Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Ressurection War ❯ Dark Ocean: War of the Dragons ( Chapter 22 )

Catherine here. Davis and I were walking t’rough ze desert, when we were attacked by Mummymon. He waz beating uz pretty bad until Davis used hiz crest power to digivolve Paildramon into Imperial Dramon. After he beat him, Imperial Dramon used hiz speed to find ze ozerz. When we got to Hiroshi, his digimon digivolved to Gigaseadramon and he was fighting Oikawa, and zome kind of Black Wargreymon. Sakuyamon was fighting Tk! He was ze Digimon Emperor again! At least Oikawa left before destroying ze Tower, but what about Tk?     The blowing wind and falling rain, what kind of day do you think it will be?     Why am I thinking of this more than I do when I'm with you?     Looking at the stars and singing songs, all of the fun things,     It was so hard, to the point that I couldn't do it alone.     I can't see it at all but I believe     In something that comes before the deep, deep sadness.     Wanting to see you but not being able to,     Ending like that is kind of sad     Because being able to finally     See you and the kindness     That I received from you which is still in my heart     And I'll give it to anyone.     That's the important thing that "Goodbye" brought to me. The flowers are blooming and a rainbow comes out, it's a change from trivial daily life.     If you figure that out and get going, your smile will definitely return.     I can't hear it at all but it is echoing,     Your yelling voice from far, far away.     Wanting to see you but not being able to,     I want to remember the sadness that I embraced.     The courage to look forward     Is something that I learned from you     And  it is still in my heart.     I'll live to be stronger.     That's the important thing that "Goodbye" brought to me.     That's the wonderful thing that only "Goodbye" knew. (“Only Goodbye Knew” Jeri’s Theme)

DARK OCEAN: War of the Dragons

Tk stared at Oikawa. “Why did you force me to stop? Goldramon could have had Sakuyamon lying face down in the dirt!”

“Sakuyamon, yes, maybe even Gallantmon and Megagargomon,” Oikawa said, staring directly at him, “But not the others. Those dragons are from an ancient legend that says they once saved the Digital World from danger. They are incredibly powerful, and if they joined together, they could destroy everything we worked for.”

“What about the Towers?” he asked, “Or the Key Cards? We can’t revive D-reaper without them!”

“I have to agree with him,” Dragomon said, “It seems like you’ve given up.”

“Hardly,” he said, “The D-reaper is trapped beneath a seal, a dimensional one. The Key Cards will open a gate to the place where D-reaper is imprisoned, but the Towers simply held the seal of the Sovereigns in place: no exit, in any directions.”

“Then…?” Dragomon began, but stopped when Oikawa held his hand up.

“As I was saying, the Key Cards open a gate, but their power could shatter dimensional realities, if held by the right person.”

“Who?” Tk asked.

“The Key Cards have one true owner, the Holy Prince of Heroes.”

“Kari?” Patamon gasped.

“That’s right,” Oikawa nodded, “In every time of darkness for the Digital World, a Holy Prince of Heroes appears, with command over the Key Cards. The first one was named Ryo Akiyama if I’m not mistaken.”

“Ryo?” Tk thought, “buthow can that be?”

“But in any event,” Oikawa said, “If we could force Kamiya to use the Cards to break the seal, we’ll have one.”

“How do you know this?” Tk asked.

“Simple,” Oikawa smirked, “The Holy Book.”

“You have the Holy Book?”

The older man nodded. He reached into his desk drawer and removed a thick book. It’s bright golden color had now become a dirty bronze, but Tk and Patamon instantly recognized the power and wisdom this book no doubt held. “This is the Holy Book.”

“Amazing,” the Digimon Emperor said in awe.

“Yes, yes,” Dragomon said, “But how are we going to get Kamiya to give us the Key Cards, much less use them to open the seal?”

Oikawa grinned. “To answer that, we need to ask the question: ‘At what price are you willing to sell your soul?’ And I think that love will always be the answer.” “”””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ”””””””

“So,” Henry said, lightly rubbing the bottom of his chin, “You all have dragon digimon now. That probably means something.”

“Remember that legend you told us?” Salamon said, “The one about the dragons that would save the world?”

“I don’t think they would necessarily save the world,” Henry pointed out, “I think they were going to appear at the end of the Digital World.”

“That’s great,” Rika sighed, “What about your pal, Tk?”

“Oikawa has him under his control,” Yolei said, lightly grasping her hands in front of her, “I just hope we can save him.”

Davis glanced over to Hiroshi. “Do you have any ideas?”

“No.”

“Hey, what’s wrong with you?” You haven’t said a grumpy comment or a sarcastic remark.”

“Nothing.”

“I have a suggestion,” Takato said, “But it’s going to be difficult.”

“What?”

“Oikawa’s base,” he said, “If we try to sneak inside, we might be able to bring an end to this rather quickly. Besides, you need the Key Cards they have anyway.”

“All right,” Kari said, “I think we can all agree that we need to get some rest, it’s been a pretty long day.”

The others reluctantly agreed and set up a small camp. Night soon arrived and the group fell fast asleep. All except for Kari, who found that she was wide awake, despite how hard she was trying to sleep. She twisted onto her side, but the thin blanket that she was lying on did not offer any padding at all; she was still basically sleeping on the ground. She tried to sleep on her stomach, but that just hurt her neck. She returned onto her back and tried to remain perfectly still and breathed heavily, but it was no use, she could not sleep.

She growled and rose to her feet. She saw that the others were sleeping and felt a little jealous that they were asleep and she was not. She decided to take a walk through the forest, as she did the real reason for her insomnia began to float through her mind.

When they had become trapped in this Dark Ocean, Kari was in deliberation over her feelings towards Tk and Yolei. She cared, loved, for them both very deeply, but she could not be in love with both. She either needed to be with one of them, or neither.

She sat down and leaned back against one of the dark trees. She had put this off for too long: she needed to make a choice. She did love Yolei, but that was only because of their past lives; however, it was that same past lives that was affecting her possible relationship between her and Tk. Who could she possibly choose? Could she even do that to her friends? She deliberated for what seemed like hours, before arriving at a decision. She rose to her feet once more and sighed deeply. She had made her choice, and she could not go back now.

She slowly walked back towards the camp, when she heard someone scream out her name. “Salamon?” she gasped. She started to run as fast as she could and when she arrived at their camp she caught a glimpse of Blackwargreymon hovering in the air, holding Oikawa with one hand and Yolei and Hawkmon with the other.

“Yolei!” Kari shouted.

Blackwargreymon shot one of his claws directly in front of the purple-haired girl’s neck. “One wrong move,” he said, “And she dies, understand?”

“What do you want?” Davis shouted.

“What do you think?” he chuckled.

“The Key Cards,” Kari said. She walked through the center of the group and stared up at the invaders. “I’m not going to give them to you.”

Blackwargreymon squeezed tighter on Yolei and Hawkmon. “Not even for them?”

“Don’t…do…it…”Yolei struggled to breath, “I’m…not…worth it!”

Kari hesitated. She could not give him the Key Cards, but what about Yolei? If Oikawa really wanted to kill her, she had no doubt that he would. She hesitated, and hated herself for it.

Suddenly, they heard Catherine and Floramon shout out. “Catherine!” Davis shouted, spinning around. Dragomon had his squid-like tentacles wrapped tightly around them both.

“Let them go you squid breath!” Veemon shouted.

“Put me down!” Catherine shouted, trying to free herself from Dragomon’s tentacles.

“All right!” Kari shouted, “Give him the Key Cards.”

The others reluctantly reached into their pockets and handed the remaining Key Cards to the dark human. “Now let them go!” Kari demanded.

“There is a new demand” Oikawa said, “if you want them, then follow me back to the Sovereigns Castle. “

“Sovereigns Castle?” Henry asked.

“The meeting ground for the four gods of the digital sky,” he said, “But it had been abandoned by the time I arrived.” He nodded slightly to his digimon. Blackwargreymon shot across the night sky. “I’ll be waiting for you!”

“Ahh!” Catherine called as she and Floramon were forcefully taken by Dragomon deeper into the woods of the Dark Ocean.

“We’ve got to go after them!” Davis shouted.

“But it’s a trap,” Henry pointed out.

“Don’t you think I know that?” he gasped, “But Catherine is…”

“And what about Yolei?” Kari asked, “Even if it is a trap, we can’t just leave them there!”

“He wants us to go to him,” Tatum said, “And we have to figure out why.”

“He forced us to give him the Key Cards,” Rika replied, “But how can even use them if two of the Towers are still standing?”

“We’re going to have to find that out,” Kari said, “We can’t leave them there.”

Takato was silent up until this point. “All right. Let’s split ourselves into two groups; this way we can at least have some form of surprise attack.”

“Sounds good to me,” Davis said, “Who’s going where?”

“Kari, Tatum, Henry and I will go first,” Takato said.

“Wait,” Hiroshi finally spoke, “I want to go in first. There are some things that I need to talk to Oikawa about.”

“Like what?” Davis asked.

“Does it really matter?” he shouted, “I’m going in first!”

“All right,” Takato said, “Henry, do you mind staying back?”

He shrugged. “If you really want me too, then okay.”

The older goggle-wearer nodded. “All right. You stay here until we call for you.”

“Wait a second,” Davis said, “Our D-terminals aren’t working in this world for some reason.”

“Damn, I forget for a second,” he frowned, “All right, you’ve got a watch, right?”

“Yeah?”

“Give us three hours. If we’re not out by then, come in after us.” “””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”

Deep in the marshes of the Dark Ocean, the Digidestined’s airship, the Boreas, remained stranded, tangled in the thick weeds and dark plants. Outside, Stingmon hovered above the dozen propeller blades along the airplane-like wings. “All right!” he shouted.

Inside the bridge, Ken pressed a series of buttons along the main control board. “I hope this works.”

Outside, Stingmon hovered for a few more moments before shouting back. “It didn’t work.”

Back inside, Ken sighed deeply. “No luck, huh?” Cody asked, entering the control room.

“I don’t understand it,” he said, “We’ve checked the entire airship, we repaired the problems. We should be able to take off.”

“So what does that mean?” Armadillomon asked.

“I think something else is preventing us from taking off, like an energy field or something similar,” he sighed, “I know Kari sent us that e-mail and told us to stay here, but I can’t help but feel that they’re in danger.”

“They probably are,” Cody sighed, sitting down in the seat adjacent to his, “So, what do we do now?”

“I don’t like it, but we wait.”

Outside the doorway to the bridge, a small bat hovered in the hall. It quickly turned and flew back through the maze of halls and doors until it reached the cargo hold, where Myotismon still remained bound and tired to the metal wall. The bat began to squeak and the vampire nodded.

“I see. So, an energy field of some sort is preventing us from leaving here.” He frowned, “I must return to the Digital World as soon as possible, I refuse to be trapped here a moment longer. I was content to let the Digidestined free us, but now I see I may have to aid them.”

The bat squeaked again and started to beat it’s wings against the metal bars. The locks soon broke off and the metal bars swung open. Myotismon stepped out and stretched his arms. He made a motion with his hands and the bat flew into the cage and quickly changed to the shape of a sleeping Myotismon. The real Myotismon re-attached the metal bars, then grinned to himself. He walked through the maze of halls until he arrived at the main doors of the ship. He easily opened the doors and exited the ship, flying into the sky. “””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;”

“They’re here,” Oikawa said.

“I guess they fell right into your trap, huh?” Tk asked.

“They’re not as smart as they claim to be,” Oikawa grinned, as he and the Digimon Emperor stood outside of the Sovereigns Castle, “You will break Kamiya, understand?”

He nodded. “Right.”

“I will be waiting inside.” He turned around and walked up the stairs and through the elegant double doors of the castle. Tk watched him leave, but turned back in time to watch Kari, Hiroshi, Tatum and Takato appear from the sky.

“Tk!” Kari shouted, “Where’s Yolei and Catherine?”

“You’ll have to get past me first,” he said, “And I’m not going to make it easy.”

Kari sighed. “Tk, I don’t want to fight you.”

“Then you’re going to lose,” he smirked. He nodded to Patamon. “Do it.”

“Patamon digivolve to Angemon! Angemon digivolve to Magna Angemon! Magna Angemon digivolve to Golddramon!”

Takato reached for his D-arc, when Kari stopped him. “No, you look for Yolei and Catherine.” She stared up at the Digimon Emperor. “If he really wants to fight, then I suppose I don’t have a choice. Salamon…”

Her small partner jumped into the air. “Salamon digivolve to Gatomon! Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon! Angewomon digivolve to Holydramon!”

The two giant dragons hovered in the sky, staring at one another, growling under their breaths. The brown-haired girl nodded to Takato. “Go, now.”

“Good luck,” Betamon called as the group ran into the castle. Kari noticed how Tk simply ignored them as they ran inside. Either he only cared about fighting Kari, or something else.

“Are we ready to get started?” Tk asked.

She sighed again. “I suppose if we must.”

The Digimon Emperor’s smirk grew even wider, “Goldramon, attack!”

The muscular dragon moved forward and began by fiercely punching Holydramon in the side of the face. She hovered backwards, before she quickly used her sharp fangs to bit down on Goldramon’s arms. He swung his other arm around started to pound the pink dragon’s head. Holydramon swung her tail around and wrapped it around Goldramon’s neck and squeezed tightly, before he finally stopped his assault and Holydramon jumped back.

The bronze dragon placed both of his palms together, closed his eyes and yellow lightning began to flow over his arms. He opened his eyes and shouted, “Summon!” Instantly, a transparent figure of a humanoid giant appear from the sky and pelted Holydramon with a barrage of white energy blasts.

“Holydramon!” Kari called out to her partner, “Are you all right?”

The pink dragon did not respond to her partner, but instead continued to attack Goldramon. She took a deep breath and shouted, “Apocalypse!”

Her body suddenly glowed with an explosion of white light that caused everyone to shield their eyes. When it was over, Goldramon’s body was covered with scratches and what appeared to be burnt scars. Holydramon smirked. “How did you like that?”

Goldramon roared and the war of the dragons continued. “””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;””

Inside the Sovereigns Castle, Takato, Tatum and Hiroshi ran through the halls, which were decorated as elegantly as any medieval palace. Many paintings and tapestries of the four holy beasts still hung in the dreary halls, giving a sense of illumination, even in this place of darkness.

When they rounded a corner, they saw a group of Divermons waiting for them. “We’ve got company!” Penmon gasped.

“We’ve got to get through them quickly,” Takato said, “Digivolve!”

“Guilmon digivolve to Growlmon!”

“Betamon digivolve to Sand Yanmamon!”

“Penmon digivolve to Seadramon!”

The three digimon leapt into battle. “””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”

Back outside, the battle between Holydramon and Goldramon continued. Both dragons ferociously tore into one another, using their fangs, claws and tails to try and overpower the other. So far, neither one had given up.

“Come on, Holydramon!” Kari cheered, “You can do it! Come on!”

“Goldramon,” Tk said, “I forbid you to lose!”

Kari stared at him; then looked back to the battle. Holydramon curled her body like a snake and opened her mouth. “Holy Flame!” she shouted, firing a geyser of flames at the bronze dragon. Goldramon barely moved out of the way in time. He countered by firing his own gold Flame at her. She was able to leapt out of harms way, but with only seconds to spare. Goldramon shot over and grabbed her; one hand near her tail, and the other by her head. Her pulled as hard as he could.

“Stop it!” Kari shouted, almost in tears, “Stop it!”

Goldramon brought Holydramon’s head up near his, and for a second she thought he was going to rip his own fangs into her, but he released the grip on her head. However, before Holydramon could escape, he used his other hand, which was still holding her tail, to smash her head into the ground. He repeatedly did this until Holydramon’s body finally glowed a bright light, and regressed to her Rookie form.

“Salamon!” Kari cried, “Salamon!” She ran over and hugged her partner tightly. She did not even noticed the Digimon Emperor standing over her. He reached down and grabbed her by the arm, forcing her to stand. He twirled her around and started push her towards the doors of the Sovereign Castle.

“Don’t worry,” he suddenly whispered into her ear, “Don’t worry.” “”””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””

Ta kato’s group smashed down the door and ran into a room they assumed was the center of the castle on the bottom floor. The room was almost completely bare except for a strange symbol in the shape of a circle in the center of the floor, covered by a dome of glass; the ten Key Cards were arranged around the circumference. Oikawa himself was standing before them with Blackwargreymon holding Yolei and Hawkmon and Dragomon clutching Catherine and Floramon by their necks.

“Welcome,” Oikawa said, “I’m surprised to see you here without Kamiya, where is she?”

“Right here,” Tk answered, walking inside with Kari and Salamon in front of him, “I have completed my assignment.”

Oikawa grinned. “Very good. Well, now that you are all here…”

“What is going on?” Takato shouted.

Oikawa nodded and mentioned to the circle beneath the dome. “That is the seal of the sovereigns. Beneath that lies the D-reaper, trapped forever.” He smiled again, “But soon, it will be freed.”

“You won’t be able to control D-reaper,” Takato said, “It’s too powerful.”

“We’ll just see about that.”

“How are you going to do that anyway?” Tatum asked, “I thought that you needed to destroy those towers…?”

“Yes, that’s true, but after my defeat, I realized that there could be a much simpler way to do that,” he pointed at Kari, “You!”

“M..Me?” she asked, “But..”

“You are the Holy Prince of Heroes,” he said, “The Key Cards truly belong to you. You will use them to free D-reaper.”

“Not a chance!” she said, “Even if I knew how to, I would never for you.”

He nodded and mentioned to Dragomon. “Kill her.”

“Ce qui!” she shouted.

The evil squid grinned. “I think I’m going to enjoy this! If there’s anything you want to say, you’d better do it now.” He began to tighten his grip on their necks, when he was suddenly hit in the chest by a powerful energy blast. Catherine and Floramon fell to the ground and stared over at the one who had freed them, Goldramon.

“Takashi!” Oikawa shouted, “What are you doing!”

“Just setting my friends free,” he said, stepping forward. He reached for his Digimon Emperor mask and ripped it off, throwing in to the ground. He smashed his foot on the fallen mask.

“Tk?” Tatum asked, staring at him.

He smiled. “Oikawa’s machine had no affect on me at all.”

“What!” he shouted.

“Your machine couldn’t bring out the Digimon Emperor part of me, because he doesn’t exist anymore! I’ve made my peace with who I was, and it’s not going to haunt me anymore! Just a bit of advice, don’t go telling your enemies your plans, otherwise I wouldn’t have had any idea what that machine did.”

“You were just pretending?” Tatumon’s Sand Yanmamon gasped, “You fought me!”

“I’m sorry about that,” Goldramon said.

“Oikawa knew right where to send his goons after us when we were separated,” Tk said, “I was afraid he had some way of keeping tabs on us, maybe even watching us. I couldn’t take the chance of him finding out I wasn’t on his side, but it was all worth it. I got what I came here for.” He reached underneath of his shirt and pulled out a dull-colored book.

“The Holy Book!” Oikawa shouted, “You stole it from me!”

“And you stole it from Wisemon!” Tk shouted.

Takato glanced over at Kari. “Did you know about this?”

“We only found out when he fought us,” she explained, “Goldramon told Holydramon to pretend to lose so we could get inside.”

“Well, excellent strategy,” he said, “You had me completely fooled, but you will still open that seal for me. You may have freed DeGual, but in case you haven’t noticed I still have Inoe.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Salamon said, jumping from Kari’s arms to the ground, “We’ll save her then beat you!”

Oikawa nodded slightly to Blackwargreymon. The evil version digimon quickly kicked off the glass dome, revealing the seal. He tossed both the purple-haired girl and her partner into the circle, where they vanished.

“Yolei!” Tk shouted.

“Yolei!” Kari called, “Oikawa, what did you do to them?”

“As it is now, that seal is only one way,” he explained, “If you want to free them, you will have to break the seal.”

“Don’t do it!” Hiroshi shouted, “You’ll give him exactly what he wants!”

Kari thought back to what Yolei had told her before, that she was not worth it. The brown-haired girl sighed. “You are to me,” she muttered. She reached into her backpack and removed her Holy Lances. She took a deep breath and ran towards the circle.

“Key Cards!” she shouted, “If I can control you, then give me your power, combine it with the Holy Lance. With your combined power, I break the seal!” She slammed one of the ends onto the seal itself, and like glass, it shattered, exploding in a geyser of light, the force of which sent Kari flying backwards. The Key Cards were caught in the maelstrom of energy and flung about the room.

“The Key Cards!” Tk shouted, “Get them, quick!”

Oikawa ignored the Key Cards flying about the room, and the Digidestineds successful attempt to gather them back. He could only stare at the column of erupting light. “It will soon be free, D-reaper….”

“Got all the Key Cards?” Kari asked.

“…cinq…six…sept…huit…neufR 30;dix,” Catherine said, handing Kari the deck of cards. She placed them into her pocket.

“Yolei,” Tk asked, helping her onto her feet, “Was the D-reaper inside?”

She nodded. “Y..yeah, but..”

“What’s that?” Sand Yanmamon shouted.

Inside of the cylinder of light, a massive figure had appeared, but was covered in shadows. “D-reaper?” Tatum asked.

The figure in the shadows suddenly shrunk into a much smaller form and fell onto the ground just before the circle, one that Takato instantly recognized.

“Jeri!” he gasped.

“That’s Jeri?” Kari asked.

“What is this!” Oikawa demanded, “Where is my ultimate weapon?”

“Don’t worry,” Dragomon said, “That girl must now.” He whipped out his tentacle, but Goldramon fired his Gold Flame onto the ground. It exploded in light and smoke, and when the flames subsided, the Digidestined were gone.

“Find them!” Oikawa ordered. “”””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;”””

The Digidestined found a small cul-de-sac to hide inside of. After making certain that they were safe, the stared with interest at the young girl lying unconscious on the floor before them. To their surprise, she began to move. “Takato!” Tatum called, “I think she’s starting to wake up.”

Takato stared as the young girl began to shake and slowly open her eyes. She gasped loudly and started to back up. “Wait!” the goggle wearer called, “Jeri, it’s okay.”

“W..who…w..where…” she said in a very course voice.

“It’s really you,” Takato said, finding he had a difficulty swallowing, “I never thought I’d see you again.”

She swallowed again. “W..who..?”

“It’s me, Takato.”

She stared at him for a very long time. “Takato!” she gasped, “H..how can you be Takato? You can’t be, you’re…you’re…”

“Not a kid anymore,” he said, “But…but you’re still the same age you were when…when…”

Guilmon reached over and lightly sniffed her. “It’s Jeri all right,” he said, “She has the same exact sent.”

“Wh..what happened?” Jeri asked.

“What’s the last thing you can remember?” Takato asked.

She closed her eyes. “D..D-reaper! D-reaper fighting Gallantmon, Sakuyamon and Megagargomon…”

Takato nodded. “Yeah. Megagargomon tried to use a version of the Juggernaut system to pull the D-reaper into the Land of the Sovereigns, but you went with it. The four Sovereigns used a dimensional seal and trapped you and the D-reaper away…”

“H..How long?” she suddenly snapped.

“S..sixteen years…”

“S..sixteen…but…but why do I still…”

The other Digidestined, who had been silently observing the conversation up until this point, all glanced to the ground. “Um,” Tatum spoke up, “If you were connected to the D-reaper, then maybe it’s digital information kept you from ageing too.”

“S..sixteen years?” she gasped, “Sixteen…” She looked over at Takato, and then began to hyperventilate. “I..I can’t…” she wheezed.

Takato made a motion with his hand to reach over to her, but she batted his hand away. “Stay away!” she screamed. She jumped onto her feet and ran out of the small cul-de-sac.

“Jeri, wait!” Takato shouted, trying to run after her, but it was no use: she had disappeared into the maze of hallways inside the Sovereigns Castle. “””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;””””””””””

Lord Bakemon bowed before the statue. “God of Darkness,” he said, “We have done as you have commanded, we have worshiped only you.” He placed his hands together, “Oh Dark Lord, why have you forsaken us? We have done as you have commanded, why have you left us in our hour of need?”

He suddenly felt an energy flowing around him, one of almost complete darkness. He slowly brought his head up and saw that the statue of the God of Darkness was beginning to glow a dark light. He watched as the light flowed from the statue and merged together before him, into a figure with a mane of dark hair, wearing a indigo colored trench coat.

“L…lord…?”

The mysterious Chess-player nodded, grinning. “Yes, loyal Lord Bakemon, I am here, and I have not forsaken you.”

Lord Bakemon hovered off of the ground. “What it is your command, my lord?”

“We will discuss that in time,” he said, “For now, you must prepare rooms for my associates and me.”

“O...of course,” he nodded. He turned and shot down the hall.

The rooms were prepared and the six other trench coat wearing beings soon appeared. They met in the main room of the Temple of Darkness, where the Chess-player, the God of Darkness, sat lazily on a throne. “What have you to report?” he asked.

“They are all very powerful,” the Scientist said, “but my supreme intellect and power will make sure they fail!”

“You arrogant and prideful idiot!” the Man in Blue shouted, “You don’t have more power them me!”

“You need to learn to control your rage, you know,” the Chess-player said with a slothful smile. He turned to glance at the others, “Now, I want an accurate report.”

“Kamiya is powerful,” the Woman in Red said, sitting down on the Chess-player’s lap and running her finger across his chest, “But not anywhere near your strength my lord. In fact, it’s not even fair to compare you together.” She wrapped her hands around his neck and nuzzled him, which caused the Water Researcher to cast an envious glance at the Chess-player.

“Tatum has a mega digimon also,” the Girl in Black spoke in, “And she has two evolutionary lines for her partner.” She frowned, “I want my partner to have two evolutionary lines. I want that power! I want it!”

“Oh shut up!” the Greedy Girl snapped, “If anyone deserves more power, it’s me! Power and money, lots and lots of money!” She twisted into a cruel smile, but instantly dropped it when the Chess-player was staring at her, “Um, DeGual is nothing to be afraid of; her partner can only reach her Ultimate level.”

“Motomiya may cause a problem, but I think we can handle him,” the Water Researcher said.

“Takashi will easily fall before our power!” the Scientist grinned.

“And I don’t think Hiroshi will prove too much of a challenge,” the Man in Blue said.

The Chess-player nodded slowly. “Excellent. What of the Dark Ocean itself? Can they escape?”

“The Dark Ocean is on a sub-plain of the Digital World,” the Scientist said, “We were able to pass through because of our time/space powers, but the Digidestined won’t be able to leave unless the gate is opened.”

“Good. I’d like to think that we won’t have to deal with them, but I highly doubt that.” His face twisted into a hideous smile, “But if they try to cross us, those so called ‘Digidestined’ will die!”

Preview:

Jeri has been freed from her prison, but where is the D-reaper? Can the Digidestineds and Tamers escape the DarkOcean, before Oikawa truly unleashes the ultimate weapon? And lurking in the shadows, Myotismon!

Next: “ DarkOcean: Escape.” Can true love survive?