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Writers
Note: This is the final chapter of Darkening of Dusk and
the first cycle of “The trials of time”
saga, “the last trials of the Digidestined”
Other
writers note: The reference to London's tap water refers to my visit to
Disclaimer:
I don’t own digimon or the song played at the end of this fic those belong to
Toei and Disney respectively. I do however own Jonathan, Marian Eric and
Sparktramon so there.
Darkening of Dusk
by Darkangemon
Chapter 7
Objects at rest
“Everything that has a beginning has an end”: Hugo Weaving as Smith from the Matrix
“It’s not over yet,” yelled a single familiar yet unfamiliar voice
The Digidestined turned ImperialDramon's eyes growing ever larger. one of the falling stars were struggling to it's feet he had a shaggy mane of brown hair falling all over his Dirty face, broken goggles hanging from his thin neck.
“It’s
“But how? I mean we saw...” Stuttered TK in stunned disbelief
“Take a good look TK, Davis seems quite a bit older that before doesn’t he” answered Ken coolly “I think that when the gate of destiny and the chaos gateway collided their destinations got muddled Davis could have been thrown anywhere”
“How does that explain the aging,” retorted Cody who was looking at the Goggled youth.
“Wherever Davis was, might have different timing, I mean do you remember the first time Tai returned from the Digital world, it was as if he’d never left” said TK in a shocked tone.
“Right you are TS”
snapped
“I know it's not over yet," he added in his creaky 'just breaking' voice, "ImperialDramon this is a test old buddy let’s hope I’m right" he added holding out his hand, a blue card flashing between his thumb and forefinger.
The card sparkled as
Digi
Modify,
Paladin
Mode change Activate,
ImperialDramon began to glow with white light as all around the Digidestined the ground began to sparkle with points of grey-blue radiance.
“You’re destiny just got phenomenally shorter” crowed a triumphant Frostangemon absorbing parts of the cleansing energy “because even now, there are still other forces in this universe besides your darkness, and about now you realize they don't like you very much,"
The gold light began to focus as the radiance became clearer
Jonathan’s face changed from fear to shock in his hand mishmash of circuits was changing, changing into a form Jonathan knew all too well.
“My own D3” he whimpered, the golden light flowing from the crest in front of him.
“The faithfulness you show your friends. This will forever be a light to your path,” said Frostangemon removing his helmet "Now we can truly finish this fight,"
Frostangemon
warp Digivolve to TundraSeraphimon.
Frostangemon began to grow his frozen wings rising above his head to form a frozen halo all around him, each wing expanded and doubled in a shower of crystals that clattered to the ground like a cascade of diamonds his long silvery hair lengthened and lapped up against the top of his twelve wings, two of which covered his eyes and another two covered his feet.
“Now I’m a real Seraphim and real Seraphim aren't terribly merciful fighters” yelled TundraSeraphimon shards of ice breaking of his blue-gold wings
“I think KaosAngemon has lost his chance to get away” chirped the twin voices of the triumphant ImperialDramon taking up his sword.
The Sword swung, TundraSeraphimon cupped his hands forming a wall of frozen brilliance.
Giga Death
Sheer Cold
Corpus
Ethereal
The blade and snowstorm went
right through KaosAngemon like as if he wasn’t even there
“Did you really think that I would let anyone truly harm this most excellent form, I can flit in and out of reality at will you can’t harm me” crowed KaosAngemon maliciously, “and now”
Corpus
Solidus,
Chaos
Flare
ImperialDramon and
TundraSeraphimon fell to the ground as if shot
The lights may have hurt me but you’ll find that I am more that a match for a wuss like Seraphimon wannabe here, or you even knight boy,” sneered KaosAngemon his wicked red eyes flaring again.
“Come now children I’ll make you a deal, you give up and serve me willingly and I’ll spare your lives heck I might even let you rule with me in the new dark kingdom I will form”
“Never,” yelled TK his hands shaking in rage
“Never,” echoed MagnaAngemon his fists crackling as he collapsed, pulling his form back to rookie.
“Patamon!” Yelled TK
“Well I guess I’ll just finish off this victory and be on my way” said KaosAngemon throwing a bolt of dark lightning at his enemies.
The dark lightning flew at ImperialDramon and then... It stopped the bolt turned on its axis and headed straight to KaosAngemon.
The bolt struck him in the forehead KaosAngemon shrieked in pain.
“You got it wrong again Darky,” yelled Gennai his clear voice like a trumpet.
KaosAngemon turned with rage to the speaker who stood at the edge of the canyon like a lone warrior of a forgotten age.
“You!” Hissed KaosAngemon at last his snakelike fangs extending from his
“Yes me” replied Gennai coolly, “you remember this, don’t you?” He added pointing at vial in his hand
“Holy water?” hazarded KaosAngemon halfheartedly.
“Nope,
“NO!” Screamed Kaosangemon in fear as Gennai threw the vial above him and shattered it into a thousand pieces overhead. KaosAngemon stopped flickering.
But no one truly noticed that, because at that moment there was a flash.
It had been a glow faint at first, but growing ever faster and stronger with each passing moment TK looked down his own Digivice was also throbbing all around him the other kids raised they're own glowing Digivices in response each glowing it’s own distinctive colour.
TK looked at Kari her face was filled with happiness her fear evaporated in a single instant
“Love, hope knowledge light faith kindness and light” muttered TundraSeraphimon “I see the connection now, are you ready ImperialDramon?”
“Oh yeah” replied ImperialDramon an air of victory in his voice
TundraSeraphimon knelt to the ground his hands cupped again but this time seven points of light formed.
ImperialDramon’s sword glowed with the seven distinct lights, as did each of the stars that were forming in TundraSeraphimon’s hands
Strike
of the seven stars of virtue.
Omega Blade.
This time the attacks hit home KaosAngemon fell backwards, the shadows and flames that covered his body extinguished.
“What’s happening to him,” asked TK
“He’s being reformatted” replied the green Patamon.
KaosAngemon transformed into Darkangemon.
The green lights faded as all Darkangemon’s Data seemed to separate like milk and cream, before exploding into a symphony of frost and flame.
A caustic smoke snaked out in every direction but it’s choking power was gone it faded away as a child who has been told to go to his room.
“Dude what happened?”
asked
“He vaporized,” said Hawkmon hugging Yolei’s ankle happily.
“Not totally” said Patamon in a worried tone, his ears pricked to their Apex.
There was a tall figure climbing out of the crater stumbling slightly from side to side holding his face in his one hand.
Veemon, Wormon and IcePatamon tensed up exhausted as they were, they were still willing to fight.
The figure coughed, and then fell to his knees, a sobbing sound filled the ears of the Digidestined
“Am I hearing right? Is he crying? That monster can cry?” Asked Yolei in disbelief.
“I think he’s faking it’s exactly the stunt he would pull,” replied TK harshly hugging Patamon to his body.
“I don’t think that he’s Darkangemon any more,” said Kari looking at the sobbing figure.
It was at this point that TK noticed Gennai walking slowly towards the sobbing figure.
“ArchAngemon? Is that you?” He asked putting a hand on the crying angel.
“I don’t know anymore” replied ArchAngemon “What have I done? what's happened to me?
“It wasn’t your fault my friend I blame Eclipse for this, not you,” replied Gennai
“I think that that fog was the power we were fighting Darkangemon was just a pawn” said Kari watching the scene before them sniffing slightly as she did.
“ArchAngemon was one of my best friends, we thought him lost after the Daemonic wars.” Said an astonished green Patamon
“Sparktramon always regretted having to leave him behind at the battle of 3 forests” added Renamon in a muted tone.
Archangemon stopped sobbing and got to his feet “Let the whole world hear my cry, I am free again, I will never be enslaved by anyone ever again, You hear me Eclipse NEVER,”
Davis let out a jubilant cry at that moment and from that TK found himself in several embraces and backslaps the reality dawned and Joy returned to his heart it was over, at long last there would be peace. A tear slunk down his cheek and then he noticed that not everyone was celebrating.
ArchAngemon sat apart from the rest and looked at the sky, as the others celebrated and hugged and forgave and then hugged again, he just sat there his big expressive eyes filling with tears again.
"Thank you, brother," he said at last his hand stroking his own scars "you died as you lived, gloriously, may God's grace bring you back to us soon,"
“That he did” added Patamon coming closer to his no-frills cousin
“Thank you for helping to liberate me, now the last traces of Daemon’s corruption are gone This world will heal in time”.
“I know it will,” said TK smiling softly.
The
clouds of shadow faded away just long enough for the glorious sun to fade into
the cold Dusk no shadow would plague this world, not today anyway. TK sat with
Patamon and ArchAngemon and watched the last specks of light quietly fade into
the Darkness, Peace was here at last...
***
8 Months later a very Digi Christmas is about to happen
The rest of the year blurred by so quickly TK could hardly remember what had happened well most of it anyway.
He had surprised even himself
by asking Kari out a short while after Darkangemon’s defeat, and was even more
surprised when she had said yes, the cherry on the top was the fact that he had
gotten
“TK my friend, I figure it this way now, since both you and Ken are occupied I can have pick of the crop,” is what he’d said to be exact.
The memory played amusingly through his head as he thought of the newfound maturity Davis had gotten since he had lost a year of his life, wherever he had been, his new attitude made him highly desirable to girls, as the Americans loved to say “Go Figure”.
“Look TK mistletoe,” said Kari cheerfully kissing him on the cheek.
“Yeah I guess I didn’t notice it” replied TK Blushing slightly at Gatomon’s sniggering as she and Patamon bypassed the couple.
“Ahem, don’t hog the
mistletoe,” retorted Ken his arm around Yolei. Those two sure were out in the
open now, after
TK and Kari smiled and moved through the doorway into the candlelit hall, when Jonathan had invited them to his house for a Christmas party they didn’t think he’d meant his family’s holiday house in France, snow swirled across the inside windows.
Gatomon looked eagerly at the pile of presents.
“Not yet Gato” teased Jonathan walking past his feline guest “ I think we need a little music first, what do you say Harmonica boy?” He added grinning at Matt
“I say, play that funky music white boy” replied Matt leering ironically at the newest member of the team.
Matt played a bar or two on his Harmonica before Jonathan joined in on the Piano.
They played through a few well know Carols but the last song stuck in TK’s mind.
It wasn’t a Carol it just stuck with him anyway.
When
you feel lost
and
on your own and far from home
Your
never alone you know
Just
think of your friends the ones who care
They
all will be waiting there
With
love to share
And your heart will lead you home.
“Merry Christmas TK” chirped Patamon handing him a present.
“Merry Christmas Patamon” replied TK looking at his second family affectionately.
Whatever happened would happen but uncertainty was not the way to go.
The way he felt today he knew that they would stand.
No matter the fight they would win.
THE
END
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