Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon.EXE ❯ Session 19: Fighting Soul ( Chapter 22 )

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 19: Fighting Soul
Jenrya fell to the floor. 'Man, that guy packs quite a punch,' he thought, as saw a few droplets of blood splatter on to the metallic floor. He wiped the blood from his nose.
"So, you get your thrills from beating up little kids, huh?" he asked the thug.
"You're not little and you're not a kid," sneered the Hypnos guard. "When I was your age, I was already working for the Syndicates."
"Yeah, and now look at you," said Jenrya with a smile, as he got up to his feet. "You're a sad loser who feels manly by beating up those that are weaker than him." From Ryo's hand- he was holding Jenrya's D-Scanner for him- he could hear MegaGargomon question his actions. 'I'm not nuts, MegaGargomon,' he thought to himself. 'I'm just taking advantage of his weakness.' Jenrya watched the thug carefully. "What's the matter, can't take on someone your own size?"
The Hypnos agent roared and rushed straight at Jenrya.
That was his cue! Jenrya rushed straight towards his opponent and then ducked. He swept his leg out and tripped the Hypnos guard.
"Out of the way, guys!" he shouted at Alice and Ryo, as he turned to see where the Hypnos guard went.
Alice and Ryo both leapt out of the way, as the Hypnos guard was sent crashing into the locked door thanks to his own momentum.
"Nice," said Alice sarcastically, as she watched the unconscious thug slump down to the ground, leaving a bloody trail on the metallic door. "I bet this place's janitor is going to freak when he sees this mess."
Ryo laughed at Alice's comment.
"I think that'll be the least of his problems," he told her. "Say, how're you doing Cyberdramon, buddy?"

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"I'm fine," growled Cyberdramon, as he dodged the Protect4's powerful laser beams. He wanted to tear it to pieces, but found that it couldn't. The Protect4 was like one humanoid robot (double the size of a Digimon) with a gigantic laser cannon for its right arm, which it held up with its left arm. It was that formidable weapon that prevented Cyberdramon from getting near enough to deal with the machine, as his Desolation Claw attacks were far too weak against the Protect4.
Dobermon didn't care what Cyberdramon said. He knew very well that they were in big trouble. The Protect4 was more powerful than the other Protect programs and it could clearly wipe the floor with their butts.
"Don't pay any attention to him," he told Alice. "We're getting our butts kicked!" He ran straight at the Protect4, but another a Protect1 suddenly blocked his path. "The other Protect Programs are here!" He backed away and then bumped into the second part of the Protect1. He looked at both monoliths and saw the numbers counting down. "Help!"
Now Protect1s, Cyberdramon could clearly handle. He cupped his hands together. A sphere of white energy began to glow between the palms of his hands. With one roar, he fired several white beams of energy that curved through the air and smashed into each of the monoliths that made up the Protect1.
The Protect4 aimed its cannon down at Cyberdramon.
MegaGargomon rushed forward and leapt into the air. He kicked out at the Protect4, knocking it over on to its back, just as it fired. The lasers shot upwards, missing all of them.
"Sorry, I'm late," apologised MegaGargomon, "but I got held up by traffic." He saw the Protect4 trying to get up. "Oh, no you don't, pal!" he roared, as he punched at the Protect4, his fist smashing through the program's chest. It disintergrated around MegaGargomon's fist.
"Hurry, Cyberdramon!" yelped Dobermon, as he saw the 2 on the Protect1 program change to a 1.
Cyberdramon smashed his way through the Protect1 program, destroying the two monoliths that made it up. He looked at Dobermon wordlessly, before turning to face MegaGargomon. The Digimon wordlessly nodded his thanks to the Mega level Digimon.
"Look out!" barked Dobermon, and he dived towards Cyberdramon, pushing the Digimon out of the way. The two Digimon collapsed on to the floor, the red tentacle lashing out above them. "Looks like we're even, huh?" he chuckled.
"Don't worry, guys, I'll deal with that Protect2," announced MegaGargomon, before he fired two large missiles at the program. Both hit it and destroyed it. "Let's get moving before more of those Protect programs get here," he suggested, as he turned to go down the path.

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Yamaki saw the warning flash on the computer screen in front of him. He looked away from the rocket and then back at the screen. Reaching out, he pressed a button with a gloved finger.
"So, those Devas think that they can hack into my security system?" he chuckled in an amused manner. "How amusing!" Yamaki glanced back up at the rocket and then looked back down towards the screen. "Hikaru!"
Another person within a radiation suit appeared. Through the visor, one could clearly see his brown hair. Imagine a male version of Hikari. This person looked just like her, only he was a male.
"Yes, Dr. Yamaki?" asked Kamiya Hikaru.
"Some Devas are trying to get in," the old man told Hikaru. "Deal with them."
Hikaru nodded.
"Of course, sir," he said.

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A beam of light shone down from the 'sky' and landed on the path and a Digimon materialised in its place.
MegaGargomon nearly backed off in surprise. It was another MegaGargomon.
"What the Heck is going on here?" he wondered out loud. The reply he received wasn't one that he liked, either. In reply, several more Digimon appeared. One looked like Cyberdramon and the other looked like Dobermon. "What the Heck? Where'd you come from?"
The copy didn't reply. MegaGargomon(2).EXE just took one step back, before launching several missiles into the air, all of which curved towards MegaGargomon.
The original leapt back, as did the other originals.
"Oh, I get!" exclaimed MegaGargomon. "This must be Hypnos's idea of a joke." He grimaced at the thought of having to delete himself, or rather, a copy of himself. "Well, I'm not laughing!" he shouted, as if he expected the Hypnos agents to hear his words. "Gargo Missile!" He fired two powerful missiles, which hit the copy and deleted it in an instant. "Oh, that just takes the piss. Why couldn't you have made him a decent copy instead of a cheap knock-off?"
"What's the matter, don't you like my copies?" asked a voice, as another MegaGargomon copy appeared in front of the original.
"Who's there?" asked Dobermon.
A Digimon materialised in front of them. He looked like a wizard and he wore a strange white mask with purple patterns over it. The mask had no eye-holes in it and no hole for the mouth. Yet, the Digimon could clearly see through it, because it managed to side-step and avoid one of Cyberdramon's Desolation Claw attacks.
"My name is Wizardmon and I am the Digimon of Hikaru, Yamaki's right-hand-man," replied the Digimon. "I've been given orders to delete you, and I thought it would be kind of fun to see whether I could delete you using you."
Cyberdramon roared angrily and wordlessly, before he shoved Cyberdramon(2) aside and lunged for Wizardmon. His claws swept through thin air as Wizardmon disappeared.
"Where'd he go?" wondered Cyberdramon out loud, as he searched all around him.
"Look out!" warned Ryo.
Cyberdramon whirled round, just in time to see his clone lunge at him. He lashed out with his own claws and stabbed Cyberdramon(3) in the stomach. His copy was suddenly deleted, when another Cyberdramon copy appeared in front of him. He did not notice Wizardmon appear behind him and fired a sphere of electricity at his back.
"Cyberdramon! No!" cried Dobermon, before he lunged straight at his copy and tore it to shreds. Quickly, he dashed straight at Wizardmon and lunged at the masked Digimon.
Dobermon(3) appeared in front of Wizardmon and leapt through the air, lunging at the original Dobermon. The copy smashed into the original and the two went tumbling on to the pathway's floor. Dobermon(3) snarled wordlessly and snapped its toothy jaws at Dobermon.
Something yellow suddenly flashed past and Dobermon(3) howled out in pain, before it disintergrated into tiny bits of digital data that dispersed into the air. This yellow thing then leapt straight at Wizardmon, swinging her golden, metallic staff at the Hypnos Digimon.
"Who the Heck are you?" asked Wizardmon.
"It's Rena!" exclaimed MegaGargomon in surprise. He didn't expect to see her so quickly.
MegaGargomon(4) charged straight at the original copy, but never made it. Something slashed at it and seconds later, the copy split into two and disintergrated.
Gallantmon smiled, even though it wasn't visible through the helmet he wore. He turned stood up and turned round to face MegaGargomon.
"Sorry, we're late," he apologised. "How have you guys been faring?"
"Watch out!" warned MegaGargomon, before he flung a fist at Gallantmon. Well, he missed but he ended up hitting the clone of Gallantmon that had appeared behind the Mega level knight Digimon.
Rena was the only Digimon that wasn't being cloned. She didn't know why, but she couldn't care less. What mattered was deleting the Digimon that was clearly behind all the clones. The Sakuyamon leapt backwards, avoiding Wizardmon's powerful electricity blast. She raised an arm into the air and sent her Spirit Strike attack against the Hypnos Digimon.
"Is that the best you can do?" asked Wizardmon, after blocking her attack with his staff.
"No, it isn't," replied Rena, before she lunged straight at him and thrust the end of her staff at Wizardmon. Sakuyamon ended up impaling the Digimon on the end of her staff. "Was that good enough for you?" she asked tauntingly, as she removed the staff from Wizardmon.
The Hypnos Digimon clutched at his wound, collapsing to his knees.
"You'll regret this," wheezed Wizardmon, before the digital that made up his body tore apart and dispersed into the air.
"No, Wizardmon!" cried a voice that belonged to Hikaru. "You'll pay for this!"
"Hikaru, how could you have failed me so?" asked another voice, which didn't belong to any of the Deva Operators.
"Hey, that's the voice of the Hypnos Leader!" pointed out MegaGargomon.
"Here, take this data from the Juggernaut Virus!"
Tiny bits of digital data began to fly back towards where Wizardmon once stood. It formed a wireframe model of what could only have been Wizardmon. More data clumped to the purple wireframe and Wizardmon was suddenly reborn. This time, however, he glowed eeriely with a white light, which seemed to make the Digimon more menacing.
"Juggernaut Magic!" he announced, as he thrust his hands out in front of him.
"Rena!" cried Gallantmon, as he ran across the pathway. He leapt over the Digimon and speared the new Wizardmon, just as the Hypnos Digimon fired a powerful purple blast.

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Takato was speechless, as he stood by the locked door. He looked at the holographic screen over his D-Scanner. Gallantmon had received the full brunt of the blast and had been rendered unfunctional. His Digimon was as good as deleted.
"No, this can't be happening," sobbed Takato, as tears began to form. "Gallantmon, you can't be dead, you just can't!"
"You did make a back-up copy didn't you?" asked Ruki.
There was no need to reply to her question. From Takato's miserable expression it was clear that he didn't. Gallantmon's information would soon be erased completely and Takato would never see his Digimon again. Oh, sure, he could always create another one from scratch, but it wouldn't be the same, now would it?
A Digimon's information is always stored in the D-Scanner, even if the Digimon appears to be elsewhere, it is still in the D-Scanner. Thus, if it is deleted, the information on the D-Scanner is wiped. If there is a back-up copy, the information will still remain in the D-Scanner. Think of the information as the Digimon's soul and the digital data as its body. Its body can go anywhere it likes, but its soul will always remain within that portable machine called a D-Scanner.
"I always thought that we'd be together, Gallantmon," said Takato, as he wiped the tears from his eyes. "I'd never thought that you'd ever leave my side. It seemed that you were always there for me, just like a best friend." Over time, his Digimon had become a best friend and much more. Now it seemed that it was all over.
Jenrya's D-Scanner soon rang. He checked the screen. His Dad was calling him. Out of respect for Takato, he stepped away and answered the call quietly.
Takato could still remember being given his D-Scanner. It was his own father that had given Guilmon to him. At that time, Guilmon was in his Baby form and he had nurtured his Digimon to Child level. It had been a long time, and he had taken great care, but he had done it. Since then, they had been the best of friends, always looking out for each other. Now, that was all over. He would never hear Gallantmon's voice again.
"Takato, I've got something for you," said Jenrya, as he approached his brown-haired friend. No reply. "Takato, it's from my Dad. He says it will help heal Gallantmon. Your Digimon'll be okay."
"What? How's that possible?" asked Ruki. She couldn't quite make sense of it.
"Guilmon was my dad's present to Takato's dad," replied Jenrya. He knew because he had heard the entire story from his own father only a few seconds ago.
Jenrya explained how Takato wasn't initially an only child. Takato once had a twin brother, but complications set in and his twin brother died. Jenrya's father had used the DNA from Takato's twin to create Guilmon.EXE, a special Digimon that would interact better with its Operator. Guilmon.EXE was a present to Takato's parents and to Takato, a way of keeping the memory of Takato's twin brother alive.
"This program Dad sent me," began Jenrya, as he handed his D-Scanner over to Takato, "will help restore Gallantmon. However, there'll be a problem."
"I don't care," replied Takato, as he took Jenrya's D-Scanner from him. "I'll do anything for my friends, and that includes Gallantmon."
"Gallantmon is 90% based on your DNA, Takato," protested Jenrya. "Using this program will close the gap. His DNA will become 100% identical to yours. His heart will become in synch with yours. Anything that happens to him will happen to you."
Takato plugged Jenrya's D-Scanner to his and began transferring the data.
"I don't care, Jen," he told Jenrya. "If it means saving Gallantmon's life, then I'll do it." He waited and watched. Something miraculous happened.

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Gallantmon stirred. His digital body began to glow with a white light, as the program set about work rewriting his very digital data. The other Digimon backed off, as Gallantmon stood up. His armour changed colour from grey to red and in place of his red cape were white wings like that of an angel. The program had changed Gallantmon to Gallantmon Version 2.0.
"What's going on?" wondered the Digimon, as he looked at himself. "What's happened?"
"Gallantmon, are you okay?" asked an excited Takato.
"I'm fine," replied Gallantmon_v2.0 in a quizzical fashion. He was sure that he was supposed to be deleted, so why wasn't he? Well, that didn't matter. "I'm fine, thanks, Takato." He was sure that his Operator had something to do with saving his digital life and he was thankful for that.

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Dr. Yamaki couldn't care less about Hikaru anymore. He would just have to launch the hacking rocket before the Devas broke through the secure door. Yamaki pressed a button and switched off the servers. He would need all the power he could get to launch the rocket and the servers he had just weren't necessary anymore.
"Say goodbye, world," he laughed, as he reached out to press the button in front of him.
"Stop right there!"
A frown spread across Yamaki's face, as he turned round.
"Lee!" he growled angrily, upon seeing Jenrya. He could see the family resemblance and that made his blood boil. "So, the Lee family has come to ruin my plans again, eh? Typical. You Lees are always there to ruin my life."
"My Grandfather didn't ruin your life!" protested Jenrya angrily. He had heard the story from his father. He knew what was motivating Yamaki to do all this. "Besides, why do you want to destroy this world so bad?"
"To eliminate Dr. Lee's work, of course," replied Yamaki. "I'll destroy everything that my rival created. Everything!"
"Not if I can help it!" roared Takato, before he plugged his D-Scanner straight into the nearest port he could find and transmitted Gallantmon_v2.0 straight into the hacking rocket.

To be continued...