Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon.EXE ❯ Session 12: Owaranai Monogatari ( Chapter 14 )

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Digimon.EXE

By Wolf O'Donnell

WARNING! May contain Alternative Universe situations and out-of-character experiences. Upon reading this, you hereby agree that you forfeit all your rights to sue me and that I cannot be held liable for any psychological or physical damage caused by the fact that I use British English spelling and that this fanfic contains graphic acts of a heterosexual and homosexual nature (not applicable to FanFiction.net version), extreme violence and use of swear words. Digimon is copyrighted by Bandai and Toei Animation Ltd. Wolf O'Donnell is copyrighted by Nintendo Ltd, although that might have nothing to do with the fanfic. Constructive criticism is very welcome.

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Session 12: Owaranai Monogatari
"This is Hypnos's work. It has to be!" exclaimed Ruki.
Rena looked all around her. The Sakuyamon could sense that something was wrong. It was as if someone had decided to flood the Digital World. Huge puddles were littered all over the paths and terminals of the Digital World. In some places, the water formed huge rivers that washed Digimon and Programs away.
"Perhaps," murmured Rena. She wasn't as convinced as her Operator. "It could be the Syndicates."
"Get real, why would they want to do that?" asked Ruki.
"There it is!" exclaimed Sakuyamon, as she pointed out in front of her.
Somewhere out in front was the lost little Program that the civilian had wanted to find. It was being washed along the path, as it struggled to keep its head above the digital water. The Program was crying like a little child that had lost its mother, as it was swept away.
With a leap and a bound, Rena rushed over towards the little Program. She could see a dry position where she could save the little Program. All the time she ran along the path, she looked sideways to see where the Program was.
"Hold on!" she shouted out to the Program. "I'm coming for you!" She turned a corner and then skidded to a halt. Extending her golden staff out, she called for the Program to grab it. "Come on," she muttered under her breath, as the Program was washed towards her.
The small thing, fearful for its life, reached out. Its stubby hands grabbed the rings of Sakuyamon's staff and was suddenly lifted out of the water.
"Thank you!" thanked the little Program as it leapt towards Rena and hugged her.
"Easy there," she said calmly. "How'd you get here?"
"I was washed away through Phyle," replied the Program. "There's an area underneath PhyleNet that leads here."
Rena frowned. She knew about the link between NANet and DarkNet, but didn't know about the PhyleNet connection.
"There's one in PhyleNet?" she exclaimed.
"It's called UnderPhyle."

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The ceiling was closing in on them. Takato looked up and saw that they didn't have much time left for mucking around.
"WarGrowlmon, are you there yet?" asked Takato. The fear was evident in his voice. "WarGrowlmon?"

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"I'm nearly there," growled WarGrowlmon, as he ran along the stone path. He could see the figure that stood near the switch. It was evidently a lion of some sort but it didn't look like Leomon. "He's digivolved," muttered WarGrowlmon under his breath.
The Adult-level SaberLeomon stood on all fours unlike the bipedal Leomon. He had large fangs, making him look even more formidable.
"So, WarGrowlmon, you've come for me again, have you?" asked SaberLeomon calmly, as he turned to face the fire-type Digimon. "Will you fight me in a Duel this time?"
"If you let me deactivate the trap if you lose," retorted WarGrowlmon.
"What do you say, Juri?" asked SaberLeomon.
For a moment, Juri didn't say a word. It was as if she wasn't listening.
"Very well," she finally agreed. "I'm sending you the Advances now."
Two beams of light, each three by three tiles, shone down on to each of the two Digimon. It created a Duelling Area around them with its traditional red and blue areas. Well, it would have been traditional, had it not been for the weakness of the floor they stood on. The transformation process had cracked the columns of panels on either side of each Digimon, such that the middle six panels of the Duelling Area were the only normal and unaffected ones.
WarGrowlmon didn't like that one bit. If he stepped on any of those panels, they would break soon after he stepped off of them. Broken panels couldn't be physically stepped on.
"That doesn't look good," he stated.
"Well, WarGrowlmon, are you ready?" asked SaberLeomon in a friendly manner.
The Advances had been sent. WarGrowlmon could feel them.
"I'm ready," he replied quickly. "Let's do this!" He roared and fired his powerful Atomic Blaster at SaberLeomon. He missed. WarGrowlmon mentally checked the Advances he had. That was it! "DigiModify- Ankylomon's Tail Hammer activate!" he announced. He then rushed to the edge of his area, as his tail began to change into that of Ankylomon's.
When WarGrowlmon brought his tail smashing into SaberLeomon's area, all of his cracked panels broke and all of the remaining panels cracked.
That didn't seem to phase SaberLeomon, however.
"DigiModify- Poison Floor activate!" he announced and all the panels within the Duelling Area were suddenly fixed. That was before they suddenly turned purple. Each one of them suddenly gave of a nasty stench and started bubbling. "DigiModify- Repair activate!" The panels on SaberLeomon's side returned to normal. He rushed over to the edge of his area and slashed at WarGrowlmon with his powerful claws.
WarGrowlmon staggered backwards in pain. He could feel the poisonous floor sapping away at his strength. There was nothing he could do about it but try and make the fight as short as possible.
"Takato, I need some repair chips and fast," he called out to his Operator. He fired another Atomic Buster at SaberLeomon, but the feline Digimon merely leapt out of the way.

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"Takato, would you hurry up?" asked Jenrya, as he sat on the floor. Standing was now impossible as the ceiling was far too low to allow him to stand.
That was why Takato was kneeling next to the wall, pressing buttons on his D-Scanner frantically.
"I'm doing the best I can!" he cried. That was, however, not good enough. He knew himself that he needed to do better. However, could he? Takato looked at the holographic screen in front of him. It displayed all the available Modifying Chips that he had installed. "Why is it that these darn D-Scanners always give random Advances!" he shouted frustratedly. "Here, try these for now, boy!"

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The Advances arrived. WarGrowlmon was sadly disappointed with Takato's choice. There was a normal Healing Advance in the batch. That wouldn't do at all.
"I thought you removed those Modifying Chips from the D-Scanner!" he shouted angrily at Takato.
SaberLeomon teleported out of his area and appeared on WarGrowlmon's side.
WarGrowlmon stepped out of the way quickly and managed to avoid being cut to ribbons by his opponent. He slashed at SaberLeomon with his axe and managed do a little damage before his opponent teleported back over to the other side.

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"Come on, come on," muttered Takato, as he watched the screen of his D-Scanner. He was now sitting on the ground, the ceiling having advanced quite a bit now.
Jenrya noticed that the ceiling was now pushing against the wires of the D-Scanner.
"Takato, you've got to disconnect the D-Scanner now," he told his friend. "If you don't, the ceiling'll break the connecting wires."
"I can't disconnect!" shouted Takato angrily. The gauge filled up. The Advances reapperaed on his screen. "All right!" he cried. "WarGrowlmon, I'm sending you some chips. You've got to use them in the right order, coz I won't be able to help you now. You're on your own!" He selected the chips quickly and then pressed send. Takato quickly pushed his D-Scanner into the hole he had made into the wall and then removed his hand.
The ceiling moved down, edging its way past the hole in the wall. If only he could have widened it, they could have escaped. However, that wasn't possible. He could only make a small hole. Now it was all up to WarGrowlmon.

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"Come on, you have to do better than that!" cried SaberLeomon. "I'm over here!"
WarGrowlmon suddenly gasped in surprise. Takato had sent him a special advance. That bided him well. The Digimon decided to use it. He stepped on to the middle column and activated the Magline Advance. The entire middle column became a column of magnetic panels that drew any Digimon or virus on either side of it, towards it. The poison panels on either side of him wouldn't affect him unless he stepped on them.
"Take this!" he roared and he fired an Atomic Blaster.
SaberLeomon stepped sideways but was suddenly drawn back to the middle column and straight back into the line of fire. The twin beams of red energy smashed into him, wounding the feline Digimon.
"These are pretty good Advances," murmured WarGrowlmon, as he checked the rest of them. "Let's see, which order do I use them in?" he wondered out loud, as he thought about the attacks.
This time, SaberLeomon opened his mouth. A powerful tornado that crackled with electricity flew out of his mouth and hurtled along the area towards WarGrowlmon. There was no time to dodge it. SaberLeomon's Howling Crusher smashed into the fire-type Digimon, wounding him and paralysing him.

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By now Takato and Jenrya were lying down on the floor. The ceiling was only ten centimetres away from them. If it advanced any further, it would be touching them. Any further and they'd be crushed.
"We're doomed, aren't we?" asked Rapidmon from Jenrya's D-Scanner.
"No, we're not," protested Takato in his Digimon's defence. "WarGrowlmon can do it! I've sent him the most powerful Advance Combo I had in my D-Scanner. It's the Hero Shoot Combo and I'm sure that it'll work. As long as WarGrowlmon remembers how to make the combo, we're as good as free."
There was a moment's silence.
"We're doomed," sighed Rapidmon.
"You're right," agreed Takato, after he remembered what WarGrowlmon's memory was like.

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SaberLeomon used the AreaGrab Advance, stealing WarGrowlmon's first front row. He then dashed in, walking along the magnetic line and towards his opponent. With one roar, he then bit down on his dinosaur-like opponent.
WarGrowlmon roared out in pain and did his best to shake SaberLeomon off. It was no use! The pain was adding to the confusion! He couldn't remember the combo. He had Armour Punch, Shield and WarGreymon Advances. How were they combined? How could he create the Hero Shoot Combo with them? He couldn't remember! He just couldn't remember!
"Get off of me!" roared WarGrowlmon and he slashed at SaberLeomon with his axe.
With a yowl of pain, SaberLeomon leapt away from his opponent.
"WarGrowlmon, you're getting very low on health," he informed his opponent. "I suggest that you be more careful with what you do from now on."

Carrying the white Program under her arm, Sakuyamon suddenly emerged out of the DarkNet and into... She looked around her.
"This can't be!" she exclaimed. "It's PhyleNet!"
"UnderPhyle," corrected the Program.
The area of the Digital World known as UnderPhyle shared the same characteristics of PhyleNet. The floor was made out of what appeared to be large, square neon lights. The ether was orange, not black, with the symbol of flowers in the background.
Rena looked up and saw a flight of ramps leading up to higher platforms, each going upwards.
"So those must lead up to PhyleNet," she stated.
"They lead up to Phyle DigiSquare, actually," the Program told Rena.
"Phyle DigiSquare," muttered Rena. "So this is how the DarkNet viruses got there." She couldn't understand it. Why had no one noticed this connection between PhyleNet and the DarkNet before? "Something's terribly wrong," she realised out loud. "Someone within Phyle must be hiding something." Could it be that Hypnos HQ was also in Phyle?

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Takato sighed, as he felt the ceiling lower on to him. He never thought that he'd be crushed underneath a ceiling. No. When he had joined the DEVA Organisation, his greatest fear would have been for his Digimon to be deleted.
"I never thought it would end like this," he sighed, as he lay there on the stone floor. "Why Juri? Of all the people that could have joined Hypnos, why her?"
"Don't say you have a crush on her as well," was all that Jenrya could say at that moment. Anything to take his mind off the pressing situation.
"No," replied Takato sternly. "It's just, I always liked her... as a friend."
Jenrya sighed, closing his eyes.
"Friends are important," he agreed to the implied statement that Takato said. He sighed again. "You know, I'm glad that I could at least spend these final moments with a friend like you."
"Do you miss him?" asked Takato. "Do you miss Ryo?"
"Yeah," replied Jenrya sullenly.
"Oh, for crying out loud!" exclaimed Rapidmon from Jenrya's D-Scanner. "Don't talk like that! Takato! Don't you have any faith in your Digimon?"
Takato remained silent.
"Sure I do," he replied quietly, "but we've got to be realistic here. What are the chances that WarGrowlmon will be able to defeat SaberLeomon in time?" He sighed. "WarGrowlmon, it was nice knowing you."

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WarGrowlmon dodged the attack by diving forwards. His breath was ragged. His muscles were weak. The Digimon was feeling the side effects of having too low health. If this continued, he'd be deleted and then Takato would be without a saviour. Mentally, he recalled the clock function on the D-Scanner and checked the time. There wasn't much left. The time to defeat SaberLeomon was now.
As he dodged SaberLeomon's barrage of attacks, WarGrowlmon arranged the Advances. He had managed to wittle SaberLeomon's health down, but his opponent wasn't in the same poor state he was. What he needed was a powerful combo that would practically wipe SaberLeomon off the face of the Duelling Area.
"I don't think you have much time left," warned SaberLeomon. "If you don't do something now, you'll lose your friends. I don't want to see that happen without you at least trying harder."
"Why don't you just let me pass?" asked WarGrowlmon angrily. "They're Juri's friends too. Why can't you convince her to stop this?"
SaberLeomon shook his head.
"I can't," he said sadly. "We have to obey Hypnos's orders or else they'll destroy Phyle. I cannot let that happen."
Wait a minute! WarGrowlmon remembered the correct order of the Combo! He placed the Shield first, then the Armour Punch, then the WarGreymon advance. The data all merged into one DigiModifying Advance, the Hero Shoot combo!
"I've got it!" he roared. "DigiModify- Hero Shoot!"
Digital data appeared from apparently nowhere and formed into a WarGreymon. This strong WarGreymon then grabbed WarGrowlmon and then hurled the virus-class Digimon across the Duelling Area at lightning speeds.
WarGrowlmon placed his arms in front of him, his axe-like blades placed together. He flew straight into SaberLeomon, slicing into the Digimon and tearing him apart. Seconds later, SaberLeomon.EXE was deleted and the Duelling Area had disappeared. The switch was right in front of him. WarGrowlmon rushed forward and slammed it backwards.

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The ceiling stopped. Then there was another grating sound.
Takato opened his eyes and lifted his head, nutting himself on the ceiling. He had forgotten about that. 'Wait! It's rising!' he suddenly realised, as he felt the ceiling with his hands.
"Jenrya, WarGrowlmon did it!" he called out to his friend. "He deactivated the trap!"
"That's great, Takato," sighed Jenrya in relief, a smile on his face. "Would you help me up?"
"Sure," agreed Takato, as he slid across the floor towards his friend.

Juri quickly unplugged her D-Scanner from the port and ran for it. She didn't get very far, however, without bumping into Dr. Oikawa. She gasped in surprise.
"So, you're the one behind all this, huh?" was what Dr. Oikawa said, before he cuffed her. "You are under arrest," he told the brown-haired girl, "for aiding and abetting the Hypnos Organisation and for the attempted murder of several Devas."

To be continued...