So, this was actually written quite a while ago. When I left this off originally, I had this chapter written. I never posted it because I already knew I had to be done with the story for a little while. I left it sitting because if I had a chapter, or two, written already then I had a feeling that one day I would feel compelled to post them but that would only come once I had the spark back.
I will not fully apologize for stepping away from this story. I am sorry it took so long but it was needed at the same time for me. The updates will not be regular. They will come as I have them written, maybe as I have one finished and another either half way finished or finished. I might keep one back logged at all times. I'm not certain. I have three chapters written at the moment, 82 and 83 I have had written for quite a while at this point. I just wrote 84 recently and I do believe there is a shift in my writing style since I originally started the story.
I honestly hesitate starting to post once again because I know I will not be consistent. I work a lot and I have to figure out how to manage to get enough money to move, again. Where I live right not has started to take a turn in the atmosphere so for the sake of continuing to heal and getting better I do have to move some time soon. I won't go into the full situation but there is quite a bit going on behind the scenes so please respect the fact that my updates will be sporadic and that I'm not giving a schedule. I'll at least try to have at least one update a month.
Chapter Eighty Two: Quick, Time!
[Koichi's P.O.V]
We stopped at the last corner we'd have to take. We were both out of breath from having ran here. We didn't want to waste time. We didn't know what every second brought upon Daisuke and Chrono. Since we didn't know we didn't want to waste even a second. I placed my hands on my knees as I coughed.
"You good, Koichi?" Storm asked it even though she was panting.
"Yeah, just need a couple of seconds." Even if we didn't have time to waste we also needed to be ready to fight.
We didn't know what awaited us. We didn't know who was waiting for us. We might just be against Amaya seeing as she was probably behind the portal. We might be against a lackey of the Demon Lords. I was hoping for at most a lackey of the Demon Lords. I didn't want to find out that we rushed into a trap that lead to us to being face to face with a Demon Lord. We couldn't take a Demon Lord on by ourselves.
"Yeah, I could use some as well." She gave a nervous laugh as she stared ahead of us.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I brought my frantic mind back from the far flung corners of worry. I needed to focus now. No matter what I needed to focus. We were in their territory now so there could be any number of traps waiting for us. I opened my eyes after a couple of moments.
"Ready Storm?" We needed to get a move on now.
"Yeah, we're out of break time anyways." I gave a slight chuckle – mostly in hope of breaking the tense atmosphere that had settled.
We began walking down the street. I held my D Tector tightly in case it was needed. Storm even held her card in her hand. We were both on edge – hopefully that would pay out for us in the end. Hopefully it wouldn't do more harm than good. I stopped dead when I caught sight of what seemed to be the aftermath of a battle.
Storm groaned, "That is not a good sign."
"Let me guess, the entrance is to the building Daisuke's in, isn't it." She nodded.
"Do you think he tried to escape?" There was no telling where that portal took him within the location to my knowing.
"Even if he's strong – which I hate to admit, even he couldn't get out by himself since he'd have to lug an unconscious Chrono with him." I gulped.
My stomach sank. I didn't want to look past the gate. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to know the extent of the damage within the gates. If the damage to the road was this much and there was evidence the main battle took place inside of the gates made me fear what I might see.
"Why wasn't this on the news?" You would think something like this would make the news.
"There's a barrier, it stops people from noticing Digital World related events if they're outside of the barrier – sound doesn't make it out either." I looked at Storm, she was looking over the damage.
"It's a type of barrier I've encountered before – it's used by Amaya among many others, both good and evil. Though I'm willing to bet that Amaya doesn't use this barrier for good." She'd win that bet to.
"How ironic, we still ended up here." I was confused but Storm looked at me.
"What's ironic?" She sighed and stared into the gates.
"This is where Kari and the others went. This is the aftermath of a battle they fought." My eyes widened.
"How do you know that?!" There was no clear evidence of that that.
"Fire, there are scorch marks on the ground." I walked to stand beside her – even when I saw the scorch marks I wouldn't have jumped to the same conclusion.
"Any other evidence?" She sighed.
"A messenger." I was confused but I followed her eyesight.
I didn't see anything. She was staring at something – something I couldn't see. I looked around the general area she was staring at but I still spotted nothing.
"What do you see that I don't?" Her eyes snapped to me, startled.
"Can you not see nor hear him Koichi?" I was taken aback.
"Apparently not." Her eyes snapped to whatever she was able to see.
"How did?" She was staring at empty air, stunned.
"You're starting to worry me now." Did she take one too many attacks from Belphemon during the fight?
"I don't understand, what battle was fought here if you were defeated!" Storm was yelling at empty air now.
"I won't believe it! You were on par with Gallantmon! You were immune to their control! There's no way you were taken out by some traitor like him!" She was so, angry.
I placed a hand on her should, "Storm?"
She turned to look at me but the look in her eyes stunned me. She seemed disbelieving of something. On top of that she just seemed alarmed for some reason. Her gaze bore into me and I couldn't find it in myself to force words out – something was happening.
"The spirit of a Digimon is here Koichi – it seems that I can see and hear him because my crest created a connection to him. He was a Digimon that was extremely loyal and his spirit easily harmonizes with the Crest of Loyalty." I nodded slowly.
She was seeing the spirit of a Digimon thanks to her crest. At least she told me what was going on. At least I knew what she kept staring at. However, knowing that it worried me as well. Whoever she was speaking to was defeated by someone other than the Demon Lords and she seemed to think that whoever took them out shouldn't have been taken out by whoever. It made me fear that a Demon Lord was waiting for us inside.
"What Digimon?" I didn't really know as much about the Digimon who fought against the Demon Lords independently as she did but I did know what she shared with me – names of Digimon that we could get help from in this battle.
"Babydramon – he is better known as Wingdramon which is his ultimate level or even Slayerdramon, his mega level." She seemed to answer on reflex but not really have thought about the answer.
I remembered her mentioning Slayerdramon. He was supposedly really strong. She said that he had fought alongside of Baalmon, Rin's partner who also happens to be the former Demon Lord of Gluttony. When I first heard of him I had assumed he'd be super powerful. The assumptions of power may not be too far off if Storm's reaction to him having been defeated is anything to go off of.
"Wait, who defeated him?" I hated the thought that shot through my head.
She said traitor. As far as I knew there was only one known 'traitor' in this battle. That traitor being Beelzemon. I hated that a part of me doubted him but it made sense to doubt him. Beelzemon was a Demon Lord – or as we've been told a former Demon Lord. It wouldn't seem too far of a stretch to assume there was a possibility he was a sleeper agent for the Demon Lords.
Storm turned her head so she could look at me, "Examon."
"Who's Examon?" I felt bad that my mind jumped straight to Beelzemon – he did so much to protect Rin so I should've known he had nothing to do with this.
"I'll explain later because we need to go. We don't have time to sit around talking about a Digimon that's already been defeated." My eyes swept over the aftermath – they managed to defeat the Digimon that could cause this amount of damage by themselves?
It was only Kari, Koji, Takuya, and Nori. How did the four of them defeat a Digimon that could cause this amount of damage? Had Slayerdramon stepping in changed the tide of battle that much? Even though he had been defeated and died had it provided the four of them a way to win the battle? Well, it had to have since they defeated Examon.
"Do you know if there's a Demon Lord inside?" Storm's question was quiet – hesitant.
I waited. Not knowing what to expect. Only she could see and hear him. The tension wasn't one that I wanted to experience. As I stared at the mess I just felt a knot in my stomach start to form. The knot was only growing tighter by the second.
"We need to get going then." Storm began to walk towards the building.
I hesitated by I ran to catch up with her, "Mind telling me the answer to the question?"
I actually feared that the answer would be 'yes'. Even if I didn't want to hear that there was one waiting for us I needed to know if there was. I wanted to be as prepared as I could be. The longer she stayed silent the more I feared that the answer was 'yes'. A part of me knew she might try to hide it but in this situation I doubt she would.
"He doesn't know." Her tone worried me.
"He's usually able to sense the Demon Lords since he got used to working with Baalmon – probably due to Baalmon actually being Beelzemon." I nodded – it wouldn't be too odd if he couldn't use his abilities anymore though since he died.
"Since he's not, alive anymore it isn't too odd that he wouldn't be able to sense them." It made sense, to me at least.
"You don't understand." She stopped but spun to look at me.
She had sounded angry but when I saw her face I was a bit surprised. She wasn't angry but she actually looked frightened. She was slightly paler than usual. I bit my lip because I didn't know what to say. Her now mismatched eyes also bore into me and made it hard to keep eye contact with her. Her left eye was just unsettling in truth since we still didn't know why it changed.
"We were lured here. Someone wanted us all to come. They failed to lure us here so they decided to make us come by giving us something we wouldn't be able to walk from. I wanted to know if there was a Demon Lord so we could be ready from the get go and not be taken by surprise. At this point he doesn't think there is one but there is no way that one won't appear." That's been a threat the whole time though.
"Why are you scared this time?" She stiffened.
"S-scared? Why would I be scared?" I didn't like the fact that she was trying to brush it off.
"Storm." She gulped and lowered her eyes from my face.
"I am living on borrowed time now Koichi. I should have died. The fact that I am even standing is not right. Something kept me alive and I'm terrified that this time, I will die." Belphemon should have killed her.
"Weren't you the one who told me that fear was our ally? Said I should make friends with fear and learn how to turn it into strength rather than let it be a weakness?" Even if it had come years ago when it simply dealt with stupid childhood fears I've been holding onto those words for years.
Those words helped when we faced Lucemon in my Digital World. Why I was able to find the strength to swallow the fear of taking the attack for the others back then. Why even though I had thought that it would actually kill me I was able to find the strength to force my body to move. I was still able to continue fighting in this battle as well because I've focused on those words as well. There was little reason anyone wouldn't be terrified of what we were caught up in.
"In response to you being terrified to speak in front of our class! That is nothing compared to facing a battle that might kill us!" Her voice shook.
"My brother is only alive because Chrono saved him! We all almost died already! We never asked to be part of this twisted plot that is putting us face to face with death! Besides, at the end of the stupid prophecy it's stated that we-"
"Enough." I didn't care what that prophecy said.
"Our lives are not written for us Storm. We all get a choice, we get to choose if we'll follow the flow and dance to the beat of some prophecy or if we'll fight tooth and nail to alter the end result. It's been done once already, right?" She looked at me.
"Zeal." It took me a couple of seconds before nodding – I wasn't used to Evan being referred to as Zeal.
"Chrono saved his life when he was supposed to 'fall'. She altered it already so we know we can alter it." She curled her hands into fists.
"We're not strong enough to fight them Koichi." I sighed.
"We're not done growing yet. Besides, if we have to find the Spirit of Harmony then there is quite the possibility that we'll all grow stronger." I wasn't used to being the one who tried to help build someone's confidence.
"They won't let."
"Zale." Her head snapped up – stared at me the moment I spoke her actual name.
"We're not going to lose to them." I wasn't sure where the bold words came from.
"How do you know?" I didn't know.
"We're not fighting alone. Alone we would lose but we're fighting together." I really didn't know where the sudden flare of courage came from.
She laughed suddenly, catching me off guard, "You sound like some cheesy character from a show."
I bit my lip, slightly embarrassed. It felt odd with her laughing at me but I knew that it wasn't malicious from her. Besides, I was happy that she didn't look scared now. I smiled and just accepted it.
"It worked though. I made you laugh, Zale." She calmed down but smiled.
"Somehow it did, come on. We have some people to save." I nodded.
She turned and began to walk away. She paused and glanced backwards though. It looked like she looked through me – possibly to the spirit. Her cheeks reddened and she tried to glare but her red face made it hard to take seriously.
"S-shut up!" I chuckled slightly but that only served to make her redden more for some reason.
"D-don't laugh!" I bit back laughter.
She turned and power walked away. I shook my head but followed after her. I paused though because I felt something tug on me. I glanced back and I was surprised. For a moment I saw pale strings of blue grey light flowing through the air, wrapping around the form of a Digimon. The Digimon focused on me and smiled at me.
"Koichi?" I looked to Storm – as I did I noticed that the pale strings came from her, flowing from the Crest hidden beneath her shirt.
I watched as the strings faded away. I glanced over my shoulder but I could no longer see the Digimon that had been there. The small floating green seahorse like Digimon was no longer there – the projection of an armored dragon was missing as well. Had that been the Digimon that she had been talking to? I shook my head and caught up to her.
"Did you see something?" I shook my head.
"No, just hesitated entering the building." I felt like it was best not to mention seeing it – the way she made it sound only she should've been able to see him after all and we didn't need anything else clouding our minds at the moment.
"Mm, sure. Tell me what you saw after this." Why was I not surprised?
I didn't know how to respond so I didn't say anything. I noticed that we had a choice. There was two hallways. Which way do we go? I watched as Storm turned and headed to the hallway that was on the left.
"Are we splitting up?" I asked the question hesitantly – something told me that splitting up was a bad idea.
"No, we need to go this way."
"How do you know that?" She didn't look to me, she was just staring down the hallway.
"Daisuke is this way and he's bound to be with Chrono so we need to go this way." I walked over to her.
"How do you know that?" She looked to me but she held up his Digivice.
The Digivice was glowing once again. The screen was flashing some kind of symbol as well. The chain that held the Digivice and Crest together seemed to be being eaten away by something – disappearing in aqua blue bits of data.
"It started to react when I shifted in this direction. It senses him I think, it's trying to lead us." I watched as she move it so it was held towards the other hallway – it stopped reacting completely.
"Can Digivices even do that?" I wasn't sure if we could trust that.
"I've seen it before – I've seen crazier things actually. I've seen a Digivice change into weapons that DigiDestineds used alongside of their crests to fight alongside of their partners." I stared at her.
"Really?" She nodded.
"Besides your Digivice allows you to be a Digimon – is it hard to believe that a Digivice is able to sense its owner?" I scratched the back of my head.
"It does seem odd." Then again there is a lot of weird stuff that goes on with the Digital World.
"Odd does not mean impossible though, right?" I nodded.
"Yeah besides the Digital World doesn't seem to care about what we deem 'impossible'." That's for sure – I was alive in the Digital World while my body was in the real world almost dead before.
"So, answer your question – can Digivices even do that?" I sighed but shrugged.
"Sure, why not." In Digital World logic, it wouldn't be too odd I guess.
"Great, with that out of the way let's go." She began down the hall way.
There was no way she was over her fear so the fact that she was acting so brave bothered me. She's been acting a lot for a while. I was worried about how she was. I had already known she hid her feelings and acted a way that wouldn't worry others but now it bothered me more than ever. I shook my head and caught up with her.
"You know, you can tell me anything." The words came out without meaning to say them.
Why had the words slipped out? Was it because we were walking down a hallway that seemed to go on for forever? It did make me kind of remember years ago when we went to a fair. We had gone through a house of mirrors. Thanks to all of the mirrors that had been around I had been able to see her mask slip that time – even if it was a little.
"I know I can Koichi." I was actually a bit surprised she had responded – she had brushed me off the last time I had made a similar statement.
I didn't say anything. I just let the silence remain. We continued to go down the hallway. Where were we even going? We were only going deeper and deeper into this building. I didn't like how far in we might have to go if all the hallways were this long.
"I'm far too used to not talking about my thoughts or feelings. Zeal gets worried about me far too easily – afraid I'll go off the deep end. I don't want to worry people so I try to keep all those worrying bits to myself." I looked at Storm when she broke the silence after a while.
"Maybe, I want to worry about you." She stopped and looked at me stunned.
"Why?" Her question made me freeze up.
Why? It was a good question. With the fact that I was trying not to focus on what was going on or what we could face words were slipping out. The words were coming from somewhere. I wasn't sure where though. Somewhere deep in my mind?
"I care a lot about you Zale." Her grip on Daisuke's Digivice tightened – she gulped as well.
"I want to help you – take some of your burdens and lessen the weight you carry." She opened her mouth but nothing came out in response to my words.
"I want us to."
"We n-need to focus on saving Daisuke and the others!" I was startled by Storm cutting me off suddenly.
Her eyes were wide and she wouldn't meet my eyes. She turned on her heel quickly and was nearly jogging down the hallway now. I stood there stunned for a moment – did I do something? Did I say something that I shouldn't have? Did I touch some kind of nerve in her? I shook my head and rushed to catch up with her because she was right. We needed to focus on the task at hand.
No matter how terrifying what we could be up against is.
"I, care a lot about you as well Koichi." Her sudden words made me smile – something about them made me feel warmer inside.
"Happy to hear." She didn't say anything and just went through the doorway we came to, quickly.
She squealed though and her empty hand shot out to try and grab onto the door frame but she missed it. I did however grab her hand before she tilted too far forwards to fall. I pulled her back and she actually stumbled, landing against me. I didn't say anything though. I stared into the doorway – a light had flicked on suddenly to reveal that it was stairs leading downwards.
She stepped away from me, "I uh, didn't realize it was a stairwell."
"It's fine, I caught you before you fell." I chuckled slightly.
"Oh, you caught me when I fell for sure." I raised my eyebrow – slightly confused since she hadn't fallen.
Before I could question her she began down the stairs. I sighed but shook my head. I chose not to point out that it seemed like she was running away from me. Maybe I'll ask her about what she was talking about after all of this. I followed after her – careful as I descended since there was no railings. I did not want a repeat of what happened the last time I descended stairs thanks to things related to the Digital World.
When we reached the bottom we were greeted with more signs of an aftermath. We were following in their footsteps them. Perhaps they'd reach Daisuke before us. If they reach him before us then that'd be one of the best case scenarios because that means that hopefully he'll be safe. Chrono as well but that is assuming they didn't split up upon arriving here – assuming they also didn't get split up when they went through the portal.
"Looks like we're following the others. Maybe they'll find Daisuke and they'll be able to save him if anything happens." Storm nodded, agreeing with me.
"Yeah but let's get out of this room – it gives me a bad vibe." I couldn't disagree with that – especially when my eyes drifted to the cage lined wall.
Within the cages were unmoving Digimon. It didn't just give me a bad vibe but made my stomach sick. They weren't moving and judging from the blood they probably weren't alive. I was also trying to ignore the fact that Digimon didn't usually bleed. I didn't really want to think about where else that blood could've come from.
"Though I can tell you for certain this is Amaya's lab." I stiffened hearing that.
"Lab?" I hesitated but followed her – not sure if I wanted to go any deeper into this base.
If this wasn't just a base but a lab, oh the sights that could await us. I shivered when some of the horror movie labs flashed in my heads – different things swapped out with Digimon parts though. The Digital World would allow for more messed up stuff than human world would allow for too. Some of those clichés would possibly be possible in a lab that dealt with the Digital World.
"Yeah, she's a nutty scientist that experiments on Digimon but there have been whispers of her experimenting on humans as well." My heart sank hearing that.
We stopped dead. For two reasons. The first reason was the fact that the open door slammed shut of its own accord. The second was because of a rumbling that tore through the room. It was an angry rumble and there was a very cold and twisted presence in this room with us. It was coming from behind us.
"Of course not. Of course we couldn't just get to peacefully walk through the halls of Amaya's lab. I should've known better than to hope for a peaceful stroll." Storm's sarcastic remarks were accompanied by her turning around.
When her face dropped and her eyes widened slightly I found the strength turn around. I jumped back seeing what had clambered its way out of seemingly nowhere. I hadn't even seen it anywhere in the room! It wasn't an easy thing to miss either! It looked like at least nine different Digimon put together as if it was Frankenstein!
"Shouldn't have thought it." I muttered it under my breath – I shouldn't have thought about the fact that all that was missing from this room was a cliché horror movie monster like Frankenstein.
It took a step towards us and I took a step backwards. Was this even a Digimon? I wasn't sure what it was after what Storm revealed. I pulled my D Tector out because either way I'd need it. We'd have to fight either way. Before I could start the Spirit Evolution process it fell to its knees. It wasn't attacking us?
"Set us free – please." The voice that came out of its mouth sounded as it was spoken by four different beings.
"Who are you?" I asked the question out of shock.
"We are one now – we are known as Kimeramon now." I gulped.
"Who were you?" Kimeramon looked to Storm, it seemed so sad.
"We fought them too much – proved to be too annoying. They captured us and that crazy woman decided to try her hand at creating a Kimeramon. The others who were spliced with us have lost their consciousness. We are slowly dying – at times losing ourselves to the blank conscious and causing havoc that pains us." How many different Digimon made up Kimeramon?
"Out of ten only us four remain. It is only time until we die and this form becomes a hallow shell easy for molding into a monster of destruction." I felt sick.
"Amaya really knows no limits." Storm hissed the words out.
"That doesn't answer who we were though I guess – you know us though Spark Gallant." I was surprised by its words and I looked to Storm.
"I met you four before?" She was surprised.
"Greymon, Garurumon, Kabuterimon, and Angemon. We were the partners of those that were friends with Daisuke." My head snapped to Kimeramon stunned.
"No, after Daisuke left their interest should've faded! Even when I went there to help repel an attack it hadn't even been from the Demon Lords – only some radical Digimon that supported them but not actually connected to them." Storm seemed angry but there was a certain edge of guilt as well.
"It is not your fault that we ended up like this. We hadn't heeded your warnings. We decided to try and fight them so we could find a way to save Daisuke and Nori. We caused enough damage that they were annoyed. They sent Amaya to handle us but she captured us and turned us into this." I curled my free hand into a fist while the other gripped my D Tector tightly – Amaya was a monster.
"Is there a way to save you?" My heart ached when Kimeramon shook its head.
"We are beyond saving. The only hope for us is to destroy us – hopefully we will be freed then and allowed to return home as DigiEggs." This wasn't fair.
"You know that there is a high chance you guys will just fade, right?" I watched as Kimeramon nodded.
"It will still be better than eventually becoming a monster and used against those that we care for." I hung my head but looked to my D Tector.
Storm knew them personally. She wouldn't be able to destroy them. She cared so much for those that she knew. Loyalty fit her. She wouldn't be able to turn against them and destroy them – even if it was their wish. Would I be able to destroy them knowing why they have become this? Would I be able to destroy them knowing that they were technically on our side?
"Do it before any of us die – there will be no chance at all if any of us lose the fight to remain separate and aware of ourselves." I took a deep breath and raised my D Tector.
"I'll do it." I was surprised by Storm's shaky words and her stepping beside me.
She placed a hand on my D Tector. She gave me a look that told me she was serious. She wasn't happy about this but she would do it. I could even see her trying to fight back the tears. She didn't just know them but she was friends them. At least once upon a time she been friends with them. That or they had gone through something that gave a deep bond of comradery.
"In return we'll tell you what we know. Amaya is no longer working with the Demon Lords." My eyes snapped to Kimeramon.
"What?!" We were both stunned.
"Amaya failed to kill Temperance when she had decided to act on her own – not only did she fail but she caused Temperance to find the strength to fight. She caused the fight to become harder by having Beelzemon fully flip on them and becoming an enemy." If Amaya wasn't working with them then there wasn't going to be a Demon Lord, right?
"Then, there's no Demon Lords here?" Kimeramon gave a low chuckle.
"No but Raven is still here." The way that Storm stiffened made the knot in my gut tighten.
"Who is Raven?" Why did that name seem to scare Storm?
"Raven faced a similar thing as Zeal and I did. She though was saved by the Demon Lords – taken in and raised by the Demon Lords. She wields Shadow Cores – only beatable by Light Cores." Her words chilled me.
"Raven though will soon be too broken to be much concern. Amaya has caused her to fall from grace with the Demon Lords as well. Amaya has used Raven so much that they fear that Raven's loyalty to Amaya will outweigh her loyalty to them. They will either break her to the point she leaves of her own accord or they will kill her." Even if she was the enemy I was angry to hear about how easily they'd turn their backs on her – this Raven girl probably looked up to them even though they were monsters.
A monstrous howl tore through the air – emanating from Kimeramon's mouth. It sounded half like a pained wail and a half angry howl. The angel wings that it had flared out and a few feathers fell away while some of the fur from the legs fell – shed suddenly.
"QUIKCLY! WE ARE LOSING OUR STRENGTH TO HOLD BACK THE MALICIOUS SPIRIT OF THE OTHERS!" The pained scream tore through the air.
Storm flinched, hesitating. She summoned her card but it only sparked. The other outfit was there for a couple of seconds before it vanished. Her hands shook and her eyes were wide. She tried again and this time it remained. She didn't move though. She seemed rooted to the spot.
"I, I have to. I have to do this." She was truly trying to force herself to do this.
My eyes widened the arm that was bone came sweeping through the air at us. Only when we crashed to the ground from me tackling her to the ground did I realize I had moved. The arm swept over us and a harsh wind was kicked up. It nearly took the air from me. I scrambled to my feet while Storm weakly pushed herself up and looked to Kimeramon.
"We can't hold it back any longer! You have to kill us now or you will have to face the full power of this cursed form!" Storm wasn't moving so I made the decision.
"Execute: Spirit Evolution!" I would do this.
"Loweemon!" I would not blame her for not being able to find the strength to cut down Digimon she's worked with before and had some sense of care for.
"Shadow Meteor!" The attack burst forth from the lion that was a part of Loweemon's chest armor.
The attack slammed into the chest of Kimeramon but it wasn't enough to really cause damage. An angry howl tore from its mouth as it set its eyes on me. I jumped to dodge the swipe from the bone hand. My eyes widened though because I didn't even get to register the hands of black before they had grabbed me. The air was quickly squeezed out me.
"Heat Viper." The dead words were accompanied by its mouth being opened.
I was released though and it wheeled back. Screaming. It grabbed its head, shaking violently. The four that were still alive were fighting for control. They were trying to make this easy on us and keep us from getting hurt. They didn't want to hurt anyone.
"End this now!" The four pointed voice was nothing but pained.
"Piercing Shadow!" I aimed for the same spot I had hit earlier with my lance – there was a crack in the body there.
"Lightning Armament!" I was surprised by Storm's words – electricity sparked alongside of the shadows that leaked off of my lance.
My lance hit its target while electricity shot across the body – seemingly tearing it apart. I watched as my lance went farther into the data that had been exposed. The body exploded and I was knocked back. I managed to catch myself and land on my feet though. I knew that it would've been a lot harder though if they hadn't helped us. That monstrous form was strong and had we been forced to fight it probably would've tired us out.
"Thank you!" The voices that cried the words out belonged to no physical being.
The words seemed to have echoed out of the data that had lingered in the air from Kimeramon. I smiled slightly, hoping it was a sign that they had been freed and they'd be able to go back to where they belong. I let my Spirit Evolution drop but as I did so I looked to Storm. Once the Fractal Code was clear I found her sitting on the ground, staring at the floor. Electricity sparked off of her as she dropped the released form.
"I'm sorry." I was taken aback by her apology.
"Why are you apologizing?" She hadn't done anything.
"I shouldn't have frozen up like that – I told you I'd do it. In the end you had to do it. You were dragged into something that didn't concern you." I crossed my arms.
"Last time I checked we were friends. We help each other and we share problems. It concerned me because you're my friend." Something that I wasn't sure what life would be like without.
She looked at me and I was surprised to see tears pooling her eyes. I don't think I've ever seen her give me such a broken look – with light in her eyes. I might've seen a similar look after Zeal supposedly died but it wasn't the same. The looks then were devoid of the usual light that Zale's eyes held.
"I just remembered all of the good times. I had spent time there, fighting alongside of them and helping them to recover. I had befriended them. I have so little friends that I couldn't find the strength to attack them – even if they were begging us to." I sighed but walked to her.
"That's perfectly understandable, Zale." I offered her my hand.
She stared at me. Does me calling her Zale really throw her off that much? After a couple of seconds her eyes shifted to my hand. She reached up and grabbed my hand. I helped pull her up but she didn't just pull herself up. She let herself lean forwards as I pulled her up – resting her head on my shoulder. My eyes widened as she wrapped her other arm around me – grasping my shirt tightly.
"Just, let me have this moment. Let me enjoy this moment." I was confused by her whispered words.
Taking into account how rare I saw her like this I figured she meant having someone to lean on. Zeal always went off when she let a few tears leak – always trying to find who hurt his sister. I wrapped my other arm around her and I noticed that she stiffened before relaxing.
"I'd give you all the hugs you need Zale." I blushed at my own words – not knowing where they came from.
She stood completely still for a couple of moments. Did my words shock her as much as they shocked me? She pulled back after those few moments. She looked to our hands – she hadn't let go so I hadn't let go. She looked to her other hand – the hand that held Daisuke's Digivice and Crest. She looked back to me.
"As much as I enjoy this moment, we have to move on." She released my hand slowly.
She turned slowly – as if she didn't want to leave this moment behind. She took a deep breath but I saw her hesitance. After what happened I decided I'd brave it. I turned and headed down the hallway that was opened. I wasn't sure when it had reopened but it had opened. I braved the dark hallway alone for a couple of moments before Storm caught up to me. She followed behind me but I noticed that the hallway was lit by the glow that was still emanating from Daisuke's Digivice. I think it even got brighter in truth upon entering the hallway.
"Koichi, how do you feel for Kari?" I stopped – surprised by the random question.
"Why do you ask?" That was truly a question out of the blue.
"A-ah forget about it. I don't know why I asked anyways. Maybe it's because I'm still scared about what awaits for us – my minds jumping to random places to try and distract myself from the fear." That's an improvement – at least she admitted to being afraid.
"Well, to be honest I don't know." I began to walk – choosing to indulge her random question in hopes of helping her a bit.
Even if distracting ourselves probably wouldn't be good I wanted to help her. Besides these hallways were too narrow for a surprise attack. Everything had been uneventful in the hallways and this way was probably cleared out by Koji and his group. They probably cleared it enough that we didn't have to stress ourselves with being on hyper alert.
"I've started to see her as a sister I think. Koji has a thing for her and I already know from how she acts she likes him." I wanted them to be happy and I knew that what I felt was probably nowhere close to what Koji felt for Kari.
Koji's gone out of his way to help her. Even before we got our memories back he had blurry bits of memories of her. He remembered a girl who he used to hang out with when he was younger. Takuya and I hadn't remembered her at all but he had. Even if it was just blurry pieces. The fact that he managed to retain even blurry bits of memories that meant that there was definitely a strong connection between them.
"I see." She muttered the words and I glanced back to her.
I was a bit surprised to see a smile on her face. It looked, relieved? I wasn't sure. When she realized I had looked she looked away. I wasn't sure why she reacted like that but I chuckled slightly and looked back to in front of us. I noticed a doorway in the distance, light was pouring into the hallway through the door. I wasn't sure what would greet us when we got to that room.
"What's in Mystery Room Number Two?" Zale snickered at my comment.
It would be too much to wish for if we'd meet up with the others wouldn't it? Knowing the whole situation would be nice. It would be nice if we could know what was all going on. I flinched slightly when we entered the room – it was far brighter than the hallway had been. As my eyes adjusted to the light my eyes traveled around the room. There were craters and cracks in the wall. A battle happened in the room at some point.
"A whole bunch of nothing." I sighed – I wasn't disappointed, I was kind of happy it was just an empty room.
"Nope, there's someone here." I looked at Storm and then to where she pointed.
On the other side of the room was a person. We looked at each other before racing across the room. This wasn't good. Who was the person? Where they a captive of Amaya's? When we reached person I was slightly surprised to see the shape she was in. Her black hair was a mess while the clothes she wore was torn and tattered. Her hands and feet were bond. Her breathing was shallow.
"You know who she is?" I looked at Zale, hoping she'd know since there was a high chance she was probably someone who made Amaya mad.
"No, she's a DigiDestined though." Zale crouched down and picked up a Digivice that was on the ground.
She eyed the Digivice before looking back to the girl. A Tag hung from the girl's neck as well, a Crest was faintly glowing. The glow was slowly dying away. Zale placed the Digivice down before offering Daisuke's Digivice to me.
"Hold that while I untie her?" I nodded and took Daisuke's Digivice.
Zale shifted so she sat on the ground. I watched as she set to work on untying the knots that were in the ropes. I let my eyes trail away. I looked around the room trying to figure out what happened. Someone had attacked the girl. Judging from the Digivice that she had she probably had a partner. If her partner wasn't here it was either taken by Amaya and used as an experiment or it died. It possibly died defending her from whatever enemy attacked them. Though it did make me wonder why she was tied up in this room alone.
"Why do you think she was left in this room?" It seemed like an odd room to lock someone in.
"Amaya's a fan of torturing people. She probably observes this room somehow and does something. This girl does give off a faint Digital presence, she might've been experimented on. Amaya has been trying to make a human who could use the power of Digimon. I wouldn't be surprised if this girl is one of Amaya's prototypes." I looked back to the girl when Zale said that.
The girl was pale – as if she hadn't seen the light for months. She even seemed thinner than she should. The torn clothes and wounds were signs of fighting. Perhaps she was locked in this room and forced to fight Digimon that Amaya had. Tested to see if Amaya had created some kind of new weapon.
"Don't the cards allow humans to use the power of Digimon?" That's what it seemed like to me.
"Yeah but the cards have a limit. We can use the cards but we can still die – we don't have the revival ability of Digimon. I've heard whispers that Amaya has been trying to make a human that can come back after being killed – as if they were a Digimon." I glared off the side – Amaya was a sick person.
"She's supposedly made a perfect version already though so this girl might be another Digital Human she's trying to make." Digital Human, that wasn't a term I ever thought I'd hear.
"Really?" Would we ever come face to face with this Digital Human?
If we did would we be able to fight the human? Well, I guess technically they wouldn't be human. It would be hard for us to look past the fact that they look human though. Especially since we know about cards and Digital Cores. We'd hesitate to attack because none of us want to hurt a human.
"Yeah, something about she managed to create someone who was half-human and half-Digimon. It's sickening to think that she played around with a life enough that she managed to do it. I personally hope it's just a grand tale that was spread to try and make people afraid of her skills." Was a hybrid even possible?
"I hope so." It was a sickening thought so I also hoped it was false.
I bit my lip – something didn't feel right. Something felt wrong suddenly. I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the sensation. I didn't like the fact that I didn't understand this sense that seems to have awakened since we started this battle. I was uncertain what it was and where it originated. I looked to the girl when she groaned slightly – she was waking up. Storm had just lent back from untying her legs so hopefully she wouldn't freak out on us.
I watched as she opened her eyes. I was a bit surprised to see purple eyes since I don't think I've ever seen a human with purple eyes. I grimaced at that thought. Perhaps whatever Amaya did to her caused her eyes to turn purple. She blinked a couple of times – staring at Zale. The girl's eyes widened and she sat up quickly, scrambling backwards slightly.
"W-what are you doing here!?" I was surprised by her outburst.
"Do you know who we are?" She stared at us instead of answering my question.
"It's hard not to know the people who are fighting the Demon Lords." Why did it take so long for her to answer my question?
"You should get out of here before Amaya does anything more to you." She blinked at Zale's words.
"Huh?" She seemed, confused.
"Well we freed you so you could get out. Amaya's a sick person who experiments on human and Digimon – you're bound to know that though if you've been stuck here for any amount of time." The girl twitched when Zale spoke about Amaya.
The girl gave a nervous chuckle, "Y-yeah, she's slightly sick."
"Plus one of the Demon Lords might come soon." Zale looked to me.
"If what we've learned is true they're probably ready to level this place. Amaya disobeyed them so she's a target – not only disobeyed them but made the battle harder for them so they aren't happy with her." As I spoke the words I felt my anxiety spike slightly – I really didn't want to fight a Demon Lord right now.
"What about Raven? Do you know what they'll do to Raven?" I was surprised by the girl's question.
"Why would you care what happened to Raven?" Zale's question got the reward of the girl glaring at her.
"She's been kind to me during the time I've stayed here. Raven, she isn't the monster that people make her out to be. She wants to help against the Demon Lords but she views them as family since they saved her. She knows how bad they are but, she's been denying it no matter what she's seen. Wanting to believe their lie that they're trying to save the worlds from war by wiping out whole worlds." Zale sighed and I saw the sad look that claimed her.
"I could imagine – I very well could've been in her place. My world was destroy as well but I lucked out with my brother surviving with me." That's why she looked so sad – she knew that Raven wouldn't be spared and probably just a little she could sympathize with Raven.
"You, lost your world? Lost, everyone but Zeal?" The girl's voice cracked as she asked the question – tears actually almost seemed to fall.
"All gone, never to be seen again and I've nearly lost Zeal to the Demon Lords." Zale seemed far away and I was worried – what was she revisiting?
"Do you, do you know what'll happen to Raven?" The girl was desperate, her tone and the fact she asked that yet again told me that.
The question though also pulled Zale's attention to her, the faraway look faded. The faraway look that had looked so broken and hurt was gone. No. I could see faint hints there still. It was only masked. Whatever Zale had remembered was not present.
"They think her loyalty to Amaya is greater than her loyalty to them. They're going to kill her." The girl's eyes widened.
"That's not fair!" Tears leaked from the girl's eyes.
"They betray her just like that? Just because of someone else's stupid choice they're going to betray her and kill her? She probably wouldn't even see their betrayal coming because a part of her blindly trusts them!" Why was she getting so upset?
"That's who they are. They burn people once they lose their usefulness. The Demon Lords have killed people who didn't even betray them just for fun. They're monsters who destroy worlds for fun. Betraying one human is no surprise." The girl's body started to shake at Zale's words.
"It's not fair, after everything they turn just like that? So foolish to have trusted them. From the start it was only ever going to end in pain." The girl's words blurred a bit as a stabbing pain tore through my head.
I grabbed my head as the pain only got worse. What was this? Why was this happening? Something in the back of my mind whispered that I'd know if I turned around. I found the strength to glance over my shoulder and my heart dropped. I had to tell Zale! I opened my mouth but no words would come out.
"No!" The girl's sudden shout barely reached my ears.
My head turned towards them – the girl stared past me. She had seen what I saw. I was taken off guard by the wrenching sensation. My body felt like it was on fire suddenly. My eyes widened because my body moved without telling it to. Daisuke's Digivice dropped from my hand – that got Zale's attention to me.
"Koichi?" I wanted to yell at her to run but my throat constricted – not allowing me to say a word.
"You best put him down lil' Spark. He made the mistake of coming here – anyone who is here and carries a hint of the taint is able to be fully controlled." Barbamon's words were accompanied by cruel laughter.
I had to get control back before something happened! I didn't know what he was planning but I wouldn't allow him to use me! If he had seen what happened with Kimeramon then he knew that Zale wouldn't be able to attack her friends. He knew that she wouldn't lift a hand against me! She already refused to fight me once when I got controlled! The more I tried to get control the more pain ripped through me.
"Release him!" Zale screamed the words as she stood, spinning on her heel to face him.
"Why would I do that?" My heart dropped when I found myself lunging at her.
Zale jumped to the side, dodging my shaky lunge. I had been able to slow it slightly. I had a slight bit of control of my body then. That was good because that meant that I had a hope to get control back before something bad happened. I had to get control back!
"You!" Zale roared the word out as she activated her card.
Surprise took over because Zale came flying towards me as a bolt of lightning. Was she really going to attack? She had hesitated to attack Kimeramon because it housed four Digimon she considered friends.
"Hahaha! She's really going to attack him!" Barbamon took too much pleasure in that.
She curved at the last second though and shot past me. My body turned and I was able to watch as she collided with a barrier that appeared around Barbamon. Barbamon clicked his tongue before swinging with his wand. Zale cried out when it came into contact with the electricity that was her. She turned solid before dropping to the ground.
"That form might as well be magic my dear – I'm immune to magic." I wanted to scream when he kicked her.
Zale was thrown thanks to the force of the kick. She rolled across the ground. I tried to stop my body from walking towards her. This couldn't be happening! There was nothing more I wanted now than to attack Barbamon. When I forcefully rolled Zale over with my foot I knew what was about to happen. Zale stared at me with pained eyes.
"Koichi, I know you can hear me! You can beat this!" I wish she'd attack me.
I wanted her to stop me. Maybe send a small spark of electricity to make my body paralyzed for a couple of moments. The fight for control was proving to be useless and I wasn't able to stop my body from wrapping its hands around her throat. I was surprised that tears splashed onto Zale's face. She didn't struggle even though I was being forced to choke her. I watched helpless as the color started to fade.
"I-it's ok, I know y-you wouldn't do this." My heart broke.
"Enough!" I was surprised when I was torn away from Zale.
Surprised but happy. Relieved that I wasn't forced to do that. Zale wasn't moving now though. I was terrified of what happened. My body took a step towards her – the girl though stood in my way. The girl leveled me with a look of surprise mixed with anger.
"Forgive me." I was confused.
My body was knocked off of its feet when an explosion went off at my feet. When the dust cleared I noticed that four tiny gems laid on the ground around me. They sparked before a cage formed. I was trapped within the cage. The girl turned towards Barbamon – seemingly unafraid.
"Using him on her is wrong Barbamon. The fact that he has a friend that was so willing to allow herself to die instead of hurting him is."
The girl didn't flinch when a zap of energy shot from his wand – she seemed to teleport to the side so it missed her, "Silence, I do not care what you say."
"It was always the words that a place of peace would be created. That if it went according to plan the worlds would be at peace and there would be no more wars. They are people who fit that picture." The girl's words received a laugh from Barbamon.
"It was only a picture! All we wanted from you was your Shadow Cores Raven! You just proved to be a useful pawn so we kept you around instead of taking your Shadow Cores!" This girl – she was Raven?!
"They were right, it was all a lie. I should've known! I should've known it was all a lie! I should've known that monsters like you were only taking advantage of me!" She screamed as she held her hands out – gems that were embedded into her palms glowed.
"Shadow Ruin!" An arrow of darkness shot from each of the gems in her hands – grey aura wrapped around the arrows.
"You are far too weak to fight me Raven, Dark Inferno!" The black fire that consumed her shadow arrows didn't stop the attack.
"Don't forget that my element is Darkness! Your attacks that are dark will only make them stronger!" Barbamon actually moved to dodge the arrows – he dodged them easily.
"It's all the same though, you're a traitor." Raven screamed when Barbamon managed to blast her with something – I hadn't even seen his attack.
Raven stumbled back before she fell. She wasn't moving. When they energy that was keeping me cage vanished my body moved once more. My body stood up and set its eyes on the unconscious Zale. No. I won't do this! I refuse!
"Release me!" I was surprised the shout made it out of my mouth.
"How?!" Barbamon was surprised but so was I.
I found myself hunching over as I felt control come flooding back. My knees buckled and my legs nearly dropped me. I was able to stay standing though. I didn't have the strength to fight Barbamon on my own. I knew that I stood no chance against him. I refused to allow him to use me to harm Zale any longer. I cast a glare at Barbamon and I was surprised that he flinched back.
"You." He growled it out as he pointed at me with his staff.
I pulled my D Tector out and barely thought about it as I summoned forth Fractal Code. I would need to get into my Spirit Evolution before he decided to attack me.
Barbamon raised his staff, "Pandemonium-"
I scanned the Fractal Code, "Execute: -"
"Lost!" The explosion went off in my face but the blast didn't reach me.
A shield of Darkness appeared in front of me. I chose not to question it at the moment.
"Shade!" The darkness that consumed the Fractal Code as I began this Spirit Evolution was different.
When I emerged I was surprised. I could sense the difference. The shield that was in front of me was gone. I knew what was different though. Something about this Spirit Evolution was different.
"Darkness – of course! Raven is causing more issues than she's worth!" Even if she technically worked with them I blocked the attack that he aimed at Raven – she saved Zale so I'd help in this instance.
The rush of black flames were blocked by the lion shaped shield that I was able to project. The flames licked the arm the I held outwards – that alone reminded me. Alone there was no hope to defeat Barbamon. I could only hope though that the others would realize something was going on and come back to help.
"Dark World!" I called it out once the flames subsided.
I rushed towards Barbamon but he closed his eyes. He didn't wildly look around to try and find me. He laughed though and when he pointed his staff at Zale I abandoned the charge. I barely reached her in time as another explosion of Pandemonium Lost happened. The explosion upon my back was softened but I heard something shatter – the rush of strength I had sensed faded as well. I felt my grip on my Spirit Evolution slip when the headache came rushing back.
As the Fractal Code left – reverting me back to human, I stared at Zale. Zale's pale face and barely open eyes brought back the anger I held for Barbamon. I was able to shove away the headache that I knew belonged to him trying to worm his way into my mind. I wouldn't allow him to control me ever again.
"Slumber Ruin!" Raven's sudden shout surprised me.
I looked to Raven – I had thought she'd stay unconscious after getting hit. She forced herself up and she stood – shakily. She was either used to fighting or there was something propelling her to keep getting back up to fight. She looked to me.
"Take Zale and run." I narrowed my eyes.
"Leave you here to fight him alone?" She narrowed her eyes at me.
"Go and catch up to the other fighters. He won't risk facing six of the fighters." Even if that was true.
"Go through that door and catch up to them." I glanced at the door.
"Besides, why care for someone who tried to kill your friends just moments ago?" My shoulders stiffened.
"I fought them and tried to kill them. I am your enemy – you should be happy that your enemies are turning on each other and fighting." I gulped.
"You stopped me from killing Zale. You've made an opening for us to leave – combining those actions with what you said, you're not an enemy." Maybe I was fool but I couldn't see her as an enemy – maybe it was because I didn't know everything she's done.
Even if she tried to kill the others, she didn't seem like the kind of person who would actually kill. She admitted to wanting to fight the Demon Lords.
She looked from me, "You're a fool for thinking that."
"I might be but if you ever raise a hand against my friends I'll fight you." She laughed.
"Yes, you care for your friends which is evident by the fact that she'd die instead of fight you." She tossed something to me – surprised I caught it, it was Daisuke's Digivice.
"Go now, I can only keep Barbamon trapped in that nightmare for so long. I can only buy you so much time." The time would probably be bought with her life.
"If you fight alone you'll die." She laughed as a spark of grey started to surround her.
"I've long since lived on borrowed time – as long as the Shadow Cores remain in my body I will not die. Allow me to make up for some of the foolish things I've done by hopefully helping to take a step towards the end of this battle once and for all." She was ready for what would came.
I took a deep breath as I helped Zale up. She was unconscious at the moment. Before I could pick her up through she threw her arm over my shoulder and her eyes opened. I stood, bring her to her feet with me. I felt really bad just turning my back on Raven and leaving her here.
"She's stronger, than you think." I looked at Zale.
"We owe you one." I was surprised by Zale's words – that meant she thought that it was possible for Raven to live or she was trying to fool herself.
"Then go before he breaks out Zale!" Raven's words pushed me forwards.
Despite hesitating I began to move. We crossed the room quickly and as we crossed through the doorway the door shut behind us. I paused to look at the door, stunned. Grey Digital Script was scrawled across the door. I had no clue what it said though.
"We need to catch with the others quickly – hopefully since he's a smart one he'll at least hesitate to attack us when we're with the others." I nodded and started to move once more.
As we headed down the hall I could tell that Zale was recovering more and more. After a few moments she was able to stand and walk on her own. She did however keep glancing backwards. Something was bothering her but I had a feeling I knew what it was. We both knew what would happen to Raven – unless some kind of miracle would happen. The fact that she lost her world and found by the Demon Lords though probably meant she had no miracles waiting for her.
"After everything, this might be the moment she'll get her miracle." I was surprised by Zale's comment.
"What do you mean?" She shook her head and looked to in front of her.
"After everything I knew was taken from me and I was going down a road I hated I got a miracle – a miracle that brought me back from that dark path. She's at the fork in the road – death by Demon Lord or surviving via miracle. Hopefully she'll use her miracle wisely." Zale must've sensed something.
"Not everyone will get a miracle." She laughed slightly.
"True but the DigiDestined of Miracles is lingering around. Perhaps she'll be able to work her magic and allow a miracle to happen – she saved us after all." I wasn't sure if Chrono could cause a miracle that would allow a human to survive a Demon Lord.
We came to the end of the hallway to be met with a door. The door was sealed tight and the keypad off to the side wasn't written in any language I even knew. I sighed and looked around hoping for a hint. I jumped when I looked at the wall – mirrors. The mirrors though didn't just reflect me. The Spirits of Darkness were reflected behind me.
"Uh, Zale, these mirrors." Were they from the Digital World?
"No way – Truth Mirrors?" I looked at Zale.
She had her hands on the mirror that was opposite the one I was looking into. She was staring into it. I was surprised though because she reflected only herself but I didn't. Tears were streaming down her face in the reflection. I turned to say something only to find that she wasn't crying – only her reflection was.
"These are from my world – they were only found in Mirror Castle though. AncientWisetmon created these mirrors to reflect the only thing he did not know – the knowledge of how to share his vision into the Spirit World with others." I was taken aback hearing 'AncientWisetmon' – that was the Digimon that had created the Spirits of Steel.
I watched as different emotions played across her face. Slowly the tearful reflection changed to smiling and seemed at ease. The reflection moved to touch its left eye without her moving. It was then that I realized that her reflection had two red eyes – the moment her reflection touched her left eye though it changed. Zale jumped slightly, her hand flying up to her eye.
"Faith." I was confused.
"Faith?" She turned her head to look at me.
"The Crest of Faith." I raised an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?" She looked back to the mirror.
"The symbol in my eye is the Crest of Faith. I can only see out of my eye because it was given to me – Faith reached across the gap and gave me its eye." I was confused but I watched as she placed her right hand on the mirror.
I was surprised when the reflection shifted – it didn't reflect her any longer. It was a boy – it was the boy from the Dark Terminal. What surprised me though was his right eye was the same brilliant sea blue as Zale's left eye. His right eye was red but it lacked all light – blind to the world. I remember Zale remarking that she was surprised she hadn't gone blind.
"Apparently Kain met AncientWisetmon on the other side – with help from AncientWisetmon and Lucasta he did a feat that should not have been possible." She chuckled after a couple of seconds.
"Yes, yes, you're right. It may not be possible in human logic but the Digital World acts upon a whole different set of logic. Besides with a creator on your side there is little that is impossible – especially since you had the one that created Faith and Loyalty helping you. Transplanting a 'blessing' from one chosen to another was probably little trouble to her." I was lost once more.
"Don't underestimate us!" My head snapped to the door – that was Takuya.
Takuya was on the other side of that door. Not only was he on the other side of the door something was going on. A fight was happening. This wasn't good. They were on that side and we were trapped on this side.
My eyes drifted to the keypad, "We need to get that door open somehow."
"I don't know that language Koichi." I bit my lip at Zale's words.
"Big words for someone who's shaking like a leaf!" I was partially happy to hear that voice – it was human.
"That's Amaya." Oh great, behind the door is the crazy woman.
Amaya's words registered. Takuya, was shaking like a leaf? Was he scared? Was he angry? What awaited us on the other side of this door? What did Amaya do? What did Amaya have with her that had her show her face in front of them?