered him not to hold back…
I knelt beside BlackGuilmon.
"You okay boy?"
"I'm sleepy Takatomon… and hungry!"
I laughed a little.
"We'll get to that, boy. But right now we've got a battle to finish. Ready?"
"Right behind you Takatomon!"
"Thanks boy."
"BlackGuilmon is in no condition to fight Takato!"
I grinned at Joe.
"Relax. It's all in the cards."
DIGI-MODIFY! Recharge Activate!
The card took effect, and BlackGuilmon rolled to his feet, ready to fight.
"All right boy! Go get 'em!"
Flash
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Flash Digivolve to… BlackWarGrowlmon!
I looked to Ken and Davis, who were cheering Imperialdramon on.
"I'll keep Puppetmon off you! Just try to get Beezlemon to stay down!"
They nodded.
"RADIATION EDGE!"
BlackWarGrowlmon plowed his arms into the ground in front of Puppetmon, who jumped back to avoid them. His hands came down, and the dark strings enveloped him, attempting to take over. I could almost feel them running across me too.
"GRAHHHH!"
That came from both of us. We swung our arms wide, and the string burst off of BlackWarGrowlmon, fading instantly. We growled. Puppetmon sulked. Then he raised his hammer.
"If you won't be my toy, then I'll break you! PUPPET PUMMEL!"
BlackWarGrowlmon covered his face with his arms, warding the blow.
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"DARKNESS CLAW!"
Unfortunately for us, Beezlemon was fighting Imperialdramon, and winning.
"POSITRON LASER!"
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
Beezlemon dived out of the way of the beam, and his attack struck home. Imperialdramon reeled from the blow, but came back strong.
"GIGA DEATH!"
His clawed hand struck Beezlemon's jaw, knocking him back. But Beezlemon fell back farther than he had to, pulling Imperialdramon down on top of him.
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
At point blank range, the attack did much more damage than it would have ordinarily.
"Ugh. You're a tough one."
Beezlemon grinned, and they leapt to their feet, coming together in a contest of strength.
"You're not so bad yourself! I just wish I wasn't being controlled by that freak job over there so we could duel properly!"
"DARKNESS CLAW!"
"GIGA DEATH!"
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This is a place of darkness. Infinite darkness. The landscape is painted in shades of gray, because that is how it's master wishes it. The creatures here are vile and violent and repulsive, because this is how their master wishes them to behave.
Their master is vast. Stronger than any of them in all aspects. They do not want to depose him. Any one of them who even begins to approach his powers are killed by him instantly. Their master is evil and darkness personified, and has only even been truly defeated by one person, or two depending on your point of view.
In the pool below him, the SkullSatamon that was one a Daemon watches as his servants confront the boy who defeated him, and the digidestined.
"Foolish Puppetmon. I did not send you out there to play children's games! It appears that you alone are not enough. Even though I let you have Beezlemon, useless to me as he is, you still cannot win!"
He watched as Puppetmon sent BlackWarGrowlmon to his knees. He paused in his rantings for a moment.
"Perhaps you are not all bad. If you cannot do it, then perhaps all you need is some more power. But where to get it, I wonder?"
He paused in his musings as Beezlemon and Imperialdramon fired on each other.
"Perhaps what Milleniummon left behind, hmmm?"
SkullSatamon fingered the dark spores.
"But no. These work only on humans, and they have seen this before. What else could I possibly…"
Something brushed his leg. He looked down, snarling viscously. Then he stopped. There was something about the small creature that had brushed his leg. It had incredible power. Immediately he grabbed it. He considered it for a moment, struggling in his grasp. Then he dropped it in a nearby cage for observation. It would prove… interesting.
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I paused in my pacing on my balcony. Joe obviously wasn't going to tell me anything. He would most likely avoid me for a bit before making up some excuse. That wasn't going to work this time.
But what can I do about it? I don't even know where he left to…
Wait. Odaiba. His friends live in Odaiba.
It was a place to start at least. I grabbed my purse from the counter and headed out.
The trip to Odaiba was uneventful, and left me with plenty of time to second-guess myself.
What am I doing here? Why exactly am I trying to spy on Joe?
After thinking about it a moment, I knew the answer.
Because Joe will never tell me himself, he doesn't tru…
No, that wasn't it. Joe did trust me. He was just taking too much on himself, as usual. He just didn't want me to worry.
Which I'm sitting here doing. But if what I saw was 'not worrying', then what's really happening?
The thought made me more than a little frightened for Joe's safety.
I have to find him.
After a few minutes of driving fruitlessly around Odaiba, I pulled into a parking lot and paused to think.
This is hopeless. I don't even have any idea of where Joe is. I just know that this is where all of his 'friends' live.
Then I caught movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and gasped. A blond boy and a brunette boy were with a red-haired girl and a brown-haired girl.
I don't know who the brown-haired girl is, but the rest were in one of the photographs on Joe's wall!
The boys seemed to be arguing and gesturing at the brown thing in the brown haired boy's hand. The blond threw his hands up in the air as the four of them stalked off. Blondie handed the brown-haired girl some keys and she got into a car and drove off. The other three drove off in a different direction.
I followed, but they went to a house, and didn't come out. Frustrated, I headed home.
Where are you Joe Kido?
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I cradled Gomamon protectively against my chest. I glanced down at Cody, who was doing the same with Armadillomon. There was nothing either of us could do, really. Over to the left, Imperialdramon was still going at it with Beezlemon.
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
"POSITRON LASER!"
Beezlemon, in agreement with Takato's earlier statements, did seem to be angry about being under Puppetmon's control. He did not, however, seem to want to lose the fight either.
"Come on! I thought that Vaccine types were supposed to have the edge against virus types! Give me a challenge here! Or am I simply too tough for ya'?"
"What!? Why you little…"
"DARKNESS CLAW!"
The surprise blow caught Imperialdramon by surprise. He went down in a heap, breathing heavily. He went for the killing blow, when BlackWarGrowlmon hit his back, having been sent flying by Puppetmon.
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DIGI-MODIFY! Power Activate!
I watched, fascinated as BlackWarGrowlmon roared at his new strength, and closed in on Puppetmon. BlackWarGrowlmon was impressively strong, but Puppetmon was simply too fast for him.
What else is Takato capable of?
I watched in fascination as Puppetmon evaded blow after blow, each causing instantaneous craters to form. Puppetmon grinned.
"I don't like playing with you, you're too slow!"
Takato and BlackWarGrowlmon both growled at the same time.
"Slow is he?! I'll show you speed!"
DIGI-MODIFY! Hyper Speed Activate!
BlackWarGrowlmon roared again as his form seemed to start to blur. Puppetmon stuck out his tongue.
"Where's all that speed you were boasting your toy had, huh?"
Takato's eyes narrowed as Puppetmon turned around and bent over, smacking his butt. Then, Takato's mouth curved into a grin.
"NOW!"
BlackWarGrowlmon shot forward like a cannon, and slammed into Puppetmon, sending him flying through a few trees.
He wasn't 'blurring', he was vibrating! Containing the speed!
Puppetmon, however, got up.
"You made my clothes all dirty! I'm gonna get you for that!"
Puppetmon's form seemed to glow with an unearthly black aura, and he raised his hammer. I didn't like the look of it, and held Armadillomon closer.
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
The attack didn't launch the ordinary pellets this time. It launched balls of shimmering darkness that exploded on impact. BlackWarGrowlmon was sent flying, straight into Beezlemon's back, disrupting one of his attacks.
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Izzy and I ate an absolutely wonderful meal in the restaurant.
So far this has been a fantastic evening!
Michael hadn't shown, but that was understandable. He was probably holed up somewhere, icing down what remained of his privates. The results of the evening, however, had nothing at all to do with Michael's presence, or lack of it. The evening had a lot to do with Izzy.
He's so sweet!
Izzy had been extremely nervous all night, but not once had my good friend backed down from what I had suggested, that he play the part of my boyfriend, to get Michael to face facts and go home.
He's so cute when he blushes and stutters like that…
Izzy was attempting to say something suitably romantic in playing his part, but he kept tripping over himself. I giggled, and his entire face flushed. I stopped giggling, but kept a warm smile on my face while he tried to fight his blush. Izzy's tuxedo looked slightly out of place on him, but he was decidedly handsome anyways…
Am I really thinking these things about Izzy?
Izzy was very much a gentleman, and would never even think about betraying me the way Michael did.
"Is something wrong Mimi?"
I looked at Izzy, his red hair combed for once, a worried looking frown on his face.
Oh well.
I brought my smile back and placed my hand over top of his.
"No Izzy. Nothing's wrong."
Things couldn't be better.
Deciding to let my feelings for Izzy come as they might, I settled back in my chair and chatted with Izzy for a while longer.
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I breathed a sigh of relief as BlackWarGrowlmon disrupted Beezlemon's attack, sending it wide.
It gives Imperialdramon time to breathe at least.
BlackWarGrowlmon dedigivolved, groaning in pain. Takato rushed to his partner, dodging between Beezlemon's legs. There was a glow, and Takato started back, holding the much smaller BlackJyarimon in his arms.
"HEHEHEHEHEHE!"
I looked over and gasped. Puppetmon was more than fine. The black aura surrounding him made him appear to be even more sinister than he already did.
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
Some of the shots hit Beezlemon, who started cursing Puppetmon again, while others hit Imperialdramon, knocking him over from where he was kneeling, breathing hard. Beezlemon got up, and Puppetmon closed in, looking for the kill.
NO! WORMMON, NO!
I sank to my knees, and both hammer and shotgun rose.
"DOU-"
"PUPPET –"
A white booted heal slammed into Beezlemon, throwing him into Puppetmon. Above us there was a screech, and Garudamon came in for a landing, Sora, Tai and Matt on her back. Matt grinned.
"Thought you could use a hand."
"Thanks Matt."
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
"SUPREME CANNON!"
The glowing black orbs came out in a constant stream, holding Omnimon's beam in place. Beezlemon came in from the other side.
"DARKNESS CLAW!"
"TRANSCEND SWORD!"
Omnimon was struggling with both of them holding him down on either side.
"POSITRON LASER!"
Puppetmon looked up, only to catch the beam in the face, and be sent flying backwards. Beezlemon jumped back then, causing Omnimon to become suddenly unbalanced and stagger a bit, going down on one knee next to Imperialdramon.
"DOUBLE IMPACT!"
The attack headed straight for the both of them, Imperialdramon and Omnimon. They were so close together that you couldn't tell who it was aiming for. Omnimon, while he had the energy to, was not moving. If he did, Imperialdramon would be toast. He chose to take the attack dead on.
Thank you… Omnimon.
In the confusion, we didn't notice Puppetmon get back up until it was too late.
"PUPPET PUMMEL!"
Imperialdramon and Omnimon leaned against each other, breathing heavily, unable to do anything as the attack came in.
"NOOOO!"
This came not only from me, but from Davis, Tai and Matt. We all were rushing forward, our steps synchronized. Suddenly, we were forced to back off as a red light engulfed our two digimon.