“... Shit, it can’t be-” Siggy said with his jaw agape to Guilmon as he looked up to see who had strayed into the line of fire- it barely even registered with him that MirageGaogamon had failed to retrieve Beelzemon until several moments after the fact, when he saw the wounded Knight talk to the Champion-levels he had saved.
“Don’t panic, it’s still under control-” MonoGigimon’s words fell on deaf ears, as he felt a sudden surge of fear shoot over the emotional wavelength and send it into chaos. For his part, he was hardly better- the sight of Dorugamon on the scene was filling him with his own dread, and so was the sight of his wounded friend.
“Look, I can contact Mirage via the Hazard,” He said, in an attempt to bring things under control- “I can’t believe I’m the one saying this, of all people, but Lucas and the others have it and we’re just going to make things worse if we go barging in.”
“Alrightalrightalright,” Siggy replied, every word shooting out of his mouth as quick as his panic-addled brain could fire them. It was under control, it was under control-
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‘Take control of the situation,’- That was what bought MirageGaogamon back to attention. He’d zoned out from the pain after he’d questioned the two Champions he’d helped out- now he was aware of his new role as well as the replies he’d gotten.
“Nothing I’m not used to, don’t worry.” As bad as it was, it wasn’t going to slow him down once his body’s response kicked in. He ignored the back and forth between the two about Beelzemon- it really didn’t matter anymore.
“Where’s your Tamer?” Right to the point. “Is she in the building?”
“She’s supposed to be in the building, but at this point I don’t-”
All it took was a loud snapping noise to snap Dorugamon out of her tired state. A clear sound of something breaking apart, it seemed. She wasn’t entirely sure what she had just heard and there was nothing around them that could had made that kind of noise. From the looks of it, it could be all in her head too as Ranamon looked at a startled Dorugamon with concern written all over her face.
“Dorugamon? Is everything alright?” Her partner tried patting her neck to help calm her down, seeing the maelstrom of emotions in her contracting golden eyes.
“Zei… Something happened to her…” She didn’t even know how she managed to come to that conclusion. After all, neither of them had any form of telekinetic link, not that she wanted to anyway- she liked having her unvoiced thoughts to herself. However, ever since she noticed Zei’s state of mind, there was a part of her that seemed to be keeping an eye on her no matter how far apart they were physically. Perhaps it was because of that that she heard what she heard.
“What happened?! Is she injured? Is she…”
“No… I think,” Gritting her teeth, Dorugamon lowered her head in shame. “She’s completely lost it.”
“Oh dear…” Was all MirageGaogamon managed to verbalize as he listened to Dorugamon’s reply. He made a split-second decision, and quickly acted on it.
‘It’s under control, don’t worry,’ He fired back over the mental link to MonoGigimon. On a better day, he’d have felt some shame for this- but this was most certainly not a good day. Others approached bad days by rising above them, he approached them by cutting through them without remorse.
“I’m not going to get angry for you intruding on the plan,” He began to say to Dorugamon and Ranamon- “But I will ask that you don’t make a liar of me. Take me to your Tamer. If things are going wrong in there, the plan isn’t going to matter for long.”
Exchanging glances with Ranamon, a now jittery Dorugamon sighed and looked at MirageGaogamon. “You know what? I don’t give two shits about the plan anymore.” With a strong flap of her wings, she carried her blue companion and flew out of the hole on the wall, guiding Mirage to where she believed Zei could be.
But then everything changed as a mighty roar filled the air.
And as a nightmarish marriage of flesh and machine emerged from the building and into the world outside.
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“What the hell is that.” Siggy stammered out, as any delusion of control over the situation vanished- as he laid eyes upon what was emerging from the building before him.
“They improved Kimeramon-” MonoGigimon was equally terrified. Both of them had been in panic before, but now they were beyond that. The panic had broken, and all that remained was cold, hard fear as a nightmare took form right in front of them.
“Good Yggdrasil…” Even being a Gallantmon wouldn’t dampen his fear in the slightest at this point. What Guilmon witnessed was nothing short of death given physical shape. Even more alarmingly so, they still didn’t know what was going on.
The creature- Millenniummon- was an abomination, pure and simple. Flesh and machine intertwined perfectly, and forged the frame for a creature larger than even Examon and Imperialdramon. A sickening crystalline growth pulsated out from its chest and spread up into the base of four might arms, but worse yet was what emerged from its back- two vast cannons almost as large as it was itself, and a blazing inferno of sickening yellow that warped the air around it.
“This would be an excellent time to Biomerge, you do realize?” MonoGigimon was once again the one left in charge of regaining control of the situation. “If this thing gets beyond this point, we’re looking at something worse than we ever could have imagined.”
Siggy’s words were caught in his mouth, but even he could acknowledge his partner’s words- their role had been to intercept anything inhuman leaving the building, and now was the time to make good on that-
Bad news. A familiar voice chose that moment to make itself known again. That Big ol’ bastard is going to delay the Biomerging process by a few minutes, at the very least. That meatbag must have programmed something proper clever into it- REALLY clever. I’m impressed, even I can’t mess around with your toys this good.
“... You can’t be fucking real right now.” Siggy was the one to snap this time, and cold panic gave way to an uncharacteristic fury.
Oh, y’all don’t appreciate fine design, The voice of the Hazard chuckled back, unfazed by the anger- But seriously, you’re going to want to find another way to hold that thing back for a few minutes. Got any ideas?
As it turned out, it wasn’t Siggy, MonoGigimon OR Guilmon that had the answer to that question.
”Looks like I’m pulling my weight already,” A sharp growl of a voice cut over through the mental link, as the world above the gathered ruptured- and as a blast of lightning delivered something vast to the world below.
The light of the sun and the blazing inferno was reflected from a mass of black crystal. A gigantic spear was readied as myriad eyes locked with those of the abomination before them.
“You aren’t going anywhere.” Parasimon hissed towards Millenniummon, the Omni-Shield blasting into life around him as he readied himself.
It was time for his final stand.