It’s time....

The huge form slithered towards the part of the
digital world cleared of all digimon and vegetation.

It smirked as the world around it dissolved into
dense fog.

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Digital Diaries : Adventures 2003

written by Shaun Garin

I’ve done this long enough. You should know
who owns what.

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File 18 : Icy Tomb

The two titans clashed together, Ice Devimon’s
freezing blasts to Imperial Dramon’s laser cannon.

Imperial Dramon grimaced as a strike from the
fallen angel digimon slipped through his defenses,
freezing one wing solid. He landed on the rooftop
with a loud crash as he aimed his weapon at Ice
Devimon. “Positron Laser!”

“Zero Freeze!” Energy and ice clashed as both
forced their attacks back and forth. To the great
surprise of the group, Ice Devimon’s blast forced
Imperial Dramon back a few steps as it combined
and exploded.

“No good, he’s equally powerful!” Ken shouted.

“Imperial Dramon, change!” Daisuke shouted
to the huge dragon.

Imperial Dramon began it’s mode change but a
second blast hurled Imperial Dramon in mid mode
change into the ground, freezing him to the floor.

Ice Devimon smirked. “Surprised?” he asked the
shocked teens on the ground. “Surprised that a
lowly champion can over power the mighty
Imperial Dramon?”

“Surprised, yes. Proud of it, no,” Ken grated as
he stared up at the digimon.

Ice Devimon laughed, a laugh that sounded too
much like the Jokers laugh from the animated 
cartoon. “Well well boys and girls, I’ll tell you my
dirty little secret. Behold!” High above, something
began to shine brightly as Ice Devimon basked in
it’s cool light. “Isn’t it beautiful? My own Snow
Crystal, an artifact charged from the spirit world...
and my own battery.”

“So that’s it. Imperial Dramon!” Ken shouted.

Imperial Dramon Fighter Mode began to break the 
ice holding his right arm down as Ice Devimon shook 
his head, scowling. “Nice try. Zero Freeze!”

The tremendous blast of ice encased the digimon
fully. “Imperial Dramon!” Daisuke shouted, running
up to the fallen digimon. “You break loose!”

“My turn, ugly,” Renamon growled. “Renamon
warp-evolve!” Her clothing burst off as she began
to transform.

Renamon crossed her hands before her face as red
and blue light wrapped her arms and legs, changing
her body. Pale moonlight glowed as the light sprung
off of her, illuminating half of her face and bare human
shoulder. Then, clutching her hands to her chest, she
alighted on a clear waters edge, sakura blossoms
falling around her as a wind seemed to clothe her in
golden armor, hair billowing outwards, hiding her face. 
Stretching out her hands, a staff resolved into her
gloved fingers as a fox head shaped mask appeared on
her head. She then posed, staff ringing with the impact
on the ground, thumb and forefinger in her by now, 
classic "Gotcha" stance. "Sakuyamon."

Sakuyamon aimed her staff at him as balls of fire,
ice and lightning appeared around her, each with a 
different mystic symbol in it. “Vajra Mandala!”

Ice Devimon blocked the first few balls but was
soon overwhelmed, the attacks exploding on impact. 
Sakuyamon smirked as he crashed into the throne. 
“Heh, gotcha.”

As the cloud of ice particles cleared, a low laugh
that slowly went into a Joker-ish insane laugh rang
out as Ice Devimon exploded out of the cloud of
snow and ice. It smirked at Sakuyamon. “Nice 
little trick you had there,” he said.

“Eric, I think I’d better get in there,” Lopmon
said.

“No.” Lopmon looked up at his partner in surprise.
“I can’t. I can’t harm Jullie, even if she’s being
controlled.”

“You MUST be kidding,” the small dog digimon
said.

“I’m warning you, release Jullie or I’ll nuke you.”
The balls of fire, ice and lightning appeared around 
Sakuyamon as Ice Devimon sneered at her.

“Oh please, that tactic never works. You can’t
kill me without killing the precious little girl you
wish to save.” Ice Devimon sneered. “But if it’s
a whupping that you’re a’wanting, then let's get
it on.”

“I have a better idea.” Sakuyamon aimed up at
the ceiling and let loose with her attack. The
fireballs sped towards the crystal. It suddenly
flared, the attack exploded harmlessly against a
force shield. “What?” she gasped.

Ice Devimon made a tsk’ing sound. “Naughty
naughty, trying to spoil my fun when it’s just
beginning. Poppa spank!” He then leapt at
Sakuyamon as they began fencing, arm blade 
to staff.

“Eric, let me go, I have to fight!” Lopmon
insisted.

“But... I can’t let her get hurt!” Eric protested.

“Look, either I take Ice Devimon down right
now while he can still be hurt by me, or he’s 
going to freeze the whole damn world! Make 
up your mind!” Lopmon shouted angrily.

Eric opened his mouth to retort but thought
better of it. “Go for it.”

With a shine of evolution, Wendigomon joined
the fray.

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“Argh... damn that really hurt,” Lee said,
rolling over as he felt his face. “Good, I’m not
burned or bleeding.” He crawled over to
Gina and shook her gently. “Are you okay?”

After a minute, He scanned her and paled. 
Quickly pulling out a pile of feathers, he let them
fall over her body. She inhaled sharply, her upper 
torso jerking upwards as she turned over. “What
happened?” she asked.

“You died,” Lee said, trembling. He bit his lip
as he looked up, the sounds of fighting echoing
through the room. “Is everyone okay? Raise
your hands if you’re still alive.”

Sean and Carter’s hands came up along with
Chibimon and Penguinmon. “We’re alive....”
Penguinmon groaned. “Barely.”

“I think my arm is broken,” Carter said with a
grimace. He moved it an inch and cried out.
“Yep, definitely broken.”

Sean reached into his pocket and scowled at
the items in his hand. “Two Pine Gels and a
Orange Gel. Wanna see if Pine Gels can mend
broken arms?”

“I’m in no hurry to find out,” Carter said with
a frown as Sean gave him the Gels. After
swallowing the gummies, he moved it and
cried out again. “Damn! Stupid Pine Gel!”

“So much for his arm,” Chibimon said, hopping
into Gina’s arms. “Any other injuries?”

“We’re all fine, more or less,” Penguinmon
said as he rotated a wing. “A couple of bruises
but nothing serious.”

Gina stood up and winced. “Ankle.”

Sean sighed as he took out his tricorder and
scanned everyone. “Gina’s got a twisted ankle
and Carter’s arm is broken.”

“Thank you Master of Understatement,” 
Sharmamon growled, having been knocked 
back to Rookie from the blast.

“People, people, we’re currently got a situation
upstairs. Lets move.” Gina interrupted the
argument.

“Elevator?” Penguinmon waddled over and
punched the button, the door opening with a
hiss.

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Sakuyamon stumbled to her feet, her clothing
with large rends in her robes. “I’m warning
you,” she threatened.

Wendigomon was in better shape than the
fox digimon but not by much. One arm hung
limply at his side as he glared death at Ice
Devimon who was standing in the middle,
one hand around Raine’s chin. “.... I’m sure
there are other uses for this child,” he was
saying.

“What do I do?” Wendigomon asked himself,
glaring at his opponent. “I killed him once but
he just keeps coming back. I need to take
him out once and for all.”

“I just can’t do it,” Eric said to himself as
he clenched the sword in his hands. “I can’t
risk Jullie, but there doesn’t seem to be a way
to kill Ice Devimon without him.”

“Well? I’m waiting,” Ice Devimon said. Silence
greeted him as he sneered. “Very well. Zero
Freeze!”

The wave of freezing energy froze Sakuyamon
to the ground. “Sakuyamon!” Hikaru shouted.

“Two ultimate digimon down,” Ice Devimon
said with a laugh. Daisuke, Ken and Hikaru
glared death at him as he turned to Wendigomon.
“Now let's see...what should I do with you?”

“You can burn in hell,” Wendigomon growled. 
He fought down waves of fear as Ice Devimon
turned towards Eric.

“Well then, are you going to use that sword or
just wave it around?” Eric looked down at the
blade. “Did you really think that I would just
allow you to walk around with a Digital Sword?
Dear boy, I ALLOWED you to get it.”

Eric’s pupils dilated. “What?” he croaked out.

Ice Devimon stood to his full height as one of
his arms turned into a blade. “C’mon, I’ll
give you a sporting chance by fighting with one
hand behind my back, hopping on one foot.”

“Don’t do it, Eric,” Wendigomon said before
getting hit by the same intense beam that
encased him in ice.

“Wendigomon!” Eric cried as he spun on Ice
Devimon. “Damn you!”

“That’s it, release your anger!” Ice Devimon
cried before the pair lunged at each other.

“Eric!” Daisuke and Ken chorused as Ice
Devimon spared a moment to freeze them into
popsickles, repeating the same movement on
Hikaru.

“Bastard!” Eric howled as he swung his sword
over and over again, each swing leaving a trail
of light.

“Why thank you!” Ice Devimon sneered as he
lunged, Eric barely parrying the strike.

Raine could only watch as Eric barely held
his own against the digimon. But soon, she 
was painfully aware that Ice Devimon was
toying with him. With a final stroke, Ice
Devimon knocked the blade away, reached
down and grabbed Eric’s neck in a vicious
choke hold. He laughed maniacally. “Go ahead
Eric! Where’s the puns? The laughter?” Eric
choked as his grip intensified. “Go ahead,
laugh! LAUGH IT UP!”

“Eric!” Raine screamed. She turned away with
her eyes clenched tightly, unwilling to see this 
through.

Ice Devimon leaned in. “I can’t hear you!” he
warbled.

“Ha.... ha....” Eric grated out, unwilling to give
the sadistic fallen angel any quarter.

A tear made it's way out of Raine's eye. Then,
her lips seemed to move, speaking faintly, too
low to be heard.

Suddenly, the fallen sword glowed as it picked
itself up and flung itself at the digimon. Ice
Devimon looked up and suddenly screamed in 
extreme pain. The weapon had speared itself 
through his forehead, the blade lodged firmly
through Ice Devimon’s head.

Eric sat up, coughing while rubbing his head.
Raine opened her eyes as Ice Devimon raised 
his bladed arm.

“ERIC!”

Eric suddenly felt a sharp thrusting pain in his
chest. He looked down to see Ice Devimon’s
arm thrust through his chest. ‘I’ve been run
through,’ he thought morbidly as Ice Devimon
laughed insanely.

“How does it feel?” he asked raising up Eric
on his arm, letting the boy slide down on the
blade. “You kill me, I kill you... what bitter
irony.... but I won’t die boy...” Ice Devimon 
leaned in and whispered, “I’ve won.....”

Eric felt his consciousness slipping away as he
felt liquid warmth on the arm and his own 
fingers. Together, the pair fell to the ground, 
one dying, the other laughing while dying.

“It’s over... I won....” Ice Devimon said as he
smirked as his body began to dissolve.

Eric reached over and grasped his arm. “No...”
Eric whispered, feeling his life ebb away. “I’ve
won...” A tear fell from his eye as it struck the
ground as it seemed to send ripples through the
ice. The ripples ran across the floor, up the walls
and struck the Snow Crystal.

The Snow Crystal flared with brilliant light as it
shattered, sending snowflakes everywhere.

The sword in Ice Devimon’s skull suddenly 
shone brightly. Ice Devimon screamed in pain as 
he was engulfed in brilliant prismatic light. Raine
had to squeeze her eyes shut as Ice Devimon’s 
scream was abruptly cut off.

The snow crystal fragments coalesced into a
small glowing orb and then exploded outwards,
the light touching everything.

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Gina uncovered her eyes as she looked around.
“They did it,” she said. “The building is back to
normal.”

“Hey, my arm is fixed!” Carter proclaimed. “I’m
cured!” a loud crack was heard as he gripped it
painfully. “Dang, still hurts.”

The elevator opened up to the top most level and
found Daisuke, Ken, Hikaru and their digimon
trying to shake off the effects of being frozen in a
block of ice.

A low sobbing was heard as Raine clutched onto
Eric’s body, his face pale, a large gaping hole in
his clothing. “Eric...” she sniffed, holding him to
her chest.

“No...” Gina said before turning around, unwilling
to see this.

Lee’s expression was saddened. “That’s it,” he
said quietly before slumping to the ground. “He’s
gone....”

Sean’s hand cracked as he clenched it, Hikaru
putting a hand on his shoulder. “It’s too late.”

“I know,” he replied. “But I don’t like it.”

Tears fell on Eric’s cheeks as Raine sobbed.
But then, one of Eric’s fingers moved, then
another, until his hand clenched. One hand
moved up to Raine’s face as it wiped away her
tears. Raine’s eyes shot open in shock as Eric
smiled up at her. “Did anyone tell you that you’re
cute when you smile?” he said in that familiar
teasing tone of voice.

“Eric?” Raine gaped. “You’re...”

“Alive?” Eric sat up, wincing. “Mostly. Damn,
that really hurt getting run through!” Suddenly, he
was dogpiled by the rest of the group, including
digimon as Daisuke and Ken held Chikomon
and Leafmon.

“I guess all’s well that ends well,” Ken said in
Japanese.

“Yeah,” Daisuke said with a smile.

“Ken-chan?” Leafmon said. “I’m hungry.”

“Then we’ll get something to eat before we
head back,” Ken said with a smile.

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“I’m really sorry we dragged you guys into this,”
Sean said in Japanese for Daisuke’s benefit.

“It’s okay,” Daisuke replied. “It was thrilling to
be on another adventure.”

“Come visit us any time you want!” Eric said
with a grin, shaking hands with Daisuke and then
Ken.

“Count on it,” Daisuke said in his shaky English.

“I’ll miss you two guys,” Hikaru said, giving
them a kiss on the cheek. Daisuke and Ken
blushed as Gina nudged Sean to stop him from
glaring flaming hot death at the pair.

“Here,” Carter said, handing them a couple of
Tricorders. “You may need this sometime. 
They’re programmed in Japanese, so it shouldn’t 
be too hard to figure out.” He then handed them 
two bands, one decorated in blue, orange and 
red stripes and the other decorated in green and 
pink. “Communicators. Just in case.”

“Thank you,” Ken said. Suddenly, the Tricorders
began to sparkle as Carter snatched them out of
their hands, the boxes exploding. “What just
happened?” Ken asked.

“Box go boom,” Daisuke said with a snicker as
he strapped on the communicator.

“Thank you,” Raine said. “Thanks, for everything.”

“Take care,” Lee added.

“And if you’re in the neighborhood, drop by,”
Eric finished as Raine punched him.

“And you. Don’t do that ever again!” Raine said
with a scowl.

“I will never understand women,” Carter said a
moment before all the girls kicked him in the shin.

As Carter hopped around, V-mon and Wormmon
Jogress evolved into Paildramon and then ultimate
evolved into Imperial Dramon. “See you guys!” 
Ken called out, Daisuke calling out the same thing 
in Japanese as the pair were lifted onto the large 
dragon and sped away with a rush of air.

“We’re not out of the woods yet,” Carter said with
a frown as Imperial Dramon dissapeared into the
distance.

“Now there is a gap in the balance of power, waiting
for a greater, stronger evil to come,” Sean intoned
in a old Chinese man voice as Hikaru punched him
in the chest.

“Joking aside, I think you’re right,” Lopmon said.
“I can feel it.”

A moment passed before Carter’s eyes widened.
“Damn!” Everyone looked at him. “We were 
supposed to be on vacation!”

“Glad you gave them the communicators,” Sean 
said wryly as he called them up. A moment later,
Imperial Dramon came from the otherside of the
world and landed.

“See you guys later,” Lee said as the group rose
into the air once again.

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Jullie awoke in her bed, feeling light headed. She
sat up, rubbing her eyes. “I feel like I went through
a long sleep,” she said to herself. Her window stood
open, a warm gentle breeze flowing through, letting
the curtians toss in the breeze.

Her door opened as her mother stood in the doorway.
“Jullie? It’s time for supper.”

“Alright mother.” As Jullie left the room, a single white 
feather drifted down and landed on the bed as the
room seemed to glow with a heavenly light.

Outside, a form watched. “Watch yourself young
girl,” he said softly. “I will watch over you in return.”
He then leapt away into the night sky as the lights
of the night grew, and an evil emerged into the world.

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Authors notes : YAY! The series is half done!

With the demise of Ice Devimon, a newer, stronger
evil is ready to take it’s part in the spotlight!

Archive, I need to know if this is good enough to
be considered finished, or if I have some mistakes
and such in it.