Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Undersea Master ❯ Once And For All? ( Chapter 8 )

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Once and For All?



"But we have to do something!" Cody exclaimed.

Kari put a hand to her forehead. "Ideas?"

"Send him back to the Digital World?" suggested Davis. "It's worked with other Digimon."

"But this is Dragomon," T.K. said. "If we send him back to Digiworld, then when we go there he could find us and attack again... which I don't particularly want. That leaves us one other choice."

"Destroy him," Kari declared suddenly. "We have to destroy him in the real world."

The others gasped. "Kari, you don't mean that, do you?" Yolei asked.

"It's our last resort, I admit," Kari said, "but it has to be done."

"All right then. Dragomon is one dead Digimon," Davis declared.

~*~**~*~

Dragomon peered out at the city. He was taking refuge somewhere secluded now, away from everyone, including Kari. That girl... she was so important to this mission... and he was hiding from her. How cowardly of him!

Revealing himself was a bad idea, but Dragomon knew that Kari knew all ready. She's a smart girl, he thought, too smart. And she has rather intelligent friends too...

Kari Kamiya was merely a small part of this plan. There was another child who was similar to her. He was important to this mission too, but was less easy to access. Never mind that, Arukenimon was after him.

These two children could easily access the Dark Ocean, making them valuable assets to this mission. Dragomon himself was originally from the Digital World, but due to some twist of fate he'd been sucked into the Dark Ocean at a young age and been raised in the ways of the evil beings who lived there. Everything had been harmonious up until a few years ago when that boy got his dark Digivice. That had changed everything.

The balance had shifted once the boy had gone back home with that dark Digivice. There was now a piece of the Dark Ocean in his world, throwing everything off. According to the prophecy, one could now see the Dark Ocean once he was aware of the evil that lurked within themself. This was true for the boy, and the fact also confused Dragomon.

As far as Dragomon was concerned, there was no evil in Kari. She was the keeper of the crest of Light, she was a happy child with lots of friends and a loving family, not to mention two boys with the hopes of winning her heart. She cared deeply for everyone in her life and often put their needs before hers, so what evil was there? Maybe Dragomon was missing something. Maybe there was something he'd overlooked...

That didn't matter now. It was time. There was the girl, along with her four friends, their Digimon, and her brother. The girl with glasses was holding her Digivice in an outstretched hand, obviously following a signal. Abruptly she stopped in front of the warehouse.

"He's here," the girl announced.

Dragomon debated between attacking now or waiting for the kids to come inside. He chose waiting. Dragomon intently watched the children from his hiding place, especially Kari.

~*~**~*~

Kari took a step forward, then turned and looked at the others. "I don't want to go in there," she whispered.

"You know you're going to have to," Tai said gently.

Kari stayed put. "Someone else go first then," said Kari.

"I'll go," Davis volunteered. He pushed the door open cautiously and was followed by Kari, T.K., Cody, Yolei, and Tai. The heavy door creaked on its rusted hinges and the floorboards groaned under their feet as they entered.

"You sure he's here?" Cody asked.

"The signal's stronger," Yolei assured him. The gentle beeping of her Digivice indicated that.

Suddenly the noise was loud and at a fast pace. "Where is he?" Kari asked frantically.

"Either directly below or above us!" Yolei said.

"Which one is it?" Patamon inquired.

Yolei put the Digivice to the floor. The beeping slowed. "Abo-"

Her words were cut off by the smash of wood as Dragomon descended to the floor they were on by taking the direct route: through the ceiling. Kari kept her breathing deep to prevent passing out from fear. Her hand groped for the person nearest to her... which happened to be T.K.. Kari clutched his hand in hers tightly.

"It's about time you got here," Gatomon muttered, glaring at the Digimon she now had to defeat... again...

"I see you've come for a visit," Dragomon said. He was still in his gruesome half-human, half-Digimon form, with arms like Dragomon and a face like Dragomon, but the rest of his body was pretty much human. The suit he'd been wearing was horribly ruined and ripped, and some strange liquid was flowing from his back into a puddle on the floor. It took Yolei all she had not to throw up.

"Yeah, but it won't be very pleasant for you!" Davis yelled.

"Oooh, I'm shaking. You reeeally scare me, kid," Dragomon taunted.

Davis narrowed his eyes. "We've got the home field advantage," he said to himself. "We'll win. Digivolve!"

The Digimon changed forms and were now Ex-Veemon, Aquilamon, Ankylomon, Angemon and Spectermon.

Dragomon somehow looked smug. "I told you that you couldn't help her," he said.

"That doesn't mean we can't try!" Cody shouted.

"Attack!" T.K. ordered.

The Digimon's attacks seemed futile against Dragomon. They tried every formation, strategy, and tactic they'd tried before and none seemed to work.

Kari had been keeping a light grasp on T.K.'s arm throughout this entire time, watching and offering encouragement to the Digimon. "Why isn't this working T.K.?" she asked. "There's more of us."

"I don't know Kari," T.K. answered. "Maybe Angemon should Digivolve..."

"Can he?"

"Maybe. Angemon! Try Digivolving again!" T.K. called.

"Angemon Digivolve to... MagnaAngemon."

"This doesn't seem to faze him," Yolei noted. "What's going on?"

Tai furrowed his brow and studied the battle. "He's an ultimate. We need the rest of you to go to ultimate!"

"We can't do that yet Tai!" Davis exclaimed.

"DNA Digivolve then!" Tai said. "Did you forget about that?"

"The others can but Ken's not here," said Davis through gritted teeth.

Dragomon's head snapped up. Ken... he was the other child. Was he a member of their team? He couldn't be!

"You guys go ahead. I'll e-mail Ken," Davis said.

~*~**~*~

"E-mail from Davis."

"What?"

"They need your help Ken," Wormmon noted.

"Where are they?" Ken asked.

"In a warehouse by the river. We can get there quickly," Wormmon said.

Ken had Wormmon Digivolve to Stingmon and they flew to the warehouse.

"I'm assuming this is the place," Ken said. He and Stingmon went inside to find the other Digimon almost unconscious.

"Ken! You're finally here!" Davis exclaimed. "Let's DNA Digivolve!"

"Ex-Veemon..."

"Stingmon..."

"DNA Digivove to... Paildramon!"

Dragomon flinched. Dammit, another Ultimate, he thought. Retreat was impossible at the moment... but the girl. Dragomon saw Kari almost cowering behind her brother and T.K.. She was trying so hard to hide her fear, but Dragomon could feel it. If he could get her and then get out... that would be most excellent.

"Tentacle Flapping!" Dragomon aimed his attack away from the Digimon and towards where Kari, Tai and T.K. stood.

"Get out of there guys!" Yolei shouted.

Tai dashed to one side, and T.K. practically had to drag Kari to the other side. The entire time she just stood there, as if entranced by Dragomon's attack. Her eyes were wide and filled with intrigue.

"Kari, what were you thinking?" T.K. said. "You could've been killed!"

Kari blinked several times, quickly, then shook her head to clear her thoughts. "Wha? T.K.? What happened?"

"Kari! T.K.! Move!"

"Huh?"

Davis shoved Kari and T.K. out of the path of another attack. T.K. winced as he hit his bad arm on the floor.

"Dragomon's not going after the Digimon!" Tai called.

"I think he's going after Kari," Cody said.

The Digimon continued to attack Dragomon, but in this half-Digimon form he seemed to be more agile and somewhat stronger.

"Static Force!"

"Desperado Blaster!"

"Tentacle Claw!"

Sylphimon and Paildramon reeled backwards and launched another barrage of attacks, along with Shakkoumon.

"Kari, you have to get out of here!" said Tai.

"I'm not leaving you guys!" Kari protested.

"No Kari, Tai's right," Davis said. "Dragomon's only after you! You're not safe here!"

"But-"

"No but's Kari," T.K. told her. "You can't stay here."

"T.K...." Kari looked at them all sadly. "What about the rest of you? What if he follows me?"

"Someone'll have to go with you then," Yolei said. "You just can't stay here."

Kari reluctantly agreed. "All right then. I'll leave." She and Tai slipped out of the warehouse and started quickly back home.

"I wish we knew what this guy wanted," Tai said. "Then it'd be easier to get rid of him."

"It's obvious he's after me, Tai," Kari replied, "but I don't know what he wants me for."

"That's what we'll have to figure out then," he decided.

Kari remained silent.

~*~**~*~

The Digimon were spent. There was hardly anything they could do, and were ready to admit defeat when Dragomon threw another curveball at them.

"You three are useless. It's not worth my time to fight you," he said before disappearing into a shadow.

"Hey! Get back here! We can beat you!" Davis shouted, running towards the place where Dragomon had stood. "Where'd he go?"

"He left Davis," Ken said. "Dragomon refuses to fight us."

Davis muttered something angrily under his breath.

"Let's go home then," T.K. suggested as the Digimon de-Digivolved. Patamon flew over and landed on his head. "These guys need some rest."

"And some chili cheese nachos with extra cheese!" That voice could belong to none other than DemiVeemon.