Blood in the Moonlight 3
#3 of Blood in the Moonlight
This story conatins very course language, scenes of violence and this chapter contains graphic sexual description. Please be advised. Chapter 3 Vamdemon watched the human run away and turned angrily to the crowd of gawking digimon. "Fuck off! Crimson Lightning!" The crowd scattered as he lashed at them with his energy whip. He rose into the air and landed on a rooftop a few blocks away and wiped his bleeding nose. He knew he had been getting in too deep with the human but when he had seen her with MagnaAngemon even if he was in his rookie form, he had felt intensely jealous. He knew he had to cut her loose before he got himself in even deeper. He had felt a pang of guilt as he had watched her run away but he needed his life to go back to normal. He grinned as he thought of the prospects that lay before him now that he had digivolved into his ultimate form. He decided he would head to his apartment and gather his things. He knew he would no longer be able to work out of Pueblo Fantasma since his face was likely going to plastered all over the news right next to MagnaAngemon and the humans. Vamdemon unlocked the door of his apartment and closed it behind him. He strode to the dark kitchen and flicked on the light. He stepped back startled when he saw LadyDevimon sitting at his table. "Hello Vamdemon." She said as she got up from the wooden chair stretching slowly and deliberately to show off her figure which was quite impressive. Her long silver white hair shone in the dim light and her red eyes twinkled wickedly. Vamdemon heard the movement behind him and snapped his head around to find himself staring eye to eye with a dark haired human male. He sneered at the human and turned back to LadyDevimon. "You stupid whore, you think you've outsmarted me by catching me in my home? And I see you've found yourself a human so that must mean you're being ordered around by Prince Vamdemon now." "I prefer not to see it as such Vamdemon. And I must say, I'm quite impressed by your new form." LadyDevimon let her gaze travel down to his groin and then looked up as she bit her lip suggestively. "Shut your mouth slut." He growled. She smiled. "Slut? Stop it darling, you're making me blush." "What do you want LadyDevimon? Spit it out." "Oh Vamdemon, you always knew how to get straight to the point." LadyDevimon put her finger to her lips. "But where, may I ask is your little human pet? I thought I might get to know her. My new partner has told me all about her." "What?" Vamdemon sneered in confusion. "Oh yes my darling, my partner knows her quite well." She answered slowly. "You fucking whore, what is that suppost to mean to me?" He asked growing impatient with the charade. "Maybe nothing at all if you really don't care about her that much." LadyDevimon chuckled. Vamdemon growled through clenched teeth. "Enough LadyDevimon! If we are to battle then let's begin. You may have found more than you bargined for!" "Wait there Dracula." He heard the human say behind him. Vamdemon turned to the human and grinned evily revealing his fangs. "I do wonder what human blood tastes like, hm hm hm." "You won't do that if you know what's good for you." The human said as he backed up quickly. "LadyDevimon, I do beleive your human is frightened of me." Vamdemon laughed as the human grew angry. "You freak! Chew on this!" The human pulled out a pistol and Vamdemon burst out laughing at the absurdly weak weapon. "Go ahead human, shoot me with your little toy!" A third voice came from behind the human. "Vamdemon, do not bother with that green horn, he still has much to learn about us digimon." "I'm not going waste my words on you old fag... Grisly Wing!" Vamdemon sent his bats forth to do his bidding. Prince Vamdemon was strong he knew but the old digimon had digivolved naturally, he however had had the benefit of sharing a humans power when he had digivolved. The human threw himself flat on the floor to avoid being obliterated by his attack. "You young fool." Prince Vamdemon said as he stepped forward and absorbed his attack. The taller Prince Vamdemon's dark hair was much longer than his own, streaked with gray and tied back in a pony tail. His large exotic eyes were a deep midnight black and his skin was bronzed unlike his own pale complexion. The old mon wore plain black pants and tight fitting white cotton shirt shirt in addition to his cape but he lacked the red mask. Vamdemon drew back in surprize. "How?" "Because you are an inexperienced little dolt." The dark haired Prince Vamdemon sneered. "Tell me where the human is." "I do not know." Vamdemon admitted. Prince Vamdemon chuckled coldly. "Now, how can that be? She should be your most valued companion. No matter I will learn all I need to know soon enough." Vamdemon chuckled back at him. "You're going to try to make me talk? I wish you luck with that." "Well what happens next is up to you." Prince Vamdemon told him. "I won't lie to you, I have ways of seeing into your mind Vamdemon, but if you cooperate then this can go a lot more pleasantly. I have heard that you are a mon of business, so I have a business proposition for you. Tell me where the human is and I'll make it worth your time." Vamdemon grinned and crossed his arms. "We may as well not waste eachother's time. You know I'm not going to tell you anything." "Yes I thought as much. Ok young one, show me this incredible power!" Prince Vamdemon took a ready stance waiting for him to make the first move. Vamdemon knew he wouldn't make it far if he attempted to escape, his only option was to kill the old digimon standing infront of him. Vamdemon smiled. He did always enjoy a challenge. He knew the old mon would favour techniques, he however was an expert in hand to hand combat. He reached out with his mind and bade his bats to fetch his sword. He would enjoy plunging the blade into Prince Vamdemon's heart. The bats appeared a heartbeat later carrying in his scimitar, Blood Bath. The blade was forged from red crome digizoid and completely indestructable. Vamdemon grinned as he took the weapon into hand and watched the human male slink away. "Seems to me you've recruited a coward old mon." "Yes well, he'll come around in time. He does seem to have a dark...mmm spark if you will, it just needs to be encouraged." Prince Vamdemon grinned and touched his gloved finger tips together thoughtfully. "However, I've heard all about your human girl, very courageous one, taking on a Mummymon all by herself and then VenomWereGarurumon. When I heard about that I knew I'd have to meet her for myself. You see that is why I am here... a young attractive human female, I could find uses for her..." Vamdemon knew he was trying to bait him but he still could not deny the feeling of anger the old mon's words provoked. "You have gravely underestimated me. Nightmare Claw!" Prince Vamdemon's face twisted into rage. "Nightmare Claw!" Their attacks met and the resulting explosion forced both digimon backwards. Vamdemon took the oppertunity to rush forward. He sliced his scimitar in a horizontal arc at his mid section and the old digimon back pedaled lightly. Not giving him a chance to recover he flipped his wrist slashed in another horizontal arc but this time at his throat and the digimon was forced to hop backwards. Vamdemon pressed him feinting another slash and twisting the blade to stab at his chest. Prince Vamdemon growled as he threw himself sideways. Vamdemon could feel the victory nearing, the old fool hadn't expected his proficiencey. Most digimon relied too heavily on their natural techniques but early on when he was Devimon, he had seen the benefit of learning many different styles of combat. He slashed again and again, weaving an intricate pattern with Blood Bath. Finally he scored a nick on his forearm and Prince Vamdemon's face contorted into a mask of rage. "LadyDevimon!" Prince Vamdemon growled. "Oooo finally! Darkness Wave!" LadyDevimon unleashed a dark energy from her hands and sent it hurteling toward Vamdemon. He stepped back and drew his cape around himself. The attack glanced off but the defensive movement gave Prince Vamdemon ample time to recover. "Nightmare Claw!" He dodged the attack by throwing himself backwards and Prince Vamdemon pressed his advantage. "Crimson Lightning!" Prince Vamdemon's energy whip hit him square in the chest and he winced in pain but held his ground an unleashed a counter attack. "Grisly Wing!" Vamdemon watched in disbelief as Prince Vamdemon sucked in a deep breath and blew it at the attack pushing his Grisly Wing back at him. He had no time to duck the attack and it hit him square in the chest. He dropped his sword and fell to his knees clutching his chest in agony. He looked up at Prince Vamdemon with utter surprize. There was no way the old digimon could be more powerful than him! "You young fool," Prince Vamdemon growled. "Your power cannot contest mine! I have been an ultimate for centuries, I've seen it all Vamdemon. Just give up now and I promise not I will not harm your little human... too much." Prince Vamdemon grinned evily. The thought of the old mon would do with Angel filled Vamdemon with an incredible rage. He decided he would rather die then let Prince Vamdemon probe his mind. "You stupid fuck." Vamdemon stood slowly and stooped to pick up his sword. "Fit this into your plans!" He lifted the sword and pointed the tip to his heart. He clenched his teeth in pain as he began to drive the blade into his chest. "Crimson Lightning!" Prince Vamdemon's energy whip wrapped around the sword and yanked it from his grasp. Vamdemon cursed as he fell to the ground in agony, he was bleeding badly but the blade had not been driven in far enough to reach his heart or even pierce his lungs. "Vamdemon, you have surprized me. You must care much for that human. You understand now that I will have to punish you." Prince Vamdemon strode over to the incapacitated digimon and grabbed him by the front of his shirt. "All you had to do was just tell me where she was and I would have left her relatively unharmed. Now however, I will make sure that she suffers." Prince Vamdemon turned to Ladydevimon and snapped his fingers. "Tie him to a chair. I will need for him be still while I probe his mind." "Of course your Highness." She bowed and smirked at Vamdemon who clutched his chest gasping in pain. She grabbed his arm and dragged him to the wooden chair she had been sitting in earlier. She used the chains on her body and securely fastened him to the chair. She lifted his chin with one finger and gazed into his eyes. "I truly hope that he does not kill you my old pet, I would love if we had the chance to... catch up." She leaned forward and tried to kiss him but he turned his head to avoid her. "Oh darling, your feelings are still hurt I see. Pity." She stepped back as Prince Vamdemon stepped forward. "Thank you LadyDevimon." Prince Vamdemon nodded his servant and turned to him. "Now, I am going to give you one last chance to tell me where the human female is." Vamdemon decided not to waste his breath on an insult and instead spent a moment preparing himself for Prince Vamdemon's mental intrusion. He closed his eyes and chose a strong image from his past, an ancient hollowed out cactus he used to call home as a DemiDevimon and focused upon it. He ignored Prince Vamdemon's ensuing promise of torture and continued to focus on the image. He felt the old pricks fingers tearing off his mask and then his clawed finger tips pressing into his temples. He held the image as he finally felt the mental intrusion. It began like a worm, wiggling around at the back of his mind, trying to borrow into his memories but he held it back for a time. After a while it grew more persistant as it tried to penetrate the image. Vamdemon knew it was only a matter of time before the old digimon broke through his mental defense but he would not go down with out a fight. He pushed the intrusion away but it kept coming on stronger until turning to agony as Prince Vamdemon forced his way past the image. Vamdemon opened his eyes and struggled in the chair as the old digimon broke past his defense and began probing his memories. It was over a few moments later when Prince Vamdemon had finished sorting through his memories of Angel. Prince Vamdemon laughed. "Thank you young one, that was most useful and quite entertaining. You actually sent the human away because you were afraid to care for her? How incredibly stupid, especially considering she obviously cared for you in return." Vamdemon unleashed a feral growl and ignoring the searing pain in his chest as he thrashed about trying to free himself. Prince Vamdemon leaned closer his coal black eyes glittering. "I'd wager my whole army that she still goes to the Wizardmon for help." He turned to the human male. "I think that you will have a chance to prove your dark spark to our friend here." He gestured to Vamdemon. "LadyDevimon, incapacitate him, I don't want him disappearing on us." LadyDevimon pouted. "Oh but your Highness..." Prince Vamdemon turned to her angrily. "Do not question my orders wench! Crimson Lightning!" He lashed at her with his energy whip and she fell to her knees clutching her face. "Y-yes, your Highness." She stammered. Prince Vamdemon smirked. "Now that we have an understanding I will take my leave. After you two have finished with him, take him to 1852 Antonio Street, I will meet you there." He opened a portal and looked over his shoulder as he entered it. "Do not fail me... And LadyDevimon, break your human in, a sniveling coward has no place in our army." "As you wish your Highness." She said as she wiped blood off her face from the Crimson Lightning. "Good." He disapeared through the portal and LadyDevimon turned an angry glare on Vamdemon. "Oh did that sting?" Vamdemon taunted. She growled and slapped him hard across the face. He looked up and smirked; she slapped him again and turned to the human male. "As much as I enjoy this, I'm afraid his Highness is right. Mike dear, you take over for me." "Ok, but..." He began nervously. LadyDevimon put her arm around his waist and pulled him close. "Well I suppose since the old bat has left us alone, we have a little extra time." She kissed him and he groaned, pulling her closer. Vamdemon noted with some satisfaction that the males hands shook with nervousness. LadyDevimon began pulling off the human's clothing and bent to finger his erection. The human groaned and turned his head to regard Vamdemon with a smirk. He met the humans gaze with eyes that held a dark promise of death. The human who seemed to relax a little just laughed. LadyDevimon kneeled taking the humans member into her mouth and began to suck noisily. This continued for a couple minutes as the human came closer to climax. Then LadyDevimon stopped and began to strip her own clothing revealing a well developed, voluptuous form. She guided the human to the kitchen table and pushed it's contents to the floor as she leaned him onto the table. She climbed up and straddled him, positioning herself. She flipped her long silver white hair and kissed the human as she eased his member inside of her. The human groaned loudly as she teased him slowly and deliberately. Vamdemon finally turned away, not able to to look anymore. He gritted his teeth and tried to quell the rage that burned with in him. He couldn't deny the conflicting emotions that seeing his old mistress, LadyDevimon, had brought up. As a rookie he had spent much of his time in the desert, foraging until he had ventured into Pueblo Fantasma out of curiosity. Upon his very first night in the city he had run across LadyDevimon, the leader of a small gang of drug smugglers. He had immeadiatly become enamoured with the tall voluptuous digimon. He followed her for days, not eating or sleeping until finally he collapsed with exhaustion. LadyDevimon who had suspected him of following her all along found him and nursed him back to health. From that day on he had lived for her every beck and call. He secretly envied her second in command, NeoDevimon who held her attention most of the time. As a puny rookie she only regarded him as her pet but NeoDevimon, her second in command, she regarded as her lover. He vowed that when he digivolved to champion he would take NeoDevimon's place at her side. He remembered vividly the day he had digivolved into Devimon. A group of Starmon sheriffs had raided one of LadyDevimon's drug operations and a gun fight had ensued. The sight of his beloved mistress being shot at had filled him with a strange energy. He digivolved to Devimon and had been able to assist in running the police off. When he had returned to his mistress, she had regarded him with a look of disdain. Confused he had accompanied her and the others back home in silence. Over the next few days every approach he made toward LadyDevimon had been met with irritation and contempt from her and from NeoDevimon, out right hostility. Finally in a fit of rage he challenged NeoDevimon. The ensuing fight nearly killed him but he managed to escape through a portal. He ended up wandering aimlessly around the city broken hearted until some religious do-gooder Lucemon had rescued him from starvation and even given him a little money to get himself started. As he became more familiar with his abilities he became a well known hitman and bounty hunter. From that time on he had avoided all contact with LadyDevimon and her gang. This was infact the first time he had laid eyes on her since he had escaped from NeoDevimon. She looked as impressive as ever but now when he looked at her his old feelings seemed to disapear and he was left with a smouldering rage. He vowed he would see her head on a pike when he was through with her. Her's and the human male's. Vamdemon was awakened from his reverie by the human who stood over him holding a pair of pliers. Vamdemon grinned at the human who responded by punching him in the head. The blow dealt little damage and he laughed when he saw the human holding his fist in pain. "I thought his royal Faggotness told you incapacitate me, not tickle me." Vamdemon taunted. "I'm just getting started Dracula!" The human spat. Vamdemon groaned. "Do tell me, what is a Dracula?" The human rolled his eyes. "Never mind, I've decided that I'm going to de fang you. Any objections?" Vamdemon grinned. "Sounds delightful." "But before we start I will tell you one thing." The human put the pliers thoughtfully against his chin. "I'm dying to know, human." Vamdemon narrowed his eyes. The human chuckled. "I heard you're in love with Angel eh?" Vamdemon shot him a look of contempt. "Have you two done it yet?" The human asked. Vamdemon raised a blonde eyebrow. The human chuckled again and regarded him with mocking eyes. "You probably have considering she's nothing but a cheap easy slut. Yah, she plays that innocent act right to end but really she's just a used piece of trash. Trust me I'd know, I've done her more times than I can count..." Vamdemon was sure the human was lying but he used his building rage to his advantage and mentally summoned his bats. They descended upon the human, quickly obscuring him from sight as they nipped and scratched at him. Vamedemon laughed as the human cursed and swatted at his bats. LadyDevimon growled from the side and punched him so hard that stars swam in his vision. "Very good LadyDevimon." Vamdemon chuckled coldly. "Now if only the human could do that." He mentally directed the bats to leave and the human got up slowly. "Open wide vampire," the human growled as he came at him with the pliers. "Let me assist you," LadyDevimon said as she reached over and grabbed his jaw. Vamdemon clenched his mouth shut and after several unsuccessful attemps to force his jaw open LadyDevimon picked up the dropped sword and jammed it between his teeth. She pryed his jaw open and after a few blunders ripped out Vamdemon's fangs as he screamed in agony. His body shook from the incredible pain as blood trickled out of his mouth. Loss of blood from his first wound to the chest and now this was beginning to make him feel woosy. He ran his tongue along the gaping holes where his fangs had been and fumed inwardly with intense anger. He closed his eyes and tried not to think of what the old mon was going to do to Angel. He only hoped that when they met up that somehow he would be able to digivolve. However Vamdemon knew that it was next to impossible. No digimon he had ever heard of had been able to digivolve to ultimate one day and mega the next. Another idea came to mind, digivolving from champion into ultimate would be easy enough. Vamdemon concentrated on letting his energy dissapate and he felt a sudden loss of strength as he shifted back to his champion form. He could hear the human laughing and opened his eyes to glare at him. He did, however, feel much less pain and some of his wounds had healed over slightly. The two gaping holes in his mouth remained unfortunately, though he was sure his fangs would grow back with his next digivolution. Devimon growled at the human and tensed against his bonds. The chains clinked as he struggled and LadyDevimon chuckled. "Oh Devimon my old pet, you always were so stubborn, weren't you? And idealistic." She leaned over him and ripped off his hood. "You really did beleive that when you digivolved to Devimon that I would love you back? Didn't you?" Devimon closed his eyes again and shut out her irritating banter. She slapped him, causing his mouth to ache intensely but he continued to ignore her taunts and promises of pain. He heard LadyDevimon tell the human to pick up the sword again and the last sensation he remembered before he slipped into unconsciousness was the hilt of his own sword being slammed into his temple repeatedly. When Devimon awoke he was lying on his back, there was a searing pain in one of wings. He could feel that it had been broken and he cursed. He attempted to pull himself to a sitting position and cried out in agony when he tried to move his right leg. He looked and found it twisted at an unnatural angel. He was also surprized to find that he been stripped completely of his clothing. LadyDevimon and her human had apparently spared him no embaressment. He looked around the room, the walls were plastered with posters of hotrods and various female human entertainers. He spied a photo frame that held a picture of a Wizardmon and a Witchmon holding a baby and he realized that he been indeed taken to Wizardmon's place. The sunlight that shone through the window meant that he had been out for a long time and he placed the time to be midday. He managed, with a lot of pain, to pull himself to a sitting position. His head swam and he almost fell over. He rubbed his sore temple and was further surprized to discover that his horns had been cut off. The floor of the room was littered with clothing, mostly of human design. Socerymon was apparently obsessed with humans. He carefully reached and picked out a pair of black shorts. He managed with great effort to pull them on, though they were a little too small. He was damned if he was going to die naked. Devimon fell back on the bed exhausted, having used up all his energy just dressing himself. He felt very thirsty but there no water anywhere in sight so he just closed his eyes and let himself fall back asleep. A few hours later he awoke to a commotion somewhere in the building and slowly opened his eyes. The commotion was getting closer to the room so he sat up to prepare himself for whatever might come through the door. The ringing in his ears prevented him from being to discern individual voices but he assumed that his partner was among the voices. Devimon swung his legs off the bed very carefully. He stood on his good leg and waited. He didn't have to wait long, the door was thrown open aburptly. The human male held Angel tight against him by her neck but she was fighting him every step of the way. She tried kicking him repeatedly with her steel toed boots but he blocked her every attempt. The male looked up, surprized to see him standing. Angel used the momentary distraction to her advantage. She connected her knee with his groin and he let go of her to clutch his injured member. She nearly stumbled into him but he pushed her behind him, he didn't want to her to get in the way of his attack. The human male recovered a moment later and his eyes opened wide in terror when he realized what was going to happen to him. "You should have killed me human." Devimon growled. The human backpedalled right into LadyDevimon who had suddenly appeared behind him. Devimon glared at her but she shook her head and held up a frowning Patamon. "Poor Devimon." Patamon said as he looked him over. "Sit down Devimon." LadyDevimon told him sternly. "Before you hurt yourself." Angel stepped forward. "Shut up you filthy cunt." LadyDevimon's face twisted into a sneer. "I've had enough of you, little bitch." "What? You want some?" She stepped toward LadyDevimon and pointed toward the human male. "You back off!" She shouted. "Don't." Devimon told Angel in hoarse voice. "She's an ultimate." He wasn't surprized when she ignored him. "Let go of me you bad lady!" Patamon yelled. LadyDevimon smirked. "Ok you little cow, this will be between us two. Woman to womon." She threw Patamon on the floor infront of Devimon. Devimon had seen enough, his foolish partner was going to get herself beaten to death. He hopped forward and grabbed her shoulder. She looked at him with irritation but he just thrust her behind him. He took in a deep breath and prepared his attack. His whole body throbbed in pain. "Evil W..." He cut the attack short when Patamon flew infront of his face. "Devimon, I'll get the bad guys this time. Don't worry, I won't let them hurt Angel!" The little flying digimon turned to face LadyDevimon. "What are you going to do, blow bubbles at me again?" She taunted. "You underestimated me!" The little digimon shouted at the top of his voice. "I'm going to help bring back peace and goodness to the Digital World and you can't stop me!" "Shut up you little pipsqueak." The human male spat at Patamon. "How are you going to stop us from doing anything? You're nothing but a flying pig." He pointed at Angel. "I told you, I have unfinished business with you and niether your flying pig nor your devil man is going to stop me." Patamon flew infront of him. "Stop! You're not going to do any dirty things to her!" "Oh, I'm scared!" He said mockingly as he put up his hands infront of him. "You will be!" Patamon shouted as he began to glow with the light of digivolution. "Patamon warp digivolve to... MAGNAANGEMON!" The newly digivolved MagnaAngemon grabbed the terrified human by the front of his shirt. "LadyDevimon, stand down." He boomed. The scene began to fade before Devimon eyes and he tried to shake off the feeling incredible dizziness he was experiencing. He felt an arm slip around his waist, attempting to support him. He winced in pain as his partner led him to the bed to sit down. Infront of them MagnaAngemon faced down a wary LadyDevimon. "You're not going to hurt a human are you Cupid?" LadyDevimon asked mockingly. "No LadyDevimon." MagnaAngemon said in a deep commanding voice. "He is nothing but a puppet for Prince Vamdemon, the same as you." "What? I'm no one's slave!" She screamed. "Black Wing!" Her right hand transformed into a huge black spike that she stabbed at his mid section. MagnaAngemon threw the human to the ground and raised his left arm to block LadyDevimon's attack with his beam shield. LadyDevimon halted her attack at the last second and used her left arm to grab the human. "Sorry Cupid, maybe we can play again another day." She said as she disapeared through a portal laughing. Devimon wasn't sorry to see the bitch and her cowardly human escape. It just meant that he would be able to deal with them himself later. MagnaAngemon turned without a word and stood infront of him. The celestial digimon crossed his arms over his chest and a holy light washed over Devimon slowly releiving his pain. The healing light stopped aburptly as MagnaAngemon dedigivolved back to Patamon. The little digimon looked sadly at him. "I'm sorry Devimon, I'm just not strong enough yet." Devimon nodded at him and stood. His leg still hurt but it seemed to be able to hold his weight without much problem. His wing throbbed and he doubted he would be able to fly right away but he couldn't complain. "It's enough, thank you." Patamon flew up and landed on Angels shoulder. "Hey Devimon, you're not going to leave Angel again are you?" Devimon looked at Angel who turned away to avoid his gaze. "Look Devimon, you already made your feelings clear before. Let's not waste eachother's time ok?" She started to walk away but Patamon jumped off her shoulder and blocked her path. "Angel, maybe he wants to say he's sorry for hurting your feelings." Patamon told her. Angel didn't respond and tried to push past Patamon but he nudged her hard. "Angel please, I need you two to make up so that you can help me beat Prince Vamdemon." The last statement seemed to affect her and she stopped and nodded to Patamon. Devimon ran his clawed fingers through his hair. He really did want to apologize to her but he wasn't sure where to begin. "Well, you got your wish, I pretty much rotted in hell last night." He regretted the words the instant they left his mouth and sure enough, although she didn't turn around he could see her wince. Patamon gave him an angry look. "Devimon!" He turned back to Angel. "Maybe wait outside, I'll talk to him alone." She nodded and left the room without a word shutting the door quietly behind her. Patamon flew onto the bed post and Devimon rolled his eyes at the prospect of being lectured to by a rookie level digimon. He crossed his arms and gave the little digimon a hard glare. "Devimon! Don't give me that look!" Patamon scolded like a parent as he jumped off the bed post to fly in circles around his head. "I've had enough of you two being mad when you really do care about eachother. You can't deny it, I don't have to be an ultimate to see that you like her. Why are you acting so silly?!" Watching the little digimon go in circles around his head was making him dizzy. "Cut that out!" He snapped as he put up a hand to stop him. "Why should I explain anything to you?" "Well, you don't have to admit that you like her but why do you have to be so mean to her?" Devimon was tired of hearing the flying rat talk already. "Ok, I'll help you two if you promise to shut up, I've got a personal score to settle anyway." Patamon smiled and flew around happily. "Alright Devimon, just as long as you try to be nice to your partner." Devimon smirked as he opened the door. "Do I look like I play nice?" "Just be good." Patamon said as he flew past him. "Here, let me talk to her first." He watched him disapear down the stairs. Devimon could pick up most of the conversation with his keen hearing. "Good news Angel, he said he wants to help us." "Ok." "And he said he's sorry for saying bad things. I think he only said those things because he didn't want you to know he likes you." Devimon took a step to go downstairs and slap the flying rat in the mouth but was distracted by a thud in the hallway. He walked silently and stopped at what he supposed was the closet door and listened. He could make out a slight shuffling sound from with in. "Devimon what are you doing?" Patamon asked from the top of the stairs. Devimon wanted to shoot the thing from the air for being so stupid but instead put a finger to his lips. The shuffling sound ceased but Devimon could sense that there was something inside. He carefully put his hand on the doorknob and opened it quickly. A dazed Piedmon sat on the closet floor and peering up at him. Devimon hopped backwards and brought his claws to bare. "Don't move clown." "Clown?" The Piedmon asked in a thick latin accent. Devimon recognized the voice instantly. "Wizardmon?" "Wizardmon?" Piedmon echoed. The old digimon was obviously right out of it. "Where's your son?" Piedmon gave him a thoroughly confused look. "I don't know of any son, senor." Devimon nodded and extended a hand to help the old mon up. He took it and stood werily. "Take him downstairs." He told Angel. She nodded and led Piedmon by the arm downstairs. Patamon didn't follow her and instead flew to him. "What's going on Devimon?" "That's Wizardmon, but there's something wrong with him. His son is probably still here, but I think Prince Vamdemon has already killed him. I'm going to look for the body." He left Patamon and began searching the rooms. Sure enough he found Socerymons body laying in the middle of the bathroom. He appeared to have bled to death from a bite to the neck. He recognized the necklace the digimon was wearing from the photo he had seen earlier. The necklace had belonged to his mother Witchmon whom he knew had died some years before. On impulse he removed the necklace from the body. He figured that when Piedmon's memory returned he might want it. Patamon landed on his shoulder a moment later. "Oh dear." The little digimon made the sign of the cross and closed his eyes in prayer. Devimon turned and left to head downstairs with Patamon still perched on his shoulder. Angel met him at the bottom of the stairs. Piedmon was seated on a couch staring off into space holding a glass of water in his hand. "Who is that guy? Is he mentally retarded or something?" "No, that's Wizardmon. He's just in shock, he must have watched his son being killed." "Oh, I've heard of that before, disassociation I think. Anyway, so what are we going to do with him? We can't just leave him here, he's a total basket case." Patamon chimed in. "Well he can come with us. When we get back to my base there will be digimon there that can help him." Devimon nodded his consent. He actually considered the old digimon the closest thing to a friend he had ever had and his son had been killed because of Prince Vamdemon's attempt to get him and Angel. It was the least thing he could to take care of the old mon. Angel looked at Patamon. "Um, I think we had this predicument before. Just how are we suppost to get to get your base?" Devimon groaned, he hated riding in cars and the thought of his partner at the wheel again filled him with dread but he knew there was no other alternative. "Piedmon's son was into cars. The last time I was in here he was rattling off about some car he was fixing up. A Cuniro?" She gave him a confused look. "Never heard of that. But if it's some sort of muscle car then I know it's going to be a gas guzzler. I'm just taking a wild guess here but I don't think anyone is going to accept my Visa card in the Digital World." "I'll see if Piedmon has money stashed around." "Is the car around here? Maybe I should take a look at it first and see if anything needs to be fixed on it." Devimon nodded in ageement. "In a garage in the alley probably." "Ok, any ideas where the keys are?" "Can't you just hot wire it?" She rolled her eyes. "I'm a mechanic, not an electrician. I don't know how to do that. You'll just have to help me look for the keys." "Fine." He brushed Patamon off his shoulder. "Keep Piedmon company and don't let him go upstairs, got it?" "Ok Devimon." Patamon said as he flew over to Piedmon. Devimon held out the necklace to Angel. "I want you to keep this for Piedmon, until he gets his memory back." Angel took the necklace. "No problem." "I'll be upstairs, check down here for the keys." He told her. Devimon went through Wizardmon's room and eventually found an envelope full of money. There was only a few hundred dollars so he put it back. They would just have to make a stop at his apartment before they left the city and hope Prince Vamdemon wasn't waiting there. He doubted that since the old fool was obviously over confident and would assume that he would be too afraid to return. He went into the bathroom and wrapped Socerymon's body in the shower curtain and carried it downstairs and out the back. He knew the last thing Piedmon would want to return to was the sight of his sons decomposing corpse which would likely send him into another episode. He walked outside into the back alley and heaved the body into a dumpster. He knew the body deserved better treatment but there wasn't much else he could do at the moment. His partner stood at a door in the back hallway trying different keys in a locked door. "Get out of the way." He told her and he kicked the door in. "Thank you." She said with a smile as she flicked on the light. He followed her into the garage and she turned to give him a strange look and laughed. "A Cuniro huh? That's a Camaro." She said mentioning to the shiny black car. "And why the hell would I care? Just see if you can start it." "Alright, I have to give it to the kid though, he had good taste. I actually have one of these myself that I'm working on. A '69 Camaro Z28, the sweetest muscle car ever made in my opinion." She popped the hood and peered at the motor. "He really loved this car, there isn't one stock part left in this baby. Look at that carburator and geez! Check out those headers! I'll bet this thing could blow the doors off that Trans Am. Where was this thing last night? This would have left Beelzemon in the dust..." He let the human ramble on about the engine parts for a couple of minutes before finally loosing his patience. "I don't care what you do for a living! Just start the damn thing!" He growled. She regarded him with a look of embarressment and nodded silently as she got in the drivers seat. The car roared to life and he was forced to cover his ears from the racket. Why anyone required such a display of strength through a piece of machinery was beyond Devimon's reasoning. She turned the car off a moment later and he removed his hands from his ears gratefully. "How can you put up with this everyday?" He asked as she got out. "I thought you didn't care what I did for a living." She replied irritated. "I don't, just get your shit together because I wish to leave sometime today before our 'friends' return." He said as he walked back into where Piedmon and Patamon sat. "We'll be leaving shortly." He told them. "Ok." Patamon replied cheerily. "Hey Devimon." Patamon called after him. "I never said thank you for helping us." Devimon waved his hand in a dismissive gesture at the little digimon, he wasn't in the mood for anything gushy especially from a celestial digimon. He was parched so he helped himself to some water from the fridge. A few minutes later his partner appeared. "I've put everything I need in the trunk so it's ready to go." She looked him over, her gaze lingering over his shorts and chuckled. "You're just going like that?" "What's the matter?" He asked with a grin. She chuckled again. "Nothing, just god help us if you get a chubby." "What's a chubby?" Patamon asked from behind Angel and they both looked at eachother and broke out laughing leaving Patamon thoroughly confused. "What?" Patamon insisted. "Forget it. Let's get out of here." He told Patamon as he threw the empty water bottle into the sink.
Angel got into the drivers seat as Devimon opened the garage door that lead to the alley. She ran her fingers over the steering wheel tentatively. "What are you thinking about Angel?" Patamon asked from her shoulder. "Oh just that I'm lucky to be able to drive a car this awesome, but it feels weird. Like it doesn't belong to me." Devimon got in the front seat beside them but she ignored him. "When you work on your own car you sort of make it a reflection of you, it just feels weird to be driving a car meant for someone else... especially if that someone is dead." "Get over it then." Devimon told her coldly. She felt like smacking him but decided not to waste her energy on the moody digimon. "Where are we going senorita Angelmon?" Piedmon asked behind her. "We're going on a roadtrip." She told him. He beamed happily. "You mean we're going sight seeing?" "Yup." She replied as she started the car. She marveled at the vehicles preformance, it was a work of perfection and Angel vowed not to smash it up if she could help it. "Ok, is anyone going to tell me where I'm suppost to be headed or shall I just drive around aimlessly?" She asked as she turned onto the main street. "I need to stop at my place before we leave town." Devimon told her. "Sure thing." They arrived at a run down apartment building a while later despite some confusing instructions courtesy of Devimon. "Come with me." He instructed her. "And you keep Piedmon comapny." He told Patamon when he tried to follow Angel. She followed him into his apartment and Devimon growled in frustration. Apparently someone had ripped his place apart. Angel stood in the middle of the living room and spied Devimon's clothing. His shirt was ripped badly but his pants appeared intact. She handed them to him and she really wasn't surprized when he just stripped off the shorts and put on the pants right infront of her. He donned the shirt despite the huge tears and she just laughed and shook her head helplessly, the guy apparently had little self respect or more likely just didn't give a damn. Devimon busied himself sorting through a pile of papers and Angel wandered into the kitchen. She saw a pair of pliers and two long canine teeth in a pool of dried blood and beside the teeth a long curving scimitar with a blood red blade. She remembered seeing the gaping holes in Devimon's mouth earlier and she felt a stab of anger towards Mike and his slut of a partner. Angel had been thoroughly surprized when she had seen Mike coming down the stairs of Wizardmon's shop, followed by a female version of Devimon. Mike had begun gloating about how he had tortured Vamdemon so brutally that he had dedigivolved back into Devimon. Most perplexing of all is when had told her that Vamdemon had tried to kill himself to save her. He had said that her partner had tried to stab himself with a sword through the heart just to keep Prince Vamdemon from finding out where she was. She wasn't sure what to think of that. It probably wasn't true coming from Mike but if it was, why would Devimon do that? God he was complex for a male, she thought to herself as she picked up the blood red sword. She prefered people to be a lot less complicated and the ones who were, she just did her best to avoid but she couldn't deny her attraction to her partner. She knew she should just forget it but it was kind of hard now that he was going to be pratically shadowing her from now on. She marvled at the swords craftsmanship. She knew almost nothing about swords but she could feel the weapons incredible balance. "Is this yours?" She asked as Devimon entered the kitchen. "Yes." He answered as he handed her a piece of paper and took the sword. "Can you read this?" He asked. "Yes." She answered slowly as she accepted the paper. "Well?" He asked as if waiting for something and she suddenly understood. "You can't read?!" She asked increduously. He sighed irritated. "No, I can't read ok? Will you please read it?" "Alright, calm down. I'm not making fun of you. It looks like a bank statement." Some of the information on the paper was confusing. Devimon, Champion Level, Fallen Angel, Virus. "What are you looking for specifically?" She asked. "What's the date on it?" "Uhh, March 18, 2007." "Good, what's the amount on the bottom?" "Fifty thousand dollars? Whoa, you're pretty loaded." "Hardly." He said as he snatched the paper back. "How come you can't read?" She asked as they left the apartment. "I was a wild digimon before I came to the city so I really haven't been here that long." "I see, I can teach you to read if you want. Well if we ever have the time that is." He grunted with amusement. "You know, I wouldn't waste your time on me." "Fine." She said in resignation as they exited the building. The desert sun had sunk below the buildings but it was still sweltering. "I need to go to the bank before it closes. It's just a couple blocks away, we'll walk." Angel was amazed by the way the digimon threw themselves out their way when the two walked down the sidewalk. Some meaner looking ones treated Devimon to a piercing glare but he just looked right past them. "You always this popular before?" She asked with a chuckle. A large pink bird carrying a school bag ran up to her. "Oh my GOD! A real human Tamer. Can I get your autograph?" It thrust a piece of paper and a marker at her. "Make it out to Biyomon please!" "Forget it." Devimon growled. "Aww Devimon, we can't deny our adoring fans." She took the paper and signed it: To our biggest fan Biyomon, Stay in school and don't do drugs. Love Angel and Devimon from the Holy Allied Forces. xoxo. "Oh my GOD! I can't beleive it, Palmon's going to be SO jealous!" It jumped up as it took the paper and skipped happily down the street. "Can we go now?" Devimon asked through clenched teeth as he pushed her forward. "Yah yah." She muttered. The First Bank of Pueblo Fantasma was a large white romanesque building that contrasted with the rest of the surrounding structures. Inside was huge and long line ups of digimon waited for the tellers. They took their place in the line up and some star shaped security digimon gave them a hard stare. Most of the bank customers had soon turned to regard the strange pair and were whispering among themselves. An orange monkey infront of them was eyeing her curiously and she turned to Devimon. "What did you bring me here for? That chimp guy is creeping me out." "I can't protect you if you're not with me." He said simply. "Alright, fine." She said in resignation. She just hated all those eyes on her but Devimon seemed to be having an anxiety attack. He clicked the claws on one hand nervously and she could hear him grinding his teeth. He looked incredibly tense and Angel experienced an odd sensation. She couldn't indentify it but she felt the digivice vibrate a little in her pocket. She took it out and the screen flashed dully at her. She couldn't make heads or tails of it but when she looked up at her partner she began to understand. The poor guy was so nervous and anxious he was getting ready to digivolve. She laid her hand on his arm. "Just relax..." She began. He jerked his arm away and growled. "Shut up!" He grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the front of the line, shoving digimon as he went. He threw aside a tall yellow fox that walked on two legs. Devimon threw the paper on the counter and tapped it. "I want my money." He growled to the banker teller. The short green frog with a tuba around it's neck just sat and stared at Angel in wonder. Devimon slammed his fist on the counter. "Stop gawking at the human and bring me my money!" "Excuse me you two." A western accented voice came from behind. Angel and Devimon turned to find themselves surrounded by four star shaped digimon. She could see Devimon tense even more, if that was even possible given how incredibly tense he already was. He looked like he was about to explode and Angel stepped forward to handle the star digimon. "Can I help you?" "You and your partner are upsetting the other patrons, perhaps you should leave." The lead digimon said. "I must say you gentlemen, are doing a fine job of upholding the order but you don't have to worry about my partner here. He looks fierce but he's really a pussycat." "Yes miss but his actions seem to dictate otherwise." "Excuse me sir, but we've been almost killed about ten times in the past two days, perhaps you can forgive my partner if he's a little on edge. And we're not with Prince Vamdemon if that's what's bothering you." She batted her eyes and smiled innocently. "Do I look like I belong on the side of evil?" "Well when you put it that way missy." The star digimon said in a more relaxed tone. Angel smiled widely. "And I mean it, you gentlemen are doing an excellent job. I just wish there more humans like you in my world, a lot of places could use dedicated law enforcers, most of ours are corrupt and can't be trusted." The star digimon appeared to blush. "Oh that's too bad missy, but I have to say a lot of us look up to the Holy Forces for inspiration." "Really?" She beamed at him. It placed a hand behind it's head bashfully. "Sure little lady, you and your partner can finish up your business. We'll keep watch and make sure no one bothers you, but just make sure your partner doesn't cause a ruckus." "No problem." She chirped. She looked at Devimon who was staring at her in disbelief and winked at him. She joined him at the teller and took the paper. "Excuse me, but my partner would like a withdrawl please." They finished up the banking and left and Angel turned to Devimon. "You really need to relax a little, I mean hate all those eyes on me too but you looked like you were going to blow a gasket back there." He turned to glare at her but she didn't back down. "Look Devimon if you go around being uptight all the time you're going to die really young from a heart attack." "What makes think that I want to live a long time?" He growled. Angel looked at him sadly. "That's pretty jaded Devimon. Even I'm not that jaded." He looked away. "Good for you." "I just want to know why, what happened to make you like this?" She asked, although she had already figured it out. "Nothing happened, just shut up." "It's that LadyDevimon chick isn't it? You used to like her but she broke your heart." It was more of a statement than a question, the guy was totally transparent. He whirled on her his red eyes blazing. "You shut your mouth human. Who told you that?" She met his gaze evenly, she knew she had hit a soft spot. "No one told me anything Devimon, you did. It's written all over you." Devimon started walking again and she caught his arm. She knew she couldn't make the rest of the trip with someone who didn't really want to be there so she pushed down her nervousness. "Look Devimon, let's lay the cards on the table, I do want to be your partner and I still really like you even though you keep pushing me away and hell, I'll be honest, you're pretty easy on the eyes. But I don't want you as my partner unless you actually want to be mine. If you don't want to be, then please do me a favour and just walk away right now... I'm dead serious." He broke eye contact with her and looked at the ground with clenched teeth. "You really know how to get to the point and put a mon on the spot..." He paused for a moment and then looked deep into her eyes, he seemed to let go and relax. "But I think that's what I like about you." His tough guy demenour returned a moment later and he started walking again. "Let's go, Piedmon and that flying rat are waiting for us." Angel was speechless, she had really beleived that he was going to walk away. She smiled and ran to catch up with him. When they got back to the car a worried Patamon flew out to meet them. "Where were you? I didn't know whether to go after you or not." Devimon crossed his arms. "Just cool it Patamon. I can take care of her just fine you know." Angel chuckled. "Gee Devimon, you didn't call him a flying rat, are you feeling ok?" "Very funny, just get the fuck in." She got in the drivers seat and he shut the door for her. Piedmon tapped her on the shoulder after half an hour of driving. "Senorita Angelmon, tengo caliente y hambre y... tengo que... ir al bano." Angel laughed. "Why didn't you say something sooner? Here, I'll stop at a gas station the car needs gas anyway, we're only at a quarter tank." The line up for the gas pumps was long and Angel sighed as she shut off the engine. "Piedmon, why don't you go the little boys room now and hey Patamon why don't you go with him? Get us something to eat and drink, I'm starving. Devimon give them some money." Just as she was pulling up to the gas pump a pimped out blue Honda Civic cut her off. She honked the horn and yelled out the window. "Hey! Fuck you, you yankee asshole!" She looked at Devimon who was grinning. "Yankee?" He asked. "Yah, you dumb ass Americans are really rude." "I should have guessed you were a canuck." She grinned widely and pulled up her right sleeve to reveal a small red maple leaf tatoo. "Of course." The Civic pulled away and Angel pulled up to the pump and got out to pump the gas. She saw that the Civic was parked across the parking lot and she watched watched a green android frankenstein digimon get out. He pulled off his sun glasses and stared intently at Angel. She flipped him the bird as she leaned casually against the car. Patamon and Piedmon returned a moment later with food and drinks and Angel grabbed a Gatorade. They all climbed in the car and as she passed the green digimon and the Civic she gave him the middle finger again and took off laughing. The finally got to the freeway when Piedmon tapped her on the shoulder again. "Lo siento senorita Angelmon... pero tengo que ir..." Angel cut Piedmon off. "To the bathroom. Again." She sighed, they would never get anywhere like this but she couldn't blame the poor guy considering he had just gone through hell. Fortunately they hadn't completely left the city behind yet and Angel pulled off a near by exit and found a gas station and they waited for Piedmon. Angel watched the last of the sun set and frowned when four small cars pulled up. She recognized the frankenstein guy in the blue Civic. Angel grinned mischeiviously. "Oh look Devimon, more fans. Maybe we should go and sign some autographs. What do you say?" "Sounds lovely." They watched three other digimon hop out of their cars as Devimon and Angel got out. Angel knew that Devimon would likely start blasting before she had a chance to talk to them so she walked ahead of him and stopped infront of the frankenstein. "You got a problem?" She spat. He smiled revealing a couple of missing teeth. "Don't be so hostile Tamer. My friends and were just admiring that Camaro. Yours?" "For now." "How about a race?" Angel Laughed. "Against those bitch ass rides? Hell no, I wouldn't want to hurt your precious egos." The frankenstein grunted in amusement. "Are you calling my friends and I bitches?" "Gee, you're really smart, you deserve a gold star." "Oh that's not nice Tamer, I was just asking for a friendly race." Angel raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms over her chest. "Look let's not waste eachothers time with petty insults, threats and pointless displays of strength. Let me guess you want to steal my car. Am I correct?" Piedmon came up from behind. "Senorita Angelmon? " "Piedmon just get in the car." She told him sternly. "Don't you move bozo!" The green digimon boomed and then he turned back to Angel. "Alright, you got me! Your Z28 would make a nice trophy and the fact that I ripped it off a Tamer makes the thought even more appealing." He looked at Devimon and laughed. "Little Tamer do you really think that your champion partner can hold off four megas? Even if he digivolves he'll still just be an ultimate. Just give me the keys and we won't kill you, you mouthy little bitch." Angel could feel a familiar sensation flow through her and smiled. "I do beleive he just insulted both of us Devimon." She put her hand to the side her face and tapped her cheek thoughtfully. "You know it be so easy to just get back in the car and leave those little chick cars in the dust. But I don't know, it's been a stressful day and kicking their asses WOULD be a great way to blow off some steam. What do you say partner? I'll leave it up to you, gentlemen's choice." Devimon looked at her, his red eyes twinkling with delight. "Do you really have to ask?" She pulled out the digivice and tried to focus her energy towards Devimon. When he had first digivolved she had figured that he had been able to do it because she had been sending strong energy out of anger. And especially after the bank incident she believed that she had prevented him from spontaniously digivolving by unconsciously with holding her energy during that incident. It seemed to work and the digivice began to emmit a blazing light making the four digimon take a step back. An incredible feeling ran through her as she watched her partner become obscured by darkness and begin to transform. For a fleeting moment she felt their essenses connect and she wondered why she had never noticed the feeling the first time. "Devimon digivolve to... Vamdemon!" He looked at Angel and smiled to reveal two intact fangs. She returned his smile and his ice blue eyes sparkled with an inner fire she had never noticed before. "Impressive display." The frankenstein laughed but Angel noted that the other three digimon looked uneasy. "Not as impressive as this... Crimson Lightning!" Vamdemon feinted the attack and ran to hit the distracted digimon with a flying kick to the stomache. The digimon was sent flying backwards into his comrads and Vamdemon treated them to his mocking laugh as all four digimon struggled to regain their feet. "I will not be beaten down by an ultimate!" The green digimon roared when he had finally gotten to his feet. One of his comrads caught him by the shoulder. "Boltmon, I told you a Tamer would be trouble not to mention the fact that they have a Piedmon with them, let's just leave 'em. I have bad feeling about this." "You always have a bad feeling PileVolcamon! Just shut up and let me handle this if you're too scared." Boltmon sneered at his comrad. "Brother, listen to me! No car is worth your life! That Vamdemon took down a Beelzemon in Blast Mode, you were right there when the news came on!" Angel looked on in surprize, she saw her partner take a step forward, presumably to attack the distracted digimon but suddenly it just didn't feel right. "Vamdemon don't!" She called as she ran to his side. He looked at her with surprize and then irritation. "What?" He growled. "Get out of here PileVolcamon, you're not my keeper!" Boltmon snarled at his brother. Angel placed a hand on her partner's arm to make sure he didn't attack the two digimon. "Boltmon, you're fucking high as a kite! You've got a girlfriend with egg at home! You're playing this gangster life and you've pulled me into it but I'm telling you I want out. That Vamdemon may be an ultimate but he's got a Tamer which means he much stronger than ultimate or even mega." Angel pulled on Vamdemon's arm. "Let's get out of here." Vamdemon looked on for a moment and then nodded in agreement and they turned to leave with Vamdemon keeping a wary eye on the four. "Don't you move ultimate or I'll slice your Tamer in two!" Boltmon roared as he summoned a massive battle axe from seemingly thin air. Both Angel and Vamdemon turned to regard Boltmon, though Angel noted the dangerous gleam in her partner eyes. "Please don't kill my brother, he doesn't know..." PileVolcamon was cut off by a back hand courtesy of Boltmon. PileVolcamon put a hand to his face in disbelief but then regarded his brother with tears in his eyes. "You can go and get yourself killed, you're right I'm not your keeper. I can't be held responsible for what happens to you anymore little brother. Valkyrimon, HiAndromon, let's get out of here." "Then run you cowards!" Boltmon screamed as the three digimon nodded to eachother and walked back to their cars. He turned back to Angel and Vamdemon with a feral growl. Angel could see the strange look in his eyes and she knew for sure that the guy was high on drugs. "Go home Boltmon, you're ripped right out of your bloody tree." "Shut up bitch, what do you know about anything?" "I know a drug addicted loser when I see one." Angel grabbed Vamdemon's arm. "We're leaving." "You're not going anywhere bitch and I'm taking your car! Tomahawk Crunch!" Boltmon sent the massive battle axe spinning toward Vamdemon and Angel. Before Angel could even think her partner jumped on her pushing her to the ground as the axe spun over their heads. He sprung to his feet to face Boltmon. "Nightmare Claw!" Vamdemon unleashed a burst of dark energy hitting Boltmon square in the chest, knocking him right on his ass. Angel regained her feet and headed back to the car knowing she would only get in her partners way if she hung around the fighting. Boltmon jumped up and launched an attack toward her. "Tomahawk Crunch!" "Crimson Lightning!" Vamdemon intercepted the weapon with his energy whip and threw it off course only to have the axe reappear in Boltmon's hand a moment later. Angel turned her head as she ran and ended up tripping to fall flat on her face. She cursed her clumbsiness and looked just in time to see Boltmon phaze infront of her. Her eyes opened wide in terror as she saw him lift his axe over his head and realized that there was no way that her partner could get to her in time. "Trump Sword!" Angel cringed expecting to be cut in two but instead looked up surprized to see four large swords embedded in Boltmon's chest. The stricken digimon remained standing for a brief moment but then started to sink slowly to his knees. He looked at her with a profound sadness before falling on his side gasping for breath. He closed his eyes as his life force slowly faded away. A sound to her left brought her back to attention. Piedmon stood a few feet away his hands shaking and tears forming in his eyes. "I can't remember almost anything but I remember that it's against God's law to kill another digimon." Piedmon covered his face with one hand and sobbed. Angel shook off the her initial shock and got to her feet to stand at Piedmon's side. "Thank you, for saving my life." She told him quietly as she laid a hand on his arm. He pulled his hand away from his face and gave her a weak smile. "Perhaps God will forgive me for saving a beautiful creature like you." Patamon came from behind and landed on Piedmon's shoulder. "Of course God will forgive you. You didn't mean to hurt him, you were only trying to save Angel." "Gracias." He said as he wiped away his tears. Angel could only imagine what the old digimon was going through and on an impulse threw her arms around him. He returned the embrace and they stood like that for a few moments before he pulled away. He smiled at her and stroked her cheek softly. "I wish I had a daughter like you." Angel smiled, embaressed. "I never had a dad, but I'd bet you'd make a cool one." "That's so sweet." Patamon said. Angel looked around suddenly remembering her partner but he was nowhere to be seen. "Where's Vamdemon?" "I saw him fly around the gas station." Patamon told her. "I think he's upset that you almost got hurt so maybe you should go talk to him Angel." Angel nodded and as she walked around to the front of the gas station, she could see the first stars of the evening begin to appear in the darkening sky. When she had walked around nearly the whole building she sighed and gave up. He could fly and she couldn't, so if he didn't want to be found, she knew she wouldn't find him. "He's taken off somewhere." Angel told Patamon and Piedmon at the car. "I swear, the guy has more mood swings than a woman with PMS. What's he so upset about anyway? I didn't die so what's the big deal?" "He is angry with himself that he could not protect you and that you almost died because of it." Piedmon told her. Angel rolled her eyes. "So it's an ego thing?" "No, I think that he's more upset he could have lost you." Piedmon replied. "Oh." Angel ran her fingers through her hair uncomfortably. "Well what should we do? We have no idea where he is and it's getting quite dark." "We'll just have to wait for him." Patamom told her. "Yes, he'll come back when he's ready." Piedmon added. Angel sighed, she knew that Piedmon was just trying to be nice and covering for Vamdemon's ego problem. "You guys are letting him off easy. He's just pouting because he realized he's not the strongest guy in the world." She pulled out her digivice. "Patamon, how do I use this thing? I'm going after him, I'm not going to let him sit out there moping around. The longer we sit around, the more negative attention we're going to invite. We're better off if we get going." She pushed a few buttons on the digivice with out waiting for Patamon to answer and scrolled through the menu screen she had brought up on the small screen. She selected locator and a holographic compass jumped out at her. The indicator pointed to desert wasteland behind the gas station and Angel shut off the compass with out a word and turned to the two dumbfounded digimon. "I'm going alone, and don't argue with me because you can't talk me out of it." Patamon forwned. "Oh dear, you're not mad at him again are you?" Angel shook her head. "No, that's not it. I just want to know what his problem is, just when I thought I had him figured out he goes and takes off again. I want to help him! He makes himself out as this asshole to push everyone away but I don't think that's what he really wants. Anyway, I'm gonna smack some sense into him and bring him back. This is between him and me so please don't follow me." "Angel, you really shouldn't go out there. When you leave the cities, you're in the territory of the beast type digimon and most of them are aren't very friendly." Patamon told her as she started out into the dark shrub filled desert. Piedmon spoke up. "Let her go, I have a feeling her partner is close by and won't let her be harmed." Patamon sighed. "You're probably right Piedmon. Well Angel, if I can't talk you out of it then please be careful. We'll look out for you from here." "And Angel," Piedmon called to her. "Be careful of snakes and bugs out there and of course God bless." Angel turned her head and smiled. She was quite surprized that they had let her go with out putting a big fight. "Thank you. Don't worry, I'll be back soon, I promise." She set off at a brisk pace and soon left the gas station behind. Night had fallen making it difficult to see but she knew all she had to do was walk in his general direction and he would find her eventually. The walk became increasingly uphill until she came upon the edge of a cliff that over looked a black canyon. She looked over the edge but there was no way to know how deep it was. She sighed and pulled out her digivice and brought up the locator again. Sure enough it pointed across the canyon although she could tell by the indicator that he wasn't that far away. Angel decided to wait him out and sat on the edge of the canyon and looked up at the sky. A million twinkling lights dotted the black canopy above her and she marvled at the sheer magnitude of the universe. A soft breeze caressed her and she took a deep breath of the desert air and smiled. She didn't think she had ever seen a more beautiful night. "I haven't seen the stars like this since I was a wild digimon." Angel whipped her head around in surprize at the deep voice and smiled at the gorgeous blonde vampire standing beside her. He looked down at her, his black cape fluttering lightly in the breeze. "Took you long enough." He smiled back at her and reached a hand to help her up. She took it and instead of helping her stand on the solid ground he pulled her against him and rose into the air. They ascended quickly and Angel laughed at the sheer thrill of the ride. He finally stopped and Angel looked out at the city. It was an amazing sight to see the massive digimon city from so high up. He began to loosen his grip on her and she clung to him in surprize. "Just let go, trust me." He told her softly. Although it went against her every instinct she slowly let go and found herself being held up by some unseen force. She chuckled. "Is there anything you can't do?" He smiled widely and took one of her hands. "My dear you don't need to use flattery to win my heart, it already belongs to you." She looked at him utterly surprized. "What?" He pulled her a little closer. "Angel my dear, I want you to know how sorry I am for leaving you yesterday. It was difficult for me to admit to myself that I cared about you." Angel looked into his ice blue eyes and saw the sincerity in them. "You don't need to be sorry, I should apologize to you for what my co worker did to you." He chuckled softly. "So that's how you know him. I thought it was something else." She raised an eyebrow. "Are you joking? He's revolting and a total coward. Besides, I prefer blondes." She winked at him. He smiled again. "Do you realize the power you hold over me?" Her heart skipped a beat. "I..I don't know if I understand what you mean." "Yes you do." He told her in a voice that was almost a whisper. A thousand thoughts went through her mind at once. Her heart was beating so hard she could could hardly breathe. He looked at her concerned. "My dear, please don't be afraid. I promise I will never hurt you again." She tried to relax and nodded. He pulled her against him and embraced her tightly. She sighed contentedly and laid her head against his chest. Nothing in the world had ever felt so right to her. He pulled away a few moments later and brushed away a few loose strands of hair from her face. His blue eyes twinkled in the city's light and he leaned in to place his lips over hers. His lips parted and she responded in kind. His kiss was gentle yet she could feel his passion as he traced her mouth with his tongue. He finally withdrew and took both of her trembling hands in his. "Angel my dearest, I don't think I could ever bare to to see you be harmed again. I want to come away with me." "Vamdemon?" She whispered. "Please, you must know how deeply I care for you. I'll take care of you and you won't want for anything, I promise. I love you Angel." She smiled at him tears in her eyes. "That's the first time anyone's ever said that to me." She took a deep breath and let it out. "I love you too Vamdemon." "Then come away with me." He pleaded. "Forget the war, forget your life before, we'll start a new life together. Everything will be different for us." Angel sighed, she truly felt torn. She knew she wanted to go with him and forget everything. She wanted it more than anything but she couldn't forget Patamon and Piedmon either. She looked down and broke eye contact with him. "I don't know." He put a finger under her chin and lifted her face. He leaned in and kissed her again and she melted in his arms. He pulled away and looked deeply in her eyes. "Please say yes Angel." She threw her arms around him. "Yes Vamdemon, yes." What is Angel thinking? How can she turn her back on Piedmon and Patamon after they've both saved her life before? You'll have to find out what happens in my next chapter! HA HA HA -evil laugh-