Argetlahm Adventures, Chapters 17-24. Chapters are titled as follows:
17. Veemon, Gatomon and a Lime
18. Straight to the Source
19. MISSION #6 - Enter the Vertex
20. Rebirth of Hope
21. MISSION #7 - Critical Mass
22. Armageddon Rising
23. Epilogue
24. Beyond
(While the Argetlahm Adventures take place, Keyvan and his henchmen reside
aboard his own personal starship, the S.S. Ess Ess Ess......)
RED ALERT!! RED ALERT!!
Keyvan - Great, now what?
King Kai - Aaaah!! There appears to be a fanfic of some sort melding with
yours, captain!
Bender - Aw, hell, now what?
Fry - I don't know, it's some kind of... fanfic, I guess. Scanners say it's
rated R, though.
Gennai - Isn't that just great.
Keyvan - (eyes wide) Damn it! I wanted this to stay PG-13!!! Evasive
manouvers!!!
(Loud explosion sound is heard. The bridge is dumped into a deep red light.)
Trunks - Critical systems damage, captain. It appears the R fic is going to
collide with the PG-13 one.
Keyvan - Any reports?
Lynx (from Chrono Cross, rather than a wild panther) - The fic stars Veemon.
It's a kind of sidestory of the Argetlahm Adventures, when everybody rests
on Server continent. ....( -_-' )
Keyvan - Lynx? Is there something you're not telling me?
Lynx - It has a lot of expletitive sex talk. (walks over to a computer and
starts typing)
Cartman - What the hell does he mean?
Keyvan - Uh oh. Apparently, the next chapter of the Argetlahm Adventures
is... um... how do I say this...
(extensive pause)
Keyvan - A lime?
<dramatic music> DUM DUM DUUUUUUUM
King Kai - God no!!
Fry - AAaaaaaahhhhhh!!!
Gennai - That's impossible!!
Trunks - By the gods!
Bender - Heh heh.. so it's a porn, right?
(everybody glares at Bender)
Bender - ...sorry.
Keyvan - (sits casually) It depends on how you look at it. Lots of sex talk
goes on, but nothing descriptive. You know.
Bender - Sex ed videos.
Keyvan - Shut up.
Bender - Screw you.
(A/N - Heed this warning, readers! If my overly confusing update did not get
through to you, THIS CHAPTER COULD BE A POSSIBLE LIME!! Well, maybe not,
people talking about... um... damn man, I can't do this... just read.
Disgusted? Go to the next chapter, then. Of course, it isn't up. ;) To
make a long story short, this is the one chapter in the Argetlahm Adventures
that merits it its R rating. As long as I have my fire hose nearby, your
flames cannot harm me.)
Do sexual situations between the Argetlahm crew scare you? Last warning -
SKIP THE CHAPTER!! This is mostly just something I wanted to try doing.
Don't mind me. -_-' )
Server Mainland
Day 18, 1:57 AM
It was generally designed to be a long night. As everybody lied off in the
distance in their sleeping bags, oblivious to the possible final fight that
lied before them the following day, a large group of the men sat around a
blazing campfire set up a short hike away from the makeshift campsite.
Ultimanium wasn't there. Neither was Magnus. Or Raul. TK reached forward and
tossed another log on top of the crimson waves that danced before him.
Everybody sat silent, watching the heated disintegration of the wood ahead
of them. Yeah, this was a philosophical night for some people. But these are
the guys we're talking about here, for God sakes.
Conker leant forward. "I have a case of beer still."
Rodent leapt up. "Yeeeeeah!! Let's toss it on the fire and see how far the
flames rise!!"
Everybody stared at him.
"...what?"
Conker sighed. "Rodent, what are you doing here? You're not a man."
"Yes I am!"
Conker tossed the case of beer to Rodent. "If you drink all of this and come
back in about half an hour, we'll call you a man."
"oooooh!!" Rodent squealed. He bounded back into the bushes to have a nice
long drink to his manly self. Even though he still thought Conker carried
around "root" beer with him. Boy, he had a lot to learn.
Tai confined a snicker to himself. "He's gonna come back smaaaaaaaaashed. 20
bucks says so."
"30 bucks says he accidently steps into the fire." Serge said.
Tai grinned. "You're on."
As everybody joined in communal man discussion, Veemon watched from a nearby
bush. In his left hand he held his rolled up sleeping bag. He unrolled it
partially and glanced at a small stain on the surface. He pushed gently on
it with his finger. Yep, still wet. He couldn't hide his lack of knowledge
any more. He had to have a long, stern talk with the guys. For good times
sake. Veemon quickly rerolled his sleeping bag and began to creep slowly to
Davis' log where he was seated.
Davis stared down at the ground. "...." Goku turned and slapped him on the
shoulder.
"Damn, man!" Goku laughed. "What's wrong? Ultramagnus scaring the wit out of
you?"
Davis sighed. "A tiny bit. Has he ever made you wonder what his true power
is?"
Goku leaned back and stared up at the starry Digiworld sky. "Can't say so.
I've really never cared what my adversary's power is. I just go at a fight,
I give it my best, and see who wins. I'm not into messing up the order of
things any. If I win, I win. If I lose, I lose. Like Cell. You know Cell. I
don't put time into figuring him out, I don't find his weakness, I just
fight as I am. I'm not into winning. All I want is a fair fight."
Davis sulked. "I see what you mean. But doesn't it bug you the least that
you stand the chance of not winning?"
Goku shook his head. "Nope. I don't lose a terrible lot. If I lose, it's my
own fault."
Davis turned his attention from his discussion to find that the entire
circle had quieted down. They all sat and watched the burning wood in front
of them, as if they were mesmerized by the glowing chars.
TK looked up. "I'm glad I boarded the Argetlahm. Are you guys?"
Everybody nodded.
Conker grinned. "It's nice to know there's so many heavy drinkers out
there."
"You can say what you want," TK mumbled. "But... I've made so many friends
in the past 2 weeks it's not funny. You guys are all so awesome."
"You guys are pretty bitchin' too." Karsh smirked. "Your digimon-things
saved my ass multiple occaisions."
TK glanced back down. "Just wondering.. say, like we didn't win when we
fought Ultramagnus.. what would be the last thing in your life you'd want to
do?"
Serge frowned. "Pleasurewise?"
Davis bowed his head. "I'd like to make up to Kari some time... I've been
ignoring her for the past while, and I think we're starting to split
apart..."
All the guys stared at him, expecting an answer.
Davis glanced around nervously before sulking where he sat. "...I want to
fuck her."
The group erupted in applause. Tai just stared at Davis with a twitch in his
face.
Veemon stared at the group with a distorted look on his face. Alright, that
just sounds funny. Davis, could I speak to you over here... it's about this
'vocabulary'...
Izzy and TK put their hands behind their heads. "Haven't we all."
More cheering. Tai glared at Izzy.
Goku picked at his fingernails. "I wonder if Chichi is putting out."
Hooting and hollering from the peanut gallery. Tai started laughing for the
first time that night.
Veemon shook his head. Putting out? Putting.. out? Putting what out?
Serge sweatdropped. "Okay, Kid..."
Everybody fell off their logs, laughing before Serge could finish. "Damn
man, now THAT would be funny!" TK yelled inbetween giggles.
Veemon snuck up and tapped Davis on the back, making him turn his head
momentairly.
"...Veemon?" Davis whispered. "Make it quick, we're trying to talk here."
Veemon bowed his head. "It's about something serious."
Davis got up and ducked back with Veemon into the bushes as everybody
continued laughing.
********
"Alright, Veemon, what do you want?" Davis sighed.
Veemon twiddled his thumbs. "Well... how can I say this without sounding
like a kid of yours? Okay... give me a minute..."
"You could have planned this out somewhat."
Veemon grit his teeth. "I have... Davis? I need some knowledge of yours
here."
Davis rolled his eyes. "Talk to Izzy."
"Birds. Bees. I want the talk." Veemon sighed.
Davis stared at Veemon. "....t....t.....the talk?... Veemon, what's the
deal?"
"Normally, digimon's mothers would teach them about this kind of thing...
anyways, it started with this." Veemon unrolled the sleeping bag and pointed
to the stain. "Do you know what this is?"
Davis sat motionless, looking at the small stain on the bag. ".....why,
that's... um... that's .... what's the word?..." Damn it, how the hell do I
say this to someone like Veemon? ... okay, keep him busy for a minute while
you think of an answer. Yeah. "...I know what it is, but first you need to
know what causes it."
"What?"
"Did you have a dream recently?"
"Gatomon. And she... um...." Damn it, how the hell do I say this to someone
like Davis? ... okay, keep him busy for a minute while you think of an
answer. Yeah. "...she fought Machinedramon, and I watched!... but that's not
the point."
Davis checked around him to make sure no one was watching. "Did she do
anything... 'funny'... during the dream?"
"Weird stuff, Davis. She did..."
"Something pleasureable."
Veemon nodded vigorously. "Uncomfortable, yet pleasureable at the same
time."
Davis lied down on his back by Veemon, glaring at the stars above the two
isolated heroes. "And you really want to do that again? Yes? Man, you must
really want to impress Gato badly."
Veemon blinked. "...impress?"
Davis winced. "Okay... let's try it like this... okay... I like to refer to
the creation of life as one giant jigsaw puzzle. Some people, and digimon in
your case, have notches in them which let them interlock with other
people/digimon! When these people interlock they create new puzzle pieces to
make the entire puzzle bigger! Understand?"
Veemon sweatdropped. "...no."
".. people put toppings on other pizzas; other people, and when people
witness this more pizzas are made!"
"...wha?"
Davis made a ring with his left index finger and thumb, and drove the index
finger on his right hand through it. "Look familiar to you?" he growled.
"Can't say so." Veemon sighed, shrugging.
Davis closed his eyes. "Screw A goes into Slot B. Envision it."
Veemon sulked. "Nope."
"What the hell!" Davis shouted. "Vee, you were able to humiliate Ken and
Yolei when they scored during the Ultimatum, you were able to point out Tai
and Sora's plan to sleep together then during a game of Truth and Dare, and
I heard you talking from Kari's bunk with Patamon about the entries in
Gato's diary when we raided the place (A/N - Chapter 4), and you can't say
you understand any of this?!"
"None of it," Veemon sighed, dropping to a sit. "I try to use your language
so it seems like I'm more in the group when the truth is I couldn't identify
any of it if my life depended on it. You could say I'm lucky you haven't
detected it before. I just get an urge whenever she's near me, that's the
only lead I have."
The proverbial lightbulb above Davis' head flicked on. "...heh... hey, Vee,
I have an idea. If this doesn't show you what I mean, nothing will."
********
Izzy glanced down at his watch. "...3...2...1.."
Rodent flew out of the bushes in a frenzy, screaming his head off.
"YAAAAAHH!!! IT'S AFTER ME!!! AHHHH!!" Being the stupid idiot he is, he ran
straight through the campfire, lighting his boots on fire. He quickly
dropped and rolled, extinguishing his blazing footwear.
Serge grinned. Tai just rolled his eyes and handed him a wad of bills.
"What's after you?" Conker sighed.
"The EVIL ROCK GOLEM OF DOOM, MAN!!" Rodent wailed out. "I tried to run, but
he turned into a brick and threw himself at my head! I nearly got knocked
out, but Jesus himself came down and disintegrated it before it hit my face!
The rock-dude had a flamethrower-bazooka thing though, and he scared Jesus
away! And suddenly the trees all lit up in a blue flame and when the smoke
cleared I was in a giant disco hall! So I started to fight my way out using
what Ninjitsu I knew, however, some bouncers came after me and shot me with
their eye lasers and I exploded, killing everyone! When I finally awoke, I
was back in the Digital World except all the trees were painted plaid and a
marching band began chasing me so I ran into this clearing and found
everyone! Weird, huh?!"
Tai glared back to Serge. Serge handed him 20 dollars back.
A Gotsumon stamped out of the bushes, carrying a baseball bat. "Where'd that
little bastard go?!"
"You just missed him." Tai said flatly.
The Gotsumon eyed the group. "Damn it, must've went the other way. Sorry."
He turned and stomped back into the foilage.
Izzy looked up from the laptop on his knee with a evil grin on his face.
"How many of you like hentai?" Everybody rose from their seats and rushed
over to get a good look at Izzy's screen.
********
Veemon staggered slightly as he entered the long field. He looked around at
the vast plain in front of him and spotted 2 tents situated at the lowest
part of the clearing. "Davis? What are we doing here?"
"A little field exercise," Davis whispered. "I want you to go down there and
get a good look into Kari's tent for me."
Veemon blinked in confusion for what had to be the eighty-ninth time that
night. "But what is it about Kari? It's not Kari that gets me..."
"Just do it," Davis muttered, checking to make sure no one was watching.
"You'll get the point... literally... if you catch my drift."
Veemon blinked for his ninetith time, before turning and heading slowly down
the rolling plain for the lit tents off in the distance. Whatever Davis
wanted from him, he meant it. It must've been for his own good. But then
again, it all depends on how you look at it... unfortunately for Veemon, he
would have front row seats. As Veemon cleared the site limits and tiptoed
cautiously up to the tent on the left, he stayed out of range of the light
and listened silently. Veemon sat and watched the silouette of Kari and
Gatomon fight over what looked like a magazine.
"Hey!" Kari laughed. "I'm not done! Give that back! Just because you have a
mindset on getting... er... whatever from one person doesn't mean I can't
indulge in a good 'ol chick mag!"
Veemon shook his head. "Getting whatever. Suuuuure. The metaphors just keep
coming." He mumbled to himself. Inside the tent, it was visible that Gatomon
drooped slightly.
"Sorry, Kari," Gatomon sighed. "It just feels like I'm betraying Veemon with
that in my vision."
*Keyvan bursts out of a dimensional rip, somewhere else in space*
Keyvan - Well, buy me a station wagon and roll me in hot tar! The bitch
really does have the hots for that little freak!
Gennai - Captain, please refrain from such language.
Trunks - If this turns into a lemon, someone is going to die.
King Kai - If this turns into a lemon, someone is going to get my
condolences.
Bender - If this turns into a lemon, someone is going to get my number.
(everybody stares at Bender with a twitch in their faces)
Cartman - Shut up shitface, and quit ruining the moment.
(Bender and Cartman wrestle each other to the ground and start punching each
other)
Cartman - Bi-atch!! Respect my authori-tah!!
*...er... back to the story...*
Veemon scratched his head. "Betray? Me? What's reading a chick mag have to
do with betrayal?"
Gatomon stared up with a glint in her eye. "I'm sick and tired of sitting
around like this! Veemon? You anywhere near this campsite? Then come and get
me!"
Veemon stepped in front of the tent opening, ready to scream "oogly boogly
nya ha ha" and scare both residents, but froze as he caught sight of
Gatomon. "... uh... hi.. Gatomon?" Veemon grinned uneasily and waved weakly
to Gatomon.
Kari rolled her eyes and got up where she stood, holding her sleeping bag in
one arm and the magazine in the other. "Gatomon? Do you need some alone
time?"
Gatomon blinked. "Why, sure." As Kari left the tent scowling to herself,
Gatomon turned her attention to Veemon. She threw her arms to the side and
fell back onto her sleeping bag.
"Say no more." Gatomon cooed.
Veemon lit up, alongside a gigantic sweatdrop. "...uh...ah.... 'Screw A goes
into Slot B'... I think I'm getting the hang of this..... hold on a minute,
I'm coming...." Veemon gulped and began to approach.
********
Blackwargreymon opened his eyes. "Everybody! What was that?!"
Piedmon looked up from his desk, situated off in the distance away from the
girls' tents. "Why, I think it's the sounds of.. true love! Or so I'm
told... why, yes! That would make an excellent production! I can see it
now... 'A Midnight Summer's Digital Dream'.. or something..." He dabbed a
feathered pen into an ink goblet next to him and began scribbling down notes
hastily.
Mummymon sat up. "These different-dimension Digidestined sure act funny,
don't they? They almost act like.. me."
Arukenimon sighed to herself as she looked down on the camp, arms folded.
"Yeah, except they actually succeed."
"That can be changed." Mummymon murmured as he slid closer to Arukenimon.
"Get away from me, you freak."
Mummymon winced as he slumped away. He lied down and returned to sleep.
Blackwargreymon also returned to a lying-down position in the field. "Do not
let your guard up. Ultramagnus is a crafty foe. These new warriors will help
us greatly in the fight, and it is crucial we do not bother them while they
perform their task."
********
Izzy gaped as he glanced back down to his laptop screen. "Davis! TK! Tai!
Come here quick!"
At this moment in time, the digidestined were the only ones remaining awake.
Tai reached over and removed a half-full can of beer from a sleeping
Conker's hand and dumped a small amount on the simmering campfire, sending
it ablaze again. "What is it, Izzy?"
"Scanners are showing an outburst of digital information in the vincinity.
It's probably signifying the beginning phases of the creation of a new
Digiegg."
TK's eyes opened wide. "A new Digiegg? Where's it situated?"
Izzy squinted down. "The signal hasn't fully picked up yet, but it's
somewhere near the girls' tents."
Or IN the girls' tents, if you want to be specific, Davis thought to himself
with a grin. "So it's outside of the nursery. Maybe some Digimon got lucky
then."
"Maybe so," Izzy said, closing his laptop. "I can't say I've seen an
occurance like this in a while. Most of the time the Digieggs just show up
in the nursery. The only way the Digiegg could have been forged in the wild
like this is if a Digimon mated."
TK looked over. "If a Digiegg is formed in the wild like this, how long does
it take to hatch?"
Izzy shrugged. "Depending on the Digimon involved, anywhere from a day to a
week. We'll probably wind up heading to Ultramagnus' HQ before we get time
to look for it, so I guess we'll have to leave it alone."
Tai leant back. "Aw, forget about it. It was probably two stupid Digimon
experimenting, that's all."
"I'm going to go take a piss," Davis said. "Be right back."
As Davis made his way back into the bush and began unzipping his pants, he
glanced over and noticed a small blue-white figure wobbling over the hill,
dazed. Davis quickly zipped back up. "Hey, that looks like a Demiveemon! I
wonder what a Digimon like that is doing out here?"
"...Davis..." Demiveemon slurred.
Davis blinked. "...huh? Vee? That's you? How'd you get beaten down to
In-training, Gato got second thoughts?"
"..nah... it was just a bit rough, that's all...." Demiveemon waddled a
couple steps forward before falling, Davis catching him. "...never thought
something like that could take so much out of a person... it was pretty
cool, though... coooooooooooooooooooooooooll...."
Davis looked slightly worried. One, Gatomon probably did him into
near-unconsciousness, and two, Demiveemon was officially getting more than
him. "...forget about it. You wanna go to sleep? I think I'm ready for a
nap."
Demiveemon smiled stupidly, before falling unconscious.
"...cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooll....."
Davis rubbed a hand over Demiveemon. "...poor guy." Instead of heading back
to the fire at the top of the hill, he turned and began to carry the knocked
Demiveemon back to his tent. He'd better get sleep at some point if he
wanted to be useful during the next mission.
"Rest well," Davis muttered. "It only gets worse from here. ...hey, Vee."
"...whaaaat....?"
"Was Kari naked?"
"Sure was."
"...figures it would be the one time I'm not down there...."
Both figures plodded toward their tent. It was a long night in a short
period of time, to be sure.
Well, how do you like that, then? ...please don't hurt me. Finally, after
much wincing, we finally get back to the problem on hand - Ultramagnus still
has the Dragon Balls and Chrono Cross nearby, and that can only spell
destruction for the universe. Can the Argetlahm crew get to him in time to
stop him? Find out next time on the Argetlahm Adventures!!
END OF CHAPTER 17
Kari (voiceover) - Last time on the Argetlahm Adventures, the Argetlahm crew
waited on the continent Server in the Digital World for a shipment of wish
granting artifacts called "Dragon Balls". Ultramagnus was planning to use
these Dragon Balls to activate the Chrono Cross and tear a huge gate between
the Digital World and the fourth dimension so his forces could get through.
We ambushed the hydrofoils escorting the Dragon Balls to Ultramagnus, though
we got in some tight fixes. However, Blackwargreymon and Piedmon showed up
and helped us out. Pretty freaky stuff, considering they were dead in the
3.5 Digital World. It was soon revealed though that they were actually from
the 2.5 Digital World. So we fought alongside them to stop the transports
and get the Dragon Balls, but we soon figured out that they weren't in fact
the real Dragon Balls, they were clever counterfeits. Ultramagnus was
actually receiving the Dragon Balls from the other side of Server, and the
entire hovercraft transport mission was a decoy placed by Ultramagnus.
Oh, and recently, Veemon and Gatomon boinked. But that's not the point. (A/N
- Guess you really should have read last chapter, huh. =P ) Me and Davis
are the only ones who know, so keep it quiet.
Now, with Ultimanium and his forces rallied, we have to make our way to
Ultramagnus' weapons testing site where the wishing and maybe the final
battle will take place, across Server on the legendary Epoch Rock, a steppe
across Server that's been captured by Ultramagnus for his own purposes. Wish
us luck.
(A/N - Before you start asking as you begin reading, Mummymon and Arukenimon
were inductees into the group from last chapter. They are 2.5 residents
too.)
Server Continent - Jungle Wastes
Day 18, 11:34 AM
All of Ultimanium's battalion trudged across the savannah plain, Ultimanium,
Magnus and Lord Raul leading. Everybody else hung a good distance behind
them. Blackwargreymon, Piedmon, Mummymon and Arukenimon moved alongside the
Digidestined.
Izzy winced. "So that's how everything went. I guess I'm happy I'm a 4D
person."
"That was quite a desolate place," Blackwargreymon sighed. "What you call
the '2.5' World. When I had heard the Digidestined were defeated and
Ultramagnus and MaloMyotismon still reigned high without so much as a
scratch on them, I knew all was lost. Still, however, we fought against
Ultramagnus, him being the weaker of the two..."
Goku blinked. "MaloMyotismon's even stronger?"
"That's what we thought, up until now. We were defeated by Ultramagnus on
seperate occaisions. We barely escaped with our lives."
"I'm not liking where this is going," Cody said, sulking. "If Ultramagnus
can be compared to MaloMyotismon then we're in deep trouble."
"Quite more powerful, I believe," Vegeta muttered. "I detected two major
power levels during the missions in the third dimension - one was 2
million... the other was 50 million..."
"Just great," Gohan growled, kicking a rock as he passed by. "We had enough
trouble dealing with Frieza, and that was exactly 1 million... how can you
detect power levels that high, anyways?"
"Just a wild estimate." Vegeta mumbled.
Squall waded through a tall thicket of grass, cleaving away what he could
with his gunblade. "I never did like the outdoors. Hey, Magnus, about how
far away exactly did you say Epoch Rock was again?"
"Several thousand kilometers," Magnus huffed. "However, as soon as Agumon
and Veemon are re-energized, Wargreymon and Imperialdramon will get us their
in under 10 hours. Duo and Heero said too that they can hold two passengers
apiece."
Mummymon glanced up from an ant hill on the ground. "I think some of our
other friends should be showing up shortly, as well. We may be able to hitch
a ride with them."
Berri lifted an eyebrow. "..other... friends?"
Everybody stumbled forward in surprise as a honk from a jeep startled them.
Before anybody could turn, the vehicle rocketed forward and slowed down next
to the group. Two small figures sat in the front seats, and their heads just
poked over the doors of the jeep. A large, cloaked figure with wings took up
both of the back seats.
"Well, heeeellooooooo every-body!" Digitomamon chirped, his accent holding
its high regard.
"Wazzup, hoodies!" Puppetmon yelped. "We all ready to lay the smack down on
this Ultra-freak?!"
"Greetings, mortals," Daemon snarled. "It's great to see new recruits."
"New recruits?" Conker sighed. "Listen here, we all share the same status -
'person who kicks Ultramagnus' ass'. Understood?"
Cloud shifted uneasily. "...Blackwargreymon? Piedmon? Are these your.. um...
friends?"
"Our personal militia, if you will," Blackwargreymon explained. "These are
all '2.5' digimon from my world that would be more than happy to aid us in
our crusade to destroy Ultramagnus. Like me, their world was destroyed at
Ultramagnus' hands and they wish to extract revenge for what he has done."
Serge glanced hesitantly back at Mummymon. "...well.. sure?"
"We're in a real rush here," Gatomon groaned. "We have to get to the other
side of Server right away, and we only have room for so many people."
"Some of you can take our hella-fast jeep!" Puppetmon wailed.
Karsh sweatdropped. "...eh... no thanks."
********
Ultramagnus glanced up. "What's going on? Have we got any status reports?"
Servant dabbed a pen onto a Palm Pilot in his hand. "I believe so, sir. The
HQ automated defenses will be up and running in less than half an hour, and
the HQ itself will be completely finished in about a day's work. Long range
scanners should be operational in a moment's notice."
Ultramagnus threw himself into his chair. "It's about frigging time. I'm
sick and tired of straining my mind to search for Ulty and his bandwagon
myself. Tell me these scanners will be able to do the job." The chair turned
slowly to the paned glass behind his desk, where he overlooked a good
section of the Server surface. "I can't say you robots have been able to do
anything that I can't myself. I wonder how Ulty and his posse have been
acting without my careful supervision.. lessee here..." Ultramagnus slowly
rose his hands to his temples.
While Ultramagnus concentrated, another android walked in and mumbled
something to Servant, handing him a printout.
Ultramagnus blinked. "..ah, yes. It seems Ultimanium has advanced from his
earlier position. They're on a trajectory with Epoch Rock. Oh, and what's
this... they have to pass straight through my headquarters to get there!
Yessir, this would be a fine oppritunity to test my supposed 'automated
defense'..."
"Master, I've received a note from recon," Servant mumbled. "It says that
several species of Digimon are making their way here from the east. We've
already scanned them thourough, and Kaiser speculates they with
Digidestined..."
"About time we got a workout!" Ultramagnus laughed, slapping his hands
together. "Is Ultimanium with them?"
"I don't believe these are Ultimanium's digidestined, sir."
"Damn it. Oh well, might as well go on a hunt regardless..."
"That's not all. Scanners also show the beginning of what seems to be
dimensional ruptures on the north and west sides of the HQ."
Ultramagnus blinked. "Ultimanium doesn't have the J3 though."
********
Davis glanced down upon his D3, to find several blinking dots in the
upper-left corner of the screen. "..huzzah?"
Conker stood. "Dave? Whatcha got there?"
Raul peered over Davis' shoulder. "It appears the D3 is picking up several
other readings. There's other Digidestined in the vincinity, but the
question is, who are they and why are they here?"
Blackwargreymon frowned. "More digidestined? Are these digidestined from
your dimension?"
" 'fraid so." Armadillomon gaped. "I know those readings anywhere. It's the
rest, alright."
"What are they doing here?" Ultimanium gasped. "They can't be thinking about
attacking Ultramagnus head on! Most of those people can't get beyond
Ultimate, for God's sakes! Where are they headed?" Ultimanium glanced down
on Davis' D3, then turned away scowling. "Very well figures. They're headed
for his HQ, too. We have to get there even faster now if we want to get
there to assist them."
"Wait, wait, wait!" Karsh belted. "You're insisting we attack before they
do? We have to get a thousand km into the island in a couple minutes, and
even then who knows what kind of crap we'll find at his base? The place is
probably crawling with androids."
Goku cracked his knuckles. "Well, if you have to bust a few heads on the way
in, I'm there."
"Already got transportation covered..." Veemon growled.
Veemon... digivolve to...
EXVEEMON!!
Exveemon... DNA digivolve to...
PAILDRAMON!!!
Paildramon... Mega digivolve to...
IMPERIALDRAMON!!!!
Imperialdramon... Mode Change to...
Fighter Mode!!!
Agumon... warp digivolve to...
WARGREYMON!!!
"Everybody, choose a ride, quick!" Wargreymon bellowed. "If I know anything
about who's headed to Ultramagnus, it's that we need to hurry!"
********
"This is insane!" Metalgarurumon huffed, shooting across and down the plain
ahead of him. "We don't even know WHAT kind of force is eminating from that
spot!"
"You're one to talk!" Zudomon yelled. "You're the one who's running so
fast!!" Zudomon ran after Metalgarurumon awkwardly, with thunderous steps
echoing in his wake.
"Izzy said he was meeting us at the center of Server continent," Matt
shouted. "At the rate they just jumped toward there, we have to pick up the
pace somewhat!"
Joe rolled his eyes, gripping Zudomon's horn for dear life as his ride shook
violently. "This is the wrong digimon to talk to about something like that.
I mean..."
"Shaddup!" Zudomon bellowed. Joe winced and gripped Zudomon harder. As Joe
began to loosen up his grasp, a blur rocketed past Zudomon and Joe threw his
arms back onto Zudomon, nearly losing his balance and tumbling a good 30
feet to the ground below.
"Getting closer.." Sora mumbled, checking her digivice for what had to be
the umpteenth time that minute. "...dark energy inbound. It's sort of like a
reading from a whole bunch of control spires... it seems more concentrated
though... almost like it's a dozen of them on one spot. How far?"
"5 minutes time," Garudamon shouted. "I can see just a glimmer of it. I
don't think it's a control spire..."
Joe lifted his eyeglasses. "..funny... that doesn't look too much like a
control spire.. it's way too tall..."
"Who knows, maybe the control spire is inside it," Metalgarurumon sighed.
"Let's just get over there and figure out what this is all about. This
entire thing is freaking me out, if you ask me."
Sora blinked. "Wait a minute, that's not a control spire!"
"Oh, really," Joe sighed.
"No.. it's like... an office building."
Everybody screeched to a halt. "OFFICE BUILDING?!"
Sora glanced around hesitantly. "... an evil office building."
"AN EVIL OFFICE BUILDING!!"
"This is worse than I thought," Matt gaped. "We have to get over there, and
now. For all we know Digimon could be being put into slavery typing memos
and we'd probably never know it. Or mail boys. Or something.... I just don't
want to think about it. C'mon, let's blow this place to shreds!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!!" Metalgarurumon shouted, a gigantic blue laser streaking
across the plain headed straight for the HQ. Before the halfway mark, a
counter-laser flew from nowhere and impacted against the energy blast,
shredding it into several dozen minor lights and deflecting them back at the
group.
All three Digimon and their masters dove into a gulley in the field,
narrowly missing the rebounded ice laser. "What the hell happened?!" Joe
screeched.
********
As parts of the group rode to the scene of the disaster on Imperialdramon
and Wargreymon, 6 other people were reduced to more mundane means of travel.
Daemon, Ultimanium, Kari, Goku, Vegeta and Digitomamon were all squeezed
into Digitomamon's hella-fast jeep, which was managing to streak across the
jungle plains at an average speed of 600 mph.
Ultimanium closed his eyes to avoid having them plowed out the back of his
head. ".....eh...how...exac...tly...
do...you....get....this....speed....with...a....jeep..."
"It's a V12 powering this thing, baby!" Digitomamon squealed. "1200 horses
under the hood! Turbocharged! The whole fix!!"
"I feel like I'm going to get jet lag just riding in this thing." Kari
winced.
Daemon reached down to his robed arm and readjusted his watch three time
zones ahead. "Believe me, you do."
"I don't imagine this takes bumps very well at this speed, does it?" Goku
sighed.
"Well," Daemon said, scratching his head. "Now that you mention it..."
Kari just managed to make out a dip in the ground before the hella-fast jeep
dove into it and hit the other side, catapaulting it a good 50 feet in the
air before landing with an exaggerated bounce, nearly tipping it. Everybody
sat with wide, bloodshot eyes, breathing heavily. Except Digitomamon, of
course.
"Watch out, everybody!!" Digitomamon wailed. "Hill! Incoming!!"
"What are you talking about?" Vegeta scowled. "I don't see a hi
CRASH
The hella-fast jeep shot straight up the hill and flew through the air in
cruise control, clearing a canyon. The jeep started to drop from its
800-foot altitude and landed on Imperialdramon. Imperialdramon's passengers
scattered.
"Damn it!!" Davis wheezed. "Don't scare us like that!!"
"Davis," Kari breathed. "Can we switch places?"
Davis grinned. "Why, anything for you, Kari." He got up and took Kari's
position in Digitomamon's jeep as it revved and dropped off of
Imperialdramon and landed with a squeal on the ground below, shooting off
ahead of Imperialdramon.
Karsh stared for a second at the jeep on the ground, before it disappeared.
"Man, bitchin' wheels..."
Everybody jumped as the jeep hit the ground. Ultimanium stayed where he was.
"Funny... Davis, do you notice anything funny on your D3?.... Davis?"
A short distance behind them, Davis plowed straight into the ground with a
sickening crack. He slowly lifted his head. "...kids, wear your
seatbelts...."
"What's going on, Ulty?" Goku asked. "You said something about the D3.. is
anything going on?"
"I'm not sure," Ultimanium mumbled. "It appears several more dimensional
rifts are opening on different sides of Ultramagnus' HQ... the frequency of
the rifts are quite unique... if they remain in that state for an extended
period of time, they may open on their own. Where could they be opened from,
though?"
********
Minonim sat on the bridge of the Argetlahm, punching buttons. "Yes, sir. The
reinforcements you requested should be arriving shortly. When the J3 is
activated, the remaining Z fighters and digidestined should take notice...
are you sure dragging everybody into this fight is the wisest thing to do,
Lord Raul?"
"I'm certain," Raul spoke through his psychic link. "The Argetlahm crew, us
and the other Digidestined are converging on Ultramagnus' HQ from different
directions... if we can get more forces crossing ours up, we may stand a
chance against Ultramagnus' bunkered defense. The HQ is extremely heavily
defended and any help will benefit us greatly."
********
"Wing Blade!!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!!"
The bolt of energy and the wave of fire impacted harmlessly against the
invisible barrier, doing little damage help than Metalgarurumon did. "This
is getting us nowhere!" Matt shouted. "We can't do anything from the
outside.. if we could get our digimon inside, maybe we would be able to do
some damage at least..."
Sora blinked. "That barrier doesn't look too solid.. maybe our digimon can
get in while our attacks can't."
Zudomon stopped next to where the attacks dissiapated and poked a finger
through. "I guess. C'mon, guys, let's get in there and raise some he..."
Zudomon trailed off.
Joe glanced up. "Hey, Zudo! What's going on?"
Zudomon began backpedalling. "..did you guys hear something? There's a siren
going off a distance aways.."
Matt remained still, on top of Metalgarurumon. "..I think I hear it too. Any
idea what it means?"
Intruder detected. Engaging defense matrix.
Joe sweatdropped. "Is there a reason I didn't like the sound of that?" As
Joe began whining, everybody lurched at the sound of a large clank off in
the distance, followed by a sustained rattling. The group got their bearings
back in time to defend themselves from an incoming hurricane of bullets.
"What the...!"
Automated turrets online. LRM engaging.
"Guns? Turrets?" Garudamon howled. "This is real world intervention,
alright. But by whom?"
"Only one way to find out," Matt growled. "C'mon, everybody, we're going in
there and getting some answers."
********
"Master," Servant hummed. "Scanners indicate the digimon have entered the
defense matrix. The automated weapons have reacted accordingly, but there
have been no confirmed kills. Perhaps we should send out a squad to
investigate?"
Ultramagnus nodded. "Do that."
Another android darted in. "Sir! We're picking up signals from the southern
defense matrix! The Argetlahm crew is here!"
"Let's see how are little 'matrix' handles these infidels, shall we?"
Ultramagnus laughed. "Start everything up. Make sure the entire southern
matrix is armed and ready before Ultimanium arrives."
********
As Digitomamon's hella-fast jeep scorched across the plain, with
Imperialdramon and Wargreymon overhead, Daemon reached behind the jeep where
the spare tire would normally be strapped and took out a bundle of pipes.
"Artillery accounted for!"
Intruder detected. Engaging defense matrix.
"This is it, everybody!" Imperialdramon bellowed. "Show those machineheads
what we've got!!"
"Here," Kid barked, tossing Elements to Karsh, Cloud and Squall. "Yer gonna
need these. We have no choice but to fight ranged today. I hope you're all
good with magic spells, the fireworks are gonna fly pretty quick."
As everybody prepared themselves, the groups could make out in the distance
several gun turrets rising from the ground and plateaus around the
designated path to Ultramagnus' fortress. The canyon wound wildly - and
everybody was headed straight for it. Everybody shielded themselves behind
their respective rides and prepared for the barrage of projectiles that
would follow.
Tentomon... digivolve to...
KABUTERIMON!!
Kabuterimon... digivolve to...
MEGAKABUTERIMON!!!
Patamon... digivolve to...
ANGEMON!!
Angemon... digivolve to...
MAGNAANGEMON!!!
Gatomon... digivolve to...
ANGEWOMON!!
Armadillomon... armor digivolve to...
DIGMON!!
Daemon quickly began screwing the pipes together, and loaded a 160mm shell
into the contraption. Davis, now back in the jeep with some broken bones,
glanced over. "... now what the hell is that?"
"Can't have a corporate raid without missiles," Daemon snarled, hoisting the
long tube onto his shoulder. "Fire in the hole!!" Daemon yanked hard on the
trigger, sending a rocket-propelled shell spiraling forward ahead of the
jeep and slamming into a turret with a thunderous explosion. The force from
the expulsion of energy tipped the jeep onto two wheels as it turned sharply
into the canyon. Imperialdramon and Wargreymon shot by overhead, turrret
shots tracing them in the air.
"Yeeeeeeeeeeeehawwwwww!!" Digitomamon yelped.
Imperialdramon banked sharply through all three axes, a wave of autocannon
fire tracing a stencil of him in the air where he once hovered. "I'm taking
too much flak here! Guys, help out! I'm not sure how much more of this I can
take!"
"Clown Trick!" Piedmon shouted, sending a pitch-white ball of energy down
upon the ground and shattering a nearby turret. A Celestial Arrow flew down
following it, punching through another autogun and erupting it in flame.
Kari concentrated on the Aquabeam Element supplied by Kid and focused a
heavy pressurized beam of water down on the ground, crumpling a turret
beneath it.
Automated turrets online. LRM engaging.
"Roadbloooooock!!" Davis wailed. Ahead of them in the canyon, a legion of
androids awaited in a line for the hella-fast jeep. They began to open fire
on the group. Goku quickly lept, landing standing on the seat. With rapid
gestures, Goku hastily unleashed a fury of Ki blasts down on the choke
point, sending any androids that weren't shattered instantly flying. The
jeep roared through the chaos unscathed.
********
Servant tugged at his collar. "Sir, we're intercepting assaults on both
flanks of the HQ. The Digidestined and the Argetlahm crew are punching
through our defenses, however, they are being slowed greatly. Perhaps you
would like to move the Dragon Balls and the Chrono Cross to Epoch Rock now
for safekeeping?"
"No," Ultramagnus growled. "Even if they get through the exterior defenses,
there's no way they'll get close to my office."
********
"Giga Missile!!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!!"
"Wing Blade!!"
Projectiles bombarded a phalanx of turrets as missiles winded over the
digimons' heads. Matt slid slightly as the exploding turrets rocked the very
ground that Metalgarurumon raced across. Sora sat on Garudamon as she
rocketed forward through the air. She had her hands to her eyes, as she
watched off in the distance as more explosions ravaged the landscape a long
distance away. "Garudamon! There's other people attacking!"
Matt flinched as he glanced at his digivice. "..uh.. guys.. I'm picking up
other digidestined. It must be Izzy and his group! C'mon, let's kick it! We
have to get there to meet him, and now!"
Both Garudamon and Metalgarurumon and their passengers shot forward, bullets
dancing across the ground and air that they covered momentairly before. As
they began getting closer, the turrets immediately stopped showing up and
were being filled in with larger ones. The sparks that once embraced the
ground from the missed bullets were gradually being replaced with full-blown
explosions from the heavy artillery shells fired from the new cannons.
C'mon, Izzy, Matt thought to himself. Help us out here.
********
"Horn Buster!" A zig-zagging beam arced toward the ground, impacting against
a missle turret and tearing it to shreds.
"Positron Laser!" A blue-purple burst of light roared from Imperialdramon's
arm cannon and tore along the ground, slashing through any automated defense
setup that dared be in the beam's way.
Daemon squinted at the horizon as Digitomamon's hella-fast jeep soared out
of the canyon, landing on the rolling hills below with a thud. "Guys! I
think I can make out the place now!" He passed a pair of binoculars to
Davis. Davis glared through the eyepiece, eyeing the gigantic headquarters
rising over the land ahead of them. "That's the place, alright," Davis
muttered. "Never thought it would be so big though..."
"DEFENSE has been BREACHED!" Wargreymon cheered, lowering altitude to shoot
straight across the ground and tearing the ground beneath him apart.
Imperialdramon, Wargreymon, the hella-fast jeep and the two Gundams stopped
and hovered to a stop on the crest of a hill. Ultramagnus' HQ was less than
a mile away, and the automated defense had already been cleared. The
digimon, the jeep and the Gundams had taken moderate damage on the way here,
but they were still kicking, at least to invade Ultramagnus' hideout. The
group, on their transports, cleared that last distance between the massive
compound and stopped on the concrete foundation surrounding the facility,
radiating out from the HQ quite a ways.
"This place is huge!" Conker gaped.
Indeed it was. The HQ itself was easily the size of a small city, with
smaller barracks, supply depots and comm centers in two tight circles around
the compound, and the trademark tower in the center. "Ultramagnus' sanctum,"
Vegeta growled. "He has to be in there."
As everybody talked among themselves, biding the time until Ultimanium could
issue any new orders, Raul stared out back into the wilderness. "Hey, man,"
Goku laughed. "What's the big deal? We're here! It's almost over! We just
have to trounce Ultramagnus and we can go home!... and... hey... what's
wrong?"
Raul turned slowly and stared at Goku with some solemnity in his expression.
"Didn't that just seem a bit easy back there?"
Goku shifted. "What are you getting at?"
"I don't think that was the extent of Ultramagnus' exterior defense," Raul
mumbled. "We'd better stay on our toes, there's no telling what we could run
into before we get in there."
"You mean me."
Everybody turned in surprise and stared to the tower entrance... and were
shocked to find what stood there.
*Standing at the marble-suspended tower entrance, a digidestined is
standing. Not particularly a happy one. He is wearing purple-white combat
armor, with a cape, and yellow-framed purple tinted glasses. What stands
here is the essence of an emperor past. And his vengence from the third
dimension has returned to extract revenge.*
KAISER - Dark Digidestined
"Welcome, all. Especially you, Digidestined." Kaiser droned.
Davis blinked. "..K..Ken?"
Both Imperialdramon and a dedigivolved Gatomon stepped forward. "Davis!
That's not Ken! That's the Ken from the third dimension! He's evil!!"
Kaiser's face twisted. "Ah, it's Veemon and Gatomon, again, isn't it. I hope
you're all happy with defeating Megakimeramon and all, I'll have you know I
will not make a mistake such as make my creations do my fighting for me
again."
Tai twitched. "...creations? Megakimeramon? Is there something I'm missing
here?"
"We'll explain it after," Ultimanium barked, turning to Ken. "Alright,
Kaiser, what do you want with us?"
Kaiser threw his fist into his open hand with an echoing slam. "Just some
revenge, that's all. Given that Ultramagnus is extremely busy right now, I
supposed I'd help defend and get some revenge. My finest creation fell to
your damn generic digimon - and I'm not going to lose again! Imperialdramon,
get ready to fight!!"
Kid chuckled. "This guy has got to be kidding. Eh, Goku?.... Goku?"
Goku tapped his Scouter, turning it off. "His power level's 1,300,000..."
A "WHAT?!?" echoed out of the crowd.
Ken let loose a villanous laugh. "Yeah, that's right! Actually, come to
think of it, why do I need digimon to do the fighting for me in the first
place if I can eradicate you all by blowing on you? Imperialdramon, you and
your friends had the nerve to destroy Megakimeramon, however it was your
ambition. I think I'll let you die first." Ken grunted as a black/purple
aura rose around him. "Up for a fight?"
Imperialdramon reverted to Paildramon in a flash of light. "I'd be honored.
Davis? TK? Cody? Would you do the honors?"
Cody blinked. "..I forgot! Since Veemon has Wormmon's DNA.."
Davis and TK joined in. "..we can Quad DNA Digivolve!" (A/N - a power
obtained in the original Ultimatum)
Kaiser folded his arms. "Whatever. Just don't get me too bored."
Digmon and MagnaAngemon reverted to their rookie forms and begun the
process...
Patamon... digivolve to...
ANGEMON!!
Armadillomon... digivolve to...
ANKYLOMON!!
Angemon!...Ankylomon!.. DNA Digivolve to...
SHAKKOUMON!!!
Paildramon... Shakkoumon... DNA Digivolve to...
QUATERISIPALIMON!!!!
Quaterisipalimon unfurled his wings, threw out his bladed arms and swung his
12 chainguns in front of him in a stretching motion. "..ah, yes, it's good
to be back."
Goku and Vegeta flared up into their Super Saiyan levels. "C'mon, kid,"
Vegeta laughed. "Let's see how the power of the pimply-faced teenager faces
off with the Super Saiyan!!"
"Fools!" Kaiser screamed, his aura roaring up around him. "I am not a mere
teenager! I am the Lord of Darkness, the Digimon Emperor!!" Ken swung his
hand in front of him and fired off a burst of dark energy, which impacted
against Quaterisipalimon with a shock of purple electricity.
Quaterisipalimon let out a stifled roar as he stumbled back from the force
of the blast.
"Never did like Ken too much, anyways," Quaterisipalimon muttered. "Culprit
Vene!!"
Quaterisipalimon's armored lower legs began to pulse with pink energy. When
everybody blinked, they could see Quaterisipalimon where he stood before,
and a distrupted Kaiser that had dodged out of the way of Quaterisipalimon's
lightspeed dashing attack. "You're going to regret that!" Kaiser screeched,
lashing out with a malleable beam of scarlet energy. "Crimson Lightning!!"
Tai ducked down out of the way of Kaiser's borrowed attack before leaping
back to his feet. "How is he doing that? That's Myotismon's attack!"
"Ken in this dimension performs genetic experiments with digimon," Gatomon
growled. "Besides, I should know, he nearly got me. For all we know he could
have spliced digimon data with his own genes. That would probably explain
his power level."
"Less babble, more battle!" Kaiser yelled. "Grisly Wing!!" Kaiser's cape
flapped in the sudden gush of wind that surrounded the group. From the sides
of the main tower, a swarm of bats dove at the group. As everybody battled
and swatted at the onslaught, Gohan and Vegeta broke from the group and dove
at the occupied Kaiser. Both unleashed a hard punch at the same
digidestined's chest, narrowly missing, due to Kaiser's unnatural dexterity.
As Kaiser backpedalled from the dazed Saiyans, Goku dropped out of the sky
and dropped an elbow hard onto Kaiser's position. Kaiser dodged effortlessly
and turned to Goku to begin countering the frenzy of fists that were being
thrown at him.
Matt blinked. "What the hell?!? Tai? Davis? Kari?! What's everybody doing
here?!"
Tai's eyes grew wide as he glanced over to the eastern side of the building
to find a confused, yet prepared trio of Digidestined/Digimon. "Matt! Sora!
Joe! Izzy got your message, right?"
Joe adjusted his specs. "Yeah, we rushed here as fast as we could. What's
going on with the tower and all? And... what the... Ken?! What's Ken doing
in his Emperor outfit?!"
"A fake Ken!" Tai growled, clenching his fists. "We have no time to explain!
We need help and we need it now!"
Wargreymon... Metalgarurumon... DNA Digivolve to...
OMNIMON!!!!
"What in blazes..!" Ken bellowed, shortly before being hit by a Wing Blade.
Garudamon dove down on the distracted teen and attempted to bring a hard
fist down on Kaiser, but Kaiser was able to dodge clean before his old
standpoint was crushed.
Daemon rocketed into the air from the jeep. "Alright, you little bastard!
Leave us alone and let us do our job and we won't have to go to desperate
measures!"
"Ha! No single Digimon is going to bring me down! I am the amalgation!!" Ken
laughed, pointing to a somewhat distraught Daemon in the air.
"Evil Inferno!!" Daemon bellowed, letting a stream of nova-white flame down
on Kaiser. Kaiser quickly threw up his cape to deflect the blast, and
parried a good portion of the attack before it finally got through and hit
Kaiser.
Tai, Davis and Cody all rushed Kaiser at that moment and all cross-slashed
him in a three-pronged attack, all three taking to the air at Kaiser's
position with blades held high. All three landed and whipped to face the
stunned Kaiser, grasping two of the induced slashes across his side. "Damn
you!!"
"Supreme Cannon!!"
Goku threw his hands forward after a lengthly charging period.
"....HAAAAAA!!"
Kaiser crossed up his arms to block the two gigantic lasers screaming at
him, but to no avail. As Supreme Cannon began to wear down Kaiser's defense,
the Kamehameha slammed into him and sent him flying back through the tower
lobby. Kaiser bounded back in a single swift motion, landing where he once
stood. One thing for sure, he was furious. "D-D-Damn you all!! NO one does
that to someone my stature and gets away with it! Crimson Lightning!!"
Quaterisipalimon deflected the whip-like energy beam effortlessly with his
arm. "We have to finish this quick! Dead or Alive!!"
Reality itself began to slow down as Quaterisipalimon swung the autocannons
on him forward and started firing. As the shells rippled through the air,
Quaterisipalimon lept forward and brought down a heavy energy blade on
Kaiser, stepping away as the shells rocketed forward again and hit home.
Kaiser ducked back with a wail of pain. Shells had pierced him in more than
8 places. "Assholes!! Ultramagnus will avenge me!!"
"Remind us to talk to him," Blackwargreymon snickered. He rose into the air
and began charging an enormous ball of energy, whipping it down at the
ground where Kaiser staggered. "Terra Destroyer!!"
Shards of concrete flew everywhere from the blast, as Gatomon hurled herself
into the fray. "I did this before, and I'll do it again because it's so damn
fun! Lightning Claw!!" Gatomon brought down a heavy-bladed claw across
Kaiser's face, reopening his previous scars and creating several new ones.
Kaiser let loose another cry of pain.
"Supreme Cannon!!"
"Dead or Alive!!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!!"
"Wing Blade!!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!!"
As projectiles rained upon Kaiser, a final cry of absolution was released
before the silence came. No one dared look down on the shattered limbs of
Kaiser that lied among the debris as they moved by.
"...eh.. Tai... now that that's done and everything, could we possibly get
an explanation of this?" Sora questioned.
Tai and the Argetlahm crew peered up at the tower that stretched over the
sky before them. "Sora," Tai said flatly.
"It's far from over."
Tai and his friends are finally at Ultramagnus' HQ.. but still, can they get
up the tower and face down Ultramagnus in time before he makes his wish to
the Eternal Dragon and activates the Chrono Cross? Find out next time.. on
the Argetlahm Adventures!!
END OF CHAPTER 18
Serge (voiceover) - Last time on the Argetlahm Adventures, we were still
stranded in the Digital World on the continent of Server, and Ultramagnus
was still on the loose with the Dragon Balls and the Chrono Cross.
Thankfully, he hadn't activated either yet, so we still had a chance to
catch up with him and take him down before he got up enough nerve to tap
into the artifacts. With our entire group in place, as well as some of
Blackwargreymon's Dark Master friends and Digitomamon, we began the advance
on Ultramagnus' headquarters. Of course, he anticipated us coming, so a full
defense network was built surrounding the fortress for miles around!
However, even that wasn't enough to stop us, but just as we thought we were
out of the forest, Ultramagnus' cronie Kaiser attacked us! We managed to
defeat him, and though our ranks were tired out some, more of the
digidestined from the fourth dimension showed up - Matt, Sora and Joe, each
along with their digimon.
Reinforcements had arrived. We were ready to take Ultramagnus down. However,
that wasn't the extent of help we were going to be getting, as we're going
to find out...
Ultramagnus' Digiworld Outpost HQ
Day 18, 1:48 PM
Everybody stood poised outside of Ultramagnus' towering HQ, the single
building that stuck out of the blandly detailed supply depots and barracks
like a sore thumb. While most of Ultramagnus' secondary facilities were
sized averagely around the dimensions of a house, Ultramagnus' main tower
shot straight into the sky and had extravagent designs carved in the pillars
supporting the canopy above the set of double doors that led into the lobby.
Ultimanium twitched as he stared nervously at the tribute to the near-god
Ultramagnus. He knew. Something this boasting had to be defended well.
Cautiously he turned to his waiting comrades and gave the order.
"We're going in. Everybody keep your eyes peeled, this place is probably
better defended than it looks."
MISSION #6 - Enter the Vertex
New Techno Tower has finished construction. Infiltrate the tower using any
means necessary and find your way to the top. Seize the Dragon Balls and the
Chrono Cross and get them out of the tower. Danger level is not accessible
due to disorienting levels. Lethal force is encouraged maximum. Terminate
all inhabitants with extreme prejudice.
Good luck.
The double doors both slid to their respective sides slowly as a small rain
sprinkled itself on the ground outside. A gust of wind rushed in and rustled
the leaves of some potted plants inside the lobby on both sides. The actual
lobby itself wasn't terribly complex. The entire room was one long hall, the
walls curving away and back in again as they reached the other end of the
room. Several cylindrical pillars sat in two lines, stretching off to the
other end of the room. Every surface of the lobby was coated in synthetic
marble, throwing off an eerie reflection of whatever came in contact with
it.
"Now this is swanky stuff," Kid mumbled. "Ulty, you sure this place's
defended? Doesn't look like more than a waiting room to me."
TK glanced to his side, to see a particularly disturbed Goku. "...Goku?
What's going on? What's with the face?"
"Don't you guys hear that sound?" Goku sighed. "A constant squeal.. it's so
damn annoying."
Blackwargreymon shifted. "I can hear something high-pitched, but just
faintly. I wonder what it is?"
Raul sat still, staring up at the celing. "I think I know what it is. It's a
Ki inhibitor." Everybody looked up at a small black console strapped to the
celing with a metal slip. A red light on it pulsed on and off slowly. "Ki
inhibitors emit a high-frequency sound that disrupts the synapses mildly.
It's not enough to drive a person mad, however it's powerful enough to throw
off a person's concentration. We're not going to be able to use any
mind-triggered attacks in here."
Cloud blinked. "M..my magic!"
Gohan sulked as he turned to Goku and Vegeta. "We're as good as gone without
our Ki. We won't be able to move as nearly as fast as we normally can."
Conker rolled his eyes. "God people, it's only a black box!" He pulled his
magnum from his side, pointed it up at the celing and fired. The metal slug
shot forward and impacted with a loud squeal. The dented shell fell to the
ground with a tingle as a purple ripple spread over the box.
"Just our luck!" Puppetmon yelped. "The thing's shielded!"
A loudspeaker dropped out of a small slit in the celing. "Why, welcome,
friends!"
Tai shoved forward to the front of the group. "Ultramagnus!"
"Is that Ultramagnus?" Matt asked.
"I must say, you did well to get through my automated defense... maybe if I
knew that I was expecting transportation by air, I would have known to build
defenses more accommadating to you. But, I figured I wouldn't mind testing
out my interior defense... which, I must insist.. is a lot more spectactular
than my outdoor one, I assure you. Ladies and gentlemen, I show you the next
generation of commercial building security - the Vertex!"
"Why deed I not like the sound of that..." Digitomamon sweatdropped.
Floor 1 - Danger Room
"Let's start out with the classics!" Ultramagnus laughed. "A lot of guns!!"
As he finished his sentence a loud klaxon went off, and several panels in
the floor and celing slid away as autocannons stuck through them,
calibrating themselves on the group.
"This is SO not funny..." Sora stammered.
As the cannons whirred and clicked as they swung themselves to face the
group, Raul quickly hummed a mantra under his breath and threw his arms out
in front of the group, struggling to push his hands forward. As the
autocannons opened fire, a wave of shells were stopped seconds in front of
Raul, hanging in midair shortly before falling to the ground, lifeless. "I
set up an Air Valm. We'll all be safe for the moment."
Berri glanced around nervously. "There has to be at least 50 guns in this
room! Are you sure you can hold them all off?"
"Momentarily." Raul grunted, as the Air Valm shot up again and deflected
another volley of shells.
Garudamon checked her surroundings. "There's a snowball's chance in hell
we'll be able to make it through here without some casulties. Once we get
outside of Raul's shield, we're goners, with that many guns tracking us."
"And even if we had the speed, like we do in my case," Vegeta muttered,
"There's not enough room in a confined space such as this to manouver."
"Raul," Daemon said. "Is there any way you can expand the barrier?"
"What good would that do?" Magnus sighed. "If it reaches past the guns
they'll be able to hit us."
"We're not going past the cannons, stupid!" Digitomamon barked. "If we can
get the barrier closer to the cannons we'll be able to hit them while they
still have to deal with the barrier!"
Raul slipped back slightly, then pushed back forward against the stream of
bullets. A pile of expended ammunition had already risen to his knees at the
foot of the barrier. "It's possible, but I would need significant energy to
do so. Being pelted with projectiles during the process doesn't help
terribly."
Blackwargreymon shuffled himself to the front of the group and began
charging a small Terra Destroyer in his hands. "Allow me." He thrust the
ball of burning energy in front of Raul, and watched in satisfaction as the
Terra Destroyer dissolved and was absorbed into thin air, adding itself to
Raul's energy. A gust of wind kicked up and staggered everybody as the
barrier rocketed forward several dozen feet, shooting past the first 2 sets
of pillars and exposing 4 cannons to the group.
Davis sweatdropped. "..great..."
Goku and Gohan lept to the front of the group and started pounding loose
shots away from the group. Vegeta remained behind them and caught any they
missed. With the cannons accounted for, Conker started locking explosive
shells in his magnum, while Berri and Rodent opened fire with their assault
rifles, punching through the thick armor of the bunkered defenses and
shutting them down. Smoke steamed from the slits in the turrets as small
fires started around them.
Serge focused a Fireball element onto the area in front of Raul. A sphere of
flame hovered in front of Serge before shooting ahead of him, disappearing
into the air. The barrier went forward again, giving another 6 turrets a
chance at the group. With little notice, the guns started rattling off
shells. Goku and Gohan worked hard to redirect the shells away from the
group, but some got through. Vegeta swung and knocked several more out of
the air, but several made their way through the supposedly invulnerable
defense and lashed out at the group. Tai rocked back as a shell flew into
him, knocking his wind out. However, it didn't penetrate, instead leaving a
sizeable dent in his mythril plating. Conker finished loading and finally
launched a explosive shell at the last remaining turret in the open,
shattering it.
"Close enough!" Karsh yelled. "We have 50 feet to go! Everybody make a break
for it!" Karsh pointed the way, and the digimon and remaining crew members
charged through the open space inbetween the barrier and the elevator at the
far end of the room, bullet ricochets lining their path. Goku, Gohan and
Vegeta backed into the elevator, nearly defeated by the constant onslaught
of all the room's cannons, firing at them now that they cleared the barrier.
"Raul!" Goku yelled. "C'mon!!"
Raul threw down his barrier as another wave of shells carved through the air
toward his position. He quickly threw his hands in the air to ready another
spell and a translucent navy blue barrier encased him. All projectiles aimed
at him deflected harmlessly off the shield as he began his run to the far
end of the lobby. It was clear he was short of breath from the demands of
the spell, but he pushed himself forward and dove into the elevator as the
doors closed and his spell wore off.
Floor 2 - Pandemonia
The elevator was extremely large, possibly an express elevator. I mean, can
you normally fit Omnimon in one? Didn't think so.
Well, actually, none of the Mega or Ultimate did fit, so they needed to be
dedigivolved once inside the elevator to avoid crushing everyone else. As
soon as the ride had started, the elevator stopped with a ding and the doors
slid open slowly. Everybody stood staring at the strange room ahead of them.
A short distance outside the elevator, there was a large concrete pad
embedded in the floor about 30 feet in both directions, with danger line in
the floor seperating it from the rest of the floor - a tiled checkered
design. The entire celing itself was only 15 feet off the ground. At the
edge of the concrete, a small podium sat, a notepad upon it.
Matt squinted at the writing on the pad. "..what the hell.."
Elecmon is red,
King Kai is blue,
Never forget
What I will say to you.
One of the tiles
In this greatly designed room,
Once awakened and activated
Will be the source of your doom.
- Ultramagnus
P.S. Don't even THINK about flying. The only thing keeping you from being
electrocuted right now is your link to the concrete floor. Or the tiling, if
you actually go that far.
Lucky for Biyomon, she was walking on the ground when Matt was reading.
Joe scratched his head. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Goku grit his teeth. "The place is booby-trapped. One of these tiles is
going to do something we will not like."
"That could be any tile!" Puppetmon wailed. "Even the ones in front!"
Izzy rubbed his chin. "I think I have an idea. Raul, you have lightning
spells, right?"
Raul nodded. "Sure do."
"Great," Izzy said, sitting down and setting up his laptop. "I have a
receiver for my laptop that can detect electrical signals. The tile that
Ultramagnus is talking about probably has some sort of machinery guiding it,
like a motion detector or something. If I could locate the tile accurately
through the electrical signals it gives off, I may be able to shut it down
in time before the 'doom' takes place. I need a volunteer."
Veemon stuck up his hand. "Oooh!! Me me me me me me meeeeeeeee!!"
Serge sighed to himself. "That guy is going to get killed before the rest of
us, I swear."
"Alright, Veemon. If I can't get a precise reading from my laptop, it'll be
up to you to trigger the tile. Once we know where the tile is, Raul will
send a shock through the floor there. I'll access the system safeguards from
my laptop and activate the emergency shutdown sequence. The lightning blast
from Raul should be severe enough to make the security system want to
initiate an emergency shutdown to preserve its electronics from a power
surge." Izzy started tapping keys on his pad. "...oooo...kay. I'm starting
the scan now. Give me a minute." After a couple seconds of heated typing,
Izzy looked up.
"I can't get a good reading. Ultramagnus probably saw this coming and
magnetically shielded the tiles. All I can pick up is that the tile is
somewhere in this half of the room."
Daemon nodded. "Then it's up to Veemon. Get going, squirt." Veemon began
advancing to the edge of the platform.
"It's not like we have anything to worry about right now," Karsh whispered
to Ultimanium. "It's not like Ultramagnus would keep the trap tile right in
front."
As Veemon stepped off the platform, he could feel the tile beneath his feet
sink considerably with a clank.
"Uh oh."
The loudspeaker in the corner of the room blared out an obnoxious laugh.
"Well, well! That there sounded like a nice plan, but I didn't think it
worked out too well in your favor, did it? Oh, well, all's well that ends
well! Game over, Ulty!" The clank from Veemon's step echoed throughout the
room once more as the celing began to slide down.
Izzy's eyes grew wide. "NOW!! NOW!!"
Raul quickly snapped from his trance and threw a charged bolt from his hands
to the trigger tile.. with Veemon still on it, of course. A smoking Veemon
soared forward and slid across the polished tile floor as the machinery
beneath him crackled.
"Ow." Veemon breathed as he flew by and landed with a cold thud.
The roof was down to the 11 foot mark at this point. Izzy quickly threw open
the scanning program again and put his hacking skills back to work. With
some effort, he penetrated the security settings of the floor and typed
hastily through the various menus.
Goku stared up as the roof tapped his hair. "...um, hurry up there, will
you?"
Izzy still sat on the ground, typing. "Well, soooorry! Maybe I should've
checked this out beforehand!"
Rodent threw his hands up in disgust. "Well, thank you Mr. Knowitall."
Everybody got down onto their knees. The roof was at 5 and a half feet.
"Prodigious!" Izzy yelped, slamming his hand down onto the Enter key. The
Emergency Shutdown was selected. A bar formed across the screen, with a
small streak of green crossing across it.
4 and half. People were starting to get uncomfortable. The tallest members
of the group were already lying down.
"Almost there..."
3 feet. Izzy lied alongside his laptop.
"One more second...."
"I suppose size does matter," Daemon growled, nearly trapped between the
floor and the celing. "But not in such a negative manner as this."
"Done."
The celing slowed to a crawl with a deafening growl. The celing was just
under 2 and a half feet from the floor. Everybody breathed a collective sigh
of relief. While it was a tight fit, everybody was able to crawl
semi-comfortably to the stairwell across from them, partially blocked off
due to the celing.
"I have to lose weight," Gabumon huffed, as he slithered along the floor
near the rest of the group.
Floor 3 - Who Wants To Be Alive?
Everyone finally climbed to the top of the nearly neverending stairwell, and
stopped there, looking at their next challenge. They all sighed in relief.
The room was a simple bland room with unfinished wallpainting. It was about
40 feet in both directions. In the center of the room there sat a coffee
table and two swivel chairs, all damaged in one form or another. The coffee
table was missing a leg and was being supported by a stack of phone books.
Both chairs were scratched up immensely. In the corner of the room a
spotlight stood facing the seating.
Ultimanium's view shifted repeatedly. "Be on guard, everyone. This room
isn't what it seems."
Unbeknowest to anyone, Goku had already dropped into one of the chairs.
"It's probably a break room."
Before anyone could scream at Goku for being so lazy, the lights in the room
went off, plunging the room into darkness. "..huzzah?" Conker gaped. "Goku,
you dumbass, now look what you did!"
Kid frowned. "Oh, fricking great! Now look what you did, you oaf! Anybody
there?"
"I don't think that was a good thing... can someone touch me? I don't know
if I'm YAAAAH!! PERVERTS!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!!"
Davis grinned. "Just getting my bearings, that's all."
"...live, from Server..!!...."
Biyomon frowned. "Oh, now what..."
"Who Wants To Be Alive?!"
The spotlight flashed on in a nova of colours, effectively blinding everyone
present. As the group screamed in pain, clawed their eyes out and generally
woke up, the two chairs were finally illuminated in the flare-ish white
light. Goku sat in one.
Servant sat in the other.
He was fully decked out in formal apparel. The android flashed a rented
tuxedo and a greased toupee as he shuffled a deck of flash cards. "Well,
well! Nice to see you arrived, Argetlahm crew! Welcome to challenge #3!"
Serge held the Setra Weapon at Servant's throat. "Tell us what's going on
here, android, before my blades get dull and I find a reason to sharpen
them."
"Now, now! I'm just running the third challenge, that's all! You can go
ahead and kill me if you want, but Ultramagnus might forget about his grace
and smite you all where you stand right now. It's your choice. As part of
the challenges, it is essential that you complete this task or be formally
thrown out of the HQ."
"You and what army?" Piedmon laughed.
The wall behind Piedmon slid up, to reveal a smaller room with at least 80
androids in it. "Why," Servant snickered. "That one. Now, please, let's get
on with the game. Let's play Who Wants To Be Alive!" As Servant spoke, the
spotlight dimmed into an eerie dark blue, dumping the room into
near-darkness. "Alright... who's our first contestant? Ah, yes! You, Goku!"
Goku blinked. "..huh?"
"You are our first and last contestant! Screwing up on the questions I give
you will mean the destruction of your team! This is an exercise of true
intellectual strength!"
Magnus put his head against the wall. "We're doomed."
"First off... alright. Goku, would you mind reminding me... the elite guard
android unit fights with WHAT type of weapon?"
"Energy blades." Raul muttered. (A/N - See Chapter 16 if you don't believe
him!)
"NO HELP FROM THE AUDIENCE!!" Servant bellowed. "...that is, unless he uses
a lifeline."
"Energy blades." Goku sighed.
Servant glanced down at his card. "..why, Goku! You are absolutely right!!
On to the next question!..."
Matt turned to Sora. "This guy's a fruit."
"The next question... Goku, what time exactly did Ultimanium say that lunch
aboard the Argetlahm was being served daily?"
Goku snapped his fingers. "Well, duh! 1:00 in the afternoon!"
"Correct! Who does Veemon like?"
Veemon twitched nervously.
"Gatomon." Goku said.
Veemon face faulted as the rest of the digimon started in on uncontrollable
laughter.
"See if you can identify this spell," Servant gaped. "Okay.. a big black
uncontrollable energy sword of utter and complete death all conjured by
magic."
"Laguna Blade." Goku answered.
Magnus lifted an eyebrow. "How the hell is he answering all these? He was a
total idiot before..."
Servant threw his remaining cards down at the table. "Damn you!! You're
supposed to be the dumbest sack of hammers on the Argetlahm and you can
answer every single damn question in my damn stack effortlessly!!
Ultramagnus, my master?! What have I done wrong?!? Noooooooooooooooooo..."
Servant proceeded to shut down as he collapsed into a heap on the floor.
Gohan sweatdropped. "....um.. yeah."
Goku stood to his feet. "All I have to thank for this is Ulty's tech library
and some extensive study periods."
Ultimanium grinned. "No problem."
Floor 4 - Fight Club
As the elevator rose once again up the shaft, the rickety walls outside of
the glass walling of the transport box were soon replaced by clear windows,
allowing view of Server continent below as the elevator rose higher and
higher into the sky. Tai could already see the very edge of Server. Who
knows how high the elevator had flown at this point. One thing for sure,
they were getting closer and closer to Ultramagnus. Everybody seemed able to
sense the extreme power that radiated only a short distance above them.
Vegeta cocked his head to the side. "I need a blasted fight, already. My
joints are locking up."
"Ultramagnus lies ahead," Raul sighed. "I think we're all going to get a
workout, some way or another."
Everybody was startled as the elevator halted abruptly. The door dinged
again as it slid open.. into Ultramagnus' office.
Ultramagnus rolled his eyes. "Nice to see you all again." He gestured to the
Chrono Cross, alongside a jewelry case, sitting on the desk ahead of him.
"Is this what you're looking for? Well, I have news for you bastards, you're
not getting it. I hate to have to stain my hands with the blood of those
inferior to me, so it looks like this has to be a job for my servant."
"Your little 'servant' is down for the count!" Gatomon shouted. "C'mon, quit
throwing your own men in front of us and let's finish this!"
"If you're such a badass, show us!" Conker yelled.
Ultramagnus grinned. "No, I was thinking of my other servant. I'll let her
take care of you. Besides, I don't think reality itself is ready for the
power I wield even now. With the Dragon Balls and the Chrono Cross, it can
only grow. Anyways, I think I've been babbling far too long. I have a wish
to be granted. Toodles." Ultramagnus floated out of his chair, before
throwing himself at the roof, bursting through it. The Chrono Cross and the
Dragon Balls trailing him as he scorched off into the horizon.
"He's heading for Epoch Rock!" Cody exclaimed. "We have to go after him!"
"None of you hotties are leaving this spot."
*A dimensional vagabond, once more aligned with the livable dimensions under
Ultramagnus' command. A passion-fueled woman, her sexual desires are what
power her extreme abilities. She seems a bit tougher and experienced than
last time. Yessir, you know who we're talking about here...*
YOLEI - 6th Dimensional Superhuman
"Not again." Armadillomon huffed.
"I thought you'd all be happy to see me," Yolei cooed. "I mean, with my
sudden abscence to the second dimension at all... however, I was picked up
by Ultramagnus and now I see my destiny again... to get men like you back to
the sixth dimension for the bidding of a goddess such as myself!"
Davis went into a battle stance, Ragnaroks held high. "You're not getting me
if I have anything to say about it!"
Kari latched her arms onto Davis. "You heard him! He's not leaving this spot
if we have anything to prove!"
"... I had no idea it was still official."
Kari grinned. "A bit neglected, but it's still official." She pulled Davis
into a hug before backing off with the rest of the crew.
"I think I've had enough of this bitch!" Karsh growled. "And her being an
ally to Ultramagnus only worsens things!!"
"I'd have to say I agree with you there, unfortunate as it may seem," Vegeta
scowled. "Come, let's finish things."
"Let's."
"We're gonna do this now! Get ready, Yolei! Here we come!" Patamon yelped.
Patamon... digivolve to...
ANGEMON!!
Angemon... digivolve to...
MAGNAANGEMON!!!
Gatomon... digivolve to...
ANGEWOMON!!
Veemon... digivolve to...
EXVEEMON!!
Exveemon... DNA Digivolve to...
PAILDRAMON!!!
Paildramon... Mega Digivolve to...
IMPERIALDRAMON!!
Imperialdramon... Mode Change to..
Fighter Mode!!
Tentomon... digivolve to...
KABUTERIMON!!
Kabuterimon... digivolve to...
MEGAKABUTERIMON!!!
Armadillomon... digivolve to....
ANKYLOMON!!
Agumon... warp digivolve to...
WARGREYMON!!
Gabumon... warp digivolve to...
METALGARURUMON!!!
Wargreymon.... Metalgarurumon... DNA digivolve to...
OMNIMON!!!!
Biyomon...digivolve to...
BIRDRAMON!!
Birdramon... digivolve to...
GARUDAMON!!!
Gomamon... digivolve to..
IKKAKUMON!!
Ikkakumon... digivolve to...
ZUDOMON!!
(A/N - You can't tell me you've seen that many digivolutions in one place.
.. or, at least, that many powerful digimon in one place.)
"Move it, digi-freaks! I want my lover-boy!" Yolei screamed.
Serge sweatdropped. "..oh, man.."
"Sorry we're late!" A mechanical voice shouted. "Just couldn't fit into a
building, that's all!" As the voice finished, machinegun fire strafed the
interior of the building, shattering several of the windows on the side of
the building.
"Wing Zeromus!" Ultimanium shouted. "DeathHarvest! You're both here, thank
God!"
"You're both here, thank God for distracting them for me!" Yolei snickered
as she swung her hands in front of her and fired of a wave of Ki blasts.
However, they were easily intercepted by the digimon and were all deflected,
absorbed or otherwise blocked.
"Our turn!" Imperialdramon bellowed. "Let hell loose, everybody, and don't
spare the infrastructure!!"
"Positron Laser!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Supreme Cannon!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
Yolei swung her hands in front of her to parry the blasts from the digimon,
but didn't anticipate MagnaAngemon and Ankylomon dropping from the sky on
her, MagnaAngemon swinging Excalibur and Ankylomon dropping a heavy spiked
tail on her head. They would have hit, however, the force of the ranged
digimon attacks sent her flying back through the window, shaken, but not
harmed. She removed her frontal defense and sat hovering in the air a short
distance from the building. "Nice try, but it's going to take more than
that!"
Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and Magnus all went Super Saiyan as fast as they
possibly could and lunged out into the open air above Server to attack
Yolei, launching whatever limbs they had free at her in a continous blur of
motion. Yolei was managing to dodge every blow from the Z Saiyans, however
she had to put a little more effort to repel Magnus. Magnus eventually
managed to clip Yolei, sending her back reeling.
Conker watched from the building, shaking his head. "Stupid bitch. I never
thought it would come to this." Conker lit up in a white flame, activated by
the Ki, and dove out into the open air after the Saiyans. Yolei never saw it
coming. Conker propelled himself up further in the air with a flip and
brought his clenched fists down on Yolei's head with a crack, sending her
spiraling down.
Another Ki blast sent her back up in the air.
Goku blinked. "..what the? Who was that?"
"Your little reinforcements, that's who!"
Krillin, Piccolo, Trunks and Tien all sat hovering off in the distance.
"Quadruple dose of asskicking coming your way! Open fire, guys!!" Krillin
yelled, all four Z fighters letting loose a proverbial hurricane of energy
blasts on the stunned Yolei. The bursts of light homed in on the
digidestined and pounded her repeatedly, the resulting explosions shoving
her back and keeping her in her incapacitated state. All four fighters
lurched forward through the air and started pounding Yolei with every last
ounce of strength that existed in their bodies. With an elbow slam from
Piccolo, Yolei was sent back through the busted window, where some pissed
off male fighters awaited.
Cody slashed, Davis slashed, Tai slashed, TK slashed, Serge slashed, Karsh
slashed. All people slashed when Yolei came by them.
Yolei's severed limbs lied lifeless on the floor. Her head landed perfectly
straight up on Ultramagnus' desk, impaling itself on a penholder.
Conker dusted his hands. "NOW she's done like dinner."
Goku glared out at the four taskless warriors hovering outside. "Guys! What
are you all doing here?!"
Krillin shrugged. "Hey, don't ask me, you little friend Raul showed up at
the Kame House the other day and said that you were in trouble and you
needed reinforcements and we came. Raul explained to us all about the
Ultramagnus thing..."
"We used his dimensionsplitting device and returned here with him," Piccolo
continued. "He said that there was a problem here that was worse than Cell,
but I can't say I've seen much around here to justify that."
"What he said," Tien sighed.
"Anyways, if there's a Super Saiyan that invaded a dimension like he
insists, it's up to us to take care of him," Trunks said. "We'd be more than
happy to aid you in any way that we can."
Vegeta looked out to the horizon at the far edge of Server. "I hate to admit
it, but I think we are going to need help with this freak.."
Ultramagnus has gotten hold of the Chrono Cross and the Dragon Balls and has
finally begun his trek toward Epoch Rock to begin his wish.. will the
Argetlahm crew be able to get to the site in time to stop the maniacal Super
Saiyan from destroying the fourth dimension and attaining ultimate power?
The gang begins the last stretch on the next Argetlahm Adventures!!
END OF CHAPTER 19
Conker (voiceover) - Last time on the Argetlahm Adventures, the Argetlahm
crew finally began their long-awaited assault on Ultramagnus' Digiworld
compound, but were thrown off somewhat at Ultramagnus' choice of security.
The place was a funhouse! Just the lobby itself had too many guns in it to
count! On the second floor, when Veemon accidently stepped on a pressure
plate, the roof literally came down on us! It was Izzy's quick thinking that
shut down the security system and protected us from being flattened. On the
third floor it was up to Goku to answer a quiz that defined the fate of the
group.. however, he unexpectedly aced it and allowed us access to the end of
the security matrix. We were able to skip completely up to Ultramagnus'
office, but before we were able to fight him and take back the Chrono Cross
and the Dragon Balls, that bitch Yolei showed up and stalled us while
Ultramagnus made his escape! We were able to defeat her easily, especially
with the unexpected intervention of several more of the Z fighters that Lord
Raul had warped into the Digital World.
As Ultramagnus begins to make his way to Epoch Rock for the final wish that
could break all of the fourth dimension to his will, God only knows if we'll
be able to stop him in time or not...
Server Continent - Northlands
Day 18, 4:23 PM
Once again, everyone trudged slowly along the desolate northern wastes of
Server, still stiff from a momentary break half an hour ago. While the group
shuffled along like they had toward Ultramagnus' HQ, there was a definite
depression hanging in the air. As people in the group moved along, they
would stop every couple minutes and stare vaguely at the expansive mountain
range that resided in the distance. The most prominent and highest-altitude
cliff on all of Server, Epoch Rock, was their destination.
Ultimanium glanced hesitantly back at the drowsy group. Well, they're aware
of the risk they're getting themselves into, anyways.
Conker slid soundless across the rocky terrain inbetween the crew and
Ultimanium. ".. excuse me for saying this... but what if Ultramagnus' has
already accessed the Dragon Balls? Is there even reason to continue?"
"If the Dragon Balls were activated, we would be the first to notice,"
Krillin explained. "There are many symptoms of a Dragon Ball activation that
can be detected from a long distance. The sky turns black... and then
there's the dragon. Shen Long nearly takes up the entire sky, as many times
as I've seen him."
Davis blinked as he stared back at Matt, Sora and Joe, all walking alongside
their Rookie digimon. "..hey.. guys.. just wondering, how exactly did you
get into the Digital World? The digiports were locked down I thought."
Joe shrugged. "Beats me, we got through them no problem."
"The closing of the digiports probably wasn't Ultramagnus' will," Raul said.
"I guess he didn't close them. It was probably just a technical problem."
"I think I've figured this out," Izzy commented. "I can track the huge power
level of Ultramagnus using some sample Scouter software. He's travelling
unusually slow for a Super Saiyan of his status. It's like he's giving us
time."
Ultimanium sighed to himself. Here goes. "Everybody. I need to talk to you,
now."
Blackwargreymon nodded. "We're listening."
"Well..." Ultimanium shuffled his feet. "Alright. Do any of you have any
idea what kind of fight we'll probably be getting into tonight? In case you
are not taking this seriously, let me give you a recap, as disorienting as
it may seem. Ultramagnus is a monster. His power level is greater than that
of the SSJ6 level, and he has used that to barbaric effect. He has
effectively destroyed an entire world with his bare hands. Right now, if he
succeeds in his efforts, he will destroy another world - in many cases,
yours. One thing - he is extremely powerful. TOO powerful. Know this, even
with a power level such as mine, he could flick my head off if he wanted to.
"What I need to point out to you now is that you are entering a fight for
all creation. If Ultramagnus is allowed to win here, than there are little
to no forces in this galaxy that could remain to stop his rampage. To tell
you the truth, we may not be able to defeat him. I hate to say this, but
many of you will be forced to make sacrifices to defeat this menace.
"Me, Lord Raul and Magnus will remain down on Server to survey Ultramagnus.
I want you all to get to the nearest digiport and board the Argetlahm and
find a reason to fight. If you can't, I can't say I'll particularly blame
you, but your dreams and hopes will. An entire universe of life is depending
on your efforts this night, but I can't make you fight if you don't want to.
Just be aware.. of those who come down here after, there are some that
aren't going to come back."
Conker attempted to retort, but something stopped him. "... okay."
Ultimanium turned his back to the group, hiding a discouraged face. "One
hour. In one hour I want those who wish to fight down where I stand right
now. For those who don't, Conker knows how to operate the J3. He will be
able to send you home. That is all. I leave the rest up to you."
Everybody stood in absolute silence. The northern wind howled through the
mountain chasms in the distance, sending a shiver through the crowd.
Izzy turned back slowly, looking down at his laptop. "There's a digiport
about a 10-minute jog back over here. Let's go."
As the entire group turned to leave down the winding mountain path,
Ultimanium still stood facing up the path. Raul walked up to him,
cautiously. "Are you sure that was the right thing to do? What if none of
them come back?"
Ultimanium sulked. "Then we die alone."
Argetlahm
Day 18, 4:26 PM
The Argetlahm remained silent, the only noise radiating from it the constant
blurred hum of the solid rocket boosters pushing the capital ship through
the blindness of one-dimensional space. The training rooms were empty. The
library was empty. The weight room was empty. The target range was empty. No
one needed them, not for a fight of this magnitude.
What they needed was some cold, hard reflection.
********
I can't believe this is happening.
I treated this all as some game. Hell, everything has been a game,
considering how fast every crucial fight in my life has ended so fast once I
figured out my opponent's weakness. Wham, bam, he's gone. Raditz was
vaporized. So was Frieza. But this has been a full-out war we've been
fightning here. According to Ulty's mood about the fight awaiting us, the
countless robotic soldiers of war we've destroyed so far.. all the android
prototypes, compare nothing to this unstoppable threat.
"I have combated your type before and lost," 25 droned. "I will be sure not
to make that mistake again."
Androids. Damned androids. I can see why Vegeta gets so pissed off at them
sometimes. All it took for me to identify that rage was to picture them
ravaging and pillaging the old third dimension, paving the way for
Ultramagnus' invasion. It was all Ultramagnus' ideal that threw the third
dimension into the chaos it is in today.. wait, what am I saying? That
Ultramagnus is a villian? In that case, it looks like another challenge for
Goku! These types of assholes have attempted to destroy/invade Earth
before.. what makes Ultramagnus different than someone like Frieza or Cell?
There has to be a weakness to him somewhere! I'd be damned if this third
dimension wasn't going to get some retribution on my part!
Finally gathering what courage Goku was known for, he stood to his feet and
headed for the training room. Like hell he was going to fall out of shape
for a challenge like this.
********
The rec room was completely silent, save for the occaisional cheer from the
computer tables. While Agumon, Armadillomon, Tentomon, Gabumon, Biyomon and
Joe sat on the computers, enjoying the last match of Quake 3 they knew they
would probably ever have, the other digidestined, Veemon, Gatomon and
Gomamon sat in a circle based around the couch in front of the television. A
small stereo in the corner of the room churned out classical music.
Sora broke the unusual quietness. "Gomamon? Why aren't you playing with Joe
and them?"
Gomamon examined his flippers, sadly. "I can't play with appendages like
these. Besides, there's no computers left."
"Veemon, Gatomon? What are you doing here?"
Veemon stared emotionless at the floor. "We have something to fight for
too." Gatomon nodded.
Sora grinned. "Oh, yeah, you're the two lovebirds. I forgot." She gave
Veemon an exaggerated noogie.
"This is some ship your friend Ultimanium's got," Matt said, bringing a hand
down on his knee. "...geez, guys? What's with the radio silence already?
It's not like Ultramagnus is going to hear us from here or something."
Easy for you to say. Ultramagnus has a full world under his control. He
probably has found a way onto the Argetlahm, he's just keeping it secret to
prolong the pandemonium.
As much as I've loved the entire Ultimatum experience, I'm kind of
regretting it in a way. I mean, I got Kari and everything, a full-out
fantasy of mine since I first entered the Digital World, but we have a new
menace to deal with. I've never kind of looked at it until now, but we have
Ultramagnus himself bearing down on us right now. I'm not sure exactly how
long we'll keep going before he brings his big flabby fist down on us and
crushes the entire resistance. Davis Motomiya is a courageous person. But
some odds are just undeniable. Man, what's wrong with me....
TK glanced over to Davis, who now forming tears. "I can't take this
anymore." TK groaned, burying his head in his hands.
Gatomon's eyes widened.
What is WRONG with you people?! We've never backed away from anything like
this and we never will! I would normally just go along with you guys because
YOU are the decision-makers but I have my own opinion now! Some time now
there's going to be a new digi-egg among us and I just can't stand to see
Ultramagnus destroy us even with that knowledge! Ultramagnus will not stop
until every one of us is dead! Until every force in his way is dislodged and
destroyed! We can't give up now! We.. ukk...
Gatomon sat up, some fury escaping through her face. "I'll be right back!..
aaaah... I'm going to the bathroom!" She leaped to her feet painfully and
jogged out of the room.
Kari blinked. "She looked kind of sick there, didn't she?"
Veemon pushed himself to his feet. "I'll check."
Matt started whistling, before TK smacked him on the back of the head. "Quit
it, Matt!" TK yelled. "This is serious! We could all die here!"
Tai shot up out of his seat, toppling over Cody. "I can't believe you all!
What the fuck is wrong with all of you?!"
Sora rested a hand on Tai's shoulder. "..uh.. Tai... calm down..."
"I am NOT going to calm down! All of you have become such LOSERS since I
last checked on you! Why the hell is Ultramagnus going to stop you? Davis!
Why is Ultramagnus going to stop you?!" Tai strided over and yanked Davis up
by the collar of his undershirt. "Why is Ultramagnus going to stop you?!?"
"Ultramagnus is too powerful!" Davis winced.
Oh my God. Did I just say that? What have I become? I'm not Davis Motomiya
anymore... I'm...
"You damn pussy!!" Tai bellowed, throwing Davis back to the ground
violently. "All of you! Tell me how powerful MaloMyotismon was! Too
powerful? Okay! Ultramagnus is too powerful! How did MaloMyotismon become
Too Powerful? You let your fears give in to you! Ultramagnus is just like
that! Ultramagnus and MaloMyotismon are both Too Powerful? Than you can't
give up, otherwise Ultramagnus will remain Too Powerful! MaloMyotismon was
Too Powerful, and he was defeated, why not Ultramagnus?!"
Davis gulped. I remember now. The MST.. Tai... he said...
Davis stood to his feet, a growl of demeanor on his face. "I know that you
are all afraid, and so am I, but the more afraid you get, the stronger he
gets! You�ve got to find the courage! You�ve got friends who will be there,
and with your friends, there�s no limit to what you can do! We�ve got to
find the strength! Together, we can win! Watch the fight. We�re down, beat
up, and pummeled, but we aren�t giving up. We can�t win alone. If you�re all
too chicken, then why don�t we just stop fighting and let him take over the
world? If the whole planet won�t fight for it�s cause, we don�t need
freedom. You�re only hurting yourselves! We�re earth, and earth doesn�t give
up that easily! Remember all the fights and wars we�ve had. They weren�t
fighting for nothing! They were for freedom, for rights, for our own land
and planet!"
Agumon watched as the Crest of Courage on Tai's chest pulsed wildly with
orange energy. "Wow, that wasn't just a recital, that was from the heart!"
"Davis is right!" Tai yelled. "Are we going to sit here and let Ultramagnus
take us lying down?! Or are we going to fight back and take this third
dimension with everything we've got?!"
With a loud cheer, the answer was unaminous. As the seated group marched out
the door, ready to head to Server to await their destiny, the computer
people glanced over their monitors questioningly. Joe grinned. "I win. Let's
go."
********
Conker stared into the men's room mirror with drooping eyes. It had been a
long while since Conker regarded his own appearance during the last couple
days, stranded on Server and all. Reaching up he shoved himself in the face
with the wetted facecloth once again, sending another wave of refreshment
across him.
I've always wondered. What am I doing here? I remember... Ultramagnus threw
the disorganized Tediz against the kingdom... all of that was the J2's fault
and a heartless Ultramagnus.. maybe I do have a heart. I mean, it's not like
I could just sit there and watch the place and its people get blown to
bits... ah, what the hell am I thinking, those two dumbass guards probably
have the entire kingdom in an anarchy for all I know. So why do I truly want
to get... that's it!
I want to get home! How the fuck did I miss that?! That's been my entire
objective since I got out of the Cock and Plucker that night... and to think
after a month I still haven't gotten anywhere near home...
One thing's for sure.. I know Ultramagnus' motives. And if he's allowed to
get his way I'm not going to have a house to return to. Maybe I shouldn'tve
talked to Ulty like that.. I guess I should head down to Server and
apoligize..
Conker was turning for the door as he saw a somewhat pained Gatomon hurling
herself through the door, clutching herself... oddly. "MOVE IT!!! BABY ON
BOARD!!!" With obscene strength, Gatomon bodyslammed Conker out of the way,
sending him into a urinal on the other side of the room. Gatomon threw
herself into a stall and slammed the door shut.
"Hey, bitch!" Conker wailed. "This is the men's room!!"
"THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!! BITE ME!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
Conker winced at the sound of shattering porcelain that echoed throughout
the vacant washroom. "...eh... that wasn't normal..."
Veemon threw open the bathroom door and darted in. "Hey! Conker! You seen
Gato?"
Conker looked over his shoulder at the closed stall. "Right there. Is your
bitch going into convulsions or something? Swear to God, she sounds like
she's going to implode there!" With not so much as a word, Veemon shoved
through Conker, sending him back into the urinal. Veemon ducked under the
stall door and froze.
Conker sat still in the urinal as it flushed and water from the top of the
device flowed gently onto his head. "Damn it."
"Eyyaaaaahh!!" Veemon wailed. "That's gross!" Conker couldn't see anything
beyond the stall door, but for some reason he knew he didn't want to.
Conker rolled his eyes. "..guys? Doesn't anyone else know something's going
on here?"
"HELL NO!! AAUUUUGGGGHH!!!"
"No," Veemon moaned. "I don't think so."
********
Serge sat out in the turbolift, leaning against the wall, as did Karsh and
Kid. "..what do you think's going to happen from hereonin?"
Kid sat, sliding her dagger across a wetstone. "I'm gonna kick that Super
Suhin's ass so hard he's gonna kiss the moons."
"Super Saiyan." Karsh corrected.
"Whatever! Someone's gonna die and I'll be damned if it ain't that asshole!"
Kid scowled, before returning to sharpening her blade. Karsh held his ears
from the acute grinding of the dagger.
Serge frowned.
Easy for you to say, but then again you were the one that got beaten down
the most often, weren't you? The Time Devourer was happy with just screwing
up dimensions royally. Ultramagnus takes them for his own purposes while
leaving the dimensional structure unchecked. While Time Devourer consumes
reality, Ultramagnus takes it and spits it back in your face. One thing's
for sure, Ultramagnus could be very well even more difficult to defeat than
Time Devourer, and he has a private army to boot.
But we are on the Chrono Cross' side, and we're going to beat Ultramagnus if
it means he won't be the one to screw around with it. Isn't that right, Kid?
At least you're going to be a bit energetic than me.
Serge stood. "C'mon, let's get moving. We're going back to Server and
joining up with Ultimanium."
Kid threw her hands behind her and flipped herself to her feet. "Now THAT'S
more like it! C'mon, Karsh! Let's finish this bitch-in-heat!"
Karsh rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
********
"What do you have?"
"Full house."
Heero tossed his cards on the table, scattering the deck. 3 aces and 2
kings. Duo scooped up the hand ungratefully and began shuffling the cards
again. "Man, this sucks. Whoever writes this fic knows jack all about Gundam
Wing."
"You're telling me," Heero sighed, as he dug through his cards. "The
Argetlahm Adventures would be so much cooler if we could get Epyon, Sandrock
and Heavyarms on the Argetlahm."
Duo nodded. "Yes, piloted by... that... weird Chinese kid with the sword...
um... the blond whiny kid.... aw, hell, forget about it. We'll be able to
get off this hunk of junk and remember everybody after the fic. C'mon, we
got work to do."
Keyvan - But we don't get it anymore on our TV! Honest!
Duo waved to no one in particular. "Yeah, whatever. Maybe you should've
thought about that before you added us in!"
Keyvan - I'm sorry, really. -_-'
Heero frowned. "This is the last fic I do of yours, swear to God."
Keyvan - Even if I pay you extra?
"Screw you," Duo began making his way over to the DeathHarvest. "Once
Ultramagnus is dead I'm not starring in your sorry-ass fics anymore."
"What he said." Heero said, folding his arms.
Keyvan - No respect... no respect at all. >_<
********
Squall sat on his bunk, staring at the ground. On the top bunk lied Cloud.
If I'd never lived in New York, I've I'd never left Tifa... I wouldn't be in
this mess right now. I would still have my Buster Sword. I wouldn't have to
work with whiny teenagers. I would be the mercenary that I was meant to be,
not some taskmaster for some weird guys with yellow hair and goth black
outfits and weird shiny armor. I wouldn't be tangled up in this battle for
the universe. Fragging Sepiroth was good enough for me, thanks.
But if saving the world is what I gotta do, then so be it. Keep in mind I'm
not fighting for your sorry asses, no. I'm fighting to prolong myself. To
keep myself ahead of the death that seems to follow me everywhere I turn...
damn it, why does my life seem like a bunch of random battles? Watch out,
Ultramagnus, you're going to have a pissed off Cloud bearing down on you
soon. I want to get out of here and do something fun, and I mean it.
Cloud hopped off his bunk and grabbed his Rune Tooth, storming out the door.
A confused Squall followed him.
********
"Push! Push!" Conker breathed. "Damn it, I'm no good at this."
Veemon brushed his brow off. "Well, geez, you've screwed Berri enough to
have some sort of idea how to deal with something like this, right? Hey, is
it me, or is it getting hot in here?"
Conker glared disturbingly at Veemon. "If we had this problem with a Rookie
instead of a Champion we wouldn't be in this situation."
Gatomon glanced up from her lying down position, breathing heavily. "You
guys done yet? I think I'm over the worst of it, but YYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!
....Okay, here it goes..."
********
Davis held up his D-Terminal. "Hey! Joe! We got a message for you here!"
Joe glance up from his computer. "Yeah, what?"
"It's from Veemon! He wanted to know if you do..." Davis blinked as a
massive sweatdropped loomed over his head. "...emergency births."
"EMERGENCY BIRTHS?!??" came the reply from a nerve-stricken group of digimon
and digidestined.
"Men's room, quick," Davis huffed, shoving Joe out the door and shutting it
behind him. "Man, I do NOT like the sound of what's going on here."
********
Gohan stared at his... wall. Yes, Gohan, among other people, were bored
silly waiting for their supposed deaths on Server below. With a yawn, Gohan
stretched his arms out and rolled over... onto something.. hard. "Huh..."
Gohan, still in a sleepy stupor, reached for the edge of the blanketing at
the other side of the bunk and tore the sheets off. Gohan took the apparatus
from the bare matress covering and examined it carefully.
"Funny..." Gohan mumbled, scratching his head. "It's like one of those
pager-things Davis and his friends carry around... it's probably his. I'd
better get it back to him before we leave for Server."
********
Joe and Izzy stopped at the men's room door and cupped their ears against
it. A muffled yell was heard.
"Congratulations..." Conker stammered. "It's a... thing..."
Joe backed up and charged at the door, screaming. With a slam, Joe blasted
the door down with his shoulder and raged in... and stopped where he was.
Inside, Conker was indeed holding.. a thing. Veemon and Gatomon were wiping
up a black mess on the ground with toilet paper.
Izzy lifted an eyebrow. "...what's.. going on... here?"
Conker nodded. "Well, first of all.." Conker was cut short as Gatomon kicked
him in the back of the knee, sending him down.
Gatomon started twiddling her thumbs madly. "W-Well, it all started out like
this... Conker was in here taking a crap..."
Conker looked up. "Huh? Gato, what are you.." Gatomon kicked him in the head
and sent him down again. "Well, anyways, Conker was you-know-what and when
he went to flush the toilet it plugged! Well, I heard this from out in the
hall so me and Veemon entered to see what the problem was, me being the
excellent plumber in the group, and to get the plug down I had to flush
myself down the toilet and shove it further! Veemon held my feet when I went
down... and um... um...." Gatomon vision danced inbetween Izzy and Joe.
"W.. well, you get the picture. Anyways, you know what we found was plugging
the toilet?"
Izzy looked somewhat confused. "...no."
Gatomon nabbed the digi-egg out of Conker's hands and shoved it towards
Izzy. "A Digi-egg!"
Joe sweatdropped. "..a Digi-egg."
Conker grinned. "A Digi-egg!"
Veemon stuck his head out of the stall. "A Digi-egg!"
Izzy turned to Joe. "A Digi-egg?"
Joe nodded. "A Digi-egg."
Conker pointed to the object in Gatomon's hands. "A Digi-egg."
Izzy rubbed his chin. "A Digi-egg."
Everyone stared longingly at the Digi-egg. "A Digi-egg."
The Digi-egg shared properties of both the Courage and Light Digi-eggs, if
you haven't guessed by now. It shared the red-orange stripe pattern of the
Courage but in the pink-purple colours of Love. The blade on the front was
slightly shorter, and the wings on the side arced out slightly. Before
anybody could say anything more, the egg jolted slightly in Gatomon's hands.
A fissure formed down the side of it.
Izzy blinked. "What? It's hatching already?"
The egg burst with a small temporary shower of red and pink light, subsiding
almost instantaneously.
Out bounded a Demiveemon.
Veemon's jaw dropped. A SON?!?
Izzy quickly looked down. "Impossible! Why would a Digi-egg hatch now? It's
not supposed to do that until it gets to the nursery!"
Joe grit his teeth. "Have there been any other occurances?"
"Only when it's an emergency, like a dark force or something, and nearby
there's..."
Everybody stopped.
"...another Digidestined?!"
Gohan walked in. "Hey, guys. Have you seen Davis? I think he left his
pager-thing in my bunk. Anyways, I WHAAA!!" Gohan stepped and slipped on the
black liquid scattered on the floor, sending the D3 in the air and landing
face-down. A button depressed.
Demiveemon... digivolve to...
OMEGAVEEMON!
"WHAA!!" Izzy wailed, whipping his laptop off his back and moving his finger
across the touchpad. The monitor blinked on instantly. "There's a massive
power surge eminating from this digimon! It's power is incredible! There's
no way in hell this could be a Rookie! Wait a second, I have to analyze its
DNA... I have to check something here.."
"Now you're in for it," Conker whispered to Gatomon.
"Something's not right here," Izzy hummed. "It's like Veemon and Gatomon's
DNA has been forced together. I had no idea this was possible! I don't think
I've seen any case when Lizard and Angel type digimon were combined! Do you
have any idea what power this digimon contains... with the strength of the
Lizard.. and the magical aptitude of the Angel... this thing would be
absolutely unstoppable if it digivolved further!"
Joe blinked. He had gotten the point, unlike Izzy, who still rambled on
about the "almighty power" that this digimon contained. "Veemon? And
Gatomon? Say, Veemon was talking about an emergency birth in his message...
were you two..."
Veemon and Gatomon shook their heads.
With the formal introductions out of the way, everybody turned to face
Omegaveemon. Omegaveemon looked exactly like Veemon, though a bit shorter,
and he was covered in an omnious gloss of gold shine - a tribute to power
and the gift of the Angel.
"Um... Gohan?" Joe asked, adjusting his specs. "Where exactly did you find
your D3?"
Gohan stood to his feet, grasping the digivice in his hand. "Is that what
you call these? Under my covers, why?"
Izzy snatched the D3 from Gohan's unaware hands. "This isn't Davis'. This is
yours." Izzy handed the device back to an even more confused Gohan.
"Huh?"
Conker stood to his feet, brushing himself off. "I guess Veemon and
Gatomon's little business here was our ace in the hole - we were able to
detect that Gohan was a digidestined when his digimon arrived and he found a
D3 by some bizzare chance."
Gohan twitched. "Digidestined?"
Veemon nodded. "Davis is a digidestined. TK is a digidestined. They all have
guardian digimon. I think yours still wants to get to know you..."
Omegaveemon shot forward in a blink of an eye, too fast for even Gohan to
trace, and wrapped himself around Gohan's leg. "Guardian digimon, reporting
for duty."
********
"Guardian digimon? What's going on here?"
"I'd like you to meet Gohan." Izzy stated.
"We already did, thanks." Tai sighed.
"..the digidestined."
Everybody in the rec room face faulted.
"GOHAN is a DIGIDESTINED?!" Davis bellowed. "I'M the one with Veemon, thank
you very much!"
Conker grinned. "We have more help! How about that? Look here, everybody, an
hour's nearly up and we need to know if we're going to head down to Server
and kick some ass, or stay up here and get wasted?"
Silence took the room once again, as past decisions came back to haunt them.
Tai threw his arm up. "We're going forward! Ultramagnus is no better than
MaloMyotismon and CAN and HAS to be stopped!"
Serge held the Setra Weapon to his face. "The Chrono Cross is in great
peril. If Ultramagnus is allowed to activate it there will be no homes to
return to. We have to make a stand now, and now."
Conker grit his teeth. "I want to go home already, how about you guys?"
Vegeta folded his arms, threw his head back and let out a hearty laugh. "No
tyrant will match up to the TRUE Saiyan warriors, me, Kakarot and the child!
We will return this day victorious!!"
Heero flung the door open. "Let's get this over with!!"
Cloud frowned. "I'm bored. Let's go down to Server and find something to do,
like kick ass."
"Yeeeeeeah!!" Rodent squealed.
Berri and Kid threw out victory poses. "Yeah, let's, like, waste that fag!"
Squall swung the Lionheart in an arc before placing it on his shoulder.
"Swords will be true to me this day."
Blackwargreymon slashed forth with his claw. "We shall be the winners."
Piedmon, Daemon, Puppetmon and Digitomamon all linked arms. "Weeeee are the
champions, my frieeend..."
"What are we waiting for then?!" Goku yelled. "Let's go!!"
Davis bounded off the floor. "You heard the guy! We have work to do!!"
With a final victory roar, the entire group charged toward the computers, a
digiport opened by TK. As everybody piled through the expansive gate, they
couldn't be bothered to think of their own demises. They were going to win.
Server Continent - Northlands
Day 18, 5:25 PM
Ultimanium paced back and forth, restless. Maybe that wasn't the best thing
to do. Tell them of their own deaths than let them go. If they don't come
back, I don't really see point in advancing any further either. What can I
do though? Ultimanium gave the tundra around him one final look before
gazing down on the ground, his vision not to be adjusted again. They're not
coming.
"Ulty!! Raul! Magnus! No way in hell you're leaving without us!!"
Magnus grinned as he waved to the charging group off in the distance. "Looks
like the welcome wagon is here!"
Ultimanium jumped. "HUH?!? Everybody?! What are you doing here? You're
supposed to be gone!"
Vegeta grabbed Ultimanium by the collar. "Alright, listen up, there is no
way in hell I am going to walk away from a fight this caliber! The Saiyans
work for a true test of skills, and I have found it! We are coming with you
whether you like it or not!"
Goku nodded. "Every step of the way, Ulty."
Davis lept forward. "Let's finish this!"
The DeathHarvest and the Wing Zeromus both loomed over the group. "We're
going to do this one last time." Duo said.
Ultimanium sat in a moment of silence before speaking again. "Alright. Let's
go. And hurry up." As he turned to advance, a grin spread across his,
Magnus' and Raul's faces. The posse is back in business. Watch out,
Ultramagnus, you're going to get a fight you'll never forget.
Omegaveemon continued alongside the group, closest to the digidestined
Gohan. Omegaveemon was created in the fusion of Courage and Light - two of
many forces that, throughout the trials of time, have reigned high as the
most powerful. The Courage to create the Light. It was an undeniable bond.
Veemon and Gatomon knew that.
And that legendary power was contained within Omegaveemon.
What hazards will approach the reunited Argetlahm crew as they make their
way onto Epoch Rock? Will Ultramagnus truly be defeated? What surprises does
Omegaveemon have in store for the group? Some pretty powerful ones, I assure
you... I mean, Veemon hasn't even activated his third shot yet! Fights
galore throughout the dramatic conclusion to the Argetlahm Adventures and
the Ultimatum Saga!!
END OF CHAPTER 20
(A/N - This is my one shot at hardcore action, so please be gentle.)
Cloud (voiceover) - Last time on the Argetlahm Adventures, it seemed Ulty
couldn't bear throwing us into a fight that we didn't want to partake in,
though I would've gladly, and he sent us back to the Argetlahm to recollect
our reasons for fighting. No one particularly wanted to go home yet,
however, and they all agreed to return to Ultimanium and continue on with
the final advance on Ultramagnus. However, while on the Argetlahm, Gatomon
finally got access to her and Veemon's digiegg and it hatched right there!
It appeared that there was another digidestined on the ship that no one was
aware of... Gohan!
With the finally-recollected forces of Ultimanium back on Server, it's
finally time to advance on Epoch Rock and put an end to this war once and
for all!
MISSION #7 - Critical Mass
Advance on Epoch Rock, and assault Ultramagnus' weapons testing facility.
Defeat Ultramagnus and seize control of the Chrono Cross and the Dragon
Balls. Lethal force is encouraged. Raze everything. Danger level is
classified under Defcon infinite.
Good luck.
Epoch Rock
Day 18, 6:47 PM
Power level incoming. Beginning DNA trace...
DNA match successful.
Ultramagnus landed with a heavy thud on the grass beneath him, looking
around at the makeshift battlefield. Off in the distance a series of bunkers
were lined up, carefully aligned to prevent damage from the frequent bomb
drops that went on there. Scowling to himself, Ultramagnus turned on his
heel and began to make his way over to a large building at the far edge of
the chainlink-surrounded plain.
An android jogged up to the disgruntled Super Saiyan. "Greetings, master!
Did you bring the Dragon Balls and the Chrono Cross?"
Ultramagnus stretched out his hands and dropped the 8 artifacts from the air
into the soft grass in front of him. "Sure did. Are your defenses lined up
yet?"
The android looked stunned. "..sir, you never said anything about arming the
defenses. You said you were going to activate the Chrono Cross right away,
weren't you?"
"So I'm changing my plans! Shut the hell up and do as you're told!"
Ultramagnus began pacing as the android scooted away, back towards the
building. "Damn it, Ultimanium and his little gang are on their way here
right now! There's no way I can activate the Chrono Cross without the Dragon
Balls or it taking accidental damage from them!"
A message blared over the loudspeaker sticking out from the building.
"Warning! Warning! Scanners are picking up several high power levels at 30
clicks! All defense personnel report to battlestations and await further
instructions!" As Ultramagnus growled to himself, he was overspoken by the
rattling of gun turrets. The northern district was under attack.
"Positron Laser!!"
A blue-purple flash erupted from over the hill as shrapnel bombarded
Ultramagnus where he stood. "Everybody, get ready, here they come!"
Ultramagnus flared up into SSJ6 and tore off toward the sight of the
explosion. No way in fucking HELL are they getting by me this time!
Conker whipped around as several dozen gun turrets rose out of the cliffside
where he stood. "Damn it!" He quickly started tossing explosive shells into
his Magnum, firing at the android-manned turrets with an assault rifle
suspended in his other hand. "This is total chaos!!"
MagnaAngemon and Angewomon dropped out of the sky, clashing hard against the
ground. Indeed, the fight occuring around them was total chaos. In front of
the main gates to the facility, every single person on the ground was deep
in hand-to-hand combat with androids. Gun turrets pelted the ground around
everybody with a constant stream of shells. How was everybody able to even
survive a lop-sided fight like this? Nobody knew. Every single warrior
fought with a newfound vigor and strength. Nothing got by them.
"Spirit Surge!!"
"Neo Crusher!!"
Blue and black beams crossed each other up in the background as a steady
stream of dirt blasted into the air. A pair of dismembered androids rolled
to MagnaAngemon's feet with a sudden stop.
"Meteorain!!"
"Blasting Zone!!"
A seemingly forever reaching laser crashed down from the sky, pursued by a
small cluster of meteors. A deafening crash followed, sending up sparks,
more dirt and shards of concrete into the air.
"Nyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!" Davis screamed, over and over, as the two Ragnaroks found
their way repeatedly to their targets, punching through androids' torsos
almost as easily as it cut through the air. Davis had been barely able to
handle the double greatswords before but was now wielding them with the
dexterity of a god. Tai stood several feet behind him, facing away and
covering Davis from any rear attacks. He too was handling the Ultima Weapons
even quicker and deadlier than before. With a single stroke of his wrist,
the shimmering crystalline blades carved straight through the shoulders of a
line of 5 androids, sending them tumbling to the ground with a thunderous
crash. TK dropped from the sky with the Sword of Truth as an android
attempted to weave inbetween Davis and Tai's bidirectional guard, slashing
it completely in half down the middle.
Serge dashed through the crowd, spinning the Setra Weapon wildly above his
head, decapitating anyone foolhardy enough to even come close. As he began
to approach the gate, he brought the multi-element blade behind him, now
pulsing with adrenaline-spawned energy and slashed it forward once more,
dividing the great metal gates apart. As the doors flew open and off their
hinges, another battalion of soldiers plowed forward.. with a familiar face
leading the charge.
*A veteran of the original Ultimatum, the great warrior was defeated at the
hands of Davis. Revived under the cataclysmic power of Ultramagnus, the
thief sword-wielding dervish returns to extract his revenge on the ones that
betrayed him fouly. The man is sheathed in near-impregnable armor, a tribute
to his theoretical immortality. The thief sword he wields is very much the
bane of the holy might of the Ultima Weapon - the Lazarus Edge.*
ZIDANE XL - Ultimate Thiefswordsman and Dyne Wielder
"God damned mofos!!" Zidane screamed. "No one upholds the law of Ultramagnus
and gets away with it!"
Davis froze where he was, moving just in time to flip an android over his
shoulder. "... oh.. my... God. It really is that little bastard!"
As Zidane turned to face Davis, the very person that had humilated him and
nearly slain him during the events of the Ultimatum, his eyes turned solely
into a single white gleam, his remaining sanity succumbing to the bloodlust
that coursed through his veins.
**flashback**
"You bitch!! You want a fight?!" Davis bellowed. With an outburst, Davis let
go of the Buster Sword and forced Zidane off of him with a loose hand.
Zidane flew off and rolled to a stop. When he sprung up, he barely caught
sight of Davis charging him with the Buster Sword. With a leaping slash,
Davis brought down the sharp side of the blade and busted the Ultima
Weapon's shaft.
Zidane fumbled to grasp the dual blades. Enough of the shaft remained on
both ends to function as a weapon. Zidane swung both blades behind him. "I
fight with daggers too, you know."
"Er.." Davis was stuck. It was his one blade versus his two now. Zidane
rushed Davis and threw him to the ground.
Davis -2 HP
"Alright, you little skid!!" Zidane shouted. "No one slashes THE warrior
across the chest and gets away with it! You wi
FWADDOOOOOM
Davis kept his eyes shut. Maybe it was all of the afterlife bearing down on
him. .....
Nothing happened. He opened an eye.
Keyvan : Urrgghhh...
The decapitated body of Zidane crumpled to the ground ahead of him. Behind
Zidane there were five gaping holes in the wall. The Renzokamehameha had hit
home.
**end flashback**
Davis winced as Zidane charged him, the black tempered obsidian blades of
his thief sword held high. Davis was able to jaunt out of the way as the
darkness blades crashed down hard into the ground where he stood, kicking up
a storm of grass and dirt. Davis quickly brought up the Ragnarok, crossing
in the middle to deflect Zidane's ravenous assault. The rest of the fight
carried on around him as Davis and Zidane fought to settle the score.
"Celestial Arrow!!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!!"
Bolts of light pierced away at the chain link barrier ahead of the mayhem,
blasting it to shreds. As Karsh and Kid dove in they were greeted head-on by
a near-legion of androids.
"Axiomatic!!" As Karsh yelled out his command it seemed to have little
effect, but every hit he landed on the android crowd ahead of him seemed to
revitalize him, his blows speeding up with every hit. As the crowd thinned
out and split to the sides, Karsh was very much a blur.
Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Tien and Trunks all were in the fray of things,
beating harshly on the elite guards, and dodging energy blade swipes from
the improved and enhanced androids. Gohan and Krillin watched from a
distance, breathing heavily.
"This is absolutely nuts!!" Krillen yelled. "Gohan, we have to do
something!"
Demiveemon... digivolve to...
OMEGAVEEMON!!
Krillin blinked. "..eh.. Gohan? What's that?"
Gohan glanced down at Omegaveemon, expecting a response. "Omegaveemon, do
you have any attacks?"
Omegaveemon threw his yellow hands forward so they overlapped each other and
concentrated hard on them. "Super-Cutesy-Beam-Blaster!"
Krillin sweatdropped. "I never thought this digimon thing was a good idea.
Their attacks can't do jack all. I mean, lik..."
KRACKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Every tree in the Digital World shuddered slightly as Omegaveemon tapped
into his power and cut loose with an epic beam of energy, nearly 200 feet
across. The spire of blazing pink energy arced sharply and slammed down into
the center of the base, blasting forth with a searing mushroom cloud.
Imperialdramon staggered as he struggled to remain in the air. "What the
hell was that?!"
Berri and Rodent strafted out through the debris, with grenade launchers in
each hand. More explosions rocked the ground where the melee fighters
attempted to push onward. Squall staggered as he plunged the Lionheart deep
through another android's chest. Davis nearly stumbled into him as he backed
up, dodging another Lazarus swipe. Davis tossed one of his swords aside and
gripped a single Ragnarok tightly as he and Squall threw themselves at the
enraged Zidane, Zidane blocking both Squall and Davis' advances with
opposite ends of his thief sword in true Darth Maul style.
"Supreme Cannon!!"
"Wing Blade!!"
More attacks hit home. Barracks and supply depots erupted in flame. From the
canyon top at the entrance base, Digitomamon's hella fast jeep drove up an
incline and sailed through the air above the site, its passengers dropping
even more attacks on the battlefield below.
"Terra Destroyer!!"
"Clown Trick!!"
"Puppet Pummel!!"
"Evil Inferno!!"
Balls of energy. Balls of light. Balls of lightning. Balls of fire. Every
attack hit home, delving the area into a inferno of blasts. As the jeep
landed with a clank in the center of the base below, Digitomamon dove out
and tackled another android. "Take thees!! Yaaaaah!!"
By this time, TK had joined the sword fight between the manic Zidane, Squall
and Davis. Cloud leaped in at the last moment.
"Zidane!" Squall shouted. "Why are you doing this?!"
Zidane refused to comment, only to continue slashing at Davis and Squall.
When Cloud and TK stepped in, however, it was clear that he was beaten.
"This is going to hurt me than it's going to hurt you." Cloud sighed, as he
flared up into a red aura. "But still, when someone hurts my friends,
well...."
"Omnislash!"
Everyone quickly backed away as Cloud's thief sword blades glimmered with a
refreshing, yet vengeful light. As he began charging up the occaisional beam
of light escaped from the wrathful weapon, until the light diminished and
Cloud flung himself at Zidane, bringing down the Rune Tooth for a heavy
slash. It appeared as if he would stop right there and rally before striking
again, but with another gesture he brought the weapon back up across Zidane
with merciless force and knocked Zidane clear off his feet. Again he beared
down for a slash, Cloud began to speed up, slams with the sword echoing
across Zidane's cracking armor with shockwaves of sheer force. After around
a dozen heavy hits with the thief sword, Cloud paused for a second,
expecting something along the lines of an apology.
"Fuck you." was all that escaped from Zidane's tattered face.
Cloud sprung at least 60 feet into the air, the handle of the thief sword
letting off another shine, before he shot back down and plunged the rear of
the weapon down through Zidane's gut, ending him then and there.
Everybody turned, ready for another assault against the compound, when
something stopped them.
"STOP!!!!"
Silence filled in the time between the echoing scream and the absolution.
"That was Ultramagnus." Raul whispered. "He sounds pissed off."
Everybody looked between the distance. From the smoldering wreckage of the
base, shattered concrete lying everywhere, Ultramagnus stepped casually out
of the flames of destruction where he had once stood. As a small scar on his
cheek dripped out a speck of blood, Ultramagnus reached up and powerfully
swept it off his face.
"You Argetlahm personnel are a hardy bunch," Ultramagnus growled. "I hope
you're happy. You can all say you've beaten me. .. wait, did I say that? You
haven't beaten me... you've beaten my forces. What little you cretins know
of me! I am Ultramagnus, SSJ6 level Saiyan and ruler of the third dimension.
I have a world under my control, you can't underestimate me because of that.
I am the most powerful fighting force in the universe, not some pimply-faced
teenagers, not some cutey digital monsters or whatnot, not some musclebound
freaks, not some damned squirrels! No! I am the most powerful force in the
universe!"
Blackwargreymon stood ready. "We're here to make some changes to the balance
of power, Ultramagnus. Give up and we won't have to hurt you!"
"How MUCH you have pissed me off! Time after time after time, you think you
can just plow through Ultramagnus' little toy robot forces and say that he's
been 'weakened'!"
"Weak are those who need 'toy robots' to do their bidding!" Vegeta scowled.
"Fool! You cannot even comprehend true power!"
Ultramagnus nodded, a insane grin growing on his face. "So you insist I
don't know true power, huh? Maybe so, but even if I didn't.. I have a little
friend here who's going to show me true power!" With no warning, Ultramagnus
whipped around to face the Dragon Balls in the grass, still where he had
left them.
"Rise, Eternal Dragon!! Grant me my wish!! Know that I, Ultramagnus, command
you, Shen Long!!!"
Goku sweatdropped, followed by everyone else. "Oh... no."
The entire group, save for Ultramagnus, cowered at the sight of the rapidly
blackening sky. The horizon was now a perfect darkness, severed only by the
ocean that loomed off in the distance. Energy crackled between the seven
Dragon Balls as they pulsed a deep orange-yellow. As Ultimanium began to
push himself forward against his fear, A bolt of energy lashed upwards into
the sky from the center of the Dragon Balls, flaring across the sky in a
near-instant. As the light began to dim down, the omnious shade and awesome
stature of Shen Long laid a seemingly neverending shadow upon the entire
surface of Server.
Shen Long's eyes slowly crept open, them showing a deep red upon the sky.
"Who dares gather the Dragon Balls and summon me, Shen Long?" Shen Long's
booming voice make the entire crew stagger back. Again, Ultramagnus resumed
his proud stance.
"It is I, Ultramagnus!"
Shen Long's eyes brightened momentairly, before resuming their deep crimson
gaze. "Excellent. Yes, you are Ultramagnus. Ultramagnus, you have gathered
the Dragon Balls and summoned me, Shen Long. For your efforts you will be
granted two wishes."
Imperialdramon lunged out, alongside Magnus. "ULTRAMAGNUS!! DON'T DO IT!!!"
Both were thrown back by a Ki blast from Ultramagnus' palm, crashing into
the ground and sliding along the ground, leaving a crater trail.
Ultramagnus smiled evily, then turned his attention back to Shen Long.
"Eternal Dragon, I ask of you..." Ultramagnus held the Chrono Cross high
above his head. "I ask that you activate this arcane artifact, unlock its
secrets, reveal its dimension spanning secrets to me, Ultramagnus!!"
Raul's eyes grew wide. "DAMN IT!! WE'RE TOO LATE!! EVERYBODY, GET OUT OF
HERE, NOW!!!"
"It shall be done." Shen Long's eyes once again rose into a higher shade of
red before returning to its deep scarlet palette.
********
Minonim checked the panel on the Argetlahm bridge, again. And again. And
again. There was no doubt about it. Everybody was in.. well, for lack of
better wording, deep shit. "Goodness! What is going on down there? There's
gates opening all over Server and the third dimension! What's going on down
there?!" A couple of blue sparks shot from Minonim's vents as he attempted
to jack into Lord Raul's thought. "Master Raul! Master Raul! What is going
on there? Raul!!!"
As Minonim turned, he bumped straight into the waist of an android. Minonim
glanced around hesitantly. The entire bridge of the ship was being patrolled
with androids. As an android picked him up and handled him gingerly before
crushing his head between its two palms, one last wail of desperation was
heard throughout Server.
"KILL THE BASTARD!!!"
********
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!" Ultramagnus bellowed, his laughing fit soon devolving
into a giggling spree. "Looks like game over for you, Ulty! Soon the entire
fourth dimension will be overrun by a surprise attack of androids! And to
think even your little battalion couldn't do a damn thing about it..."
Magnus clenched his fist, the Ehergiz on his hand pulsing with green Ki.
"Damn you, Ultramagnus! You'll pay dearly for this!!"
"Even if we have to expose our true forms!" Ultimanium screamed. "You and
your army will die by the hands of the Argetlahm Battalion!!" Ultimanium lit
up in a green-blue outlined blaze as the transformation began to take
place...
"Get ready!!" Wargreymon yelled. "We fight, NOW!!"
Ultramagnus turned back to the night sky. "Eternal Dragon! I ask for my
second wish! My second wish is to have my power doubled! Tripled!
CENTUPLED!! MULTIPLIED!!! JUST MAKE SURE THESE ASSHOLES DIE ALREADY!!!!!!"
"It shall be done. Done. Done. Done." As the Eternal Dragon carried out the
will of his master helplessly, it almost seemed like all of reality bent at
that point and made way for the final battle. Dimensional fabric shifted
wildly as it threw the combatants into an area where they would not destroy
all of creation outright.
"Done. Done. Don. Deon. Enod. Node. Done."
*Once the megalomanic ruler Ultramagnus, the light of the unholy force has
only darkened, exposing the true power of the Super Saiyan ruler. He is
beyond SSJ6. Or 7. Even something as proposterous as SSJ3000 stands little
threat to him now. For he is a warrior of hatred, destruction, total
annihilative power. The raw energies of MaloMyotismon, Cell, every evil in
the galaxy thrown into one place... the tattered soul that was once
redeemable is now cursed to burn in hell.
Not that he's going to be killed anytime soon.*
NEO NEMESIS - The Immortal Soverign
The Ultimate Evil stands before you. I cannot be defeated.
Ultramagnus has finally reached the pinnacle of his godly power - Neo
Nemesis now ravages the lands of Server. Do Ultimanium, Lord Raul, Magnus
and the heroes of the Argetlahm have what it takes to defeat an enemy of
this magnitude? Find out next time in the last episode of the Argetlahm
Adventures!!
END OF CHAPTER 21
???????
Day 19, 12:03 PM
"We're not giving up yet!" Magnus bellowed. "Never!! Never!!"
Conker was finally able to sit to his feet. However, as soon as he reached
the apex of his sitting position, a hammering headache hit him hard, nearly
sending him back down onto his back. "Ohh man, it's gonna be one of those
days."
"Witness The Ultimate Battlefield!" Neo Nemesis groaned. "Right Now We Are
On Our Way To A Secluded Place, I Assure You! Here, None Of Your Meddling
Friends Will Get In My Way And Disrupt My Ultimate Victory!"
Trunks was finally able to push himself to his feet. "...freaky.. where are
we?"
Raul leaned on his knee as he struggled to get up. "The lights in this place
are strange.. the velocity is nearly unbearable.. it's almost like we're
tunneling through the dimensional structure itself! Ultramagnus! Where are
you taking us?!"
"Ultramagnus No Longer Exists! The True Power Exists, Neo Nemesis! The Power
That Will Spell The Demise Of You And Your Accursed Argetlahm Crew!"
Raul frowned. "Well, if you won't tell us, I guess we'll just have to figure
out ourselves." Raul touched his palms to his forehead, trying to recollect
his thoughts. "Minonim. We need directions no.. Minonim? What the hell, I
can't pick up his signal!"
"With Dimensional Travel Through The Chrono Cross Reaching To All Borders Of
Reality, I Can Board The Argetlahm With No Problem! My Androids Are Wrecking
The Place As We Speak!"
Ultimanium clenched his fists. "Damn you!"
Neo Nemesis finally stepped out of his shrouded darkness. He stood nearly 12
feet tall now, with a physique far greater than Ultramagnus'. His shoulders
were extremely broad, supporting pale green plate armor that shielded his
entire body. The Super Saiyan aura that surrounded him was far more
outreached than before. While it appeared that Neo Nemesis possessed
unstoppable power, his face remained in total darkness, the only things
sticking through being a pair of white, perfectly round eyes and his SSJ
hair, which was white now and wilted rapidly.
Everybody stumbled back abruptly as the swirling rainbow background lurched
to a halt. As the psychedelic barrier around them began to dissiapate, the
entire group found themselves in city streets of some sort.
"You Wish To Know Where You Are? You Exist Now In The Sixth Dimension. Hell,
I Figured You Needed Some Sort Of Freedom If You Even Dreamed Of Having
Defeated Me. Here We Fight. And Here You Shall Die."
"Let me give him a scan..." Goku muttered, tapping his Scouter. "..beyond 10
million. That's the lowest reading I can get."
"Let's do this!!" Tai yelled, as him, Serge, Karsh, and Cody all hurled
themselves at the hulking behemoth, blades ready.
"Psycho Crusher." Neo Nemesis simply pointed at Tai, and everybody around
him screeched to a halt as Tai hit the ground, clenching his head.
"Tai!" Serge shouted. "What's going on?!"
"Yaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuugggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" Tai screamed in pain, as
Neo Nemesis' cruel attack punched a full-out hole through his psyche. Tai
hopped to his feet, staggering back as he grasped his skull, searing pain
coursing across his very soul. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"Asshole!" Ultimanium bellowed. "We aren't going to sit back and take you
doing this to our friends!" Ultimanium crouched as a prismatic flame leapt
around his heels. "You still haven't seen ME fight yet!!"
Neo Nemesis rolled his eyes. "Oh Yeah, I Forgot About The Peaceful Guy.
Whatever, Let's See What You Can Do."
Ultimanium growled as his clothes tore off under the pressure of the flames
enveloping him. Everybody backed away from the enraged deity as he rose once
again in a brilliant flash of light. Whoever wasn't heavy enough or wasn't
bracing themselves to stand was toppled by the shockwave that shot from
underneath Ultimanium's feet. When Ultimanium reached his feet and the
tremors stopped, all that stood in Ultimanium's wake was an entity of solid
energy.
"...Omnimanium." Magnus sighed.
"His power level's only 3 million though!" Goku winced. "He's still going to
get creamed!"
"We have no choice!" Magnus said. "He's the only one that can stand up to
Neo Nemesis now!"
Before anyone could stop him, Omnimanium threw himselve at and above Neo
Nemesis, a ball of Ki in his hands. "Super Spirit Surge!" Omnimanium brought
his one hand down with undeniable force, a gigantic laser of blue light
raining from the sky. Neo Nemesis threw up an arm and deflected the attack
effortlessly, and batted Omnimanium into a nearby building. While Omnimanium
struggled to get up, Neo Nemesis advanced on the rest of the group. "I Said,
Game Over. What About 'Dead' Do You Not Understand?"
"We're not going to give up to an ass like you!" Davis screamed. "Don't
think we can't fight!"
"Positron Laser!"
"Supreme Cannon!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Gate of Destiny!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Luminaire!"
"Blasting Zone!"
"Meteorain!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Red Pin!"
"Axial Axe!"
"Super-Cutesy-Beam-Blaster!"
Neo Nemesis wailed at the air in front of him, batting away every single
small projectile that shot at him, and absorbing the larger ones. Neo
Nemesis let out a deep wail as the giant pink Beam Blaster sent him flying
back and slid him across the road, tearing it up behind him.
Gohan threw up an arm. "Yeah! Take that!" The victory was shortlived, as in
the meantime Neo Nemesis phased behind the group and brought a heavy arm
down on Omegaveemon. Everybody delved into silence as Neo Nemesis lifted his
heavy hand. A twisted Omegaveemon was revealed.
"YAAAAHHHH!!!" Imperialdramon and Angewomon both dedigivolved as they both
cleared the distance on the wounded Omegaveemon. "Ah! Omega!" Veemon wailed.
"Tell me you're alright!" Gatomon could just stare down on the twisted body
of Omegaveemon. Gohan sat over him, his face twitching.
"Ah, Hell. Quit Your Damn Whining And Fight Already. If He's Dead, He's
Dead. Get Over It."
Both Veemon and Gatomon froze.
They turned to Neo Nemesis slowly.
"GET.. OVER... IT?!?"
Veemon whipped back around, to find Joe attempting to lift Omegaveemon out
of the crater.
"Is he... going to be... alright?" Gohan sobbed.
Joe shoved on Omegaveemon gingerly. "Something's fractured in there alright.
He needs serious medical attention, and now!"
"Not If I Have Anything To Say About It!" Neo Nemesis laughed. "How About I
Put The Little Bastard Out Of Its Misery For You? Psycho Crusher!"
Joe's eyes grew wide as Omegaveemon let out a pitched wail. "What the hell?!
Fuck off, he's going to die if you keep beating him like that!! WHAT THE
HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
"You are one sadistic bastard." Krillin growled. "Fuck off or we're going to
have to get really serious!"
"Can It, Baldy!" Neo Nemesis chuckled. "Do You Think I Give A Shit? It's One
Less Hero To Deal With!"
"How can you be so careless with people's lives?!" Berri cried. "This is
just a child you're dealing with!!"
"A Child That's A Threat To My Rule." Neo Nemesis growled. He held his arm
up to the wounded digimon and began charging energy on the tip of his
finger. "Say Bye Bye To Your Brat, Veemon. Courage And Light Shall Never
Remain Forged!"
"I have had ENOUGH of your crap!" Veemon screamed.
Veemon... digivolve to...
EXVEEMON!!
Exveemon... DNA Digivolve to...
PAILDRAMON!!
Paildramon... Mega Digivolve to...
IMPERIALDRAMON!!
Imperialdramon... Mode Change to...
Fighter Mode!!!!
Imperialdramon... Mode Change to...
PALADIN MODE!!!
(A/N - Yep, that was the third shot.)
"Quit Bluffing!! You Cannot Defeat Me!!" With a burst of energy, Neo Nemesis
let loose his energy upon Omegaveemon. The energy just seemed to hang in the
air as Gatomon realized the fate that awaited her spawn.
"YAAAAAAAHHH!!! LIKE HELL YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT!!!"
Gatomon... warp digivolve to...
MAGNADRAMON!!!
Raul began concentrating hard. "Guys! Keep Neo Nemesis busy! I have an idea
how to destroy him!..." As he began humming more runic language, he winced
to himself. "I never thought I'd ever get up enough nerve to use this, but,
boy, I'm going to destroy this ass even if I have to take the sixth
dimension with me."
Magnus blinked. "You're not serious! You're not going to use that spell, are
you?"
"Yes, that spell."
Magnadramon brought herself down inbetween Neo Nemesis and the rest of the
group, deflecting the energy blast off her thick hide. "We told you to screw
off! Get out of here now or there's gonna be hell to pay!"
Neo Nemesis brought up another charged hand. "Make Me!"
"Dragon Flare!!" Magnadramon shot a heavy fireball into Neo Nemesis' chest,
sending him flying back. He slammed through three office buildings before
coming to a halt. Imperialdramon dropped down in front of her. "Super
Positron Laser!!" Imperialdramon grasped his arm, bracing it. The force from
the three lasers, one main one and the two winding around it, would be
enough to catapault him back through Magnadramon if he left it unchecked.
The energy blasts winded their way down the street, impacting against the
rubble with a near-nuclear explosion, blowing pieces of rubble in the
group's general direction.
MagnaAngemon grinned. "I've set the Gate of Destiny for a more appealing
battleground. C'mon, everybody! Through the door!" As the crowd plowed
through the wide gate, MagnaAngemon focused his attention once again on the
fight going on in the background. Imperialdramon extended his Positron Laser
out of his arm cannon a short distance and brought it down on the grounded
Neo Nemesis. Neo Nemesis flipped easily to his feet, sending the still
attached Imperialdramon flipping into the air before regaining balance, as
Magnadramon bodyslammed him down to the ground again. MagnaAngemon swooped
in and clashed the Excalibur hard against Neo Nemesis, sending a visible
pink shock through him. "Everybody!" MagnaAngemon yelled. "Through the Gate
of Destiny! We have a more compelling fighting ground to attend!"
Imperialdramon nodded. "Gotcha!" Him and Magnadramon broke from the battle
in a single motion and advanced on the Gate of Destiny, it resizing itself
automatically to fit the two Megas through. MagnaAngemon spun and slashed
Neo Nemesis again before turning and making a dash for the Gate. Neo Nemesis
rocketed through the air after him, following him into the swirling surface
of the Gate.
"Dumbass! No One Does That And Escapes With Their Lives!!" Neo Nemesis
screamed as he dove through the shimmering liquid tunnel of the Destiny
Gate.
Neo Nemesis found himself in a surreal landscape. "Alright, You Little
Shits, You Can Come Out Any Time Now, And I'll Make This Quick And
Painless!" He lurched at the sound of whistling off in the distance. When he
turned, he found Magnus leaning on the air itself, filing his nails.
"Why, hey there, Neo!" Magnus laughed. "Betcha you're wondering where you
are right about now!"
"Tell Me And I Might Spare Killing You For A Couple Of Seconds."
Davis walked up behind Neo Nemesis. "Why, you're in the very realm of
creation!"
Another Davis stepped out from behind the other one. "Why, I couldn'tve said
better myself!"
"Why, thank you!"
Neo Nemesis glanced vengefully between the two Davises. "What In Blazes? Why
Are There Two Davises?!"
Magnus went back to filing his nails. "If you REALLY want to sound like
you're thinking, you can call them Davi."
Neo Nemesis flashed his heavy iron arm in front of him, punching through the
left Davis. He disappeared in a puff of smoke. Neo Nemesis checked around
himself nervously. "W-Where AM I?"
TK stood off in the distance, a devious grin on his face. "Why, the only
place where WE could win, of course."
Karsh folded his arms. "Gotta hand it to you, you had us beat there."
Conker grinned. "Still, it kind of bugs me that we had to resort to such
cheap ways of killing you."
"No One Shall Ever Kill Me!! I Am A God!!" Neo Nemesis screamed furiously,
lashing out at Conker with a heavy metal leg. Conker dissiapated as Neo
Nemesis hit home. He stopped, twitching for a second. He looked up to see
Conker sitting on his head. "Hey, Iron Man! Missed me!" Conker bounded from
Neo Nemesis' head as he landed a hard gauntlet on his own face. "Blast You!!
Stand Still!! What Is Going On Here?!?" Neo Nemesis turned... and stared
onwards in horror.
Omnimanium stood at the front of the crowd. In the background, at least 5 of
every Argetlahm member stood, awaiting a command. Every single digivolved
form of every digimon present stood and hovered overhead. "Hey there, Neo.
Looking for us?"
Piccolo threw a pair of hard fists together. "We still have some asses to
kick." He turned back to another 3 Piccolos. "Right, guys?" All the
dopplegangers nodded.
"No!" Neo Nemesis wailed. "What Is Happening?!"
Tai smirked. "Funny, when I heard you were invading dimensions and such I
thought this would be your first destination. But I guess I was wrong. THIS
place is where true power lies. And we have it all harnessed."
"What... How..."
Izzy nodded. "When the second generation digidestined went through here, and
the rift was still open, I recorded its dimensional coordinates just in case
of another fight like MaloMyotismon's. I think I'm happy I did, what about
you guys?"
Cloud put his hands up in the air. "Welcome to the grand reopening of the
Dream Dimension!"
Neo Nemesis backed away. "...No! How? You Can't Be More Powerful Than Me!"
Tien folded his arms. "Apparently in this dimension our true powers are
realized. And we don't even need Shen Long guiding us, either. We have the
advantage now."
"And here we don't have to worry about hurting anyone accidently," Rodent
added. "So we're going all out on this one, too."
The entire group beared down on the stricken Neo Nemesis. "Nooooooooo!!!!"
Magnus threw himself at Neo Nemesis, a glowing Ehergiz held high. "Your
legacy of pain ends here, Ultramagnus!!!"
Tentomon... warp digivolve to...
HERCULESKABUTERIMON!!!
Patamon... warp digivolve to...
SERAPHIMON!!!
"Pepper Breath!"
"Nova Blast!"
"Giga Blaster!"
"Terra Destroyer!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Howling Blaster!"
"Wolf Claw!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Dash and Slash!"
"Luminaire!"
"Flying Arrow!"
"Red Pin!"
"Hotshot!"
"Spiral Twister!"
"Meteor Wing!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Super Positron Laser!"
"Positron Laser!"
"Positron Laser!"
"Axiomatic!"
"Terra Destroyer!"
"Puppet Pummel!"
"Marching Fishes!"
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Final Flash!"
"Tri-Beam!"
"Spirit Surge!"
"Shadow Surge!"
"Braver!"
"Rough Divide!"
"Cross-Slash!"
"Blade Beam!"
"V-Laser!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Electro Shocker!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Mega Electro Shocker!
"Fated Circle!"
"Evil Inferno!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Boom Bubble!"
"Meteorain!"
"Finishing Touch!"
"Blasting Zone!"
"Omnislash!"
"Lionheart!"
"Dragon Flare!"
"Clown Trick!"
"Supreme Cannon!"
"Desperado Blaster!"
"Lightning Claw!"
"Vee-Headbutt!"
"Buster Shot!"
"Justice Beam!"
"Seven Heavens!"
"Ultima!"
"Ultimate End!"
"Neo Crusher!"
"...HAMEHAAAA!!"
"...HAMEHAAAA!!"
"...HAMEHAAAA!!"
"YEAAAAUUUUUUGGHHHH!!!" Neo Nemesis screamed in primal pain as attacks from
several dozen sources slammed into him. Lasers and energy bolts screamed and
impacted with violent explosions all across Neo Nemesis. At least 30 people
were at his heels, slashing and beating him with swallows, swords, staves,
and that was all before the Knights of the Round showed up from Davis'
Ultimate End, beating Neo Nemesis into near-death again. Three Kamehamehas
impacted the ground in front of Neo Nemesis, blasting him back for what
seemed like miles. Ultima erupted beneath him, making him airborne once
again. There was absolutely no end to the destruction. The orbs of the Seven
Heavens attack exploded harshly against Neo Nemesis with vengeful holy
energy.
"On my mark!" Conker screamed. "FIRE!!" All three gunwarriors, Conker,
Berri, and Rodent, loaded up their antimatter shells and fired at the same
time. All three shells impacted at once, blasting out a sphere of pure white
death that washed over the entire group along with Neo Nemesis. If they had
tried something like that outside the dream dimension, Earth wouldn't be
standing. As the hurricane of blast wind rushed over Conker, flashing his
Neo Conker cape nearly over his shoulders, he closed his eyes, as did the
rest of the crew. "Alright! Let's end this!"
Raul parted his hands. "Alright! Let's send this guy to hell!!! I'm all
charged up and ready to go! As soon as I break the protective seal around
the spell Neo Nemesis is dead!"
Magnus tapped Raul on the shoulder. "There was a reason that there was a
seal placed around that spell, you know. I'm not sure if even the dream
dimension could contain a blast like that."
Meanwhile, both Serge and Goku slammed their Planet Buster combination
attack down on ground zero, inflammating Neo Nemesis once again with a blast
of holy energy.
"Cretins!!! I Will Not Be Defeated By Such Means!!
AAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Raul blinked. "Lina Inverse would be pissed off at us right about now, but
her seal's breaking before me. Here goes! Everybody, get back through the
Gate of Destiny!!"
As everybody broke off their attack and dashed to the gate, TK and Serge
turned. "Hey, Neo."
"...heuh... heuh... heuh..."
TK waved. "We'll see you in hell." With that, TK and Serge dove through the
gate as it closed behind them. Raul and Ultimanium ware the only ones
remaining to fight Neo Nemesis.
Raul held the Sword of Truth in his hand, which he deftly manged to steal
off of TK's back during the fight. "Once more, for old times sake. Blade, be
true to me this day." With a single motion, Raul held the Sword behind his
side and started to chant. "Here goes... get ready, Ultramagnus! Here I
come!"
"...No... This Is Not Possible..."
Ultimanium stood next to Raul. "This is it. Do this, Raul, and extermine
this fiend for creation itself."
"Sword, grant me your power.
Darkness beyond blackest pitch, deeper than the deepest night!
Justice was served. Ultramagnus, and his dominator ways would never walk the
earth again, regardless of dimension.
Lord of Darkness, who shines like gold upon the Sea of Chaos,
I call upon thee, and swear myself to thee!
Neo Nemesis looked up in denial. "Is... This What I Have Been Destined To
Be? No More Than Cannon Fodder For The Fool Ultimanium? This Cannot Be! This
Cannot Be My Destiny! I Was Born To Rule Over The Dimensions! Why? Why? I
WAS DESTINED TO RULE!! YOU CANNOT DO THIS!!! MY MISSION IS MY DESTINY!!!"
A vision pierced his mind. The entire Argetlahm crew standing, in front of
him. All at once, the entire crowd put up their hands and extended their
middle fingers.
All at once, they spoke.
"We speak for the entire dimension of people you've killed, Ultramagnus.
"Fuck you."
Lord Raul brought the Sword forward in front of him, now pulsing with black
energy.
May the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I
possess!
Sword, except this darkness and obey my command!
Neo Nemesis reverted to his normal self, Ultramagnus. He looked up at Raul.
"...um... Ulty? Can we at least talk abou this?"
GIGA SLAVE!!"
Regardless of dimension, everybody in existance buckled slightly as they all
felt the energy of the god Ultramagnus, Neo Nemesis, dissipate violently in
the ultimate subtractive magic that blasted in a massive sphere of death
from the dream dimension. While every single person alive felt a sting as
the wrath of Ultramagnus floated away, the dead from the third dimension
felt a sense of retribution wash over them. After a long while, those killed
in the rampage were finally able to enjoy their afterlife.
(A/N - There's another chapter, people! ^_^)
END OF CHAPTER 22
Argetlahm
Day 23, 3:56 AM
Tai kicked another android to his side. "I can't believe this." Stepping
through the immobilized bodies of what appeared to be hundreds of
Ultramagnus' soldiers, shut down somehow after the defeat of Ultramagnus,
Tai hastened his step to try to catch up to Goku, who lead the group down
the darkened hall. He glanced over his shoulder to find a more agile Agumon
trailing him a short distance behind. Serge, Cody and Gohan were behind
Agumon. Tai quickly snapped back to his senses and lifted his flashlight up
to his view, lighting another section of the floor. "This way, guys."
"Hey, I think the turbolift's still working," Goku shouted, further into the
darkness ahead. "Lemme check..." A loud click was heard, followed by the
tell-tale hum of the turbolifts starting up. "We're in business, baby!"
As the remainder of the group filed into the elevator, Serge picked up an
android and tossed it out into the hall. "This place is an absolute mess.
It's kinda funny how Ultramagnus managed to open a gate to the Argetlahm,
huh? Maybe the Chrono Cross was able to bypass the anti-dimensional
barrier."
Silence followed as the turbolift began to rise. Tai glanced over to Serge,
with a grin on his face. "Thief sword."
Serge frowned. "Swallow."
"Don't start that again," Gohan sighed, rolling his eyes. "It took you long
enough to forget about it."
"Say, Gohan," Cody asked. "Did you ever hear how Omegaveemon was doing?"
"He's fine," Gohan mumbled, twitching his toes. "Joe took him home when he
left with the others. He said he's going to take care of him for the time
being until his rib fracture gets better. He says it'll be about 2 weeks."
Everybody looked up as the turbolift dinged to a stop. "This is our stop,
guys." Goku chuckled. "Bridge floor. Computer equipment & software. TVs.
Window plates."
Serge smacked Goku on the back of the head as he stepped out of the
turbolift, but his playful mood deteriorated greatly when he caught sight of
the bridge. "...oh my God.. this place is wrecked!" As the group made their
way along the bridge path up to the control panels, Serge leading, they took
regretful glances at the bridge infrastructure. Many of the great pillars
supporting the bubble dome above the command center were toppled. Debris
lied everywhere. Many of the main control panels weren't functioning.
Serge's eyes grew wide as he saw a mechanical arm stretching from the
wreckage. "...Minonim!!"
Everybody waited at the control panels as Serge furiously tossed away the
plates of steel covering the probe. Serge lifted the robot, staring at it
with depressed eyes. "...Minonim..." Minonim was completely wrecked. Much of
his interior system was smashed into bits by both the androids and the
structural damage, and his head was severed clean in half, much of his main
CPU chips in pieces across the control panel floor. Serge dropped the
tattered probe where he picked it up and turned away, pushing his hand into
his face. "..M...Minonim..." Serge sniffled.
Tai rested a hand on Serge's shoulder. "Don't hold it against yourself, man!
There was nothing you could have done! If that ass..." Tai grit his teeth.
"..Ultramagnus never locked us down there on Server this would never've
happened!" Tai turned slowly to Minonim, shaking his head. "...a casulty of
war..."
Gohan bowed his head. "Minonim was always there with us. He hated
Ultramagnus just as much as any of us. He always helped us against the
androids... if I were him, I'd be happy about what I did for the group. I'd
be proud."
Goku stared solemnly at the wrecked helper. "Damn it..." He turned back to
the last functioning control panel and squinted at it. "..funny... there's a
scan program left open here... it must've been like Minonim knew we were
coming back so he left it open for us. Wait, there's a message here..."
Tell me Ultramagnus is dead. For all I know, you all could be dead, and I
would never know it... Ultramagnus' forces are on board, and there's nothing
I can do to stop them. I'm afraid this might be the end for me... but if you
all are out there, I believe in you. Finish Ultramagnus off and give me some
peace before I leave this world.
- Minonim
Everybody sat in a saddening silence. "It says here there are no more
functioning androids on board. We're clear."
Argetlahm Mess Hall
Day 24, 11:34 AM
Everybody was finally reunited aboard the Argetlahm after a lengthly cleanup
period, all each indulging in bowls of baked macaroni and cheese. Ultimanium
sat at the far end of the table, eating his food slower than the others. He
was too busy paying attention to the discussions among the group, finally
for once in a celebratory mood over the crucial defeat of Ultramagnus.
"Hey, TM!" Davis wailed. "Have some pepper!" Davis screwed off the lid of
the pepper shaker nearest to him and dumped its contents over TK's bowl, who
was sitting next to him.
TK stared, disturbed, at Davis. "TK."
"Whatever, TO," Conker snickered, giving Davis a high-five.
"Damn, man," Duo sighed, kicking back in his chair. "It's been a while since
we've just been able to sit around and relax here, hasn't it?"
"Sure has," Armadillomon cooed, dunking his head into his bowl.
Kid picked up her bowl and dumped it over Squall. "Food fight!!"
Magnus grinned. "BS! THIS is a food fight!" Magnus threw his bowl as hard as
he can, it cupping perfectly over Kid's face as it hit home. The bowl
smeared away from Kid's face, turning it yellow from the sauce.
Ultimanium ducked as a pop can flew over his head and landed in a bowl of
rice Raul was eating. "Hey!" Raul shouted.
Ultimanium stood and walked to the window, arms folded behind his back, as
bowls of macaroni flew in the background. "Everybody, it's time to go."
Everybody stopped, Cody lying on the table as he held Cloud's bowl away from
his face. "Huh?"
Ultimanium turned slowly back to the group. "The Argetlahm has seen many
adventures just within the past 3 weeks. However, I feel already it may be
time to shift it from my control. The Argetlahm is a ship of war, and having
it in my possession is only a reminder of the sacrifices that had to be made
to defeat Ultramagnus. Conker, would you like to take control of the
Argetlahm?"
Conker blinked. "Ah, well, no thanks. I'm heading home after I get off the
Argetlahm, and besides, I'd have nowhere to park it."
"Then Magnus will take the Argetlahm."
Magnus stood to his feet, pounding a fist into his chest. "I, Magnus Power,
will take the helm of the Argetlahm and guide it from hereonin! Even after
everybody leaves the Argetlahm, I'll be sure to leave the digiports here
open, so you'll be able to shift here anytime you want as long as you have a
digidestined escorting you." Magnus quieted down as Conker turned away.
"That effectively keeps me, Berri and Rodent away from the Argetlahm."
Conker muttered. "I guess I'm not going to be able to return here, huh?"
Raul nodded. "Well, actually, you can. I've locked the J3 into one
dimensional path. The only way it'll shift is if it is going to and from the
Argetlahm. Conker, you can have the J3 and you can visit here anytime you
please."
Conker lit up. "...really?"
Karsh rolled a cart into the mess hall, the J3 sitting atop it. "All aboard
the J3 express!" Karsh shouted gleefully. "Conker, I believe this is yours."
Conker watched as the J3 hovered off the cart on its own and turned to face
him. "...wow, you really mean it, don't you?" Berri and Rodent were already
examining the J3. "...well... I guess this is where I say goodbye. I have to
get home and watch some damn TV on my own television for once. Davis,
Goku... and the rest of you. It's been absolutely fucking awesome hanging
with you guys. Tell me you're going to be coming back aboard the Argetlahm
sometime."
Kari nodded. "Absolutely!"
"I know I will," Gohan laughed. "And dad's gonna be coming with me. And
Omegaveemon." Gohan held up his D3 alongside Kari's, both devices letting
out a friendly beep.
Conker glanced at the floor. "Well... we'll see you all again someday. Until
next time..."
Berri nodded. "I have Kid's number."
Rodent waved vigorously. "See ya all next time!"
With the hearty grin Conker was known for, he brought a hard hand down on
the J3's start button and tore through space-time to his destination. Berri
and Rodent disintegrated shortly after.
Goku stood from his chair. "I think we'd better get going too. We have
another big fight in a while, and we need a rest. Wish us luck."
Ultimanum nodded. "Cell, yes?"
"Uh-huh."
"I wish you best of luck," Ultimanium said. "While we don't have the J3,
Gohan can use his D3 to shift you to the 3.5 Digital World. From there he
can use it again to get back to the fourth dimension. You can use the
computers down in the rec room."
Vegeta stood and followed Goku and Gohan as they slid silently out of the
room. "..hey... Ultimanium?"
"Yes, Vegeta?"
"It has been a while since I met a worthy warrior such as yourself. Could
you possibly teach me that Shattered Reality trick sometime? Or at least the
Spirit Surge?"
"Yeah, sure," Ultimanium laughed. "Come back some time."
Vegeta slipped out of the room, the mess hall door closing gently.
Ultimanium turned back to his table. "...hey, where'd Serge and his gang go?
And what about Heero and Duo?"
Tai shrugged. "They said they were going to use the Chrono Cross secured
during the fight to shift home. I imagine they took the new Gundams with
them. Speaking of which, I think we'd better get going. Davis, Kari, TK,
Cody? You guys set?"
Everybody nodded, and stood from their chair. "This has been killer," Davis
laughed. "We have to do it again sometime."
"My pleasure," Ultimanium chuckled.
As the digidestined marched out of the room, waving to Ultimanium, Magnus
and Lord Raul on their way out. The digimon followed, with Veemon and
Gatomon walking side by side, bringing up the rear.
"Get home safely now," Magnus mumbled.
********
Conker finally stood at the crest of the rolling hill, peering down on the
dip in the ground beneath him with his hands at his eyes. After a long, hard
search, he had finally found it. At the base of the hill, among other
houses, sat a trailer. Conker's trailer. "Berri. I've found it."
Berri cleared the hill. "Have you. I need some TV too, what are we waiting
for?"
Conker grinned as he broke into a jog, and then a sprint as he dashed down
the hill, finally relieved to reach his home at last, after a month lapse.
Since that night.. that bad fur day... he wanted to get home, and finally he
was here.
Conker laughed to himself as he jiggled the door handle and forced his way
in. "Hell yeah."
*********
"Davis, God no, that's not how you do it! You never do the same move twice!"
Cody's grandpa brought his Kendo rod down in a single graceful movement and
knocked Davis clear back off his feet, landing several meters away. "Frick!"
Davis muttered to himself, shoving himself to his feet with the Ragnarok.
"Cody, how can you go through this?"
Cody sat on the sidelines of the Kendo mat, nodding. "Practice." Tai shoved
Cody over. "Hey, I want a try sometime soon."
TK jumped up. "Me too! C'mon!"
"I can't see this 'Ultimanium' handing swords to people as simple-minded as
these, Cody," The grizzled trainer sighed. "Maybe I shouldn't be training
them just for the sole interest of not hurting them."
"But we got swordsmen on our team now!" Tai squealed, before exchanging
high-fives with TK.
Oh, and Veemon and Gatomon lived happily ever after. Like hell you care.
********
Serge just slept. Kid disappeared again. Let's just keep it simple.
********
After a lengthly departure, Cloud and Squall were finally kidnapped by their
supposed loves, Tifa Lockheart and Rinoa Heartilly, after which they were
dragged up to a lonely mountain cabin where they were glomped mercilessly by
the two evil mistresses. Cloud and Squall were never heard from again.
********
Demiveemon... digivolve to...
OMEGAVEEMON!!
Master Roshi quickly ducked out of the kitchen, only to return with a broom
in his hands. "Where'd that little varmint go?! AH!! There you are!!
YAAAAAH!!" Roshi screamed as he brought a hard, spinning broom down on where
Omegaveemon stood. By the time the broom hit the ground, he wasn't there.
"What the hell?" He turned the broom toward Gohan. "You little punk! You let
that rat in here and now it's going to start chewing up my upholstery if you
don't do something about it!"
"...eh.. that's what I was going to ask you," Gohan sighed, scratching his
head. "I was wondering if you could take care of Omegaveemon for a while,
while we're at the Cell Games. It shouldn't be too hard, just keep him fed,
and he won't go In-Training and start crapping all over the place. I have
yet to pottytrain him."
As Gohan strided through the exit screen door and rocketed into the sky,
destination Cell Games, Master Roshi let out a stifled snarl. "Get back
here!!"
********
"Where are the Gundams?! What did you do with the Gundams?! I want some
answers you pussies, otherwise your ass is KICKED out of the military!!"
some half-assed lieutenant screamed at Heero and Duo.
Duo grinned. "What Gundams? We have... The Gundam Twos!!" Duo turned and
pointed to the obscenely armored mobile suits sitting parked in the corner
of the hangar, a polished shine hanging off them.
"Those aren't the Gundams!! Where are the Gundams?!"
"As soon as we're out of prison, I'm escaping with Wing Zeromus," Heero
whispered. "How about you?" As guards came and hauled both convicts off, Duo
scowled to himself.
********
Ultimanium slumped into his chair. "That's it, huh?"
Magnus twiddled his thumbs. "Yeah, the 2.5 digimon returned to their
dimension already. They told me to tell you that. I think they were going to
stop by again though. I heard Daemon say something about hosting a LAN
party."
"Nobody say anything, but I slipped the Sword of Truth back into Takeru's
bag," Raul whispered.
Ultimanium drummed his fingers on the table. "....so now what?"
Magnus grinned. "We go out to Hooters and get hammered."
Raul sighed, pushing himself up from the table. "I'm up for that."
Ultimanium, Lord Raul and Magnus all got up and left the room, Ultimanium
taking care to shut off the lights as he left. So many heroes had eaten in
this hall. It would be a shame to just close it off now. Not to worry. He
had friends now in high places. All his heroes could return to the Argetlahm
as they pleased.
The recording of the Ultimatum was finally complete. The true battle had
come and gone.
And what a battle it was.
END
The armed forces of Earth were able to take the invading androids relatively
easily, since the full force had not made it through the dimensional gate.
Casulties occured, but not nearly as many as there could've been.
END OF CHAPTER 23
Epoch Rock
Day 23, 12:00 PM
Accursed.... Argetlahm!
You will pay dearly for what has happened here today....
Shenlong paused for a moment, as if even he was shaken by the words of his
supposedly deceased master. He has set an unstoppable force upon this
world... still not measuring up to his own, though destructive enough to
spell the doom of the dimensions. It couldn't be stopped. Not by mortal
means.
"Daisuke... Hikari... Goku... Vegeta.... Ultimanium... Raul... Conker...
somebody.... You yourselves lack the power..." the Eternal Dragon trembled,
thinking of the heroes that had placed their dimension homes on the line to
fight Ultramagnus.
"You Will Not Disobey Me, Servant!!" Neo Nemesis screamed. "I Am The Most
Powerful Being In This Universe!!"
Shenlong's deep crimson eyes narrowed. "You speak of a hypothesis you can't
prove, mortal."
"You Yourself Are My Power!"
"I wasn't hoping I had to do this..." Shenlong paused momentarily. "I would
really hate to have to show my true power without the assistance of the
Dragon Balls. I mean, it would ruin the whole legend and all...."
"What A Crock! Tell You What, I Will Destroy This Entire Dimension, You Just
Watch!!!"
Shenlong would waste no more time. As Neo Nemesis began charging up energy,
the colossal dragon lunged down from the sky with an agility never heard of
in reality and struck Neo Nemesis with a massive glowing claw, sending Neo
Nemesis hurtling backwards, followed by tattered shards of his armor.
Shenlong stared, satisfied, at the growing pool of blood where Neo Nemesis
laid. He growled as the armor-clad behemoth began to raise himself from the
ground.
"Fool! You are just like the rest of your people... wishing for the silliest
of things... you have no reason for destroying the lives of this dimension's
people! I really wish you'd take a lesson from the warriors that struck you
down in the beginning and give up your vain crusade!..."
"I Refuse!" Neo Nemesis bellowed. "Ruling This Dimension Is My Birthright! I
Don't Have It, No One Will!!"
Shenlong glared daggers. "God giveth power, and God taketh away."
Neo Nemesis had been given no time to contemplate. Shenlong hurled his
massive body at Neo Nemesis and slashed away at him before knocking him up
into the air, from which he landed with a crash. Overcome with the energy
given off by the omnipotent attacks, Neo Nemesis simply disintegrated upon
impact.
Magnus stepped up. "Ouchies. Say, now that the guy's dead, and you're here,
can..."
Shenlong chuckled. "No freebies."
"Damn. Well, see ya, Ulty and Raul are at Hooters right now."
END OF CHAPTER 24