Chapter 17

TDS Saga Part 3: Courage no more

Alice's group

The beam went straight for Megidramon but the dragon looked calm and unleashed his flames.

"Megiddo Flame!!!"

The two attacks clashed and Canantmon could not believe how much power the clone Megidramon has. He realized he did not have enough power to defeat it. With only half of the Hazard power, it seem impossible to reach the peak of his powers. He wanted to give up when Alice, inside him, sternly told him not to. Alice, in a silver orb, was irritated by Canantmon's lack of determination.

"Stop calling yourself weak!!! We manage to biomerge with half of the Hazard power and that's quiet an accomplishment and if we can do that, we can beat Megidramon!"

"You're right, Alice. We can still beat him. Let's do this. King Beast Roar!!!!"

The beam from the shield became wider and stronger and overwhelmed Megidramon's attacks. Strangely, Megidramon did not seem to be afraid. Izzy wondered why the digimon was not panicking till he saw Megidramon glowing.

"No it can't be?! Is Megidramon digivolving???"

To Tai

Tai and Wargreymon X hurriedly sped off to the castle. Wargreymon X could feel Tai being very unsure about what to do and feared losing more comrades.

"Tai, it will be ok."

"Wargreymon…."

"Don't think so pessimistically. Everything will go fine."

"But… what if it.."

"It will be fine, Tai!!!"

"Of course it will. You'll joining them soon…"

Tai immediately recognised the voice. Piedmon appeared right in front him and on his waist were his friends being turned to keychains.

"Wargreymon… finish him…"

"Alright. Let's get it on, Piedmon!"

"Very well, you will not escape me again. Time to die!!!!"

WarGreymon X dropped Tai behind some tall trees and went to face Piedmon. WarGreymon X attacked with his claws but Piedmon evaded his attack with ease and kicked him hard. WarGreymon X knew his enemy is stronger than before and decided that attacking straightforward won't work.

"Alright, time to improvise."

WarGreymon X prepared his Gaia Force Zero and Piedmon got ready to dodge it but he noticed his opponent was not hurling it at him. WarGreymon X absorbed his own attacks and then he was covered in flames. WarGreymon X charged at Piedmon with his claws and wounded his right hand. Piedmon screamed in pain. He saw a burn mark on his right hand.

"I see… you absorbed your own attack to power up and also prevents me from touching you."

"That's right, clown. You can't go close combat and your trump swords will melt at the touch of my fire. Your cloth too won't work. I will just burn through it."

"Curse you, WarGreymon! Final Spell!!!"

WarGreymon X failed to avoid the attack and dropped to the ground. The flames around him disappeared. Piedmon decided to finish the job once and for all.

"Goodbye, WarGreymon, Trump sword!!!"

"ArggH!!!"

Tai emerged from the trees and hugged his dying partner.

"WarGreymon!!! Don't die!!! You're my best friend…sniff.."

"Tai…. Don't cry…. I'll be reborn…. Sooner or later…."

"But the DigiWorld needs you now, WarGreymon!!!!"

"Goodbye….Tai…stay strong… you are the leader of the digidestineds and the weilder of the crest of courage…."

"WarGreymon…Agumon…"

"Farewell…my friend…best friend…"

With that WarGreymon X says his last words and disappeared. Tai, full of grief, did not move. He could not believe his best friend had died when he was needed. He looked up at Piedmon who was laughing.

"hahaha! That's so dramatic! Well, why are you giving me that face boy? You want to fight me? Without your partner, you are as weak as a Numemon!"

"Grrrr! You bastard!"

Tai went to punch the clown digimon but Piedmon dodge and kick Tai to the ground.

"Time for you to be one of my keychains."

Piedmon took out one of his cloth.

"Stay away from him!!!!"

Piedmon saw Garudamon and Sora charging towards him.

"Wing Blade!!!"

Piedmon deflected the attack and saw the other chosens who had escaped and decided to flee.

"See you another time…"

With that Piedmon fled. Sora approached Tai who was crying.

"Tai… where is WarGreymon?"

"H..e is…d.e….ad. SORA, WARGREYMON IS DEAD!!!!"

"What?!"

Tai cried even harder. Sora hugged him.

"There..there…Tai. Cry it all out… I'm here…"

"Sora….sniff…wargreymon…"

Takeru, Kazu, Ken, Yolei and Rika looked at them with amazed faces. Hey had never seen Tai cried. He was really sad. Tai noticed them there. He wiped his tears and calmed down.

"Why are you guys here? Where's Kari?"

Kazu was the one who answered.

"Well… I remembered I made a cure for Takato's condition just in case when I made the virus. So they all decided to help me out. We going back to the castle to get it. As for Kari, she went to the DemiVeemon village with Azulongmon to cure Davis."

"What?! You guys are going back!!!"

Sora could see the distraught look on Tai's face.

"We're going to be okay, Tai."

"No, you won't! What if Piedmon did his magic cloth trick on you again, Sora?"

Sora knew the feeling of being a keychain to well. It was a horrible experience. Tai looked at the others.

"You guys can go but Sora stays."

The five of them looked at Sora who nodded. They left the couple all alone.

"Tai, are you really alright now?"

"No… and stop asking that question. Let's go to Kari."

"If you say so, Tai."

On the journey to the village, Sora could hear Tai crying to himself behind her.

"Poor Tai…"

Back to Alice's group

Canantmon's attack won over Megidramon's but it was not over. Izzy signalled to Canantmon to come over. Canantmon went to Izzy and he explained Megidramon is digivolving. When the rubble was cleared, instead of Megidramon, a knight came out. He had bronze armour, black cape, bronze shield and a sword. Canantmon recognized the sword.

"That sword…. It is the dark side of MedievalGallantmon's spear Dynas. It's name is Zeon."

"Zeon…"

"Izzy stand back, get the others to safety…"

"Right."

With that Izzy rushed off. Canantmon faced the knight.

"Who are you?"

"I am MegiddoGallantmon. You seem to know a lot about me but you are not a match to my prowess."

"Shut up!"

Canantmon raised his sword and ran towards MeggidoGallantmon. The evil knight took out Zeon.

"Its showtime!"

At the Primary Village of the South

Gigimon was playing with some Botamons when he heard Takato talking in his coma.

"Takato?"

Takato did not respond to him but instead keep saying the same thing.

"Alice… run... that thing is too powerful…run away…"

Gigimon wondered what Takato was talking about.

End of chapter

Chapter 18

TDS Saga Part 4: The Dark Side of MedievalGallantmon

Canantmon battles MeggidoGallantmon, MedievalGallantmon's dark side. Kazu and co. are attacked by the Dark Masters. Kari managed to reach the DemiVeemon village but there is a slight problem there.