Shitfuckgod-
"Did... Did you really just quote the movie?" Henry asked, incredulous.
Ohdearwhy-
Megidramon- Takato and Guilmon- grinned.
Which was more than a little intimidating, since Megidramon was the dragon of the apocalypse.
"It was a golden opportunity." Takato's voice rang out, slightly warped- being deeper, and oddly growling. "How could I miss it?"
I idly noticed that Megidramon's mouth didn't move at all when Takato spoke.
I looked around my Dimension, my senses passing over both this dimension, the Matter Dimension and the Data dimension.
I didn't... feel anything. I couldn't see any degradation that Megidramon's presence should've been causing.
"You took an utterly terrifying dragon- and ruined it with an incredibly lame reference." Rika sighed. "Well, if nothing else, you haven't changed at all."
"What's it like?" Terriermon asked.
For a few moments, Megidramon didn't speak. "Weird."
That time, it was Guilmon's voice- though also warped; in much the same way as Takato's was, deeper and infused with a growl.
"It feels weird not having legs." Takato spoke. Megidramon's tail twitched, wrapping around his body. "But at the same time, it's... really easy to move. No trouble at all." The wings twitched, rolling and spreading, waving around in a demonstration of flexibility.
"I can feel Takato... It's... odd, but it feels..." Guilmon trailed off.
"Right." Megidramon spoke. The mouth moved slightly, and the voice was a far cry from either Takato's or Guilmon's; incredibly deep, rumbling like thunder, and sounding downright menacing.
Their Hearts and Souls resonated as Megidramon spoke- the two in absolute and complete agreement.
"There's also a kind of... anger?" Takato wondered. "I kind of want to destroy everything around, but at the same time, I don't."
"Your instincts, probably." I finally found my voice. "You've seen how Guilmon can get when there are Digimon around- growling, attempting to destroy them. That's probably a result of your body."
"Right." Takato stated. "Do you feel like this, Guilmon?"
"Not always."
"So, what can you do?" Rika asked.
"Good question." Megidramon turned, facing away from us. "Ready?"
"Always."
I waved my hand, a pillar of earth shooting out of the ground. Megidramon took a breath before roaring. "Megiddo Flame!"
Crimson red flames spilled out of Megidramon's mouth, shooting high into the air and spreading out like a wave of liquid fire.
I felt the heat even from here, the sheer intensity enough to heat the ground near Megidramon's feet to a near glow.
The flames crashed over the pillar of earth, immediately setting it ablaze, the pillar collapsing only moments later.
I couldn't help but notice that the stone melting into magma, that entire area transforming into a pit of molten rock.
The flames stuck around unnaturally long, burning the land, ruining it entirely.
"Okay, never ever use that anywhere near anything that you don't want to die." I stated. "At that temperature, those flames would immediately incinerate a human being."
"We weren't trying that hard." Megidramon frowned. "It felt like we could make it much hotter if we wanted to."
"Good. Don't. If it got too much hotter, simple proximity would have had everybody here incinerated."
Megidramon nodded.
I looked at the path of lava, willing it to cool down, smoothing it back into stone.
I noticed Megidramon looking at the area speculatively, and I promptly created another three pillars, each one spaced out and at varying distances.
He nodded, his mouth opening.
"Megiddo Flame!" Megidramon roared- though what spilled out was not a sweeping wave of destruction, but a thin and focussed beam of doom, oddly reminiscent of Growlmon's Exhaust Flame.
It swept through -and I do mean through- one of the columns, turning the stone cherry red with only the touch, the force sending a spread of molten stone along the ground.
There was a loud, crashing sound as the top part of the column fell, landing in the pool of lava below.
"Yeah, definitely don't use that unless there's nobody around. Friendly fire isn't."
"Right."
"Are all Mega's that powerful?" Jeri asked, staring at the column- what was left of it, anyway.
"Mega Level Digimon are usually very, very powerful. The strength varies, but the one thing that almost every Mega has in common is either lots of raw power, or strange abilities." But even among Mega Level Digimon, Megidramon was no slouch.
It was the Digimon that ate away at the very existence of reality simply by existing- or the one that should be, anyway.
I... still couldn't see or feel any degradation.
Hmm...
"Megidramon?" I called, getting his attention. "This may sound strange, but can you please think of something that makes you angry?"
He blinked, before nodding.
A few moments passed with nothing happening. I kept a close watch on Takato's and Guilmon's Hearts, looking for... well, anything really.
There! Anger began to bubble up in Takato's Heart, shortly followed in Guilmon's.
It continued to build, before-
shudder
I twitched slightly, feeling... something.
shudder
Space began to twist, fraying and thinning.
"Stop!"
Megidramon twitched backwards slightly, surprise and concern appearing in both Takato's and Guilmon's Hearts, the anger fading- and with it, the degenerative effect on reality.
"What's wrong?!" Rika demanded.
I leaned back, sinking into the plush cushions.
"I see..." I spoke aloud.
The deleterious effect that Megidramon had on existence... was still there.
Just... tied to his anger?
That made a twisted sort of sense. If Megidramon was calm, then everything was fine. If Megidramon was angry, then everything suffers for it. Including the very fabric of reality itself.
"What is it?" Megidramon asked.
"I see now why you have the Digital Hazard symbol."
A Digital Hazard symbol which, I now couldn't help but notice, was a solid black instead of the glowing red that it had been.
His head twisted slightly, the movement very reminiscent of Guilmon.
"Whatever you do, don't get angry, Takato, Guilmon, Megidramon." I stated.
How to put this...
If you get too angry, you might destroy all of reality.
Yeah, definitely not that way.