"EVIL WING!"
"NOOOOOO!" Tally screamed, as her sister's deadly attack flew towards her.
For a few seconds, everything seemed to move in slow motion, and Tally somehow had the feeling that someone was talking to her. A gentle, soothing voice...
And then, Rileys attack hit her. In the last second, she put her majestic, white wings in front of her, to shield herself from the fiery bat projectiles Riley was mercilessly flinging at her.
She winced in pain, but her angelic skills turned her wings into an effective shield that protected her from the attack's brunt.
However, she was not able to stop those fire bats that were flying past her... and impacted with the energy field that surrounded Belphemons sleeping body.
"NO!" Yamacus shouted. "Technicians, full power into the shield generator. Soldiers, drive them away!"
As most of his soldiers were busy with the all-new NeoDevimon, not everyone was able to listen to his orders. But finally, more Digimon entered the cave, among them a few other Ultimates.
NeoDevimon frowned. "That's too much! Yo, Riley! What d'ya say we split?"
The LadyDevimon snarled through her teeth. "I'm gonna KILL those two-timing bastards, you hear me?"
"Oh yeah? Before or after they pierce your body with lead?"
Riley grimaced as she averted her gaze from the battered Angewomon in front of her and looked down at the cavern floor, where the troops were aiming at her.
And when the attacks started flying at them, she decided that her revenge could wait.
"This isn't the end of it!" she spat and shook her fist towards Yamacus, who was standing behind his troops. "Mark my words, I shall make you pay!"
She then looked down at the soldiers, who were still firing at her.
"Darkness Wave!" A cloud of black bats swarmed towards the troops, making them shout in surprise and blinding them for a while.
After the bats were gone, they all looked up to where Riley and NeoDevimon had been just seconds ago...
...and they had vanished.
Yamacus was furious. "FIND THEM!" he roared. "Do whatever you have to do, but I want you to KILL that brat in an Ultimate's body and bring me back my Riley! NOW!"
"Yes, sir!" his men shouted and stormed out of the cave, except for a few guards.
Yamacus looked up to where Tally was slowly recovering from the shock and spread her wings again. Seeing that she wasn't too badly hurt, he instantly looked upon the energy field that was surrounding his 'Sleeping Beast'.
It was still stable, but he could see some cracks that had appeared in the glowing sphere, as if it was made of glass and not of digital energy.
"Status?" he shouted and rushed towards his console.
"The shield is still active, but LadyDevimon's attack has destabilized the energy flux," the head technician, an Andromon, shouted back. "We can't reverse the flow. We can delay it, but in a few hours, the shield will be down."
"Damn! Can't you create a new one?"
"I'm afraid that's not possible, sir! You know how long it took me to design an energy field that was able to contain an amount of destructive power as his."
"Curses..." Yamacus muttered. "What about Belphemon? Is he still sleeping?"
"Positive!" Andromon nodded.
"Then we have no time to lose! We have to finish our project 'Sleeping Beast' quickly. I need to be able to control him, or else we all will be in deep shit!"
"Understood, sir! We will double our efforts."
"Right! And whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not do anything that could result in him waking up!"
"Yes, sir!"
Yamacus turned around and saw Tally slowly descending from above. She was a mess, her beautiful wings a chaotic clutter of scorched feathers. A trickle of blood was slowly running down her forehead, and she was clutching her right shoulder in pain.
"Are you all right?" he asked in worry. While Riley was the one he had always loved, Tally was also a good friend, and it pained him to see her like this.
Tally winced. "Not too well, I'm afraid... I think I'll need to lie down for a while. And... a little medical help wouldn't hurt either."
Yamacus nodded. "I'll make sure to send a medical team to our chambers right away. Rest for a while, I'll take care of everything here."
She nodded and limped away, until Yamacus commanded one of the female technicians, a Sunflowermon, to escort Tally to her quarters. Sunflowermon nodded, supporting Tally as they slowly walked out of the cave.
"I'm sorry for what happened, Miss Tally," the Sunflowermon said. "It must have been terrible for you, being attacked by your sister like that..."
Tally nodded, to weak to respond anything. Tears came to her eyes when she thought about Riley, but she still couldn't forget that gentle voice that she heard when her sister attacked her.
'Please, take care of your sister...'
Tally gasped. "Mom?" she whispered.
----
"Well, it looks like she is fine," Ryo commented as he saw how Ai and her brother were hugging each other. "I don't know where that Betamon came from or how he could use such powerful attacks, but if he makes trouble again, call me."
Impmon nodded. He didn't like to call upon other's help, but this time, he had been grateful for Ryo's and Cyberdramon's appearance.
Monodramon looked up at his Tamer. "You know what I've been wondering, Ryo?"
"What?" Ryo asked.
Monodramon gestured over to Ai and Mako. "When did Ai lose her pretty little halo?"
Impmon gasped as he looked at the little girl he was so fond of. Monodramon was right: The shining halo that normally hovered over Ai's cute little head... was gone!
He frowned. Something was not right here...
Ai smiled and looked over to him. "Impmon, come on! Group huggies!"
Impmon stuck out his tongue in distaste. On the other hand... who else could act so damned cute?
Ryo looked down at him. He didn't know the little imp as good as Takato and his friends, but he knew a worried face when he saw one. "What's on your mind?" he asked.
Impmon shook his head. "I dunno... But either I'm just worrying too much... or this is decidedly the best disguise I've ever seen."
Ryo blinked in surprise. Disguise?
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