Chapter 5
Group vs Batface
Elena sighed. She didn't really get who these two people were trying to be. Maybe they were just pretending to be those characters. Not that it really mattered to her. They were their current opponents and they would need to battle them. At least now, she could now move in this form. Her gaze focused on Alice. In the place of the German, was a white catgirl dressed in a black trenchcoat. Under the trenchcoat, she was wearing a t-shirt and pants. A mask that looked like her usual face hung on the back of her head. It was a pretty spotless replica, the only flaws within it were the slightly exaggerated visuals and a small crack below the mouth portion. Her gun hung by her right thigh, a deck of cards hanging beside it.
Alice took a deep breath. It wasn't the preferred form she would have chose, but it worked for the time being. She also wouldn't mind a certain third-person speaking jester to release her grip.
"Don't you feel the love?" Jestery announced as Alice went for her gun.
"Get off." Alice answered and Jestery ended her hug. Alice probably needed a second hug, judging from her still grumpy mood. So, Jestery hugged her again and Alice responded with her usual tactic- pointing a gun in the aggressor's face.
"What are you afraid of, Alice?" Evil TK responded, Alice swinging her gun towards him. "We're all friends here."
"Your name is Evil TK. I say it's quite the contrary." As those two bickered, Joey looked himself over. Instead of the typical overdressed angel, he was still dressed in his original outfit. But, a cloud of darkness now engulfed him below his head. Thankfully, this cloud granted him a set of wings and some cloak.
"Come on, Jestery and Teek! Be friends!" Jestery announced, playing on a 3DS for some reason.
"Go away." Elena answered as she looked up. Floating above them, was some very pale-skinned guy dressed in a ridiculous outfit, following the usual rule held among digimon descriptions. "We have a fight at the moment."
"Jestery cuddling kitty at the moment." Elena held her left claw to her forehead. "Kitty too moody at the moment."
Eventually, Jestery did finally let go of Alice, finally allowing them to start their battle.
"Took you people long enough." Hikari announced, aiming her sniper rifle towards Elena. "I've been lusting for some action for a while."
"Lusting?" Evil TK answered, turning to look at his partner. "I realize we both haven't had much in the way of action, but that seems like a weird word to describe it."
"Uh... we're ready." Joey announced, waiting for their two opponents to answer.
"Oh, yes." Digimon #1 answered, clearing his throat. "I'm MaloMyotismon."
Scanning...
MaloMyotismon
Mega/Super Ultimate, Virus
Special Moves: Mental Illusion, Screaming Darkness, Crimson Mist
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MaloMyotismon: You might know me from classics such as Digimon Adventure 02 and that one episode of Digimon Fusion.
The Author: You mean Digimon Xros Wars.
MaloMyotismon: It's the same thing.
The Author: They technically aren't.
MaloMyotismon: What's the difference?
The Author: Too many to list. I'm sort of afraid to watch the dub.
"Okay then." Alice responded, her gaze focusing on a second digimon. It's appearance was similar to an angewomon, but had a yellow fox tail and matching fox ears. A renamon gauntlet covered the normally gloved hand and she wasn't wearing her helmet, revealing the usual long blonde hair most angewomon have. The weird gunk of plaster normally covering her foot had been replaced with a yellow fox foot. Finally, the normally angelic white dress seemed to have a faded yellow tint to it.
"..." The digimon answered, launching a mixed barrage of arrows and fireballs towards them.
Shadow Knuckle!
Gale Wing!
Lucky Shot!
A fist-shaped projectile shot out of Joey's cloud, followed by a two c-shaped projectiles fired from Elena's wings and Alice's very erratic shooting. The three attacks attacks immediately met the barrage of attacks and charged through, slamming into the weird angewomon. After doing that, gunfire began to rain down on them.
"Why couldn't it be tea and crumpets?!" Tsukaimon added as Carinamon pinched his left wing.
"Is that all you ever talk about?" The feathered scorpion accused and the purple winged pig shook his head.
"Some chips would be nice. Maybe some bangers and mash." Carinamon stared into the pig's face, attempting to decipher the digimon's latest statement. It was probably better than the food her "creator" fed her each day. She was pretty certain it was mostly rat poison and some other thing just as nasty, possibly the venom of her turtle cellmate. But, that was in the past. Her gaze focused on Alice, who was cycling her gun barrel, in order to improve her accuracy. There was probably only one bullet in the six-round barrel, but that didn't stop the catgirl. It was at that moment, MaloMyotismon finally decided to join the battle.
Crimson Mist!
A red mist headed towards them, only for Alice to pull her deck of cards out.
Card of Chance!
She flipped the top card off, revealing the king of diamonds. Instead of the usual king on the card, there was the picture of a figure dressed in a rainbow-striped cloak.
"What the heck?" Both Elena and Joey thought as Alice fell to the ground.
"Oh f***, f***, f***." Evil TK thought as Hikari glanced towards him. Their gazes focused on Alice, who was strangely convulsing on the ground. She immediately returned to her human form, only for a loud bone-cracking pop to come from the German girl. Her body was engulfed with white light as everyone just stood there. When the light disappeared, a catgirl with purple fur and her mask from before. But, the mask now appeared with cracks covering the entire thing. Catgirl was probably the wrong word to describe her. More of, a catgirl pretending to be a feral bobcat.
"Crud." TK responded, giving MaloMyotismon a slight nod.
Mental Illusion!
"Alice" froze as Elena reverted back, pulling her cell phone out.
"Uh... what are you doing?" Joey accused and watched Elena talk into the device.
"Calling a friend of mine." Elena explained as Joey's gaze turned towards TK.
"Uh... how did you do that, Mr. Takaishi?" The boy of shadows asked, reverting back. TK only giggled, cracking a sly smile.
"You're a digimon fan, aren't you?" TK answered, taking his fisherman's cap off. "Also, just call me TK."
"Yes, Mr TK." Tsukaimon flew over to his master as MaloMyotismon reverted back to Patamon. "A very big fan."
"It's not what you expected, is it?" Joey only nodded as Hikari gave TK a cautionary glance.
"I expected something more peaceful." Hikari only sighed, whispering something into TK's ear. "But, why?"
"The digital world is like a person. Every person has a different idea what they want it to be. It changes to reflect what that person wants." Joey stared blankly, attempting to figure out the meaning behind TK's statement.
"If that was the case, why is this place so messed up?" TK only sighed, his smile disappearing.
"If only it were that simple." TK took a deep breath, taking a quick glance behind him. He began to shake, pulling his own pistol out. "It is coming for us, taking your two friends and go!"
The former prince placed something in the Joey's hands.
"What are you talking about?"
"All you need to know is this. The jester is not your enemy. Neither are the Royal Digi and the Infectors. No, there's a much greater threat to worry about." As he said that, a bus rolled up. "But, no matter what, don't let that change the path you choose to take."
Joey and Tsukaimon ran towards the bus. Astamon followed right behind, pulling a stunned Alice behind him. Elena and Carinamon brought up the rear, making sure nothing had decided to follow them. Inside, the interior looked to be that of a school bus, probably used for the obvious reason. An old man, probably in his thousands, sat in the front seat. He was dressed simply, just a white toga and some sandals. For some reason, his water bottle was shaking rapidly, possibly about to explode.
"Hi Bob." Elena greeted, she and Carinamon taking a seat behind the driver.
"Good to see you, Elena." Bob answered as "Alice" and Astamon took a seat in the middle with Joey and Tsukaimon doing the same. "Where to?"
"Drogaciji Academy, side entrance." Elena explained and Bob nodded. The bus headed off, as the former rulers of the digital world watched. At the moment, the duo and their digimon were doing battle with two heavily armored angels. However, it seemed the two angels had the upper hand on them. They always did in these sorts of battles. That was how it was supposed to be in this world. Good wins, evil loses. Any slight change to this "balance", would be considered wrong and must be set right.
TK gritted his teeth, taking a deep breath. This was the end for him, but not for all of them. They tiptoed towards a large dead tree, taking shelter inside.
"Hikari, go." He whispered, only for her and renamon angewomon thing to just stand there.
"If you're going to die, let's do this together." She whispered, attempting to make TK see her way. "I can't just let you have the fun."
"No." TK sighed, handing his partner in crime something. "Now is your chance to be the hero. Go!"
Hikari ran out of the tree, heading north. Her partner followed behind, still nameless. As those two did that, TK and Patamon headed back to their opponents. TK cracked a smile, not even getting a response from either opposing digimon.
"I guess the cat was right. We're all butterflies in a never-ending cycle. But, eventually we'll have to deal with the repercussions of past actions." He pointed his gun towards the digimon to his left and fired. The bullet slammed into the creature's helmet, only for a lance to impale him through the heart. The other digimon copied the actions of the first, slamming his spear into patamon. Afterwards the two digimon turned around, leaving the two alone...
