Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Lost ❯ The Day The World Stopped ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Neverwhere 
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.09.2003 | Updated On: 03.13.2003 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 347 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.09.2003 | Updated On: 03.13.2003 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 347 | Status: Completed
Chapter 2 - The Day the World Stopped
"Uhhh… BlackGuilmon, get off me."
"Ohhh… I'll try Takatomon."
The first several times BlackGuilmon and I tried the Green cards, he kept falling on me. It was apparently amusing to the four sovereigns watching us as they kept laughing whenever we failed. I suppose it would have been funny to us too… if we were someone else. But in any event, BlackGuilmon and I trained all week and mastered the green cards, as well as flash digivolution. Really a handy thing when you think about it.
Finally, it was time to bio-emerge. Azulongmon took us back to the Southern Quadrant where we opened a gate back home.
"Bye Azulongmon! I'll take care of the D-Reaper!"
"I know you will young one… I know you will."
DIGI-MODIFY! Digital Gate Activate!
As I swiped the Green card through the slot, BlackJyarimon in the hood of my sweatshirt, I saw the now familiar greenish white swirl of data open, and I jumped in…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
…Only to come out ten feet over Guilmon's shed in the Park.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Takatomon! Are you okay?"
"Fine BlackJyarimon, the shed broke my fall. Uhhh… Let's go home first BlackJyarimon, maybe we can get you some bread, and maybe an update on the situation here."
"Guilmon bread! Yay!"
"Somehow I knew you'd look at it that way. Come on."
I put BlackJyarimon back in my hood and took off for my house, hoping that my parents were still there.
Just before we entered the tunnel, BlackJyarimon gave me a timely warning.
*Takatomon! The others are coming! Hide!*
I dove into the bushes about two seconds before Rika, Ryo, and Henry came running out of the tunnel, digimon trailing. I bent all my thought on not moving as Renamon came into view.
Renamon stopped suddenly and started looking around.
Awww Nuts.
"What is it Renamon?" Came the lovely yet cold voice of Rika Nonaka-Makino
"Nothing Rika, I just thought I'd heard something, that's all. We have more important things to do anyway."
"That's right. All right Brainiac, what do we do now?."
"I'm not sure Rika, while we can digivolve our digimon to ultimate, we as humans will be terribly exposed, and we still have to find a way in, it's not like the thing has a door."
"Well this sucks! We come all this way just to be stopped because it has no door! What a waste."
Then close to forty of the D-Reaper's combat agents came flying in. Henry gulped.
"This is not good. The odds are definitely with them."
Let's see what I can do to even those odds. I hope Azulongmon knew what he taught…
With the combat agents flying around blowing things up in an effort to hit my friends, I no longer had to be quiet, so I stood up and took out BlackJyarimon.
Flash
Digivolution_
BlackJyarimon Flash Digivolve to… BlackGuilmon!
I took out a blue card, and swiped it through the C-Ark's slot.
DIGI-MODIFY! Crystal Matrix Activate!
The power of the Catalyst poured out of the symbol on BlackGuilmon's snout, and my friends D-Arks all uttered the same phrase.
Biomerge
Digivolution_
Terriermon Biomerge to… MegaGargomon!
Monodramon Biomerge to… Justimon!
Renamon Biomerge to… Sakuyamon
"Okay, what just happened?"
"Stuff it Einstein! Let's finish this!"
"Right Rika!"
"Shut up, Ryo!"
The combat agents didn't have a chance after that. When I was sure they were gone, I dedigivolved BlackGuilmon, and we took off again.
*That was close, thanks Black Jyarimon?*
*Why do we have to avoid them Takatomon?*
*Because they hate me boy, they hate me for what I did to you to make you Megidramon. And besides, like Azulongmon said, we don't need emotions to cloud the issue right now. We'd better hurry home.*
*Right Takatomon!*
We left the bushes and started off on foot again. We kept to the back streets this time, not wanting to run into Kazu and Kenta.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
I finally made it home to the Bakery. I ran in yelling.
"Mom? Dad? Where are you?"
"Takato!?"
I barely had time to turn around before I was caught in my mother's bone-crushing embrace, my father right behind her with tears in his eyes.
"Your friends said you were lost! Where were you young man?"
"It's a long story, Mom. I'll tell you when I get back."
"You're not goi…"
"Mia… let him go. His friends are already out there fighting. He needs to go too."
"But Takehiro…"
"I'm sorry mom, but I've got to go."
"All right, but take some bread for that partner of yours."
"Thanks mom."
"Yay! Bread!"
BlackJyarimon leapt out of my hood and bounced for the counter. I smiled and pointed the C-Ark at him.
Flash
Digivolution_
BlackJyarimon Flash Digivolve to… BlackGuilmon!
BlackGuilmon happily ran into the back of the store to gorge himself on bread. My father laughed at his antics. I ran up to my room and gathered some things for the trip into D-Reaper. I gathered every card I had and put them into a small pack I was carrying. I left a slave Green card on the desk in case I needed a quick exit. I didn't know if it would work inside D-Reaper, but I was taking all the precautions I could. I also stopped to grab my good luck charm. I wouldn't dare take outside under ordinary circumstances, but I would certainly need all the luck I could get today. I slipped it around my neck and underneath my shirt before heading back down.
BlackGuilmon and I slipped back out the way we came, on the excuse of the crowds. We had barely gotten the door closed when an explosion knocked us off our feet. We ran back inside to find nothing but rubble and blood. I saw red. BlackGuilmon was growling, his eyes feral.
Biomerge
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Biomerge to… ChaosGallantmon!
The biomerge shattered the rest of the building. In front of me I saw two of the D-Reaper's combat agents.
"DEMON'S DISASTER!"
The two were deleted instantly. I stormed over the rooftops deleting agents wherever I saw them. I was mad. I was more than mad.
The D-Reaper will NOT get away with this! I'll make it pay!
I'm with you Takato!
Thanks boy. Let's go mangle some jello.
I saw a struggling Kazu, Kenta, and a girl with a Dobermon I didn't recognize being cornered by some more of the D-Reaper's agents. I deleted them and turned to go when Kazu stopped me.
"Thanks for the help! Who are you?"
Kazu, thanking someone?
I paused. I turned and considered his statement. The thought of Kazu actually thanking someone brought me out of the well of anger I had been drowning myself in. Kazu had just helped me in more ways than one. The look on my face must have been something else because the next thing I knew Kazu was backing away slowly.
"H…Hey, look man, if you don't want to answer, don't answer."
I came up with a solution then. Making sure BlackGuilmon stayed silent so I wouldn't be given away as biomerged, I replied with my digitally altered voice.
"I am ChaosGallantmon, servant of Azulongmon."
"Well, thanks for the save dude, but how…"
I don't have time for this Kazu…
"How do I enter the D-Reaper?"
"Huh? Why would you want to do that? Any ordinary digimon will be deleted instantly!"
"I am not ordinary. I must enter the D-Reaper, or your friends will not exit. Tell me and I will grant you the gift of survival."
Kazu Gulped.
"J-Just wait for the head to appear again and go in the mouth man."
"Thank you. As for your gift…"
"N-No that's okay man, just go…"
"I insist."
I pointed the shield at them and gathered my energy. Kazu shook, but stood there.
It's kinda fun messing with Kazu like this.
"CRYSTAL MATRIX!"
A red light fell across them and there was silence for a moment as Kenta and the other girl waited for Kazu to scream.
Biomerge
Digivolution_
Guardromon Biomerge to… HiAndromon!
"Wooooooow! We rock! Thanks Man! Now we can go into D-Reaper!"
"You will do no such thing HiAndromon. You will defend these others. I did not give you this ability only to let those with you die from your rash actions!!"
"S-Sorry."
"I apologize. This has been a bad week."
With that I turned and left. Kazu didn't deserve to face the brunt of my self-loathing for when I created Megidramon. On the other hand I had a point.
I walked calmly toward D-Reaper, assisting the Army where I could. I stopped in front of the red gelatinous ooze.
"I am here D-Reaper. Where are you? Show yourself to me."
At this point a large, mutated version of Jeri's head rose out of the mass.
Well that explains where Jeri went.
Jeri is the D-Reaper Takatomon?
No, BlackGuilmon, just the host, weren't you listening when Azulongmon explained how it was able to evolve so it could get out of the digital world?
I think I was hungry Takatomon.
I would have sighed at that point, but it was then that D-Reaper spoke.
"I am D-Reaper. Who calls? Oh, ChaosGallantmon! Do come in…"
And with that the thing's mouth opened, and with a speed that dwarfed even ChaosGallantmon's, she swallowed us whole.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
When I came to, for an instant I thought that I had died and gone to hell, because all I could see was red fire everywhere. Then, as my vision cleared I realized that they were red wires everywhere. My next observation was that I was no longer biomerged.
"BlackGuilmon? Where are you boy?"
"Ohhh… Over here Takatomon… I don't feel so good."
"I know boy, do you have enough energy to biomerge?"
"I'll try Takatomon."
Biomerge
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Biomerge to… ChaosGallantmon!
The first thing I noticed upon biomerging was a… feeling… like a branding iron in my brain. Something off in the distance, like it was calling me.
Is this what it feels like when sense a digimon, boy?
Almost Takatomon, this feels bad, very bad, worse than any digimon I've felt.
Probably the core…
After forcing four biomerges and biomerging twice myself, I felt really weak compared to what I should have. But, I had done it. And not a moment too soon too; at this point the constantly moving red wires in the walls decided to attack, wrapping themselves around me. I narrowed my eyes, summoned my lance and Gorgon shield, and began tearing away, when I realized I had help.
"JUSTICE KICK!"
Justimon's attack separated the majority of the wires from the walls and even in my weakened state I was able to exterminate the other wires easily. I didn't know all that much about Ryo, but I knew that he was a decent person from Azulongmon.
Again making sure BlackGuilmon was silent, I spoke again.
"Thank you for the assistance Justimon."
"You're welcome, but who are you? How did you get in here?"
Well, it worked once…
"I am ChaosGallantmon, servant of Azulongmon. My digital code has been altered to allow my entry."
"Oh, well, you're welcome to come with us then, I'm sure the others wouldn't mind. We're trying to find the core to shut this thing down. I came because I heard something."
"No. I am weakened. I would only slow you down. Return to your friends Justimon. I have another task to attend to."
"Okay…"
And with that Justimon walked off. I felt a little bad for deceiving him, but I couldn't face Rika right now. Not yet.
Maybe when I get home…
I didn't have a home anymore.
I didn't have any parents anymore.
The D-Reaper killed them.
It killed them it the image of a friend.
I clapped the blue visor down over my eyes to hide them from anyone that might see, and my anger fueling my steps, I stalked straight towards the sensation I was feeling not letting anything get in my way. Not even the walls.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
I ripped through the last wall of wires in may way, and found myself in the core. And what a core it was. The wall behind me stretched off into the distance in three directions. Left, right, and up. I looked towards where I would have placed the core… only to find a very large hole.
D-Reaper can't dig a hole deep enough to keep us from finding it right boy?
Right Takato! GRRRRRRRRRRR!
I started running towards the hole in the ground when the hole suddenly changed from an inny to an outy. The mound formed was stuck in the ground, the top half being a twisted approximation of Jeri's upper body.
"Welcome Catalyst. I'll be sure to make your stay as… pleasant… as possible. For me, anyway."
There was a commotion behind me as Sakuyamon and the others entered behind me. Apparently they had come across the path I cut. I ignored them and concentrated on D-Reaper
"This ends here D-Reaper. I cannot begin to count the innocents that have died at your hands, digimon and human alike! You will pay for your transgressions with your life! DEMON'S DISASTER!"
My attack must have been a signal of some sort because the next thing I knew, Sakuyamon and MegaGargomon were flanking me, Justimon leaping over me, launching attacks.
"MEGA BARRAGE!"
"SPIRIT STRIKE!"
"VOLTAGE BLADE!"
I hung back momentarily. This seemed a bit too easy.
BlackGuilmon, can you sense Jeri?
I think so Takatomon. I think she's inside its head.
Great. Just Great.
The irony was so thick and abundant you could cut it with a knife and serve it for dinner.
Save Jeri, kill D-Reaper. Decisions, decisions.
No. I had made that mistake before. This time, I would not allow my anger to cloud my judgment. I would save Jeri first, worry about D-Reaper later.
Let's go, boy!
Right behind you Takatomon! Let's go get Jeri.
With that we uncoiled like a spring. With MegaGargomon and the other occupying it, D-Reaper hardly understood when I got to the top of its head and leapt as high as I could into the sky. At the very peak of my jump I curled my body so that my shield was beneath me.
"JUDECCA PRISON!"
I cut the beam off the moment the top of D-Reaper's head shattered, and landed adroitly on my feet inside the cavity. Inside were two things; Jeri, looking like she was sewn into the wall, and in the center, a large red glowing crystal. Looking at it made the sensation in my mind hurt. A lot.
If that isn't a power source, I don't know what is. But, first things first.
I tore myself away from the core and really looked a Jeri for the first time. She looked… well, awful is the best was to describe it. Her hair was matted and bloody, and her dress was in tatters. Below her was something I hadn't noticed before, a beat up looking Punimon. It looked like Leomon hadn't given up without one heck of a fight.
He could use a power boost…
"CRYSTAL MATRIX"
Flash
Digivolution_
Punimon Flash Digivolve to… Panyamon!
Panyamon gave me a curious glance before freeing Jeri from the wall.
"ICE BEAST FIST"
This froze the wall allowing the ultimate level Leomon-look-alike to free her easily.
"Run, Panyamon. Get those outside to run as well. I'm not sure what will happen when I destroy the core, but chances are you won't have long to get out."
He nodded, and then leapt away without a word, Jeri in his arms. This most recent digivolution had almost brought me to my knees. I didn't have long before I blacked out again, I knew. I turned and faced the crystal I assumed was the true core.
Now or never. In case we don't get out, it's been fun boy.
Don't say that Takatomon! We'll get out somehow! I know it!
Thanks boy, I needed that. Let's do it!
I brought the Gorgon up in front of me and poured almost all of my remaining energy into it.
"JUDECCA PRISON!!!!!"
With that the crystal started cracking, and an eerie red light started pouring out of the cracks. I gulped, turned and ran, forgetting that I was about five hundred feet in the air. I can only image how comical it must have looked. It was significantly less funny when we dedigivolved though. BlackGuilmon was tired enough to become BlackJyarimon on his own, and I wasn't much better. I quickly scanned the green card as we were falling, a portal appearing beneath us. The last thing I remember before blacking out as we fell into the portal was:
ERROR
"Uhhh… BlackGuilmon, get off me."
"Ohhh… I'll try Takatomon."
The first several times BlackGuilmon and I tried the Green cards, he kept falling on me. It was apparently amusing to the four sovereigns watching us as they kept laughing whenever we failed. I suppose it would have been funny to us too… if we were someone else. But in any event, BlackGuilmon and I trained all week and mastered the green cards, as well as flash digivolution. Really a handy thing when you think about it.
Finally, it was time to bio-emerge. Azulongmon took us back to the Southern Quadrant where we opened a gate back home.
"Bye Azulongmon! I'll take care of the D-Reaper!"
"I know you will young one… I know you will."
DIGI-MODIFY! Digital Gate Activate!
As I swiped the Green card through the slot, BlackJyarimon in the hood of my sweatshirt, I saw the now familiar greenish white swirl of data open, and I jumped in…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
…Only to come out ten feet over Guilmon's shed in the Park.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Takatomon! Are you okay?"
"Fine BlackJyarimon, the shed broke my fall. Uhhh… Let's go home first BlackJyarimon, maybe we can get you some bread, and maybe an update on the situation here."
"Guilmon bread! Yay!"
"Somehow I knew you'd look at it that way. Come on."
I put BlackJyarimon back in my hood and took off for my house, hoping that my parents were still there.
Just before we entered the tunnel, BlackJyarimon gave me a timely warning.
*Takatomon! The others are coming! Hide!*
I dove into the bushes about two seconds before Rika, Ryo, and Henry came running out of the tunnel, digimon trailing. I bent all my thought on not moving as Renamon came into view.
Renamon stopped suddenly and started looking around.
Awww Nuts.
"What is it Renamon?" Came the lovely yet cold voice of Rika Nonaka-Makino
"Nothing Rika, I just thought I'd heard something, that's all. We have more important things to do anyway."
"That's right. All right Brainiac, what do we do now?."
"I'm not sure Rika, while we can digivolve our digimon to ultimate, we as humans will be terribly exposed, and we still have to find a way in, it's not like the thing has a door."
"Well this sucks! We come all this way just to be stopped because it has no door! What a waste."
Then close to forty of the D-Reaper's combat agents came flying in. Henry gulped.
"This is not good. The odds are definitely with them."
Let's see what I can do to even those odds. I hope Azulongmon knew what he taught…
With the combat agents flying around blowing things up in an effort to hit my friends, I no longer had to be quiet, so I stood up and took out BlackJyarimon.
Flash
Digivolution_
BlackJyarimon Flash Digivolve to… BlackGuilmon!
I took out a blue card, and swiped it through the C-Ark's slot.
DIGI-MODIFY! Crystal Matrix Activate!
The power of the Catalyst poured out of the symbol on BlackGuilmon's snout, and my friends D-Arks all uttered the same phrase.
Biomerge
Digivolution_
Terriermon Biomerge to… MegaGargomon!
Monodramon Biomerge to… Justimon!
Renamon Biomerge to… Sakuyamon
"Okay, what just happened?"
"Stuff it Einstein! Let's finish this!"
"Right Rika!"
"Shut up, Ryo!"
The combat agents didn't have a chance after that. When I was sure they were gone, I dedigivolved BlackGuilmon, and we took off again.
*That was close, thanks Black Jyarimon?*
*Why do we have to avoid them Takatomon?*
*Because they hate me boy, they hate me for what I did to you to make you Megidramon. And besides, like Azulongmon said, we don't need emotions to cloud the issue right now. We'd better hurry home.*
*Right Takatomon!*
We left the bushes and started off on foot again. We kept to the back streets this time, not wanting to run into Kazu and Kenta.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
I finally made it home to the Bakery. I ran in yelling.
"Mom? Dad? Where are you?"
"Takato!?"
I barely had time to turn around before I was caught in my mother's bone-crushing embrace, my father right behind her with tears in his eyes.
"Your friends said you were lost! Where were you young man?"
"It's a long story, Mom. I'll tell you when I get back."
"You're not goi…"
"Mia… let him go. His friends are already out there fighting. He needs to go too."
"But Takehiro…"
"I'm sorry mom, but I've got to go."
"All right, but take some bread for that partner of yours."
"Thanks mom."
"Yay! Bread!"
BlackJyarimon leapt out of my hood and bounced for the counter. I smiled and pointed the C-Ark at him.
Flash
Digivolution_
BlackJyarimon Flash Digivolve to… BlackGuilmon!
BlackGuilmon happily ran into the back of the store to gorge himself on bread. My father laughed at his antics. I ran up to my room and gathered some things for the trip into D-Reaper. I gathered every card I had and put them into a small pack I was carrying. I left a slave Green card on the desk in case I needed a quick exit. I didn't know if it would work inside D-Reaper, but I was taking all the precautions I could. I also stopped to grab my good luck charm. I wouldn't dare take outside under ordinary circumstances, but I would certainly need all the luck I could get today. I slipped it around my neck and underneath my shirt before heading back down.
BlackGuilmon and I slipped back out the way we came, on the excuse of the crowds. We had barely gotten the door closed when an explosion knocked us off our feet. We ran back inside to find nothing but rubble and blood. I saw red. BlackGuilmon was growling, his eyes feral.
Biomerge
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Biomerge to… ChaosGallantmon!
The biomerge shattered the rest of the building. In front of me I saw two of the D-Reaper's combat agents.
"DEMON'S DISASTER!"
The two were deleted instantly. I stormed over the rooftops deleting agents wherever I saw them. I was mad. I was more than mad.
The D-Reaper will NOT get away with this! I'll make it pay!
I'm with you Takato!
Thanks boy. Let's go mangle some jello.
I saw a struggling Kazu, Kenta, and a girl with a Dobermon I didn't recognize being cornered by some more of the D-Reaper's agents. I deleted them and turned to go when Kazu stopped me.
"Thanks for the help! Who are you?"
Kazu, thanking someone?
I paused. I turned and considered his statement. The thought of Kazu actually thanking someone brought me out of the well of anger I had been drowning myself in. Kazu had just helped me in more ways than one. The look on my face must have been something else because the next thing I knew Kazu was backing away slowly.
"H…Hey, look man, if you don't want to answer, don't answer."
I came up with a solution then. Making sure BlackGuilmon stayed silent so I wouldn't be given away as biomerged, I replied with my digitally altered voice.
"I am ChaosGallantmon, servant of Azulongmon."
"Well, thanks for the save dude, but how…"
I don't have time for this Kazu…
"How do I enter the D-Reaper?"
"Huh? Why would you want to do that? Any ordinary digimon will be deleted instantly!"
"I am not ordinary. I must enter the D-Reaper, or your friends will not exit. Tell me and I will grant you the gift of survival."
Kazu Gulped.
"J-Just wait for the head to appear again and go in the mouth man."
"Thank you. As for your gift…"
"N-No that's okay man, just go…"
"I insist."
I pointed the shield at them and gathered my energy. Kazu shook, but stood there.
It's kinda fun messing with Kazu like this.
"CRYSTAL MATRIX!"
A red light fell across them and there was silence for a moment as Kenta and the other girl waited for Kazu to scream.
Biomerge
Digivolution_
Guardromon Biomerge to… HiAndromon!
"Wooooooow! We rock! Thanks Man! Now we can go into D-Reaper!"
"You will do no such thing HiAndromon. You will defend these others. I did not give you this ability only to let those with you die from your rash actions!!"
"S-Sorry."
"I apologize. This has been a bad week."
With that I turned and left. Kazu didn't deserve to face the brunt of my self-loathing for when I created Megidramon. On the other hand I had a point.
I walked calmly toward D-Reaper, assisting the Army where I could. I stopped in front of the red gelatinous ooze.
"I am here D-Reaper. Where are you? Show yourself to me."
At this point a large, mutated version of Jeri's head rose out of the mass.
Well that explains where Jeri went.
Jeri is the D-Reaper Takatomon?
No, BlackGuilmon, just the host, weren't you listening when Azulongmon explained how it was able to evolve so it could get out of the digital world?
I think I was hungry Takatomon.
I would have sighed at that point, but it was then that D-Reaper spoke.
"I am D-Reaper. Who calls? Oh, ChaosGallantmon! Do come in…"
And with that the thing's mouth opened, and with a speed that dwarfed even ChaosGallantmon's, she swallowed us whole.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
When I came to, for an instant I thought that I had died and gone to hell, because all I could see was red fire everywhere. Then, as my vision cleared I realized that they were red wires everywhere. My next observation was that I was no longer biomerged.
"BlackGuilmon? Where are you boy?"
"Ohhh… Over here Takatomon… I don't feel so good."
"I know boy, do you have enough energy to biomerge?"
"I'll try Takatomon."
Biomerge
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Biomerge to… ChaosGallantmon!
The first thing I noticed upon biomerging was a… feeling… like a branding iron in my brain. Something off in the distance, like it was calling me.
Is this what it feels like when sense a digimon, boy?
Almost Takatomon, this feels bad, very bad, worse than any digimon I've felt.
Probably the core…
After forcing four biomerges and biomerging twice myself, I felt really weak compared to what I should have. But, I had done it. And not a moment too soon too; at this point the constantly moving red wires in the walls decided to attack, wrapping themselves around me. I narrowed my eyes, summoned my lance and Gorgon shield, and began tearing away, when I realized I had help.
"JUSTICE KICK!"
Justimon's attack separated the majority of the wires from the walls and even in my weakened state I was able to exterminate the other wires easily. I didn't know all that much about Ryo, but I knew that he was a decent person from Azulongmon.
Again making sure BlackGuilmon was silent, I spoke again.
"Thank you for the assistance Justimon."
"You're welcome, but who are you? How did you get in here?"
Well, it worked once…
"I am ChaosGallantmon, servant of Azulongmon. My digital code has been altered to allow my entry."
"Oh, well, you're welcome to come with us then, I'm sure the others wouldn't mind. We're trying to find the core to shut this thing down. I came because I heard something."
"No. I am weakened. I would only slow you down. Return to your friends Justimon. I have another task to attend to."
"Okay…"
And with that Justimon walked off. I felt a little bad for deceiving him, but I couldn't face Rika right now. Not yet.
Maybe when I get home…
I didn't have a home anymore.
I didn't have any parents anymore.
The D-Reaper killed them.
It killed them it the image of a friend.
I clapped the blue visor down over my eyes to hide them from anyone that might see, and my anger fueling my steps, I stalked straight towards the sensation I was feeling not letting anything get in my way. Not even the walls.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
I ripped through the last wall of wires in may way, and found myself in the core. And what a core it was. The wall behind me stretched off into the distance in three directions. Left, right, and up. I looked towards where I would have placed the core… only to find a very large hole.
D-Reaper can't dig a hole deep enough to keep us from finding it right boy?
Right Takato! GRRRRRRRRRRR!
I started running towards the hole in the ground when the hole suddenly changed from an inny to an outy. The mound formed was stuck in the ground, the top half being a twisted approximation of Jeri's upper body.
"Welcome Catalyst. I'll be sure to make your stay as… pleasant… as possible. For me, anyway."
There was a commotion behind me as Sakuyamon and the others entered behind me. Apparently they had come across the path I cut. I ignored them and concentrated on D-Reaper
"This ends here D-Reaper. I cannot begin to count the innocents that have died at your hands, digimon and human alike! You will pay for your transgressions with your life! DEMON'S DISASTER!"
My attack must have been a signal of some sort because the next thing I knew, Sakuyamon and MegaGargomon were flanking me, Justimon leaping over me, launching attacks.
"MEGA BARRAGE!"
"SPIRIT STRIKE!"
"VOLTAGE BLADE!"
I hung back momentarily. This seemed a bit too easy.
BlackGuilmon, can you sense Jeri?
I think so Takatomon. I think she's inside its head.
Great. Just Great.
The irony was so thick and abundant you could cut it with a knife and serve it for dinner.
Save Jeri, kill D-Reaper. Decisions, decisions.
No. I had made that mistake before. This time, I would not allow my anger to cloud my judgment. I would save Jeri first, worry about D-Reaper later.
Let's go, boy!
Right behind you Takatomon! Let's go get Jeri.
With that we uncoiled like a spring. With MegaGargomon and the other occupying it, D-Reaper hardly understood when I got to the top of its head and leapt as high as I could into the sky. At the very peak of my jump I curled my body so that my shield was beneath me.
"JUDECCA PRISON!"
I cut the beam off the moment the top of D-Reaper's head shattered, and landed adroitly on my feet inside the cavity. Inside were two things; Jeri, looking like she was sewn into the wall, and in the center, a large red glowing crystal. Looking at it made the sensation in my mind hurt. A lot.
If that isn't a power source, I don't know what is. But, first things first.
I tore myself away from the core and really looked a Jeri for the first time. She looked… well, awful is the best was to describe it. Her hair was matted and bloody, and her dress was in tatters. Below her was something I hadn't noticed before, a beat up looking Punimon. It looked like Leomon hadn't given up without one heck of a fight.
He could use a power boost…
"CRYSTAL MATRIX"
Flash
Digivolution_
Punimon Flash Digivolve to… Panyamon!
Panyamon gave me a curious glance before freeing Jeri from the wall.
"ICE BEAST FIST"
This froze the wall allowing the ultimate level Leomon-look-alike to free her easily.
"Run, Panyamon. Get those outside to run as well. I'm not sure what will happen when I destroy the core, but chances are you won't have long to get out."
He nodded, and then leapt away without a word, Jeri in his arms. This most recent digivolution had almost brought me to my knees. I didn't have long before I blacked out again, I knew. I turned and faced the crystal I assumed was the true core.
Now or never. In case we don't get out, it's been fun boy.
Don't say that Takatomon! We'll get out somehow! I know it!
Thanks boy, I needed that. Let's do it!
I brought the Gorgon up in front of me and poured almost all of my remaining energy into it.
"JUDECCA PRISON!!!!!"
With that the crystal started cracking, and an eerie red light started pouring out of the cracks. I gulped, turned and ran, forgetting that I was about five hundred feet in the air. I can only image how comical it must have looked. It was significantly less funny when we dedigivolved though. BlackGuilmon was tired enough to become BlackJyarimon on his own, and I wasn't much better. I quickly scanned the green card as we were falling, a portal appearing beneath us. The last thing I remember before blacking out as we fell into the portal was:
ERROR