Can you do it? Can you pull the trigger and end it all? Can you do it without casualties? Sasuke's thoughts swirled throughout the corridors of his mind, fear seeping into his veins. You swore you'd keep them all safe – but, what if you can't? What about her? Can you keep her safe? In the storm of doubt bellowing in Sasuke's mind, he merely kept his cold gaze on their opponent. The sand continued suffering from the cold wind's wrath, blowing specs all around both parties. Soon, the fate of the Digital World would be determined in a fierce, sand-ridden battlefield.
Digimon Generations
Created by: Frankie Holzwarth
Written by: Mike Reynolds
Episode 17: Grimmon's Final Assault!
Opening: Precious Time, Glory Days
The howling winds were the only sound heard in that desert. Both parties dared not speak, dared not show weakness by breaking the silence. Grimmon looked to his field of opponents, analyzing each of them carefully. They were meager foes to him, beings that he was not impressed with. Yet, they stood between him and his goal for complete destruction of the Digital World he hated so dearly, and the fallen being would be sure to display to Team Boost Soul the error of their ways. The process would be agonizing, for Grimmon wanted to see each one suffer for the interruption of his plans.
"What is it that my brother saw in you all? I'll never understand his plans," Grimmon shook his head. The fallen virus slithered forward slowly, wanting a better look at the band of freaks his brother had chosen.
"Why do we have to do this?" Patrick asked of Grimmon. He advanced in front of Sasuke, his hands balled up in anger. "What's the point!?"
"I don't enjoy being ruled. My bother wasn't up for the task of taking charge – but, don't worry, I am."
"The only thing you'll do is lay down and die," Sasuke shouted to Grimmon, his hands shaking from the blood boiling rage he felt when looking at Grimmon. "Chronomon chose us to defeat you in his absence, and I know we can do it."
"How cute, a human who thinks he can defeat me with his puppets. Unfortunately, as entertaining as all of this is, you all have to die today."
Silence. Once again, the howls of the winds filled the void of silence on the impending battlefield. Sasuke turned to face Dorumon first, then to Dracmon, and finally everyone else. He understood that this battle would be exhausting. It would bring out every extremity they held, and the limits everyone contained would need to be broken if Grimmon was to be defeated. The thought that every last member of Team Boost Soul meeting their end scared Sasuke half to death. They had to win. They had to give this endeavor every possible ounce of strength. Failure – death – was not an option. Sasuke would see everyone smile in peace no matter what it took. The boy found his gaze drawn to Darcmon exclusively now, seeing the sand slam against her golden boots; then, he looked to Emma. In his heart, there was a strong connection to the both of them, and to see either die in this impending battle would only shatter that heart for the rest of his life.
"Whatever happens," Sasuke muttered to the rest of Team Boost Soul. "We will win."
Dorumon looked to Sasuke as he said that, and his companion returned the glance with a small nod. "Dorumon, digivolve to Raptordramon!"
Seconds after, the desert was filled with light from the many evolutions taking place. Like a chain reaction, each digimon on Team Boost Soul – save for Darcmon and Wisemon – digivolved to their next, more powerful forms. It was onward into battle from here. Onward into the impending chaos.
"Ambush Charge!" Sasuke ordered to Raptordramon as loud as his lungs would allow, seeing Raptordramon plunge first into the battle. The beast rushed with all his speed toward Grimmon, holding nothing back in the assault. His companion hoped that Raptordramon could land a quick blow to greatly damage Grimmon, but Sasuke knew better than to trust a hope.
Grimmon merely shook his head at the oncoming dragon. He was a fool to rush so quickly with a head-on assault against him. When Raptordramon jumped, Grimmon looked to the rage filled beast with curious eyes. His attack would only leave him wounded, Grimmon would see to that. Raising his cannon, Grimmon waited for Raptordramon to get closer.
"Black Blast," Grimmon said cooly, and electricity sparked inside the blaster. Raptordramon, helpless to dodge, saw a black ball of energy speed toward him in a matter of seconds. The vicious beast found himself crashing in an unexpected location, now engulfed by sand. The team looked in awe to Grimmon, never having seen Raptordramon so easily brushed aside. But, they were not about to give up. Not yet.
Patrick looked to Sangloupmon, giving him a slow nod. He understood that Raptordramon would not be able to carry all the weight in this battle, much as he had come through in past ventures. Team Boost Soul was going to have to unite completely and stand against Grimmon together. The leader and his second in command shared a glance, which turned to the rest of the team – both saw the doubts painted on the faces of their friends.
"C'mon, guys, we gotta do this as a team. Right, Sasuke?" Patrick glanced back to Sasuke.
"Yeah. The Digital World is counting on us to defeat this guy," Sasuke did his best to communicate the severity of the situation. His hands balled up to fists, and he looked to the direction Raptordramon had flown toward. "Raptordramon, get up! We can do this!"
Raptordramon slowly rose from the blanket of sand over him, glaring at Grimmon as he got to his feet. The warm-up was over. The real test was about to begin, and Raptordramon was ready to tear Grimmon apart with the rest of his team. Sangloupmon, Gwappamon, Ginryumon, Kiwimon, Dobermon, and Darcmon all advanced forward ahead of the pack of humans. Sasuke shared a gaze with Darcmon, and the two communicated a strong need for the other to be careful. Then, Sasuke looked to Grimmon.
"You will suffer today! Today, we're gonna bring peace to this world!"
Mikey and Wisemon looked to one another, anticipation over who would be the victor brooding inside each of them. The two knew that they were useless in this fight. Wisemon, though he could fight, was not the caliber of fighter that Team Boost Soul needed to turn the tide. He understood that they only had one chance, but they had to rise on their own. Mikey swallowed slowly as his eyes remained on the combatants, hating that he had to stay on the sidelines when he wanted desperately to help defeat this monster.
"I wish we could do more," Mikey said to Wisemon, looking to the sand now. "I feel so powerless...I hate it."
"They have to do this on their own. We did our part, now it's time for their act. All we can do is wait for a victor...but, I know they can do it."
"I'm going to make you pay for what you did to Keramon," Darcmon shouted to Grimmon, her staff aimed in his direction. "Mark my words, you damned creature! I will make you pay!"
"Enough with the talk!" Grimmon shouted to all of them. "I want to see data and blood spilled, not words! Black Blast!"
In moments, there erupted another blast of dark energy that sped for the cluster of digimon. They all spread out, and the dark blast sunk into the sand with an explosion. Sangloupmon rushed for Grimmon with incredible speed, figuring that the beast would send another attack his way. Sangloupmon judged correctly. When Grimmon fired the blast toward Sangloupmon, Patrick shouted to Sangloupmon:
"Black Mind, quick!"
Sangloupmon evaporated into black bits of data, allowing the attack to phase through and reach only the sand. Sangloupmon evaded the devil's shadow, and stayed there until he found a correct time to rise. Now the window of opportunity was open for an attack while Grimmon would need to charge for another Black Blast.
"Tekkoujin!" Minato yelled to Ginryumon.
"Pummel Peck!" Emma shouted to Kiwimon.
"DJ Shooter!" Indaina screamed with all his might to Gwappamon.
A wave of projectile based attacks rushed for Grimmon. He understood that he would have no time to dodge them, and thus braced for the eventual impact of the disc, the spear, and the chibi pecking order. When he was hit, there erupted a large wave of sand, shrouding the attacks' effects in mystery from Team Boost Soul. Sangloupmon saw it fit to escape Grimmon's shadow just after the attacks collided with him, and waited for Patrick to give the order for an attack against the demon. When the target was in sight, Darcmon noticed the lack of any serious damage against Grimmon. A large wave of blood boiling rage took the angelic digimon, and she charged for their opponent.
"You won't beat us!" Darcmon shouted as she swiftly swung her sword for the beast, each slash equal in potency. But, she was met with the mini-scythe on Grimmon's left arm each time. By the fifth attempt, Grimmon grew bored of that sword play.
"Power Cutter," Grimmon said deviously, and powerful slashes soon rushed for Darcmon. Though she blocked, Darcmon knew her sword could not handle that tremendous power for very long.
"Sticker Blade!" Patrick yelled out to Sangloupmon when he saw Darcmon struggling. Sangloupmon launched multiple blades that fiercely struck Grimmon against both his wings and back. Darcmon saw her opportunity, and slashed the heathen with all her strength. Yet, despite that best effort, it was met with a Black Blast that propelled the angel backward into the sand. Sangloupmon did not fair any better. Grimmon turned his sights on him, and used another Power Cutter to slash against his abdomen, forcing Sangloupmon to jump back. The pain was great, and Sangloupmon did not know if he could withstand another attack like that head-on. Yet, in his affair with those two, Grimmon did not hear Sasuke shout to Raptordramon.
"Ambush Charge!"
Raptordramon jumped onto Grimmon, and began trying to rip his opponent apart. But, Grimmon would not fall to the same tactics that other digimon had. Some of his armor fell to the grainy ground, but Grimmon managed to swing Raptordramon off of his body, and when the creature was sent flying off in a different direction, Grimmon shot him with another Black Blast to propel him further.
Sasuke saw his friend blasted yet again, but the carnage did not stop there. Grimmon then set his sights on three other digimon. Gwappamon saw the heathen look to them, but before they could hope to get out of the impending terror, Grimmon rushed for them. Ginryumon was ordered to fire another spear in Grimmon's direction, but Grimmon dodged the weak attack, and fired another Black Blast to send Ginryumon flying in the distance.
"Fire another Pummel Peck, Kiwimon! We can do this!" Emma shouted to Kiwimon. Yet, before her companion could send the razor flowers Grimmon's way, she was knocked off course, sent far right of the rest of Team Boost Soul.
Gwappamon fared no better. Before he could prepare another DJ Shooter, he was slashed and brought to the ground. He looked to his future assailant with heavy eyes, wondering if this was to be the end. The winds howled again with anticipation, blowing sand between the victor and the defeated. Grimmon swung his mini-scythe for Gwappamon, but was interrupted by another nuisance – Dobermon.
"Schwarz Strahl, Dobermon!" Ronald yelled in perhaps the first time in awhile.
A menacing black beam shot toward Grimmon with incredible velocity. Unable to dodge due to being in the heat of an attack, Grimmon found himself forced backward by the beam. But, while it may have penetrated other digimon, the heathen managed to deflect it off into the distance. His mini-scythe began to glow as he eyed the rather courageous mutt that dared attack him, and sped for the demon dog, trails of sand flowing behind him. Dobermon quickly found himself laying on the sand from a Black Blast, for Grimmon's speed was so great that it took him by surprise.
"Wisemon...what are they gonna do?" Mikey asked as he continued to watch the horror show unveil. The anguish that all those digimon had to be feeling was becoming a lot to bear for Mikey, but Wisemon kept his eyes fixed on the battle.
"They have to find a way," Wisemon muttered to Mikey. But, he knew who would really decide things. In his research for all knowledge of the known Digital World, Wisemon began to understand the full meaning of his words in their last meeting. The crests he mentioned earlier, he fully understood would have to be awoken by the individuals of Team Boost Soul. His eyes journeyed over to Sasuke, who had his fists clenched as he watched Raptordramon lay in the sand. "He...will have to display the courage necessary to do what is right before it is too late."
Mikey looked to Wisemon with curious eyes now, something astonishing to him considering the carnage just ahead of them. But, he remained silent from worry. The thought that Team Boost Soul may have perished tonight ensured his silence.
"Nothing's working!" Minato shouted with every ounce of frustration he felt. Before Team Boost Soul lied their companions scattered about in the sand, all struggling to get back to their feet. "It's hopeless, Sasuke. You don't have a miracle for this one, do you? I didn't think so."
There was a creeping panic building in Sasuke due to the incredible power displayed by Grimmon. He appeared barely harmed despite some of his friends' best efforts, leaving Sasuke worried that perhaps Chronomon was wrong to choose them. Perhaps, he thought, the clock was going to strike midnight on their mission to save the Digital World. But, Sasuke knew that to give up entirely meant imminent death for everyone. They could not afford to lose, the cost was just too great.
"We have to Digi-Xros," Sasuke mentioned to both Patrick and Minato. "We don't have a choice."
"We'll need some time to get all of them completed, but you're right," Patrick admitted. He looked to Grimmon, swallowing slowly as he took the creature in. The thought that they would have to stall for anytime was frightening given the ferocity of their opponent.
"This isn't gonna be easy, but with any luck, we'll defeat him." Sasuke looked to Raptordramon, and then to Darcmon. "Anyone that can't cross will have to stall for us."
We're done for...this is the end, isn't it? I'm so afraid. I'm so afraid that we're going to lose...I don't want to lose anyone. I can't. I just...can't. The power of Sasuke's doubt was beginning to over power the will to want to fight, but Sasuke tried his best to fight against that woeful thought. They had to try anything they could.
Patrick motioned for everyone to come closer, seeing that Sasuke was too fixed on the sight of power that was Grimmon. Time was of the essence if they were going to pull that off. It was do or die.
"Guys," Sasuke said once they were all gathered. "We're going to need to get some Digi-Xros done in order to have a chance here. Minato and Patrick, I need the two of you to stall him with Darcmon. That's the only way this is going to work."
"You'd better hope this works, you got that? Otherwise, I'll kill you myself," Minato was furious that he was only good enough to be a distraction for Sasuke. But, he wanted to live. "But, fine."
Minato understood that he needed to get to Ginryumon quickly, but the obstacle in his path was a powerful one. He saw Sangloupmon and Darcmon slowly ascend from the sand, and saw the opportunity to run to Ginryumon. With all his might, he sped for his companion. Grimmon sped for Minato faster than ever, but found familiar opposition when Darcmon stood in between him and his target. And behind the devil, Sangloupmon growled the most hateful growl with all his body could muster.
"Ginryumon," said a hurried and out of breath Minato. "Listen, you and the two facing Grimmon right now need to stall him. Sasuke and the others need to get Digi-Xros' off. Think you can manage?"
"If it means beating him, then I'll do what is necessary."
"Then you'll need to tell the others. They need to get ready."
The plan was set into motion. Ginryumon rose to his feet, and sped for Grimmon. Meanwhile, Minato ran toward the next closest digimon he could find, and relayed the message about the digi-xros. Raptordramon stood up once he heard the news, and though he wanted to take on Grimmon in his current condition, he wanted to see his face when he lost more. Raptordramon signaled to the other rising candidates, and flew toward Sasuke. Grimmon turned to see the beast fly, seeing that they had something planned. Unfortunately for him, he still had other tasks to attend to. Darcmon rushed for the monster with her sword, keen on making him feel pain in anyway her body would allow. Orders were shouted to Sangloupmon from Patrick to fire another Sticker Blade against Grimmon. Before the blades and sword could be parried, however, a spear was launched straight for Grimmon by Ginryumon, and his wing felt the impact. Grimmon became too focused, however, to notice what was going on just a small distance away from him.
"Raptordramon, let's do this!" Sasuke bellowed to his companion.
"Kiwimon, we're counting on you!" Emma shouted to her friend.
Ronald looked to Dobermon, and the two nodded to one another. "C'mon, Dobermon!"
"Gwappamon, you always wanted to do this! Let's go!"
Multiple rings appeared from the D-Boosters of all the tamers. Multiple digimon that were stored in each of them now began to levitate in the air with their fusion partners. Though Grimmon turned to see this happening, and brushed all the other combatants aside with ease, he was too late to stop all of the digi-xros from occurring. Now, all Grimmon could do was shoot a glare at the improved competition.
"Raptordramon: Gatling Mode! Let's show this jerk who's boss!"
"Kiwimon: Drill Mode!"
"Dobermon: Holy Mode!"
"Gwappamon: Arachnid Mode!"
Now stood the four digimon paired with other creatures. Grimmon could see a significant strength increase in his new opponents, and prepared himself to take all of them on. Raptordramon now appeared with two large gaitling guns on his arms, and a brown strap extended its reach over his body. Behind him, Kiwimon finished the fusion. There appeared a drill in place of her beak, and she now had arms that extended just ahead of her, each containing three drills. Even her talons now were encased in yellow armor with drills to replace the claws. Next to finish its fusion was Dobermon, who now had multiple clothes flowing in the wind, along with three sets of angel wings on his back. His legs had golden wing broaches on each side of them, which glimmered faintly in the moonlight. As for his tail, the staff that his fusion partner bore replaced Dobermon's tail, allowing for the animal the chance to use the more angelic attacks. Gwappamon was the last to finish, and he was perhaps the most bizarre of all the fusions. On his shell appeared a skull engraving, and at its end was a minor extension in the form of a red stinger. From his abdomen, there sprouted another set of arms, but they were black like the arachnid he fused with. And lastly, on his head, there rested the horned helmet, covering the DJ Shooter that he would normally fancy in battle.
"Grimmon, this is round two. Be prepared!" Sasuke shouted to the fiend. "I told you that you wouldn't be winning today!"
"So you all fused together to become a freak squad. I'm not afraid, but this is a small hiccup in your inevitable demise. I'm glad you all could make this amusing for me, at least..."
"We'll see who's amused when you're buried in the sand and long forgotten!"
Round two, and the sun was slowly rising just above the horizon. The sand glimmered in the sunlight that continued working its way through the desert, and onward, to eliminate the darkness. Sasuke looked to his upgraded friend with uneasy eyes. The anticipation was thick in his blood at the next phase of combat.
"Go, Raptordramon! Light him up with a Dragon Machine Fire!"
"Dobermon, Dark Angel Blast!"
"Gwappmon, Poison Hurricane!"
"Kiwimon, Bullet Drill!"
The next wave of attacks was sent into motion, all geared for the cocky Grimmon. He rushed for the oncoming two beams, the chibis that all bore drills, and the poisonous, large disc, with the intent of dispelling Team Boost Soul's hopes of winning. But, the combined attacks overwhelmed Grimmon, sending the devil backward. When the dust settled, Grimmon stood erect, but looking slightly damaged from the attacks. Before he could make another move, however, both Sasuke and Ronald rushed for Grimmon together, each firing off their respective energy attacks again. And behind him, Darcmon was itching to slide her blade into the beast for one final time. Still dazed from the previous wave of attacks, Grimmon was unable to prepare for the oncoming strikes aimed for him.
"This is the end, Grimmon!" Sasuke shouted with incredible confidence. "Dragon Machine Fire!"
"Dobermon, finish him! Dark Angel Blast!"
And Darcmon launched herself with all her strength, sword facing front. All of them glared at their target, and in a flash, all the attacks connected. The blast propelled Grimmon into Darcmon's blade, stabbing one of the balls that made up his slithering body. He looked to the clear blue sky, the pain of both the blasts and the blade in him appearing to be too much for his body to handle. Slowly, he collapsed into the sand.
"We...we did it," said a surprised Minato once he saw Grimmon fall into the grains of sand. He allowed a sigh of relief to escape him, turning to look to the cluster of Team Boost Soul members that combined their sets of digimon together. Ginryumon nudged Minato to make his way over, and the two stomped through the sands toward their friends.
"It's over," Sasuke said, and another sigh of relief was uttered. He looked over to Patrick, and found him to be just as happy about their victory. "I was beginning to think I would have to eat my own words!"
Those that heard Sasuke shared a laugh with him. Sangloupmon found his way to Patrick's side once he saw Grimmon fall, but the ferocity of the battle made him tense. He refused to power down right away because of how powerful – and deceptive – he understood Grimmon could be. The paranoia that Sangloupmon experienced unnerved everyone else that was ready to celebrate.
"I don't buy it," he told Patrick. "There's no way it could have been that easy."
"He's down," Ronald muttered to Sangloupmon. "We won..."
"Yeah, Sangloupmon. We're in the clear now," Patrick tried to explain to his loyal companion. But, Sangloupmon would not have any of that.
Darcmon passed by the corpse that was Grimmon, making her way for the group of heroes that she helped take down that maniac. She saw all of them smiling amongst themselves. Darcmon knew that Team Boost Soul was ready to both get out of this desert and find somewhere to relax for their hard work. Their smiling was infectious, for Darcmon's face soon had a smile infiltrate it as well. Sasuke looked to the angel while the rest of the group was high fiving amongst themselves, and gave her a thumbs up to signal a job well done. She returned the gesture, her smile growing due to her radiating happiness.
But, Sasuke's happy look turned horrified in a matter of seconds.
"You thought you beat me, didn't you, Angel? Send Chronomon my regards if and when you meet him in the afterlife, you miserable whore," Grimmon whispered gently in Darcmon's ear. His mini-scythe pierced through the other side of her stomach, allowing for everyone to see.
"No...please, no..." Sasuke whimpered, sinking to his knees when he saw Grimmon behind Darcmon. "You're supposed to be dead...why?"
The rest of Team Boost Soul looked to Darcmon, seeing the invincible creature behind her. Multiple stares of horror locked onto the creature that was thought to be dead. Even worse, they were about to witness a death. They were powerless to help Darcmon."
"Repent, Angel, this is your eleventh hour. Confess your sins and beg for any forgiveness...I'll be a courteous killer and allow you that much."
"Sasuke," Darcmon whispered as loud as she could. "I...failed you. Forgive me...pl-pl-plea-"
Before Sasuke could blink, Darcmon was soon sliced into two pieces that fell in different places. Her eyes remained wide open from the pain, starring onto Sasuke with stained in them. Tears slowly began coming down from Sasuke. He had no control over the dams that were his eyes, but he dared not make a sound due to the shock and terror he felt from what he witnessed. Darcmon became mere bits of data that slowly evaporated before the leader, slipping away to never be seen again. After Darcmon's body left the desert and floated into the sky entirely, Sasuke ejected from his body the mightiest scream he could, and it echoed dissonant through the desert in sorrow and defeat.
(Next Episode Preview)
"You're all out of power, prepare to die!"
"Sasuke, get out we have to beat him!"
"For what you did to Darcmon, I'll never forgive you. Raptordramon, Super Digivolve!"
"Digimon Generations – Episode 18: The Arrival of the Golden Knight! You can't turn your back on us!"
Ending: Touchousha Tachi by KENN