END GAME:
DESTINY'S END
CHILD OF SHADOWS MINI SERIES PART 2
Chapter 52
Grim Future
"ROOAAARRRR!" Kuwagumon swooped down from the skies again. His roar echoed through the land.
Six tiny digimon ran or flew in the forest below. This had become common practice for them.
"He spotted us!" Agumon shouted. He dived for cover just as Kuwagumon sailed past, shearing off the treetops like matchsticks.
"Stay close to the ground!" Gabumon shouted to the flyers. "Kuwagumon is a better fighter in the air!"
"Sure thing!" Tentomon landed with the rest of the group.
"He's got one of those black gear thingies in him!" Patamon announced as he landed.
"I got it!" Biyomon shouted, positioning herself behind Kuwagumon.
"BIYOMON WATCH OUT!" Gomamon shouted as Kuwagumon turned. A massive fist hit Biyomon across the face. Biyomon blacked out, and went sailing over the cliff. "BIYOMON NOOOOO!" Gomamon shouted as Biyomon disappeared in the raging torrents below.
Biyomon groaned as she turned over. She sniffed, and the aroma of fried fish hit her nostrils. She woke up slowly; shaking her left and right to remove the spots from her eyes. A roaring fire was in front of her, with several skewered fillets on a spit. Biyomon realized she was ravenously hungry.
"Ah, good, you're up!"
Biyomon whirled around. A red furred four legged digimon with purple tinted ears regarded her. "Who are you?"
"Elecmon." Elecmon smiled. They were on the outskirts of Primary Village. He didn't like his babies around fire, but Biyomon needed the warmth. "Man, I thought I had a king size catch when I pulled you out of the water! My babies could have eaten for a week if that was fish instead of a bird."
Biyomon smiled. It was nice to run into a digimon who wasn't under the control of a black gear. She had spent the last several digital months running from various black geared controlled digimon. Biyomon had heard of Elecmon and Primary Village, she had never had a chance to meet him face to face yet. There wasn't exactly much time to go exploring. Her and her friends spent days on end hiding in caves, barely enough to eat. Every time they went into the open, something attacked them. She had thought that every digimon except for her friends had been brought under control. "Thanks for saving me, but I should get back to my friends."
Biyomon got up, but fell over again. "Not a good idea. You were almost dead when I fished you out. You've been a sleep for the better part of a day. You're probably starving. Eat something, to get your strength back." Elecmon offered one of the fried fish to Biyomon.
Biyomon nodded, taking the fish and ravenously wolfing it down. It just seemed to make her hungrier. She ate another six whole fillets before her hunger died down. Biyomon sat down, feeling relaxed for the first time in a long time. Elecmon gave Biyomon a pleasant smile. He seemed to have a natural tendency for nursing digimon back to health. "Elecmon, if you don't mind me asking, why aren't you under control of Devimon and his black gears?"
Elecmon looked back at Primary Village and began walking back. "It's my job, my destiny to watch over Primary Village."
Biyomon shifted uncomfortably. "I had a destiny once to." Biyomon looked up to the skies, where her digivice disappeared years ago.
Elecmon looked at Biyomon and nodded. "Devimon knows the secret of Primary Village and digimon. Digimon like us don't die, unless under extreme circumstances." Elecmon picked up a digi-egg. "We're remade as digi-eggs and reborn." Elecmon rubbed the egg. There was a cracking sound. "In case something happened to him, Devimon would most likely be reborn here, and he knows that. So I'm safe." A tiny black digimon with yellow eyes popped out of the shell. Elecmon placed the Botamon on the ground. The shell turned into a wicker basket with a puff of smoke. "As much as I hate to be any small part of that monster's plan, at least my babies are safe."
Biyomon felt sorry for Elecmon. Her destiny didn't come true, and Elecmon's was now tainted with evil. "Elecmon, do digimon remember their previous lives? Was there one who remembered being our friend Palmon?"
"Every reborn digimon is different. For some, the previous life is like a shadow, a dream. For others they can remember nearly every detail of their previous life." Elecmon ran a furry paw over the new Botamon. "But to answer your question, no." Elecmon closed his eyes. " But I think I know who you are talking about. I saw a Palmon one night on the shoreline. She was pushing a crudely made raft into the ocean. I felt sorry for her, I could see the sadness in her eyes from the distance." Elecmon could see tears welling up in Biyomon's eyes. "I'm sure she's fine. She just needed to be by herself. I'm sure you'll meet one of these days."
Biyomon slumped against a toy block. For some reason, hearing that Palmon was alive did not help. If Palmon was alive, that meant she left on her own accord. "Maybe I should go too. There's no one for me here. My digidestined, who I waited my whole life for, never showed."
Elecmon sat next to Biyomon. "You have friends. Just because one leaves, doesn't mean they all do. And you can always make new ones, like right now."
Biyomon smiled. "Thank you..."
Elecmon smiled back as he grabbed the sack of fish. "I need to feed my babies. Would you care to help?"
Biyomon nodded. "I would." It was a change from the fighting, hiding and running. Biyomon got up, following Elecmon to the babies' carriages, towards the sounds of sleeping and crying. What they failed to notice a solitary figure flying in the skies, towards Infinity Mountain.
Ladydevimon landed on one of the higher cliffs of Infinity Mountain. She leaned against the cliff wall for support. She had spent years flying over the vast ocean, searching for land. She had just about reached the limit of her endurance when she spotted File Island. Ladydevimon breathed deeply, her plans were not proceeding exactly as planned. True, she had gotten the digivices from the digidestined, but she had failed to kill them. The digivices had pulled her through a portal, and because she had all seven on her, they threw her past the intended target of File Island into the middle of the ocean. "What a waste. All that time hiding on Earth, and the digidestined are saved by a stroke of luck. A waste of four years." Ladydevimon stood up, slowly cracking her neck in a circle. (Well, not a complete waste.) Ladydevimon thought as she patted the digivices on her. (The digidestined are no longer a threat. And I have the digivices. Given enough time, I can find a way to use them to evolve to my Mega level with the tags and crests. First, I'll have to take care of my duplicate on this world. I can't kill myself, or then I won't exist. But I planned for that contingency. If I'm right these digivices will allow me to merge with this world's Ladydevimon, a jogress evolution of sorts. Similar to that of Apocalymon's creation. Then I'll destroy the Dark Masters one by one. It'll take time, but I waited four years to snag the digivices. Patience is a virtue.) A few moments rest was all she needed to recover. Just being on solid ground for a bit helped her recover.
"Greetings." A dark voice spoke.
Ladydevimon turned around to the impressive form of Devimon. Ladevimon got ready to strike, but then regained herself. This was not the Devimon from her time line. Devimon in her time line had sacrificed himself to save their child Izzy, and which in turn led to her defeat. But Ladydevimon escaped into the past, and was forming new plans. "How very formal Devimon, it's been a while. Is that the best line you could come up with?"
Devimon had seen Ladydevimon land, and had arrived to meet her. "What do the Dark Masters wish of me? I have conquered File Island completely."
"Down to business Devimon?" Ladydevimon smiled. "Don't you want to rehatch old memories?"
Devimon just scowled. "That was a mistake of ours. We have a child somewhere that we don't even know where or what he is. It's a good thing we decided to keep it a secret. I have no idea how Piedmon would react if he knew about our spawn."
Ladydevimon smirked. She just realized that Devimon was still worried about their child Izzy. Ladydevimon realized that she had to kill Izzy before he manifested his powers, or he would delete her. And Devimon would try to stop her if he found out. But Devimon was merely a champion digimon. And she was an ultimate. Even in her weary state, she was more than a match for a pathetic champion. "Oh by the way, I ran into our child."
"How is that possible?" Devimon questioned. Ladydevimon had a peculiar look on her face.
"Time travel." Ladydevimon answered. He's grown up into a strong boy. Very strong as a matter a fact. Mega level strong."
"Have you gone mad?" Devimon asked. "Time travel? Our child a mega digimon? That would take eons to develop powers like that."
"Have you wondered why the digidestined never showed?" Ladydevimon asked as she held out a strip of leather from her living suit. Seven digivices strung out. "I know why."
"How did you get those?" Devimon gasped.
"Like I said, Time travel. I know who the digidestined are, and our son is one of them. Which means he dies." Ladydevimon smiled.
"He is our child. He will join us regardless of his status." Devimon growled.
"You said the same thing in the first time line." Ladydevimon brushed back her hair. "And I had to delete you for it. You never learn, do you?" Ladydevimon suddenly twirled in a circle. "Nightmare WING!"
Devimon was blown off the mountain cliff in a furry of bats. He regained his composure and landed hundreds of feet below. "WHY YOU?!" Devimon got up, and let out a primal scream. Black Gears began to pour out of Infinity Mountain, implanting themselves in Devimon's body. His whole body began to expand. He grew to several stories tall, his shadow casting for half a mile.
Ladydevimon floated in front of Devimon's face. Her hand twisted into a lance. "Sorry Devimon. But it's you or me. And it's not going to be me."
Biyomon was still with Elecmon, cleaning up the reminents of fish bones after feeding the ravenous hordes of babies. Suddenly the sounds of battle filled the forest. Biyomon perked up. "Someone's fighting! It might be my friends!"
"I.I can't go with you." Elecmon bowed his head. "I can't leave my babies."
"I know." Biyomon gave Elecmon a quick smile, before flying off in the direction of the battle. She was still a little weak, but was much better now that she had a full stomach. She suddenly saw Devimon, the enemy she was hiding from all these months. He was twenty times his normal size, but oddly, he seemed in pain. Then she saw the second figure, a female with a pale face clad in leather, swooping in circles around the gigantic Devimon. Every time she flew away, another wound opened up on Devimon's skin. Biyomon realized that she was not the only one drawn to the battle. Agumon, Tentomon, Gabumon, Patamon, and Gomamon were hiding behind the bushes, watching the battle. "What's going on?" Biyomon whispered as she gently landed behind the group.
Everyone turned around, and gasped. "Biyomon, you're alive!" Gomamon cheered. He tackled Biyomon giving her a big hug as they lay sprawled on the grass. "I was so worried we lost you!"
"Keep it down." Gabumon whispered. "We're glad to see you're all right Biyomon, but we have another problem."
Gomamon was still hugging Biyomon tightly. He regained himself as he got off, Agumon helping Biyomon up. "You had me worried." Gomamon whispered.
"He's telling you the truth. He spent the better part of the day diving in the river looking for you." Patamon mentioned as he flew above Agumon. "I had to catch him as he jumped off the cliff after you."
"You did that for me?" Biyomon blinked.
Gomamon blushed. "Yeah, I didn't want to lose you. Palmon's gone, and I worry about her. I couldn't bear the thought of having something happen to you as well."
"That's so sweet." Biyomon smiled. She looked over Gomamon in a whole new light.
"Um, guys? What about the new comer?" Tentomon peered through the bushes. The female digimon struck one more time, ripping open a particularly deep gash on Devimon. Devimon's scream rippled through the forest as he shrunk down to his normal size.
"Ladydevimon, why are you doing this?" Devimon coughed. Drops of black blood dripped from lips on to the dirt below.
Ladydevimon smiled and brushed her long hair. "Because you betrayed me."
Devimon scowled. "I never betrayed you witch!" Devimon coughed up more of his blood.
"True, but you will." Ladydevimon swiped with her lance hand. Devimon's atoms flew in all directions, dispersing in the wind. (Well that's one matter taken care off. Izzy is still the greatest threat, but there was one more who is responsible for my first defeat.) Ladydevimon thought as she looked around. Surely the battle would have drawn out the chosen digimon. (Now I could go on a long difficult search, or I could simply call out.) "Patamon, Agumon, Tentomon, all of you come on out. I have defeated your enemy."
Ladydevimon watched as six digimon came out of the bushes. She regarded that the one called Palmon was not with them. She must have been deleted by one of Devimon's black gear controlled forces. "Who are you?" Gomamon asked.
"My name is Ladydevimon." Ladydevimon bowed. "I know all about you. The digivices, and your digidestined and how they never showed."
"But how do you know that?" Gabumon inquired. Ladydevimon could tell Gabumon knew something was wrong. Too late for him.
Ladydevimon threw back her head and laughed. A piece of black leather opened on her, and seven digivices strung out in front of us. "I know because I took them. But I'm here to make doubly sure that Magnangemon never comes back. You can never be too careful."
Magnangemon had the power to heal and restore digimon. Which made him her greatest threat.
All six digimon took a step back, readying for an attack. "Who's Magnangemon?" Patamon squeaked.
"Funny you of all digimon should ask. Where I come from, he defeated me, converted my army, and was a general pain." Ladydevimon chuckled as her hand reshaped into a lance. Even though she had Patamon's digivice, she wanted to make doubly sure Magnangemon never returned. "He happens to be your ultimate form Patamon. No hard feelings?"
"Marching Fishes!" Gomamon cried as rainbow colored fish appeared out of a nearby stream.
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon fired a blast of dragon breath.
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon breathed a breath of fire.
"Super Shocker!" Tentomon's wings beated rapidly.
"Spiral Twister!" Green energy poured from Biyomon's wings.
Ladydevimon flew in the sky, dispersing every blast with a wave of her hand. Ladydevimon grunted slightly when she felt something hit her in the back. Biyomon had flown behind her and nailed her with a Spiral Twister, but it did little more than annoy her. With lightning speed she reached behind her and grabbed Biyomon by the neck. Ladydevimon squeezed Biyomon's neck and aimed her lance hand at the pink bird. "Well, I did come for Patamon, but you all can join him."
"NO!" Ladydevimon looked up from her prey. Patamon was flying in front of her face, tears in his eyes. "I give up, just let her go!"
"You mean you'll sacrifice yourself for her? Nobel." Ladydevimon tightened her grip on Biyomon's neck. Biyomon made a choking sound.
"Yes, just promise me you won't hurt any of my friends." Patamon flew so he was face to face with Ladydevimon.
Ladydevimon thought for a second. She could easily kill every one of them, but why bother hunting them down? This was so much simpler. Patamon was the only one she wanted. "I can live with that." Ladydevimon threw Biyomon behind her into Tentomon, who was sneaking up behind her. She had heard the bug approaching by his buzzing wings. Biyomon and Tentomon both fell to the ground. Tentomon's wing were bent backwards, causing the bug to scream in pain. Ladydevimon's long fingers wrapped around Patamon's neck. "Too bad you can't."
Ladydevimon flew straight up into the air, hundreds of feet up. Patamon was struggling for breath. Ladydevimon chuckled. "I find it hard to believe you defeated me all those years ago. Or would that be the future? Time travel is so confusing." Patamon tried to speak, but Ladydevimon placed a finger on Patamon's lips. "I should kill your friends regardless of your sacrifice, but I won't. I won't because it will tear them up inside, but they'll live. Take that thought to oblivion. Along with this." Ladydevimon suddenly bent forward kissing Patamon's softly on the forehead. Patamon's eyes flew wide, and even wider when he felt a searing pain in his belly. Ladydevimon's lance stuck right through his stomach. He let out a little squeak shortly before he broke up. Orange atoms spread to the wind.
Ladydevimon smiled as she floated back down to the ground. The five remaining digimon looked at her, teary eyes filled with rage. In a frenzy they leapt on her, with claw and talon, fang and tooth. Ladydevimon simply threw them all to the ground. "I just wanted to see the look on your faces. I would delete you for defying me, but I am a lady of my word. That, and the fact that you are no threat to me. I think I'll keep you alive for my own amusement." Ladydevimon looked at the five digimon sprawled on the ground. Satisfied she had crushed their spirit she flew up in the air. Ladydevimon flew away, but then began thinking. (I may have destroyed Patamon and Devimon, but they may be reconstituted. I better make one more little stop before I leave File Island.)
Everyone was crying back where Ladydevimon left them. Biyomon was crying, doubled over in anguish. "We couldn't save him! We just let him die!"
Gomamon had a flipper on Biyomon shoulder. Gomamon had tears in his eyes, but he was trying to comfort Biyomon as best he could. "We did everything we could, and then some."
"He's gone! He's gone!" Biyomon cried. Then Elecmon's words crept back in her head. (Digimon like us don't die, unless under extreme circumstance. We're remade as digi-eggs and reborn.) "He's not! Primary Village!"
"Huh?!" Gomamon gasped as Biyomon stood up suddenly, throwing Gomamon off. She was off like a rocket, flying back to Primary Village as fast as her sore muscles would allow.
Biyomon flew through the forest, as the trees began to thin out. At first she thought got lost, because she couldn't see Primary Village in the blackness. Then the blackness moved, and a faint squeaking could be heard. Primary Village appeared as thousands of bats flew up in the air. "No." Biyomon whispered as Primary Village came to view. Primary Village was gone, only tattered bassinets and remnants of giant toy blocks lay where once a thriving nursery rested. And in the center of the destruction, Ladydevimon floated in mid air, surveying the devastation. Elecmon and all the baby digimon where gone. "NOOOOO!!!" Biyomon screamed. Ladydevimon turned around and saw Biyomon flying at her full force. She actually grunted in pain as Biyomon hit her in the stomach. Ladydevimon was knocked back. "SPIRAL TWISTER!" Biyomon poured herself into a blast, hitting Ladydevimon in the face with a tornado of energy. Ladydevimon's head snapped back. "MONSTER!" Biyomon's talons ripped a deep cut in Ladydevimon's cheek. "YOU KILLED THEM!"
"EYAUGH!" Ladydevimon backhanded Biyomon. The pink bird landed in the dirt. She slowly tried to get up, but felt a wave of nausea go through her. Ladydevimon landed in front of her, her cheek dripping with black blood. She looked down at Biyomon and began to laugh. Ladydevimon touched her cheek. Her finger came back wet with dark blood. Ladydevimon licked the blood off her hand. "If you all fought like that, Patamon might still be around." Biyomon slowly raised her head. Ladydevimon kicked her under her beak. Biyomon ended sprawled on her back. A spiked boot came down on Biyomon's chest. "Now I go and spare your life, and this is the thanks I get?" Ladydevimon applied pressure to her heel, and Biyomon screamed in response. "One reprieve is all you get."
"Leave her alone!" A strong voice shouted.
Biyomon arched her head up. Even upside down and through hazed vision she made out Gomamon. "Another suicidal hero?" Ladydevimon quipped.
Gomamon had rushed off after Biyomon. He made excellent time, even baring the fact he couldn't fly or was even suited for running. His face and body were covered with tiny cuts from bramble and branches that he ran through, but he didn't even feel them. Gomamon looked up at Ladydevimon with detest in his eyes. "You like making deals? My life for hers."
"Gomamon NO!" Biyomon shouted out as she felt a weight removed from her chest. She got to her knees as Ladydevimon walked over to Gomamon. She tried to make herself move faster, but couldn't. She could hardly stay conscious.
"Another one sacrificing himself for this mere bird? How humorous." Ladydevimon stopped inches in front Gomamon. Her face was dripping with the deep cut Biyomon gave her. She held out her left hand in front of Gomamon, and it slowly formed to a point.
"Just promise me she'll live." Gomamon looked up at Ladydevimon's face.
"Fine with me. You may want to close your eyes." Ladydevimon pointed the lance between Gomamon's eyes.
Gomamon did as Ladydevimon said, shutting his eyes tight and biting his lip. Biyomon watched as Ladydevimon pulled back. "STOP, TAKE ME!" She screamed.
Ladydevimon didn't listen as she stabbed, her lance hand making a grinding sound as it connected.
Gomamon opened his eyes. Ladydevimon's lance was buried in to ground in front of him. He looked into Ladydevimon's laughing face. "I have no need to kill you." Ladydevimon grabbed Gomamon by his red hair as she stood up. "Pain and torment end in death, and you'll have years of that once I rule supreme."
Ladydevimon quickly threw Gomamon over her shoulder, sending him flying into the forest. She turned and walked over to Biyomon, who had collapsed on her stomach. She picked up the bird by the chin so they were at eye level. "I spared his life. Remember that. And remember I can take it when ever I so choose. You owe me." Ladydevimon dropped Biyomon back to the ground.
Agumon, Tentomon, and Gabumon burst out of the clearing. Tentomon had been reduced to running, one of his wings was badly injured. They had followed Gomamon as quickly as they could, but Gomamon seemed to been driven by a fury all of his own. "Get away from her!" Agumon ordered.
"Nightmare WING!" Ladevimon twirled, and a volley of bats sailed into the three new arrivals. When the bats disappeared, Agumon, Tentomon, and Gabumon lay on the ground, groaning as they felt their fresh wounds. "You're boring me. I have more important matters to take care of." Ladydevimon floated in the air. "The destiny that once was no longer exists! The future belongs to me! And a bleak future fit is for all of my enemies!" Ladydevimon laughed as she flew away. "The next time you see me, I will be the absolute ruler of the Digital World! Farewell!" Ladydevimon's laughing voice faded as she disappeared into the sky.
Biyomon was curled up, crying even harder now. "She killed them .Patamon, Elecmon." And she sobbed harder.
Gomamon came out of the clearing, bruised with blood dripping down his lip. But his injuries meant nothing to him as he went up to Biyomon. He didn't say anything. He just helped her cry.
DESTINY'S END
CHILD OF SHADOWS MINI SERIES PART 2
Chapter 52
Grim Future
"ROOAAARRRR!" Kuwagumon swooped down from the skies again. His roar echoed through the land.
Six tiny digimon ran or flew in the forest below. This had become common practice for them.
"He spotted us!" Agumon shouted. He dived for cover just as Kuwagumon sailed past, shearing off the treetops like matchsticks.
"Stay close to the ground!" Gabumon shouted to the flyers. "Kuwagumon is a better fighter in the air!"
"Sure thing!" Tentomon landed with the rest of the group.
"He's got one of those black gear thingies in him!" Patamon announced as he landed.
"I got it!" Biyomon shouted, positioning herself behind Kuwagumon.
"BIYOMON WATCH OUT!" Gomamon shouted as Kuwagumon turned. A massive fist hit Biyomon across the face. Biyomon blacked out, and went sailing over the cliff. "BIYOMON NOOOOO!" Gomamon shouted as Biyomon disappeared in the raging torrents below.
Biyomon groaned as she turned over. She sniffed, and the aroma of fried fish hit her nostrils. She woke up slowly; shaking her left and right to remove the spots from her eyes. A roaring fire was in front of her, with several skewered fillets on a spit. Biyomon realized she was ravenously hungry.
"Ah, good, you're up!"
Biyomon whirled around. A red furred four legged digimon with purple tinted ears regarded her. "Who are you?"
"Elecmon." Elecmon smiled. They were on the outskirts of Primary Village. He didn't like his babies around fire, but Biyomon needed the warmth. "Man, I thought I had a king size catch when I pulled you out of the water! My babies could have eaten for a week if that was fish instead of a bird."
Biyomon smiled. It was nice to run into a digimon who wasn't under the control of a black gear. She had spent the last several digital months running from various black geared controlled digimon. Biyomon had heard of Elecmon and Primary Village, she had never had a chance to meet him face to face yet. There wasn't exactly much time to go exploring. Her and her friends spent days on end hiding in caves, barely enough to eat. Every time they went into the open, something attacked them. She had thought that every digimon except for her friends had been brought under control. "Thanks for saving me, but I should get back to my friends."
Biyomon got up, but fell over again. "Not a good idea. You were almost dead when I fished you out. You've been a sleep for the better part of a day. You're probably starving. Eat something, to get your strength back." Elecmon offered one of the fried fish to Biyomon.
Biyomon nodded, taking the fish and ravenously wolfing it down. It just seemed to make her hungrier. She ate another six whole fillets before her hunger died down. Biyomon sat down, feeling relaxed for the first time in a long time. Elecmon gave Biyomon a pleasant smile. He seemed to have a natural tendency for nursing digimon back to health. "Elecmon, if you don't mind me asking, why aren't you under control of Devimon and his black gears?"
Elecmon looked back at Primary Village and began walking back. "It's my job, my destiny to watch over Primary Village."
Biyomon shifted uncomfortably. "I had a destiny once to." Biyomon looked up to the skies, where her digivice disappeared years ago.
Elecmon looked at Biyomon and nodded. "Devimon knows the secret of Primary Village and digimon. Digimon like us don't die, unless under extreme circumstances." Elecmon picked up a digi-egg. "We're remade as digi-eggs and reborn." Elecmon rubbed the egg. There was a cracking sound. "In case something happened to him, Devimon would most likely be reborn here, and he knows that. So I'm safe." A tiny black digimon with yellow eyes popped out of the shell. Elecmon placed the Botamon on the ground. The shell turned into a wicker basket with a puff of smoke. "As much as I hate to be any small part of that monster's plan, at least my babies are safe."
Biyomon felt sorry for Elecmon. Her destiny didn't come true, and Elecmon's was now tainted with evil. "Elecmon, do digimon remember their previous lives? Was there one who remembered being our friend Palmon?"
"Every reborn digimon is different. For some, the previous life is like a shadow, a dream. For others they can remember nearly every detail of their previous life." Elecmon ran a furry paw over the new Botamon. "But to answer your question, no." Elecmon closed his eyes. " But I think I know who you are talking about. I saw a Palmon one night on the shoreline. She was pushing a crudely made raft into the ocean. I felt sorry for her, I could see the sadness in her eyes from the distance." Elecmon could see tears welling up in Biyomon's eyes. "I'm sure she's fine. She just needed to be by herself. I'm sure you'll meet one of these days."
Biyomon slumped against a toy block. For some reason, hearing that Palmon was alive did not help. If Palmon was alive, that meant she left on her own accord. "Maybe I should go too. There's no one for me here. My digidestined, who I waited my whole life for, never showed."
Elecmon sat next to Biyomon. "You have friends. Just because one leaves, doesn't mean they all do. And you can always make new ones, like right now."
Biyomon smiled. "Thank you..."
Elecmon smiled back as he grabbed the sack of fish. "I need to feed my babies. Would you care to help?"
Biyomon nodded. "I would." It was a change from the fighting, hiding and running. Biyomon got up, following Elecmon to the babies' carriages, towards the sounds of sleeping and crying. What they failed to notice a solitary figure flying in the skies, towards Infinity Mountain.
Ladydevimon landed on one of the higher cliffs of Infinity Mountain. She leaned against the cliff wall for support. She had spent years flying over the vast ocean, searching for land. She had just about reached the limit of her endurance when she spotted File Island. Ladydevimon breathed deeply, her plans were not proceeding exactly as planned. True, she had gotten the digivices from the digidestined, but she had failed to kill them. The digivices had pulled her through a portal, and because she had all seven on her, they threw her past the intended target of File Island into the middle of the ocean. "What a waste. All that time hiding on Earth, and the digidestined are saved by a stroke of luck. A waste of four years." Ladydevimon stood up, slowly cracking her neck in a circle. (Well, not a complete waste.) Ladydevimon thought as she patted the digivices on her. (The digidestined are no longer a threat. And I have the digivices. Given enough time, I can find a way to use them to evolve to my Mega level with the tags and crests. First, I'll have to take care of my duplicate on this world. I can't kill myself, or then I won't exist. But I planned for that contingency. If I'm right these digivices will allow me to merge with this world's Ladydevimon, a jogress evolution of sorts. Similar to that of Apocalymon's creation. Then I'll destroy the Dark Masters one by one. It'll take time, but I waited four years to snag the digivices. Patience is a virtue.) A few moments rest was all she needed to recover. Just being on solid ground for a bit helped her recover.
"Greetings." A dark voice spoke.
Ladydevimon turned around to the impressive form of Devimon. Ladevimon got ready to strike, but then regained herself. This was not the Devimon from her time line. Devimon in her time line had sacrificed himself to save their child Izzy, and which in turn led to her defeat. But Ladydevimon escaped into the past, and was forming new plans. "How very formal Devimon, it's been a while. Is that the best line you could come up with?"
Devimon had seen Ladydevimon land, and had arrived to meet her. "What do the Dark Masters wish of me? I have conquered File Island completely."
"Down to business Devimon?" Ladydevimon smiled. "Don't you want to rehatch old memories?"
Devimon just scowled. "That was a mistake of ours. We have a child somewhere that we don't even know where or what he is. It's a good thing we decided to keep it a secret. I have no idea how Piedmon would react if he knew about our spawn."
Ladydevimon smirked. She just realized that Devimon was still worried about their child Izzy. Ladydevimon realized that she had to kill Izzy before he manifested his powers, or he would delete her. And Devimon would try to stop her if he found out. But Devimon was merely a champion digimon. And she was an ultimate. Even in her weary state, she was more than a match for a pathetic champion. "Oh by the way, I ran into our child."
"How is that possible?" Devimon questioned. Ladydevimon had a peculiar look on her face.
"Time travel." Ladydevimon answered. He's grown up into a strong boy. Very strong as a matter a fact. Mega level strong."
"Have you gone mad?" Devimon asked. "Time travel? Our child a mega digimon? That would take eons to develop powers like that."
"Have you wondered why the digidestined never showed?" Ladydevimon asked as she held out a strip of leather from her living suit. Seven digivices strung out. "I know why."
"How did you get those?" Devimon gasped.
"Like I said, Time travel. I know who the digidestined are, and our son is one of them. Which means he dies." Ladydevimon smiled.
"He is our child. He will join us regardless of his status." Devimon growled.
"You said the same thing in the first time line." Ladydevimon brushed back her hair. "And I had to delete you for it. You never learn, do you?" Ladydevimon suddenly twirled in a circle. "Nightmare WING!"
Devimon was blown off the mountain cliff in a furry of bats. He regained his composure and landed hundreds of feet below. "WHY YOU?!" Devimon got up, and let out a primal scream. Black Gears began to pour out of Infinity Mountain, implanting themselves in Devimon's body. His whole body began to expand. He grew to several stories tall, his shadow casting for half a mile.
Ladydevimon floated in front of Devimon's face. Her hand twisted into a lance. "Sorry Devimon. But it's you or me. And it's not going to be me."
Biyomon was still with Elecmon, cleaning up the reminents of fish bones after feeding the ravenous hordes of babies. Suddenly the sounds of battle filled the forest. Biyomon perked up. "Someone's fighting! It might be my friends!"
"I.I can't go with you." Elecmon bowed his head. "I can't leave my babies."
"I know." Biyomon gave Elecmon a quick smile, before flying off in the direction of the battle. She was still a little weak, but was much better now that she had a full stomach. She suddenly saw Devimon, the enemy she was hiding from all these months. He was twenty times his normal size, but oddly, he seemed in pain. Then she saw the second figure, a female with a pale face clad in leather, swooping in circles around the gigantic Devimon. Every time she flew away, another wound opened up on Devimon's skin. Biyomon realized that she was not the only one drawn to the battle. Agumon, Tentomon, Gabumon, Patamon, and Gomamon were hiding behind the bushes, watching the battle. "What's going on?" Biyomon whispered as she gently landed behind the group.
Everyone turned around, and gasped. "Biyomon, you're alive!" Gomamon cheered. He tackled Biyomon giving her a big hug as they lay sprawled on the grass. "I was so worried we lost you!"
"Keep it down." Gabumon whispered. "We're glad to see you're all right Biyomon, but we have another problem."
Gomamon was still hugging Biyomon tightly. He regained himself as he got off, Agumon helping Biyomon up. "You had me worried." Gomamon whispered.
"He's telling you the truth. He spent the better part of the day diving in the river looking for you." Patamon mentioned as he flew above Agumon. "I had to catch him as he jumped off the cliff after you."
"You did that for me?" Biyomon blinked.
Gomamon blushed. "Yeah, I didn't want to lose you. Palmon's gone, and I worry about her. I couldn't bear the thought of having something happen to you as well."
"That's so sweet." Biyomon smiled. She looked over Gomamon in a whole new light.
"Um, guys? What about the new comer?" Tentomon peered through the bushes. The female digimon struck one more time, ripping open a particularly deep gash on Devimon. Devimon's scream rippled through the forest as he shrunk down to his normal size.
"Ladydevimon, why are you doing this?" Devimon coughed. Drops of black blood dripped from lips on to the dirt below.
Ladydevimon smiled and brushed her long hair. "Because you betrayed me."
Devimon scowled. "I never betrayed you witch!" Devimon coughed up more of his blood.
"True, but you will." Ladydevimon swiped with her lance hand. Devimon's atoms flew in all directions, dispersing in the wind. (Well that's one matter taken care off. Izzy is still the greatest threat, but there was one more who is responsible for my first defeat.) Ladydevimon thought as she looked around. Surely the battle would have drawn out the chosen digimon. (Now I could go on a long difficult search, or I could simply call out.) "Patamon, Agumon, Tentomon, all of you come on out. I have defeated your enemy."
Ladydevimon watched as six digimon came out of the bushes. She regarded that the one called Palmon was not with them. She must have been deleted by one of Devimon's black gear controlled forces. "Who are you?" Gomamon asked.
"My name is Ladydevimon." Ladydevimon bowed. "I know all about you. The digivices, and your digidestined and how they never showed."
"But how do you know that?" Gabumon inquired. Ladydevimon could tell Gabumon knew something was wrong. Too late for him.
Ladydevimon threw back her head and laughed. A piece of black leather opened on her, and seven digivices strung out in front of us. "I know because I took them. But I'm here to make doubly sure that Magnangemon never comes back. You can never be too careful."
Magnangemon had the power to heal and restore digimon. Which made him her greatest threat.
All six digimon took a step back, readying for an attack. "Who's Magnangemon?" Patamon squeaked.
"Funny you of all digimon should ask. Where I come from, he defeated me, converted my army, and was a general pain." Ladydevimon chuckled as her hand reshaped into a lance. Even though she had Patamon's digivice, she wanted to make doubly sure Magnangemon never returned. "He happens to be your ultimate form Patamon. No hard feelings?"
"Marching Fishes!" Gomamon cried as rainbow colored fish appeared out of a nearby stream.
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon fired a blast of dragon breath.
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon breathed a breath of fire.
"Super Shocker!" Tentomon's wings beated rapidly.
"Spiral Twister!" Green energy poured from Biyomon's wings.
Ladydevimon flew in the sky, dispersing every blast with a wave of her hand. Ladydevimon grunted slightly when she felt something hit her in the back. Biyomon had flown behind her and nailed her with a Spiral Twister, but it did little more than annoy her. With lightning speed she reached behind her and grabbed Biyomon by the neck. Ladydevimon squeezed Biyomon's neck and aimed her lance hand at the pink bird. "Well, I did come for Patamon, but you all can join him."
"NO!" Ladydevimon looked up from her prey. Patamon was flying in front of her face, tears in his eyes. "I give up, just let her go!"
"You mean you'll sacrifice yourself for her? Nobel." Ladydevimon tightened her grip on Biyomon's neck. Biyomon made a choking sound.
"Yes, just promise me you won't hurt any of my friends." Patamon flew so he was face to face with Ladydevimon.
Ladydevimon thought for a second. She could easily kill every one of them, but why bother hunting them down? This was so much simpler. Patamon was the only one she wanted. "I can live with that." Ladydevimon threw Biyomon behind her into Tentomon, who was sneaking up behind her. She had heard the bug approaching by his buzzing wings. Biyomon and Tentomon both fell to the ground. Tentomon's wing were bent backwards, causing the bug to scream in pain. Ladydevimon's long fingers wrapped around Patamon's neck. "Too bad you can't."
Ladydevimon flew straight up into the air, hundreds of feet up. Patamon was struggling for breath. Ladydevimon chuckled. "I find it hard to believe you defeated me all those years ago. Or would that be the future? Time travel is so confusing." Patamon tried to speak, but Ladydevimon placed a finger on Patamon's lips. "I should kill your friends regardless of your sacrifice, but I won't. I won't because it will tear them up inside, but they'll live. Take that thought to oblivion. Along with this." Ladydevimon suddenly bent forward kissing Patamon's softly on the forehead. Patamon's eyes flew wide, and even wider when he felt a searing pain in his belly. Ladydevimon's lance stuck right through his stomach. He let out a little squeak shortly before he broke up. Orange atoms spread to the wind.
Ladydevimon smiled as she floated back down to the ground. The five remaining digimon looked at her, teary eyes filled with rage. In a frenzy they leapt on her, with claw and talon, fang and tooth. Ladydevimon simply threw them all to the ground. "I just wanted to see the look on your faces. I would delete you for defying me, but I am a lady of my word. That, and the fact that you are no threat to me. I think I'll keep you alive for my own amusement." Ladydevimon looked at the five digimon sprawled on the ground. Satisfied she had crushed their spirit she flew up in the air. Ladydevimon flew away, but then began thinking. (I may have destroyed Patamon and Devimon, but they may be reconstituted. I better make one more little stop before I leave File Island.)
Everyone was crying back where Ladydevimon left them. Biyomon was crying, doubled over in anguish. "We couldn't save him! We just let him die!"
Gomamon had a flipper on Biyomon shoulder. Gomamon had tears in his eyes, but he was trying to comfort Biyomon as best he could. "We did everything we could, and then some."
"He's gone! He's gone!" Biyomon cried. Then Elecmon's words crept back in her head. (Digimon like us don't die, unless under extreme circumstance. We're remade as digi-eggs and reborn.) "He's not! Primary Village!"
"Huh?!" Gomamon gasped as Biyomon stood up suddenly, throwing Gomamon off. She was off like a rocket, flying back to Primary Village as fast as her sore muscles would allow.
Biyomon flew through the forest, as the trees began to thin out. At first she thought got lost, because she couldn't see Primary Village in the blackness. Then the blackness moved, and a faint squeaking could be heard. Primary Village appeared as thousands of bats flew up in the air. "No." Biyomon whispered as Primary Village came to view. Primary Village was gone, only tattered bassinets and remnants of giant toy blocks lay where once a thriving nursery rested. And in the center of the destruction, Ladydevimon floated in mid air, surveying the devastation. Elecmon and all the baby digimon where gone. "NOOOOO!!!" Biyomon screamed. Ladydevimon turned around and saw Biyomon flying at her full force. She actually grunted in pain as Biyomon hit her in the stomach. Ladydevimon was knocked back. "SPIRAL TWISTER!" Biyomon poured herself into a blast, hitting Ladydevimon in the face with a tornado of energy. Ladydevimon's head snapped back. "MONSTER!" Biyomon's talons ripped a deep cut in Ladydevimon's cheek. "YOU KILLED THEM!"
"EYAUGH!" Ladydevimon backhanded Biyomon. The pink bird landed in the dirt. She slowly tried to get up, but felt a wave of nausea go through her. Ladydevimon landed in front of her, her cheek dripping with black blood. She looked down at Biyomon and began to laugh. Ladydevimon touched her cheek. Her finger came back wet with dark blood. Ladydevimon licked the blood off her hand. "If you all fought like that, Patamon might still be around." Biyomon slowly raised her head. Ladydevimon kicked her under her beak. Biyomon ended sprawled on her back. A spiked boot came down on Biyomon's chest. "Now I go and spare your life, and this is the thanks I get?" Ladydevimon applied pressure to her heel, and Biyomon screamed in response. "One reprieve is all you get."
"Leave her alone!" A strong voice shouted.
Biyomon arched her head up. Even upside down and through hazed vision she made out Gomamon. "Another suicidal hero?" Ladydevimon quipped.
Gomamon had rushed off after Biyomon. He made excellent time, even baring the fact he couldn't fly or was even suited for running. His face and body were covered with tiny cuts from bramble and branches that he ran through, but he didn't even feel them. Gomamon looked up at Ladydevimon with detest in his eyes. "You like making deals? My life for hers."
"Gomamon NO!" Biyomon shouted out as she felt a weight removed from her chest. She got to her knees as Ladydevimon walked over to Gomamon. She tried to make herself move faster, but couldn't. She could hardly stay conscious.
"Another one sacrificing himself for this mere bird? How humorous." Ladydevimon stopped inches in front Gomamon. Her face was dripping with the deep cut Biyomon gave her. She held out her left hand in front of Gomamon, and it slowly formed to a point.
"Just promise me she'll live." Gomamon looked up at Ladydevimon's face.
"Fine with me. You may want to close your eyes." Ladydevimon pointed the lance between Gomamon's eyes.
Gomamon did as Ladydevimon said, shutting his eyes tight and biting his lip. Biyomon watched as Ladydevimon pulled back. "STOP, TAKE ME!" She screamed.
Ladydevimon didn't listen as she stabbed, her lance hand making a grinding sound as it connected.
Gomamon opened his eyes. Ladydevimon's lance was buried in to ground in front of him. He looked into Ladydevimon's laughing face. "I have no need to kill you." Ladydevimon grabbed Gomamon by his red hair as she stood up. "Pain and torment end in death, and you'll have years of that once I rule supreme."
Ladydevimon quickly threw Gomamon over her shoulder, sending him flying into the forest. She turned and walked over to Biyomon, who had collapsed on her stomach. She picked up the bird by the chin so they were at eye level. "I spared his life. Remember that. And remember I can take it when ever I so choose. You owe me." Ladydevimon dropped Biyomon back to the ground.
Agumon, Tentomon, and Gabumon burst out of the clearing. Tentomon had been reduced to running, one of his wings was badly injured. They had followed Gomamon as quickly as they could, but Gomamon seemed to been driven by a fury all of his own. "Get away from her!" Agumon ordered.
"Nightmare WING!" Ladevimon twirled, and a volley of bats sailed into the three new arrivals. When the bats disappeared, Agumon, Tentomon, and Gabumon lay on the ground, groaning as they felt their fresh wounds. "You're boring me. I have more important matters to take care of." Ladydevimon floated in the air. "The destiny that once was no longer exists! The future belongs to me! And a bleak future fit is for all of my enemies!" Ladydevimon laughed as she flew away. "The next time you see me, I will be the absolute ruler of the Digital World! Farewell!" Ladydevimon's laughing voice faded as she disappeared into the sky.
Biyomon was curled up, crying even harder now. "She killed them .Patamon, Elecmon." And she sobbed harder.
Gomamon came out of the clearing, bruised with blood dripping down his lip. But his injuries meant nothing to him as he went up to Biyomon. He didn't say anything. He just helped her cry.