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Digimon Tamers Crimson Episode 32: The Megidolaon! Simon Stands Alone!
The Digital sky has regained it's blue texture. However, not all was peaceful on this morning. Guilmon and the other Tamers were about to receive, a rude awakening. He woke up noticing something was wrong. "Simon... Where are you?" Guilmon asked looking around for his Tamer after he had just awakened. The other Tamers and their Digimon woke up to Guilmon shouting Simon's name. "What's Guilmon yelling about this time?" Terriermon asks Henry who yawns and responds "No idea Terriermon. But whatever it is, I'm sure Simon will be able to calm him down." Terriermon yawns before saying "Yeah... you're right. We should just... Momentai about it..." Guilmon meanwhile caught sight of Falchion, a Digivice and... Simon's goggles... "SIMON! HE'S GONE!" Guilmon yelled, which got everyone up and running towards Guilmon. They saw that Guilmon was holding onto Simon's goggles, with his eyes widened at this sudden turn of events. "Simon... Why? Why would you just... Abandon us like this?!" Guilmon asked with tears falling out of his eyes. Nia grabbed Simon's digivice worried about her boyfriend... But then she saw the message carved into the tree nearby. "Guys! There's a message carved into this tree." Nia said to the others whom gathered around her as she began to read the message.
"Dear My Fellow Tamers, I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you during our time in the Digital World. And I hope that you'll understand when I say this: I want you guys to leave the Digital World. Why you may ask? Simple... Because I feel as though if I can't prevent a simple tree from harming you... Then what good am I? Especially when considering he was able to use all of your fears, and my innermost desire. I'm only going to ask of you this once... Please, just let me fight this last battle and leave this Digital World! Takeru, get Patamon to MagnaAngemon so that he can make a portal for you guys to leave. I only want there to be some form of hope for both worlds. Nia, I love you very much and I hope that you find someone else much more deserving than me. Guilmon, there's probably another Tamer who is much more worthy of being your partner instead of me. And to everyone else... Let's just say that... I haven't been a very worthy leader to any of you. So I hope that, after my death... You'll find someone much better than me to carry the torch. Someone... Who seems to be a nice guy and overall... Less of a burden to you. Now, I just want to thank you for helping me when I needed it. And I hope we meet again in another life. Also Rika, Daisuke... This isn't atonement for the people who's deaths I caused... This is just something I have to do. Please understand that... I don't want anyone getting involved with this whole battle anymore. Love, Simon Ackerman..."
After Nia read that letter, many of the Tamers and their Digimon were shocked. However, Takeru, Guilmon and Nia were all somewhat angry at their leader for this. Guilmon with Simon's goggles, picked up Simon's sword, and ran ahead just to find where his Tamer ran off to. Meanwhile, the others pulled out blue cards and slashed their Digivices to evolve their Digimon...
EVOLUTION._
SUPER EVOLUVION._
JOGRESS EVOLUTION._
Terriermon Evolve To... Gargomon!
Gargomon Super Evolve To... Rapidmon!
Renamon Evolve To... Kyubimon!
Kyubimon Super Evolve To... Taomon!
Impmon Evolve To... Wizardmon!
Wizardmon Super Evolve To... Reapmon!
Lopmon Evovle To... Turuiemon!
Turuiemon Super Evovle To... Antylamon!
Gatomon Super Evolve To... Angewomon!
Patamon Evolve To... Angemon!
Angemon Super Evolve To... MagnaAngemon!
V-Mon Evolve To... XV-Mon!
Wormmon Evolve To... Stingmon!
XV-Mon! Stingmon! Jogress Evolve To... Paildramon!
Each of the Tamers got onto their Digimon and followed Guilmon towards where Simon is. "Simon... Where are you?!" Guilmon thinks to himself as he practically leads the team towards their destination.
Meanwhile With Simon...
Simon was outside of the forest zone, and seemed to be in a zone with lots of gears within it. He looked back at the forest as though he has having second thoughts. However, he turned back around and started walking somewhat aimlessly. He closes his eyes for a few seconds and suddenly... He ends up in his subconscious looking directly at Megidramon, held down by threads. "What's going on now Megidramon?" Simon asked the serpent dragon who responded "Ackerman... That's what I want to know. Why on earth did you just abandon your friends? The ones who got you this far... Last time I checked?" Simon sighed and answered "You should be able to just, look into my head and get the answers there. So... Why don't you just do that?" Megidramon ponders this and says "Understand that, I cannot see in the deepest part of your subconscious. All I can see is what's around me. Right now, I want you to explain to me why this all happened!" Simon pinched the bridge of his nose and said "I know you're gonna laugh at this... But it has to do with that tree's illusions. Not just the illusion I saw, but the illusions everyone else saw." Megidramon then gestured him to continue. "And I felt that... If I couldn't even protect them from that excuse for a Digimon... Then I can't protect anyone." Simon finished looking up at Megidramon who then says "You know Simon... I've always wondered how much of an idiot you truly are..." Simon responds "If that's the case... Then I'm an idiot. But I've got good news cell mate!" Megidramon ends up confused with Simon's statement.
He then explains "You no longer have to put with me anymore... Because once this is all over... I'll be long gone, and you won't have to put up with any part of me." Simon turned around and was about to walk out... Until Megidramon responded "Simon, After all the time I've gotten to know you... I realized something..." Simon turns his head and asks "Yeah, and what's that?" Megidramon then explains "After all the time I've been in here... Hearing every scream you made, every tear you shed, and all your self loathing... I realized that... I made a huge mistake in making you my vessel." Megidramon lowers his head in shame and Simon asks "Wouldn't me being dead remedy that problem?" He then walks out of the room and Megidramon says "What I want now... Is to return myself to my bretherin..." Simon then opens his eyes and he is now outside his subconscious. He then tried to take a few steps only to detect his friend's presence. Simon turns around and sees a couple people in a bitter mood about his decision. "Y'know... This was kind of what I was hoping to avoid." Simon said to the others. Guilmon threw the sword nearby Simon and Nia actually threw his Digivice at his face. "I suppose, I deserve that." Takeru had motioned for Nia to let him handle this situation. He walked up to Simon... And then punched him in the face. "You remember that!? You remember how you punched me!?" Takeru yelled as he then pinned Simon to the ground and started punching him a couple times, before saying some more words. "You were the one, who gave me a second chance! But the moment some tree shows up, makes us see some bad shit is when you give up?! What kind of leader gives up over something so fucking stupid huh!?" Takeru yells at him further to prove a point.
"You always believed in doing the impossible. But right now, you're treating it as though it was just some fancy words that could get us to be your troops! You are being an arrogant asshole right now! The things we've been through! All the hell we had to endure just because of this one guy who hates you! You were the one who gave us the strength we needed to fight! And you're just willing to give that up right now, all because you probably think you can't protect us huh!? Well I got a newsflash for ya! We don't need your constant protection... Alright!? All we need... Is your guidance... So what half assed excuse do you have up your sleeve HUH, SIMON!" Takeru finished his speech and got off Simon. Simon was somewhat phased by Takeru's speech and responded "It's because, you guys are a constant reminder of why I fail as a leader, a friend and a boyfriend. Daisuke, I practically got your parents killed. Rika, you get the gist of what I would say. Henry, I could have left you alone with your pacifist nature intact... Now you've pretty much become a mini-me... Which honestly sucks... Nia, I've practically lead you into a life where you could be in constant danger... And at that point I didn't want to put anybody else in the type of situation I'm in. Kari, I was somewhat skeptical about your theory on Taichi and the moment I found him... I realized that... I made a huge mistake in making you a Tamer. Ken, I know you're kind and all that... But I'm sure your brother would have wanted you to live instead of nearly dying. Suzie, you're a sweet girl and all... But I'm thinking that Henry was right about not wanting you involved.
Last but certainly not least... Takeru, I understand that you hated me for the longest time... And I had no right getting your friends involved." Simon finished addressing to everyone except for their Digimon who felt as though he was addressing them as well. Guilmon however, looked at Simon in anger and said "You think that this will make everything right!?" Simon faces Guilmon who's eyes were viral at this point. "I can't believe that... After all we've been through... You still think that you need to do everything yourself!" Simon then responds "Guilmon, you only have an affinity for me just because I created you! Nothing more! Nothing less!" Guilmon then head butts Simon into a pillar and yells "YOU'RE WRONG! ALL I EVER WANTED... WAS TO BE YOUR FRIEND! AND NOW, YOU'RE JUST BEING INCREDIBLY STUBBORN, YOU IDIOT!" Simon quite shocked at Guilmon's words responded softly "It's too late for me... I've made my choice. And now, Daemon's already here." Daemon ended up appearing from the ground and started laughing at Simon. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is the Shadow Tamer! This petulant child who overestimates himself! What a laugh!" He then continues to laugh which makes Simon so angry, he concentrates a large amount of the Hazard's power into his right hand. "Guilmon, if you won't flee... Then at least get the others out of range. I don't know if I can control this attack... So before I unleash it... Get the others to safety... Okay?" Simon said to Guilmon who nodded in response and signaled the others to duck in cover.
"Oh what are you gonna do now? All you do is throw temper tantrums at whomever causes you problems. So what difference will this make!?" Daemon asked Simon in a mocking tone which only fueled Simon's anger even further. "Daemon... I promise to make this attack, the last one you'll ever experience!" He then streched his arm behind him and said "MEGIDOLAON!" before firing the blast. It hit Daemon with immense force and it seemed that once the smoke cleared... He was gone, reduced to mere data. Simon looked at his left hand... And saw that part of the armor was peeling off. He then turned to face his friends, knowing that they'll never forgive him. He was about to say something, but then he saw a pink crystal floating above all of them. "EVERYBODY! MOOOVE!" Simon yelled to his friends who just noticed the pink crystal. It then emitted a light that blinded everyone, except for Guilmon since he had his combat shades on. Renamon was able to push Guilmon out of the light just before something happened. Simon ran towards everyone before anything else could happen... Only to come short and see everyone and their Digimon vanish before him, except for Guilmon. Simon was so shocked by this that... He couldn't move or speak. Guilmon was equally as shocked and then he saw that Simon was on his knees punching the ground, with tears running down his eyes. "Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! DAMMIT! DAMN IT ALL!" Simon yelled as he kept punching the ground in tears... What he didn't see coming was Daemon using his claws to stab him. "Now then, let's see who dies first!" Daemon said retracting his claws from Simon's back and he then proceeded to stab him in multiple areas on his body with his claws.
Daemon had no cloak on which revealed his true form. He had black and purple wings with red sharp claws on the center of the wings, both of his hands and had red talons on his feet. His skin was a lighter shade of purple, his left arm appearing much longer than his right arm, red fur all over his torso down to his legs and had horns on both sides of his head. Guilmon saw this sight and screamed "SIMON!" at the sight of his Tamer, practically butchered. Inside of Simon's head, Megidramon saw that his prison was fading away and noticed Simon unconscious before him. "Ackerman! Get up Ackerman! You can't die here!" Megidramon was yelling at Simon who wasn't able to get up. He pondered for a solution and he then decided "Alright Ackerman, how about this? A life, for a life... Is that fair?" Megidramon was asking the unconscious Simon for an opinion. But it fell on deaf ears. So Megidramon then said "I guess I'll take it as a yes. Simon, you may think yourself unworthy of such friendship. But, ya know... Friendship was the one thing I always craved. But then, power got to me and... I let that offer of friendship from my bretherin fade away from me. So do me a favor... Don't make the same mistake I did... Understand that, you're not alone in this world and... Make the people you care about proud alright? Goodbye, Simon Ackerman. I hope that you live a life worth living." After Megidramon's last words, Simon and Guilmon's hazard symbols faded away from existence. Guilmon noticed this and said "Oh no. Now I won't be able to evolve anymore!" Daemon saw that Simon's armor faded away completely, and so did his wounds.
"So... Megidramon made the mistake of being compassionate. He should have simply taken my offer for power. But now, he decided to die just for the sake of one boy. Pathetic!" Daemon said as he picked up Simon by his metal arm. He then proceeded to pull the arm which caused quite a lot of pain to Simon who woke up to Daemon about to rip his arm off. Daemon then tore off Simon's metal arm, along with the piece that held it in his shoulder. Simon then screamed in pain as blood dripped out of his shoulder. Daemon then stepped on Simon's back just to pour figurative salt on his wounds. "I guess the Shadow Tamer is no more than a mere stepping stool." Daemon said about to crush Simon... Until Guilmon, armed with Falchion in his mouth charges in and knocks Daemon away from Simon. "Simon, we gotta get out of here!" Guilmon said to Simon who didn't have the strength to move from his current predicament. "Guilmon, just leave me here. Just go and find another Tamer for you." Simon said to Guilmon who responded "No! I won't just leave you to die! And if you can't get up, I'll carry you!" Daemon then said to the two "Here's what's going to happen, No one is leaving here alive! You'll both die here, and Yggdrasil shall be pleased with my progress. Now just hold still and I'll end you painlessly!" He then charged up a large orb of fire. Guilmon then stood in front of his Tamer to protect him. "EVIL INFERNO!" Daemon said before firing the massive orb which closed in on Guilmon and Simon. However, everything seemed to slow down and something took Simon and Guilmon from the battlefield and lifted them skyward...
Daemon looked onto the battlefield hoping to find some scorched data. However, he saw that nobody was there at all. "Divine intervention huh? He wouldn't be so lucky had this not happened! Tch! I guess I'll have to wait for those two to come back. And once they do, I'll obliterate both of them! Along with their hopes and dreams!" Daemon said to himself while preparing for Simon and Guilmon's return...
Meanwhile in an unknown location...
Simon was still bracing himself for the impact, that never came. He opened his eyes to the same meadow he saw in his illusion. He clutched his shoulder in pain, still aware of the fact that his prosthetic arm was no more. "Guilmon? You okay Guilmon?" Simon asked his partner who opened his eyes, still holding Falchion in his mouth. "I'm fine Simon. But usually when Digimon are deleted... They either end up absorbed into someone else, or they become a Digi-egg." Guilmon said somewhat confused by their current location. Simon then stood up while still holding his shoulder. "Simon, you should stay down and rest!" Guilmon said concerned for his Tamer's current state. "Guilmon... I get that you're concerned for me. But, at this point I've literally got nothing left! I lost the hazard all because I was gullible enough to believe that Daemon died in that explosion! My friends are likely going to die to Daemon's posse! And now, there's no way for you to evolve beyond your rookie form... I also doubt that Falchion is going to work for me. Plus the fact that I once again just became left handed makes this worse..." Simon said pointing out how impossible the situation is to Guilmon, who was unsure how to respond to his Tamer's statement. Suddenly, a feminine like figure appears in a cloak and says "Giving up? I'm pretty sure that's not how Simon Ackerman would respond to these situations!" Simon turned to face the figure and responds "Yeah? And how would you know that? For all I care, you could be yet another hallucination induced by that stupid tree!" The figure then removes the hood on the cloak so Simon could see her face.
She had a somewhat shorter than usual length of brunette hair, and she seemed to also have hazel eyes. "Because Simon, I'm your-" She was saying before Simon interrupted her with a hug. "Do you... Have any idea... How much I missed you... Mom?" Simon asked shedding tears towards his mother. Guilmon was somewhat shocked and asked "So you're his mommy?" Simon and his mother broke the hug so that she could face Guilmon and nod in response. "And you must be Guilmon, Simon's partner in crime." Simon wipes his tears with his hand and says "Mom, I know you probably are ashamed of... What I've become and all that. And all I can say is that, I'm sorry." Simon's mother then approached him and said "I didn't save you from that demon lord just to hear you say that! I saved you because... I want to help you." Simon looks down in shame and says "Well unless you have the ability to help Guilmon mega evolve, then I'm not sure what you're gonna do." Simon's mother giggles a bit at her son's predicament and Simon says "You have something, don't you?" She responds by putting her hand on Simon's shoulder and as she pulled back, suddenly a dark greenish crystal formed from Simon's shoulder down. And it forged itself into a new arm. This arm seemed to have five lighter green lines going down to the finger tips. Simon pretty shocked about his new arm then asks "Okay so... What is this arm made of?" His mother then responds "Spiral Energy." Simon raises an eyebrow to that statement and asks "Okay, and what's that?" She answers "It is the belief in oneself and others. It is a power that Humans and Digimon can wield." Simon looks down at his arm and then sees that Guilmon has a spiral-like logo on his chest.
"I'm guessing this power has just awakened in us Simon!" Guilmon exclaimed with quite a bit of enthusiasm. Simon's mother then said to him before leaving "Simon, before I go... I love you... And believe in yourself and your friends. That's something you once said, right Simon?" Simon thought about this and remembered he did say something along those lines to Guilmon and the others. "Y'know, I guess I'm a bad student since I couldn't pay any attention to any lessons that were given to me. Maybe I needed this pep talk again just to be sure." He said to his mother. Guilmon then asks "Do you think I'm part of the family?" Simon's mother responds "Of course Guilmon. And for the record... The name's Clara. Just so you know." She then fades away while Simon and Guilmon wave goodbye to her. "Guilmon, how much do you think I'm gonna need to apologize to Nia and the others?" Simon asks Guilmon who responds "How about we finish our current battle before we get to "that" part." Simon nods and they then were beamed down to the surface of the Digital World...
Back on the surface...
Daemon then sees a beam of light which reveals Simon and Guilmon with a new resolve. "Well, back for more I see... In that case..." Daemon charges up another attack which he then proceeds to fire at Simon. "Evil Inferno!" Simon then simply holds out his hand and blocks the attack effortlessly. "Guilmon, how about we show this guy what we're made of. You ready?" Simon asks Guilmon nods in response. Simon then pulls out another thing he got from his mother, which was a small drill object that he inserted into the Digivice, which adapted to the change.
SPIRAL MATRIX EVOLUTION._
Simon holds the Digivice in his left hand, close to his chest which then envelops him in a drill-like core. He then falls into his partner and they then merge together...
Guilmon Spiral Matrix Evolve To... Gallantmon!
This Gallantmon appeared to be a white armored figure, with red shoulder plates, red cape, and what appears to be the spiral logo on Guilmon's chest. He also seemed to wear a larger version of Guilmon's combat shades. Inside Gallantmon was Simon floating around in the data core. "So this is what it feels like to be a Digimon..." Simon said to himself. Although Guilmon responded "What do you think Simon?" Simon then answered "It's actually pretty awesome!" But then he looks down and says "But now I know how it feels to be a naked Ken doll." Guilmon responds "Well, Digimon aren't well known for having gender... Or clothes for that matter." Simon shrugs and says "Fairs fair. How about we stick with what we're good at." Outside Daemon is confused at this form right in front of him. "You... You can't be alive! You're supposed to be dead!" Gallantmon looks at his hand and responds "Really? Well in that case..." He charged at Daemon and delivered a swift and powerful punch to his gut. "I guess I must be a very tangible ghost then, huh?"
Now that Simon has regained his resolve, he has become one with his partner! However, will that be enough to defeat Daemon? And what about Simon's friends? How are they faring against Daemon's new Demon corp? Find out next time, on Digimon Tamers Crimson!