Pokémon Adventure!
Part Nine
By: Mikau Kaiou ([email protected])
Ch. 59
Jason
As Luke, Cory, Ken, and Davis went into the computer, I saw Ken shoot a scathing glare at me. I winced as he vanished.
Kari and T.K. gazed at their D3s and Digi-Eggs. "What...what are these?" Beams of light shot out of the D3s before I could answer, and formed D-Terminals. "What are these?"
I explained quickly. "The funky Digivices are D3s, and should let Patamon and Gatomon Armor Digivolve with the Digi-Eggs of Hope and Light, and your D-Terminals. The computers. They're capable of EMail, Cross-Bound connection, and, of course, Armor Digivolving. When you want Patamon and Gatomon to Armor Digivolve, just say 'Digi-Armor Energize!' and they will. It'll be extremely useful, because, if I'm right, they will become awesome flyers."
Then, my D-Terminal shot out the Digi-Egg of Knowledge, and from Eric's emerged Sincerity. Jewel's and Jacques's emerged as well. Love, Knowledge, Sincerity, and Reliability appeared, and made copies of themselves.
Cody and Yolei's Digivices glowed with red and gold light, and changed to D3s of the same color. The Digi-Eggs glowed with their respective colors, and shot into the brand new D-Terminals that had just appeared in Cody's and Yolei's hands. They gasped.
"Well, I guess the same goes for you guys." I sighed. "Oh, well. This'll make guarding much, much easier. Submarimon can fly, Cody, but he won't be very effective outside of water offensively."
"Well, let's try it!" T.K. shouted. We all held up D3s. "DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!"
"Hawkmon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Halsemon: the Wings of Love."
"Armadillomon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Submarimon: the Reliable Guardian of the Sea."
"Biyomon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Halsemon: the Wings of Love."
"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Kabuterimon!"
"Palmon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Shurimon: the Samurai of Sincerity."
"Gomamon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Submarimon: the Reliable Guardian of the Sea."
We flew out (Eric conveying himself) and spread around the city, staying with our DNA Digivolve partners. Jewel and Jezelle stayed together, as well.
Just as Eric and I got to our area, Viziermon showed up, with a dark shadow following him. I scanned it.
"Shadowmon: the Shadow Digimon. Uses the Shadow Bite and Dark Destroyer attacks to blind and poison enemies. Champion. Virus."
"So. You think your puny Armor Digivolved Digimon can stand up to a Mega, do you?" Viziermon sneered. We landed, and the Digimon turned to their Rookie forms. "Oh, so now they're Rookies. How...quaint. Eaglemon! Attack!"
Out of the sky, dozens of brown birds flew in. I scanned one of them.
"Eaglemon: the Eagle Digimon. Uses the Baldie Blaster and the deadly Swooping Stoop. Champion. Data."
"They're Champion! Go DNA!"
Viziermon looked slightly puzzled. "DNA? What could that possibly mean?"
"Palmon, digivolve tooo..."
"Togemon!"
"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Kabuterimon!"
"Kabuterimon!"
"Togemon!"
"DNA Digivolve to..."
"Madokamon!"
Viziermon was taken aback. Then he laughed. "You think that can stop a flock of Eaglemon? Ho ho ho!"
Madokamon shot an Insect Pollen Bomb at him, and he shut up. He/she then turned his/her attention to the sky.
"Vine Shock!" Vines whipped into the air, shooting purple and green lightning everywhere. The insect wings started buzzing, and Madokamon flew into the air, choking and paralyzing Digimon right and left.
I looked at Eric. "We should open a Digi-Port!" I shouted over the noise of Madokamon. Eric nodded, and we pointed our D3s at each other.
"Digi-Port, open!"
A hole in the sky opened, and the Eaglemon were sucked through, then it closed. Viziermon was angry, to say the least.
Madokamon turned into Pabumon and Veinemon at that moment.
I E-Mailed Kari and T.K. quickly, asking for help. They replied with assent.
"Okay, now we try and dodge his attacks." I whispered. Eric shook his head.
"No way. I'm attacking." Bolts of pink-red light shot from his hands into Viziermon and Shadowmon. They staggered, and he continued his magical attack.
Then, the cavalry arrived. Or, to be precise, Silphymon and Shokkoumon.
"Static Force!"
"Chakita Bomb!"
I scanned Shokkoumon.
"Shakkoumon: the China Doll Digimon. When an armored Digimon and an angel Digimon DNA Digivolve together, this results. He can attack with Chakita Bomb, and can absorb and redirect energy attacks with Harmonious Spirits. He also has a Justice Beam."
White streamers of energy appeared in Silphymon's hands. He/she spun them in blurring circles, until they formed a ball of red-pink energy. He/she threw that at Viziermon.
A sun carving on Shokkoumon's body sank in, and vanished. A dozen small, porcelain buzz saws shot out, nailing Shadowmon and Viziermon.
"Gaah!" Shadowmon hissed. He raised an...appendage, I suppose. "Dark Destroyer!" Black gunk shot out of the appendage, and covered Silphymon. He/she turned into Parubumon and Salamon.
"Oh, no! We need Ken and Davis, now!" Kari cried. She pulled out a D-Terminal, and began typing quickly.
"Jason! You have a computer, right?" I nodded, and pulled out my Palm Pilot. Yellow light shone out of it, and the four in the Digital World came out. Davis and Ken raised Digivices quickly.
"Veemon, digivolve tooo..."
"ExVeemon!"
"Wormmon, digivolve tooo..."
"Stingmon!"
"ExVeemon!"
"Stingmon!"
"DNA Digivolve tooo..."
"Paildramon!"
Paildramon and Shokkoumon hovered over Viziermon and Shadowmon. Luke raised a D3 slowly, and Cory followed. They looked at each other.
"LET'S GO!!"
"Greymon!"
"Garurumon!"
The D3s shot orange and blue rays at each other, and a circle of zeros and ones shot out, hovering in front of Greymon and Garurumon.
Orange light surrounded Greymon, and he lumbered forward, shouting his name. "Greymon!"
Blue light glowed around Garurumon, and he leaped forward. "Garurumon!"
They went through the ring at the same time. A flash of light hid them, but I could still hear, "DNA Digivolve tooo..."
What emerged was a flying wolf with giant teeth. He was colored like Garurumon, and had Metalgreymon's wings. He spun quickly, and landed, with his claws in the air. "Garunamon!"
"Garunamon: the Dino Wolf Digimon. Uses the fearsome Feral Bite to poison an enemy, and the Skydive Slam to paralyze them. Ultimate. Data."
Garunamon leaped into the air, and a blazing aura of blue and red flame surrounded him. "Skydive Slam!" He shot downwards, his wings folded, and landed on Viziermon. Paildramon attacked.
"Desperado Blaster!" The blue energy bullets knocked Shadowmon backwards. I raised my D3, and motioned the others to do it.
Each D3 raised shot out a beam of light corresponding with its color (Luke was blue, Cory was red, Eric's was orange, mine was golden, Kari's was pink, T.K.'s was green, Cody's was golden, and Yolei's was red.)
The light combined over Viziermon's head, and another Digital Gate opened. Viziermon slowly lifted into the air, and we (Eric, Luke, Cory and I, plus our Digimon) followed. Through the hole in the sky we went, and it closed after us.
I landed heavily on pavement. Real pavement. I breathed in, and felt the air that was real, despite the other Digi-Destined's insistence that their world was the real one, enter my lungs.
Garunamon turned into gray energy that separated into Koromon and Tsunomon.
"Hey! Not fair! Your Digimon only go to In-Training!" Eric protested. Luke shrugged.
"That's life."
"I seem to remember hearing that comment before." Cory said. Before Luke could respond, shoes hitting the ground jerked my attention elsewhere.
Erin was running toward us. I felt my jaw go slack. Erin...she had to be the most beautiful woman...girl...in existence. Erin...
She stopped suddenly, and winked into existence beside us. "That's much faster." she muttered.
:Jason, you might want to control your projection.: a voice warned me. I glanced at Cory, and he grinned. I scowled, and shielded.
Viziermon was still alive, however, just away from the 'real' world. He got up, and I quickly threw a Pokéball.
"Pikachu, Thunderwave!"
The electricity paralyzed Viziermon, but people on the street noticed. And, Viziermon looked human. Very human.
"Arrest him! He's Team Rocket!" one person shouted. A squadron of Officer Jennies came running at me, with Growlithe following, barking madly.
"Seel, Surf and wide range Aurora Beam!" I called, throwing another Pokéball. The Pokémon wiped out the Growlithe (AN: I just love that pun...) and froze the Jennies in their tracks. Literally; it froze their feet.
"Hey! That's illegal!"
I snarled. "I'm not concerned with legal anymore." A rational part of my mind wondered, Why don't I care about legal? I used to...
I'm not that person! I shouted back. You're a sniveling coward, and you-
My thoughts were interrupted by Cory. He had called Vaporeon to completely freeze the cops, and was reaching toward me. While everything fell into darkness, he was protected by a golden bubble.
"Jason. You do care about legality, and following the rules. You do care. The darkness inside you just tried to gain control. You have to fight. Fight it."
That small part of me struggled, trying to regain control. Let me go! Let me go NOW!
I laughed. There is no way you can stop me now. I waved my arm, banishing Cory and the darkness. I could see all too clearly, now.
I was wasting my time with this Badge business. I recalled Seel and Pikachu, and transformed.
Wings of lightning unfolded from my back. I floated into the sky, and turned northwest. Toward Indigo Plateau. I flew onward.
Ch. 60
Cory
I gasped as Jason flung my spirit self away. He laughed, and the struggle I sensed inside him ended. He transformed instantaneously, going straight to Armor, and lightning formed on his back, solidifying into wings. He floated into the air, recalling Pikachu and Seel, and flew toward the northwest. Toward Indigo Plateau.
I was brought back to reality when Vaporeon Tackled me. I looked at the cops, frozen solid. I recalled Vaporeon. "Flareon, Heat Wave!"
My fire dog emitted a wave of heat, melting the ice. The Jennies glared at me, and I recalled it.
"You are under arrest for obstruction of justice. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you." She rambled on as another Jenny snapped handcuffs on me. They confiscated my Pokémon and Badges, and led me to a police car. Gabumon started forward, but I shook my head. He retreated, however reluctantly.
We drove down to the Police Station. I looked up, and saw Eric floating high in the air. I guess his Psychic powers hadn't completely faded yet.
"Eyes on the ground!" a Jenny snapped. I obeyed hastily, not wanting to give Eric away.
They led me into a jail cell. I was the only one without Paladin Powers, and without Gabumon or Pokémon, I was helpless. Even Mindspeech would be ineffective.
Even so, I explored the cage with my mind. My awareness stopped at the walls and bars. I had no idea how, but they had blocked me. I was trapped, completely.
Then I realized. I still had my D3 and D-Terminal! I dared not use them when a Jenny was there, but as soon as the current guard walked by my cage, I laid on my bed, and started typing, with sound disabled.
Eric: I'm in a jail cell in the police station. Cell C4, strangely enough. Bring Gabumon!
A reply came in. Got it. We're coming.
I waited a few hours, my sense of Gabumon faint, which meant he was distant.
Suddenly, Gabumon's presence increased, greatly. He was right outside the wall!
As if they had read my mind, Cory, we're outside your wall. Greymon's gonna break through.
I typed back, Great. Go for it. Then, I realized where I was. WAIT!!!
The wall bulged slightly inwards, then stopped. I moved all the way to the opposite end of the cell. A Jenny peered inside.
"Hey!" she shouted, just as the wall fell completely in. I dashed outside, where Gabumon was. I hugged Gabumon.
"Come back here! JAILBREAK!" the Jenny screamed. "CELL C4!"
Dozens of Jennies and Growlithe flooded the cell and area around us. We were in trouble.
Then, the sky opened above us, and help came down. Jezelle and Jacques came out, on Birdramon and Submarimon. Submarimon disposed of all the Growlithe, and Jezelle's Vileplume paralyzed the officers.
"Let's go!" I shouted. Birdramon landed, and Luke and I crowded onto her talons. Eric, Erin, and Jason had their Digimon digivolve, and flew with us.
When we reached the Pokémon Center, I realized I still didn't have my Pokémon. I said that.
"No worries. I'll get them, and don't worry about me being caught." he cut me off. "I can cast an invisibility spell." With that, he slowly faded and vanished. Pink light flashed, and the slight buzzing that signified a mind in his general area disappeared.
Seconds later, he returned, invisibility gone. "Here." He gave me the Pokéballs, right when speakers all over the city blared.
"This is the Celadon Police. Two criminals have escaped this town: Jason Mann and Cory Larame, both convicted of using Pokémon against humans. Cory Larame is also charged with obstruction of justice. Pictures of them will be distributed at the Pokémon Centers. In addition, Eric Wyott, Luke Walkar, and Erin Sims are wanted for jail breaking. Also, if anyone sees a giant dinosaur Pokémon, a submarine Pokémon, or a large, firebird Pokémon that is not Moltres or Houou, please report this to any police office. Thank you, and have a nice day." The speakers turned off.
"Oh, no." Eric muttered. "Cory, you're wanted!"
"Yes, I know." I was struggling with myself. Should I stay with the others, and possibly endanger them, or should I go to Jason, and try to Heal his mind? I knew what was wrong with him; the darkness inside him had surfaced before. Luke had it, as well, and I was willing to bet Eric had some of it, with that past of his.
"Uhh...I need to make a serious decision. I need your input." I told them. "Jacques and Jewel, I'd appreciate your help, as well." They nodded.
"I want to go help Jason, and I'm the only one who can. The darkness in him has grown so strongly it is controlling him, rather than killing him. Should I go?"
Luke nodded immediately. "All you can do staying with us is increase the danger. I'm afraid Jason went to Indigo Plateau to boot out the Elite Five and take over."
"I agree." Eric said. "You should go as soon as possible, with someone to watch your back, of course. I have the most power, so-"
Luke cut him off. "I'm going."
"But-" Luke covered his mouth. "Anyone else opposed to Cory and I going?"
They shook their heads. "Great. Let's go, Luke. If we take an airplane, we might beat him."
"That won't be necessary."
I spun around to see the Sailor Senshi. The Inners, of course.
"We'll Sailor Teleport you. Eric, you'll have to give us a power boost." Sailor Moon said. Eric nodded, and they quickly made a ring around Luke and I.
"Wait! We'll need food, sleeping bags, clothes-" A backpack and two sleeping bags flew over the Senshi, who had begun humming. They glowed with their individual colors, and Eric glowed greenly, and bright, white light blinded me.
When the light faded, we were standing in the reception room of Indigo Plateau. A woman with long, blonde hair gazed at us.
"And who are you?"
"I'm Cory, and this is Luke. We're here to help you guard the Plateau. A madman is coming with the intention of taking over, and-"
She laughed. "Do you think this has never happened before? We can handle anything; the Plateau is the most defensible spot on the continent."
"Listen!" I shouted. I pushed her up against the wall. "This guy has incredible powers, an incredibly evil mind, and a Digimon with no small strength to help him!"
She managed to look completely apathetic and insulted. "Incredible powers?" she sniffed. "I think you-"
"Karen."
She looked up, and I felt a strong force pulling me backwards. I angrily repressed the psychic fields around me, and the man behind me blinked. "Don't do that." he said, and my repression buckled. I turned it up all the way, and he blinked again. "You have remarkably strong repression; would you please release me?"
"No."
He sighed, and turned to Karen. "Karen, the radar picked up a blip coming this way. It is apparently an unknown airship of incredible size. Sabrina mindsent a warning, as well. She foretold a strong force coming to the Plateau, possibly to destroy it."
Karen sniffed again. "Psychics..." she muttered. She stood straighter. "And what do you propose to do, Will?"
The man-Will-grinned. "Take him out. Lance!"
A man in a cape stepped out of a doorway I had not noticed. "What is it, Will?"
"There is a strong force coming here. We need to prepare for battle." Lance glanced at us.
"Who are these kids?" Then, he looked closer at me. "Hey! Are you Cory Larame?"
I was in trouble. "Yes, but we have other things to think about. We can help you with that strong force."
Karen laughed. "And how do you propose doing that?"
"We have Pokémon just as strong as his, Luke has equal powers, and we have Digimon as well."
Lance laughed as well. "Digimon? Those are just fables."
"Gabumon?"
Gabumon stepped out. "Pleased to make your acquaintance. I'm Gabumon, Cory's Digimon!"
Agumon introduced himself as well. "I'm Agumon, Luke's Digimon! We'll help fight Jason."
Just then, alarms began going off. "This is it!" I shouted. "Let's see how he went!"
We rushed outside, and gaped. A large, no, huge airship was floating above the Plateau. Jason was hovering near it, wings stretched to the fullest.
The Digi-Destined didn't know it, but inside that airship, a small man was laughing. He was dressed all in black, and was surrounded by bird-men. He had a small, black crystal in his hand that shimmered with purple, orange, and green light. The Digi-Destined wouldn't know what hit them.
Tentomon had gone all the way to Ultimate, his most powerful stage, Megakabuterimon. I looked at Luke. He raised his D3. "Let's do it!"
"Agumon, warp digivolve tooo..."
"WarGreymon!"
At that moment, the moon eclipsed the sun. No, it wasn't a scheduled eclipse, it just suddenly happened. A bright, blue beam of light shot down and hit me.
"Gabumon, warp digivolve tooo...
Gabumon flipped, and turned into a blue beam that turned into Garurumon, Weregarurumon, and a strange, dog-robot. Two rods shot out of his back, and energy came out in a thin stream. A blade-tail-came out of the small of his back. He did a complete flip in midair, and landed, shooting missiles that caused ice blocks to form. "MetalGarurumon!"
"MetalGarurumon: the robot wolf Digimon. Uses the Metal Wolf Claw to freeze enemies, and the Giga Missile to shatter them."
The two Mega Digimon flew towards the airship and Megakabuterimon. WarGreymon attacked first.
"Terra Force!" A giant fireball flew at the ship. It swerved, right into MetalGarurumon's attack. "Metal Wolf Claw!" He raised his head, as if to howl, and blue energy shot out. He opened his mouth, and hundreds of icy missiles shot out, freezing part of the ship.
Lance's Pokémon came out, three Dragonite, a Gyarados, a Charizard, and an Aerodactyl. Will's Xatu, two birds that belong on totem poles, followed. A small, incredibly quick bat shot after them, quickly taking the lead.
"Xatu: the Totem Bird. Some say it can see into the past, present, and future. Psychic/Flying type."
"Crobat: the Bat. Incredibly fast because of the wings on its feet, evolves from Golbat. Poison/Flying."
The Xatu launched glittery Confuse Rays, and the Crobat used Supersonic. The Dragons used Twister and Dragonbreath, paralyzing enemies.
"Dragonbreath: a 60 power Dragon technique that can be taught by the Rising Badge of Johto. Has a small chance of paralyzation."
A hatch on the bottom of the ship opened, and hundreds of bird-men flew out. They each had a sword, and most of the swords was glowing with either red or blue light.
Then, out of the top of the ship, another hatch opened, and four giant birds came out. Each had a rod with two huge blades, one on each end. The blades were giant half-moons of steel. They glowed with the same light as the other birds, the top blade red, the bottom blue.
Jason raised a hand, and a giant bolt of lightning hit him. The big birds raised the weapons, and the little birds raised their swords.
Lightning, fire, and ice flew about everywhere. All the Pokémon were quickly defeated. Will and Lance recalled them. WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon evaded the blasts, however.
A flock of birdmen joined each giant bird. I got fed up and scanned them.
"Moamon: the Elemental Birds. Each Moamon has a specific element, fire or ice. They can use the Fire Sword and the Ice Sword, depending on their element. Champion. Virus."
"KingMoamon: the Bird Kings. The two bladed staffs can absorb a Moamon's attack, and convert it into a Twin Turbo attack. Also, the Swooping Swipe can be used, though Twin Turbo is much more common. Ultimate. Virus."
The Moamon's swords shot rays of light into the giant staffs, and balls of correspondingly colored light formed on the blades. The KingMoamon whirled the staffs, and flew forward, smashing the walls of Indigo Plateau. Lance gaped.
"No way!"
Luke held up his part of the Opaque Prism. "Red Star Power!"
"Red Armor, now!"
He threw his boomerang, and wiped out a whole flock of Moamon. He threw it again, taking out another.
Then, Jason intervened. Lightning shot down, and knocked the boomerang to the ground in front of us.
Lance gasped. A white ball of light floated out of his shirt, and a silver chain dropped. The ball settled in my hands, and dimmed, revealing a diamond.
"White Star Power!"
Wind surrounded me, and my clothes morphed into a white outfit. It wasn't a loose robe, like the other Paladins', though. It was a tightfitting body suit, and if I looked closely, it was streaked with red, green, blue, and yellow. A crystal sword fell into my hands. It was clear crystal, which was also slightly streaked with color.
I lifted it, and white energy swirled around it. I leaped into the air and large wings of light came out of my back. The sword absorbed the energy, magnifying it. "White Paladin..."
I flew higher, which was slightly dangerous, but...The energy carried me up, and spun me. I dove toward the KingMoamon, and shouted the words. "Imperial SWIPE!"
White flame blazed from my sword as I passed them. The Moamon screamed, and vanished. The KingMoamon quickly followed.
I landed near Luke. "No wonder King Arthur died when he tried to manifest the final form." I panted. My suit vanished, and my clothes came back. "Who is King Arthur, anyway?"
Luke shrugged. "I've never heard of him."
"Oh, well. Let's take out that ship; it probably has more Moamon and KingMoamon." Luke nodded, and raised a hand. Flame blazed out, and melted a hole in the ship. It staggered, and careened towards Indigo Plateau. I gulped.
"Dragonite! Charizard! Aerodactyl! Strength power, now!" Lance shouted. The dragon Pokémon tried to catch the falling ship, but it was too big. Will and his Pokémon attempted to create a platform with PSY powers, but to no avail.
My horror overcame everything. I couldn't think, except, Getoutofheregetoutofheregetoutofhere! Not that that was any help. I sighed, and Luke looked at
me.
Suddenly, an idea occurred to me. "Send them across worlds!" I shouted. Luke nodded, and I turned, running, to get a TV. I found one, and ran back. "Here!"
Luke opened a Digi-Port, and the ship vanished into it.
A second later, the ship came back out, appearing harmlessly on the ground. Moamon streamed out of it, dizzy. MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon took them out quickly. Megakabuterimon and Jason hadn't been sucked in, however. I was worried that we couldn't take them out, because, well, they were our friends, if Jason was in a slightly demented state at the moment.
The TV suddenly emitted light again, and, of all people, Davis, Ken, Yolei, Cody and T.K. showed up. I gaped. T.K. looked at Megakabuterimon, and grimaced. "We can't destroy a Digimon, but we can get him to dedigivolve. As for that lightning guy, who is he?"
"Jason." I muttered. Ken brightened.
"Jason? Wormmon, digivolve!" The little green bug Digimon at his side bounced up, and Ken's black D3 glowed. Gray sparks flew around Wormmon.
"Wormmon, digivolve tooo...."
"Stingmon!" A blue column of light surrounded him, and a spiky ball grew under his feet, quickly vanishing. He flew up to Megakabuterimon, and made a pink blade. "Spiking Strike!" The blade vanished when it hit Megakabuterimon, and the giant bug turned.
"Mega Thruster!" he shouted, blasting Stingmon with a wave of heat from the bottom of his shell. Stingmon fell, and turned back into Wormmon.
"Wormmon!" Ken shouted. He caught the Digimon. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, Ken." Wormmon grinned. Davis held up his Digivice.
"Ready, Veemon?" he shouted. Before Veemon could respond, the Digi-Eggs of Courage and Friendship came out of Luke and my D-Terminals. They began vibrating, and split into two copies. One of each hovered over to Davis, and the other two vanished into our D-Terminals. Davis's Digivice turned into a blue D3, and the Digi-Eggs made a D-Terminal and entered it.
"Wow! Ready, Veemon?" he asked again. Veemon nodded.
"Veemon, digivolve tooo..."
"ExVeemon!" Blue and yellow light formed a design that looked distinctively like an 'X'. T.K., Yolei and Cody held up D3s as well.
"Hawkmon, digivolve tooo..."
"Aquilamon!"
"Armadillomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Ankylomon!"
"Patamon, digivolve tooo..."
"Angemon!"
"Wormmon, digivolve tooo..."
"Stingmon!"
Davis and Ken's D3s turned green, and shot blue and green rays at each other. A circle of zeros and ones flew out of the connection, and ExVeemon and Stingmon flew into it.
"ExVeemon!"
"Stingmon!"
"DNA Digivolve tooo..."
"Paildramon!"
"Ankylomon!"
"Angemon!"
"DNA Digivolve tooo..."
"Shokkoumon!"
Yolei looked around. "Where's Kari?" she asked. Davis whirled.
"She's not here!"
The TV glowed again, and Kari and Gatomon came out. Kari immediately fell to her knees.
"Noo...not again...NOOO!" she screamed. Davis and T.K. were instantly at her side, but still behind Yolei.
Kari started trembling. Gatomon shook her, violently, with Yolei helping, but she still wouldn't look up.
"It's the darkness...it's near here!" she whispered. Ken nodded.
"Yes. I can feel it as well. It's controlling Jason, but that's not where it came from. And...it's in you, as well." He pointed to Luke. "But that isn't important. The darkness is dormant in you, but if Kari doesn't get away, the darkness will begin to control her!"
"NO!" Gatomon shouted. Malevolent laughter echoed from the wrecked airship.
A black figure materialized in front of us. He held up a black diamond-shaped crystal, streaked heavily with purple, but with small hints of green and orange. He held up an identical one that was as much as glowing with light and dark pink. Ken gasped.
"Those are Kari and my Crest colors!" With this in mind, I realized that the other one was Luke, Jason, and Eric.
"Oh, no! We have to warn them!" I shouted. I typed furiously on my D-Terminal, sending the EMail quickly.
"Well, you seem to have figured out my Dark Crystals's function. Do you know what will happen to your friend in...ten minutes?"
As the man said that, a purple glow surrounded Jason. Ken gasped.
"Oh, no! We have to destroy those crystals!"
Gatomon was fed up with trying to wake Kari. "Lightning Claw!" she cried, knocking the crystals out of the man's hands. Ken grabbed them, and threw them to Paildramon.
"Sting Strike!" he shouted, vaporizing the crystals.
Immediately, Kari, Ken, Jason, and Luke began glowing with light that matched their Crests. I was willing to bet that Eric was glowing, too.
Four D3s glowed, and light formed a web of protection around them. Darkness began growing inside the web.
"Oh, no! Kari's the one with the Crest of Light!" Davis cried. Luke snapped his fingers.
"Jewel!"
Nefertimon landed right at that moment. "Yes?"
"Oh, thank goodness." I sighed. "Jewel, use your Crest on that glowing thing!"
Jewel didn't protest, she just raised her Crest. Pink light shot out, and destroyed the darkness.
"Nooo!" the man shouted. "You may think you've beaten the darkness, but it will always come back! You can't defeat me!" He began dissolving. "I'll be baaaaack....." With a flash of light, he was gone.
Ch. 61
Erin
I watched as Eric convulsed, green light warring with darkness. I couldn't do anything to help; I had already tried to, but the darkness just lashed at me, knocking me yards away. I had tried my D3, but that hadn't done anything.
Just when I was ready to give up hope, pink light shone from the center of the area where Eric was. The light had grown, hiding him completely.
The pink light radiated outward, and slowly, the darkness vanished. A scream, like someone dying, seemed to come from the darkness, but Eric collapsing on the ground distracted me.
"Eric! Eric, are you all right?" I asked frantically, shaking him.
He didn't respond.
"ERIC!!"
Sirens blaring made me look up.
To see a dozen Jennies coming.
"Oh, no. They know we did the jail break. Eric, WAKE UP!!!"
Nothing happened. "Okay, we'll have to escape. Patamon!" I held up my D3. "Digi-Armor Energize!"
"Patamon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Pegasusmon: Flying Hope!"
I lugged Eric over Pegasusmon's back, and climbed on him myself. He took off, if not a his usual speed, faster than any bird Pokémon could fly.
"Pegasusmon, head to that mountain! They can't follow us up there!"
About ten minutes later, Pegasusmon landed on a ledge that barely had enough room for all of us. It helped when he reverted to Patamon.
I sighed, looking at Eric. "We need to keep him in the sun, Patamon."
His skin tone was already improving...well, it was turning greener. I wondered if he would ever turn completely green.
We waited there for at least three hours before he moved. The sun was going down, and I was getting very afraid he wouldn't be able to Heal himself if there wasn't any light. I voiced this to Patamon.
"Plants survive at night, don't they?" he asked. I nodded. "Well, then, so should he."
The next morning...
The next morning, Eric was looking much better. He was moving more and more, jerking around, and at one point, he just sat straight up and looked at me. "Where are we?"
"We're on a mountain in hiding. The Jennies found us, and Pegasusmon had to bring us up here. I don't think any bird Pokémon can come up here."
Eric shook his head. "I really think Pokémon is over for us. We're all criminals, and there is no way we'll be able to keep on going through the Gyms, and we won't ever be allowed into Indigo Plateau. The most we'll be able to do is make a hideout and live there."
"Forever?"
"Unless you know how to erase our charges. Assault with Pokémon is punishable by life imprisonment, and breaking out inmates is just as bad."
"So...if we're caught, we'll be stuck in jail for life? Big deal! We can break out!"
"Yes, it is. Cory told me his cell was shielded, so that leads me to believe our Gifts have been in this world before. And our Digimon aren't likely to be kept with us, and they're weaker away from us. So..."
I finished. "We're fugitives, and we have no future except running."
Eric nodded. "But we can call those other Digi Destined you told me about! Can't we?"
"We could, but that would just get them in trouble, and I don't think even the Digi Destined can withstand a flood of Pokémon."
I sighed. "Well, we should go after Luke and Cory, and hopefully Jason."
Eric coughed. "If I had the power to teleport, I would, but I don't. We'll have to fly. I can't fly that far, either."
I looked at Patamon. "Can you carry us double?"
"If I can rest about halfway through, I should be able to." he confirmed.
"Are you recovered?" I asked Eric.
"Not fully, but I'll manage, especially flying, because we'll be so close to the sun." I nodded, and raised my D3. "Digi-Armor Energize."
My D-Terminal shot a beam of yellow light at Patamon. Rings of light rose around him, and when they cleared, Pegasusmon was there.
We boarded, and he took off. Flying was fun, for a while, but I got sore about two or three hours into the trip. Pegasusmon landed about an hour after that point to rest.
"Owww!" I groaned. I walked around, exercising my legs. Eric was fine.
"How do you do that?" I growled at him. He shrugged.
"Being a plant has its uses. I just Healed myself as we went. No biggie."
I fell over.
Half an hour later, we got back onto Pegasusmon, and landed at Indigo Plateau The whole trip must have lasted five hours.
When we got there, we found that Jason, Luke, Ken, and Kari had undergone the same thing Eric had, with less dramatic results, because somehow, Jewel had shown up and saved them with the Crest of Light. I looked around, gaping at the destruction. Lance strode out.
"I'm grateful that you saved us, but you are still convicted criminals. I will have to arrest you again."
"Not while I'm still alive and kicking!" Jason yelled. Lightning flowed from his outstretched hands and knocked Lance over. "Let's go, Tentomon!"
"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon, digivolve tooo..."
"Megakabuterimon!"
We all climbed aboard the giant bug, and flew away. Jewel had already left. I was glad to fly on something I didn't have to ride astride.
Eric sat down, heavily. His skin glowed, as well as the Crest. He was turning greener and greener every minute. Everyone watched him. After a while, the glow intensified, flashed brightly, and vanished, leaving Eric with normal skin color, except for the faintest tinge of green that I probably imagined.
"Wow. Being a plant isn't very pleasant." he muttered. Suddenly, a flock of Pidgeot and Pidgeotto rose into the air, Gusting at Megakabuterimon. Jason quickly zapped them all. I looked at him.
"How do you use your powers when you aren't in Paladin form?" I asked him.
"When that man started controlling me, I...figured some things out. That's how I did the whole wing thing. I can't teach you, but you'll eventually figure it out as well."
"Oh."
On the way, we introduced ourselves.
Megakabuterimon warned us before he landed in the mountains north of Lavender. Far north. So far north, in fact, we weren't even in Kanto or Johto.
"Where are we, anyway?" Davis asked.
"We're in unclaimed territory north of Kanto." Jason answered. I looked up the cliff, looking for some sort of shelter, when a large mansion caught my eye.
"Hey, look!" They looked.
"What's a large mansion doing here?" Eric asked.
"Don't bother worrying about it. It's here; that's all that matters."
Luckily, Megakabuterimon hadn't dedigivolved, and got us all the way up to the mansion before he did that.
Cory raised an arm before we entered, and closed his eyes. A moment later, he opened them. "No one in there."
We walked in, and gasped. "Look at this!" I whispered.
The mansion looked like it had been abandoned yesterday. It was spotless, and the front room alone looked like some rich guy had lived there. As we explored, I found a Pokémon training gym, a trading device, a Rejuvenator (the device that Pokémon Centers use), and a refrigerator. With food.
"Wow..."
We quickly set up residence, and claimed rooms. There was a hallway with just enough rooms for all of us. A TV in the living room provided an escape route if needed, and Davis and the rest took the opportunity to leave.
Two months later...
"Hey, Erin!" Jason called.
"What?" I replied, engrossed in my soap opera.
"Wanna battle?"
"Wait until my soap ends!"
Jason snorted, and walked off, looking for someone else to challenge.
In the past two months, we had trained against each other, improving our Pokémon skills greatly, and the Digimon had gotten stronger as well, sparring. Everyone save Luke and Cory had mastered their Saber, and everyone had mastered their Paladin forms. Including Cory, who was the newest to the whole deal, though Luke and I weren't far behind.
We hadn't been bothered at all, and we were fast approaching the level of boredom that would start a killing frenzy.
We needed an outlet. And that outlet appeared that day.
In the middle of my soap, right when Timmy was coming out of the coma, the screen fuzzed, and was replaced by one whom I recognized from all the descriptions the others had given me. Viziermon.
"I have taken over these continents, and will soon begin on the Southern Continent. (AN: The Digital World the others deal with.) I wish for only one thing: that the criminals Luke Walkar, Cory Larame, Jason Mann, and Eric Wyott be brought to me immediately." Their pictures appeared onscreen. "Also, the former Team Rocket agents Jezelle and Jacques Timberlake, and the two others, Erin Sims and Jewel Giben.
"There will be a reward for any of these persons. Thank you." With that, my soap reappeared. But I had no attention for it.
"Guys!" I shouted. They quickly came. "Viziermon's taken over, and he wants your heads. This is a perfect opportunity to get rid of him."
Eric frowned. "Yeah, that's right. I can make a Portal and take us to Aquamarine City immediately." With that, he raised his hands and made a blue-purple gateway in the doorframe. It opened onto a view of a peaceful lake. "Let's go. I can't maintain this long." Already, his voice was strained.
We piled through, Digimon following. Eric dove through, the Portal vanishing as he cleared it.
The trees on the opposite side of the lake vanished, and Nefertimon, Submarimon and Halsemon flew out, with their partners riding, followed by a legion of Jennies.
"Take them!" one shouted. Another legion of Growlithe and Arcanine began launching Embers and Flamethrowers. Submarimon turned, and countered some of them with Submarine Attacks, and Halsemon combined them into a large, swirling vortex of flame with Tempest Wing. The Jennies were blown back, and the Growlithe and Arcanine damaged.
I raised my D3. The others followed suit. "Digivolve now!"
"Agumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Greymon!"
"Gabumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Garurumon!"
"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Kabuterimon!"
"Palmon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Shurimon: the Samurai of Sincerity."
"Patamon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Pegasusmon: Flying Hope!"
The Digimon quickly dispatched the police forces. Unfortunately, Viziermon stepped out of the trees.
He was obviously stronger now; he was glowing with power, and his staff was shining almost too brightly to see.
"Well, well. The Digi Destined fall right into my trap. How quaint." With that, he raised a hand, and snapped.
Nine people appeared behind him. Laura, Libby, Jenny, Tanya, Wesley, Meri, Miguel, and two others that I didn't recognize. One was tall, with long blonde hair, and the other was short with short brown hair.
"Prepare for trouble and make that triple!"
"To ignite the world with molestation!"
"To burn the world, that's every nation!"
"That would bring mucho elation!"
"Flame a bird, cook a goose!"
"Knock you out, turn us loose!"
"You'll feel like you got hit by a moose!"
"Libby!"
"Tanya!"
"Jenny!"
"Team Rocket, blast off with a burning flame!"
"We hunt for beauty, money, and fame!"
"Growlithe!"
"Oddish!"
"Shellder!"
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make that double!"
"To take over in every nation!"
"To blight the world, that's devastation!"
"To denounce the evils of love and truth!"
"To enslave every woman who's name is Ruth!"
"Meri!"
"Miguel!"
"Team Rocket Squadron 3, take over at 60 miles per hour!"
"It's not egg in your face, oh, no, it's FLOUR!"
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make that double!"
"To destroy the world's organization!"
"To rule all, and live in relaxation!"
"To denounce the evils of happiness and joy!"
"To rule the world, one girl and one boy!"
"Crystal!"
"Jordan!"
"Team Rocket, flying at no significant speed!"
"To rule, and never, EVER do a good deed!"
"Perrrsian!"
I nearly keeled over and died right there. The Digimon all felt the same way.
Halsemon, Shurimon, Submarimon, Pegasusmon, and Nefertimon all changed into their Rookie-or Champion-levels.
"Greymon, digivolve tooo..."
"Metalgreymon!"
"Garurumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Weregarurumon!"
"Biyomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Birdramon! Birdramon, digivolve tooo..."
"Garudamon!"
"Kabuterimon, digivolve tooo..."
"Megakabuterimon!"
"Palmon, digivolve tooo..."
"Togemon! Togemon, digivolve tooo..."
"Lillymon!"
"Gomamon, digivolve tooo..."
"Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Zudomon!"
"Patamon, digivolve tooo..."
"Angemon!"
"Gatomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Angewomon!"
The eight Digimon faced the nine others. There was a black, dragon-like Digimon, a large, Cloyster like thing-Clamon-a puffy cloud-Weathermon-a red outfitted humanoid-Bardmon-a blue-cloaked flying thing that I didn't recognize, a furry monkey-like thing that I didn't know, a large flower Digimon, and a silvery wolf. Jason scanned those unknowns.
Respectively:
"Blackdramon: the Dark Dragon Digimon. Uses the Black Breath attack to blind and poison enemies, and the Gravity Bomb to blast them to pieces. Ultimate, Virus.
"Jinamon: the Wizard Digimon. Ultimate form of Wizardmon, this Digimon uses the Delta Sphere and Magic Trick attacks. Data."
"Pantalaimon: the Transforming Digimon. Can take the form of any Ultimate Digimon with the Shift ability. Ultimate, Virus."
"Blossomon: the Large Flower Digimon. Uses the Spiral Flower and Thorn Whip attacks. Ultimate, Virus."
"Fenrirmon: the Magical Wolf Digimon. Uses the Judgement Bolt and Millennial Decay attacks. Ultimate, Vaccine."
The sky ripped open then, and a tall boy with a small, round robot Digimon came down. The sky closed after them.
"Brad!" Jason shouted. Eric gazed at him appraisingly, but had his attention redirected when the robot began speaking.
"I am Mamemon. My Smart Bomb attack is what I use to destroy evil."
The nine of us faced the ten of them. Viziermon raised his staff, and called out, "Snake Fang Strike!" Poisonous fangs shot out, but we dodged them all.
"Let's go!"
"Marril, Blastoise, Butterfrell, Staryu, Gyarados, Sentret, go!" Eric cried.
"Jason has a Pikachu, Seel, Kakuna, and Pidgeotto!"
"Go, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Eevee, Geodude!" Cory yelled.
"Vulpix, Pidgey, Pinsir, Clefairy, attack!" Luke shouted.
"Ivysaur, Gloom, Weepinbell, Tangela, Parasect, Hoppip, assume battle position!" I finished.
Brad looked on in astonishment. "What...what are those?"
"Our Pokémon. Back up and watch!" Jason cried. "You can't help us!"
"Blue Star Power!"
"Yellow Star Power!"
"Green Star Power!"
"Red Star Power!"
"White Star Power!"
"Pale Star Power!"
"Purple Star Power!"
"Blue""Yellow""Green""Red""White""Pale""Purple""ARMOR, NOW!"
Five Paladins faced two more. All the Elemental Elements were represented, except one. Dark. After this point, we had no idea what happened to the Digimon; the other Paladins-who were, unfortunately, the strongest Paladins-took up all of our attention.
"BLACK STAR POWER!!" Brad shouted. We all looked at him in surprise. A shadow covered him, and retreated, revealing a black robe like ours had been. "Black Armor, now!"
The robe shifted, and hardened. His fists glowed with black light. "Let's go, Digi Destined!"
"Shouldn't we call the others?" Jason yelled as we charged.
"No! This is our battle!" I replied. Which was a good thing, because at this very moment, the other Destined ones were fighting MaloMyotismon.
"Yellow Paladin Electric Pulse!"
"Green Paladin Arrow Storm!"
Jason and my attacks knocked Wesley and Laura back a few feet. But Wesley lifted his fists.
"Purple Paladin PsyPunch Wave!" Purple energy flew out, knocking Luke head over heels. At this moment, the Digimon were having at, but we were slowly being driven back, due to the other side's advantage of numbers.
"Blue Paladin Geyser Blast!" Eric shouted, causing a wave to wash Laura, Wesley, and Viziermon back, giving our Digimon a chance to strike.
"Metalgreymon!"
"Weregarurumon!"
They stopped, and turned into Agumon and Gabumon. I was puzzled, until they glowed brightly.
"Agumon, Warp Digivolve tooo..."
"Gabumon, Warp Digivolve tooo..."
"WarGreymon!"
"MetalGarurumon!"
"Black Paladin Darkness Smash!" Brad called, punching Wesley's face. The two opposite Paladins began trading blows fast and furious. The rest of us faced Laura.
"I...uh-oh." she gulped. Then, a light gathered around her. Pale gray armor glowed, and...
...icy wings unfolded from her back.
"Pale Paladin, level THREE!"
Jason gasped. "That's what it is..." Wings of lightning came out of his armor. "Yellow Paladin, level three!"
They floated above the treetops. "You evil creature." Jason sneered. "You gave your life to this...this Digimon. How can you do such a thing?"
"It wasn't my choice! I could no more fight my destiny than you could!" Laura yelled back.
"Jason! Destroy her now!" Luke cried. Red light added itself to the yellow glow surrounding Jason.
"Jason!" I cried. Green light joined the glow.
"Get her!" Eric shouted. Blue appeared.
"Go go go!" Cory hollered. White light fulfilled the mix. Wings of flowing water came from Eric's back, wind from Cory's, fire from Luke's, and leaves from mine.
"Paladin LEVEL THREE!"
We floated up beside Jason in an arrowhead formation. Our arms were held forward as one.
"Blue!"
"Yellow!"
"Green!"
"Red!"
"White!"
Glows popped up around us, and merged where Jason was, at the head of the arrow.
"Flaming Paladin Air X!"
The light shot through Laura, and boomeranged around into Viziermon. It continued the arc, striking each Destruction Digimon. The Digimon turned into Rookies, and Viziermon, with an ear-shattering shriek, vanished.
A shroud of darkness covered the sky, making it extremely difficult to see.
We all fell to the ground, and our Paladin jewels floated above us. Everyone's did. They glowed with their colors, and shot beams of light into the air. Our Crests and Digivices followed suit, if only for the Time Destined.
Ch. 62
Agumon
After we all digivolved, our partners began trading blows with the humans. Us Digimon had our attention taken up.
Blackdramon floated into the air, and threw his head back. Black energy gathered in his mouth, and he snapped his head back forward.
"Gravity Bomb!" As he shouted this, the energy shot forward and hit me and Weregarurumon. He fell backward, but my mass kept me from doing that.
"Giga Blaster!" I cried. The missiles launched themselves from my chest. Mamemon floated up, and aimed his arm gun at my attack.
"Smart Bomb!" he said in a tiny voice. Two red energy blasts came out and hit my missiles, blowing them up prematurely.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon cried. The energy beam shot down into Blackdramon, and hurt him badly.
I lunged for Weathermon, but he cleverly dodged, and blasted me with a Tornado. I fell, and turned into Agumon.
Weregarurumon jumped at Clamon, and lodged his fist into Clamon's shell before he could close it.
"Wolf Claw!" he growled, swinging his other claw into Clamon's soft, inner core. Fire blazed out, but most of it was contained by the shell, doing maximum damage.
"Locking Clamp!" Clamon shrieked. The shell snapped shut, breaking Weregarurumon's arm.
"AROOO!!" he cried piteously, falling out of the shell. He reverted to Gabumon form.
Again, arrows of light came from the sun and moon. We digivolved.
"Agumon, Warp Digivolve tooo..."
"Gabumon, Warp Digivolve tooo..."
"WarGreymon!"
"MetalGarurumon!"
We were regenerated by this digivolution, and ready to attack. Clamon opened his shell to perform a Pearl Rain, and MetalGarurumon attacked.
"Metal Wolf Claw!" The icy blast caught Clamon dead center. He screamed, and turned into Oystermon, neutralizing that threat.
Jinamon flew up toward us. "Delta Sphere!"
Red, blue, and yellow energy gathered around him. A ball of white light formed around him, and the red filled it. He shot forward, bouncing off me, MetalGarurumon, and Garudamon. Blazing pain filled me. The energy within the sphere changed to blue, and he bounced off Lillymon and Megakabuterimon. The energy flashed whitely, and he pinged off of the angels.
"Heaven's Charm!" Angewomon cried. A ring of light floated into the air above the battle. Jinamon lifted his hand as well.
"Magic Trick!" Yellow energy came out of his outstretched hand, and he whipped it around, making another ring.
"Give your power to Angewomon!" Garudamon yelled. We complied.
"Terra Force!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Smart Bomb!"
The other Digimon did the same thing with Jinamon.
"Gravity Bomb!"
"Scarlet Sword!"
"Rain Lashing!"
Pantalaimon transformed itself into a copy of Jinamon. "Delta Sphere!" This time, the attack was an orb of white light with a pyramid inside, with an inverted pyramid inside the first one. The inner pyramid was blue, and the outer one was red.
"Spiral Flower!" The petals behind Blossomon's head began to spin. Leaves and cherry blossoms came out, and were sucked into the Magic Trick.
"Millennial Decay!" Blasts of wind came from Fenrirmon's mouth, and flew into the air. Glowing green replicas of his head appeared on one end of the blasts. They converged on the ring.
"Thunder Javelin!"
Angewomon's ring of light turned green, then shimmered with all seven colors of the rainbow. Jinamon's glowed brightly yellow, then faded into a dull gray.
Angewomon raised her arms into the air, and the Charm turned green again. It spread out, making a dome of green light in the center of the battlefield. It froze, but I could sense the power in it straining to explode outwards.
Jinamon lifted a hand, and the Magic Trick changed form, turning into a large, black triangle that was dotted with white specks, like an opening into outer space. Inside this triangle, a second, white triangle floated, spinning and flipping.
"Luminaire!"
"Dark Matter!"
The Luminaire exploded, smashing into and through the Dark Matter, which shot dark lasers into our ranks.
Each side was crippled and sent to their Rookie or In-Training forms. That was when the blast of light from the humans' battle blinded me.
Across the world...
"WE CAN DO IT!"
Light from Digivices all over the world converged on the monstrous MaloMyotismon. He screamed, and vanished.
Back to our heroes...
The Destruction Digi Destined were no longer there when the bright flash ended. A rainbow of light covered the desolated area our fight had made. Digimon appeared everywhere. A glowing crystal came out of Jason's shirt. It shattered, and rainbow mist came out, covering the world with life and Digimon.
Ten years later...
Epilogue
"You may now kiss the bride." the priest said. Eric and Lita looked into each other's eyes, and performed the ancient ritual of lip-locking.
Everyone burst into applause, including Amy, surprisingly, considering her dislike for Eric. When Serena looked at her, Amy whispered, "I'm clapping for Lita."
Eric and Lita separated, and Eric took in her beautiful green dress. "It brings out your eyes." he whispered. She smiled, and they walked down the aisle.
Luke whistled shrilly, followed by Jason. He looked at Erin. She smiled, and giggled.
Lita climbed onto one of the balconies of the church, and lifted the bouquet of pink roses. She threw it.
Erin and Amy both lunged for the flying flowers, and caught them at the same time. Jason and Luke both blushed bright red.
The eight Digi Destined criminals had been pardoned for destroying Viziermon and helping-albeit indirectly-in destroying MaloMyotismon. They sat at a table together, eating lunch.
"So, what's been happening?" Luke asked. A small child ran up to Cory at that moment, and jumped on to his lap.
"Hey, Jessica!" Cory grinned, messing up her hair. She shrieked with laughter, and a Poromon floated up behind her. After the whole MaloMyotismon thing, everyone had gotten a Digimon.
"Well, I'm a teacher now." Eric said. "I teach children who have psychic powers, and I have one who has the Mage-Gift."
"I'm a police officer." Luke stated. "I'm the first one to use a Vulpix. I'm the first one not to be a Jenny, for that matter."
Jason laughed. "I'm Professor Oak's student. I'm gonna take over for him when he retires."
Erin started with her story. "I'm in the Elite Four now."
"There are four?" Jewel asked.
"Yeah. Me, Cory, Will, and Karen, plus Hiroki." (AN: Hiroki is the Japanese name for the hero in Gold.)
"Cory?" we all exclaimed.
"Yeah." he said shyly. "I took over for Lance after I got Dragonair. And, I married Lorelei and had Jessica."
"Well, we three became lawyers." Jacques began. "We were key in the destruction of TR."
"I finally made my dream come true." Lita smiled.
"You married Eric?" Cory jibed.
"No...I opened a flower shop. We're next door in Saffron. Eric contacted his aunt Selene, and he finally knows his family."
"Oh?" Jason asked. "Who is it?"
"You won't believe it." Eric shook his head. "My mom was Jacinda Ninsai, and my dad was Tod Martinez."
"Whoa! Jacinda Ninsai, the legendary Grass trainer?" Erin spluttered. Jason was just as shocked.
"Tod Martinez was the Master of the Pokémon League before Gary!"
"Now you know where I get my skills." Eric shrugged, with every appearance of great modesty.
Luke hit him.
And from that day forward, the eight Digi Destined led normal lives, never fighting another battle against evil.
But their children? Well, that's another story...
Parting Notes:
Well, it finally came to an end. I don't really have ten thousand fans like Janelle Jimenez, with her Sailormoon Millennia Trilogy*, but I do have some. It took over a year to write, but all good things take time. It's over 200 pages (242, to be exact), and is my greatest work to date. (Also my only work to date...but still.) I appreciate all the support from my fans...fan...and I would like to thank him! CrowServoB, you are officially thanked!
I guess that's it...but don't you think there won't be a sequel! Stay tuned for The Paladin Chronicles and Senshi's Revenge!