Tagiru's shoes pounded against the sidewalk- he had to hurry! Had to be faster! Had to get there before it was too late!
Chou was right beside him- her hand holding his. Their fingers laced around each other. Comfort. Had to make it. Definitely would make it!
He didn't care about politeness or decency- he kicked the front door down to his own home and shouted out, "MOM?! DAD!?" The room was empty. "Hey!? Are you here!?"
Silence for a moment, and then...
"Rggnn" a groan came from the kitchen.
Tagiru ran in- "Mom! Dad! You've got to get out of here!"
"Nehh?" His mother looked at him with her brown eyes half-hidden behind her messy red hair. "Wha's that?"
"We've got to get you to a train station and off of earth, Akashi-san!" Chou pleaded, "People are dying! Disappearing! You've got to-"
"Nobody's dyin or nothuin..." Tagiru's mother slouched back into her chair, "Ain't been nothin' on the news or..."
"You've been hungover all day!" Tagiru shouted, "If we don't get you and dad out of here, you'll-!"
He felt it before it happened- a sort of vague, reality breaking pulse through the world around them...
And then Tagiru's mother fell apart into gelatin blocks before his eyes.
"!" Chou covered her mouth in shock, partially to hold back a squeal of terror.
"M...Mom..." Tagiru took off- running to find his dad... "DAD! DAAAD!"
"Akashi-sa-" Chou was about to call out as well when she spotted another gelatin pile not far from the refrigerator... "oh...Oh no..."
Tagiru ran back in, "I can't find him- do you think he-?" He stopped the moment he saw where Chou was looking. "...N...No...He...Dad..."
Airu (in he ChaosGatomon form) slid past the house a few moments later- then immediately changed course and headed for her own home. She was too late to help there. But maybe not elsewhere...!
They were too late.
By the time Taiki, Shoutmon, and Sally arrived mere moments later- they were too late to prevent Tagiru or Chou from breaking down in tears at the sight of two freshly made gelatin piles.
Ren showed up not a minute later, to the sight of Chou comforting Tagiru as Taiki and Sally dragged them outside.
And then the dam broke- all the emotion Ren had been bottling up inside burst out.
Shoutmon just gave Ren the most understanding of looks as three people cried in the streets.
*cue BURST THE GRAVITY (TV size) by ALTIMA*
DIGIMON XROS WARS
THE YOUNG HUNTERS THAT LEAP THROUGH TIME.
*cue Title Theme*
"XROS OVER! A Branches' Ends!"
Airu was fortunate that her parents were understanding about this. With little need for an increased motivation beyond the fact that she was in her Digimon form, Airu's parents packed up and were heading out to pick her brother up from daycare before they drove to the train station and headed back to the Digital World.
Airu promised them that she'd be there to go with them, but somehow she felt that that was a hollow promise.
She headed back to Tagiru's house to find that Ryouma and Ren had joined up with their little group (of course she'd known Taiki and Sally were following her. Shoutmon hadn't exactly been quiet). Ren looked to be in about as good enough shape as Tagiru was, and Ryouma was simply baffled beyond all comprehension.
"So they're gone then?" She asked aloud as she shifted back to her human form- making everyone jump at the sudden appearance. "Tagiru's parents...And Ren's?"
Taiki just gave a slow nod. "Yeah," His own voice sounded choked up to a degree.
"Quartzmon...he'll pay for this," Shoutmon muttered.
Ryouma just looked even more confused, "Quartzmon? Who's that?"
"Seriously?" Sally wheeled on him, "Don't you listen to the news?"
"Er-" Ryouma took a step backwards from the sheer energy she emitted.
"Quartzmon is the guy who's been trying to assassinate people for the last week!" Sally explained (rather loudly) as she took a step towards Ryouma, "He's the guy who's making people disappear right this very moment! QUARTZMON," she poked Ryouma in the chest with her index finger, "is the guy who's made everyone's lives miserable by doing something so HORRENDOUSLY bad that Time Itself is falling apart!" She grabbed at Ryouma's jacket collar, and drew him in close to snarl at him, "And you have the guts to ask WHO he is?"
"Sally," Taiki put a hand on her shoulder, "let him go."
And she did.
"Sorry," Sally apologized after taking a moment to calm down. "I shouldn't have snapped like that."
"I...It's fine," Ryouma shuddered just a bit. "I-"
Anything he was about to say was cut off as something jumped off of a nearby rooftop to land right in front of their little group.
"SKREEE!" it chirped.
"What the hell!?" Shoutmon summoned a sword and leveled it at the beast before them- It was a Tsumemon- of the Keramon line. "Damn it, please don't be another Tower...!"
In response to that- the thing gave off a shrill squeak that sounded a lot like... "TIME SHIFT!"
When the light faded- the Tsumemon had changed into a Keramon- and was now running away down the streets of the Digi-Quartz-ized neighborhood.
"Damn it! After that Tower!" Shoutmon took off after the insect bug- summoning his Microphone stand to dual wield along side his sword.
"Shoutmon! Wait up!" Taiki ran off after them.
Shoutmon roared and leaped towards the Keramon Tower (as it had the hourglass logo clearly visible in the space between it's eyes), bringing both of his weapons down on the Tower...
It smirked and suddenly spun around wildly the moment before impact- "CRAZY TIME TURNER!"
"Oh Crap!" Shoutmon barely had the time to realize that his momentum brought him straight into the Time-Infused arms.
VWORP!
Shoutmon vanished into a burst of static- presumably thrown to some random point of time.
Taiki skid to a halt as the Keramon cackled at them- "Heheh...Catch me if you can, fools!" it buzzed and then tore off down the street.
"After it!" Airu ran past Taiki- "It's heading towards the warehouse district!"
"What?" Taiki shouted in surprise, "How can you-?"
"WHERE ELSE WOULD IT BE GOING!?" Airu shouted over her shoulder. "Gumdramon is still there!"
Shoutmon landed in the street back on earth- three seconds before the Tsumemon had shifted them all into Digi-Quartz.
He got a front row view of the Hourglass logo on the back of it's head just before the Tower vanished along with the rest of them into a time storm.
"Damn it," Shoutmon pushed himself to his feet, "I gotta get back to-" The world shook with a might quake- throwing the Digimon King right back onto his back. "OW! What the hell!?"
In the middle of the harbor in which DarkKnightmon's army had fought a year previous- scrap data was reforming and resurfacing- spiraling together into a massive grey spike of sorts...Then it kept on piling on- rounding out and creating a massive sphere near the top of that spike- a sphere which gained an eye pattern on it not moments after it finished it's transformation.
"Aw Nuts," Takato face palmed within Gallantmon, "that's not good!"
"What the hell is that thing...?" Marcus stared at it in horror.
"I'm not sure," Taichi narrowed his eyes, "but it's Quartzmon's."
Kaiyumi and Kotone stared at the object in the harbor (displayed handily on every visible monitor due to it being breaking news) with a mix of horror and dismay.
"We..." Kaiyumi gulped. "We've got to hurry up the evacuations."
"Er...Right!" Kotone quickly got back to the phone in her hand, "We need to load people on the trains faster! I don't care if it's a safety concern of overloading- I don't think we have the time to hold back anymore! Get this message out to everyone! Earth is NOT SAFE anymore!"
DIGITAL WORLD_ _ _| THE DENIZEN'S PALLACE_ _ _|
Nene and Kiriha watched the developments on screen with horror and determination.
"We should get out there," Nene said with a bit of determination. "We should help-!"
"Agreed," Kiriha nodded, "but we can't just leave the Digital World unguided, and You're pregnant, so you should-"
"Stay here while our friends are fighting for their lives?" Nene asked. "I can't let that happen!"
"Nene, listen to him!" Echidna countered, "You can't go out there and risk our lives like that. Not right now!"
"I'll go!" A door slammed open- and Akari took a step into the room- decked out in clothing that almost looked identical to what she'd worn during the first few months of their journey through the Digital World. "Shoutmon's out there- he'll need my help. So..." The Queen narrowed her eyes, "I'll fight in your place!"
"The problem is going to be getting there," Kiriha strode towards the hangar where MetalGureimon was waiting for them, "I think a Time Shift should get us there fast enough, but with the way things are going, we shouldn't rely on that."
"Why bother with a Time Shift?" Akari asked, "We can just use our Xros Loaders to open a Zone Gate right to earth."
"...Where do you come up with these ideas?" Typheus asked with a slight bit of amazement.
"Does it matter right now?" Akari asked.
"No, not really-" Kiriha stopped as an SpaceTrailmon swooped down into the hanger, "Wait a second- Who the hell are you!?"
"Hey now," Hideaki called out over the ship's intercom, though his voice sounded a tad strained at the moment- maybe from the annoyance of that offhanded remark?- "is that any way to treat your driver!? We came here to give you a ride! Tagiru sent us!"
"My dad...?" Akari blinked at that, then narrowed her eyes, "Alright! We're coming!"
"How the hell...?" Kiriha shook his head- Probably another time loop that hadn't been even started yet. "Gureimon! Come on! We're taking a different route!" Kiriha held up his Xros Loader.
To the outside world- all they saw was a Space Trailmon accelerating out of the hanger up to 88 Miles Per Hour, and then...
BAM BAM BAM! PCHOOOOOOOO!
It vanished in an explosion of blue light and two trailing fire trails from it's side thrusters.
DIGI-QUARTZ_ _ _|
That Gumdramon was in danger got Tagiru moving. They chased after the Keramon on the back of a Xros between MetalTyranomon and Sparrowmon- allowing them to catch up to it remarkably quickly.
Of course- once the Keramon realized that was happening, it shifted forms once more: Chrysalimon.
If one were paying attention- they'd realize it was going up the evolutionary ladder.
"Damn it!" Tagiru grit his teeth, "The faster we go, the faster it goes!"
"That's got to be cheating," Ren lamented.
"It's using gravity," Ryouma deduced, "floating above the ground by lightening it's own mass so it can fly further with the same acceleration."
"Clever," Airu noted, "but not clever enough...!" And with that, she leaped off of JetMetalTyranomon and shifted into her Digimon form- "MREOOW!"
"RAAAHAH!" And then Crysta-Pagumon decided to join along side her- forcing his way out of Tagiru's Xros Loader and diving towards Chrysalimon.
"KEEEEENN!" Chrysarimon tilted to the side as Airu/ChaosGatomon landed on it's head, wrapping her claws around it's eyes.
"CHOOOOMMMMPUUUU!" CrystaPagumon landed on it's horn and bit down- hard.
CRACK!
The Chrysalimon spun around out of control and smashed into the ground- it's momentum keeping up and plowing it through the pavement where it came to a stop just outside of the warehouse that Betsumon had holed up in.
"Quick!" Taiki ordered- "Smash it's symbol!"
Airu flipped over to face the Chrysalimon's face and then looked around on it. "I don't see it!"
"It must've hidden it somewhere when it evolved," Tagiru jumped off and headed for the warehouse, "we'll come back to kill it later!"
"I'll keep watch on it!" Ryouma volunteered, holding up his Xros Loader and reloading Astamon from it.
Nobody wanted to really trust him on that- but then again nobody else wanted to be near the thing when it rose up again.
"GUMDRAMOOON!" Tagiru shouted down into the tunnel. "GUMDRAMOOOON!? ARE YOU THEREEE?"
The wrister on his wrist beeped, and Gumdramon laughed out a reply: "Geeze Tagiru! No need to yell! These tunnels really Echo!"
"Oh...whoops." Tagiru looked at his wrister and then spoke into it, "Are you guys alright down there?"
"Yeah, we're fine! Just trying to figure out how to get this damned Gate out of here though," Gumdramon replied, "It's REALLY heavy!"
"You found a Gate?" Taiki spoke into his wrister next.
"Yeah! There's a whole lab down here dedicated to making the things!" This time it was Yolei's voice who replied- although nobody on the surface recognized her. "There were notches in the ground for three of them, only one was left here."
"Three?" Ren spoke up, "Why would Quartzmon need three?"
"Well, that's what we're trying to figure out in the mean time," Haruki said. "Best as we can figure, Quartzmon's got something bigger planned than we thought. He might not be trying to blow Earth up with one of them."
"That'd explain the odd power requirements for a continuous usage," Taiki snapped his fingers. "Quartzmon isn't looking to explode a gate- he's looking to USE one! He probably wants to go somewhere specific."
"ANNNYWays!" Gumdramon laughed, "Tagiru! Care to give us a boost down here? I think I could carry this thing as Arresterdramon with Silphymon's help."
Again- they had no clue who Silphymon was, but Taigru agreed to it, "Sure, just give me a second..."
He stood up, and held out his Xros Loader: "TIME BURST!"
Down below- Gumdramon glowed brightly..."RRRRYEEEAAAHHHH!"
For Hikari and Yolei, it was an odd experience. The Digivolution seemed rather quick and unstable compared to their other forms of evolution- more like what Yolei had seen come from the Tamers Digimon when they reached Champion level.
But then again- considering that this mode of evolution was specifically powered by an unknown artifact, Yolei wasn't one to judge. Maybe that was how it normally looked?
"CHO SHINKA! ARRESTERDRAMON!"
The Dragon too to the air, wrapping his long, cable like tail around part of the Gate, and from there began lifting up. "WOAHH! Yeah! That's Heavyyy!"
"I've got it," Silphymon called out as they supported the gate from below.
"Looks like we're flying up first class then," Hikari remarked with a giggle as she and Yolei tried to fit on Witchmon's broom (There was enough room, thankfully). Haruki just laughed nervously while Witchmon barely suppressed a mutter that she then turned into a spell to lighten the weight on the Gate again.
"Woah!" Arresterdramon suddenly went up a bit from the sudden release. "Okay! Now we're talking!"
"Alrighty then!" Yolei clapped her hands, "And we're climbing!"
Carrying the Gate up proved to be an easier task said than done.
It would take them a good five to ten minutes to reach the surface- a trip which had originally taken them a much shorter time.
Once they did- however- it was worth it.
They had a Gate under their control.
However, that is in the future, and we must now look to the past...
EARTH_ _ _|
The Towers had surrounded the Sphereoid as if guarding it now- completely ignoring the train stations now.
Whatever this new object was- it was massively important.
BAM BAM BAM! PCH-BLAM!
...Whhiiiich would be why the Towers got extremely pissed off when SpaceTrailmon suddenly exploded through the top most part of the spike with a burst of blue lightning and frigid frost.
Immediately- the Spheroid began trying to reform itself, and the Towers went on the offensive...
They didn't stand a chance against the sudden onslaught of Typheus's powers- MetalGureimon's missiles- and Akari's firey song.
Of course- for every tower destroyed- another two replaced it from a burst of static.
"TYPHEUS!?" Cetus couldn't believe it- "Where the hell did you come from!?"
Kotone shook her head out at the sudden take over from her other half. "Wow, you're sure worked up over a dramatic entrance."
"Now THAT guy knows how to make a dramatic entrance!" KaiserGreymon smirked as MangaGarurumon came flying up to join them from another part of the world.
"You're telling me that?" MagnaGarurumon asked with a raised eyebrow- speaking in the voice of a boy named Kouji.
"Taichi!" Joining the other Garurumon was a MetalGarurumon, with a blond haired boy riding on the back. Yamato Ishida. "Think we're up for using that form?"
"Probably!" The Taichi on the ShineGreymon's shoulder nodded.
"Then we're going to our highest levels then?" the Younger Marcus asked.
"Oh boy!" Gallantmon nearly squealed in delight through Guilmon's voice, "That means we get to call Grani out to play!"
"Then let's do this!" KaiserGreymon pumped a fist into the air.
"So this is the part where they Digi-Xros, right?" Akari asked from her perch on MetalGureimon's head.
"Probably...!"
Taichi's WarGreymon and Yamato's MetalGarurumon glowed, transformed into energy and shot together into a single, spiraling, egg shaped sphere of data and light- emerging from the lightshow was noneotherthan the ultimate digimon: "OMEGAMON!"
"In actuality!" Said a red haired boy riding on the back of a MegaKabuterimon- "That is just a simple fusion between two compatible Digimon. Or at least, that's what we called it back then."
"Eh?" Akari glanced over at the boy who just spoke. "Who the heck are you?"
"Izzy's my name, tech is my game," The boy said simply.
"Izzy..." The MegaKabuterimon groaned.
"MODE CHANGEEE!" Gallantmon cried out- summoning the spectral outline of a flying, metal dragon, before completely shifting from the normal white color scheme into the crimson mode he held in reserve.
"That would be Takato and Guilmon- partners who fused together through a process called Biomerging- activating their special mode change, which apparently was unlocked during a battle we'll all eventually participate in," Izzy explained, "Though whether or not that's an information paradox or not, I'm not sure."
"Uhhh..." Kiriha floated to a stop near by, "Right...Let's just...Go with that, shall we?"
"ANCIENT SPIRIT EVOLUTION!" The KaiserGreymon and MagnaGarurumon blasted together into a spherical data sphere for a moment- in which six human forms could be seen inside- before it exploded outwards into their final form- "SUSANOOMON!"
"Those six come from a world where they themselves turned into Digimon through ancient Spirit totems of Legendary Warriors," Izzy continued on his explination even as the towers continued to shoot laser blasts at them.
"Fascinating!" Akari grit her teeth- almost wishing for a moment that she hadn't come along just to avoid this rambling.
"D! N! A! BUR~ST!" The Younger Marcus shouted- as the ShineGreymon beneath his, Taichi's, and Yamato's feet shifted into it's burst mode.
"And that is-" Izzy was cut off by Gureimon snarling at him:
"We've got our own Marcus! We know what a Burst Mode is!"
"Oh, okay then," Izzy just blinked at a crimson shape coming up at them from the streets below. "Okay, let's reverse the roles then. Who's that?"
Akari glanced over at the shape coming in at them ... and smirked. "My Shoutmon- the Digimon King."
"Eh?" Izzy did a double take.
"RRRRAAAH!" OmegaShoutmon slashed through a tower with his Aqua Resonace attack- sending the pieces falling to the ocean below. "TAKE THAT!" And when the next one got in his way-
"GET OUTTA MY WAY!" Shoutmon just punched it- and then double punched it as he transformed his fist into a larger form mid-punch.
Kiriha rubbed at his jaw almost instinctively, which Akari raised an eyebrow at.
"Woa-ho-hooo!" the Younger Marcus grinned, "I like that guy's style!"
VictoryGreymon came to a rest near the other Taichi and laughed, "I'll bet!"
Sakuyamon showed up next- with Rosemon right beside her.
"SPIRIT STRIKE!"
"ROSE SPEAR!"
The Towers kept falling- but more kept replacing them.
There wasn't a chance to get anywhere near the Sphereoid.
"CRIMSON LIGHT!" Gallantmon Crimson Mode threw a beam of red light from his javelin.
"Really, gogglehead?" Rika chided as Sakuyamon came to a float next to the knight- "Breaking out this form already?"
"Everyone else is doing it!" Takato replied.
"Fine! But don't think that not saving it for later isn't going to come bite us in the ass again later," Rika rolled her eyes and then took off again.
"Damn- there just doesn't seem to be an end to them!" Kiriha growled as he watched MetalGureimon explode a few more with missiles. "Shoutmon!" he called out.
"WHAT?" OmegaShoutmon shouted back from a tussle with a Tower that had shifted into some horrid combination of a MarineDevimon and an Hououmon.
"What about De-Xros?" Kiriha shouted.
"Ah! That might work!" OmegaShoutmon nodded back in agreement.
"Our turn to show off an evolution," Typheus remarked in Izzy's direction, who blinked at the voice change. "TIME BURST!"
"METALGUREIMON CHOU SHINKAA!"
Beneath her feet- Akari watched MetalGureimon change into the more familiar form of ZekeGureimon. She looked to Kiriha and shouted; "Double Xros?"
"DOUBLE XROS!" Kiriha agreed as he floated over.
"ZEKEGUREIMON!" ZekeGureimon called out as he finished evolving.
DIGI-QUARTZ_ _ _|
"So this is a gate," Yolei said once she got a better look at it under the light, "Funny it's called that here- then again, maybe not so- It's like something I saw on a scifi movie once! Except the chevrons are colored differently..."
Sally tensed up at that reference- "Please don't say 'Doctor Who.'"
"Nope, 'Stargate'!" Yolei laughed.
"Yeah...funny that," Taiki frowned, "somehow I don't think that's just a coincidence." He had to ask, "Do you remember anything about traveling long distances with it?"
"The Movie's logic is a bit different from the novel series, but one of the more recent books did try to make use of an entire planet as a power source to dial a gate on the other side of the known universe," Yolei rambled, "but then the bad guy alliance blew up the planet and they haven't published the next book yet so I don't know what happened there. They left it on a reeeeaaaly annoying cliffhanger."
"So we're basically still at square one then," Sally sighed, "Great, just great."
"Anyways..." Haruki stood up from where he was sitting, "I should go get Hideaki and SpaceTrailmon- that way we can drag this thing all the way back to base, or where-ever we need it to go."
"Good idea!" Hikari the volunteered herself, "Mind If I come with?"
"Sure, why not," Witchmon shrugged.
And so a moment later- Hikari, Nefertimon, Haruki, and Witchmon stepped through a time gate, leaving everyone else behind.
"So what now?" Yolei asked aloud.
"Now we take care of that Tower before it causes any more trouble," Taiki said simply.
EARTH_ _ _|
Susanoomon swung their laser cannon sword around in a massive circle- smashing through Towers left and right.
Omegamon launched blasts from the Garuru Cannon and impaled towers with his Grey Sword.
And now Imperialdramon Fighter Mode had joined the fight- and was trying to shoot down the Sphereoid Tower to little success, as the smaller towers kept throwing themselves into his line of fire.
It seemed that they didn't want to let any damage come to the Sphereoid.
"OMEGA SHOUTMON!"
"ZEKE GUREIMON!"
"DOUBLE XROS!"
"SHOUTMON! DE XROS!"
The golden Digimon took to the skies- powering up his forehead crest for the biggest Area of Effect attack he had- "VICTORIZE BANKING! MAXIIIMUUUM!"
Crimson V lasers shot out and across the battle field- smashing through the existing Towers and obliterating new ones as they appeared.
A path was being slowly cleared towards the Sphereoid.
"How goes the evacuation?" Kaiyumi shouted as she ran too and fro across the nearly empty office.
"Statistics say we're at...76% complete!" Kotone shouted back from a bank of monitors- "But we can't be sure if that's because people are disappearing, or if they haven't gotten on the trains yet!"
"They're not acceptable losses one way or the other!" Kaiyumi grit her teeth as she observed a live feed of a train station on a random monitor, "Tell them to get the lead out!"
"What..." Haruki stared up at the chaos in the skies with confusion- "just what the hell is happening here!?"
"That wasn't in Digi-Quartz at all!" Hikari pointed at the Sphereoid. "What's going on here?!"
DIGI-QUARTZ_ _ _|
Taiki approached the still unconscious Chrysalimon with a crowbar in hand. He kicked at the Chrysalimon and rolled it out of its pit with his foot. "Now where's that hourglass at...?"
Ryouma glanced to Astamon, who readied his Tommy gun just in case the Chrysalimon got up suddenly.
"Wow, so that's a Chrysalimon," Yolei whistled as she looked at the fake Digimon, "I never saw this form when it was rampaging across the Internet a few years ago. It just skipped straight to Ultimate."
"Eh?" Arresterdramon tilted his head at that. "What?"
"Digimon have 'levels' in my universe, titled from Fresh to Mega," Yolei explained, "I'm guessing you all have levels too, it's just that they go by different names. Rookie is the third stage, Champion is the fourth, Ultimate is the fifth."
"I have a feeling Tai and Matt would be having a fit if they saw it, however," Hawkmon (Aquilamon/Holsemon's previous form) said with a bit of concern, "I certainly don't want to be facing down against a Diaboromon any time soon!"
EARTH_ _ _|
"HIIIYAAAH!" KinGRavemon suddenly shot through the pathway carved through the Towers from out of nowhere- leveling a drill straight at the Spheroids' eye.
"GO GET HIM!" Kiriha shouted.
BWHRRRRRRRCRACKCRACKLESMASSSH!
KinGRavemon's drill smashed into the Spheroid.
DIGI-QUARTZ_ _ _|
Taiki scowled, there wasn't a Hourglass anywhere visible at all on the Chrysalimon's body- which meant it had to be hidden under it's plate armor somewhere. He circled around the still unconscious Tower so that he was facing the warehouse. Maybe there was something in there that would let them pry the armor open?
Out of a made force of habit- he glanced to his left, towards Ryouma and Astamon...
'Wait a second.' What was that shape on the breast pocket of Astamon's suit? It was hidden from sight normally by that long red scarf, but at this angle and the way Astamon was holding the gun...?
And why was it drifting away from Chrysali...?
Taiki's eyes widened as he realized what Tagiru's future self's warning had been about in the instant that he acted- throwing himself into danger just one last time because he couldn't-
BANG BANG BANG BANG!
-Turn...his back...
On...
THUD.
"TAIKI!" Sally's screech of terror would be one of the last things he ever heard.
EARTH_ _ _|
The Towers froze in place.
The Spheroid shuddered.
No-one dared to believe it was over.
One hit- straight to the eye- and they'd...they'd won?
KinGRavemon pulled his fist out of the drill- leaving it embedded into the Spheroid's eye like a flag planted in the dirt. "Did that do it...?"
Silence fell over the Earth as everyone held their breath in anticipation of the final moments...
CRACK.
A splinter appeared in the Spheroid's surface- spreading out in a fan shape from that Drill onward like a tree growing to the sky.
CRACK.
And then roots formed beneath...
CRACK! CRACK~! CRAAAACCCKKK!
The Spheroid began collapsing- it's outer shell falling into the water like a molting skin.
Even the drill fell to the waters below as the Spheroid evolved into its next form- and the Towers began glowing brightly- as if about to...!
"DIGI-XROS," Boomed Quartzmon's voice from the Core of the Sphereoid as the Towers shot into it as beams of energy and transforming the Core into something more...
SHINK!
There was a flash of light from the black space where the sphereoid had once stood- and then moments later-
FWHOOOOM!
A shock wave shot out of it- forcing everyone back quite a distance as four long, golden, spindly legs shot out to support the massive black sphere that now stood above the waters.
The top of the new object glowed purple- and a slimy, almost liquid white creature emerged from the purple haze. It had four arms, a mouth where a stomach would be, and it's head had six beady red eyes in between two clock hands that jutted out of the sides of its head like ears.
The Quartzmon Terminal had appeared.
TO BE CONCLUDED.
Readers: Go take a break for a moment. You're going to need it.
The Readers take a break for a few moments to let the events of the chapter settle in. They wonder briefly just what the hell happened.
Readers: Look up two songs, and save them in a new tab for the next chapter.
The Readers open up new windows and search for the following songs: "Cascade" and "Eternity Served Cold."
DTC: Explain the usage!
On the former, you can just look up "[S] Cascade" and have the flash animation play in the background! That's what I'll be doing writing this! :D On the latter, the "Original" Mix is what I'll be using, but I can't seem to find it with web searches, so the Album version will work just as well for reading purposes.
Readers: Got that? Then move on to the next page! 0_0
The Readers move on to the next page in hopes to see the heroes pull through this Cascade of Misfortune.
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