A/N: here it is, the final chapter in what has become my most viewed story.
I'd like to thank neoKOS-MOS for being my main reviewer, I'd also like to
thank everyone else who read and reviewed, I appreciate it.
Now, on with the show…
Viral Menace
Through the portal came Rika's Digivice, a cable, a chip and a box.
"Thanks Techno, send this to the others," Alex sent a letter through the portal, "It may not be needed, but I want them to know anyway."
Techno nodded as the portal timed out and his face faded from view, cutting Alex off from his home once again. With a sigh he picked up the items and turned around to face the others, handing Rika back her digivice.
"Right, this cable is a data transfer, it means I can dump all info about digimon from my world into your digimon databases on your digivices" he told them, connecting the chip connector to the back of his DV5 and holding up the other end, shaped like one of the cards the teens swiped through their digivices.
"So that end is swiped through our D-arcs?" asked Henry, seeing the magnetic strip on one side of the card shaped end
Alex nodded, handing the DV5 to Rika to swipe through, the data filling in the gaps in the entries already recorded and entering information about the digimon native to Alex's world. It also sent across a file Alex had recorded that morning.
After everyone had updated their digivices Alex opened the box to reveal a new form of card, they looked like the normal card game cards but had a chip in the centre of the card, and there was a full set for each of them.
"These are crystal chips," Alex told them, tapping the chip in the centre, "They contain different upgrades for your digimon such as wings, weapons and increased abilities like speed, they work similar to your cards, but I can capture date to make more"
He handed them their sets and they shuffled them into their own decks, and then looked back at Alex, Rika wondering why Alex had given them these.
Through the darkness he walked, using the thin veil to see where he was going in the real world. He was looking for a place, a final battleground where he could destroy the major thorn in his side,
No, he is my friend
He is not, he is my enemy
His thoughts shifted as the other spoke out, but he repressed the other, ignoring his pleas, the would be battle tonight, and it would end this war, the worlds would drown in the darkness he would usher in and he would ride the black wave through the boundaries and into the other worlds.
Stepping out into the real world his mere presence cause nature to shudder, snow beginning to fall…in October.
Alex shuddered before the first snowflake fell, he could feel his enemy, and he knew the battle was nearing,
"Are you OK?" asked Guilmon, noticing Alex's discomfort
"Yeah…yeah, I'm fine, just…fine" he said, standing at the window, looking out at the snow falling over the city…'tonight then' he thought as he gazed out, wondering where he would be.
"Is it just me, or is Alex acting really weird just of late?" Takato asked Henry,
"Yeah, just a bit, maybe he's feeling cut off from his home," replied Henry, Terriermon looking up at Takato,
"He could just open that portal thing, he could sand his head home for a bit" he said, laughing slightly
"Terriermon!" Henry said sharply
"Razormon, open a gateway, He's at the park, we're going to face him" Alex said, turning from the window and striding across the room as Razormon opened a dark gateway and stepped through, closely followed by the tamers.
He comes
Alex…
They walked out into the centre of a blizzard, snow swirling around the edge of the park, cutting it off from the rest of Shinjuku, a perfect arena.
"Where are you?" Alex yelled, looking around the park.
"I am here" came a voice from the shadows, as they twisted and rippled, a figure appearing, seemingly formed of shadows. As the figure came closer they could make it out, it was clad in black and midnight blue armour, spikes rising from shoulders and wrists, from knees and elbows and from the dragon's maw shaped helmet, a black, slitted visor obscuring the face.
The tamer's digivice bleeped, displaying information, and all of them gulped simultaneously; Viramon, Mega Level, Virus type, Demon overlord, attacks unknown.
"So Alex, you followed me then? Didn't think you would have the nerve to cross dimensions" came the ice-cold voice from behind the dragon helm
"I wasn't going to let you get a world of reinforcements, I had to come, weather I liked it or not, you have to be stopped, at any cost, by any means, Razormon!" Alex retorted, pulling out his DV5 and activating his armour as Razormon digivolved to Katanamon in a flash of bright white light that faded to black.
A cruel, chilling laugh split the air as Viramon saw what Alex was attempting to do,
"I'm Mega you fool, you're just Champion and Ultimate," He cried
A smile came to Alex's face as he drew a chip from his holder, "perhaps, but I have a few aces up my sleeve" he said as he plugged the chip into his armour, plugging another chip into the DV5,
Armour Fusion Digivolution
Katanamon bond acceleration,
Digivolve to…
Standing where Alex had been only moments before was a familiar armoured form, highlighted in blood red, spikes rising from shoulders and wrists, from knees and elbows and from the dragon's maw shaped helmet, a black, slitted visor obscuring the face.
Now another laugh came, more chilling than Viramon's as Rika scanned this new appearance; Viramon, Mega Level, Virus type, Demon overlord, attacks unknown.
"Interesting, very interesting, this is…amusing" said Viramon as the other Viramon's helmet became data and fused into the armour as decoration on the breastplate, revealing Alex's face, smiling a smile that could only be described as psychotic. Viramon's helmet disappeared revealing another teen's face; this one was pasty and had jet black hair with a blue stripe running through it.
"Hello Nick" said Alex, addressing Viramon by the name he had once used,
"Alex, long time no see"
Nick's body twitched and his arm began to move, he looked down at it in shock before his head was swallowed by the Dragon's maw of his helm and a huge sword formed in his hand as he launched himself at Alex.
Alex's Masemune formed in his hands as he countered the blow, morphing it into a similar sword to Viramon's he struck back, the blade bouncing of the curving elbow spike as Viramon raised his arm to block the blow, brining the other arm round and punching Alex in the gut with the sound of a gong being hit with a sledge hammer.
Alex grabbed his arm and spun towards him, bringing his elbow spike backwards in an attempt to stab Viramon, ripping a plate of armour from the demon overlord's side. Viramon threw Alex away and stood up straight, unfurling a huge pair of skeletal wings from his back and taking to the air, closely followed by Alex.
Viramon dived at the other armoured form, sword held like a spear, seeking to impale the other demon, but Alex dodged to the side, striking Viramon in the back with his own sword as he flew by, slicing a sliver of metal from his armour.
In a rage Viramon threw his sword, it rippled and changed into a lance, striking Alex's shoulder and busting out the other side, Alex let out a scream of rage and pain as he dove at Viramon, who dodged and punched Alex in his injured shoulder before axe kicking him in the back, sending him to the floor.
With a scream Alex hurled his sword, it became a shining disk of silver that sliced through one of Viramon's wings before returning to Alex's hand.
"Even by becoming me you cannot defeat me, you might as well give up, or do I need to destroy you?" Said Viramon, one of his arms morphing into a cannon
"I'm…not done…yet," said Alex, drawing another chip, the one Techno had sent through earlier, he slammed it into the chip port on his armour, "YAMI SOUL!"
Red lightning crackled along every inch of his body, runes glowing like shaped blood as Alex tapped into the powers that lay behind the veil of darkness, he lifted his head to look at Viramon as the hole in his shoulder healed in an instant.
He shot at the wounded demon, striking him with the force of a wrecking ball, cracking his armour and causing him to plough a furrow in the ground with his speeding body. Alex didn't notice the dark energy crackling around his hand and feet, they began to elongate and suddenly shot up into the air, leaving a fading trail as they went, making Alex look like an armoured puppet on his strings as he dove towards his fallen adversary, seeing the phenomenon around Viramon, the tangled strings of darkness.
Alex halted, confused, he was trying to move his limbs but something was preventing him, holding him firmly in place. He saw the strings around Viramon, then saw the strings around himself, looking up he thought he could see a spidery black hand holding them.
"What? What's happening?" he said, straining against the strings as Viramon stood up, his helmet disappearing to reveal Nick's face,
"Power corrupts, Alex, we are in the thrall of darkness and must bend to his wishes" he told him, his face conveying the truth, he was trapped within Viramon, a helpless puppet on the strings of darkness.
"Nick…how…how was I? I was tricked, I believed darker powers would help me avenge her" Alex said, his head, the only part of him he still had control over, slumping,
"So did I" he replied before Viramon dashed over to Alex, smashing his fists down on top of Alex's shoulders, forcing him to the ground
"Sorry, Razor" Alex whispered to the digital shell surrounding him
Viramon's arms were pointed straight at Alex, the warped and twisted, becoming a huge cannon adorned by skeletal wings and ice blue runes, Nick opened his mouth to say something but the dragon helm closed around it, locking him away deep within the demon overlord,
"Viral Destruction!" The cannon glowed a hot purple as the power built up inside it, Alex could see screaming, tortured faces in the viral plasma charging within the cannon.
Then it fired.
The purple bolt flew at Alex, who closed his eyes, preparing himself, the bolt impacted with the armoured teen, the plasma washing over him and consuming him in agonizing purple fire, Alex screamed, and exploded into data.
The data swirled around briefly before fading away into the snow.