Digitaltale 06 – Messenger from the Dark

Author Note: I apologize for the wait.

I am using Type Coverings from Cyber Sleuth games, although some of the Digimon showing up weren't in game, such as Raiji Ludomon.

After re-uniting with Alphys and Sistemon Noir and Blanc, group would had seeked a safe place, a cave near a lake, to make a camp to in order to catch Alphys up to the speed what they had been going through.

"O-oh… This p-place is quite d-different to the Underground, is it n-not?" Alphys would say, thinking. "Vampires, a g-giant beetle… A-and a demon in a s-scuba s-suit?"

"Yeaah… That last one was a weird one", Undyne admits, remembering MarineDevimon.

"You have not seen anyone else?" Frisk would ask from Alphys, who nods. "Y-yeah. I did meet Mettaton and Napstablook, b-but…" She hesitates a bit. "W-we were ambushed. S-some strange c-creature c-captured them."

"Strange Creature?" Frisk asks, sounding worried.

"What did it look like?" Angewomon asks, looking at the lizard.

"I-it looked l-like a red s-skeleton, a-and was wearing black pants and m-mask and had b-black wings... And h-had t-this w-weird c-crest on h-his chest. And i-it had a s-staff too."

LadyDevimon frowns. "Sounds like SkullSatamon to me… He is trouble."

"You know him?" Chara asks, looking at LadyDevimon who nods.

"Yes. It's also an Ultimate level Digimon, like ones we have been facing at late", she explains. "Though usually he just deletes his opponent. If he captured them, it might mean they are working with someone."

Undyne punches her fist. "Then what are we waiting for! Let's go break his skull!"

"H-he was not alone!" Alphys protest. "H-he had two o-other skeletons w-with him… A d-dinosaur a-and a wi-winged-"

Before Alphys gets chance to finish her explanation, a voice echoes from the woods. "Nail Bone!" Only a moment later a flash of lightning would hit ground near the cave, causing data there glitch a bit before turning into a crater.

"And there's the devil when you mention", Angewomon states, frowning as he looks to the forest.

No-one from the group would be ready for the sight that would be coming for them from the forest. A massive arm of bone would smack trees aside, revealing a skeletal dinosaur with missile on its back. It then roars once it spots the group.

Soon after it, a winged skeletal hound would be walking, around half of the size of the skeleton dinosaur. On the head of the skeletal hound, SkullSatamon would be sitting and cackle as it looks at the cave.

"Come out, come out wherever you are!" It calls out, spinning its staff as it stands up.

The dinosaur skeleton would prepare to swing his arm at the cave, but SkullSatamon lifts his staff. On sight of this, the giant skeleton just lowers it arm. "No no, no crushing yet… Lord wants them alive, after all", it then states.

In the cave, LadyDevimon would be swearing. "Great, not only SkullSatamon, but also SkullGreymon and SkullBaluchimon too", she mutters.

"How about you explain what they are?" Sans points out, looking at the fallen angel digimon.

"…SkullBaluchimon and SkullGreymon both are Ultimate as well, Undead-types. They lack any sense of reason, and usually just rampage without stop. SkullSatamon must be controlling them."

"So… What happens if we remove SkullSatamon out of picture?" Undyne asks, looking at the caves entrance.

"They go berserk", Duramon answers. "Best chance would be that they attack each other, but problem is SkullGreymon's Ground Zero."

"Ground… Zero?" Papyrus asks, looking confused.

"That thing on its back is a Missile with lot firepower – enough to level this lakes area and a mile around us if it fires it", Duramon asks.

Everyone looks shocked. "So… What about SkullBaluchimon? Is it how big of a threat?" Chara asks.

"About as big threat as a winged skeletal dog with no emotions can be", Ladydevimon answers. "It will either try to stomp us or trap us in into its own dimension to hunt us down".

"What are our chances to win?" Chara asks, peering at LadyDevimon, who shrugs. "It's hard hard to say. Angewomon and that short round should atleast be able to do some damage to them," She states, pointing her thumb at Sistemon Blanc. "Duramon also could have a chance, and Noir and I should be able to resist their attacks a bit, as we are same attribute. However, Raiji Ludomon and Knightmon have Disadvantageous Type against them."

"What you mean?" Sans asks, peering at the Raiji Ludomon who sighs.

"Each Digimon have "type" and "attribute"," Raiji Ludomon explains. "And each type has their own weak points. Virus defeat Data, Data beats Vaccine, and Vaccine purges Virus. I am a Data Type, those three outside are meanwhile Virus Type", he explains. "And Attributes can increase the difference in their power even further. Those three are all Darkness Attribute, so they cannot really take Light-based attacks…"

"So, what are our type coverage in total looking like?" Sans asks then, looking at the group. "I am not sure I know what our partners really are in that chart."

"Well… Angewomon and Blanc both are Light and Vaccine, so they have the greatest advantage now. Duramon is in attribute "clear", meaning he is neither strong nor weak against any attribute, but he is also Vaccine type like Angewomon is, so he has some advantage." Raiji Ludomon proceeds to explain.

Duramon seems to be getting ready for the fight and nods to Raiji Ludomon.

"Lady Devimon and Noir meanwhile are both Virus-type, as well as darkness element, much like those three outside", Raiji Ludomon keeps explaining. "So they are resistant to each other attacks. Finally, I and Knightmon are Data-type: He is Clear like Duramon is, and I am Electric… Meaning I am weak to Earth-based attacks", Raiji Ludomon finishes explanation.

Sans nods, and looks at Frisk who has been processing this information this whole time. "So, got an idea Kiddo?"

Frisk nods. "I might have, but we'll need to work together to get it to work." Frisk says, looking determined.

Minutes pass, and outside, SkullSatamon would be slowly starting to lose his patience. "How much longer you intend to hide?!" He then snaps, looking at the cave before firing more Nail Bone blasts at the caverns entrance.

As he does, a near transparent Aurora would begin to cover the area to his surprise.

"Huh? What is going on?" SkullSatamon asks, looking around as the veil of a rainbow light comes contact with them. In the next moment, SkullBaluchimon and SkullGreymon both begin to shudder , and soon enough SkullSatamon also begins to weaken. "What a- What is this!?"

SkullSatamon looks around, trying to find a source of the light. However, his attention would be disturbed as several attacks were fired at once.

First ones to launch their attacks would be Noir and LadyDevimon, Noir using his Pistols to fire a volley of Mickey Bullets at the SkullSatamon who easily dodges the attack, while LadyDevimon shouts "Darkness Wave!" as she sends the volley of dark bats at the SkullSatamon, missing the initial target, but damaging a bit SkullBaluchimons skull with attack, making skeletal hound go berserk.

Before SkullSatamon would have chance to calm SkullBaluchimon down, second volley of attacks would be already launched, this time from Duramon and Sistemon Blanc. Duramons chest would once more glow as he calls out "Blinded!" and fires the blast shaped like 20, firing it so that part of the blast hits SkullGreymon and leaves "0" carved to its body, half of the blast flying to the distance. Blanc meanwhile would call out name of her attack, "Divine Pierce", firing beam of light from her trident which pierces through part of the SkullGreymons shoulder, before flying to the distance.

"Hah! Where are you aiming?" SkullSatamon asks, smirking. "Your aim is worse than drunk Deuptymons! Even if we are weakened by this weird light and you attacked first, you still failed to hit me!" He says, laughing. He would however pause soon after. "...Wait a minute!" He states, before looking behind him.

In the sky, Angewomon would be flying, hands raised in air, with halo of light floating above her, with a rainbow light visible within. SkullSatamon backs away. "Saint's Air!? That's what was causing this light!?" SkullSatamon asks, looking back at the Digimon that attacked. "So that is why you missed, to power her up by firing your attacks into the Saint's Air?" He then aims his staff at the Angewomon. "That won't work… Nail Bone!" He then snaps, as he fires as he fires his magical blast once more.

Before it can hit Angewomon, it would hit in something- A Barrier, with Raiji Ludomon standing behind it, standing on a floating dragon skull with glowing blue eyes, with Sans standing front of him, smirking as the skeletal dragon skull begins to charge energy to its mouth, with Sans saying "Get dunked on", firing the Gaster Blasters at the SkullSatamon, who was still standing on SkullBaluchimons skull, forcing demonic skeleton to dodge and have Baluchimon take the full force of the attack, leaving a hole in its skull, causing its data slowly to come apart.

"Damn it!" SkullSatamon calls out, before jumping at SkullBaluchimon and firing a Nail Bone at it, destroying the undead digimon and absorbing its data.

As SkullSatamon absorbs data of SkullBaluchimon, Angewomon would had finished powering up. The feathered glove on her left hand would turn into a bow as she draws the string and takes aim at the SkullGreymon. "Celestial Arrow!" As she calls out as she lets go of the arrows tail, sending a flash of light straight at the SkullGreymon. Undead Dinosaur would begin to disgenerate into the data, which SkullSatamon once more absorbs.

"Damn it! Damn it!" SkullSatamon calls out as he finishes absorbing the data. "Know what!? Screw the orders! If Lord Grandracmon wants you he can come to collect scraps that are left when I am done!" He snaps, as he starts to glow.

Everyone blinks in surprise as SkullSatamon begins to glow.

"Is he-" Frisk would begin the question, looking at Chara, standing in woods where they can see SkullSatamon with Undyne, Knightmon, Alphys, Asriel, Turuiemon and Chara.

"SkullSatamon Digi-Evolves into-!" SkullSatamon calls out as its form begins to change, wings vanish and body straightening up, left arm gaining cannon and claws while right one becomes a massive sickle, spikes growing from the left shoulder, and feet growing and gaining 2 talons. "Reapermon!" He calls then out as the light vanishes, in place of SkullSatamon standing now a cybernetic digimon with silver and gold body, face being a Golden skull.

"Oh no", LadyDevimon says, visibly now panicking. "He Digi-evolved into Reapermon…"

Before LadyDevimon has chance to finish her sentence, Reapermon glares at her direction and aims the the gun of left arm at her. "Guilty Chain!" At command Reapermon fires a chain with weight on its tip at LadyDevimon which wraps around the demon digimon. Before LadyDevimon has any time to process what happened, Reapermon would swing the chain, sending her flying straight at the Angewomon, sending two crashing to the forest.

"LadyDevimon!" "Angewomon!" Frisk and Chara call out right away, and rush to find the two.

Next Reapermon would glare at Raiji Ludomon, aiming his scythe at the digimon and Sans. "Time to pay! Bone Duster!" As he calls out the attack Reapermon sends a pillar of fire at the Raiji Ludomon and Sans, Ludomons barrier holding barely long enough for Sans to teleport away from the flame.

"Damn you!" Duramon and Knightmon call out, jumping at the Reapermon, swords ready. "Berserk Sword!" Knightmon Calls out, bringing his sword for a powerful slash. "Glass Rush!" Duramon snaps, bringing his sword arms into attack as well. However, Reapermon simply brandishes his sickle arm. "Fools! Taste my Judgement Sickle! Grim Slasher!" Reapermon sickles easily powers through both Berserk Sword and Glass Rush, sending Knightmon and Duramon where others are.

"Sistemon Noir… Awaken!" Noir would in turn call out, her cat-like coif turning now into more of a mask as she fires the pistols at Reapermon.

"Sistemon Blanc… Awaken!" Blanc also calls out, growing more mature as her pink rabbit hood covers her eyes like a mask, trident also changing form as she rushes Reapermon with her trident, two keeping him busy for now.

In the forest, Frisk and Chara have by now found Angewomon and LadyDevimon who are still laying in ground after impact.

"Are you alright!?" Frisk asks, looking worried as she rushes to the side of the two."

"I'll live", Angewomon states as she pushes herself up from the ground, cleaning dirt from her clothes.

"What was that thing?" Chara in turn asks, looking at the sky where Blanc and Noir clash with Reapermon.

"Reapermon", LadyDevimon states, groaning as she pushes herself up. "Mega-level Digimon. That bastard must have used data of SkullBaluchimon and SkullGreymon to push himself to evolve."

"So, how much stronger is he now?" Chara asks, crossing her arms.

"…At least 10 times, and that goes for his defense too", LadyDevimon admits, sighing. "And evolving changed him into cyborg-type. That means Angewomons arrows won't work as well as they did before."

Chara frowns, but Frisk thinks. "…Do… Do we have any chance against it? There are more of us?" She asks, but Angewomon simply shakes her head. "I am not sure. It won't let me use Saint's Air again, and I am not sure if we can best a Mega-level Digimon by ourselves."

Chara swears under her breath, looking as Noir and Blanc try their best to fight the Reapermon in the sky…

"Curses! I did not think it would go Mega on us!" Raiji Ludomon says, punching nearby tree, leaving a mark on it.

"…Calm down", Duramon tells to it. "If it is a Mega, all we need to do is to match it."

"Match it?" Raiji Ludomon asks, looking at Duramon. "Did you forget that we have not been able to take those forms in a good while now?"

"True, but have we tried since we partnered up?" Papyrus cuts in, smiling widely.

"its worth of a shot", Sans admits. "Otherwise we're gonna lose our skulls."

Raiji Ludomon stays silent, but sighs. "Sure. Let's try that, it's not like we got any other options."

In the sky, Reapermon would had enough of the fight with Sistemons. "ENOUGH!" He snaps. "Burning Cyclone!" Reapermon then begins to rotate his torso, turning into a burning cyclone – and in the moment unleash volley of burning skulls from it which begin to hit the surrounding area.

As attack hits Sistemons they fall down and revert to their base forms, only to be caught by Knightmon and Undyne. "Got them!" Undyne calls out.

Behind the group however, forest would begin to catch ablaze from the Reapermons attack, who just laughs. "Let's see how long you can stay hiding with the inferno blazing around you!" He calls out, and starts to laugh again.

He would however stop the laugh as two pillars of light burst from the woods. "What the!?" He asks, turning around.

"Duramon Digi-Evolves into… Durandamon!" Duramon calls out, growing in size, gaining now blades for both its feet and arms, along with a massive blade on its back, a blue crest visible on the chest.

"Raiji Ludomon Digi-Evolves into… Bryweludramon!" TiaLudomon calls out as his form begins to grow much larger, gaining red shields all around his body, two of them on his wings catching soon fire as he roars, two small floating shields appearing to sides of his head now.

Reapermon would be in shock. "Are you kidding me!? Durandamon and Bryweludramon, the Legend-Arms!?" He then looks around. "Bah, I just get rid of those intruders and be done with it!" He snaps and starts to spin again. "Burning Cyclone!"

This time, attack would not get chance to hit the forest, as Durandamon jumps in air before attack has chance to land. "Thron Messer!" As it calls out the attack, Durandamon begins to spin around, splitting every single skull sent by Burning Cyclone in half.

Reapermon would be shocked at this, but then notices Sans and Papyrus, who are standing on back of Bryweludramon. "I atleast get rid of you!" He then calls as he dives for them ,readying his Judgement Sickle. "Grim Slasher!"

As Reapermon is about to slash, Bryowaludramon detaches the shields on its body and shrouds itself in a fiery barrier which deflects the Grim Smasher, before glaring at Reapermon. "Blast Smash!" It then charges at the Reapermon, impact sending it flying at Durandamon who would be ready.

"Take this! Zweigänze!" he then calls out, bringing the blades on his arms for a cross-slash as Reapermon flies past him – slashing him in four pieces, which then begin to spark. Only a second later, Reapermon explodes and turns into Data, one last yell echoing to the distance. "I am sorry, Lord Grandracmon-!"

Group would soon enough gather up, and Bryowaludramon would help them to his back as they begin to move out, Durandamon flying behind and keeping guard.

"Well, I did not expect that you also would go Mega this quick", LadyDevimon admits, crossing her arms with a smug smirk on her face.

"To be fair, we always could had… Until you arrived, anyhow", Bryowaludramon explains.

"What you mean?" Angewomon asks, looking confused by this.

"We ran into some human. I don't know what he did to us, but Data was weakened by result of his attack", Durandamon explains. "He was a strange one. Moment I tried to slash him he… Glitched and vanished, and next moment cut me in back with somekind of energy blade."

Everyone blinks. "Could he be one who recruited that one?" Chara then asks.

Sistemons shake their heads. "No, he did mention digimon he did serve, right?" Blanc would ask, looking at Noir who nods. "Yeah… GranDracmon, the Ruler of Dark Area."

This makes both Angewomon and LadyDevimon look shocked. "…The Immortal King", LadyDevimon says, looking nervous now.

"The Immortal King?" Chara asks, looking at Asriel. "Does that ring any bells?"

Asriel hesitates a bit, but nods. "…I saw that SkullSatamon too, he fought with King Asgore. It was even, until he showed up" he admits. "He froze them and had them to be carried over…"

"He used Crystal Revolution on them!?" LadyDevimon asks, looking horrified. "That ice won't melt until he is defeated."

"Well, then we have a goal", Durandamon says, looking at the group. "I'll kill him twenty times if needed to reverse his ice!" He says, smirking.

Everyone nods at this, and they begin to plan their next course of action.

In the horizon, two humanoid figures, partnered with a ghost with a scythe and mummy with machinegun peer at the group, one of the humanoids smirking. "It's Showtime."

The group has now a goal: To Defeat the Ruler of the Dark Area, GranDracmon! But what trouble awaits the group ahead? Stay tuned for the next Chapter!

Notes:

Thron Messer = Throne Knife in Deutch.

Zweiglänze = Twenty-Sparkling