A/N: It's the penultimate chapter of the Dark HYDRA Network arc. Let's see what happens when our heroes take the fight to a godly realm.
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Digimon Fusion Ascendancy
Act V: Dark HYDRA Network
Chapter XLV: Adnarim's Endless Hunger
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SHIELD Carrier/2:00 PM (JST)
Having teleported from the fight with Adnarim, Omega X dropped off himself, Max & Gojiramon, Metalla X, Sora & Biyomon, and to the surprise to many the Prince of Asgard. Everyone still in the carrier headed over to check on them.
"Guys, are you ok?!" Izzy exclaimed as he saw the others laying in a heap with Omega X sitting on top of them.
"Whew, that was close! I thought she had us!" Omega X sighed with relief.
"Holy moley! Look, Izzy!" Tentomon pointed to the large Asgardian man laying at the bottom.
"Who's the big guy with the golden mane?" Izzy asked as he checked on him.
"Apparently his name is Thor," Sora answered as she and Biyomon got off him.
"It is. He's from Asgard," Max clarified.
"Really? Asgard actually exists?!" The Bearer of Knowledge exclaimed. "Now, my curiosity's piqued.
Tentomon shrugged. "How much more grandiose can it be than the Digiworld?"
"Tentomon, you have no idea," chuckled Max as he watched Thor rise and scan the room full of Digidestined and Digimon. He cautiously eyed his new surroundings.
"Where am I?" Thor demanded.
"You're on a SHIELD carrier. It's a flying carrier ship. Don't worry we're all good guys here," Omega X reasoned with Thor, who clenched his hammer tight.
Metalla X saw Thor gripping his hammer. "You can try and attack us, but it won't do you any good, Goldilocks."
"Where's that creature we've fought? How did we get here? Magic?" Thor gave more queries to the strangers in the room.
"Um, that was me. I teleported us here with Instant Movement. For the record, it's not magic, dude. It's a teleport technique." Omega X pointed out.
"And that creature's probably either searching for us or went about finding other food sources. But, if we don't stop her, she's possibly going to consume all every lifeform on the planet," Max stated.
"If she intends to consume life on this world, I can't allow that to happen. I have friends here."
"Then, we're on the same page then," Sora added.
Just then, Nick Fury came storming in with Black Widow behind him.
"Ok, what in god's name is going on in here?!" Fury bellowed. His one good eye spotted Thor. "Oh hell."
"You have no idea. That's one way to describe Muspelheim," the Asgardian replied.
As Black Widow took out electric batons, Fury stopped her.
"That won't be necessary, Romanoff."
"He came and fought with us against Miranda's evil half! So, he's good in my eye," Omega X said, patting Thor's right shoulder.
"Your welcome, but I should be leaving to stop that monster now."
"Not by yourself, you're not," Max interjected. "With all due respect, Thor, but as powerful as you are, this enemy is beyond anything you've ever faced."
"You underestimate my strength?"
Metalla X grunted. And I thought I sounded like an arrogant ass.
Matt internally chimed inside Metalla X's head. 'Like you? I doubt this guy was bad like you, Yamato.'
"No, look. I'm just suggesting it might be best if we work together. Besides…" Max approached Thor and pointed to his trusted Mjolnir. "This was able to inflict damage to her. So, if anything, this may be one of our best bets to neutralize Adnarim."
"But, not necessarily outright destroy her? Because one of us will have to do her in," said Metalla X.
"Right. There's no telling how far Thor's hammer can effectively damage Adnarim, but it's mystic properties should neutralize her."
"Sounds like an idea, Max!" Gojiramon said.
Thor raised a brow at Max. "You know so much about Mjolnir. How do know about me and my home Asgard? What else do you know?"
Max sighed. "I was… and still kinda am a watcher of a section of the universe. I've watched you while I've been observing the activities of my friends here. We've dealt with a great number of universal threats before you dropped in on Midgard."
"Midgard?" Biyomon was befuddled.
"It's the name the Asgardians call our planet Earth," Izzy answered the pink-feathered bird Digimon.
"So, there's other worlds in the universe besides our usual planets?" Sora tried to process all this new information.
"And you thought the Digiverse was vast, Sora," Max smirked. "Wait until I educate you about the Nine Realms."
"Yes, I've observed your battle with that creature and I've concluded you've fought many powerful enemies before. Your strengths are much to be admired," Thor addressed the Ascendants in the room.
Black Widow leaned over and whispered next to Fury. "I remember the footage you showed me when Clint was down New Mexico."
"It's the same guy. He took down all our agents when he went to retrieve that magic hammer of his," Fury explained while his eye became glued to Thor's hammer. "Mr. Thor, it would be in your best interest to help us bring down this monster and extract the Hulk out of her."
"It's why I am here. I was searching for my brother, but then I saw this monster was causing you much trouble," Thor said, a smirk forming over his facial beard.
(Cue Dragon Ball FighterZ OST - Synopsis (Bulma's Ship))
"Great, then we've got to hit her where she least expects it," Omega X said.
"Or, better yet lure her to another location since she's learned Instant Movement," Max suggested.
"Oh, maybe we can move her to Simms' planet in Other World?"
"There's no enough room there. Plus, Simms would hate cleaning up after our mess."
"Well, what then, Max?" Sora asked. "Are there any other pace you can suggest?"
Omega X snapped his fingers. "Maybe Lord Shinmon's realm?"
"Eh, I don't know. He and Gozensomon would be throwing a fit after the whole D-Reaper fight there," Max said.
"Well, we sure as hell can't ask Lord Beerusmon and Whismon," Metalla X pointed out.
"Then, Lord Shinmon's world it is," Omega X shrugged.
"Hey, what did I just say?" Max sighed out of exasperation.
"I don't care where we go, as long as we defeat her at all costs," Thor plainly said, preparing to head out of the room.
"Hold it there, big guy. We need to lure her out into the open and then relocate to Lord Shinmon's world to settle the fight there."
"I do not know this Lord Shinmon you speak of, but sounds like a deity like the people of my realm like my father Odin."
"Eh, try a lot more powerful on the divine hierarchy scale than your dad, Thor."
Upon hearing this, the Asgardian raised a brow. "You speak the truth?"
Max shrugged. "Why would I lie? I was a watcher of half the universe for a time."
Thor smirked. "Very well then. Let's lure this creature to this venerable god's realm."
"Well, that's settled," Omega X said as he turned to Fury. "You won't long to worry about Miranda anymore since we'll be taking this fight to another world."
"Another world? Like this Digital World place Stark's told me about?"
"Yeah, but it goes a lot deeper than that. There's a vast universe of different worlds and even a parallel universe, who we just competed against in a tournament. Plus, a whole bunch of gods and strong fighters," Omega X informed Fury, who nodded trying to make sense of everything the Ascendant told him.
"Right, so it's a parallel universe to ours?"
"More or less, but as you've already seen, there's been Digimon incursions ever since the Odaiba Fog Incident in 1999," Izzy stated.
"Yes, I remember that well. SHIELD and I were there to help with the clean-up," Fury recalled the incident with Myotismon's forces invading and the vampire destroying half of Odaiba's area outside the Fuji TV Station.
"And just recently Burizalor and his crew's invasion," added Metalla X. "Thankfully, we put a stop to them.
"Is Burizalor not that golden fiend I tried to fight against?" Thor recalled his brief confrontation with the villain. "His strength was greater than any monster and deity I've ever encountered in the Nine Realms. I even sensed the power of a demonic entity's power coursing through him."
"Yeah, he, the Warlord, and Cyrus were all powered by RedNovaDemon, a malevolent being whose power rivals possibly Huanglongmon. It's no surprise Burizalor and his crew got so strong in such a short time. Training a couple of months wasn't all that granted them those substantial boosts," Max pointed out. "But, in any case, Adnarim's power is only going to get out of hand. Absorbing the Hulk gave her access to Gamma power and the big guy's raw power. She has that stacked upon D-Reaper and Virus's regenerative abilities. She has Burizalor's ability to survive the harshest of conditions and inflicted injuries. She can also get stronger after an extended fight much like us Ascendants can."
"The worst part, she has Tai's Instant Movement. If she manages to teleport to different worlds, who knows what kind of new abilities she'll gain to get a leg up on us!" Sora also alluded to other worst possibilities.
"Then, y'all got to take Miranda as soon as possible," Fury said.
Just then, the door to the room opened as Miranda, Jax, Sonja, and BW entered.
"Pardon, but did someone mention me…?" Miranda asked, but before she could finish, Thor instinctively rushed her and swung Mjolnir. "What the hell?!" She covered up.
Jax and Sonja quickly stopped Thor's path. They readily formed energy balls in their hands and prepared to blast Thor back.
"Whoa, easy, big guy!" Omega X held the Asgardian back.
"But, it's her! The creature that nearly destroyed us!"
"No, that's the original Miranda. It's the good one. She and the evil one split up," Max explained to the Asgardian.
Miranda uncovered herself and opened her eyes. She saw Jax and Sonja standing in front of her way.
"Thanks, you two."
"You harm a hair on her and you're going to regret it," Sonja harshly warned the belligerent Asgardian prince.
As he lowered his guard, Thor powered down his hammer and the hostility between the people in the room ceased. The Artificial twins lowered their hands and withdrew their attacks.
"Ok, so everyone's calmed down. We wanted to inform everyone most of the clones have been eradicated," BW said. "But there's a good chance Adnarim will already have absorbed the last remaining ones."
"Tony and his buddy said they're heading their way here," Jax said. "Just thought we'd let you know."
"Well, we've already decided we're going to move the fight to Lord Shinmon's world," Omega X informed the Artificials.
"Lord Shinmon's world?" Miranda was confused.
"Don't worry. You'll see for yourself," BW said.
"Yeah, about that. Shouldn't you have to ask Lords Shinmon and Gosenzomon what you're about to do?" Sora suggested to Omega X. "I'm telling you now. They're not going to be happy."
'Oh believe us, my dear! We've been hearing it all and we're none too pleased!' Gosenzomon's voice was heard in everyone's thoughts.
"Figured you'd find out, you old fart," Metalla X scoffed, covering his ears.
'If you think for one stinkin', pickin' minute we're letting you bring that monstrosity to our holy world, you gotta another thing coming!'
"Listen, Lord Gosenzomon! We just don't want to her teleport to other worlds and start a universal feeding binge until she gets stronger than all of us!" Omega X called out, imploring to the elder Supreme Digi-Deity.
'Taichi, we realize your good intentions, but Lord Gosenzomon is right. The last time you and your friends fought on our world against the D-Reaper, you left us with a big mess to clean up.' Shinmon spoke up for all to hear.
Thor curiously asked. "Are these the powerful deities you speak of?"
"Yeah, those are Lords Shinmon and Gosenzomon," Sora said.
"Lords Shinmon and Gosenzomon, if I may, we vow not to leave a bigger mess than last time. You have my word as a former watcher," Max reasoned with the two Supreme Digi-Deities.
Miranda cupped her right ear. "I hear two people in my head, but I don't see anyone in this room."
Sonja sighed. "They're communicating with us from another world."
Miranda snapped her fingers. "Oh right, telepathy!"
'Besides, shouldn't you ask your new buddy Lord Beerusmon to come take care of the problem?' Gosenzomon scoffed.
"Yeah, but he doesn't want us bothering with him. He considers Adnarim such an Earth-based problem and beneath him," Metalla X stated.
'Not surprised. For a God of Destruction, he's still a good for nothin' lazy cat!' Gosenzomon rambled his annoyance for Digiverse 7's Digital God of Destruction. After a moment, he calmed and cleared his throat. So sorry, I didn't mean to go off, but I'm just hesitant to let you bring another fight here.
"Look, we understand your concerns, Lord Gosenzomon," Max said.
As he turned to Black Widow, Fury shook his head. "I don't even even know what to say about this."
Thor muttered. "Lords Gosenzomon, Shinmon, Beerusmon… these names are new to me. And one of them is a… cat?"
"A purple cat at that!" Gojiramon said.
Thor grinned. "I'd love to meet this Beerusmon."
'Who's the big blonde oaf?' Gosenzomon asked Omega X and his cohorts.
"This is Thor. He just happened to help us during our last fight. He's some god warrior with a hammer and from Asgard," Omega X explained to the Supreme Digi-Deity.
'Oh yes, that's the son of Odin, Gosenzomon. He's quite strong in his own right.' Shinmon said.
Metalla X snorted. "But, how strong are you without that toy hammer?"
Hearing this, Thor smirked. "We'll see. Catch." He tossed Mjolnir to Metalla X, who reached to grab it.
When he snatched the legendary hammer, Metalla X felt his entire body's weight seemingly crash with the weapon. He struggled to lift it off the ground. Thor then recalled Mjolnir to his hand.
"Seems you're not worthy, my friend."
Grumbling, Metalla X muttered. "What the hell? I trained under thousands of Gs! And how am I not worthy?"
"Just as it's shown, only those worthy can hold the hammer. You can train under thousands, millions, or billions times gravity, and you still wouldn't lift that thing, Yamato," Max gave him the cold hard facts.
"That's too bad for you, Yamakins!" Omega X chuckled.
"Oh, piss off," Metalla X groaned.
"But that hammer will be a valuable asset," Max walked up to Thor. "If anything, you'll be useful in that regard. Your hammer was able to damage Adnarim."
"Yes, even more reason to fight with you," Thor nodded.
"Ok, Lords Shinmon and Gosenzomon. You have to be at least curious about this hammer and what it can do, right?" Asked Omega X.
'The legendary Mjolnir is considered one of the your universe's most powerful weapons and forged by gods. It can only be wielded those worthy.' Shinmon said. 'Alright, you may come and settle the fight with that creature here. I've seen what Mjolnir can do and I'm curious as to how it being a difference maker plays out.'
"Hear that, big guy? They approve," Omega X said.
"Then, I will not let them down," Thor nodded.
(End theme)
Just then, the doors opened. This time Iron Man and War Machine walked in.
"Hey, everyone we're back from…" Iron Man noticed the large crowd in the room and spotted Thor. "...ok, what's going on here?"
"Looks like we came at a wrong time," War Machine quipped.
"We'll brief you two, but that big man over there is apparently going to help them with the latest evil Miranda problem," Fury informed the two armor-suited men. "But, remember the hammer that was retrieved by a man in New Mexico?" He then pointed them directly to Thor's direction. "You're looking at him."
Iron Man balked behind his helmet mask. "That's the guy?"
With a smug look, Black Widow shrugged. "Looks Tai Kamiya and his group found a new friend. Jealous much, Stark?"
Iron Man scoffed. "Hardly." He waved over to Omega X. "Hey, Tai! Will you need a hand?"
Omega X overheard Iron Man. "Oh yeah, hey Tony! You two can come with if y'all want!"
Almost feeling rejected, Iron Man dropped an arm. "...oh… thanks, pal."
Black Widow rolled her eyes to the side. "Poor you."
"All we have to do now is find Adnarim's current location," Omega X stated. "I say we spread out and take out the remaining clones to boost our strengths up."
"Sounds like a plan, Tai, but we better do it fast or Adnarim will figure out our gameplan," Max interjected.
"Right! Ok, everyone let's go out there and take out those remaining clones of me and the others!" Omega X declared, nonchalantly calling for the destruction of his and his friends' dopplegangers.
"And I shall join your quest, friends," Thor raised Mjolnir.
"Well, this should be interesting," Max said.
"How so, Max?" Gojiramon asked his partner.
"On top of Iron Man, we've gained the support of another unlikely ally. Though Thor's hammer will definitely come into better play against Adnarim."
"I hope you're right, Max!"
"Yeah, the sooner we shut these waves down, the better we'll have our full powers restored. I'm ready to put an end to this."
Overhearing this, Miranda quietly concurred. "So am I." She then turned to Jax, Sonja, and BW. "C'mon, let's go and rid of those remaining clones!"
Jax nodded. "Sure, no arguments from me."
Sonja smirked. "Me either."
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North Pole
Secluding herself from her enemies and the rest of the world, Adnarim mulled over her next scheme. She had devoured as many clones as she's wanted, but her hunger was growing bored of bland and generic clones that only gave her small boosts. The Gamma radiation flowing through her gave her substantial strength boosts.
"Those warriors, including that one with the hammer, are proving to be bothersome. Oh how I can hardly wait to be rid of them all!" Adnarim boasted, throwing her hands into the air. "I think once I'm done here, I'll relocate to other worlds teeming with life and continue my binge fests there. There just has to be beings with more more plentiful energies." She floated off an icy cliff and stared off at the aurora borealis in the distance. "The final phase is upon us, my delicacies. Come at me when you can. And I hope you bring that goodie goodie half me with you. I can't wait to see if she's followed through and eaten to increase her strength. If she hasn't then she's a lost cause."
She quickly shot up into the air and flew off leaving an aura trail behind her.
"Let's finish this last Earth feeding binge on an exciting note!" Her villainous cackles filled the air as she vanished into the far away distance.
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(Cue Dragon Ball FighterZ OST - Determination)
With little time to spare, the Ascendants and their allies neutralized the remaining clones. In addition, with Miranda's help, they rounded up the remaining DigiHybrid dinosaurs. By eliminating the remaining clones, the Digiteams prevented Adnarim's consumption of more energy to fuel her ever growing power.
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Odaiba Bay, Tokyo/5:30 PM
Having dispatched the last remaining clones, Omega X, Metalla X, Max & Gojiramon, Celesta X, WarAngemon, Ultima X, Jax, Sonja, BW, BanchoLeomon, Pikkan, Sheila, Keke & Mosuramon, Sora & Biyomon, D-Reaper, Dorothy & Avengemon, Miranda, Iron Man, and Thor scoured the area.
"Everything looks clear here," Ultima X said.
"That should be the last of them," WarAngemon aptly pointed out.
"By the way, thank you all helping me collect the remaining DigiHybrids. After we stop Adnarim, I intend to give the DigiHybrids a better home. I feel a great weight is being lifted off my shoulders." Miranda proclaimed her end goal.
"We'll find them the best home they can ask for," Jax vowed.
"That's nice of you, brother. So, that's it, Tai. We should turn our focus to Adnarim now," Sonja said.
"We managed to beat a lot of them, but she seems to have been pretty busy, too," Jax added.
"So, that leaves only us. We're her main course now," Omega X said.
"Ugh, don't say it like that!" Keke groaned.
"Don't worry she won't be eating anyone. Not as long as Avengemon and I are here," Dorothy reassured everyone.
"Good. That finally means we can go out and greet that hungry bitch," Metalla X suggested.
"Exactly, there's no reason for us to sit around and wait for her to come to us," BanchoLeomon concurred.
"Yep, I can feel Adnarim's gigantic aura coming from over there!" Celesta X pointed to the eastern direction.
"That direction is toward Mt. Fuji," BW replied.
"Ok then, let's move!" Omega X called out.
(End theme)
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Mt. Fuji/5:40 PM
Adnarim stared off at the distance and floated near Mt. Fuji. A wild dark reddish aura flared around her like a flame. Her eyes were closed as she briefly focused her mental energies. As soon as she felt a presence of immense energies, a sly smirk appeared on her face.
Adnarim pivoted and faced Omega X's group.
"There she is," Pikkan noted.
"Hehehe, so you're all here. At last, it's about time!" Adnarim giggled evilly. "There's no reason to starve me. I'm going to devour you all anyway."
"Holy crap, her energy spiked big time!" Ultima X sensed Adnarim's power growth since the last encounter.
"So, we're still taking her to Lord Shinmon's world?" BanchoLeomon queried to Omega X.
"Yeah, the lords finally agreed to my idea." Omega X then beckoned everyone. "All of you grab onto me!"
With that, the group huddled around Omega X and put their hands either on him or each other's shoulders.
"We'll be waiting for you!" Omega X winked to Adnarim, and with that he teleported them out with Instant Movement.
"What the hell?!" Adnarim was taken aback. "Used Instant Movement to lure me away?" She closed her eyes and tried tracing their energies. "Where did they go?! I will find you!"
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Digiverse/Central Planet
In that instant, Omega X and company arrived on the Supreme Digi-Deities' world. The group scanned the beautifully lush green environment. Plants, trees, flowers, and butterflies were a plenty. There were several waterfalls in the background. The sky was a clearer blue than what they were accustomed to than on Earth.
For the likes of Jax, Sonja, Adnarim, Thor, and Iron Man, this was a completely new alien world to them. However, having explored the Nine Realms, Thor thought for a moment he had been dropped in one of these Nine Realms.
As for Dorothy and Avengemon, their bodies seemed to recognize the planet's atmosphere.
"This is the place?" Sonja seemed to remember seeing this environment as she and others watched Omega X and company's battle against Teen-Reaper through a viewing orb.
"It's glorious," Thor scanned the new environment. "It's as beautiful as Alfheim."
"Looks like you've all made it!" Shinmon's voice chimed in as he and Gosenzomon approached the group. "Sorry, it's just us two. Our aides took my son, Shintomon, to check with business on Huanglongmon's realm."
"It's cool. I'm glad you agreed to let us fight Adnarim here," Omega X said.
"Yes, besides you informing us, we've been witnessing that creature's rampage on the two worlds," Shinmon replied.
"We're sorry, but this was the only best place I can think of," Omega X openly apologized.
"Hmph, you always like to bring trouble wherever you go," Gosenzomon scoffed.
"Wait, so this isn't Earth anymore? And not the Digital World either?" Jax became confounded with all the ongoings.
"Nah, if we continued fighting in those two places, it wouldn't do those worlds good. And I thought this would be the ideal place."
"Say," Gosenzomon spotted Dorothy and Avengemon. He floated over to them and narrowed his already squinted eyes at them. "You don't happen to be…"
"Yes, Lord Gosenzomon. That's the evil D-Reaper's reincarnations," Shinmon said.
"Oh yes, you're right."
Dorothy quickly gave a courtesy bow. "P-Pleased to meet you, sirs! We promise we won't cause too much damage to your world!"
Avengemon got down on his knees. "Please accept our apologies if we do!"
Omega X and Metalla X both smirked as they recalled to their grueling war with Teen-Reaper on Central Realm. Seeing the reincarnations of the destructive abomination pleading to the gods was a twisted sense of irony.
"Well, I was thinking we can go wild here, because this planet's very durable," Omega X spoke up.
"Yeah, but let's still try and be a little careful, Tai," Celesta X folded her arms.
"Yeah, yeah I get it."
Suddenly, Thor walked over to the two Supreme Digi-Deities and frowned.
"Do you mean to tell me these Dark Elves are gods of your universe?" Thor asked Omega X.
"Dark Elves? What?" Omega X was confused.
"No, Thor! These two aren't Dark Elves! They're genuine Supreme Digi-Deities!" Max stepped in to quell Thor's anger. "It's ok! Lower the hammer now."
As he relaxed, Thor lowered Mjolnir.
"Dark Elves? How rude, I don't know what those things are, but we're much older than your race, sonny," Gosenzomon remarked.
"We're benevolent gods in this realm and we're overseers of the Digiverse. Welcome to our realm, the Central Planet, Odinson," Shinmon said. "We expect great things from you and your hammer during this battle."
Nodding, Thor smiled. "My apologies then."
"Let me remind you that our planet isn't your personal playground."
"Relax, Lord Gosenzomon. I promise to make it up to you later," Omega X said, to which caused Sora to pull him by the ear and whisper to him.
"That better not mean nudie pics of me," Sora darkly muttered. "Right?!"
"Heheheh! No, no! I swear!"
Celesta X sighed. "Oh brother…"
Metalla X frowned. "And don't you even think about getting some of Mimi, you prick."
"What? You never made it up to us so far, even after all the trouble you caused!" Gosenzomon berated Omega X.
"Fine, sorry I'll really really make it up to you, Gosenzomon!"
Sonja interjected. "Tai, one thing concerns me. Do you think Adnarim will be able to follow us?"
"Sure, I don't think she'll have any trouble finding us."
(Cue Dragon Ball FighterZ OST - Anxiety)
And with bad timing, the Ascendants and the most hardened warriors sensed a malevolent presence materialize. They turned toward the top of a rock slope where Adnarim appeared. She had two fingers on her forehead, indicating she used Instant Movement to get to where everyone was.
"Well speak of the devil," Iron Man muttered. "Thanks for opening your big mouth, Tai."
Omega X shrugged. "Sorry." He pivoted and faced Adnarim's direction. "Guess I shouldn't be surprised you got here so fast. I mean, you are using Instant Movement. That also has to mean you've gotten ridiculously stronger, too, am I right? No way you'd get here with weak energy."
"Heheh, ooooh yes! I had quite the feast! Now, you're all the main course and dessert!" Adnarim cackled while licking her lips.
"I'm not too sure about that. I don't think I'm going to taste like any dessert," rebuked Omega X.
Taking her view from Omega X, Adnarim's eyes became glued to Miranda. The good half noticed and glared her with determination.
"Oooh! I can't believe this! You really think you can beat me without feeding?!" Adnarim taunted Miranda. "You haven't eaten anything, have you? Hah, I knew it! How dumb can you get?! Stop trying to act like a goody two-shoes and just eat like your heart's commanding you! It doesn't just taste good, but it'll also give you such incredible power!"
"I don't want any of that!" Miranda protested.
"Oooh, that's great! What a relief that is. Now, I'm free to claim all these delicious morsels for myself!" Adnarim then powered up with a dark reddish aura radiating off her. The aura then transitioned into a green one. Her eyes turned bright green. The Gamma radiation aura enveloped her, changing her skin back to emerald green. Her body bulked up again, granting her feminized muscle definition. "Oooh yeeees! I'm not only going to devour you all, but SMASH every last one of you!" She somersaulted off the slope and landed on the ground, facing them with a sadistic grin. "Mmmm! It's dinner time now!"
(End theme)
Omega X quickly turned to Shinmon and Gosenzomon. "You two better get out of here! Thing's are about to get crazy!"
"Best of luck, my friends!" Shinmon called out as he grabbed Gosenzomon's arm. As he flew off with the elder, Adnarim shifted her sights on the fleeing Supreme Digi-Deities. She smirked and shot a Candy Beam toward them.
However, D-Reaper and Miranda both fired their own Candy Beams to nullify Adnarim's. Adnarim scowled with irritation.
"Whew, thanks for the save, you two!" Omega X called out to D-Reaper and Miranda.
"Hey, your fight's with us, you freak!" Metalla X snapped at Adnarim. He hastily beelined for Adnarim.
(Cue Dragon Ball FighterZ OST - Evil Android 21 Theme)
Adnarim prepared to a predictable straight attack, but the Bearer of Friendship phased out. Catching her off guard, Metalla X got up behind Adnarim and booted her in the back. He kicked her so hard he sent her crashing through a rock face. Metalla X launched forward and blasted Adnarim with a Cocytus Blast. Adnarim's roars came from the rubble as she jumped out covered with scars. Adnarim reared back her right fist and then clapped her hands together, sending a Thunder Clap toward Metalla X. Metalla X narrowly dodged the incoming shockwave, but Adnarim quickly flew at the Ascendant and punched him back so hard.
WarAngemon immediately got the drop on Adnarim and decked her with a Seraphi Fist. Ultima X followed up and kicked Adnarim away. Celesta X tagged Adnarim with a Holy Beam. After taking all of their blows, Adnarim fiercely fought back. Adnarim unleashed a devastating punch on WarAngemon and knocked him down. She then kicked Ultima X's gut and blasted him with a beam. Celesta X quickly seized Adnarim from behind, but the Artificial used her tail to ensnare the Bearer of Light's neck and tossed her aside.
BanchoLeomon, Pikkan, and Sheila unleashed attacks on Adnarim. BanchoLeomon reared his fist back and punched Adnarim. However, she caught BanchoLeomon's fist and tossed him overheard. Pikkan swooped in and caught her into a Hyper Tornado. The Alterian bombarded the pink-skinned Artificial with a barrage of piercing wind attacks, which tore into Adnarim's skin. Despite the piercing attacks, Adnarim's skin regenerated, prompting Pikkan to blast her with a Thunder Flash Attack. He sent her crashing to where Sheila readily caught her in a network of thin threads. As Adnarim powered up an aura, she wiped away Sheila's threads.
"You ready to fight, Miranda?" Sonja asked her good side.
"Yes, let's put my evil self to rest!" adamantly declared Miranda.
"We better get moving then!" Jax pointed out to Adnarim clubbing both Pikkan and Sheila.
"I'll provide the frontal attack!" BW declared as he flew ahead of the three Artificials.
As Adnarim, turned, BW readily forged a Terra Destroyer and threw it at Adnarim. Adnarim shot up and grabbed the sphere. She infused the black sphere with her energies and completely nullified it. However, this didn't deter BW, who flew at Miranda's evil counterpart. He spun himself into a tornado and narrowly missed hitting her with Black Tornado. Adnarim phased right over next to BW and pointed a finger imbued with pink energy, which she prepared to shoot him with.
"Any last words before you join your failure of a successor?" Adnarim devilishly smirked, preparing to shot BW's head.
"Yeah. Heads up."
Taking heed of BW's warning, Adnarim turned and was met with a punch to her face. Sonja was able to get a clean shot on the Artificial and sent her crashing into a pile of debris. Jax quickly phased behind her and clubbed her in the back. As Adnarim crashed to the ground, Miranda rushed her evil counterpart. Miranda conjured a single energy orb and tossed it at Adnarim. Adnarim barely dodged in the incoming orb and moved over to her right. Miranda cut off Adnarim and tail grabbed her. Holding her evil self in place, Miranda unloaded a barrage of Ki blasts into Adnarim. As she let go, Miranda went for a punch, but Adnarim snuck a gut punch and stopped her good counterpart's momentum cold.
Adnarim flew away, creating a distance from herself and the Artificials. Jax and Sonja tried double teaming her, but Adnarim parried and dodged their successive attacks. Adnarim grabbed their heads and smashed them together. She battered them with quick and successive strikes, sending them both falling and crashing to the ground. As she went to blast them away, BW abruptly cut her off and spun around into a tornado-like motion. He went for a Black Tornado, which Adnarim stopped with her bare hands. She grabbed and tossed BW into Miranda, who tried to sneak attack her evil counterpart.
Grumbling under her breath, Adnarim took a moment to regenerate her wounds, but D-Reaper clubbed her in the back and dropped her hard. D-Reaper swooped down and cupped his hands to the side. He then let out a powerful Tsunami Wave blast that seemingly engulfed Adnarim. D-Reaper grimaced when Adnarim narrowly phased away from his attack. D-Reaper flew at Adnarim and unleashed a barrage of elastic-armed punches. Adnarim dodged every single punched from Dee. She channeled Hulk's Gamma power into her right hand. She then gut punched him so hard she literally tore a hole through his belly. D-Reaper's groaned as Adnarim grabbed Dee's head tentacle and effortlessly tossed him away.
After disposing of Dee, Adnarim took a moment to regenerate her wounds. However, Dorothy and Avengemon merged into Kaimodosu X. Kaimodosu X hastily flew at Adnarim and unleashed a flurry of punches at her. Kaimodosu X's punches put enough damage, forcing Adnarim to go on the defensive.
Adnarim snarled, curling her lips as she unleashed a barrier to repel Kaimodosu X. Kaimodosu X fell next to Dee's fallen body and had an idea. She grabbed Dee's hand and fused the pink golem with her. The two then merged and became Kaimodosu X Avenge Mode. The newly fused warrior brandished a saber and flew up, unleashing quick strikes at Adnarim. Adnarim tried another barrier, but Kaimodosu X AM phased behind her and slashed her with repeated slashes to her back. Kaimodosu X AM followed up with stabbing her through the back. Kaimodosu X AM then jerked her saber back and kicked her down.
(End theme)
As she floated and stopped her own fall, Adnarim prepared to retaliate. Then, a beam struck her right side. Irked by the sneak attack, Adnarim glanced over to see Iron Man flying into the air and firing pulse beams. Adnarim effortlessly batted away Iron Man's beams and advanced toward him.
"Um, evil Miranda, let's talk about this like decent people, ok? I'm a good listener," Iron Man played into his playboy charm and distracted the emerald-skinned Artificial.
Overhearing Iron Man pleads, Miranda sighed. "I'm right here, Tony."
"Your charms won't work on me, Stark!" Adnarim growled as her eyes and body glowed light green. She quickly slammed both fists, hammering the ground hard enough to send debris sailing Iron Man's way.
Iron Man blasted away as many debris being flung at him. As he blasted one giant slab of earth, Adnarim launched herself at Iron Man and forged an energy sphere.
Oh shit! I guess you're still mad I turned you down for that reporter?!"
"SMASH!" Adnarim roared.
(Cue Dragon Ball FighterZ OST - Justice)
Several bolts of lightning struck Adnarim. However, the attack only managed to knock her away and save Iron Man. The armored man saw Thor flying toward Adnarim. The God of Thunder tossed Mjolnir to Adnarim. She instinctively grabbed the hammer, which dropped her hard to the ground. Unable to lift Mjolnir, Adnarim's hand was pinned to the earth.
"Augh, you bastard! What's the meaning of this?!" Adnarim roared.
"Mjolnir deems you unworthy, creature. Now, I've got you where I need you," Thor smirked.
With that, Max merged with Gojiramon to Gundamon. Keke merged with Mosuramon to become WingGundamon. The two Gundam Digimon attacked Adnarim. Gundamon fired a Tsunami Wave. WingGundamon threw a series of Rosemary Discs that pierced through Adnarim.
"Yes, keep it up, guy!" Omega X called out as he turned to Sora and Biyomon. "Ready? It'll be our turn now."
Nodding, Sora stood resolved to fight. "We'll stick behind you."
After the Gundam Digimon finished bombarding Adnarim, Kaimodosu X imbued energy into her saber and rushed the creature. Kaimodosu X jumped up and went for a finishing blow, but Adnarim desperately fired a Candy Beam, turning Kaimodosu X's saber into a candy cane. Adnarim quickly punched the earth and pulled her other hand free from being pinned by Mjolnir. The evil Artificial then used Instant Movement to get behind Kaimodosu X. Kaimodosu X turned and punched at her. Adnarim grabbed Kaimodosu X's fist and blasted her away.
"Damn it! We can't let her regain her momentum!" Max yelled out from within Gundamon.
"We've gotta take her down and fast!" Keke shouted within WingGundamon.
As the Gundam Digimon launched at Adnarim, the emerald-skinned villain punched the air so hard she unleashed a strong shockwave that stopped them dead cold. She lunged at WingGundamon and unloaded with heavy blows. As Gundamon went to save her, Adnarim formed a one-handed energy sphere and blasted him down.
"Now!" Omega X roared as he flew at Adnarim, who proceeded to beat down Thor and Iron Man. "Hang in there, you two!" He used Instant Movement to teleport over to snatch Thor and Iron Man from Adnarim's hands. After dropping them off, he flew into Adnarim and planted a headbutt into her abdomen. Slightly doubling over, Adnarim coughed hard.
"I believe you need to cough up two things we need!" Omega X proceeded to headbutt her gut repeatedly. Following each subsequent headbutt, he made her cough and spit.
The Ascendant's made his intentions clear. He intended to force Adnarim to spit out the Hulk and the remote control to turn off the waves. He punched Adnarim's belly several more times.
"Biyomon, let's make this count!" Sora called upon her Digimon, who Mega Evolved into Phoenixmon. She and Phoenixmon then created a ring of fire that surrounded Omega X and Adnarim.
Adnarim wheezed. "You think fire's going to do jack squat to me?!"
Omega X smirked with confidence. "The fire's not intended to hurt you. It's to keep us inside. I'm making sure you don't get away!" He reared back and punched her gut again.
Adnarim coughed and gagged. "...augh! I know what you're attempting to do…! You're not getting them out of me!"
"I won't stop trying!" Omega X reared back and went for another good gut punch, but Adnarim caught his fist and twisted his hand around.
Gritting, Omega X tried to withhold the pain from having his fist nearly twisted around. Adnarim and Omega X had each other's hands firmly locked together. Both tried pushing the other back. Then, for a moment, they were locked in a standstill. Channeling Hulk's strength and amplifying it to her own raw power, Adnarim pushed back against Omega X. Adnarim quickly headbutted Omega X and made him let go. As Omega X stumbled back, Adnarim channeled Gamma energy into her right hand and rushed at the Ascendant.
"NOW DIE!" Adnarim roared as she cupped her hands to the side and fired a reddish pink Tsunami Wave at the Bearer of Courage
Now! Omega X vanished with Instant Movement, letting Adnarim's beam pass on through.
Before she could even blink, Omega X was already on Adnarim's right side. Omega X launched a full-powered Tsunami Wave head-on. Omega X distanced himself away from Adnarim and beckoned the others together. Most of the heroes firmly stood their ground and covered in battle worn scars.
(End theme)
"No, that wasn't enough…" Miranda growled as she and the others watched the billowing smoke cloud thin out, unveiling a battered but still very much alive Adnarim.
Favoring her left shoulder, Adnarim wore an agitated look.
"Damn it, why doesn't she just stay down?" Sonja vehemently cursed.
"We still haven't managed to recover the Hulk and the control. We need those in order to bring her power down," Omega X stated.
Taking a few moments to recollect herself, Adnarim chuckled fiendishly. "Eheheheh! There's no need for us to rush things! I'll make sure and gobble all of you up!" She still hasn't given up on her intended goal. The scars on her body started closing up.
"Damn it all, she's was all beaten up a minute ago!" Pikkan growled.
"Yes, her healing abilities are off the charts. I don't instantly regenerate as quickly as she can," Miranda revealed her inferior self-regeneration to her evil counterpart's. "We need to destroy every trace of her cell or she'll keep coming back!"
Metalla X scoffed. "Great, another D-Reaper."
Kaimodosu X AM remarked. "And even fusing with Dee wasn't enough. As long as these waves are still in effect, I can't access our combined powers."
"Guess, there's no other way then," Omega X sighed. "It's either the Life Bomb or we combine all our attacks together." Then, he noticed something off about Adnarim's regeneration. He saw her self-healing wounds were slower than usual. Wait, she should've been fully healed by now. I see! This is a result of those lightning bolts from Thor's hammer! Whatever mojo his hammer's got, it's working its magic and slowing down her self recovery!
Metalla X glanced over and noticed a smirk smeared on Omega X's face. "You know something do you, Taichi?"
Ultima X added. "Those are great options, but we need to decide quick!"
Celesta X set her sights on Adnarim. "She's about to make her next move."
As Adnarim walked up to the group, Miranda intercepted her evil counterpart.
Adnarim also noticed her healing wasn't faster than she had hoped. "Feh, what's happening here? I should've been fully healed now."
"Whatever you choose, do it fast. I'll hold her off," Miranda adamantly vowed to fight her evil half to the finish. She dropped into a fighting stance and faced off against Adnarim. "I won't let you by and I'll give my life do it!"
Sonja gasped. "Miranda!"
Adnarim gave a malignant sneer. "Heh, give me your worst, sweetie!"
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Next chapter: The Glutton's Achilles Heel
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A/N: We're at the very final stretch of this arc. Our heroes try their damned hardest to slow down and effectively wear out Adnarim, but that regeneration comes into play.
Thor enters the fray and becomes an asset for our heroes. Well, Mjolnir does. And leave it to him to mistaken Supreme Digi-Deities/Supreme Kais for Dark Elves. He and Iron Man do the best with what they've got to distract Adnarim. Additionally, no I didn't add these two in to tie into the now released Avengers: Endgame. I long planned out for Marvel heroes to guest star in this arc and other subsequent arcs through the course of Ascendancy. This is also pre-Battle of New York. So Tony will have already faced superpowered beings and otherworldly threats before aliens. And after being introduced to Digimon deities, Thor's curiosity has opened him to the Digiverse.
I also intentionally skipped over our heroes destroying the remaining clones. Who wants to watch that when we can get to the boss fight?
One chapter left to go in this arc. I can't wait to get us to the Black Rebellion arc retelling.
Until next time, send a review. Later.