The second-generation digidestined had hit rock bottom. All of their
friends have been either captured or were working for the Council of Five
themselves. Tai had just saved them, but he had been captured himself in
order to secure their escape. Only Agumon was still with them, along with
Ken and Wormon.
Kari was still crying hysterically. Davis had tried to console Kari as soon as they stopped running, but Kari buried herself in TK's shirt, whimpering. Gatomon was trying to comfort her as well, but the words seemed to have no effect. Ken seemed to take no notice of Kari's discomfort, and merely sat with Wormon a distance away, contemplating his next move.
Davis grew angry as Kari sought comfort in TK's arms and not is. She didn't even give him a second look. The spires began to take over, but Davis recognized the feeling this time, so he took refuge in a side alley. He didn't think anybody saw him leave, everybody was concentrating on Kari. Davis slumped on a garbage can and started mumbling to himself.
"What's eating you?" Davis turned around, and saw Yolei standing over him.
"Look I am in no mood to talk." Davis turned away from Yolei and began walking further away, but Yolei just ran up to him.
"And why are you hiding here by yourself?" Yolei lectured. "Poor Kari just had her brother snatched from the streets, and all you can think about is how she finds TK better to be around."
Davis turned around, the spires now in full control. Seeing Kari in TK's arms had brought him almost to the edge. Yolei just pushed him over. "Why you..." Yolie just realized her mistake. (Oh no...) "Davis calm down!" "What is it with me?!" Davis grabbed Yolei by the shoulders. "Am I ugly?! Does Kari like blond hair and sailor caps better?! WHAT?!"
"DAVIS!" Yolei shurgged off the grip. "Get a grip!" Yolei growled at Davis, then realized that she was angry, the spires should have kicked in. Something was up. Davis blinked twice in surprise. "What... Yolei..." The spires control should have held on to him longer. "Oh I am sorry..." "Let's worry about this..thing later. Let's get back before somethign else happens." Yolei was worried, becuase the spires, which had hit her and Davis before, suddenly stopped working.
He followed Yolei back to the group. Kari had calmed down, mainly because she had cried all she could. The digidestined were currently hiding across a gigantic poster of Ladydevimon, superimposed over a gold pentagram. Suddenly the poster began to flash. All eyes turned towards it as Ladydevimon began to move on what turned out to be some sort of projector screen.
"Today is a great day for all of us!" Ladydevimon announced, the same message going to every city all over the world. "The underground, which had dared to operate under my own capital city in Japan, has been crushed. I have turned off the black spires for one hour, just to allow you to experience the full emotion of this experience." Davis and Yolei looked at one another as they joined the group. This must be why the spires wore off so quickly. At least they where turned off before someone got hurt. "We have taken the leaders of this rebellion in to captivity. Trials were held, and all where found guilty, and the punishment had been decided as death. The following executions will take place at my main lair on Mount Fuji." Ladydevimon began listing the names of the condemned.
"Biyomon." Patamon just stared at the screen in horror.
"Gabumon." Agumon fell back on his tail, defeated.
"Izzy Izumi." Armadillomon bowed his head in despair.
"Wizardmon." Gatomon slammed her fist into the wall, causing several cracks to appear.
"Mimi Tachikowa, Michael Worthington." Yolei mouthed the word no.
"Sora Takenouchi." Hawkmon choked as the predecessor of crest of love was named.
"Joe Kido." Cody shook his head left and right. (Better stick with my plan, there may come a time were it will all come down to me. Ladydevimon hasn't won yet, although she's come pretty close). He thought to himself.
"Tai Kamiya." Kari broke down into tears.
"Jun Motomiya." Davis clenched his fists, drawing blood with his fingernails.
There was several seconds of silence as the screen began flashing shots of their friends and family. "What do we do now?" Agumon asked the question everyone was afraid to ask. Tai had been captured; all he had left was Kari.
"We have to go rescue everybody." Davis jumped up, but the cheer died in his throat. Even he realized Ladydevimon seemed to always be ahead of them.
"Then enjoy your death." Ken stood up. He pointed to the screen behind him. "Don't you see what is going on? This trap couldn't be anymore obvious!"
"It doesn't matter!" Kari faced Ken. "Are you going to help or run?"
"I do not throw my life away needlessly, especially for those who are beneath me. You've lost! Face it!" Ken yelled.
Suddenly an unfamiliar face appeared on the screen. "Who's that?" Hawkmon questioned. Ken turned his head around, still pointing at the screen. His face turned pale white. He tried to speak, but his voice came out as a strangled gasp. The digidestined looked at Ken at first, as sheer horror covered the young boy's face. They could almost swear the boy was having some sort of seizure.
Ladydevimon's voice spoke as the young boy was on the screen. "It has also come to my attention that the greatest enemy to the Council of Five, Ken Ichijouji, had not died. He has managed to elude my forces for many years. So great are his crimes, that it spans to his entire family. So the next scheduled execution will be his brother, Sam Ichijouji."
Ken looked at the screen as he fell to his knees. Tears welled up in his eyes as a clock appeared on the screen, signaling the time for the execution. "S-Sam?" Ken choked out. A thousand images and memories flooded back in the span of a heartbeat. Blowing bubbles on the balcony, jealousy of his older brother's success, his picture adorned with black ribbon at the funeral. "You.you're alive?"
"You have a brother?" Kari whispered. Everything she read in the about Ken in the paper said he was an only child.
"I-I did. He died. in a horrible accident. I thought I caused it, wished for it." Wormon had crawled up to Ken and held his hand. "It must not have happened here. He's still alive." Ken whispered softly as he stood up. "We've got to rescue him!"
"It's a trap." Cody warned, knowing it wouldn't matter. (Ladydevimon's plan is perfect. She finds the one person Ken would die for, so that every loose end is accounted for.) Cody thought as he rubbed the hilt of his sword.
"I don't care!" Ken screamed. "I won't let him die again!"
"Hm-mmph-ha-ha." There was muffled laughter as everyone turned to face the sound, which was coming from TK. It was totally out of place as everybody looked at him in shock.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING AT!?!" Ken picked up TK by the collar and shoved him up against the wall. TK just laughed harder. "My brother needs my help, and not you, The Council, or anybody will stop me!"
"Doesn't that sound familiar?" TK smiled at Ken's dumbfounded expression. "You sound like us."
"I do?" Ken stuttered. "I did." Ken was taken by complete surprise. Emotions that had long since been buried resurfaced. "All this time.I've been fighting you, I've been fighting myself." Ken looked at his hands as his body started to shake. "I'm.I'm.sorry. For what I did, to you, to everybody." Ken stood up straight, wiping the tears from his eyes as he threw his dark glasses to the ground. "I know I don't deserve it, and I won't hate you for not trusting me, but will you help me? I.have no one else besides Sam, and I won't lose him twice!" Ken announced with a passion. The gloves on his hands broke up, as did his cape, glasses, and the rest of his Digimon Emperor outfit. Ken appeared with his straight black hair in his gray outfit.
Everyone was taken by surprise by Ken's dramatic change, except for TK for some reason. TK held out his hand, offering it to Ken. "You've just stopped being the Digimon Emperor. Welcome to the Digidestined."
Kari was still crying hysterically. Davis had tried to console Kari as soon as they stopped running, but Kari buried herself in TK's shirt, whimpering. Gatomon was trying to comfort her as well, but the words seemed to have no effect. Ken seemed to take no notice of Kari's discomfort, and merely sat with Wormon a distance away, contemplating his next move.
Davis grew angry as Kari sought comfort in TK's arms and not is. She didn't even give him a second look. The spires began to take over, but Davis recognized the feeling this time, so he took refuge in a side alley. He didn't think anybody saw him leave, everybody was concentrating on Kari. Davis slumped on a garbage can and started mumbling to himself.
"What's eating you?" Davis turned around, and saw Yolei standing over him.
"Look I am in no mood to talk." Davis turned away from Yolei and began walking further away, but Yolei just ran up to him.
"And why are you hiding here by yourself?" Yolei lectured. "Poor Kari just had her brother snatched from the streets, and all you can think about is how she finds TK better to be around."
Davis turned around, the spires now in full control. Seeing Kari in TK's arms had brought him almost to the edge. Yolei just pushed him over. "Why you..." Yolie just realized her mistake. (Oh no...) "Davis calm down!" "What is it with me?!" Davis grabbed Yolei by the shoulders. "Am I ugly?! Does Kari like blond hair and sailor caps better?! WHAT?!"
"DAVIS!" Yolei shurgged off the grip. "Get a grip!" Yolei growled at Davis, then realized that she was angry, the spires should have kicked in. Something was up. Davis blinked twice in surprise. "What... Yolei..." The spires control should have held on to him longer. "Oh I am sorry..." "Let's worry about this..thing later. Let's get back before somethign else happens." Yolei was worried, becuase the spires, which had hit her and Davis before, suddenly stopped working.
He followed Yolei back to the group. Kari had calmed down, mainly because she had cried all she could. The digidestined were currently hiding across a gigantic poster of Ladydevimon, superimposed over a gold pentagram. Suddenly the poster began to flash. All eyes turned towards it as Ladydevimon began to move on what turned out to be some sort of projector screen.
"Today is a great day for all of us!" Ladydevimon announced, the same message going to every city all over the world. "The underground, which had dared to operate under my own capital city in Japan, has been crushed. I have turned off the black spires for one hour, just to allow you to experience the full emotion of this experience." Davis and Yolei looked at one another as they joined the group. This must be why the spires wore off so quickly. At least they where turned off before someone got hurt. "We have taken the leaders of this rebellion in to captivity. Trials were held, and all where found guilty, and the punishment had been decided as death. The following executions will take place at my main lair on Mount Fuji." Ladydevimon began listing the names of the condemned.
"Biyomon." Patamon just stared at the screen in horror.
"Gabumon." Agumon fell back on his tail, defeated.
"Izzy Izumi." Armadillomon bowed his head in despair.
"Wizardmon." Gatomon slammed her fist into the wall, causing several cracks to appear.
"Mimi Tachikowa, Michael Worthington." Yolei mouthed the word no.
"Sora Takenouchi." Hawkmon choked as the predecessor of crest of love was named.
"Joe Kido." Cody shook his head left and right. (Better stick with my plan, there may come a time were it will all come down to me. Ladydevimon hasn't won yet, although she's come pretty close). He thought to himself.
"Tai Kamiya." Kari broke down into tears.
"Jun Motomiya." Davis clenched his fists, drawing blood with his fingernails.
There was several seconds of silence as the screen began flashing shots of their friends and family. "What do we do now?" Agumon asked the question everyone was afraid to ask. Tai had been captured; all he had left was Kari.
"We have to go rescue everybody." Davis jumped up, but the cheer died in his throat. Even he realized Ladydevimon seemed to always be ahead of them.
"Then enjoy your death." Ken stood up. He pointed to the screen behind him. "Don't you see what is going on? This trap couldn't be anymore obvious!"
"It doesn't matter!" Kari faced Ken. "Are you going to help or run?"
"I do not throw my life away needlessly, especially for those who are beneath me. You've lost! Face it!" Ken yelled.
Suddenly an unfamiliar face appeared on the screen. "Who's that?" Hawkmon questioned. Ken turned his head around, still pointing at the screen. His face turned pale white. He tried to speak, but his voice came out as a strangled gasp. The digidestined looked at Ken at first, as sheer horror covered the young boy's face. They could almost swear the boy was having some sort of seizure.
Ladydevimon's voice spoke as the young boy was on the screen. "It has also come to my attention that the greatest enemy to the Council of Five, Ken Ichijouji, had not died. He has managed to elude my forces for many years. So great are his crimes, that it spans to his entire family. So the next scheduled execution will be his brother, Sam Ichijouji."
Ken looked at the screen as he fell to his knees. Tears welled up in his eyes as a clock appeared on the screen, signaling the time for the execution. "S-Sam?" Ken choked out. A thousand images and memories flooded back in the span of a heartbeat. Blowing bubbles on the balcony, jealousy of his older brother's success, his picture adorned with black ribbon at the funeral. "You.you're alive?"
"You have a brother?" Kari whispered. Everything she read in the about Ken in the paper said he was an only child.
"I-I did. He died. in a horrible accident. I thought I caused it, wished for it." Wormon had crawled up to Ken and held his hand. "It must not have happened here. He's still alive." Ken whispered softly as he stood up. "We've got to rescue him!"
"It's a trap." Cody warned, knowing it wouldn't matter. (Ladydevimon's plan is perfect. She finds the one person Ken would die for, so that every loose end is accounted for.) Cody thought as he rubbed the hilt of his sword.
"I don't care!" Ken screamed. "I won't let him die again!"
"Hm-mmph-ha-ha." There was muffled laughter as everyone turned to face the sound, which was coming from TK. It was totally out of place as everybody looked at him in shock.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING AT!?!" Ken picked up TK by the collar and shoved him up against the wall. TK just laughed harder. "My brother needs my help, and not you, The Council, or anybody will stop me!"
"Doesn't that sound familiar?" TK smiled at Ken's dumbfounded expression. "You sound like us."
"I do?" Ken stuttered. "I did." Ken was taken by complete surprise. Emotions that had long since been buried resurfaced. "All this time.I've been fighting you, I've been fighting myself." Ken looked at his hands as his body started to shake. "I'm.I'm.sorry. For what I did, to you, to everybody." Ken stood up straight, wiping the tears from his eyes as he threw his dark glasses to the ground. "I know I don't deserve it, and I won't hate you for not trusting me, but will you help me? I.have no one else besides Sam, and I won't lose him twice!" Ken announced with a passion. The gloves on his hands broke up, as did his cape, glasses, and the rest of his Digimon Emperor outfit. Ken appeared with his straight black hair in his gray outfit.
Everyone was taken by surprise by Ken's dramatic change, except for TK for some reason. TK held out his hand, offering it to Ken. "You've just stopped being the Digimon Emperor. Welcome to the Digidestined."