Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Ressurection War ❯ Apocalypse: Masters of Evil ( Chapter 24 )

APOCALYPSE: Masters of Evil

The Boreas pushed its way through the last bit of interference from the Dark Ocean’s portal and once again entered the true Digital World. The Digidestined aboard ran over to the large windows in order to see. However, as soon as they approached, their jaws drop open in awe and horror. “Ken,” Kari said, “Are you sure this is the Digital World?”

“P...Positive,” he said, quickly checking over the readouts from his console based computer, “We’re in the right coordinates.”

“But that can’t be!” Yolei exclaimed, “This can’t be the Digital World! It’s so..so…”

“Dead,” Hiroshi said.

Indeed. Where there were once lush forests, beautiful blue sky and impressive oceans, now only sat desert: dead, rotting lands. The water that should have surrounded the gate to the Dark Ocean was gone, replaced by a massive canyon. Even the sky seemed duller, darker, less full of life.

“What the hell happened?” Davis gasped, “How..how…?”

“Gennai,” Kari said, “We’ve got to get to Gennai as fast as we can.”

Cody noticed that one of the lights on his section of the computer console was starting to blink. “Hold on,” he said. He began to enter commands on his computer screen. “We seem to be receiving an S.O.S. call.”

“Is it close?” Tk asked.

“I think so,” Cody said.

The blond boy turned to Kari. “What do you think?”

“We can’t ignore others in trouble,” she sighed, “All right Ken, take us there.”

The Boreas quickly changed directions and shot with tremendous speed towards a village that was near the ocean, or would have been had the ocean still been there. The Digidestined judged by the path that the massive canyon took that the ocean once flowed through the small town via a series of cannels and channels. There was a massive battle occurring within the boundaries of the former water town: dark digimon were attacking a large army of water-faring digimon.

“They’re getting slaughter down there!” Veemon gasped.

“We’ve got to help them,” Catherine said.

“How do we know which side is the right one?” Derek asked.

They continued to watch as one of the water digimon, a young Bukumon, was running to the safety of a group of Betamon, when a Bakemon appeared and rammed his claw through the In-training digimon, instantly deleting him.

“I’m guessing whatever side he isn’t on!” Davis growled, “Let’s get down there!”

The double doors on the side of the air ship slid open and the digimon jumped out, all evolved to their Champion levels. They dove into the sea of dark digimon, which they could now see were mostly comprised of Bakemons and Vilemons. The forces of the Digidestined started tearing into the evil army, while the humans ran over to comfort the injured water digimon.

“Davis?” one asked in a raspy voice.

“Elder Betamon?” he asked, running over to the lone Betamon with a white beard.

“Davis,” he smiled, “I’m so glad you came back to save us.”

“Save you?” he asked, “From what?”

Elder Betamon gasped loudly and pointed over Davis’s shoulder. “Her.”

The goggle wearer turned around and gasped as well when he saw who was running into the city at full force. “Kyuubimon?” He started looking around, “Is Rika here?”

“Stop her!” Elder Betamon shouted, “She cannot get to the Destiny Stone!”

“Destiny Stone?” Hiroshi asked, “I thought that…” He trailed off.

“Gennai and Ryo told us that there’s more Destiny Stones then the ones that were destroyed,” Tk said, running over to join them, “But why does a Kyuubimon have you so scared?”

“That is no ordinary Kyuubimon,” Elder Betamon said, “Be wary, she is more powerful then she appears.”

“No sweat,” Davis grinned, “We still got a few tricks of our own. Exveemon, show ‘em!”

The blue dragon jumped into the air, ignoring the rest of the Bakemon that were attacking him. He eyed Kyuubimon and placed both of his arms over his chest, quickly pulling them apart as a bright beam of energy shot from the V on his chest. “XV Laser!”

The beam of energy smashed into Kyuubimon with incredible force, but the fox digimon remained unharmed.

“No way!” Exveemon gasped, “She should be on her side moaning right now.”

“You’re both at the same level,” Tatum’s Sand Yanmamon said, buzzing over, “Let me evolve and I’ll take care of her.”

“Sand Yanmamon digivolve to Brachiomon!”

The Ultimate dinosaur digimon opened his mouth and fired a stream of floating orbs. “Brachio Bubbles!”

His floating balls of water bounced harmlessly off of Kyuubimon.

“What the…?”

“You expect that to hurt her?” Seadramon laughed, “Your pathetic bubbles couldn’t hurt a fly. Let me take care of it.”

“Seadramon digivolve to Megaseadramon!”

He threw his head back and fired a mighty blast of lightning from the horn on his head. “Thunder Javelin!”

Once again, Kyuubimon remained unharmed.

“What’s going on here?” Hiroshi gasped.

“I warned you,” Elder Betamon said, “We must keep the location of the Destiny Stones hidden at all costs! Do not let her near it!”

“You hear the man,” Exveemon said, “Let’s go.”

The three digimon charged as fast as they could towards the fox digimon. Kyuubimon stopped running and stared at them. She jumped into the air and started twirling as fast as she could, sending a white stream of energy into the air. “Dragon Wheel!”

All there digimon were enveloped by the light and sent smashing into the ground. The other digidestined digimon stopped their battle against the Bakemon and stared in horror at the fox digimon.

“She floored them with one attack?” Derek’s Crabmon asked.

“She must be very powerful,” Angemon said.

“Lord Hiroshi,” Yuehon called, running over to him, “Are you..?”

“Fine!” he snapped, running away from her. She stared at him as he ran towards the others.

Kyuubimon continued running into the town. The tails on her back split into nine separate tails, each one firing a ball of fire into the Bakemon army. The ghosts were all deleted instantly.

“What was that about?” Ken asked, “Aren’t they on the same side?”

“So I thought,” Elder Betamon said, “But perhaps they were ‘uneasy’ partners. It doesn’t matter. Don’t let her near the Destiny Stone!”

The remaining Digidestined digimon leapt into battle. Kyuubimon executed her Dragon Wheel again once again, throwing Gatomon, Angemon, Stingmon, and the others to join Exveemon, Brachiomon and Megaseadramon. As they smacked into the ground, it caused a small tremor that knocked lose an area of lose dirt, revealing a bright blue light that exploded into the sky.

“No!” Elder Betamon shouted, “No! The Destiny Stone, don’t let her..!”

Kyuubimon grinned wickedly when she saw the Destiny Stone. “Destroy. Destroy!”

Once again her tails separated into nine tails, each one firing a ball of white fire into the area surrounding the glowing blue light. More of the rock and dirt were blown away, revealing a giant glowing blue ball.

“A Destiny Stone?” Derek gasped.

Kyuubimon leapt into the air and started spinning around at an incredible rate. A glowing stream of white energy shot out of her body, slamming into the stone. “Dragon Wheel!”

“No!” Elder Betamon shouted, “No!”

The glowing Destiny Stone cracked and shattered, exploding apart in a shower of rock and debris. The Digidestined had to protect their eyes from the hailstorm. When they were able to see again, they saw that Kyuubimon was gone and so was the Destiny Stone.

“What just happened?”

“We lost, what does it look like?” Davis sighed. He turned to Elder Betamon. “What is going on here?”

The older Betamon sighed. “I could tell you, but maybe Gennai and Ryo could explain it better.”

Kari nodded. “All right. We’ve got to get there anyway and give him Myotismon. Ken, can you let him know we’re coming?”

He nodded, removing his D-terminal. “”””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;

The Boreas had trouble locating Gennai’s house, as the lake surrounding it had disappeared, in fact, the only reason the Digidestined found it at all was because Ryo and the lord of the house himself were waiting on the shore with more then a dozen digimon or varying types.

The large airship landed and the double doors slid open, dropping a metal drawbridge onto the ground. Kari and Salamon ran out to greet them.

“Where’s Myotismon?” Ryo shouted over the roar of the ship’s engines.

“In the cargo hold!” she shouted back, “Ken will show you where!” Ryo and the group of digimon ran up the drawbridge to meet Ken.

“Where have you been?” Gennai shouted, “You’ve been gone for about a week! You just disappeared off the face of the Digital World!”

“A week!” she gasped, “That means that it’s been two weeks since I was captured by Ladydevimon. My parents must be freaking out!”

Gennai nodded. “As soon as we get the other prisoners, I’ll help send you home. Where are the Dark SEED leaders?”

Kari nodded. “Come on!”

Inside the depths of the ship, Ken opened the door to the cargo hold and displayed Myotismon, still inside of the containment cell. The vampire digimon grinned wickedly. “So, we’re finally home?”

Ryo nodded at Andromon and Monzemon, who lifted easily lifted the containment cell and placed it on a wagon that was pulled by a Monochromon.

Up on the bridge, Gennai stared at Hiroshi and Yuehon. “Why are they walking around free?”

“They helped us,” Kari protested.

Gennai stared at her. “Still, I’d prefer it if they….”

Yuehon glared at Kari. “You promised us…”

“Do it!” Hiroshi shouted. Yuehon flinched back and held out her wrists, on which Gennai placed two glowing rings. He did the same to Hiroshi, but placed one large ring on Candlemon and Penmon.

“Those are special deletion devices. One false move and you’ll be deleted,” he warned, “Just come with me.”

Kari looked apologetically at Hiroshi. “I’ll take care of it, I promise.”

The Digidestined and Elder Betamon walked into Gennai’s house, where he invited them to sit on the couch. They quickly told him about how they defeated Dark SEED, accidentally released Myotismon, and their entire adventure in the Dark Ocean.

“Interesting,” Gennai said, “Very interesting.”

“Now what’s been going on here?” Tk asked, “What happened to the Digital World?”

Ryo sighed. “The Destiny Stones. Since they were destroyed, the Digital World has started to feel the repercussions.”

“You see,” Gennai said, standing up, “As I told Kari and Tk, the Digital World is kept in balance by four quadrants, the four directions of any map: North, South, East and West. Each one of these quadrants has their own guardian beast, Azulongmon the dragon to the East, Ebonwumon the turtle to the Noth, Zhuqioamon the phoenix to the South, and Baihumon the tiger to the West. Each one of these Holy Beasts adds their own special balance to the Digital World. Zhuqioamon keeps the sky in balance while Ebonwumon holds the sea, Baihumon keeps the Digital World’s ground in check and Azulongmon watches over the very digimon themselves. So, there is a ‘Control’ Destiny Stone for each one. The other Destiny Stones I believe you know: Courage, Friendship, Love, Knowledge, Sincerity, Reliability, Miracles and Spirit. Now, each Destiny Stone goes with a “Control” Stone. For Azulongmon’s Control Stone: Courage, Friendship, and the Element Stone, Light. As long as the control stone is safe, the other stones should have been reformatted,” He sighed deeply, “But then she appeared out of no where, intent on destroying everything.”

“Who?” Ken asked.

“The Kyuubimon you fought,” Elder Betamon said.

“You already fought her?” Gennai gasped.

“Yes,” Kari said, “And she destroyed a Destiny Stone.”

“Ebonwumon’s Destiny Stone? Oh no, oh no! Then everything is truly lost!”

“Wait, what are you talking about?” Cody asked.

“Ebonwumon’s Destiny Stone in the Village of Aqua, was the last Destiny Stone,” he said, “Now, they’re all gone.”

“All of them are gone?” Yolei asked, “W..what happens now?”

“The Digital World will continue to deteriorate until nothing is left,” he explained, “And it is quite possible that there won’t be any way to restore the Digital World. The only way to save it, would be to download it now, while we still have a chance.”

“How do we do that?” Kari asked.

“The god of the center is called Huanglongmon,” Gennai said, “He doesn’t have a Destiny Stone; it’s more like the hard drive on your computer. If we go there, we can download the basic program of the Digital World, then we’ll be able to reinstall it.”’

“Then let’s go,” Davis said.

“We will,” Gennai said, “We still have some time left. I think you should see your families and assure them that you’re okay before they really start to worry.”

Kari sighed. “I should get back home to my parents. It seems like so long since I saw them.”

“My Mom’s probably worried too,” Tk said.

“You need to see your families,” Gennai said, “I will e-mail you the second anything else happens. Go.”

They all agreed and exited through the Digital Gate. “””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”’

Kari landed with a loud thud on the floor of her room, followed shortly by Salamon crashing onto the top of her head. “Oh man,” she said, slowly sitting up and rubbing an area at the base of his neck, “That really hurt.”

“Sorry,” Salamon said.

The door to her room suddenly flew open and Mrs. Kamiya stood dumfounded in the doorway. “K..K..Kari?” she asked.

The brown-haired girl stood up and brushed herself off. “H..hi, Mom,” she smiled weakly, “I..I’m sorry that I was…” She could not finish as her mother embraced her in a hug that threatened to stop her from breathing. “M..Mom!”

“I know that you were kidnapped, and that you had to save the world, or whatever…” Mrs. Kamiya said, pulling Kari around so she could look her daughter in the face, “…but if you ever do anything like that again, I’ll chain you to your room for the rest of your life!”

“Mom, I…”

Her mother began to cry. “Kari, do you have any idea how long your father and I…”

“Mom, I’m sorry, but…” She trailed off when she noticed her father standing in the doorway. “Dad…” She was cut off as her other parent hugged in the same suffocating manner.

“Hikari Kamiya, where have you been?” he gasped, “And what has been going on?”

The brown-haired girl hesitated, then mentioned to Salamon, who had jumped onto Kari’s bed to pretend she was only a stuffed animal, as she had done so many times before. “Mom, Dad, this is Salamon…” “””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;”

Yuehon sighed as she adjusted her twin hair braids as she sat on the stone cold benches of the court room. It was difficult, due to the fact that her hands were still handcuffed. “When is this trial going to take place?”

Hiroshi muttered a reply.

“What was that, Lord Hiroshi?”

“Just kept quiet!” he snapped. The Chinese girl often had to put up with Hiroshi’s many mood swings, but this new anger he seemed to have towards her truly surprised even her. She was about to ask him when Gennai and Ryo walked into the court room inside of Gennai’s house. The elder man walked behind the judge’s seat and faced them.

“Hiroshi Hibishi, Penmon, Yuehon Cho Hung, and Candlemon, you have been accused of crimes against the Digital World, including, but not limited to: destruction of the Elemental Destiny Stones, destruction of numerous villages, murder of countless digimon, and attempting to open the barrier surrounding the Digital World, an act that could have ultimately destroyed every reality. How do you plead?”

Hiroshi cleared his throat. “I speak for Penmon and myself, Guilty.”

Yuehon stared at him with hurt in her eyes.

“Miss Cho Hung?”

She turned back to Gennai. “Um Candlemon and I plead Guilty too.”

The older man nodded to Ryo, who nodded back. “Your plea has been recorded. However, due to certain information given to this court by Kari Kamiya and other members of the Digidestined, specifically your recent aid while being trapped in the Dark Ocean, we are reducing the sentencing. You are placed on probation and community service. You will work for us and the Digidestined until your debt is repaid.”

The foursome smiled, even Hiroshi. Ryo walked over and placed metallic ankle bracelets on all four beings. “You will be required to wear these,” he explains, “It will give you a shock if you attack anyone programmed onto it: such as the Digidestined and Gennai and I.”

“Don’t worry,” Hiroshi said, “That won’t happen.”

Gennai nodded. “Excellent. Your first job will be to help us transport Myotismon.”

“Myotismon?” Penmon asked.

“Right now he’s in my basement,” Gennai half-smiled, “We’ve got to bring him to the Guardian’s prison system.”

The former Dark SEED leader nodded. “Right, I understand.”

Alarms suddenly began to chime and sound throughout Gennai’s house. “What’s going on?” Penmon asked.

Ryo ran over to a small computer terminal attached to the courtroom wall. “The Town of Terra is under attack by Kyuubimon.”

“What?” Gennai gasped, “She already destroyed every Destiny Stones, what more can she possibly do?”

“We can’t wait around and discuss it,” Hiroshi said, “We should call the other Digidestineds and get there as fast as we can.”

Ryo nodded. “I’m contacting them right now.” “”””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;””

By the time the Digidestined had arrived in Terra, the mysterious Kyuubimon had already destroyed much of the town. The residents were mostly Golemons and Monochromons, whose attacks were failing miserably against the fox digimon. Their homes were destroyed and many of them could only stand by helplessly as the villainous digimon brutally destroyed what remained.

“How could one digimon do so much damage?” Kari asked, glancing out the window of the Boreas.

“She’s destruction incarnate,” Floramon added.

Davis nodded. “Well, all the more reason for us to get down there right now and stop her! Let’s go!”

“Salamon digivolve to Gatomon! Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!”

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

“Veemon digivolve to Exveemon! Exveemon digivolve to Paildramon!”

“Penmon digivolve to Seadramon! Seadramon digivolve to Megaseadramon!”

“Betamon digivolve to Sand Yanmamon! Sand Yanmamon digivolve to Brachiomon!”

“Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon! Aquillamon digivolve to Silphymon!”

“Floramon digivolve to Kiwimon! Kiwimon digivolve to Blossomon!”

“Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!”

“Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!”

“Crabmon digivolve to Coelemon!”

“Candlemon digivolve to Apemon!”

All the evolved digimon jumped into the city in order to aid the digimon in the fight against Kyuubimon while the Digidestined themselves watched from the Boreas. The fox digimon stared at the eleven digimon standing before her. She growled and jumped into the air and started twirling as fast as she could, sending a white stream of energy into the air. “Dragon Wheel!”

Her attack smashed into Paildramon and Magna Angemon, having no effect at all. She spread her tails apart, a white ball of fire was flung from each. They hit the collective group of digimon, once again completely ineffective.

“That’s it!” Tk shouted, “We’ve got her on the run, and she knows it!”

The fox woman slowly started to back up, but suddenly her body started to glow brightly, with such ferocity and illumination, that the digimon warriors were forced to advert their gaze.

“What’s happening?” Tatum asked.

“I don’t believe it!” Ken gasped, “She’s..digivolving!”

The nova that once was Kyuubimon exploded into a full fledged supernova, but above the roar they could clearly hear: “Kyuubimon digivolve to….”

The light exploded, revealing a figure that made the Digidestined gasp in horror. A figure that was a mismatched version of Frankenstein’s monster, Greymon’s body, Garurumon’s legs, Kabuterimon’s head, Airdramon and Angemon’s wings, Monochromon’s tail, Kuwagamon, SkullGreymon and Devimon’s arms, and Metal Greymon’s hair. The figure grinned wickedly and spoke in a raspy growl.

“…Kimeramon!”

“Kimeramon!” Tk shouted from the safety of the Boreas.

“He’s alive?” Yolei shouted.

“How can he be alive?” Kari demanded. She turned to Davis, “You told me you destroyed him!”

“We did!” Davis stammered, “But…but…”

“He must have been reborn,” Ken said, “That’s the only explanation! I mean, I was there, I saw Magnamon destroy him!”

“However he’s still alive doesn’t matter!” Hiroshi shouted, “We need to hit him right now!”

“He’s right,” Kari said. She grabbed her digivice, “Angewomon, you’ve got to digivolve!”

Her partner nodded and hovered into the air, along with Magna Angemon, Paildramon, Brachiomon and Megaseadramon.

“Angewomon digivolve to Holydramon!”

“Magna Angemon digivolve to Goldramon!”

“Paildramon digivolve to Imperialdramon!”

“Brachiomon digivolve to Megidramon!”

“Megaseadramon digivolve to Gigaseadramon!”

The five mega dragons positioned themselves to attack, however a group of dark beings caught their gaze. They were seven in all, draped in hooded trench coats, standing atop one of the few remaining buildings. Seven more beings appeared behind them, all of different shapes and sizes. Six were standing, but one was seated in a hovering throne. It was this one that addressed them.

“Halt, Digidestined! If you want to harm Kimeramon, you will need to attack us as well!”

“What makes you think you can stand up to us?” Davis asked, “If you haven’t noticed, we have mega digimon as partners, and you don’t seem to have any!”

“Our Digimon partners are not here at present,” the seated figure said, “But rest assured, they have more then enough power to destroy you!”

“Who are you anyway?” Tatum asked.

“We are the Gods of the Cult of Darkness.”

“What?” Hiroshi gasped, “Maybe Oikawa was telling the truth after all.”

“Gods of Darkness, huh?” Yolei asked, “You don’t look so tough to us.”

The seated figure laughed. “There is still much that you don’t realize.”

“Like what?”

The seated figure mentioned to the other six. They grabbed hold of their hoods at the same time, and slowly removed them, revealing their true faces to the Digidestined.

“No!” Kari shouted.

“It can’t be!” Tk gasped.

“It’s impossible!” Yolei added.

The trench coat wearing beings, the Gods of Darkness, were teenage versions of the original Digidestined.

“You think it’s impossible?” the seated figure laughed, “Ha!” He mentioned to the other six, “Introduce yourselves.”

The girl at the end stepped forward. She was dressed in a black trench coat and a black dress. She had blond hair in two pigtails on either side of her head. “My name is Alice McCoy.” She mentioned to a strange yellowish green symbol on the front of her skirt, “Crest of Gluttony, and my partner, Beelzebubmon!”

Behind her, a towering demon man twirled two large shotguns around his fingers then placed them both in their holsters.

The tallest and eldest boy then stepped forward. He was wearing a blue trench coat, dress slacks and blue sweat shirt. He wore glasses. “I am Joe Kido.” He pointed to a symbol on the shin of his left pant leg, “Crest of Envy and my partner, Leviamon!”

An alligator type digimon appeared behind him and snapped his giant snout of a jaw.

Another girl stepped forward. She was dressed in a purple trench coat, green skirt and green t-shirt. “I am Mimi Tachikawa!” Her symbol was on the center of her shirt, “Crest of Greed, and my partner, Barbamon!”

A digimon that resembled a priest dressed in red robes appeared behind her. She bowed slightly, and swung her staff around.

The shortest boy stepped forward. He was dressed in an orange trench coat, dress slacks as well, but wearing a buttoned down shirt. “I am Koushiro Izumi!” His symbol was on the collar of his dress shirt. “Crest of Pride and my partner, Lucemon Falldown Mode!”

A humanoid angel digimon draped in white and black appeared. He chuckled wickedly.

A blond hair boy was next. He was wearing a bluish yellow jacket and was wearing dark blue jeans and a simple t-shirt. He mentioned to his symbol, which was on his right sneaker. “I am Yamato Ishida, holder of the Crest of Wraith, and my partner, Demon!”

A giant figure that resembled a cross between a monkey and a bat appeared. He roared loudly.

A tall girl with bright orange hair was next. She was wearing a reddish green trench coat, a short, tight-fitting red dress and her symbol was on a piece of cloth that was around her right leg. “I am Sora Takenouchi, Crest of Lust, and my partner, Lillithmon!”

A humanoid woman with black bat wings and wearing a black dress appeared. She grinned seductively and blew a kiss.

The seated figure was last. He was wearing a blackish indigo trench coat and wearing black slacks and a black shirt. His symbol was on the back of his white glove. “And I am Taichi Kamiya, Crest of Sloth, and my partner Belphamon!”

He pointed to the sky, where what appeared to be a furry, winged creature curled into a ball was hovering. “He’s currently sleeping at the moment,” Taichi explained, “I hardly find it necessary to exert the strength to call him, when my other warriors can do the job so perfectly.”

“You can’t be who you say you are!” Kari shouted. She reached for her Holy Lances and pointed them at her dragon partner.

“Holydramon, we need to fuse!”

The other five dragon digimon Digidestined reached for their own Holy Weapons. Each one fused with their dragon partners, creating a new, stronger fighter in its place.

While the strongest members of the Digidestined stared down the Gods of Darkness, the remaining digimon were struggling against Kimeramon. Digivolving did give it a superior strength boost, one that was difficult to overcome. “Hybrid Arms!”

Kimeramon’s two set of arms stretched forward like elastic and snatched the attacking digimon: Silphymon in the Kuwagamon arm, Blossomon in the SkullGreymon hand, and Stingmon and Coelemon in the Devimon set. The only one that was still free was Yuehon’s Apemon.

“Hold on!” he shouted, grabbing his bone club. Unfortunately, he was not able to use it successfully before Kimeramon swung all four of his arms into the age digimon. All five digimon fell into a large pile.

“I’ve got to…fight,” Silphymon said, slowly rising to his feet. He executed a series of spins and twists with his hands, creating a ball of light that he shot forward. However, he was still weak and woozy from Kimeramon’s assault, and his Static Force attack completely missed its target. The bird man fell back to the ground.

The fused human/dragon digimons hovered in the sky as they faced the Gods of Darkness. “So, this is your new trick?” Taichi asked, “I could never fuse with Agumon that way.”

“Agumon is now Salamon!” Kari/Holydramon shouted, “And Kari is now Tai Kamiya! You’re not me!” She leapt into the air, swinging her Holy Lances in front of her.

“We’re right behind ya!” Davis/Imperialdramon called. He and the other fused human/dragon digimon flew into the air and joined their leader. On the other side, Taichi chuckled and mentioned to the other evil Digidestineds. Each one of the Demon Lords leapt in front of their partners and attacked, first Beelzebumon, followed by Leviamon, Barbamon, Lucemon, Demon, and finally Lillithmon.

“Double Impact!”

“Rostrum!”

“Pandemonium Lost!”

“Paradise Lost!”

“Flame Inferno!”

“Phantom Pain!”

The attacks combined together and slammed into four of the five human/digimon fusions. All except for Kari/Holydramon crashed into the ground and returned to their former forms. She could only stare in complete horror, focusing on her own evil counterpart, Taichi and his hovering demonic partner.

“Oh, Belphamon,” he grinned, “Awaken now!”

The floating ball of fur slowly unfolded, revealing a monstrous creature, even for a demon, he was truly hideous. He was covered in black, with a goat-type head, and giant bat-like wings. He called out his attack in a deep, scratchy voice, “Gift of Darkness.”

Kari/Holydramon was suddenly covered in a black mist. She screamed louder and more painful then she had ever screamed before. She fell to the ground, where she once again split into Kari and Salamon.

Taichi laughed as Belphamon returned to his sleeping form. “You are the great Digidestined, huh? You’re pathetic, how could you ever think that you were us. You’re nothing but imposters!” He nodded slightly, “But our diversion was successful, Kimeramon has escaped, but be warned, if you attempt to destroy him, you will need to deal with us.”

The Digidestined, though extremely weaken, managed to look over their shoulders and see that the synthetic digimon had, indeed fled, but not before he had destroyed the Town of Terra. When they looked back, the Gods of Darkness and their Demon Lord Digimon had vanished.

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The original Digidestined have returned! But what does that make Kari and the others? What plans do they have concerning the Digital World and what does it have to do with Kimeramon? And speaking of Kimeramon, something even stranger has occurred to him-he has split in two?

Next: “ Apocalypse: Emergence” From darkness shall be born true evil.