Now we get some more action. The Digidestined and their allies don't get to the Desert Core fast enough to do anything with it before Tyranterramon shows up, and they have to fight this immense force of nature even though they have no real chance. Then something happens which tips the scales enough that they actually manage to survive and make a retreat. This is a recurring pattern for a while.
Chapter Five
Miracle of the Desert Core;
Legacy of Pharaohmon
“Alright guys,” I said, “you know how to treat a guest.” I brandished my Digivice and it came online. Jeremy, Sarah and Amanda followed suite.
“Initiate,” I called, “DNA Warp Digivolution!”
“Initiate,” said Jeremy and Amanda, “Digiplayer Digivolution!”
“Serpentmon…”
“BlackColtmon…”
“…DNA Warp Digivolve to, InfernoKnightmon!”
“Mechmon, Direct Digivolve to! MegaMechamon!”
“Chickomon, Direct Digivolve to! MetalBrauntomon!”
“Initiate,” Sarah called, “Warp Digivolution!”
“Ponymon, Warp Digivolve to! TechAngewomon!”
Before us stood four Digimon; two Perfect Level, and two Ultimate Level. The once distant form of Tyranterramon approached quickly, shaking the soft earth beneath our feet. With no cover to hide us, he spotted us easily.
“Oh look, a party. Guess I wasn’t invited.” Tyranterramon raised his larger right fist, charged with energy, “I guess I’ll just have to crash it!”
“No way Tyranterramon,” said InfernoKnightmon. “You’ll never get your hands on another core while I’m here!” He shot into the air, hoping to use his smaller size and superior speed to get in close and strike a lethal blow, but before he could even begin, Tyranterramon swung his fist with incredible speed and swatted InfernoKnightmon to the ground, causing him to bounce, and scattering sand in all directions. As he did, MegaMechamon and MetalBrauntomon rose into the air and seized the opportunity to fire their attacks while the foe’s attention was elsewhere. Tyranterramon, however, didn’t even both looking away from InfernoKnightmon as he moved to guard. He kicked InfernoKnightmon into the air and caught him, using him as a living shield against the incoming attacks, laughing all the while. He threw the now-unconscious InfernoKnightmon at MegaMechamon, knocking him out of the air.
MetalBrauntomon and TechAngewomon moved to circle behind the foe and attack, but Tyranterramon grabbed MetalBrauntomon’s tail and swung him like a whip, hitting TechAngewomon and shattering the armor over her right shoulder, and causing severe damage to MetalBrauntomon’s right blade/wing. Then Tyranterramon dropped the massive dinosaur Digimon. MegaMechamon barely managed to pull himself and InfernoKnightmon out of the way in time. The four Digimon struggled to rise while Tyranterramon laughed. “And all of that without even using any of my own techniques! I have indeed grown stronger than I ever could have hoped.”
Tyranterramon reached down and picked up MetalBrauntomon, throwing him at us humans. MegaMechamon rose up, summoning all of his strength, and moved to catch his unconscious ally, but I think he knew just as well as I did that, in his state, it wouldn’t matter.
Jeremy knew what was coming too. “MegaMechamon!” He cried. Then he looked down at his Digivice, “What? Power is surging from somewhere.”
As he spoke, his Digimon was wreathed in light and began to change. “MegaMechamon, Ultimate Digivolve to!” He became a form of light and reformed into a Gundam-like mecha, with the characteristic face and everything, just barely taller than InfernoKnightmon, with strong-looking blue and chrome armor, a massive cannon on one shoulder, and a missile pod on the other. Panels on his back opened, fanning out and becoming a facsimile of wings. Guns appeared, attacked to his wrists. They flipped back, resting against his forearms, “Decimatormon!”
The newest Digimon raised his right hand and caught the behemoth form of MetalBrauntomon with zero effort. He set his ally aside and turned to Tyranterramon.
“You are powerful,” said Tyranterramon, “but I am in a league all my own.” He punched, calling “Tyrant Fist!” But before the attack could hit, boosters on the mech Digimon’s back flashed to life, and he shot forward, followed by a sonic boom, and slammed into Tyranterramon’s chest. Tyranterramon was stunned. He fell back. As he fell, Decimatormon called out “Decimate Cannon!” The guns on his shoulders fired, launching a massive energy beam as well as about four dozen missiles at the falling foe. Tyranterramon threw up his arms, protecting himself from most of the blast. He rose slowly from the depths of the resulting crater, only to be thrown back in by an energy blade to his side. I looked over. There was MechAngemon, his sword still glowing, flying toward the foe with TechnoWeremon running below. Behind them was Dokugumon, Jen and Kris riding on her back.
I smiled, “It’s about time.” Even as I spoke the heavily damaged InfernoKnightmon and TechAngewomon rose to their feet, ready to rejoin the battle as well. MetalBrauntomon tried to rise, but he found himself unable to move. One of his legs and both of his wings were destroyed.
“You won’t get by us,” said Decimatormon.
“Oh yes I will,” Tyranterramon cried. He jumped over us completely, landing on the other side of the Desert Tower before any of the Digimon could react. He turned to face the tower, sure that he had bypassed any remaining resistance, and he found himself blocked by none other than Dokugumon and Tuskmon.
“We won’t let you through,” said Dokugumon.
Tyranterramon blinked once, and then broke out into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.
“I have battled the Guardians, been incarcerated between dimensions, and survived the attacks of countless Ultimate Level Digimon,” Tyranterramon declared. “What can you hope to do against my power?”
“It doesn’t matter if we can defeat you,” said Tuskmon. “We will defend the Desert Core with our lives!”
There was a flash of light from within the tower. The light poured over our friends, washing over them like water, coating them until they were glowing. A moment later, and the two Digimon began to change.
Dokugumon became a red creature with a six-legged spider-like body with purple stripes from the waist down, and a torso similar to that of a woman wearing a red blouse. She had oversized arms, horns on her head, long silvery-white hair, and big, buggy eyes. “Dokugumon, Digivolve to! Arukenimon!”
Tuskmon became a form of light and changed, becoming humanoid in shape. Bandages appeared, wrapping his entire body, except for his eyes and his rather wide mouth. A black rifle appeared in his right hand. Black spikes grew from his shoulders, and a purple bandanna appeared on his head. Black straps appeared on his chest and arms, metal exoskeletons appeared over his lower legs, and a gun belt appeared around his waist. “Tuskmon, Digivolve to! Mummymon!”
Both Digimon were no more than seven feet tall, but despite their small size, they had an air of strength about them. Jeremy looked up from his Digicalculator and said, “They’re full of the same energy that caused Decimatormon to Digivolve. It’s the energy of the Desert Core!”
“With two more perfects on our side,” said Jen, “we might actually have a chance!”
Mummymon ran up the side of the Desert Tower and jumped high into the air. He turned in midair to face Tyranterramon and called, “Snake Bandage!” The bandages covering his body multiplied and several of them fired off, loosely ensnaring Tyranterramon’s legs and arms before the larger Digimon could be bothered to act.
Arukenimon jumped up and slung razor-thin threads from her fingertips, calling “Spider Thread!” The threads ensnared Tyranterramon even further.
Mummymon landed on the threads that reached from his allies fingers toward their foe, ran up them, and jumped up level with Tyranterramon’s face. He aimed his rifle, and called “Necrophobia!” A beam lanced from the barrel of the rifle and hit Tyranterramon between the eyes. He fell back, Arukenimon’s threads digging into his flesh. She let the threads go, letting Tyranterramon fall, ran forward, and jumped up, sailing over the foe’s massive form. She called out “Acid Spray!” and fired an acidic green mist from her mouth, engulfing Tyranterramon’s entire body. Arukenimon and Mummymon landed a good ways away, confident that the battle was over.
But out of the dissipating mist rose the largely undamaged form of Tyranterramon.
“It looks like I underestimated all of you,” he said. “Either way, I’ve had enough fun for today. Time to get what I came for.”
But as Tyranterramon spoke, the other Digimon surrounded him. He had nowhere to go. Or so I thought. Tyranterramon punched the ground, sending waves of energy in every direction, pushing the Digimon away. He pushed through the ranks of his stunned opponents and reached into the ground, shattering the Desert Tower in the process.
“NO!” I cried, running toward Tyranterramon as he pulled a glowing orb from the ground, but before anyone could reach him, Tyranterramon squeezed the orb, shattering it like glass, the shards absorbing into his skin. He began to glow, and a gale force wind picked up, pushing us away. A transparent orb surrounded Tyranterramon, and he began to hibernate, allowing his body to process the data that he had just absorbed. A massive, thunderous black cloud blossomed across the sky, and the ground began to shake violently.
I moved to run at Tyranterramon, but Jeremy grabbed my shoulder, stopping me. “What are you doing?” I demanded. “We need to stop him before he can finish absorbing the core!”
“John,” Jeremy replied, “it’s too late. That shell around him is too tough to get through before things get bad. If we stay here we’ll die. We have to go.”
So despite all of our efforts we had failed yet again to stop Tyranterramon, and now he was one step closer to his goals. We continued to lose ground, and now our foe had us all-out retreating as he grew ever stronger.
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