[Episode 206302] [Episode 206302]"Silver Daggers!" Excalimon shouted while throwing an assortment of gleaming throwing weapons at the Hagurumon. Afterwards, he absorbed their data.
"Should we feel bad about killing them?" Jackalmon wondered.
"It's their own damn fault!" Sorceressmon grumbled. "After all, this is war!"
AuraRenamon looked around the big hall they were standing in. They were inside one off the Blimpmon.
"This is the first time I've been wandering through the innards of another Digimon," she admitted. "I don't see any other enemies. "Do you think we've cleared this blimp?"
"Maybe, it it will still be able to fire by itself," Excalimon said.
"We can't blow it up, not as long as we aren't sure if Impmon or Ai are on board," Sorceressmon insisted.
"We've fought through all three levels of this Blimpmon, fought all the baddies, emptied all the treasure chests... my guess is we're done here," AuraRenamon assumed.
Sorceressmon was about to say something else to her sister, when suddenly, a winged figure came flying in through one of the windows.
"It's Ai!" Jackalmon shouted.
The reincarnation of Lucemon smiled at them. "I should have known you'd come to cause trouble. How rude! You're interrupting my little game."
"Enough with the games already!" Excalimon shouted. "How many have to die until you come back to your senses?"
"It is their own fault," Ai proclaimed. "Had they instantly obeyed me and listened to my new laws, there would be no need for anybody to die. Actually, I meant to ask you: Why don't you join me? You're no adults, so you are welcome to be part of my fellowship."
"You've got to be kidding me!" Rika blurted out. "After everything we've done to stop people like you... there's no way in hell we'll join you!"
"Stop this, Ai!" Harmony pleaded. "What happened to the little girl we all know and love?"
"The Ai of old is gone," Lucemon smiled. "What's left is a new Ai, one that intends to make this world a better place. Old Ai has always been insecure and afraid of the bigger people... but now I know that humans and Digimon have to be forced to be happy."
"Why do you think there are already laws?" Rika asked. "Do you think people want to fight wars? Do you think they want crimes to happen?"
"Some do, obviously," Ai said. "Or else there would be no need for the police to exist."
"You're right, that's what the police is for," Ryo nodded. "So why don't you just let them do their job and leave all the other people alone?"
"Those laws of yours are adult laws," Ai said. "They are flawed, naturally... only little children like us have pure minds. Only we know what's good and what's bad. And the police obviously can't deal with everything, that's why someone more powerful needs to take care of things."
"So you're saying the adults just should listen to what the children have to say?" Sorceressmon shook her head. "That's crazy..."
Ai sighed. "I see... your thoughts have already been corrupted by the adults. When children reach a certain age, they tend to do what they see as 'rational'. And why? Because their parents say so." Ai spread her wings. "Adults may have stronger bodies and a higher intellect... but still, all of their life-long experience hasn't helped them. They have lost their purity they once had as children. And that's why they turn to crime and war."
"It's useless..." Jackalmon sighed. "She's not listening."
Sorceressmon raised her staff. "So you believe forcing someone to do the right thing is all right, do you? Okay, then allow us to beat some sense into you! I really hate to do this, since you are still a little girl, and our friend... but since you have gained the powers of Lucemon, we know this won't kill you."
"We'll bring you home, Ai," AuraRenamon said while entering a battle stance. "We'll bring you back to your parents and brother."
"According to your logic, that should be proof enough that we are right," Excalimon said while drawing his sword.
Ai shook her head. "The sad thing about adults is... they always believe they are right."
"Enough talk!" Rika shouted. "Get her!"
"SHADOW PACK!" Jackalmon shouted, and shadowy, canine images rushed at the winged girl, piling up on her.
With a single motion of her arms, they were flung aside and disappeared.
"It's the same with you," Ai said. "You believe you are right... but you are wrong. Maybe... maybe you are too old. Maybe only the youngest of children will be pure enough to realize the errors of the grownups."
She raised her arm. "Divine Feat!" A spear of pure light appeared, which she threw at Jackalmon.
"Harmony!" Excalimon shouted as he rushed in to block the thrown weapon with his armor. Still, the impact was so powerful that it made him fly across the room. With a groan, he collided with the wall and slid down to the ground.
"A good thing we've found some healing items on our way..." he muttered while reaching for his belt.
"We can win this one," AuraRenamon said while dodging another spear. "Because this is nothing but an RPG - a game!"
"Right!" Sorceressmon nodded. "And every game can be beaten, no matter how hard it is. MANA SHOCK!"
An arch of electricity came zapping out of her staff and flew at Ai. The little girl simply raised her arm and blocked the attack with her palm.
"You are right," she nodded. "But in this game... you are the bad guys. DIVINE FEAT!"
This time, it was a sword of light that appeared in her hand. She made a wipe, sweeping gesture with it, and it left a trail of holy energy behind, which hit Sorceressmon and AuraRenamon at once, throwing them backwards as well.
Sorceressmon groaned and rubbed her head. "At this rate, we'll be out of healing items in no time..."
"We can't give up!" Jackalmon shouted. "We have to have faith in Kei and Eiko... they are sitting at the computer, watching our battle, and do everything they can so we can win this fight. This is nothing but a boss battle... which we have to win! MYSTIC RAY!"
She opened her muzzle and let a multi-colored beam fly at Lucemon. The angel hovered up to avoid the attack.
"You are strong," she admitted. "And you are Hybrids, just like me. But there is one thing you lack..." She raised her arms and focussed her powers. Above her head, the image of the solar system appeared and formed a huge cross.
"The power of Lucemon!" she shouted. "GRAND CROSS!"
With blinding speed, the shining cross was flung forward by Ai's will. Harmony could only gasp when she saw this construct of light heading her way...
...just to hit a force field that had appeared in front of her, along with another winged child.
Twilimon lowered his arm and smiled sadly. "Hello, Ai..."
"M-m-mako..." Ai stuttered. His appearance had completely caught her off guard. She also was completely stunned by his appearance.
"What... what happened?" Rika wondered. "Mako... did he become an angel as well?"
"No, I am still a little devil," Mako chuckled.
"But... but how? I... I feel the power of light within you... how can this be? You are a creature of darkness..."
"And you are an angel, a creature of light," Mako said to his sister. "So why do you do evil stuff?"
"But... but I'm NOT evil!" Ai protested and gestured at the forms of the Hybrid Tamers. "THEY are!"
"They are our friends, Ai," Mako said. "Don't you remember how nice they always have been? Don't you remember the fun we've had with Impmon?"
Ai gritted her teeth. "They HAVE to be evil..." she muttered. "They are on the side of the adults..."
"Mommy and Daddy are grownup, too," Mako told her. "Do you want to fight them, too?"
"That's what I've been doing for the last few hours," Ai shouted. "Don't you pay attention? Mom is in her own battleship, right ahead of us, and she wants to blast me out of the sky as well. Is that what an angel should do? No, I didn't think so. Therefore, she must be evil!"
"God, you just have to love that logic..." Sorceressmon grumbled sarcastically.
"And all evil persons must be punished," Ai said. "Now get out of my way so I can do my job!"
Mako shook his head. "No."
"What do you mean, no?"
"This is wrong, sis," Mako said. "Rika and the others are our friends. Mom won't do anything if you come back home. Nobody will be hurt anymore."
"No, that's not true..." Ai protested. "The adults will continue to do bad things and..."
"That's just how things are. But there are also many adults who try to prevent these things, you know?" Harmony pointed out.
Ai hung down her head. "I..."
"Please, Ai..." Mako softly said and came a step closer. "Please come home with me."
"No..." Ai muttered. "No, I can still win..."
"That's not quite right, I'm afraid," a cocky voice coming from the door spoke up. "Your time is up, Ai... I won!"
It was Impmon.
He grinned. "Your time limit has just expired... and this makes me the winner."
"Hey! No fair!" Ai yelled and pointed at Twilimon and the Tamers accusingly. "They distracted me! I would have find you if..."
"Hey, is it our fault if you let yourself get distracted like that?" Excalimon asked. "Rules are rules, and if you have lost, admit it already."
"Right," Impmon smirked. "And according to our rules... you have to call back your fleet and end this fight. We agreed on that, remember?"
Ai stayed silent.
"I realize now," she finally said in a voice that was barely more than a whisper.
"That you've been wrong, right?" Mako smiled.
Ai looked up at him and nodded. "Yes."
Rika had never felt this relieved before in her life. And, according to the looks on their faces, her friends felt the same.
Mako laughed. "This is great! So you're coming back home with me?"
"No."
That surprised everyone. 'Now what's on her mind?' Rika wondered.
Ai looked across the room, at each one of them. "I've just realized... while children will always be purer than the adults... the adults will always have the upper hand. They are bigger, stronger and smarter than us. Their influence affects other children as well, and so we will always be subdued. Even an angel like me... is not free of flaws. If that wasn't true, Mommy would not be fighting me."
She looked up. "There is no good or evil. There are just people who are to stubborn to admit that what they've done is wrong. The adults have made many mistakes... for example, my mother has always lectured me that devils and demons are evil, even though my own brother is a Devil Digimon."
"Sis..." Mako murmured. "What are you talking about?"
"Just changing them and controlling their minds will change nothing. Deep within their hearts, they are still the same people. I still want to make a change, to make everyone happy... but I can't do it like this."
"So... does that mean you give up?" Impmon wondered.
"No," Ai said. "It means I have to stop being afraid of growing up."
Rika didn't even try to understand which twisted logic had lead Ai to that conclusion. She was rather worried what that meant for them.
"Children aren't able to change the world," Ai continued. "And adults lack the purity needed to heal the world. Thus... what we need are adults with the souls of children."
She hovered up into the air. "Good or Evil, Light or Darkness, Children or Adults... all of this doesn't mean anything. You just... have to be able to purge the world!" She closed her eyes and spread her wings.
"MY FOLLOWERS!" she spoke in a booming voice that could even be heard outside, where the angelic kids were still trapped by Jackalmon's seals. "WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF CHANGES ANYMORE! WE HAVE TO USE ALL THE POWERS WE CAN MAKE US OF TO REACH OUR GOAL! THE LIGHT WAS NOT ENOUGH! THEREFORE... WE WILL EMBRACE THE DARKNESS!"
"NO!!!" Impmon yelled and jumped forth... only to be thrown back by an invisible force field.
Outside, Jackalmon's seals were shattered when streaks of darkness appeared on the wings of the angelic children. Their mischievous, but still innocent faces transformed until they were looking like masks of hatred. Their forms expanded and their wings grew, while their loose, white togas turned into skimpy, black costumes. The white, feathered wings turned into black bat wings.
"CHIBIANGEWOMON DIGIVOLVE TO... SUCCUBIMON!"
The hair of the girls grew until it reached their now firm posteriors and turned black and glossy. Black lipstick appeared on their faces, as well as a sultry look. Their sandals turned into high-heeled boots.
"TINYANGEMON DIGIVOLVE TO... AZRAELMON!"
Muscles were straining the black shirts the males were now wearing. Their hair was black and scruffy, and metal chains were wrapped around their upper bodies. They were wearing heavy leather boots with spikes at the tip.
While their transformations occurred, black clouds had gathered in the skies above the two fleets. The harps and wands in FlareGuilmon's bag disappeared, and the angels that had been transformed into feral beasts suddenly found themselves back to normal.
Above the Blimpmon fleet, a tiny, grey Digimon was hovering.
"Finally!" BioCalumon grinned. "It's starting to happen..."
He looked down at the Virus Circlet. "The last Demon Lord has finally awakened. It doesn't matter that I still don't have the powers of Lilithmon... I will retrieve them in due time. But there won't be a chance like this again... Ai, you have served me well. Thank you!" He grinned. "But now... I will be taking over."
And he hovered down to the biggest Blimpmon.
Inside the Blimpmon, Ai was beginning to change as well...
"LUCEMON DIGIVOLVE TO... LUCEMON CHAOS MODE!"
Like her followers, she turned into an adult, a beautiful woman with blonde hair that she was wearing in a ponytail. White paint was covering her whole face, except for her black lips. The wings on her right side were still white... but the wings on her left side had turned as black as her lips. She was wearing a tight-fitting bodysuit that was black on the arms and legs, but white in the middle. A golden emblem resembling the sun was sitting in the middle of her chest. White and golden boots with high heels were on her feet.
Lucemon opened her eyes and smiled. It wasn't the misguided, but warm smile of the childlike angel... it reflected the darkness in the new Digimon's heart.
"In my new world order," she shouted. "Is no place for weak-minded fools and idiots that try to get in my way! I don't have to change anyone... I have to destroy those who don't agree with me!"
She raised her arms to the sky and laughed. "Beware, mortals! The reign of Lucemon has begun!"
Twilimon couldn't move. He had believed he could stop his sister, now that he was bigger. But... now she was an adult... and she didn't even look like Ai anymore.
"Look out!" Impmon yelled and tackled Mako to the ground when a beam of darkness, mixed with light, came bursting forth from Lucemon's palms. One of them had almost pierced her brother's head.
The energies were crackling along the walls and made them slowly disappear. The Blimpmon groaned in an inhuman voice, as if the man it had once been was trying to free itself from this bulky form, to escape the horrible fate... but it was no use. The energy was spreading, until the whole blimp burst apart in a spectacular explosion of light and darkness.
When the Tamers began to fall, Excalimon quickly caught Sorceressmon and AuraRenamon, while Jackalmon safely landed on her four feet.
Realizing that Mako didn't spread his wings, there was only one thing Impmon could do: Like Ai, he expanded and digivolved into Beelzemon. He spread his wings and caught his male Tamer before they hit the ground.
The rays of light and darkness were not stopping. Lucemon fired them in all directions, so that the hulls of the Blimpmon were destroyed one after another. The same happened with the Heavenly Fleet, until only the MAGNADRAMON'S GLORY was left.
And then, it was over.
A cloak of darkness was lying over the city, and when Rika looked up, she saw the creature Ai had turned into hovering in front of the flagship of her mother's fleet. All around her, the Succubimon and Azraelmon were hovering, an army of angels turned into demons.
Up in the heaves of the Digital World, Magnadramon closed her eyes and shook her huge head with sorrow. A single tear trickled down her furry cheek.
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