Digimon World Wars
Chapter 16 - To Gain Power
As soon as the ships reached the base, the Doc, along with the nurses and Gatomon were rushing between all of them, bandaging them up, administering pain medication, and assessing their injuries.
Since the medical room wasn't big enough to house all the destined and their digimon, the Doc had the Guardromon take all the destined to their rooms where they were instructed to stay and rest while he continues to check on all of them. One by one the Doc was running between their rooms, constantly checking and double checking them all.
Andromon and Angemon visited the doctor as he was making his way between rooms.
"How are they, doctor," asked Andromon.
The Doc sighed before answering, "All of them have seen better days, the digimon are all injured pretty bad, the kids have all either suffered the same damage as the digimon or have fractured bones or are suffering from concussions."
"Will they all be alright?"
"They'll all be alright, as for how long until they recover, I can't say for sure," the Doc pushed his glasses back up to his eyes. "Did either of you know what you were sending them into?"
"Of course not," Angemon leaned against the wall crossing his arms and bowing his head, "None of us could have predicted that Daemon's forces would be here on the Delta continent."
"You realize that none of these kids are strong enough for what you want them to do!" The doc was angry now, "All of them are lucky to be alive, if you two had been even a few seconds slower we would surely have lost some of them."
Angemon and Andromon felt ashamed of themselves at that moment, "I understand what you're saying doctor, but they are our only hope."
"They're just kids, you're putting the fate of two worlds on their shoulders and none of them are strong enough to bear it!"
"DATS and Daemon will tear apart both worlds, what choice do we have," said Andromon. "They all have the power, they just have to find it."
"And what if they can't, then what!"
"Then you know what will happen, both worlds will destroy each other, it's only a matter of time before Lord Seraphimon's seal breaks and Daemon's forces reach the real world," Angemon stared off into space, in the past he had been Lord Seraphimon's right hand soldier. Seraphimon had known that Daemon's forces were preparing to invade the real world. He had commanded Angemon to search for the chosen humans and help them in any way he could, they were the last words Seraphimon had spoken to him. Angemon was forced to watch as Seraphimon sacrificed his life, using his data to put a barrier between the two worlds that stopped all the dark digimon from crossing over.
"The destined have to be ready for when that happens, and at the same time they have to find a way to stop DATS's plans as well," said Andromon.
The Doc turned away from the two digimon and made his way to Shuhei's room, to check on his leg.
Andromon turned to Angemon as he began to walk away, "I do wish there was another way though." Angemon nodded in agreement and left.
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Shuhei was sitting on his bed, as the doc examined his leg for what felt like the tenth time. At the same time one of the Gatomon was looking over Impmon again, the rookie had still not woken up since the battle.
"How is he?" Asked Shuhei.
"Out of all the digimon, it seems he took the most damage, but he should be alright in a few days," answered Gatomon. Shuhei gritted his teeth in anger, he had been forced to watch as SkullSatamon tortured his partner, if it hadn't been for Duo, he would have lost him. Shuhei made a mental note to thank Duo for saving him, and to make sure that if he ever saw SkullSatamon again to make sure he made the digimon pay for hurting his partner.
Gatomon and the Doc left after fifteen minutes, and Shuhei finally laid down and fell asleep.
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Duo laid awake in his bed, his torso heavily bandaged by the Doc. Too much had happened for him to be able to sleep. Although Veemon didn't seem to have a problem as the blue digimon snored away peacefully despite his injuries.
Duo held his hand above him, his digisoul flared easily on command, he then tried to increase the power like he had earlier. His digisoul expanded to his elbow, but he wasn't able to expand it any further. Duo kept trying, focusing on the feelings he had experienced during the fight, how he had felt watching SkullSatamon hurt all his comrades. Still nothing happened, and after a while his digisoul suddenly disappeared and Duo slammed his fist against the mattress in frustration.
Veemon continued to sleep peacefully as Duo got out of bed, ignoring the Doc's instructions to stay in bed and rest. Duo grabbed his vest and threw it on over his bandaged chest, he had to find Angemon or Andromon. Hopefully one of them could shed some light on today's events.
He left the room, after throwing on his shoes and made his way down the halls. He made his way to the command room, surely one of them would be there. He walked slowly trying not to aggravate his injuries any further, even though his chest had taken all the physical damage, the rest of his body still hurt from SkullSatamon's black lightning.
He finally reached the command room, and found both Angemon and Andromon there.
"Duo what are you doing up, you need to rest!" Angemon ran to his side, trying to escort him back to his room.
"I have to talk to you two!" Duo pushed past the angel and sat down in one of the chairs.
Angemon sighed and sat across from him, Andromon walked over and joined them as Duo began to ask his questions. They answered truthfully when he asked them who SkullSatamon and Daemon were. Duo wasn't happy to hear they had another enemy to deal with, but he didn't say anything about it.
"Is there anything else you need to know?" Asked Andromon.
"Yeah, something happened during the fight," said Duo, trying to find the right way to explain what had happened.
"Are you talking about when your digisoul ascended to the next level?" Asked Angemon.
Duo nodded his head slowly.
"My sensors picked up the spike in your digisoul," said Andromon, "what do you need to know?"
"How come ExVeemon couldn't digivolve?" Asked Duo, "You told me that the next level after the champion was the ultimate level right, according to Veemon he could feel his evolution start, but he still couldn't digivolve."
Angemon sighed, "I was afraid that would happen."
"What are you talking about, if my digisoul was strong enough, he should have been able to digivolve right, so why couldn't he? If he had we could have brought that damn digimon down!" Duo hated SkullSatamon, he had murdered all those people and the Guardromon, he had tortured and hurt his friends and comrades, and Duo knew that as long as he was alive he would continue to slaughter people and digimon.
"Duo, please calm down, I don't want you to make your injuries any worse," said Angemon, Duo relaxed and waited for one of them to explain.
"There's something you don't know about your partner," said Andromon, Duo looked at the android curiously, "He is a very rare digimon, even in the entire digital world only a handful of Veemon have ever existed, and out of those even fewer digivolve into ExVeemon."
"What's your point, he's my friend, I don't care how 'rare' he is, I wanna know why I wasn't able to help him reach the next level."
"There is only one recording of an ExVeemon ever being able to reach the ultimate level," said Andromon as he typed away furiously on one on the smaller computers pulling up the information, "It happened through the power of Jogress evolution, that is when two digimon fuse and digivolve into one digimon."
Duo listened intently as Andromon continued to explain.
"According to the record, an ExVeemon fused together with a Stingmon, creating one digimon that had the power of ExVeemon and the skilled techniques of Stingmon."
"So what you're saying is for ExVeemon to reach ultimate level me and Musica will have to work together and combine Veemon and Wormmon together?" Duo felt a little better, there was still a way for them to obtain the power.
Angemon sighed, "I'm afraid that isn't possible."
Duo turned to the angel, his one hope fading away as fast as he had gotten it.
"In order for two digimon to jogress evolve a special item was required, in the past this item shined it's light around the digital world helping many digimon to evolve and become stronger by combining their powers," Andromon stopped, bringing up another file on the computer, "millenia ago this item suddenly vanished, taking the power it gave to our world with it."
Duo slammed his fist against the table in frustration, "There's still got to be some way, if we don't get stronger how are we supposed to stop DATS or Daemon!"
Andromon stepped away from the computer and sat down a few seats away from Duo, "There might still be a way for ExVeemon to digivolve to the ultimate level, but you're not gonna like it."
Duo turned to the android again, "What is it?"
Andromon sighed, "We digimon have the power to load the data of other digimon we defeat. Power-hungry digimon do this all the time, killing digimon weaker than themselves then using their data to help them grow stronger."
"If ExVeemon were to load the data of enough insect digimon, I believe, that combined with your digisoul might be enough to create the ultimate level digimon in the records."
Duo clenched his fists, "What happens to the digimon who have their data loaded?"
"They basically die, if their data is loaded before it can reform and be reborn that digimon ceases to exist."
Duo stood up and walked to the door, Angemon and Andromon eyed him curiously as he opened the door and then stopped.
"If I chose to take the life of others to gain power," Duo kept his back to the two digimon, "I wouldn't be any better than DATS or Daemon. Even if ExVeemon can't digivolve the two of us will still fight," Duo walked away, heading back to his room.
Angemon and Andromon both smiled to themselves, proud of Duo's choice.
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Shuhei laid asleep in bed, having dreams of the past.
He saw Impmon running through a park playing pranks on unsuspecting people, until he ran up and told the digimon to knock it off. Impmon threw a fireball at him, telling him to mind his own business, before he took off out of sight.
He then remembered seeing the suited men walk past him, towards the park, where Impmon was. He followed them as they tracked down and captured the digimon. Shuhei watched curiously unsure of what these men were going to do. They threw Impmon in a cage and placed him in the back of one of their vehicles.
Shuhei was about to walk away, when he heard something that made him stop.
"Please, I don't want to die!" Impmon's words had sounded so desperate and sad, and before Shuhei knew what he was doing, he was attacking the men in an attempt to free him. Shuhei didn't know what Impmon was, only that he was a real living creature, that just wanted to live his life like any human would. Shuhei knocked the group of men unconscious and freed Impmon, the two fled the scene as more men rushed towards them.
For days the two were on the run, constantly running through different towns and hiding out the best they could. On the fifth day, they had run out of room to run, a man had cornered the two of them with help of a digimon named Vilemon, who had given Shuhei his scar.
Impmon had tried to protect him only to be knocked to the side every time. It wasn't until Shuhei and Impmon both stood up, ready and willing to continue fighting that his digivice appeared. The man had screamed in horror as Impmon became Devidramon and defeated Vilemon with ease. After that he had been found by Asuramon and brought to the digital world.
Shuhei opened his eyes and looked over at his partner who was awake.
"Impmon are you alright?" Shuhei sat up, as his partner turned his head towards him.
"Not really," stated Impmon simply, "Shuhei why did you choose me as your partner?" Shuhei was confused as to why he would ask him such a question.
"SkullSatamon was right, I am a dark digimon. None of the other digimon are like me, my kind are evil digimon who want to bring pain and darkness to the world."
"Hey you're not like them, don't let what SkullSatamon said get to you, one of these days we'll make sure he gets what he deserves," said Shuhei.
"But what if I become like him. Darkness is in my soul, what if I fall to it and become just like Daemon's soldiers."
"That's enough Impmon!" Impmon flinched and stared at Shuhei, "Who cares is theres darkness in you, everyone has darkness somewhere in them, it doesn't mean anything."
Shuhei sighed, "Darkness is not evil, it's what you choose to do with it that defines who you are. No matter what form you may take, I know you'll be strong enough to wield the darkness within you to protect those around you."
Impmon nodded his head, "Thanks."
"Besides if even for a second you feel that you'll become a monster like SkullSatamon, remember that you got me, I won't let you lose yourself."
Impmon nodded again and rested his head, now able to sleep peacefully. Shuhei smiled at the digimon and copied him, falling back asleep as well.
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(Two Days Later)
(Back In The Real World)
A man was typing away furiously on a large computer, pulling up pictures of a certain blond-haired boy and his digimon partner fighting against Beetlemon.
"Wolfbane, have you heard what's happened!" A large man with a handlebar mustache and dark graying hair walked into the room.
"Yes I've heard, so?"
"So!?"
"The digimon have murdered some of our people, this is good, if we give this information to the nations leaders, they'll give us even more power and freedom to do what we want."
"Bastard! Do you care even a little that these people were slaughtered by those monsters!"
Wolfbane chuckled to himself, "Now Atlas, why should I give a rat's ass about something like that."
Atlas grabbed Wolfbane by his shirt and brought him face to face, Atlas was much bigger then Wolfbane and not the least bit afraid of him, like many were.
"Atlas, put him down, there's no need to quarrel amongst ourselves," a third man with shaggy brown hair, short rugged facial hair, and a large scar across his left eye, walked into the room.
"Hawkeye, what do you want," asked Wolfbane, still being held off his feet by Atlas, and not the least bit worried or interested.
"I'm here because the three of us have new orders," Hawkeye tossed a small folded up piece of paper to the two of them. Wolfbane un-folded the paper and pulled his sunglasses off to read it clearly.
"What is the meaning of this! They expect me to babysit some base in the middle of the woods!" Wolfbane tore the paper in half and threw it away.
"That's right, the three of us are going to lead the guard unit, we recently captured several humans and digimon. The boss wants to make sure no one interferes until they finish extracting the data and digisoul from these prisoners."
"Do it yourselves! I have more important things to do!" Wolfbane spat at Hawkeyes shoes and turned away.
"That isn't wise Wolfbane."
Wolfbane froze at the sound of the voice, and turned around, standing behind Hawkeye was their leader. Their leader was younger than all of them, had short spiked back brown hair, and wore normal street clothes.
"I'm sorry sir." Wolfbane dropped to his knee instantly.
"Then you will join Atlas and Hawkeye to protect the base, correct?"
"Yes, of course!" Wolfbane bowed his head.
"Good, don't fail me gentlemen, I expect the resistance will find out about the prisoners and make an attempt to free them." The young man walked out of the room leaving the three of them standing there.
"Let's go, our ride leaves in an hour." Hawkeye left the room, followed by Atlas.
Wolfbane stood up and walked back to the computer, pulling up another picture of Kiru and Lobomon. "Just wait boy, I'll get to hunt you down one day soon."
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(The Next Day)
Andromon stood in the command center, surrounded by the faithful Guardromon who were typing away on the computers throughout the room, gathering whatever information they could.
He was silently contemplating what they needed to do to help the destined grow stronger, and what would be the best course of action for them.
"Master Andromon!"
"How many times have I told all of you not to call me that?" Andromon rubbed the back of his metal head in annoyance.
"Sorry sir, but I've found something," one of the Guardromon was pointing to his computer screen. Andromon walked over and began to scan the information.
"This isn't good, call Angemon and Asuramon, as well as Asuma and the Doctor. We need to discuss this."
"Yes sir!"
~To Be Continued~
You make me wanna scream...
It's not a joke
I've felt as messed up as you do
I've felt the feelings you've been feeling
Been through the same things you've been through
And I know how hard it is
To feel like you're all alone
We've all been given a second chance
But the chance is all our own
Scream! When the pressure breaks me
When it's too hard to see
When I feel like I'm at the end of my rope
One more time
Scream! When the fire burns me
When it's hard to break free
When I feel like I'm standin' on the edge
Of it all this time
Scream by Thousand Foot Krutch
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Notes:
I haven't mentioned it yet, but the villains who have appeared so far in the story, are all apart of a special unit within DATS. They never use their real names and only go by their code names (Wolfbane, Hawkeye, Atlas, and Striker) within and without the organization.
If you've wondered, the DATS I refer to in this story, has absolutely nothing to do with the DATS of digimon savers/data squad.