Hello, everybody. Irish back here again for the last chapter of my story! Before I begin, I want to again thank everyone who has either read or reviewed this story (or done both). I am very generous with the feedback that I've gotten! As always, hope you guys enjoy!
"Would you look at this; it's those bratty kids that the Emperor was complaining so much about," Flamedramon thundered out. "I expected you to be here earlier, but I guess that now is just a good enough time for me to annihilate you."
"Flamedramon, stop it," Davis spoke out. "You don't work for the Emperor. Yeah, remember me; it's Davis, your partner. You should be protecting me, not fighting with me."
Flamedramon simply gave a sinister glare at the kid. "You think that I would disobey the Emperor to work with your pathetic lot; give me a break."
"Davis," TK stated, "There is no reason to be talking to him. He is under the Emperor's control as long as he has that dark ring around him."
Davis could clearly see the dark ring that was implanted by the Emperor around his partner's waist.
"So I'm guessing that logic can be thrown out then, huh?" Davis replied back.
"You know what we have to do, Davis; it is the only possible way that we can free him." Kari reassured to the leader. Davis gave a simple head nod.
"Alright then, Yolei, Cody, you guys are up." TK said to the two.
"Gotcha! Hawkmon, are you ready?" Yolei asked his partner.
"I'm good to go."
"How about you, Armadillomon?" Cody asked.
"I'm ready whenever you are."
"Digi-Armor Energize!" Both of them said in unison as their respective digimon started to digivolve.
Hawkmon digivolve to…Halsemon, the Wings of Love
Armadillomon digivolve to…Digmon, the Drill of Power
"Oh, bravo you guys," Flamedramon started to clap his claws together in a sarcastic manner. "You think you guys can beat me, especially when your two new digimon are distracted?"
Just as Flamedramon said that, the controlled Snimon and Mojyamon that the group dealt with before came in through the opposite end of the coliseum.
"Well guys," TK nervously told the rest, "We got a lot on our hands right now."
"Okay Izzy, I'll have Kari covered, don't worry about a thing," Tai stated to his friend before hanging up the house phone.
'So apparently this Emperor decided to go after one of our guys…I'm hoping for the best, but I sure hope that Mom doesn't get too worried…' Tai couldn't help but to ponder. According to Izzy, everyone else is already covered except for Kari. Good thing his parents weren't home as they were out doing some errands.
"Okay, so I have to really think of a good lie to cover Kari's behind, just in case she can't make it home tonight…" Tai stated to himself. His train of thought was interrupted as he heard the door opening and his mother coming in, a handful of groceries in tow.
"Hey, honey," his mother, Yuuko, said, dropping the groceries in the kitchen before heading over to Tai. "You know, I would have been home sooner but…"
"It's okay Mom," Tai interrupted her before her mother went on yet another rampage about how shopping is the one thing she truly loathes.
"Thanks for understanding Tai; hey, do you have any idea where Kari is?" Yuuko decided to ask her son.
'Oh do I ever…' Tai quietly thought before saying, "Yeah, she's over at a classmate's house working on a project. You know how these teachers like to start off the school year right by giving them these projects early and all."
"Well okay, I just wished that she would have called here beforehand," Yuuko stated.
"C'mon Mom, Kari should be alright," Tai reassured his mother, "What's the worst possible scenario that could happen to her…"
"Gatomon!" Kari exclaimed as she ran to her partner's aid. Gatomon thought of giving Mojyamon a little taste of her Lightning Claw, but she was too slow compared to the Champion's Bone Boomerang.
"It's alright, Kari; I'm fine." Gatomon tried to calm her partner down, still wanting to fight.
"You are clearly not alright, now come here."
Kari quickly scooped up the weakened champion in her arms and ran towards the rest of the group, trying to avoid attacks from the controlled digimon.
"We are giving everything to them, yet they don't seem like giving up." TK couldn't help but to state the obvious. The digidestined were having a hard time trying to take down the two controlled Champions that they almost forgot the main reason that they came here.
Halsemon dodged one of Snimon's Green Sickle Cut attacks and used his Tempest Wing attack on him, only to have Snimon fly around it.
"Halsemon, try something different; he's obviously beating you right now." Yolei told her partner.
"Eagle Eye," Halsemon shot what seemed like red arrows from his eyes which caught Snimon off guard. With this, Snimon was hit with the attack and was paralyzed. Using his Tempest Wing attack again, Halsemon was able to slam into Snimon's waist and destroy the dark ring that was on him.
"Nice going, Halsemon! I think Digmon could use a little assistance as well," Yolei promptly told her partner.
Halsemon wasted no time in seeing the same cat-mouse game that Digmon and Mojyamon was in. Without hesitating, Halsemon casted another Eagle Eye attack on Mojyamon. It was effective as Digmon used his Gold Rush attack on the now paralyzed Champion in order to dismember the dark ring that was on him.
"Thanks for the support, buddy," Digmon thanked his new ally.
"Anytime. Now, where did Flamedramon disappear to?" Halsemon asked.
In the blink of an eye, Halsemon saw Flamedramon charging toward him and, using a few skilled jumps, used his Fire Rocket attack to ram into Halsemon, causing him to fall to the hard ground and de-digivolve back into Hawkmon.
"Hawkmon, are you okay?" Yolei asked her injured partner.
"Ugh, just let me rest for a bit please," Hawkmon responded while lying on the ground.
Digmon was now frantically looking around to see where the controlled digimon went to, but by the time he could find him, he was blindsided by yet another Fire Rocket attack. This hit was effective as Digmon hit the ground hard and de-digivolved back into Armadillomon.
"Are you alright, Armadillomon?" Cody asked.
"Oh, never better…" Armadillomon tried to walk off the pain he felt from the attack, but failed and flopped onto the ground.
"I don't get it," Kari pondered. "How did that one attack by Flamedramon weaken both Halsemon and Digmon?"
"Well, we can't really blame them," Tentomon tried to reassure the girl, "They have been traveling a long distance and the fight back at the temple must have worn them down a bit."
"I'm agreeing with what he said," Biyomon chimed in.
Davis couldn't take any more of this beat-down that his partner was giving to them.
"Hey Flamedramon, what's your problem; why are you attacking us?"
"Davis, no…" TK tried to call Davis back but to no avail.
'Well, he needs to learn how to keep his mouth shut and not be so stubborn in situations like this.'
Flamedramon turned to see his partner with the same scornful look he's been wearing for most of the day.
"Why am I doing this, you ask. I have already explained the situation to you. The Emperor wants you guys destroyed and as such, I will follow his command."
"And I already explained this scenario to you. We are trying to help you get out of the Emperor's control. Don't you get it, he's using you for his own good; he's done it to a lot of digimon. It isn't right at all! You have the power to fight back, so why aren't you doing it, stupid!"
"Oh dear, I wish he wouldn't have said that…" Yolei quietly mumbled.
"Stupid, you think I'm stupid!" Flamedramon started to inch his way forward towards Davis. "On the contraire my boy, the stupid one in this situation is you. Did you really think you would survive this fight alive, especially with the comment you just made?"
Davis couldn't move back any further, he felt something kind of solid and kind of grip-like between his fingers.
'This feels like the spire…I wonder what would happen if it would tumble?'
"Well then if you want to fight, then let's fight," Flamedramon commented as he charged his Flame Fist attack and used it on Davis.
"Davis, duck!" TK commanded his friend.
Just at the last minute, Davis ducked down and, as a result, the Flame Fist attack struck the control spire, causing it to tumble on downwards.
"Davis, you did it; the spire's destroyed." Kari felt relieved, knowing there is one more trick up the group's sleeves.
"Well buddy," TK assured to Patamon, "guess like it's your time to shine."
"Gotcha," Patamon knew what the message meant and leapt off of TK's head. TK grabbed a hold of his digivice.
'I sure hope this works…' TK hoped to himself.
In a bright flash, Patamon was engulfed into the light.
"It's working!" TK exclaimed.
Patamon digivolve to…Angemon
"All right, Angemon's back!" Kari and Gatomon both exclaimed.
"We're safe!" Both Tentomon and Biyomon stated.
"It's been too long, buddy…you know what to do?" TK asked his now Champion formed partner. Angemon replied with a simple nod.
Davis couldn't believe what he saw, as his face had awestruck written all over it.
'An angel, that little bat critter turns into an angel? I mean, I know that his name was Angemon but…oh wow, I can't believe I didn't see that coming.' Davis thought.
Flamedramon was not impressed one bit. "Just who do you think you are, mister?"
"I am what other digimon call your worst nightmare," Angemon started off. "I am here to fix what has been done by the Digimon Emperor. If you cannot see what you are doing is wrong, then I feel for you. I am the bringer of peace, so peace I will bring to you!"
"Enough with the silly riddling around! If you want to fight me, then come do it!"
Flamedramon shot off some of his Flame Fists towards Angemon, who effortlessly swatted them away using his rod.
"You think you are more powerful than me; you aren't expecting to see what I am capable of, huh?" Angemon taunted to the controlled digimon.
"What you are capable of? Oh I am so scared of you. Go ahead; hit me with your best shot!" Flamedramon roared back.
"If you assist," Angemon stated as his right fist started to glow with magic, "Hand of Fate!"
With Angemon's attack, Flamedramon was caught off guard. 'Oh, my…' was the last thing that he could think of before the force of the attack knocked him onto the other end of the coliseum. Though he was unconscious, the dark ring that was enslaving him slowly disintegrated from him.
"It's over, it's finally over!" Davis felt ecstatic about what has just occurred.
"Those damn fools! I can't believe they were able to foil my plan!"
The Emperor, having the luxury of watching the whole fighting sequence from his secretive lair, was raging with anger at the results, slamming his fist on his keyboard.
Seeing Davis' digivice and D-Terminal in sight, the Emperor warped them straight to the coliseum.
'They are yours to have...for now.'
"Master," a shaky voice whispered, "they done it."
"I can clearly see that, Wormmon." The Emperor commented back at the now source of the voice. Out of the darkness came Wormmon, Ken's supposed 'partner.'
"So, what's next?" Wormmon couldn't help but to ask his master.
"I'm leaving; I've had enough of this debacle. Lock everything up for me will you." The Emperor simply ordered his partner. Wormmon had no other reply but a sigh.
De-digivolving back, Veemon felt weak, as though he was hit by a freight train. Trying to gain conscious, he was failing miserably as he was too weak to even get up, but that didn't stop Davis from coming over and bear hugging the little rookie.
"Veemon! I'm…I'm so sorry for what happened today buddy," Davis started to tear up, happy that he had his friend back once again. "I promise it will never ever happen again."
"I understand Davis, but can you please let go, you're squishing me?" Veemon tried to plea to his partner but Davis didn't comply.
"No, I'm never letting you go, you hear me, ever again!" Davis only squeezed his partner even tighter.
"Oh, Davis."
"Oh, Veemon."
The group, who walked over the scene, couldn't help but to laugh at what was occurring.
"Okay, Davis, I think Veemon has had enough for one day," Kari said, trying to reassure her friend.
"Oh, alright then," Davis stopped the death-hold on Veemon and simply had the little guy in his arms. "You feeling better, buddy?"
"Yeah, besides that death grip you gave me, I'm alright," Veemon replied back. He turned to the rest of the group. "Thank you all for helping me, I don't know what would have happened if it wasn't for you guys."
"And the same goes for me as well," Davis stated, "thank you guys; you really saved me."
"Anything for a friend," TK answered back.
"Hey, look at this?"
Seeing what Biyomon was pointing at, it seemed that Davis' digivice and D-Terminal started to form right in front of him.
"Alright; now I'm back in business," Davis said, snatching his devices out of the air.
"Well," Yolei stated while looking at the sky up above, seeing nothing but close to darkness, "I think we should be going now."
"Anyone know where the nearest TV is?" Cody asked.
"I know where one is, it's not that far from here," Tentomon explained.
"Oh great, I don't want to know the answer to that…" Yolei couldn't help but to gripe up.
The group laughed at that response as they were on their way home from a long day. A day filled with adventure and mishap. A day filled with fights, tears, reunions, and make-ups. All in all, for only Davis' second day in the digital world, he had a feeling that he was going to love being the new leader.
So there you go, the conclusion to Under One's Control. Liked it, hated it, what else do you want to see from me? Any questions you may have for me, you can either leave a review or just PM me; I would love to hear any type of feedback! Until next time, this is IrishPanther signing off! Thanks again for reading! :)