Author's Note: This chapter was a little bit of a pain to write because it has a lot of evolution scenes, so I apologize if the writing becomes a little repetitive towards the end. Anyway, this is where the action really begins.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.
Chapter 6: The War Begins
After the elopement of T.K. and Kari at the airport, Team Excalibur swung by the home of Kari's parents. The reunion was touching to say the least, and it became a bit tense when the Kamiyas found out about the marriage. But Patamon, Gatomon, and Arthur were able to help smooth things over, and eventually Kari's parents gave the couple their blessing. Although as they were leaving, T.K. swore he could feel the eyes of Kari's father burning a hole in the back of his skull. With the parental reunion behind them, the team went off to their next destination.
After a half-hour long drive, the team arrived at an empty and fairly small office building that was in the middle of renovation. After walking up a few flights of stairs, they arrived in the boardroom on the top floor of the building. Despite the short height of the structure, the team had a good view of the city.
"Just what is this building anyway?" T.K. asked Arthur.
"This is a building that's recently been acquired by my family's company," Arthur answered as he sat at the head of the table. "As you can see it's still being prepared for use. But for right now it will serve as our headquarters for this mission."
"Oh great! We get to hang out in a dusty abandoned building again," Gwen sarcastically remarked as she slumped into one of the other chairs. "Why the hell couldn't we stay at a hotel?"
"Because my dear Guinevere, we will need an empty structure that we have free reign in should things get messy. Besides, we are no doubt going to meet up with T.K. and Kari's friends very soon, so we will be needing a large meeting space. And before you complain about the stairs, the reason we came up here is because this room will give us the best possible view of any attack to the city."
Gwen crossed her arms to show her increasing irritation. "Alright then fearless leader, now that we're here, what is our next big move going to be?"
Arthur's expression became serious. After looking at Dorumon for a moment, he got up from his chair, turned to face the large window behind him, and folded his hands behind his back.
"…We wait," Arthur replied after a moment. "We don't know where the enemy is, or the strength of their forces. It is dangerous to charge heedlessly into an unknown danger, so the best thing right now is to wait for the enemy to make the first move. And if old Gennai is right, we shouldn't have to wait too long."
Not too far away, Tai and the others who had not gone to the Dark Ocean to free Lucemon had gone to a park to try and relax while they waited. It seemed to them like an attack from the remains of the Seven Lords was going to happen at any moment. Rika and Ryo had gone over to a nearby corner of the park to talk, along with Renamon and Cyberdramon.
"Why are all the goggle heads such idiots?" Rika complained. "I can't believe Tai decided to help this 'Lucemon' or whoever he is! We could be helping a major enemy right now. Heck, for all we know this guy is the leader of the Seven Lords!"
"I agree with you, but there isn't much we can do about it now," Ryo told her. "All we can do is wait and hope things turn out for the best. Besides, we could both be wrong and Lucemon could be our best chance to finally take down what's left of the Seven Lords."
Suddenly both Renamon and Cyberdramon became edgy, alerting Rika and Ryo.
"Rika, I think they're coming!" Renamon told her.
"Then let's not wait around!" Rika declared. "Let's do this Renamon!"
Renamon nodded and Rika's Digivice let out a mechanized cry of one word.
"BIOMERGE!"
Rika turned into a ball of blue light and entered Renamon, triggering a transformation.
"Renamon biomerge digivolve to…Sakuyamon!" Renamon cried as she changed.
When her transformation finished, Renamon had become a woman with long silver hair that split into what looked like foxtails, and a golden fox mask on her face. She wore a black bodysuit with a white belly, and on her chest and shoulders gold armor. On her arms was a pair of fingerless purple gloves that went up to her elbows, and on her legs a matching pair of knee-high high-heeled boots. Around her waist was a black belt with a gold buckle in the shape of a fox head, and in her right hand she carried a long golden staff.
"Let's get in there too Cyberdramon!" Ryo commanded.
The dragon warrior nodded and Ryo Digivice gave out the familiar mechanized cry.
"BIOMERGE!"
With that, Ryo turned into a ball of light-blue light and went into Cyberdramon.
"Cyberdramon biomerge digivolve to…Justimon!" Cyberdramon cried as he transformed.
With his transformation finished, Cyberdramon had become a super hero-like figure in a blue and grey costume and a silver helmet that covered his whole face. He had a mechanical right arm, and around his neck he wore a long red scarf. Justimon and Sakuyamon ran off to join the Digidestined. Just as Tai was about to ask the two what was going on, the air was filled with the sound of a woman's evil laugh.
"The time of reckoning has come Digidestined!" declared an all too familiar voice.
In a burst of flames, two figures appeared before the group. One was shrouded in robes of red and grey, his head covered in a conical hood that only revealed his demonic blue eyes. On the sides of his head was a pair of large horns, and on his back a pair of massive bat-like wings. The other figure was a woman with pale skin and raven black hair, wearing a black bodysuit with an open purple skirt and long baggy purple sleeves that gave her the look of a dark priestess. Her right hand looked to be a decayed claw. The group knew these two beings to be Daemon and Lilithmon.
Lilithmon cackled. "I hope you're all ready to die. Because today is the day of our final battle!"
"This is the day of our final battle all right, but you two are the ones who're going to be dead!" Tai declared.
"Let's take 'em down!" Matt agreed.
Agumon and Gabumon nodded and turned into balls of light that shot into the air and merged into one.
"…Warp DNA digivolve to…Omnimon!" Agumon and Gabumon cried as they transformed, their voices becoming deeper with the utterance of their other name.
The two Digimon had combined into a large white knight with a long white cape that had a red underside, a silver colored right arm that ended in MetalGarurumon's head, and a gold colored left arm that ended in WarGreymon's head.
"You get in there too Biyomon!" Sora commanded.
Biyomon nodded and began glowing with a red light.
"Biyomon warp digivolve to…Hououmon!" Biyomon cried as she transformed, her voice changing with the utterance of her other name.
When her transformation had finished, Biyomon had become a gigantic golden bird with four wings, a gold mask, and gold bands on her talons.
"Okay Gomamon, let's do it!" Joe commanded.
Gomamon nodded and began glowing with a silver light.
"Gomamon digivolve to…Ikkakumon!" Gomamon cried as he transformed into a ginat walrus with white fur and a single black horn on his forehead, but his transformation was not finished yet. "Ikkakumon digivolve to…Zudomon!"
When his transformation had finished, Ikkakumon had become a large grey humanoid walrus with a green shell on his back. A white serrated horn was on his forehead, and on his face he wore a mask of orange fur. In his right hand he carried a large metal hammer.
"Let's help too Palmon!" Mimi commanded.
Palmon nodded and began glowing with a green light.
"Palmon digivolve to…Togemon!" Palmon cried as she changed into a giant cactus with boxing gloves, but her transformation had not yet finished. "Togemon digivolve to…Lillymon!"
With her transformation finished, Togemon had become a fairy-like being with green leaf wings wearing a pink dress and a helmet made from a pink flower.
"So this is all you could muster," Daemon observed sounding unimpressed. "You do not stand a chance with this level of power."
"Hey pal! In case you haven't noticed, we outnumber you!" Lillymon pointed out sounding insulted.
"Oh really?" Lilithmon asked with a confident smirk. "Let's see if you're still so confident after you meet our master."
A large black portal suddenly opened up behind Daemon and Lilithmon. From it emerged a huge demonic creature with grey skin like a rotting corpse. On its back was a pair of tattered red wings. It had no head in the normal sense of the word. In its place were a sort of black shell with two horns and a single large eye, two smaller eyes with on the palms of its three fingered claws.
"Allow me to humbly introduce our master, Ghoulmon!" Daemon announced.
Ghoulmon roared as the portal closed behind him, a few of the Digidestined shuddered at the demon's appearance. The other people in the park ran away in terror upon seeing Ghoulmon appear.
"Even with the arrival of your master, we still outnumber you!" Omnimon pointed out.
"Are you sure about that?" Daemon asked.
With that, the Demon Lord of Wrath began chanting in an evil hate filled language that was painful to the group's ears. When he finished, several black portals opened up in the sky, and from them descended demonic looking humanoid creatures with long grey hair red wings. They all wore black pants and spiked boots. The skin of their shirtless bodies was grey, and they had long arms with hands with gold claws wrapped in strips of brown leather. On their faces were gold masks with horns and six green eyes. The portals closed and the sky was filled with what looked to be over a hundred of the demonic creatures.
"What are they?" Mimi asked with a horrified expression.
"They are NeoDevimon," Daemon announced. "An early attempt of mine to create an army of enhanced Fallen Angel Digimon. The project was not entirely successful, but they should serve the purpose of overwhelming you quite nicely."
"Tai, you and the other Digidestined handle Ghoulmon and these monsters! Sakuyamon and I will handle Daemon and Lilithmon!" Justimon suggested.
"If you want us, come and get us!" Lilithmon taunted as she and Daemon suddenly flew off.
Justimon and Sakuyamon chased after them, leaving Tai and the others to fight the demonic army.
"Okay guys, let's just hold on and buy some time until Davis and the others come back with Lucemon!" Tai commanded. "Joe, Mimi, you guys handle the NeoDevimon! Matt, Sora, and I will take care of Ghoulmon!"
"You can count on us Tai!" Joe replied as he and Zudomon rushed off to the left to fight part of the dark army.
"We'll try to come back safely!" Mimi told Tai as she and Lillymon rushed off to the right.
Meanwhile, Justimon and Sakuyamon chased after Daemon and Lilithmon until the two demon lords stopped a good ways away from the park and turn to face them.
"So tamer, you wish to fight me, eh?" Daemon asked sounding amused. "Well then, perhaps I should give you the honor of facing me in my true from."
Daemon's body suddenly became covered in flames, which soon burned away his robes to reveal his tree appearance. Much of his body was covered in fur the color of dried blood. Only his face, chest, hands, and feet were left bare, revealing light-blue skin. As for his face, he had a large mouth filled with fangs and no nose, and he had a head of long black hair.
"Yikes! No wonder you wore all those robes!" Jusitmon commented with a tone of disgust. "You are one ugly…"
Before Justimon could finish his insult, Daemon shot a stream of hellfire from his claws, which the Digimon hero jumped out of the way to avoid.
"This is the form created by my rage against the gods of the Digital World!" Daemon told him. "It would be wise not to insult it, lest you die that much quicker!"
"Wow, you sure are cranky," Justimon taunted. "Of course I guess I would be too if I looked like a red gorilla with a face like a bad Halloween mask."
The insult caused Daemon to fire another blast, which Justimon dodged. Meanwhile Sakuyamon and Lilithmon were preparing to face off.
"I have to say priestess, I was impressed that you were able to break the spell old Barbamon put on your boyfriend over there, but you're out of your league with me," Lilithmon remarked with a confident and taunting smirk. "Prepare to die! Darkness Love!"
With those words, Lilithmon shot a stream of black flames from her claw. Sakuyamon blocked the attack with a spherical barrier. The fox priestess then counter attacked with a blast of crystalline cherry blossom petals. Lilithmon was hit, but the goddess of darkness quickly recovered.
"Not bad," Lilithmon praised, her confident expression still in place. "But I'm just getting warmed up."
Elsewhere in the city, Team Excalibur stood outside the building they were using as a base camp, watching as the swarm of NeoDevimon flew through the sky.
"Well my friends, it seems that the battle we have been waiting for has finally begun," Arthur observed. "It is time for us to attack."
"Tai and the others are probably already fighting," Kari assumed with a look of sadness in her eyes.
T.K. put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. "Then let's go help them!"
After a moment, Kari, Patamon, and Gatomon all nodded, and both T.K. and Kari's D-3s let out a familiar mechanized cry.
"BIOMERGE!"
T.K. and Kari turned into balls of light and went into their respective Digimon, triggering their transformations.
"Patamon biomerge digivolve to…Seraphimon!" Patamon cried as he transformed into the armored seraph, his voice changing with the utterance of his other name.
"Gatomon biomerge digivolve to…Ophanimon!" Gatomon cried as she changed into Seraphimon's female counterpart, her voice changing with the utterance of her other name.
With their transformations finished, the Celestial Digimon took off into the air to join the battle.
"I'm going in too!" Johnny announced. "Let's do this Elecmon!"
"I with ya bro!" a pumped up Elecmon replied, and with that Johnny's D-3 reacted.
"BIOMERGE!"
Johnny turned into a ball of red light and entered Elecmon, triggering the tranfromation.
"Elecmon biomerge digivolve to…Marsmon!" Elecmon cried as he transformed, his voice changing with the utterance of his other name.
With his transformation finished, Elecmon had become a costumed fighter with a mask that seemed to be made from the head of a light-blue saber-toothed cat. The rest of his costume consisted of a red top that clung tightly to his muscular form, blue rather baggy pants that had the same spotted pattern as his mask, knee high metal boots, a black cape with a red underside, and black gloves with thick metal bands around the wrists that were lit with flames.
"Let's bust some heads!" Marsmon cried as he leapt into the air.
"I think I better go help him," Jason suggested. "If Johnny gets too excited he might cause some unneeded collateral damage to the buildings. Let's go Hagurumon!"
"By your command sir!" Hagurumon replied, which caused Jason's D-3 to react.
"BIOMERGE!"
Jason turned into a ball of indigo light and entered Hagurmon, triggering the transformation.
"Hagurumon biomerge digivolve to…HiAndromon!" Hagurumon cried as he transformed, his voice changing with the utterance of his other name.
When the transformation finished, Hagurumon had become a humanoid figure covered in black cybernetic armor, whit only the chalk-white skin around his mouth showing. Something looking like a blue dinosaur mask was on his right shoulder, while a red version was on his left.
"I'll try not to be too long," HiAndromon told the rest of the team before running off at superhuman speed in the same direction that Marsmon went.
"Let's go help too my love," Artemis told to Cindy.
"Okay," Cindy replied with a smile.
Lunamon and Lalamon nodded, causing Artemis and Cindy's D-3s to react.
"BIOMERGE!"
Artemis turned into a ball of yellow light and went into Lunamon, while Cindy turned into a ball of green light and went into Lalamon, triggering their transformations.
"Lunamon biomerge digivolve to…Dianamon!" Lunamon cried as she transformed, her voice changing with the utterance of her other name.
With her transformation finished, Lunamon had become a figure covered ornate white armor, with dark-blue blades on her shoulders in the shape of crescent moons. The armor on the front of each leg was in the shape of a crescent moon, each with face on it. Around her neck was a long pink ribbon that was like a scarf, and on her back were six long quills. In her right hand she carried a white double-bladed staff with crescent-shaped blades.
"Lalamon biomerge digivolve to…Lotosmon!" Lalamon cried as she transformed, her voice changing with the utterance of her other name.
Once the transformation had finished, Lalamon had become a woman with light purple skin and a very ornate purple dress with baggy sleeves and an open skirt shaped like lotus petals. On her head she wore a sort of purple crown that covered the upper half of her face. In her right hand she carried a staff with a rainbow colored flower on top, and in her left a staff in the shape of a Caduceus. Dianamon and Lotosmon took off in another direction to join the battle.
Gwen sighed as she watched the others rush off. "I suppose we should help too. Okay Pawn, let's go!"
"As you wish my queen!" PawnChessmon replied, and a moment later Gwen's D-3 lit up.
"BIOMERGE!"
Gwen turned into a purple light and entered PawnChessmon, triggering the transformation.
"PawnChessmon biomerge digivolve to…QueenChessmon!" PawnChessmon cried as it transformed, its voice becoming fully female with the utterance of its other name.
When the transformation had finished, the now fully female Digimon had become a woman almost completely covered in the same black armor that PawnChessmon had, revealing only her long grey hair. On her head she also wore a pink helmet that covered the upper half of her face. The armor on her chest, shoulders, and around her waist was also pink. Dangling from the pink armor around the waist were several sword blades that formed a sort of skirt, and on her back was a pink cape. In her left hand she carried a long staff with a black mallet above a red gemstone that was above a gold heart.
"Well are you coming?" QueenChessmon asked Arthur in an annoyed tone as she tapped her foot.
"Right behind you Guinevere," Arthur replied in an irritated tone as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Let's go Dorumon."
Dorumon let out a cry that sounded almost like a bark, causing Arthur's D-3 to react.
"BIOMERGE!"
With that Arthur turned into a ball of white light that entered Dorumon and triggered the transformation.
"Dorumon biomerge digivolve to…Alphamon!" Dorumon cried as he transformed into the ancient knight, his voice changing with the utterance of his other name.
With the transformation finished, Alphamon and QueenChessmon rushed off to join the battle and save the city.
Author's Note: It was kind of a challenge deciding the partner Digimon for the members of Team Excalibur. Of course I knew right away that Arthur's partner would be Dorumon, but the rest of the team took a bit more thought. I must've spent almost a whole afternoon browsing though the Digimon Wiki to find the Digimon I would use. My decisions were based on the following criteria.
1.) Each Digimon had to have an evolutionary line from Rookie to Mega.
2.) The Mega forms had to have a humanoid shape because of the Biomerge thing.
3.) The Digimon – or at least their Mega forms – had to reflect the personalities and/or roles of each team member.
With all that in mind, the selection process became a lot easier. I knew right away that I'd use HiAndromon (Hagurumon) as Jason's partner, as Jason is sort of the team genius. And Marsmon (Elecmon) seemed a perfect match for Johnny's role as the team strongman. I actually had a harder time picking out the partners for the three girls. Of course when I found out about QueenChessmon, I knew I had found the perfect match for Gwen. And Lotosmon seemed like a good fit for Cindy. Artemis's partner was the hardest to pick. I almost went with the Rookie form of Crusadermon, the most feminine member of the Royal Knights, and since Artemis was Arthur's sister, it seemed like it would be an okay fit. But then I stumbled upon Dianamon and thought that that Digimon was a much better choice (plus it would allow me to do a very tiny salute to Kannazuki no Miko).
In the next chapter, the epic final battle with Daemon and Lilithmon. In the meantime, please review and let me know what you think.