Words couldn't convey how shocked Adam and the other DigiWira were upon the outrageous revelation. Adam froze in his place, eyes widened as he stared at the simpering Mephistomon.
Beside the dark satyr, Piddomon began to glow with blood red and black aura as he began to shift form. His angelic wings became black, leathery and tattered. His white leather outfit became the deepest shade of ebony, with an orange bat adorned over his chest. His orange hair vanished into data particles and devilish horns took form on his head. His helmet melted into dark leather which covered the upper half of his face, revealing nothing but a pair of menacing red eyes. His light tan skin became pale blue. His arms elongated towards his feet and the hands shifted into claws. He smiled evilly, revealing small fangs.
Piddomon was no longer an angel; but rather, a fallen angel – a devil.
The black-clad devil let out blood red aura once again, and said in a gruff voice, "Devimon Digivolve to… Phelesmon!!"
The other Bane Brother had revealed himself as well. 'Aizad' had been Mephistomon, and Tsukaimon had been Phelesmon.
"What the hell…?" JD said, at loss of words. He suspected that something was amiss with 'Aizad' and 'Tsukaimon', but never had he thought that they could be Mephistomon and Phelesmon.
Gayathri had gasped so loudly upon the revelation that she now had her hands clamped in front of her mouth. Her brown eyes widened in utmost shock. She too was speechless.
Manny stared at Phelesmon, to whom Samudramon had been outmatched. To think he had admired the Digimon when he first set eyes on him, when Phelesmon had assumed his angelic guise Piddomon. His stomach churned; he thought that he was going to be sick that instant.
A lot of things ran through Liu Ying's analytical mind at this moment. 'We've beaten them and they have escaped after Mephistomon's attack on us backfired. Not long after they were gone, 'Aizad' appeared with Piddomon, badly injured. We thought that they were attacked by the Bane Brothers, while it was actually a set-up. They reassumed their guises in order to…'
Liu Ying observed Adam, and was reminded that Adam had brought the injured 'Aizad' and 'Tsukaimon' to the infirmary. Her thoughts resumed, '...in order to gain access to the infirmary's healing stuffs. I bet they are now healed back at full strength... and decided it's time to unveil their true identities.' Something confused her, though. 'Why such elaborate plan? They could've just destroyed us…why had they gone through the trouble to assume guises as Adam's late brother and his partner?'
"…Why??" Adam asked heartbrokenly. He couldn't believe it. All these while, it was the Bane Brothers who were with him. They had appeared in the guises of Adam's late older brother and 'partner' right at the moment when Adam needed support the most. "WHY?!" he choked out, feeling his vision blurring.
"Why?" Mephistomon asked. He smirked and glanced towards the Puaka Generals. "It's not my place to say. I'll let the Puaka Generals explain everything."
NeoDevimon and LadyDevimon both laughed haughtily. "It was all planned out from the very beginning, right after we were all freed from that accursed Grademon's prison spell," LadyDevimon began with her simpering voice. "Grademon has cost us three hundred years of long entombment; do you know what that would feel like, especially when all the while you're imprisoned but your mind remain aware of the surroundings? For THREE HUNDRED YEARS we all had to endure the pain, humiliation, and utter boredom of not being able to do anything!"
"But we were patient," NeoDevimon continued. "Yes, we were…and it's all worth it, seeing Grademon's heirs shocked and broken like this. And what's more, we now have the powerful DigiSpheres Grademon have created to combat the forces of evil, and as a bonus, their Digivices too!"
"Simply said…" LadyDevimon said. "We only need your teleportation power as a guaranteed way to gain the Digivices and DigiSpheres. Of course we couldn't just go directly and ask you to surrender your friends' Digivices and DigiSpheres…we're not stupid. Special plan had to be concocted."
NeoDevimon chuckled darkly. "And it's a success."
The other DigiWira immediately went towards their shell-shocked leader and friend. All the while, Adam had remained transfixed on the ground where Mephistomon had thrown him. He was too shocked to move. His face was frozen in a look of sorrow and disbelief.
"But…how?" Adam whispered, looking at Mephistomon. "How could you've known about my brother? All the memories…everything…how?"
Mephistomon laughed. "That's easy." His eyes were fixed at JD and Gayathri. "Remember Tapirmon, you two?"
Both the blond teen and the curly-haired girl froze in surprise. They had fought Tapirmon the previous week. The Rookie Digimon had fed off the nightmares of all the DigiWira to use against them, but was thwarted by Satriamon and Puspamon.
JD was also reminded of Adam's nightmare – losing all his family. He had experienced Adam's nightmare first-hand when Tapirmon blasted him with all the DigiWira's nightmares. Pity swelled in his heart as he gazed at the broken DigiWira leader as every puzzle pieces concerning Adam began to merge, now giving him the main idea.
"Right after we were freed from imprisonment, we were told to immediately attack you," LadyDevimon said. "However, the Puaka Generals are anything BUT brash and careless. Amongst the generals of our Master we are known to be the slyest, most cunning of all. We like to know our enemies' weaknesses, and use them to our advantage. So we sent that little spy of ours to your home world via a DigiPort to get a glimpse of your weaknesses and nightmares."
"However we've got more that we bargained when Tapirmon returned to us with a wealth of information pertaining to you," NeoDevimon smirked at Adam. "You were at your most vulnerable due to your sister's accident. It reopened old wounds that never really healed. The day you lost your parents and dear brother never cease to haunt you."
"STOP!" Adam shouted, shivering horribly as he clutched his head. "Stop! That's private! You can't….you can't know that!"
"Oh but we do. We also know that an incident that took place between you and your brother before the accident is the main catalyst of your guilt," LadyDevimon taunted.
"Stop saying it…don't say it…" Adam said softly. "Don't say it…" He buried his face in his palms.
"HEY! Stop it!" JD barked towards the Puaka Generals.
Both Puaka Generals laughed. "Aren't you the hypocrite one, ShadoWira?" NeoDevimon spat. "Deny it all you want, all four of you are simply dying to know what exactly we are talking about!"
The other DigiWira were speechless. Neither knew how to retort back, because what the Puaka Generals had said were true; they really wanted to know what was really troubling their friend.
But not like this…
"You're in luck, because we'll entertain you," NeoDevimon continued. "We're having so much fun here reliving the past."
"Now, DigiWira of Light…where were we?" LadyDevimon said, "Ah yes…we'll see what your friends will think of you when they know the truth." She paused and smirked menacingly, leaving her words hanging on purpose to tantalize the other DigiWira.
The truth? Those two words were playing in the minds of all four other DigiWira just as soon as LadyDevimon had said it.
"Should we say it out loud, or would you rather admit it yourself?" NeoDevimon said, satisfied upon seeing the curious expressions of the four DigiWira and how Adam reacted to his question.
Adam raised his head, revealing bloodshot eyes and tear-stained cheeks. He was breathing in and out rapidly. His face had become very pale, and he looked terrified. But he didn't say anything. His eyes were looking at the other DigiWira pleadingly, desperately wanting them NOT to ask questions.
"Since today's been a revelation day, we might as well just reveal the truth, shouldn't we, NeoDevimon?" LadyDevimon asked with a sneer.
"Let's," NeoDevimon grinned sadistically. "I haven't had so much fun in three hundred years."
LadyDevimon cackled with glee and pointed an accusing finger towards Adam. "Face it, boy! You don't even fit to hold the power of your White DigiSphere! How can you, when we all know that YOU are the one responsible for sending your parents and brother to their doom two years ago?"
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WIRA DIGITAL
Chapter 31 – All Hell Breaks Loose
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"You're a lying bitch!" JD responded. He glared at LadyDevimon venomously.
"Adam couldn't have done that!" Liu Ying said angrily.
"We have NO reason to believe you!" Gayathri pointed out.
"That can't possibly be true!" Manny declared, looking at Adam. "Haven't you villains done enough to him?"
The Puaka Generals laughed.
"The four of you are so adamant in defending your friend…has it even occurred to you that your friend didn't even deny what we've just said?" NeoDevimon prompted.
Immediately the four DigiWira turned their gazes towards Adam.
"It's not true, right Adam?" Gayathri said.
Adam hesitated. His hesitance troubled the DigiWira. It couldn't be true…right? That was what was currently echoing in their minds.
"She's right…LadyDevimon's right…" Adam said softly, fixing his gazes towards the grassy ground. The temperature around them suddenly felt like it had dropped several degrees after Adam's confirmation. "If it wasn't for me…they would still be alive." He looked up and the other DigiWira could see tears flowing out freely from the boy's eyes. He looked completely heartbroken. "I caused their deaths…I'm to blame…it's my fault."
"THERE!" LadyDevimon said with satisfaction. "He admits it! Murderer!"
"No…I'm not a murderer…"
"If it weren't for you they would still be alive! It's YOUR fault they're dead!" NeoDevimon shot mercilessly. "Do you deny it?!"
"No…"
"Then you're as good as murdered them!" LadyDevimon declared.
"STOP MESSING WITH HIM!!" JD shot up to his feet and released three fireballs towards the unsuspecting Puaka Generals. One of the fireball singed LadyDevimon's shoulder, the other caught the tip of NeoDevimon's right wing while the other missed its target.
"You insolence!" LadyDevimon shrieked, and spun in midair before raising his arms to her sides. "Darkness Wave!!"
Seeing Adam too devastated to defend himself Liu Ying immediately raised a telekinetic barrier to shield herself and Adam from the incoming attack, while the other DigiWira and Digimon immediately retaliated with their flames, waters, supersonic scream and various attack techniques. Their combined efforts managed to halt the incoming bats but they were quickly overpowered. JD, Manny and Gayathri were knocked off their feet, thrown several meters away from where they were at. Liu Ying braced herself for the bats to come into contact with her shield. She winced in pain as the bats attempted to destroy her translucent telekinetic barrier.
'Just a bit…more…' Liu Ying thought, gritting her teeth to suppress the pain that seared on her arms.
The barrier slowly became more opaque and with a loud cry Liu Ying pushed the energy shield towards the bats with her mind. The bats were deflected and destroyed, but Liu Ying was also affected severely. She was sent flying towards the other DigiWira and was almost knocked out hadn't her head landed on JD's body instead of the ground. That elicited a groan from JD and he woke up, followed by Manny and Gayathri. The Rookies soon followed, awake but severely weak.
None of them were up for a fight anymore.
"What could five measly humans and four weak Rookies do against a powerful Puaka General such as moi?" LadyDevimon asked snobbishly.
"Hunting Cannon!!"
A yellow thunderbolt suddenly was struck on LadyDevimon's back, causing her to shriek in surprise. The devil-woman staggered forward whilst hovering in midair but managed to regain her composure. The attack was not strong enough to wound her, thanks to the fact that she was a strong Ultimate Digimon.
Everyone looked past LadyDevimon and saw a familiar brown centaur wielding cannon and wearing a knight's helmet.
"Centarumon!" Adam exclaimed, surprised to see his partner. He was even more surprised to see that the said partner was now in his natural Champion level.
Centarumon raised his body upwards and stood on his hind legs, before galloping at rapid speed towards the DigiWira. He evaded a torrent of bats sent by LadyDevimon and leaped out of NeoDevimon's claw's path with excellent speed and maneuverability. His attention was only fixed on Adam, and he was avoiding the two Puaka Generals that were on hot pursuit. However, Centarumon had forgotten that the Puaka Generals were not the only threat around here.
"Death Cloud!!"
Mephistomon's attack slammed against his back and sent him tumbling onto the ground. The force from the attack pushed him into skidding along the field, unearthing grasses and soils before he dedigivolved back into Patamon right before Adam.
Adam picked up Patamon. "Patamon…" he said as a tear trickled down his cheek. "I was so worried…"
"Tsukaimon knocked me out," Patamon said with disgust. "I saw your brother…"
"He's not my brother," Adam said coldly.
Patamon regarded it with a nod, and continued, "I saw him putting stuffs inside your drinks. That explains all the headaches you've been getting. They realized that I knew about them so they took me away and locked me inside an abandoned hut. They forced-fed me those stuffs they've been giving you…I was knocked out and was chained. I just woke up today and broke free by digivolving into Centarumon." He coughed weakly. "Then I came here as soon as I could…"
Patamon was injured, but the wounds were not fatal. It looked like he had been roughed up even before LadyDevimon attacked him. The rookie mammal immediately stood up on Adam's forearm and scanned around the paddock wildly. "Adam, your brother…"
"Is dead," Adam said flatly. "I know…they're impostors…I was tricked…" his voice quivered again. "I heard your voice…warning me…"
"HUH?" Patamon looked at him, bewildered. 'I only thought about it. I wanted to warn him…had he actually picked up my thoughts?'
"Patamon…" Adam's eyes widened upon seeing the Puaka Generals and the Bane Brothers all readying themselves for an attack.
"We've got what we wanted," NeoDevimon said, his six eyes glinting dangerously.
"We have the Yellow, Pink, Blue and Red DigiSpheres," LadyDevimon said with a chuckle. "We have no use for the White DigiSphere and its bratty wielder…"
The Puaka Generals stretched out their long arms towards Adam and Patamon. They were hovering merely twenty meters away from the DigiWira pair; a focused blast from any of them could easily slay both Adam and Patamon.
"Adam, Digivolve me into Sagittarimon Radiant Mode now," Patamon said.
"But Patamon…you're hurt!"
"Now's not the time to worry about that, Adam. Just do it, I'll be ok," Patamon urged. "Don't argue. We don't have time."
Adam nodded and took out his Digivice as the Puaka Generals began calling out their attack names.
"Darkness Wave!!"
"Stun Claw!!"
Waves of bats coated in dark energy and a dark red laser beam were sent towards them as Patamon began digivolving…
Patamon…Golden Armor Digivolve to…Sagittarimon Radiant Mode!!
… and they slammed against the pristine white armor of Sagittarimon, who had his back facing the villains as he protected Adam and the other DigiWira and Digimon partners. Sagittarimon let out a pained howl and dropped to his knees. While having the strength akin to an Ultimate Digimon while in his Radiant Mode, the power combination of the two Puaka Generals were still too devastating for Sagittarimon to handle. A loud cracking sound was heard and Sagittarimon's body armor shattered and fell onto the ground.
"Sagittarimon!"
"Adam…I'm alright…" Sagittarimon wheezed, but as soon as he said that he devolved back into Patamon once again.
"Patamon…" Adam cradled Patamon in his arms. The Rookie Digimon could barely open his eyes. There was a serious gash on Patamon's back.
Adam looked up at the approaching Puaka Generals and Bane Brothers. His eyes darkened in silent rage. Something in his heart stirred to life.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" the Puaka Generals laughed loudly. "What are you going to do now, boy?" NeoDevimon taunted.
"Looks like you're not only going to be responsible for your parents' and brother's deaths…but also your friends as well!!" LadyDevimon cackled maniacally. "Oh, yes…it's simply beautiful. I love it! Let's spare him so that he'd go crazy with guilt," she said to NeoDevimon.
"Fine with me," NeoDevimon said. "Any last words, boy?"
"YOU…YOU MONSTERS!!!"
Adam's body shook with anger. He balled his fists tight. His eyes glinted with renewed edge and he roughly wiped the remains of his tears. He would not cry about this. He'd had enough.
The villains would pay dearly for this. The Puaka Generals…the Bane Brothers…all of them would pay!
Deep inside him, Adam felt the raw power that had once attempting to lash out during his capture by Dragomon resurfacing. It seemed to have detected Adam's hurt and sorrow, and was feeding it. It then urged Adam to let it take over.
And this time around, Adam had no wish to be in control. All that mattered to him now that the enemies…Mephistomon, Phelesmon, the Puaka Generals…he wanted to destroy them all!
Adam willed it to come out. His gray irises darkened into dark purple as his body began to glow with bright violet aura.
"So they call me a murderer…fine then. I'll do just that to ALL FOUR OF YOU DAMNED CREATURES OF HELL!!!" Adam screamed loudly and the violet aura emanating from his body exploded into a furious whirlwind of energy which sucked both Adam and Patamon in. The clouds parted ways as the purple whirlwind soared towards the sky. Multiple lightning struck against the whirlwind, which did nothing but to energize it with raw, undulating power.
Digital Access Digivolution!!
The whirlwind receded and a lightly armored humanoid with eight metallic wings emerged. The Digimon made a somersault in midair as lightning struck its right arm, forming a curved crimson blade which radiated with sickly yellow and purple lights. The Digimon zipped across the air and lightning struck his wings, causing it to glow with dark purple. He then made a back flip and stood stoically in midair, radiating with violet aura that gave him a menacing look.
With him not moving, everyone could then see his profile in detail. He was draped in light gray armor, and his chest was protected with metallic and black plates contoured to his muscular body shape. On his shoulders were mounted shoulder guards with white metallic wing projections, with the wings bent down the posterior side of his arms. His arms were wholly padded with black armor from the shoulder to the hands which still offered durability in movements. Thick metal bracelets of violet color and with digital runes inscribed on them adorned his wrists. His left hand ended with five sharp crimson claws, while a wide crimson jagged blade extended from the bracelet above his right hand. His crotch was protected with black triangular plates which were sculpted to fit the region between his waist and his upper thighs. The sides of his thighs were also padded with the same armor, while the rest of them were covered with light gray leather. Knee guards with amethyst jewel on it protected his knees, and were in continuation with his metallic black boots.
Lightning flashed behind the Digimon and his face was illuminated. He wore a gleaming black facemask which obscured the upper half of his face. The helmet was pattered to have a slight projection lining the middle of the helmet, extending all the way upwards to give the facemask a single thin pointed tip. Projections could also be seen above the eyes, jutting upwards at roughly 45 degrees elliptically and ended with sharp pointed tips. Yellow eyes shone, void of emotion. His lower visible face, with fair skin, was lined with light gray leather at the sides which seemed to be in continuation with his body armor. Sleek white hair fell an inch below his shoulder blades and framed his face, contrasting the black facemask.
Jutting out from his back were four pairs of metallic wings. The top and lowest pairs of wings were onyx black with light purple accents, and had the appearances of feathers made out of metal. The middle two pairs were white with dark purple accents, and bore similar appearances to the black pairs in pattern and length. All the feathers had sharp tips which glinted with light reflected from the streaking lightning over the sky.
Aldiyamon!!
The four DigiWira and their partners stared in awe of the fifth Wira Digital that had appeared. A knightly warrior with eight wings, Aldiyamon looked like an angel, but his dark armor gave him the appearance of a dark angel as well.
That was what Aldiyamon was – an avenging dark angelic knight Digimon.
"He looks…" JD struggled to search for the right word to describe Aldiyamon. His face fell as he found the right word. "…wicked…"
"Whoa…" Manny and Gayathri were both speechless as their eyes were fixed on the angelic knight.
Liu Ying however felt that something didn't appear quite right with Aldiyamon. She saw something that the others didn't notice at the moment as their attentions were solely fixed on the Wira Digital. She saw their partners shivering; Labramon's hair stood up, and so were Penguinmon's feathers. Agumon and Floramon, being reptilian, felt an unnatural chill radiating from Aldiyamon.
Labramon had felt this kind of foreboding sensation before. "Ying, something is seriously wrong with the Digivolution!" she informed her partner uneasily. Her mind was brought back to a certain black-armored Digimon. 'Black Knightmon…' Her eyes widened as she made the connection. 'A corrupted Digivolution…'
"What…how did they…?" the Puaka Generals stared at the newly-digivolved Aldiyamon.
"This is preposterous! How can they fuse?" LadyDevimon shouted.
Aldiyamon turned his gaze sideways, towards the Puaka Generals. He let out a dark, ominous laughter which reverberated all over the green paddock loudly. As he laughed the winds grew fiercer and the temperature dropped to a chilling level.
NeoDevimon waved his hands and hordes of Vilemon materialized from thin air. They were the Puaka Generals' foot soldiers. The other DigiWira and Digimon partners had fought some Vilemon the previous day when they invaded Zephyrus City, and had beaten them. The rodent-like Champions were not that powerful, but together they could pose a threat.
And now, almost forty Vilemon were currently surrounding the hapless four DigiWira. Weakened and powerless without their Digivices and DigiSpheres, they could do nothing to ward off the cretins. The Vilemon noticed this and hopped excitedly towards their foes, closing in on them from all sides, arms flexed and fangs bared, ready to attack.
Unfortunately for them, there was one particular Wira Digital who wouldn't even give them a chance to do so.
Orbs of purplish black light suddenly appeared around all the Vilemon. With confused chattering the Vilemon halted, which only caused the orbs to be able to lock onto them easier. All the Vilemon were absorbed by the orbs as they floated two feet high above ground, before something unexpected happened.
Without warning, the orbs EXPLODED with a bright flash of violet light, scattering millions of data particles all over the paddock.
Everyone – the other DigiWira, the Digimon, even the Puaka Generals and the Bane Brothers – froze in shock. They then heard Aldiyamon chuckling out his ill-omened laughter again, and for the DigiWira, the angel's laughter sent chills down their spines. The laugh sounded hollow and menacing, void of emotions and totally unremorseful for the mass deletion he had just committed.
"What the –" JD wondered, realizing that Aldiyamon had easily wiped out forty Vilemon – that was forty CHAMPION Digimon – with his teleportation power, which seemed to have evolved along with Adam and Patamon's Digivolution. Granted, any of them, while in their Wira Digital forms, could accomplish that as well, but none could do it as fast, as easily, as effortlessly, and as mercilessly, as the Wira Digital that was now hovering at the sky.
'Shit…' JD thought as a memory crossed his mind. 'SkullSatamon did mention about this…Adam has powers that can rival even Grademon's! Is this what he'd meant that time? Did he mean Aldiyamon?'
Confounded, NeoDevimon snapped his fingers again and thirty Vilemon appeared around Aldiyamon. All of them immediately charged towards the angel, who didn't even regard the incoming Champions as threats. With a mere flick of his left hand, Aldiyamon showered the Vilemon with his purple light orbs, coating each and every Vilemon inside separate light orb before with another flick of his hand, causing the orbs to explode along with the Digimon inside it. A wild smirk escaped the dark angel as he set his eyes on the Puaka Generals and the Bane Brothers. His gaze lingered at Mephistomon longer than the others. The smirk vanished and his mouth was set thin.
Then, with a speed of lightning Aldiyamon shot towards the Puaka Generals, flexing his eight metallic wings as he set towards them. All eight wings radiated with dark purple aura. The metallic wings on his shoulder guards flexed upwards, joining the other wings as they too glowed violet. Aldiyamon halted and crossed his arms in front of his body into an X, causing his whole body to glimmer with dark red lights.
"Final Fury!!"
In rapid succession Aldiyamon uncrossed his arms, thrusting them sideways, and released concentrated waves of red and purple energy beams from his very being. The energy waves slammed onto LadyDevimon and NeoDevimon with such ferocity that it knocked both Puaka Generals off their feet.
Even before the furious waves receded Aldiyamon cocked his head sideways and thrust his bladed arm towards Mephistomon. "Hellstar Kris!!"
The jagged blade erupted with crimson energy and extended in lengths towards Mephistomon with a blink of the eye, akin to a lightning strike. Everything happened so fast that Mephistomon's right arm was slashed brutally with the glowing crimson blade. The blade then was retracted back by the angel who then focused on the Puaka Generals.
LadyDevimon was the first who rose from the ground. She growled in anger and her clawed arm shifted into a spear. "Darkness Spear!!" she roared, and launched herself towards Aldiyamon.
Aldiyamon pointed his jagged blade towards the incoming LadyDevimon. "Hellstar Kris!!" The blade erupted with swirls of crimson energy as it elongated towards the incoming devil woman. With a direct thrust Aldiyamon struck his blade towards LadyDevimon's spear. A loud clang ensued and LadyDevimon was flung backward, rebounded from the force of their weapons' collision. She managed to regain her balance after somersaulting backwards twice, but she was also shivering while Aldiyamon remained in his stoic posture.
Then, without warning Aldiyamon spun sideways and launched his jagged blade onto Mephistomon again, this time around slicing the sides the satyr's left leg. He smirked upon seeing dark liquid escaping the unfortunate Bane Brother's leg as well as some purple hairs hacked off from the leg.
Mephistomon howled and was sent to his knees. 'Curse it…'
"Yeah! Adam!!" JD launched his fist upwards, excited of the outcome of the battle. His former apprehension now forgotten, he was amazed to see how Aldiyamon managed to single-handedly handle both the Puaka Generals and the Bane Brothers at the same time.
"He's going to win this," Gayathri breathed out in awe.
Manny looked uneasy as he observed Aldiyamon. 'A dark angel? That's never a good sign...Phelesmon is a devil – a fallen angel. What if Aldiyamon falls in the same category…?' He clasped his arms around his body to suppress his shiver elicited from his inner thoughts.
"Looks like Aldiyamon will always have his eyes on Mephistomon, no matter who attacked him," Liu Ying said.
"Mephistomon was the one who pretended to be Adam's brother," Labramon replied. "Aldiyamon's anger towards him far eclipsed his desire to fight the other villains. That explains why he can still attack Mephistomon although the others are engaging him in a fight." The rookie Labrador sighed.
"Why the long face, Labramon?" Floramon inquired curiously.
"Aldiyamon has killed…" Labramon whispered.
"So?" Penguinmon asked. "Those Vilemon were pretty nasty. They were the bad guys, and he deleted them. Isn't that supposed to be a good thing?"
"In normal circumstances, it is good news," Labramon agreed. "But you're forgetting one thing: Aldiyamon is not a result of a normal Digivolution, or in this case, Digital Access Digivolution."
"You've lost me," JD and Agumon both said.
Labramon sighed. "Aldiyamon has killed while in his Dark Digivolved form," she said sadly. "There's no turning back for him now."
That resulted in a chilling silence amongst the DigiWira and Digimon.
Labramon gulped and added silently in her mind, 'Unless…'
NeoDevimon lifted his clawed arm as he flew forward, followed by LadyDevimon who had recovered from Aldiyamon's previous attack. The two Puaka Generals spun around Aldiyamon and slashed Aldiyamon with their claws…only to have them stuck at his curved blade. Aldiyamon retracted his bladed arm and his wings flexed upwards once again. With a smirk, he declared, "Final Fury!!"
Both Puaka Generals were blasted at close range with crimson and dark violet lights which sent them flying. Then, he spun towards Mephistomon, whom immediately saw that another attack was coming. The satyr managed to counter it this time around by firing black laser beams which deflected the incoming blade.
Aldiyamon grunted in annoyance and spun his bladed arm vertically…slashing against Phelesmon's red trident this time around. The trident was cut over its shaft, to Phelesmon's astonishment. The red devil immediately retreated a few steps back to avoid Aldiyamon's deadly Hellstar Kris.
"Look out, Aldiyamon!!"
A warning scream from Gayathri caused Aldiyamon to turn back towards the Puaka Generals. He was met instead with bouts of dark-energized bats from LadyDevimon. Grunting, he waved his clawed arm and teleported the bats away before combusting them into data particles by merely flexing his claws.
"Stun Claw!!" NeoDevimon attacked him from the back, slashing against his metallic wings. Several metallic feathers were pulled off from the wings, and Aldiyamon grunted in pain. Before he could retaliate NeoDevimon delivered another slash upon his back, causing the dark angel to lurch towards LadyDevimon.
LadyDevimon delivered a flying kick which connected against Aldiyamon's chest which sent the angel back towards NeoDevimon. She laughed mockingly towards Aldiyamon. "Looks like the table's turned to our favor now, angel-boy!"
"Heh, heh, heh…" NeoDevimon readied his claw, but to his astonishment Aldiyamon then vanished in swirls of violet orbs.
"Avenging Strike!!"
Within a split second, NeoDevimon felt like his wings had been ripped brutally, followed by a slash on his right shoulder. Aldiyamon had reappeared behind him, and the angel looked even more infuriated than he had been. As NeoDevimon lurched forward Aldiyamon pointed his retracted blade towards the devil's back, and summoned, "Hellstar Kris!!"
The Kris-blade extended like lightning towards NeoDevimon, and shot through the devil's back. Dark liquid burst out from the wound, followed by small amount of data particles. NeoDevimon screamed in anguish and began to limp in midair.
Aldiyamon however was not finished. NeoDevimon had been the one who had successfully struck him on the back, while the others had failed. The angel had no intention to let it slide without making NeoDevimon pay for it…and he intended to make the devil pay with his blood and life. He eyed the synthetic devil Digimon who had begun falling towards the ground and flexed out his metallic wings.
"Final Fury!!"
As waves of dark energy slammed forcefully onto the injured NeoDevimon's back, Aldiyamon cast one cold glance towards Mephistomon. He pointed his Kris towards the dark satyr and watched with satisfaction as the blade extended swiftly, successfully searing the satyr's waist. Aldiyamon smirked; he wouldn't kill Mephistomon yet. Mephistomon had wronged him greatly…Aldiyamon wanted to torment him first. He wanted Mephistomon to suffer punishments which was why his blade strikes were not fatal.
"Sneak attacks one after another and yet you still couldn't kill me!" Mephistomon snarled as he clutched his bleeding waist.
"You'll be surprised with what you can live through," Aldiyamon replied coldly. It was the first time he had spoken in true sense of words. Before this the only time anyone would hear his voice was when he summoned the attacks. His deep echoic voice possessed a menacing chill that sent shivers to anyone who heard it.
And Mephistomon was no exception. His eyes widened in alarm as he processed Aldiyamon's words in his mind. Then slowly he backed away.
Had he made a mistake on invoking Aldiyamon's fury?
Mephistomon then saw that he had no need to worry. His eyes trailed LadyDevimon as the devil-woman caught the fallen NeoDevimon's arm. A bright red glow was elicited from their joined hands, and Mephistomon realized that the Puaka Generals were about to summon a power greater than an Ultimate Digimon to counter Aldiyamon.
"Looks like they're doing it," Phelesmon noted as he joined his fellow Bane Brother.
"Whatever works in our favor," Mephistomon replied.
LadyDevimon stared at Aldiyamon with spite. "You might have overpowered us, angel-boy…but we still have another trick up our sleeves."
NeoDevimon grunted angrily, "Let's see if we can wipe that smirk off your face. Let's see if you can deal with a Mega Digimon."
With that uttered, LadyDevimon shone with dark red glow while NeoDevimon exuded dark orange light from his body. The two of them became two motes of light which coalesced around each other before merging together to form one being that could defeat Aldiyamon.
LadyDevimon…NeoDevimon…DNA Digivolve to…
A hulking humanoid beast emerged from the explosion of light, looking like a perfect amalgamation of the two Puaka Generals. Standing at a massive 40-feet height, the Digimon had black muscular body with long crimson arms ending with claws. His thick legs were covered with thick, dirty brown furs and his feet were pale and ended with sharp red claws. His wings were similar to NeoDevimon's, scarlet and leathery but now as massive as his whole being. His face was pale, similar to LadyDevimon, with the upper-half of his face obscured by a black mask which revealed blood-red slanted eyes. His long hairs were white and long, also a trait from LadyDevimon. Dark red horns jutted out from the sides of his head, giving him the quality of his namesake.
The beast howled, sending unholy winds with a flap of his massive wings as he revealed his name.
…VenomDevimon!!
"What the hell…" JD asked, feeling his knees buckling as he eyed the towering VenomDevimon. He then winced upon feeling Agumon's claws closing around his feet. "Agumon!" he hissed.
Agumon gasped in horror. He clasped JD's legs fearfully. "Josh…that's a Mega Digimon!"
"A Mega Digimon?" all DigiWira asked at the same time. Even Floramon and Penguinmon looked perplexed, while Labramon froze in shock.
"That's a level above Ultimate Digimon!" she gasped. "I've…heard of it. It's a difficult level to achieve. Our Digital Access powers give us only the power of Ultimate level. Even Aldiyamon can't be VenomDevimon's match; Aldiyamon is an Ultimate Digimon."
"HOLY SHIT!" JD swore.
"For once, I agree with you," Liu Ying whispered as she stared at VenomDevimon.
"This can't be good…" Manny said forebodingly. "How can Aldiyamon beat him if VenomDevimon's a level higher than him?"
"This is the worse," Gayathri mumbled. "The worst of the worse…"
VenomDevimon let out a sycophantic laugh as he stared down towards his diminutive opponents. He flapped his wings once and sent another gust of wind towards the DigiWira, enjoying the sight of seeing them being sent heads over heels across the paddock and their Digimon partners flying haphazardly. Then the demonic Mega turned to face a stoic Aldiyamon…who didn't look the least afraid despite VenomDevimon being nearly six times his size.
"Venom Infusion!!"
VenomDevimon's eyes shone dark red and he released two laser beams towards Aldiyamon.
The dark angel immediately teleported away, causing the beams to nearly scorch Mephistomon and Phelesmon who were standing in the sidelines hadn't them being quick enough to fly out of the way. The Bane Brothers met with Aldiyamon whilst midair as an explosion erupted in the background. Aldiyamon smiled maliciously and struck his Hellstar Kris forward, slashing both Mephistomon and Phelesmon across their chests.
Despite VenomDevimon being the bigger threat, Aldiyamon still had his eyes on Mephistomon. He chuckled with grim satisfaction upon inflicting the injury towards the Bane Brothers before turning his sight towards the demonic Mega.
"Venom Infusion!!"
Aldiyamon vanished in swirls of violet orbs and the laser beams were shot towards the empty-side of a paddock, causing another massive explosion.
VenomDevimon growled angrily. "If you refuse to fight me, then your friends shall suffer my wrath instead."
With that said, he fired a Venom Infusion towards all the DigiWira.
Something stirred inside the dark angel and he let out a stunned gasp. Quickly he raised his hands and teleported all the DigiWira and Digimon out of the way right before the lasers came into contact with the grounds. They were transported to a spot still undestroyed by VenomDevimon's attack. He had brought them together behind him.
"You cannot teleport them away forever," VenomDevimon said gleefully. He raised one clawed arm and swung it towards Aldiyamon. "Nightmare Claw!!"
Aldiyamon thrust his crimson blade forward. "Hellstar Kris!!"
The extended blade shot through VenomDevimon's opened palm, causing the dark Mega to howl in pain and forced him to retract his claw. Angered, VenomDevimon retaliated by shooting random lasers all over the paddock, uncaring whether the lasers hit their target or not. He didn't even care that some of the lasers nearly hit the injured Bane Brothers, who'd be destroyed hadn't they cancelled out the lasers with their own attacks. Aldiyamon used his blade and teleportation power to block the stray lasers from hitting his powerless friends.
"You'll suffer for your impudence!" VenomDevimon boomed, and stopped firing lasers in random. He glared down towards the impassive Aldiyamon, seething with anger.
Aldiyamon readied himself, silent as ever. He hovered above his friends, knowing that with the possibility of VenomDevimon shooting random lasers all over the paddock, the other DigiWira and Digimon would be safest near him, where he could protect them.
VenomDevimon chuckled darkly and pointed his palms forward. "I tire of this. It's time to finish you all off once and for all." Black and red fireball erupted from his erect palms, growing bigger and bigger as seconds passed. "Have a taste of my VENOM INFERNO!!" Unholy flames spewed forth towards Aldiyamon and the DigiWira.
Aldiyamon took a deep breath and flexed his wings as well as extending his arms wide. "FINAL FURY!!"
VenomDevimon's flames were countered by Aldiyamon's purple energy waves, and for a brief few moments there was a standstill. Then, Aldiyamon felt his body and arms shook as he strained to give out more power to his attack as VenomDevimon pushed more power to his attack. The dark angel soon realized a fatal folly to his earlier assumption.
There was no way he could cease from attacking. If he retracted his arms for just a mere millisecond, VenomDevimon's flames would engulf him and his friends and they would all be killed. The DigiWira might be able to make a run for it, but VenomDevimon's flames were massive and no matter how far they run the flames would eventually catch up with them. There was no running away from the Mega demon.
'I have to save them…'
With a roar, Aldiyamon pushed forward the flames which were gaining on him. There was a mere seven meter distance between VenomDevimon's flames and himself, currently being pushed back by his Final Fury attack. Aldiyamon knew that he wouldn't be able to block the attack for long. He had to do something.
'There's only one way left…' Aldiyamon thought as his yellow eyes shifted into white with gray irises. A tear trickled down his cheek as he glanced back towards the other DigiWira. His heart became heavy; it was difficult for him to accept what he would need to do, but it was even more difficult for him to inform it to the others.
"Guys…" he said, with a voice that sounded like a matured form of Adam's voice. The voice was regal and it echoed with nobility – a total opposite to how he'd sounded just minutes before. "I'll take care of the Puaka Generals once and for all…I'm counting on you to finish off the Bane Brothers." He closed his eyes once and called out, "DIGIVICES!! DIGISPHERES!!"
At a safe distance away from the titanic clash, Phelesmon gasped when the Digivices and the DigiSpheres he were holding vanished in orbs of white and violet lights. They reappeared on their respective owners' hands.
"What is he thinking?" Mephistomon wondered.
The DigiWira all looked up at Aldiyamon's forlorn expression. The dark angelic knight was still blocking VenomDevimon's attack, but he was glancing across his shoulder towards them.
"Take care of yourselves, everyone," Aldiyamon said as calmly as he could, but the tear stain on his cheek betrayed him.
Realization immediately dawned upon the DigiWira.
"Adam…DON'T!!" JD shouted.
"There's got to be another way!" Liu Ying cried.
For the first time, everyone saw Aldiyamon smiling. However it was a sad smile…a parting smile…
"Goodbye…"
Aldiyamon turned back towards VenomDevimon, his eyes set as he focused the remaining energy within him into his attacks. VenomDevimon's flames were pushed slightly backward, and at that brief moment thousands of bright white and violet orbs exploded from Aldiyamon. From the light orbs, more light orbs spewed forth, multiplying them into millions. The orbs swirled around the two Digimon, coating all of them and their exchanging attacks.
The DigiWira saw for a brief second that Aldiyamon's dark form began to shift. His metallic wings became pure feathers and shone with silver hue as his armors turned pearly white and his hair assumed the color of ebony-brown. Then they saw no more, as Aldiyamon and VenomDevimon were both enveloped by the light orbs.
"No…" Gayathri gasped, trembling in fear. "ADAM!!" She said, instinctively attempting to run towards Aldiyamon. She was restrained in time by Manny and Floramon.
"Don't do this, Aldiyamon. Please…" Manny pleaded, his hands clasped tight around Gayathri's wrists. He knew however that Aldiyamon couldn't hear him anymore.
"Adam…Patamon…don't…" Gayathri sobbed softly. She couldn't believe this was happening.
"ALDIYAMON, DON'T DO IT!!!" JD screamed.
Liu Ying stood, stunned beyond belief that she was left speechless. Tears trickled down her face.
Inside the dome of glittering white orbs, VenomDevimon panicked as white orbs began coating his legs. He shook them off, but the orbs just kept on coming. From the feet they crept upwards until his entire lower limbs were covered, before moving towards his torso and arms.
"CURSE YOU ALDIYAMON!!" VenomDevimon shouted and transferred more power to his attack. "There's no way you're bringing me down with this!"
"We'll see, won't we?" Aldiyamon said with a hollow voice as his black facemask shifted into white visor with silver linings and small wings projecting out from the lower sides. The visor extended upwards into a triangular form, and it was slightly transparent.
VenomDevimon saw the light orbs began coating his shoulders and realized that his effort to break free was futile. He let out a defeated chuckle.
"Fine then. If I'm going down…I'll take you with me, blasted Wira Digital of Light!"
"Heh…that was my intention all along," Aldiyamon said softly as the orbs coated VenomDevimon wholly, leaving only his head uncovered for the time being. He then saw the orbs beginning to coat VenomDevimon's flames and soon, his own energy waves before enveloping his own arms, body, legs and wings. Another tear trickled down the angelic knight's face but he held on with determination – he couldn't let go, as their exchange of attacks was what that was keeping VenomDevimon from breaking free from their connection. If Aldiyamon broke free from the connection, not only would VenomDevimon's flames kill him but the other DigiWira would also fell prey in the process.
By maintaining their connection, at least the other DigiWira and their partners would be safe.
"Good luck, my friends…for everything…" Aldiyamon whispered. Every muscles and nerves in his body felt as if they were ripped apart due to the strains of exuding a lot of power, but strangely, he was at peace. He closed his eyes.
'Adam, are you sure about this?' Patamon asked from within their joined mind and body.
'It's the only way, Patamon. Either way, we won't make it…but this way, at least our friends will make it. I'm sorry for dragging you into this. It's unfair for you.'
'No apologies needed, Adam. I want you to know, Adam…that I have no regrets. Being partnered to you is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Even though we've only been with each other for a short time…I'm content. I've found you, I wouldn't ask for anything else.''
'Me too, Patamon. Me too…I love you.'
There was a pause before Patamon's reply came, sounding like he was choking a sob. 'I love you too, partner.'
Another pause came as they heard VenomDevimon shrieking. 'Patamon, is this considered suicide?'
'No, Adam. This isn't suicide in my book. This is sacrifice…for the greater good.'
'That's nice to hear…altogether now…'
'I'm with you to the end.'
Aldiyamon watched with grim satisfaction as VenomDevimon was fully coated with the light orbs, before his own vision was obscured with profound white lights. Everything became deathly quiet. He breathed out a prayer, hoping that his plan would be a success and for his friends' safeties, before whispering…
"Final…Purification…"
An explosion of white light soon ensued, blinding everyone momentarily with its dazzling radiance. When the lights receded, both Aldiyamon and VenomDevimon were nowhere in sight.
The DigiWira were stunned beyond belief and collapsed onto the ground. Gayathri was crying uncontrollably and buried her face against Manny's shirt. Manny's expression froze with horror as tears flowed freely out of his russet eyes. Liu Ying was sobbing too in her hands, as Labramon tried hard to comfort her partner while crying silently herself. Floramon, Agumon and Penguinmon supported each other, grieving for their fallen friends.
"I hope you're HAPPY NOW!!" JD roared in anguish towards the Bane Brothers. His green-blue eyes shone; the blond was struggling hard to blink back tears.
Mephistomon and Phelesmon didn't say anything. Their expressions were unreadable.
"You've tricked him! You broke his heart! YOU'RE the one who caused him to do this!" JD's voice broke into a sob. "Adam wouldn't have done this if you didn't shatter his heart with false hope!" He fell onto his knees and wiped his eyes roughly with his sleeves. "Damn you two…" He clutched his Digivice, and seeing this, Agumon parted from his fellow Digimon and trotted towards his DigiWira partner, laying placating hands on his anguished partner's shoulders. While still kneeling, JD roared, "Digital Access Digivolution, HAA!!!"
Satriamon emerged from a pillar of red light generated from the Digivolution process. The other DigiWira followed; and soon Satriamon was joined by Xianamon, Puspamon and Samudramon.
Mephistomon snapped his fingers, and created a dark purple energy dome which imprisoned the four Wira Digital.
"GAAHH! Not this again!" Satriamon roared loudly and slashed his gauntlet against the barrier. That only resulted in him being thrown onto the ground.
"Calm down for a while," Mephistomon smirked as he approached the energy dome.
"Adam and Patamon are DEAD and you ask us to calm down!" Puspamon said angrily. Her evolved form still bore tear marks on her cheek – she had continued crying in silent.
"Yes, and that was very noble of them," Mephistomon said, exchanging gleeful smirks with Phelesmon who had come by his side.
"STOP SMIRKING!! IT'S NOT FUNNY, YOU ASSHOLES!!" Satriamon roared.
"On the contrary, Wira Digital, it is rather funny…" Phelesmon said and left his sentence hanging. His yellow eyes glinted with what looked like…satisfaction?
There was a tantalizing tone in the red demon's voice…as if he was about to reveal a horrible secret and was merely pausing for a dramatic effect.
"Adam's and Patamon's sacrifices are heartfelt," Mephistomon said, shaking his head in mock-sadness. "They had hoped to remove the bigger threats, trusting that you four would avenge his deaths by destroying the two of us."
"Believe it…we will," Satriamon snarled.
Mephistomon continued as if he didn't hear Satriamon. "It's just too bad that they've got the wrong guys…"
The Wira Digital froze upon Mephistomon's revelation.
"What do you mean?" Xianamon demanded.
"Had they removed us from the picture, then only it could be said that they've removed the bigger threat," Mephistomon said silkily.
"Heh, heh, that's right. Instead, all angel-boy did was removing the decoys!" Phelesmon revealed.
"Because, you see…" Mephistomon drawled. "The Puaka Generals are not LadyDevimon and NeoDevimon…they were just puppets, controlled by excellent puppet masters."
Samudramon gasped as Mephistomon's revelation set in. "You mean…"
"It can't be…" Puspamon said, horrified.
"NO!!" Both Satriamon and Xianamon exclaimed. Both of them were shaking with rage.
"Yes. LadyDevimon and NeoDevimon weren't the real Puaka Generals. In fact, a long time ago, they were once champions of the side of light. They were once Grademon's allies! They were once the Saintly Siblings who fought for the side of good against the Puaka Generals!! However, they failed, they fell, they were corrupted into evil, and ultimately they became puppets…"
Mephistomon smirked triumphantly, enjoying the sickened reactions of the four Wira Digital as he continued, "They became the Puaka Generals' puppets. They became OUR puppets."
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Author's Notes:
…sobs… Poor Aldiyamon…
Aldiyamon
Name derivation: Arabic. Diya means 'light', 'splendor', 'glow', 'shining'. Al- is like a prefix. So Al-Diya could mean the Light, roughly. I'm not well-versed in Arabic, so readers who know the true meaning of the words, please correct me if I'm wrong.
Comparison to other Digimon: His armor and facemask are basically similar to Ravemon, with some modifications here and there. His eight wings are inspired from MagnaAngemon. The same is true for his hair style. His metallic qualities come from GuardiAngemon. And finally, his winged shoulder guards are like the ones on Duftmon (new Royal Knight from Digimon Savers).
VenomDevimon
It's a re-colored version of VenomMyotismon, with black body instead of red and white hair instead of blond. I would've left the real name intact, but since a Myotismon has already been killed off in Chapter 28, it won't look right if the Puaka Generals' Mega form is named after a fallen villain. So he…she…it…HE gets the name VenomDevimon instead. Luckily, VenomDevimon doesn't have that creepy crotch-monster thingy that VenomMyotismon has.
I'm pretty sure no one has ever created an Aldiyamon yet, but as for VenomDevimon I'm not quite sure. The name is rather plain and easy to come up with…
The idea for Mephistomon and Phelesmon to be the real Puaka Generals, as well as the ones who betray Adam, comes from the origin of their names – Mephistopheles, which means 'he who is not a lover of light' from Faust. It fits the plot, with Adam holding the power of light and the Puaka Generals being the one who deceive Adam so thoroughly and cruelly that it ultimately ends with Aldiyamon's death.