Chapter 17
Matt turned to see a very tall Digimon stand near them with an evil smile on his face.
He looked like a combination of an octopus, a sharp and a grizzly bear and his head was covered in grey fur.
His ears looked like the fins of a sharp and he had a ratty nose with eight arms and they were all long, grey and furry, though he didn't seem to have legs.
As he opened his large mouth, several long and pointy teeth became visible.
"So you've let Faith escape, Arukenimon. I knew I couldn't count on you but at least you've already been punished."
"Who's that?" Davis moved in front of Kari.
"That's Eucaliptusmon," Izzy revealed. "Not one you want to meet in a dark alley."
"I'll say," Matt swallowed as he knew the Digimon was without a doubt as powerful as he was ugly.
At the sound of Izzy's snort, Matt turned and blushed as he realised Izzy had hear that.
"I see you remember me, young Digidestined. That makes things a little easier."
"Looks like a few of your little friends are missing. Are they delayed or did something else happen to them?" he laughed as they all tensed.
"Keep it together, Davis," Joe placed a hand on Davis' shoulder as the boy sheeted in anger.
"Oh? Did I hit a bad nerve? You should know by now that you are completely alone. There are none that will help you, I mean...look at them," he paused for a moment as he looked at the four Digidestined.
"They are actually trembling. And these are honestly the ones you've been putting your trust in all this time?"
"Don't listen to him, Izzy," Matt hissed as Izzy trembled.
"Be quiet, Digiscum!" Eucaliptusmon slammed one of his large arms into Matt and he was thrown backwards into Joe, who stumbled to keep them both upright.
"Matt!"
Matt groaned as he heard Izzy call his name and struggled to his feet.
He pushed the pain away as his gaze fell on Izzy.
He had to be strong. Izzy had been in constant pain for years, still had to be by the sight of him so he had no right to let a bit of pain from a fall slow him down.
"Don't listen to a thing he says, Izzy."
"Weaklings," Eucaliptusmon laughed as he looked at Izzy. "Looks like your little friend is a little tougher than I thought but it doesn't matter, he is no match to me. I suggest that you give me your power if you do not wish to see the rest of your friends die...or should I say, feel?"
"They are stronger than you think. They will defeat you, no matter what," Izzy said.
"Oh really? Then why are most of them already defeated?"
"Because of me," Izzy whispered as he looked down.
"What was that? I don't think I heard you correctly," Eucaliptusmon' eyes were huge as they shimmered with power and evilness. The Digidestined could feel the evil in him so strongly that they all trembled at the sheer power.
"They died because of me," Izzy repeated slowly.
"That is right, they did. And if they couldn't even survive your powers then why do you think they stand a chance to survive mine?" Eucaliptusmon moved one of his arms.
"Supernova."
Matt heard Izzy scream something as a gigantic fireball came him way, but he was frozen in place before he was suddenly tackled.
Matt and his saviour landed hard onto the ground and Matt gasped as he looked straight into Joe's eyes. "It's not over yet."
Matt looked up as he felt himself be pulled to his feet by Davis and Kari as Eucaliptusmon fired more fireballs at them.
With their Digimon down, they had no way to defend themselves and huddled together to protect themselves from the flames.
Smoke rose up around them as the fireballs erupted all around them, but none seemed to hit them.
As soon as the attack had begun, it ended again and Eucaliptusmon straightened again.
"Why are you still trying to fight me, Faith? You tried before, and the time before that. And you failed; you kept failing, didn't you?"
"Izzy," Matt breathed out as he saw Izzy had been protecting them but the younger Digidestined didn't seem to hear him.
"I don't care if I fail or not. I cannot let you get away with hurting my friends."
"You already hurt most of your group. You know you are going down."
Izzy shook his head and Matt gasped as several lights appeared behind Eucaliptusmon.
"If anyone is going down, it will be you. We are way stronger than you will ever be."
"With only four little weaklings at your side? They are already useless now! I don't even know why I bother."
He reached forward with his eight arms when Izzy suddenly smiled.
"We won't defeat you with the five of us, we will defeat you with all of us," as he said that Matt saw a bright light appear all around the five of them as seven lights spread around and slowly started to glow in the form of seven humans...
TBC