Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Mystic Digital War ❯ Chapter 1: Missions ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1:

The damp water of the night hung in the cold air, making the night thick like fog. The humidity was like a clamp, grasping and holding the sky of the moon's light in an eternal grip, much the same way that the Mekanorimon were the prisoners of the cursed rings.

They worked tirelessly, the rings would not let them sleep, all through the day and night. Their mission in the large, nosy factory was the production of weapons, weapons of famine, ones to steal the hopes of every person in the Digital World. Weapons to destroy the three basic compounds of life, hydrogen and oxygen. These weapons were produced, and sold to the various gangs operating in the Digital World, for a very handsome profit.

On the top floor, Mummymon looked over the balcony and frowned as the Mekanorimon slowly trudged across the factory floor. "These guys are moving way too slow," he said to himself, I have to speed up production, or Arukennimon is going to be very unhappy."

Mummy stared at the bottom floor of the factory. The black ringed Mekanorimon slowly marched down the long assembly line, assembling the guns of famine together. At the end of the conveyer belt, the slaves of darkness moved the guns onto a large truck for delivery. The entire process, from the moment the first piece of the weapon touched the conveyer belt, to the moment it touched the truck, was estimated at fifteen minutes. However, these Mekanorimon were clocked in at thirty minutes. They were moving much too slow, he needed to speed up production. He reached towards his whip...

Suddenly, the left wall of the factory was blown apart. Mummymon shielded his face as debris from the wall were thrown everywhere. Mummymon put his hands down and stared at the wall, more specifically, the hole, and the beings standing in it. Mummymon was at a loss for words,"How dare you?"

The Metalgreymon growled, as the human on his shoulder stood up. The face was slightly different and the hair was a little shorter, but, there was no mistake, it was him, and Mummymon knew it. "Wait, you're the one that attacked Mistress Arukennimon..."

The figure on the Metalgreymon's shoulder just stared at Mummymon. "I am the Master of Courage, and I am shutting this weapons factory down! Do it, Metalgreymon."

Metalgreymon turned to the ledge where Mummymon was standing. His chest plate swung open. "Ahh!" Mummymon cried as he hit the floor. The two missiles shot over him and exploded into the black tower behind him, creating an explosion that filled the room with fire and smoke.

Instantly, all the dark rings dropped off of the Mekanorimon's arms and clanked onto the ground. The Digimon seemed confused and disoriented, unsure of what to do. "You're free," The Master of Courage said,"Go!"

The Mekanorimon didn't need to be told twice. They quickly charged out of the factory, leaving only the Digidestined, his Digimon partner, and a very mad Mummymon. He threw his hand back and shot it forward, shooting out a stream of bandages, which wrapped around the Metalgreymon.

While the cyborg Digimon struggled to get out, Mummymon showcased his gun, pointing it at the Master of Courage. "Shipment is now very behind," Mummymon said,"Our profit margines are going to be non-existent, and its all your fault!"

He fired his gun, but Metalgreymon moved his body so that the energy blast hit his metal arm and was deflected into the large furnace, blowing it to pieces.

As the fire burned around them, Metalgreymon broke through Mummymon's Snake Bandage. He shot his Mega Claw at the celing above Mummymon, showering him in a hailstorm of cement and brick, leaving only the top portion of his body free.

Metalgreymon leaned forward and stared Mummymon right in the face. "P-Please," Mummymon said,"Don't kill me."

"We won't," the human said,"but, give your boss a message. Tell her that the Master of Courage is going to put her out of business!"

He and his Metalgreymon turned and left.

The Bakemon laughed to themselves as the charged out of the building, their haunted arms full of leather bags. The Gekomon came running out of the building a second later, shooting sound waves out of the horns on their back, trying vainly to hit the Bakemon.

The ghost Digimon, however, were too fast for the green guards. Within seconds, they were easily out of range of the Gekomon's attacks. "Ha ha!" one cried out,"We did it! All the money in the bank is ours now! The Ghost Gang is going to be rich! And no one can stop us!"

The other two joined in their friends laughter, when, suddenly, something dropped down in front of them. It was a dark figure with a cape flowing behind him and a sword hanging at his side. "Who ever you are, you're dead!"

"No," the figure said, raising his hand,"You are!"

He shot a blast of flame from his palm, which hit the head Bakemon, exploding him in a burst of flame.

The remaining two Bakemon had their eyes opened wide. "Y-you burned him!"

"That is why I am known as the Firemaster!"

"But...how?" the second one said,"You're only a human, you can't do that!"

"I have seen the fires of hell!" Firemaster said,"And I have brought them back, to exact revenge of the evils of the Digital World!"

He took out his sword and pointed it at the two Bakemon."Now, tell me more about this 'Ghost Gang'."

The second one opened his mouth to say something, but the third one jumped in front of him and held his mouth. "Are you crazy?! Master Phantomon will kill us!"

Firemaster raised his sword. "Allow me to save him the trouble!" He brought his sword down and shattered the Bakemon.

He turned back to the last Bakemon,"Now, tell me where to find this, 'Master Phantomon..'"

"Alright, let's go. Move it!" Skull Mearamon said, flicking his whip at the Drimogemon, "Keep digging!"

The Drimogemon grimaced in pain as the whip stung their backs. Their drills moved faster as they tore into the rock of the mountain.

"Let's move it!" Skull Meramon said, slamming his chain whip into the ground,"Create a tunnel! Let's hurry!"

The Drimogemon continued to drill into the side of the mountain, but, they were not making any headway. Skull Mearamon growled to himself as he stared at the whip in his hands. "If only I had Arukennimon's Dark Rings," he said to himself,"But, Diaboromon doesn't like to use them. I think I'm going to ask to be transferred...."

Skull Mearamon was too busy talking to himself, that he didn't notice that he air around him was beginning to blow faster, kicking up the sand of the desert. He did, however, hear the loud sound, and felt the ground shake slightly.

"What's going on here?" he asked, turning around. "Oh no, its you! T-Tai Kamiya? B-but, you're dead, h-how is it that....and why are you part metal?"

"Do to the damage inflicted upon me by Piedmon," the figure said, stepping forward,"In order to survive, I had to give up much of my organic body." The moonlight glistened off of his cybernetic right arm. The metal seemed alive on his cybernetic left leg, and the red jewel of the metal part of his face. His Metalgreymon growled in displeasure.

"W-what do you want?" Skull Mearamon asked.

"You are causing much damage to this area do to your drilling," the Cyborg said,"There is a town approximately three miles from here, and your drilling is causing many earthquakes. You must cease at once."

Skull Mearamon laughed. "Yeah right! This excavation has been approved by Lord Oikawa himself. If you want to place a compliant, file it with our secretary. It should arrive on Diaboromon's desk in about twenty years! Ha ha ha ha!"

"I have asked nicely," the Cyborg said,"And now I must use force." He lifted up his cybernetic arm and pressed a button on it. The Metalgreymon lurched forward.

"At last!" Skull Mearamon said,"A fight! Metal fireball!"

Metalgreymon raised his left hand and blocked the fire blast. He then brought his organic hand down and backhanded Skull Mearamon into the mountain. The Drimogemon scurried away as the front of the mountain slowly crumbled away, revealing a long cave.

"Well," one of the Drimogemon said, standing over the moaning Skullmearamon,"Here's your cave."

"We've got alot to discuss," Matt said, facing the Digidestined, in the same conference room that they planed the defense of the Eastern Digital Gate,"We'd better get started."

"First up," Matt said, as he pressed a button on the remote and the screen lit up to an image of Arukennimon's weapons factory,"This footage was taken only a few hours ago as we rumedge through the remains of one of Arukennimon's weapon factory. This figure you see riding the Metalgreymon is the so-called self-proclaimed Master of Courage. He has been targeting and destroying her weapon factories. Along with his digimon partner, the Master of Courage has been successful in destroying three factories so far, but we still know nothing about him. Whether he is on our side or not."

"Next.." Matt clicked the remote and the screen showed an image of a badly wounded Bakemon". This was done by pyrokinetic human calling himself the Firemaster.. He is extremely violent, and most of his battles end with his opponents either dead, or severely injured. It is believed that he is currently fighting down the notorious "Ghost Gang."

Matt clicked the remote and the screen once again changed, this time to an image of a large cave inside of an even larger mountain. "Last..." He sighed as pressed a button on the remote, and the screen behind him came to life, showing a series of pictures of the supposed Tai Kamiya.

Matt cleared this throat and continued. "He claims to be Tai, but he has cybernetic implants along most of his body, as you can clearly see. He has taken up refuge at the town of Santa Carea, where Diaboromon has started an archeological expedition. This..Cyborg has dedicated himself to protecting this city. He had become a nemesis to Diaboromon's digging operations."

Matt turned off the screen as the lights came back on. The room was silent as all the Digidestined looked to the ground. They were unsure of what to say. A young man who was willing to die for the fate of an entire world, was back. Tai died, they had accepted it, learned to live with it, but, now, everyone was telling them that Tai was back, that he wasn't dead. Not only that, but, he hardly even looked human anymore. "Well?" Matt asked,"What do you think? Could he possibly be Tai returned?"

"How can you ask us that?" Izzy shouted, surprising everyone. Izzy was not usually so emotional. "How can you ask us which of those....imposters is Tai?! Tai is dead, how can you act so calm about this?"

Matt's face was unemotional as he addressed Izzy. "I'm just doing my job," he said.

"Yeah," Izzy said, sarcastically, "You're doing a great job."

"Guys," Yolei said, raising her hands,"What does Sora think about all of this?"

"Sora hasn't really said anything," Matt said, still glaring at Izzy,"I haven't been able to get in contact with her since the first sightings."

"What about Kari?" T.K. asked,"How is she handling all of this?"

"If we knew where she was, we would ask," Matt said, "but Sora's got her family's new number."

"And you can't talk to Sora," T.K. said, nodding.

I don't think we should be worrying about this," Cody said, nodding to himself,"Our main threat is Oikawa, this shouldn't even bother us."

"It does though," Joe said, leaning forward,"Tai was our friend, he died so that we could live, and now, there is a chance that he is alive..."

Matt crossed his arms,"If that really is Tai."

Mimi huffed to herself, as she leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms. "Thank you very much Matt, I'm glad that you are able to act so calmly about this whole thing!"

"That's enough!" a fierce voice said. Instantly, all the Digidestined stopped their arguing and stiffened to attention. They stood nervously as Sora walked into the room.

She moved around the edge of the room and over to where Matt was standing. She reached down and pressed the first button on the remote. The screen with the images of the Cyborg appeared.

She was definitely different as she studied the pictures. She turned around and glanced at the notes that Matt had compiled on the table. "Hmm," she said, lifting up the papers,"This Master of Courage is making a stand against Arukennimon...maybe their feud is personal? And this...Firemaster, is hunting down the Ghost Gang, we've been searching for a way to stop them for a long time now, and...what is so important inside of the cave that Diaboromon is digging?"

"We-ah, don't know," Matt said, looking to the table.

"Well," Sora said,"In any case, we'd better do something about them. I would like to investigate each of them. Mimi and Yolei, I want you to check out this Master of Courage, Matt, you, Joe and Cody will investigate the Firemaster.. Izzy and T.K., your job is to verify this..Cyborg."."

She put down the paper and stared at the group,"Find out about them, who they are, but most important, what they want.. Understand?"

The others just nodded, each of them worrying about Sora. Someone she had been very good friends with had died, and now, it seems that he has returned, yet, she seemed totally at ease. "Good," Sora said,"You are dismissed."

Everyone started piling out, when Mimi and Yolei walked over to her. "Sora," Mimi asked,"How are you taking all of this?"

"I don't know what you mean," Sora said, reading over Matt's notes.

"This whole thing with the possible return of Tai.," Yolei said,"Come on, we all know that you really care for him, and now, with his return. Why did you send Izzy and TK? You should have gone.""

"I'm fine," she said, avoiding their gaze.

"Sora," Mimi said, placing a hand on her friend's shoulder,"You can't be fine..."

"Mimi," she said,"I...I've got to keep everything bottled up inside. If I let my true feelings out, I will crack. I've got to be strong."

"That's not healthy," Yolei said, concerned.

"I know that," Sora looking sadly at the ground, tears starting to form in her eyes,"I...I...I can't!" She turned and ran out of the room.

The factory shook violently as Metalgreymon blasted the wall. In a small avalanche of concrete and dirt, a giant hole appeared in the side of the factory. "Are you ready?" Metalgreymon asked.

"Yeah," the Master of Courage said from his shoulder,"Let's go!"

Metalgreymon and his partner landed on the ground and ran inside the factory. The lay-out was much like the factory with Mummymon. Inside, there was a large assembly line, with no one operating it. Smoke was beginning to fill the floor, as fire raged around them.

"There must have been something flammable on the other side of the wall I blasted," Metalgreymon said.

"Yeah," The Master of Courage said, looking around,"I think you're....look out!"

Metalgreymon jumped out of the way seconds before a large metal I-beam crashed into the ground. "I don't think that this factory was running at this point in time," The Master of Courage said,"Come on, let's get out of here."

"Oh, it was, but, I needed bait."

Metalgreymon spun around and the Master of Courage scanned the shadows cast by the ragging fire. "Come out now!" he yelled.

A sharp female voice laughed as a figure stepped out of the shadows on the top of the cat walk. Her laugh seared and cut all the way to The Master of Courage's spine. "You..." he said, hate dripping from every word,"Arukennimon."

"Ah," the Dark Master of Famine said, opening her arms,"You've heard of me."

"Of course," he said, clenching his fist,"Who hasn't heard of the cruelest witch in the Digital World!"

Arukennimon smirked,"Flattery will get you no where."

"Enough games," The Master of Courage said,"Where did you get the plans for these guns?"

"Guns?" Arukennimnon asked, surprised,"That is why you have made yourself a nuisance to me, because of the guns that I created?"

"Where did you get them?!" The Master of Courage shouted.

Arukennimon smirked. "What do you know of them?"

The Master of Courage hesitated. "My....someone I knew created them, but, he kept them hidden! He was going to deliver them to the Armed Forces to combat against Oikawa, but...he was killed. I destroyed all the prototypes, how can you be creating the same weapons?"

Arukennimon smiled,"That's my little secret!" She jumped off of the cat-walk and landed on the ground. "Now, what do you say we get this started, huh?"

"Fine," The Master of Courage said,"Bring it on!"

Arukennimon jumped up and slammed her fist into Metalgreymon's stomach. The dinosaur Digimon stumbled back for a second, then lurched forward, slamming his organic arm into Arukennimon.

She was thrown into the ground, but, bent her knees as her feet hit the hard floor. She rebounded herself and was sent soaring back into the air, where she pounded Metalgreymon in the side of his face.

He spun around, slightly off balance. The Master of Courage was thrown from his shoulder, and would have crashed into the ground, but he grabbed a swinging cable and gently landed on the floor.

When Metalgreymon finally stopped twirling around, Arukennimon continued her attacks. While still floating in the air, the Dark Master of Famine brought her legs around and slammed into Metalgreymon's face.

He was very dazed as Arukennimon brought her fist back, and went to slam it forward, but Metalgreymon blocked it with his metal arm. He then brought his organic arm down and pounded Arukennimon in the back of the head, sending her into the ground. Metalgreymon didn't waste any time. He lifted his foot up, ready to smash down on Arukennimon, but, she jumped out of the way. As she did, The Master of Courage saw something slip away from her neck, and landed into the floor. While his Digimon and the Dark Master of Famine continued their fight, he ran over and grabbed the small object.

Arukennimon dogged another punch, then landed back on the cat walk. "Well," she said, slightly out of breath,"You've given me quite a little workout. I don't think I ever had such a battle, oh what am I saying, of course I have! Ha!"

She turned to The Master of Courage. "Until we meet again!" She jumped on to the ground, and ran out of the massive hole.

"I think we should be leaving too," Metalgreymon said.

"Yeah," The Master of Courage said, watching as Metalgreymon turned into Agumon,"Let's go."

Once they were outside, The Master of Courage opened his palm to look at what Arukennimon had dropped. He gasped slightly at what he saw. It was a small, oval shaped slanted cylinder object. At the base of the slant, it was slightly flat, and there was a chain attacked to the other end.

He reached around his neck and pulled another object around from his neck, identical to the one that Arukennimon had. He placed the flat ends together, and formed a small locket shaped heart. He took a deep breath, and opened them. He gasped again at the small picture inside. "No..." he said,"It...it can't be! No! A-Arukennimon...can't be...."

"Are you okay?" his Agumon asked.

"Yeah," The Master of Courage said, shoving the locket into his pocket,"Yeah. Let's go home."

Agumon nodded, and started walking. The Master of Courage followed him, then stopped for a second, and glanced back to the factory. "Arukennimon, or whatever you're calling yourself now, I will find a way to free you, or, if I can't, then I will kill you. You will not serve Oikawa for ever. I will remove you from his service, no matter what."

to be continued...