CCX: Yeah, me again. CC's been getting on my case to get this chapter taken care of, although with the wait that I last had, I not only lost my flow with Digimon but also with fanfiction in general. Not to mention, I'm out of my genre here. Regardless, in trying to cure insomnia, I think I may have instead cured the writer's block, so here goes nothing… and so much for my A/N in Chapter 1…
Chapter 9: The Dark Army Grows
As the converted Digi-Destined and their Digimon were out recruiting members for their army, turning those who refused—and those who didn't—whenever possible, Myotismon was looking into other ways of acquiring power. After a period of time, he learned of another world parallel to the Digital World, known as the Dark Ocean, which held many secrets that Myotismon felt would be useful. Among these were the black obelisks known as Control Spires and the Dark Spores. The construction of the Control Spires was a job left to minions, but the planting of the Dark Spores in human children was a job to be handled delicately. None of the Digi-Destined seemed terribly happy with their current task, anyway… He talked to Hikari about his discoveries that evening.
As soon as he'd begun, Hikari sighed. "You know that unless it involves seducing the innocent, I don't like mixing business with pleasure."
"Should've gotten this discussion out of the way beforehand, then?" he asked. Hikari nodded. "With the powers of these Control Spires, we will no longer have to worry about unwilling recruits. As for the Dark Spores, if allowed to grow inside a human child, can create a powerful weapon to be utilized."
"Wouldn't it be quicker and easier just to turn them into vampires?"
"These would be children too young to make effective vampires…and yes, the Dark Spore project is one that will not yield immediate results. Patience."
Hikari took one of the objects. "So this is a Dark Spore…it's odd, this sensation. It's almost chilling, and yet, at the same time, so comforting… The Dark Ocean. I see it." The Crest of Darkness was reacting violently to the Dark Spore.
"Perhaps we should just get back to what we were doing before…" Hikari seemed to be ahead of him on that matter.
Everyone could sense that something had changed in Hikari. The Dark Spore had been integrated into the Crest of Darkness, and the power that the former granted the latter was so immense, the other Digi-Destined could hardly stand before her. Bakemon minions that strayed too close were destroyed by the sheer intensity of the dark aura. This type of power pleased Myotismon, but also evoked a bit of envy. This was tempered, however, by the similar feelings emanating from the other Digi-Destined, fueling the Crest of Animosity. Hikari, meanwhile, was loving every moment of it. "Come on, sweetie," she said, "I think I can take care of one of your other concerns." The Crest of Darkness flashed with a brilliant black light, and for the first time, Myotismon Digivolved all the way to BeliaMyotismon.
CCX: No, that won't do…still too short.
Back in the real world, looking for prospective children for the Dark Spore Project, Takeru happened upon the unfortunate rookie, DemiDevimon. DemiDevimon's ineptitude had long been grating to his vampiric masters, and the rookie knew it, but with the Digimon's despair causing the vampire boy's crest to react, he was instead made a bit more useful—but not too useful. Fearing that he might grow too ambitious if he were to become a Devimon, Takeru sent him on an alternate path, to the Champion Devidramon. However, while making him more powerful, this also made him a lot less unique among Myotismon's lackeys, which essentially removes him from relevance to this tale—not that he was ever terribly relevant to begin with. It was around this time that a few Digi-Ports opened in various parts of the world, signaling the beginning of a new digital revolution. They went fairly unnoticed, however, as they tended to be in remote places—frozen wastelands, tall mountains, or sometimes just a bit too far from the continental mainland, such as the one that opened up off the northwest coast of Africa, not more than ten km from Spain's Canary Islands. However, that one did not go completely unnoticed…
CCX: Yes, CC, I've decided to introduce my character from that other saga we did, which if memory serves me correctly, you used Ratherton for. Of course, that unwieldy surname will be changed… For the readers, since Chapter 10 is one of ChaosChampion's chapters, you'll be meeting said character at the start of Chapter 11.
