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Digimon Tamers Crimson Episode 35: Sympathy for a Demon...
Before Beelzemon arrived to greet Simon and Henry, he was still Nia and Reapmon. However, they were trapped within a secret labratory where, there were a noticable amount of tanks used for experimentation... But for what exactly? It would seem that Nia and Reapmon would soon find out as they explore the secret lab. "Reapmon, do you know exactly where we are?" Nia asked her Digimon who shook his head and responded "All I know is that we are within a labratory with quite a numerous amount of test tubes surrounding us." Nia pulled out her pistols and said "In that case... We should be careful. Who knows what might jump out at us? It could be a Zubat..." Reapmon then added "Or more likely a beaver warrior..." Nia later added "Or even one of those animatronics from a children's pizza place!" Reapmon looked at her skeptically and she said "My dad told me a lot of weird rumors as a kid... When we had time to bond of course!" Reapmon was still confused by what she meant by "rumors" but he decided to ask her later instead of now. What they weren't aware of, was that something or rather, someone was watching them. And that someone... was just as obscured as the other tanks.
As Nia and Reapmon were continuing their quest driven by curiosity, one of the tanks opened... And it seemed that it was one nearby them. What emerged from the tank appeared to be a black lion with a brown mane that had a somewhat muscular frame with pants reaching to his ankles as well as a sword on the back of his waist. Reapmon saw this walking abomination and he instantly froze at the sight. "It can't be... You're a... Leomon?" Nia saw this Digimon and scanned it with her Digivice. "MadLeomon, Virus type, Champion Level. Attacks are: Fist of the fallen beast king, and Poison claw." Reapmon seemed to be afraid of this zombie like creature as indicated by his lack of movement. Nia seemed confused at first, until she remembered that her partner was traumatized by the fact that he killed a Leomon who was his best friend. The Madleomon then charged at Reapmon in an attempt to eat him and consume his data. However, Nia shot him before he could touch Reapmon. The MadLeomon then disintigrated into nothing but data. Reapmon snapped out of his shock and looked at his Tamer, who sported quite a serious expression on her face. "You must think I'm a lowly coward now. I wouldn't blame you... Considering that I was practically seeking my own death there." Nia then put away her guns and slapped Reapmon in the face.
"I didn't think that you were a coward! But, you shouldn't put yourself down just because of your fears. If need be, I'll protect you from here on out. But, if you wish to face your fears... Then please help me Reapmon." Nia said to Reapmon who was surprised that Nia didn't berate him regarding what had just transpired. However, now he felt a bit of resolve returning to him and decided to fight alongside his Tamer. "I may have hesitated back there... But the thought that occured to me before I shot him was "It's better to die than to be used as an experiment." Nia said trying to have Reapmon understand how she was able to shoot the zombie lion so easily. But then it seemed that more MadLeomon began exiting their tanks and these didn't seem to have swords, but instead spikes on their shoulders and back. Nia and Reapmon stood back to back pointing their guns at the zombie lions who seemed to be a bit more... feral than the first one was. Reapmon then tried to remember his Tamer's words to gain some courage when facing these beasts, that were walking reminders of his past trauma.
Meanwhile...
The figure that seemed to be watching the Tamer/Digimon duo, emerged from his tank. "So it seems someone's here... But why? And why does that tall one look very familiar?" The figure asked himself as he watched the event take place. "Though my body seems to have recovered for whatever reason..." The figure said as he looked at himself. "No matter, Once I leave this place... I will once again rule over this world. I, Lucemon will see this reign through no matter what! But first... I need more data... Otherwise, my body will start to collapse on itself." Lucemon considered that at his current condition, he still needs data before he can even make an appearance out in the battlefield. "The first thing I'll do once I'm back at full power... Is kill the Legendary Warriors who wronged me back in my days of ruling this pitiful world! The first one I'll kill is the one called Kittan Ackerman. And then, the rest is clockwork..." After that declaration Lucemon started laughing to himself before continuing to view the fight at hand. "Once the MadLeomon kill these intruders, I'll have their data and I'm sure that will be sufficient enough for me to go into the human world... And besides, who would suspect me of wanting to murder someone? I'm just a little kid... Aren't I?" He then continues to laugh in arrogance.
Back with Nia and Reapmon...
[Cue Slash!]
Nia and Reapmon were blasting their way through several of the zombie lions. Nia was effortlessly gunning down each one that dared to strike her. Meanwhile Reapmon was doing a mixture of using his gun arm and slashing the zombie-like Digimon. However, as they kept going, they noticed something about these Digimon... It seemed that there was a direction in which the data keeps on flowing. And so the two decided to follow that pathway, in the hopes that they'll be able to stop this madness. Unfortunately, more and more decided to get in their way and so they decided to do a combination that they haven't tried before up until now. "Triple Barrel Shot!" They both said simultaneously as they fired their rounds at the zombies which ended up clearing a path for the duo. As they were passing through, one of the Zombie lions got in a lucky shot at Reapmon but it seemed to only damage his bandanna. When Nia removed the Bandanna she saw that there was indeed a scratch on her partner. "We've come this far haven't we Nia?" Reapmon said to Nia who nodded in understanding and decided to continue moving through the path they made for themselves. Afterwards, they found a door and closed it from the other side to prevent any interference from the Zombie Lions.
[End Slash!]
"Reapmon, once we get out of here, we need to get that wound looked at." Nia said to her partner who responded "Tis but a scratch. Since I'm a Virus Type Digimon, I can't really get poisoned by lesser Digimon. So unless one of them was a mega level like those Ebemon that Simon took out earlier... I'd say I'm fine for now." Nia smiled at the reassurance but then the duo were greeted by a what appeared to be a blonde haired kid, with what appears to be half a robe wrapped around his torso to his knees. While the robe was covering the left side of his torso, the left side was entirely exposed with what appears to be purple markings on his chest, his left arm, and below his left eye. He had gold wristguards and anklets along with eight wings attached to his back and two somehow protruding from his head. "I wondered why you looked so familiar Reapmon... But then again it's been a long time since we've seen one another... Beelzemon!" Nia kept her gun pointed at the child-like Digimon and asked Reapmon "So I'm guessing that's Lucemon, leader of the Demon lords?" Reapmon nodded and looked at Lucemon with anger on his face. "What's wrong Beelzemon? I thought we could have a little, reunion with one another... But clearly as I can see, you've lowered yourself to becoming a human's mere lap-dog."
Reapmon tries firing a shot at Lucemon, only for his shot to get sliced in half. Reapmon looks down on the floor and notices a large shadow wandering around Lucemon. "Nia! That shadow below Lucemon!" Reapmon yelled to Nia who looked down on the ground and saw what her partner was focusing on. "I see you noticed my shadow... Well Reapmon, as I'm sure you're aware I never had this power before... But now, I have an ability that will give me intantaneous protection whenever I need it! So I'm afraid that both of you... Will have to die now!" Lucemon said before commanding the shadow to attack Nia and Reapmon. They both avoided the shadow's strikes at first... But then Reapmon started to take some hits from the attacks. Which eventually forced him to de-evolve back into Impmon. Nia saw this and fired a round that Lucemon was expecting the shadow to cut. But instead, when the shadow tried to defend him it ended up parting for the bullet to hit Lucemon. He moved out of the path of the bullet... Only for it to slightly graze his face. Nia used this opportunity to rush over to Impmon's aid. Lucemon saw that her gun was most likely the key to her success, and so he had an idea... An awfully, awful idea... "Impmon! C'mon! Let's get you some place safe!" Nia yelled to her partner who was having a hard time standing up. Though he did see that something was aimed at him. Nia saw this and did the first thing she could think of...
She stood in the path of the Shadow's attack and took the hit for Impmon. "Hah! I knew it! You humans and your compassion! It would've been better for you to run! But no... You had to take the bullet for your partner's incompetence!" Lucemon said cheerfully before laughing at Nia and Impmon. The Shadow blades came out of Nia who fell onto the floor in front of Impmon... With what appears to be her data flowing out of her. "Nia... You can't die here! Not now! Simon's waitin' for ya! What's your dad gonna say when he finds out that you're dead!? Huh?! Please... Get up Nia... Your friends need you... I need you..." Impmon said to the fading Nia while trying to hold back tears in his eyes. "Impmon, I understand that you feel out of place but... You're one of us... You're our friend... If we can accept you for who you are... Why can't you?" Impmon snapped out of his shock and responded "But... How can I accept this? You died for a demon! A hellspawn! Why are you this accepting of me? It literally makes no sense..." Nia looked into Impmon's eyes and said "You are who you make yourself out to believe. And it doesn't matter if you are a demon, it's what's inside that counts... Isn't it?" Impmon then walked up to Nia's open wound and tried to see if he can heal the injury and save his fallen Tamer. "Nia, if you believe in me... Then I wanna believe in you!" Impmon then saw some kind of power within his Tamer. It seemed to be flowing in the pattern of a spiral. Nia then looked at her Digivice and saw what appeared to be, a small drill nearby it.
She picked it up and put it onto the wound that Impmon's hands were over. Her Digivice floated over the open wound as well which puzzled Lucemon. "What's this nonsense... No matter, whatever it is... You're dead." He commanded the shadows to strike Nia and Impmon, but a light emitted from the duo which impeded the Shadow's movements. Suddenly, the two began to glow and appeared to have merged together...
SPIRAL MATRIX EVOLUTION._
"Spiral Matrix Evolution!"
Nia said as she inserted the drill into her digivice, and was then enveloped by a purple streams of data. "Impmon... Spiral Matrix Evolve to..." Impmon said as Nia fell onto him. He then began to change into what appeared to be a tall, muscular biker. With long black leather pants, boots with spikes on the tips, a black inner shirt with a black biker jacket. He seemed to have claws on the tips of his fingers, and what appeared to be tubes protruding from his back. Lastly were the two gun holsters on his back and his left leg, along with a black mask that showed three green eyes and what appeared to be a metal tail.
"Beelzemon!"
Lucemon looked at what used to be a girl and a small demon. And saw what appeared to be the result of their union. "So, you've regained your true form Beelzemon. Though I have to say... Green is not a sutable eye color for you. I very much preferred red." Beelzemon looked down and picked up Nia's guns. The moment he touched the firearms, the two pistols somehow gained additional barrels on both sides that connected itself to the main barrel. However, he decides to put the guns into their holsters and prepared to strike the shadow surrounding Lucemon. The child demon commanded the shadow to strike Beelzemon only for his claws to give off a purple glow and for him to slash at the shadow with high speed. "Darkness Claw!" Beelzemon said while successfully fending off the attacks. Lucemon looks at this display with shock and confusion. "I don't understand! How is he so fast! There's no way he can block all of my attacks. Unless... His human must be helping him! I'll have to end this now!" Lucemon thought to himself before ordering the shadow to form itself into an extremely powerful spear. Beelzemon sees this and pulls out one of his two guns to shoot Lucemon. "Nia, is the iron gun the one that scratched him?" Beelzemon asks Nia within the data sphere. She nods in response to Beelzemon who then says "Good... Now I can finally end this conflict."
Beelzemon then points the gun at Lucemon who was prepared to launch the shadow spear. "Now Beelzemon! Die along with your Tamer!" The shadow spear was launched at Beelzemon who pulled the trigger on his gun. The bullets went straight through the spear which parted for the attack. Lucemon was shocked by this turn of events... But he did not have any time whatsoever to dodge. And so... Lucemon was pierced through the forehead. Beelzemon then notices the mark on his chest and immediately recognizes it. "So, the firearm responded to brand huh?" Beelzemon asked Nia who nodded in response. He walked up to the dying Lucemon who was starting to disintigrate into nothing but data. "Y'know, I was always loyal to you Lucemon. Daemon even ordered me to kill my own comrades for leaving the moment you died. But, it's a shame that I had to put you down for good. I'm sorry..." Beelzemon closes his eyes, mourning Lucemon's death and when he opened them... His data was gone for good. He turned to face the door that was holding off the MadLeomon and when he opened them... The zombie lions were gone. As though destroying Lucemon was all that it took to defeat all of these Digimon. Beelzemon then shot a gas leak nearby where Lucemon was in hopes of destroying the labratory.
As the former demon lord exitted the lab, an explosion occured behind him... But he just simply kept on walking. Beelzemon looks down at his hand and asks "So Nia, is this what it means to have a bittersweet ending?" Nia inside the data sphere responds "It's not the end you know right?" Beelzemon laughs a bit and says "You certainly know how to encourage others, don't you?" Nia laughs a bit and Beelzemon looks up before shouting "Behemoth!" into the sky. Suddenly, a brownish red motorcycle appeared from the sky... As though responding to Beelzemon's command. He gets into the seat while the motor was running and says "It's been a long time... Hasn't it old friend?" He then drives off towards what would seem to be an unknown destination to others. But to Nia and Beelzemon... It was the pathway towards their friends. They would eventually find Simon and Henry in the form of their mega level Digimon and reveal to Simon what had transpired...
"And that's what happened..." Nia finished telling the story of what she and Impmon had been doing this whole time. They had de-fused to rid of the awkward situation of how a masculine Digimon had been the result of his girlfriend and Impmon. "So, you ended up killing Lucemon eh?" Simon asked Nia and Impmon who both nodded in response. "I thought he was long dead when my dad and his friends killed him." Henry was somewhat shocked by the news that Nia and Impmon killed the leader of the demon lords, but even more shocked that Simon's father had killed Lucemon earlier. "So Ackerman, what's our next plan of attack?" Impmon asked and Simon responded "I'm gonna see if I can detect anyone else. Though it may take time since I need to concentrate." Simon then went away from Henry and Nia to meditate. Meanwhile Henry and Nia decided to talk about their current situation. "So once we're all together... How do you think we're gonna keep Simon from going gung ho again?" Henry asked Nia who responded "I think Simon has learned his lesson considering that... He doesn't appear to have the hazard mark anymore." Impmon then adds "Well Guilmon doesn't have the hazard anymore either... Just that spiral mark on his chest. And speaking of which... What's this spiral energy all about exactly?" Guilmon walked up to the group and answered "Spiral Energy is what flows through all living organisms. It's power is based on one's belief in themselves... And others. So the more confident you are... The more power you get."
Terriermon raised a hand and asked Guilmon "So, confidence is now a factor?" Guilmon nods and says "Terriermon, confidence has always been a factor in battles." Terriermon does a little face palm and says "Well silly me then huh Henry?" Henry nods in response to his partner and looks at Nia and Impmon. "So Impmon... what do you think of your new power?" Henry asks Impmon who responded "Well, I gotta be honest... Now it feels even better than it did when I was evil. So you don't need to worry about me deep sixing any of you." Nia then adds "I never doubted him for a second... I know that skepticism is proof that you aren't naive... But Impmon has been genuine to me since day one. And that, I can never turn my back on." The five of them all nodded in agreement as Simon came back to the group with news. "I think I just detected Rika's prescense..." Simon said to everyone who got up from their resting places. "Just tell us which direction and we'll find her!" Henry said to Simon who nodded in response and pointed in what appeared to be east of their location. They each got out their core drills and traveled either by flying (or in Beelzemon's case using a motorcycle) to their destination.
Now that three of the Tamers have reunited, can they find Rika before it's too late? And what of the other Tamers in the Digital World? Find out next time, on Digimon Tamers Crimson!