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Okay, this chapter is the last before the mood lightens up a bit. How are you following me so far?
In this I inserted a little dialogue from a fansub instead of the English dub, just in case you're wondering.
3 Visions
He took in everything the instant he opened his eyes. The atmosphere was dark. The air was salty and uncomfortably humid. The landscape was composed of shades of grey and black. The huge black expanse of the ocean lay not far enough away. Wind rushed through his hair as the ground came up to smack him in the face.
He picked himself up quickly, not once forgetting why he had come. The white digimon that had fallen beside him murmured sulkily. "TK, promise me you will never do that again."
"TK! Gatomon!" The voice that came from below, on the beach at the foot of the cliff, was the one that they had been searching for. "Guys, you came!"
TK called back down to Kari as he stood up, "That's right!"
A loud growl came from above, and he turned towards the source. It was an Airdramon, possessed by yet another one of the Digimon Emperor's black tools. He frowned. How long had Kari been stuck dealing with this thing? He looked down at his digimon. "Time to rock, Patamon!"
"Right!"
TK's partner jumped into the air as he held forward his D3. "Digi-armour energize!
"Patamon armour digivolve to…Pegasusmon! Flying Hope!"
Gatomon was making her way down to Kari as TK went off to battle the captive digimon. The creature was firing wildly, giving Pegasusmon a tough chore of dodging and weaving.
"Spinning Needle!" Shouted the Airdramon, letting loose his attacks.
Pegasusmon shot up over one blast, then quickly ducked back low under another. TK almost floated off the digimon's back at that move, and the attack roared by, only a foot from his head. He watched it sail off behind them, and then let out a cry, "Pegasusmon! That was too close!"
Kari had only been watching, and Gatomon got her attention. "Okay Kari! I need to armour digivolve right now!"
"But…I don't have my D-Terminal." Kari said bleakly.
That took Gatomon by surprise. "We're toast! Oh…I don't know how much longer they can last!"
The two could only watch as the champion chased TK and his partner though the sky. Gatomon let out a little cry as they narrowly missed another attack. TK glared over his shoulder at the digimon and growled, "He's on our tail!"
Gatomon made her way back up the cliff, calling out, "Pegasusmon!"
As the two flew by, she ran forward and jumped into TK's lap just as another blast came crashing into the cliff right behind them. Then she gave out an order.
"Pegasusmon! The control spire, you got to take it out! Then I can digivolve."
The armour digimon swerved in the air to face the dark lighthouse which concealed the tower. He readied his attack. "Here goes nothing!"
"Full blast, Pegasusmon!" TK encouraged.
"Equus Beam!"
They all watched breathlessly as the attack crashed into the lighthouse, shattering it and felling the spire inside. "Nice shooting!"
Moments after the tower's destruction, the clouds parted up above, letting down a stream of warm, pink light. As they passed by, Gatomon leaped out into it, shouting out, "Gatomon digivolve to…Angewomon!"
Kari smiled from below as the angel digimon appeared and the light faded. "Angewomon!" She absent-mindedly repeated.
The ultimate stood there, basking in the fading glow of the light, then turned her head with a complacent "Hmm?"
It was Airdramon, coming in for another attack.
"Equus Beam!" Pegasusmon came in from behind, causing the champion to swerve clumsily.
Angewomon then made her move. "Heaven's Charm!"
The possessed digimon disintegrated in the pink cross of light. As it faded, Pegasusmon passed by the angel on his way back to the shore. TK was beaming from his place on the digimon's back. "Nice job! We defeated Airdramon!"
They cheered in celebration, but there was one more part of the job to finish. Angewomon glided down near Kari.
"Angewomon! You've got to help them." She said, referring to the captive digimon she had found in the dark cave. The angel digimon replied wordlessly and stretched a curing light over the Scubamon. Kari laughed with joy as the spirals unwound and the digimon's red eyes faded to their true grey colour. And then something went awry. Some sort of shadow began filling the forms of the digimon, and their shapes began to morph. Their limbs lengthened. Their voices became more guttural and gravelly. Their bodies were growing. Rough cackling filled the air.
TK had landed on the beach with Patamon, some ways away from Kari, and he immediately noticed something had gone wrong. The creatures rose to their feet, their posture hunched and gangly. They were tall, passing up the kids by at least two feet. All had their eyes on Kari. TK heard her voice echo across the shoreline. "This…this is your true form?"
One of them reached forward with a lanky hand and grabbed her arm. Kari gasped sharply. "What are you doing? Don't hurt me!"
TK sprang into action at her plea, sprinting down the shore in an attempt to help her struggle free. "Let her go, you creeps!"
That's where the memories ended.
The nightmare began.
The shore seemed to be lengthening before him. No matter how far he ran, they still stayed at the same distance, taunting him with the sight of those shadowy creatures beginning to surround Kari. He knew this wasn't how it happened, but the horror was there in front of his eyes, all too real. They began wordlessly dragging Kari away, down to the water's edge.
"No! Kari!" TK cried out, "I'm still coming!"
His mind was frozen in panic, and he could only manage to keep his legs moving. Where was Angewomon? TK jerked his head around fearfully, looking for the ultimate. He caught a glimpse of something small and white falling into the water, but his attention was diverted by a scream from Kari. No!
TK forced himself to run faster, but it didn't seem to be helping anything. His progress was too slow, but he was close enough to see the terrified expression on her face as she was being forced into the ocean by the being that had grabbed her. Its back was turned to TK while the girl it carried was staring straight at him in terror. It had her restrained with only one arm, the limb like a metal bar keeping her from resisting. The water was up to her chest. TK ran by the black cave that the Scubamon had come out of, reassuring himself that he was making progress. His mind suddenly snapped back into gear. He whipped his head around to see his partner following him.
"Pa—agh!"
A dark cloud had blasted out of the black cave, enveloping TK in a nearly black haze. His breath was stifled further than the already thickly humid atmosphere, causing him to let out that grunt. He heard a squeal from his digimon, and spun to see a shadow creature leap up out of the sand, snatching Patamon out of the air. It restrained the little creature's movements with a vice grip, and began carrying him towards the ocean.
"Patamon!" TK tried to scream past the wet mist, and made an attempt to chase after the other, but found his own limbs being held back. A solid darkness had materialized within the cloud, and tendrils of black had coiled themselves around him. Something grabbed his ankle and pulled him off his feet, forcing him to kneel. TK let out a stifled cry as the cold, hard grasp remained there at his foot. He resisted with all his might, gazing back at the ocean. The being carrying Kari had waited for the one that had Patamon. She stared at him through the cloud with wide eyes, the water just below her chin. The two creatures paused once, before finally diving under the surface.
TK flailed with a muffled grunt. He struggled again, but the darkness held him, chilling him with icy clasps. One tendril had snaked across his chest. Others had wrapped around his arms, holding them back and away from his body. More had entangled his legs. TK was suddenly aware that he was being pulled backwards, towards that pitch black cave behind him. He lunged himself against the force of the darkness, but it had a solid grip. Yet, as if that wasn't enough, he felt large hands seize him and hold him still. Another thick coil wrapped around his neck, tightening enough for him to take a hint and submit. TK took a sharp breath, and then moaned.
"Help…" he lifted his head to try and shout past the wet air. "Matt!"
A black veil fell over his face, obscuring the rest of the vision until he only saw pitch black. A new voice came, uncomfortably close, rising above the cackling snarls that had filled his ears. "Did you really think you could stop it? Ever think about what to do when it comes for you? Or are you just immune to it all?"
TK's eyes snapped open.
PS: I try to keep these flashbacks to a minimum
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