Hey Taky! If you liked last chapter, I'm sure you're gonna love this one even more! -loves this chapter-
Chapter 8 - Who Am I?
"Speech"
'Thoughts, voices in heads, memories, etc.'
'Telamon/Takuya's inner voice'
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In this chapter, after the first scene, the Telamon and Takuya sides of Telamon become one kinda...
Heraldomon stood up, staring calmly down at his three followers and the Gazimon. His eyes, golden, were filled with cold fury, but his aura was calm. Telamon was the only one moving, wincing slightly due to his eye. Finally, he sighed in exasperation and turned to Matamon.
"Matamon, please. Stop that." he pointed to the half blind digimon.
Telamon thought for a moment that he was going to be punished for running away from the battle. But instead, he heard a voice...
'You feel no pain...Look into my eyes...'
He turned his head and was caught by Matamon's gaze. Instantly, his eye stopped hurting and he looked back up at Heraldomon.
"Thank you sir." he muttered, even though he still could not see.
"No worries Telamon. You were loyal...Baronmon!" he barked. The dark digimon looked up at his master. "Why did you attack Telamon?"
"I didn't attack him. He jumped in the way, ssir...Pusshed the human out of the way..." he cast a glower in Telamon's direction. Heraldomon gave Telamon a confused look.
"Telamon, is that true? You saved the human?"
"Yes sir. But it was my fight...I didn't want Baronmon to interrupt..."
Heraldomon nodded.
"Baronmon, weren't you and the gazimon supposed to be destroying buildings downtown?"
"I want moving targetss!"
"Then attack humans! Interfering in another warriors fight is not honorable, chivalrous, or tolerated." Heraldomon began to pace before them. "From now on, you do as I say."
"Why sshould I? Thiss plan iss moving nowhere!" Baronmon yelled as he stood up. Telamon stood up too, glaring at Baronmon.
"This plan would move along faster if you'd just follow orders! We could've taken this world over by now!" he yelled, the room growing hot as he flamed.
"Shut up! I don't need to take that from someone like you!" Baronmon yelled. Matamon paused. Baronmon wasn't...slurring his 's's?
"What d'you mean, 'Someone like me?' huh? I've done more for Lord Heraldomon than you! I'm loyal!" Telamon yelled back.
"Both of you!" Heraldomon yelled. Telamon paused and looked towards the cloaked man, Baronmon shook with anger.
"Don't talk to me about...LOYALTY!" he slashed out.
"Telamon!" Matamon yelled. Everything seemed to slow down...
Telamon turned his head. Heraldomon swung his arm back, a lily appearing in it. The Gazimon went to run away. Matamon stood and made to go help Telamon. Telamon's eyes widened. Baronmon's claws hit. And time sped up again.
"Ah!" Telamon held his face as he backed up.
"Petals!" Heraldomon threw the lily, it exploded into a hundred, sharpened lily petals, and slashed Baronmon before he could even move.
"Telamon!" Matamon bent over the former-human and shook him slightly. Telamon was holding his face and writhing in pain, rolling back and forth on the ground. "Telamon..." he pulled the hands away from Telamon's face and gasped.
It looked as if Telamon had a mask of his own. A mask of blackened skin, almost like flames, covered the area from just above his nose to above his eyes. Telamon hadn't opened his eyes yet.
"I...I..." he muttered, opening his eyes slightly, only to shut them again as if shocked by lightning. "I can't...see..."
All the Gazimon 'aww'ed. Soon after, they were told to leave the room. Baronmon was still laying on the ground, pinned there by Heraldomon's petals. Matamon helped Telamon up. Heraldomon walked over to them and bent down, placing a hand on Telamon's shoulder. Said digimon flinched.
"Matamon...can you fix this?" Heraldomon asked sadly. Matamon shook his head.
"I don't think so. Not even making his mind think he can see...would bring back his sight now..." Matamon sighed and stood up with Heraldomon. They looked at each other for a moment before a sound caught their ears and they looked down.
Telamon was...crying...
'I can't...I can't see!'
'Someone help me...Please!'
'It's so dark!'
"Come, we'll put him in his room and let him come to terms." Heraldomon motioned towards Telamon's room. Matamon nodded and picked the sobbing digimon up, who began crying into his robes. "I'll be right with you."
As the door to the room shut, Heraldomon walked over to Baronmon. Baronmon began to laugh.
"The pipssqueak iss blind now...yess?" he asked, smirking evilly. Heraldomon glared, but nodded. Baronmon laughed some more. "Cocky brat..."
"Baronmon...I have no more use of you..." Heraldomon said sternly. Baronmon paused.
"What do you mean? You plan to get rid of me?" Baronmon broke his right arm free of the petals and reached up to slash at Heraldomon, who jumped back.
"Good-bye, Baronmon." Heraldomon threw a black tulip at Baronmon. The stem became a spear and stabbed him threw the heart as Baronmon pulled his other arm out of the petal's grasp.
"Ah..."
His fractal code appeared and Heraldomon gathered it in a ball, then proceeded to Telamon's room.
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"It's alright Telamon...you can stop crying now...It'll be alright." Matamon said comfortingly to Telamon.
Telamon didn't pull away from the comforting embrace he was in. Matamon was the only thing he knew of in the room, and he wasn't moving from such an anchor to sanity. Sure, he feared Matamon, but at least he knew where Matamon was.
"Matamon, Telamon." Heraldomon muttered as he entered the room. Telamon tried to stop crying when he heard his leader enter the room, but failed miserably. "Don't try to hold it in Telamon. You deserve a good cry."
"Baronmon will pay for what he's done." Matamon assured Telamon. Heraldomon shook his head and showed Matamon the code.
"He already has."
"But...how can we fix Telamon's sight now that Baronmon is gone?" Matamon gasped. Telamon gasped softly too.
So Baronmon was gone? He was no more than a fractal code now? Well, he deserved it!
"I have an idea...Telamon...do you trust me?" Heraldomon asked, leaning in close to the small digimon/human. Telamon nodded, seeming determined even though he was crying.
"Then hold out your hands."
Telamon did as he was told, releasing Matamon's now wet, crimson attire and reaching out slightly where Heraldomon's voice was. He felt a slight warmth coming closer, then it hit him straight on in the chest, and he groaned.
Heraldomon had pushed Baronmon's fractal code into Telamon's chest once it was in clear view. He had aimed at the heart, and prayed nothing bad would come of it. Matamon looked worried.
Once the pain was gone, Telamon felt a warmth rising through him. It was pleasant for a moment, then grew hotter. He ignited into flames and Matamon had to jump back to avoid being hit.
"Control your power, Telamon!" Heraldomon commanded. Telamon tried.
"I...I can't!" he muttered weakly as the flames grew hotter.
"Do not let Baronmon defeat you with your own powers Telamon! Fight it!" The cloaked warrior said forcefully. Telamon used all his strength to pull the flames in, and when he did, he promptly...passed out.
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'Tommy!'
Tommy paused in his walking through the park and looked up at the sky in confusion.
"Takuya?"
'Zoe!'
Zoe looked out the window of her kitchen and looked around for the source.
"Takuya?"
'J.P.!'
J.P. finished the magic trick he was doing, to the applause of the other kids, and looked around.
"What's the matter J.P.?" one of the kids asked.
"Did you guys hear something?" he asked. They shook their heads.
"No."
"You must be imagining things, J.P."
"Yea, yea I must..." he glanced around once more before he did another trick. 'Takuya?'
'Kouichi!'
Kouichi looked up from a sketch book. He'd begun to draw when he found out how good he was and that his mom liked his art. He looked around his room.
"Hm?" he looked down at his sketch. It was all the legendary warriors, together.
'Kouji!'
Kouji stopped walking and looked around. He had gone on an errand for his step-mom. He looked around some more.
"Takuya?"
Nothing.
"Takuya!"
It echoed in the deserted street around him, but there was still no answer. He continued walking with a troubled look on.
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Black eyes opened. There was no shine to them and they looked dead. The fiery being sat up and looked around. His room was empty except for himself.
"I wonder where the others..." he froze. Raising a hand in front of his face, he blinked. "I can see? Well, not see...But...I can...I don't know what you call this..."
He could see the basic outlines of the things in his room. It was all black and grey with white outlining. He smiled, and it grew wider as he touched the things in his room.
"Wow! This is so cool!" he lit fire in his hands, and frowned. "Great...I can't see my own fire..." he said glumly.
"I believe you can only see solid outlines. Fire is not a solid." Heraldomon pointed out, causing Telamon to jump at the sudden entrance to his room.
"L-lord Heraldomon!" he bowed deeply. "I'm deeply grateful sir."
"No need. You only have a semblance of the sight you used to possess." Heraldomon frowned. "I can not fully return your sight, and I'm not sure if this is permanent. It could fade at any time."
"No problem sir. Just let me serve you while I still can." he lit fire in his hands.
"Good!" Heraldomon cheered up. "Matamon and you shall call out the digi-destined and destroy them, one last time. They are the only things standing in our way."
"Yes sir!"
When Matamon entered the room, he took Telamon by the wrist and disappeared with him.
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BOOM!
Tommy turned around. He saw the smoke, climbing high into the sky, and instantly turned around to run towards it. This was becoming almost a daily thing. Wake up, have fun, see smoke, meet bad guys, death gets interrupted, go home confused, eat, sleep. Oh well, at least it wasn't boring.
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Kouji, Kouichi, J.P., and Zoe were there already when Tommy showed up. They had already taken up their defensive positions and were facing the fire. The fire split and out walked...
"Matamon?" Kouji paused.
"Hey, that isn't Tak-" Kouichi stopped. "That's not Telamon!"
"Huh?" Tommy looked at the bluenette next to him. "Takuya?"
"Uh..." Kouichi sweat-dropped. "D-didn't Kouji tell you?"
"Kouichi! If I'm wrong..." Kouji said, basically meaning 'Shut Up.'
"Right." Kouichi looked ready to fight now. "Matamon! What happened to him?"
Matamon didn't speak, but moved out of the way to let them see the smaller person behind him. His head was down, but they all knew it was Telamon.
"Baronmon did cause a problem...Injuring Telamon's eye like that..." Matamon said sadly as Telamon lifted his head to show them his black eyes.
"What happened to him? Now both his eyes are blind!" J.P. let out in surprise.
"Don't count me out just yet." Telamon said in a low growl like voice. "Lord Heraldomon already took care of Baronmon for my eyes...But I'm still angry." he glared, and even his lifeless eyes had a cruel look to them.
"Does that mean Baronmon's...?" Zoe gasped.
"Now what do we do, Kouji?" Kouichi asked. "If he's really blind...then..."
"Hey!" Telamon lit fireballs in his hands and jumped at the teens, they were grouped together. "I said don't count me out!"
"How can he see us?" J.P. asked as they jumped out of the way.
"Baronmon's data was quite useful..." Matamon mused out loud. His hands began to glow blue and he pointed to Telamon. 'I can help him too...All my strength'
"Don't even think about it Matamon!" Telamon yelled. "This is my fight! Didn't you learn anything from Baronmon?"
"What?" Matamon stopped. 'He must've seen my hand move.' "Of course..."
Kouji and Kouichi glanced at each other. J.P and Zoe glanced at the twins. Tommy stared at Telamon.
"Takuya?" he muttered. "Guys, is that really Takuya?" Tommy spun around to look at the twins.
"Tommy look out!" Zoe yelled as Telamon ran up to the youngest digidestined and threw a fire ball into his back.
"Ah!" Tommy went flying through the air, smoking as he went. He landed on the ground, and didn't move.
"Tommy!" The others yelled.
Zoe ran forward and was hit with a fireball in her back too. She fell down next to Tommy. Telamon created more fireballs in his hands and turned to face his other three enemies to see only 2 there.
"Take this!" J.P. threw a large rock at the back of Telamon's head, only to get punched by a flaming fist. "Ah...ah..."
"Humans are so easy...Why I wasted time on you while I had my sight...I'll never know..." He scoffed as J.P. hit the ground.
"Because you're human too!" Kouichi yelled. Matamon stared at him with a look of almost horror. "You're our friend Takuya!" Telamon glared at him.
"I'm not human!" Telamon threw a fire ball at Kouichi, who used smarts unknown to the human race and jumped out of the way! Seriously! Is it all us humans can do to move when we're being attacked? NO! We have to stand there and get hit!
-rock hit's authoress in the head again- -out cold again- -story keeps going again-
"Takuya! Please stop this! Kouji! Yell something, it might wake him up!" Kouichi called. Kouji blanked. He didn't know what would make Takuya remember them.
"You can not wake him up. He has no memories to wake up...I know...I rid him of them myself..." Matamon said calmly. Kouji glared at him.
"Why? First, he's your warrior, then you take away his memory, and now you take away his sight!" Kouji yelled. His blood was boiling over now.
'Where...where...Where?'
Kouji's voice was echoing in his head. His head hurt and he had lost sight of where he final two enemies were. His head snapped around when he heard running and he caught hold of Kouichi's neck before the attack could even land.
"K-kouji..." Kouichi gasped, not able to breathe. "Ta-kuya...why are you...fighting us?"
"Kouichi!" Kouji called, tearing his attention from Matamon to Telamon and Kouichi. "Let him go!"
Kouichi fell unconscious and Telamon threw him to the side. Lighting a fire ball in his right hand, he pulled his arm back and then thrust it forward to deliver a final blow. His first kill.
"No!" Kouji hit his hand away with a piece of metal from the ground and then ran up and punched Telamon in the face. "Wake up!"
"I am awake!" Telamon grabbed Kouji's wrist when it came in for a second punch and then pulled him in closer. "And I can s-"
Telamon let go of Kouji's wrist as his sight blinked. The outlines disappeared, leaving only blackness behind.
"Ah, dammit!" he covered his eyes and backed away.
'Baronmon...You're gonna torture me, even after you die?'
Kouji blinked. What happened?
"My eyes..." Telamon took a few more steps back, still covering his face. Matamon's eyes widened.
"Baronmon's data. Has it backfired?" he asked softly.
"So...he's fully blind?" Kouji muttered. He ran up to Telamon and then dodged around behind him.
"Huh?" Telamon slashed in front of him, missing completely, then was hit in the back of the head slightly. "Ah!" he flipped around and caught Kouji by the neck.
"Uh..." Kouji grabbed Telamon's hand with his two hands to keep from being choked. "T-"
"Shut up!" Telamon yelled angrily, rubbing his eyes with his left hand, holding Kouji with his right. "Lord Heraldomon mentioned this...I just never thought my sight would leave so soon..."
Kouji got the impression that Telamon no longer cared he was there. He kicked Telamon as best he could in the side, gaining the other boy's attention.
"What?" Telamon asked, his grip tightening as he glared blindly in the direction of his right hand.
Kouji couldn't breathe. Tightening his grip is not what he'd been planning by kicking Telamon.
"T-takuya...I can't...breathe..." he managed. Telamon paused, his grip slipping just slightly.
'Takuya!'
'I hear barbarians always go by instinct.'
'It's obvious you don't care about your own life. But...can you guarantee that the others wont get hurt as well?'
'You and I are the only ones who can do it!'
'Why does everything feel so hopeless?'
'Takuya...I'm sorry I yelled at you...!'
'Yea...I guess so...Why?'
"Ta-ku-ya!" Kouji pulled as hard as he could on Telamon's hand, but it wouldn't budge. Damn he was strong as a digimon!
"Who..." Telamon mumbled. Kouji paused in his efforts to notice that Telamon was cupping his own face with his left hand. He dropped Kouji to the ground and held himself.
"Takuya?" Kouji whispered.
Matamon took a step towards the blind digimon before he stopped, the air around Matamon becoming almost unbearably hot. Telamon turned his head to where he thought Kouji was.
"K-kouji?" he asked softly.
Kouji blinked. It was Takuya's voice again! For a moment, Takuya could see Kouji's stunned face.
"I...see you..."
Then it all went black again.
"Who..."
Oh, Telamon again. He frowned.
"Who am I?"
Telamon burst into flames and jumped, running away. Rain began to pour down and put out the fires that had been made that day. Kouji looked to Matamon, who looked as confused as him.
"Mata-" he felt his eyelids becoming heavy.
Matamon jumped and ran after Telamon, as Kouji's world turned black.
End Chapter 8! I loved that scene...