The Adventures of Impy and Leky - Part 6 [Solo/Past]
Nov 24, 2016 3:08:17 GMT
Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Nov 24, 2016 3:08:17 GMT
The Story so far:
Impmon and Elecmon have quit their careers as Mercenaries, finding it too dangerous after they nearly drowned in a freezing lake on a quest in the North. It was here that they found their true feelings for each other, that they had become fully devoted to the other. Elecmon respected Impmon as a strong digimon who had turned his life around from bad to good, and Impmon respected Elecmon for giving him the chance to do so.
Since then, the two had resumed their old jobs as Couriers. The pay may not be as good as Mercenary work, but the risk was much lower. And the two had learned from their mistakes and had managed to get by well enough for a few weeks more.
However, as much as he wanted to, Impmon's past could not be erased. His history in the no-good gangs of the Terminus City Slums has not been forgotten, nor was his role in taking out two of his former comrades on a Mercenary mission to Earth. And they have not yet forgotten this act against them.
This is the final part of Bellamy and Luke's previous lives.
The Valley of Dragons... a route not often walked by rookie level couriers. And yet, the two best friend couriers Elecmon and Impmon walked it all the same. A tall rocky canyon in the dusty Western Flatlands, home to a variety of Dragon Digimon.
And yet, it wasn't easy to just simply go around them. The treacherous steep mountains on either side made that particularly difficult. And even though the residents of the canyon itself could be threatening, it was even more risky walking the flatlands alone with no cover from the air. At least in the canyon, they were relatively sheltered.
And besides, any semblance of fear that the two digimon had in this valley had long gone. They had walked this route 10 times and had never been bothered. The dragon digimon had either been friendly or indifferent to them. So here they were, walking through the valley toward Rustport Town, their bags filled with valuables and items that were requested to be sent on foot.
The valley was a long walk, so it was about halfway through that the two digimon had to stop for lunch. And both were hungrier than they had realized, downing their meat and salad rolls in a few bites. They grinned at each other a little when they realized they probably should have packed more food. But that was fine, it wasn't much longer to town anyway.
Impmon today was feeling a little... strange. Not about himself, but, he felt like there was some sort of presence following him. It couldn't be a person, he didn't see any of the signs that they were being followed. But... perhaps it was some sort of guilt. Of course Elecmon had forgiven all of his sins so far, but, there was just one more thing he had to learn about his friend. And so, in his normal fashion, Impmon decided to just ask.
"Hey Leky, there's somethin' I wanna ask you, about that day back then" he began.
"Hm? What is it, Impy?" Elecmon asked. The two of them were sitting next to each other on a flat rock, leaning against the canyon wall, their bags at their sides. Impmon paused as he tried to gather his thoughts, then just went out with the obvious way to ask.
"I was wondering why didn't you run away from me when we first met?" Impmon asked.
"Well... I thought that if I did, you'd just run after me and catch up regardless" Elecmon said, honestly. "So I just tried talking to you instead"
"Yeah I know, but... when I first met you and was going on about all that thieving crap..." Impmon scowled and flinched as he remembered how he once was. "Were you thinking 'Oh gosh, I wonder if he'll be my friend?' or something?"
"My first feelings when I saw you?" Elecmon asked, patiently. "Well... in a way, I kind of pitied you. I mean you were clearly beaten up and were looking for someone to bully, right?"
Impmon only nodded, too disgusted with himself to speak.
"But I took a chance and reached out, acted all friendly and stuff, and you took my paw and it just seemed to work out ever since" Elecmon finished, smiling. "I guess you really wanted a friend deep down too, right?"
"Y-yeah..." Impmon admitted. "Hey wait, you said I was cute too" he suddenly remembered. "Did you have some sort of crush on me?" he prodded Elecmon's side playfully. "Well, bunny-boy?"
"Heh..." Elecmon made a sheepish little grin like he normally did when he was thinking of something embarrassing. "It is an objective fact though"
"Oh really? What's one cute thing about the Impster?" Impmon asked haughtily.
"Well, the first, your ears droop when you're downcast and they suddenly spring up when you're happy or surprised" Elecmon said. Impmon realized this was probably true and blushed a little. "And the second, that smiley face on your chest... I noticed that when you're only pretending to be angry, it keeps smiling in a shy sort of way, it only changes to mad when you're really pissed off"
"Really?" Impmon asked, lifting up his scarf and looking at the emoji on his chest. "Huh. I didn't know that. Heh, I guess that is kind of cute"
"Yep. And speaking as the king of cute, I think that you're just that" Elecmon finished decisively. "But yeah... what was it you wanted to say, Impy?"
"Ah, nothin' much more than that" Impmon admitted, pulling in one leg so he could rest his hand on his knee. "I just... didn't really understand why you made that decision, you know?"
"Heh. You should know me by now, Impy, if I see a chance, I take it" Elecmon said, patting his arm. "Right then. Are you all rested up, pal?"
Impmon nodded, getting back to his feet. "Yeah, I am. Might as well get this run over and done with. I wanna try out this new Steak house in Rustport, heh heh"
"Do you now?"
A new voice spoke from above them. Elecmon gasped, but Impmon froze with terror. He could feel the malice coming from it. He could tell that this was an enemy.
"Leky! Run!" he shouted at his friend. Elecmon didn't budge, instead he pulled himself tightly toward him. Impmon sighed. He should know by now that Elecmon would never run.
"You won't escape today, Impmon" the voice continued, and there was an almighty rumble that shook the ground and the canyon around them. Heavy boulders came crashing down over the path ahead, blocking off the route ahead. This must have been a prepared ambush! The only way out was backward, but, that was where the voice was coming from. There was the sound of feet landing on gravel and rock. Impmon saw who it was. A Dinohumon. No... it couldn't be.
"What do you want with us?" he asked, glaring.
"Hm. You should know that, Impmon" said Dinohumon, approaching. "I may have digivolved two months ago but you should recognize me. After all those little heists and the mayhem we caused?"
"Y-you're... Kotemon" Impmon said, shivering. Another member of the old gang of thieves he had been in. Along with Strabimon and Gizamon.
"Very good..." Dinohumon said, drawing his two hunting daggers. "And before you ask, yes, I know what you did to Strabimon and Gizamon. And now you're going to face the consequences of turning on your brothers..."
"Those two bastards ain't my brothers!" Impmon spat, but backed off, genuinely scared as any Rookie would be when facing a hostile Champion. "L-look! Just back off alright?! I don't want trouble!"
"That's not the stories that I heard" Dinohumon said, advancing ever closer. "In your time as a mercenary you seemed to thrive on trouble. You and that pathetic little battery powered rabbit friend"
Elecmon reacted surprisingly fiercely here. He instantly marched forward, stood in front of Impmon, then fell on all fours, his tail spikes alive with electricity. He launched a Sparkling Thunder at Dinohumon, but, the attack had little effect on the Champion level.
"Pitiful" said Dinohumon, glaring. "You will die first for that, Elecmon"
"NO!!" Impmon screamed, launching a Semper Fire attack at Dinohumon. He flinched slightly as the blast of fire hit him, but, was otherwise unscathed, his clothes only singed. He otherwise ignored Impmon, focusing entirely on Elecmon. He seemed to realize that hurting Elecmon would only hurt Impmon so much more.
"Are you ready to die now?" he asked him.
"No!" Elecmon snarled defiantly, and continued to fire another Sparkling Thunder. Again and again. Impmon attempted to help, but could only fire one more attack before Dinohumon slashed with his sword. Impmon made a loud, horrified yelping noise as Elecmon could only whimper. The sword had cut high. Elecmon had attempted to duck under it, but he was not fast enough. They were not out of danger yet. Impmon immediately grabbed his friend and ran to the side as Dinohumon followed that up with a second strike. Impmon put his friend down and looked at his face, then gulped, holding back his horror at what had happened.
"Is... is it as bad as it feels, Impy?" Elecmon asked weakly. His left eye had been hit. All that Impmon could see was blue data rising from his face in a horrible diagonal gash. Impmon's mouth opened, but no words could come out. He shook his head with denial at this horror that had been done to his friend. And that horror quickly turned to rage. He turned to Dinohumon with a murderous expression in his face.
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAAAT!!!" Impmon screamed, gathering all of his energy to conjure an immense fireball. His teeth were bared as his breathing intensified. He said little more but growling noises as he was filled with the desire to destroy the digimon in front of him for what he did to Elecmon. Dinohumon came running at him. Impmon launched the fireball and it exploded with a great rush of flames and heat, but the Champion level's momentum was not stopped.
Dinohumon responded with a swift, decisive cut with his sword. Impmon was stunned for the moment. He no longer growled but simply made a confused whimpering noise. There was a loud thud of something soft yet heavy hitting the ground.
He slowly turned to see his right hand. All that was there was a bleeding stump, pouring out showers of purple data that dissipated into the sky.
The scream of despair and pain that followed shattered the silence. Impmon held his useless stump close to his chest in a vain attempt to stop the pain and the bleeding, but there was no escaping it. He collapsed to the ground, forced to curl into a helpless fetal position. Tears poured from his eyes as unimaginable waves of pain shot through his body. Dinohumon approached with a look of pity on his face.
"This is what happens, Impmon" he said, a look of disgust on his face, his clothes and hide still smoldering from Impmon's fireball, and had taken significant damage, but was otherwise uninjured. "This has where your arrogance has led you. Your friend is as good as dead, and you're now useless. This is what happens to digimon that fail to live by honour"
Impmon stopped screaming as despair turned to rage. He glared up at Dinohumon. His left hand... he still had his left hand. He shot a fireball at him from it, but it barely affected the adult level.
"That look on your face..." Dinohumon said, tilting his head, nearly smiling. "That look of absolute hatred. The things you would do to me if our positions were reversed. I bet you'd do anything to digivolve right here wouldn't you? Things that would make your friend recoil in disgust. I know the digimon that you really are, Impmon. You win over dupes with lies and deceit and use them to fit your wishes. What was it you had in mind for this poor individual, hm? Planned on stealing his data later were you?"
Impmon couldn't think of a word to describe how he felt at that idea, so he spat up in Dinohumon's face instead. He wiped it away with the back of his hand.
"Bad answer" said Dinohumon, and stomped hard on Impmon's left arm. There was a crunch. This pain felt even worse. Impmon's voice began to break as his screaming hurt his throat. He couldn't move his left hand now. He was thus, now, completely helpless.
"Give me a reason why I should let you be reconfigured" said Dinohumon, coldly. "Tell me why I should let you go"
His speech was cut off abruptly as an immense thunderbolt struck him from the side. Impmon's eyes widened, the pain lifted for a second as he realized where it had come from.
Elecmon wasn't dead. He limped forward, his face badly grazed and cut, his left eye was closed and badly injured, but he was still alive, data rising from him.
"You... you leave him alone" Elecmon said. "I'll... I'll stop you... f-from... absorbing m-my friend..."
"You should have stayed down" said the adult level, raising his sword once more. It was then that Impmon could do the last thing he could possibly do as a friend. His legs could still move. Even if his arms were useless.
Both Elecmon and Dinohumon stared in shock at what he did next. Before Dinohumon could swing his blade, Impmon bit down hard on his arm. The swordsmon glared and tried to shake him off, doing so made his broken arm flare up again with pain, but he would do everything... absolutely anything, to stop him killing his friend.
But... most unfortunately, Elecmon felt the same way. Knowing that his electric attacks would hurt Impmon too, he instead leapt forward and bit down hard on Dinohumon's other arm. It was a bitter struggle, the two child levels denying him the dignity he so obviously was trying to hold. But, the inevitable finally came. Dinohumon found a rock nearby, and eventually their jaws would no longer hold. He left the two broken bodies on a heap on the ground, glaring at them.
"Fine..." he said. "You can both die together. I will spare your pathetic lives".
With that, he turned on his heel, and left them. With all his remaining strength, Impmon turned his body so that he could see his friend. The pain was beginning to fade now, his movements were slowing, every breath he took became harder.
"Leky..." Impmon murmured. Those familiar blue eyes looked into his own, expectantly. But... Impmon couldn't think of what to say that would make him feel better.
The bastard was right. They were both going to die here. The damage they had sustained was too great. Impmon could tell that the end was just seconds away. But... he just didn't know what to say in the limited time he had left.
There was so much he wanted to say to his friend. That the day he met him was the best day of his life; that he appreciated and loved every moment he had with him, that when they teamed up to fight an opponent, he never felt happier. That when he was feeling down, Elecmon always knew what to say and do to make him feel better.
...When each increment of their power made Impmon think they were getting closer and closer to their ultimate goal - to digivolve together, only to have it snatched away in front of his face... it felt bitter. It felt like everything he had worked for up until now was destroyed.
But... seeing Elecmon's face. It seemingly drained the bitterness from him. It relaxed him in these darkest moments.
"What is it, Impy?" Elecmon asked, his voice a sickly whisper. Impmon held back tears, he wanted to say that he was sorry that this happened to him; that he wished they were more careful with their lives; how there was so much more to life that he wanted to experience side-by-side with his friend. But he didn't have that much strength left in him. What could he say anyway? 'I love you?' no, he had already said it and Leky knew. 'I'm sorry', no, that look of forgiveness and serenity on his friend's face said it all, even if he didn't deserve forgiveness for having Elecmon being caught up in his past and dying for it. He was taking too long to decide, already, Elecmon's body was beginning to disintegrate.
"Leky... stay with me" he said, pleadingly, not wanting to see him die first.
The look on Elecmon's face as he heard that felt like it was healing him slightly. The look of acknowledgement and affirmation.
"I will, Impy" he murmured in return. Shaking all the while, he reached out, resting his paw on Impmon's shoulder. Impmon's hands couldn't work anymore, so he couldn't do the same.
Instead, they gently rested their heads together. The last thing they saw as they slowly closed their eyes, was each other. Finally, their data disintegrated, gently blowing away into the evening breeze, heading in the direction of Primary Village.
That data stayed together, gradually coalescing. The essence of their souls stayed close.
The phenomenon that made them twins was an unknown one. Perhaps it was the virus attribute of Impmon that partially connected itself to Elecmon's data? Perhaps it was a freak occurrence? Or perhaps, the genuine amity between the two digimon formed the bond that made them brothers.
The next thing they remembered was darkness, and the feeling of suffocation as they awoke inside their egg. With all their might, the digimon pushed against it, struggling for what seemed like hours. Until finally, the shell broke. And out of it, first rolled a Punimon, then a Kiimon.
And that was where the twins' new story began.
[The End]
Impmon and Elecmon have quit their careers as Mercenaries, finding it too dangerous after they nearly drowned in a freezing lake on a quest in the North. It was here that they found their true feelings for each other, that they had become fully devoted to the other. Elecmon respected Impmon as a strong digimon who had turned his life around from bad to good, and Impmon respected Elecmon for giving him the chance to do so.
Since then, the two had resumed their old jobs as Couriers. The pay may not be as good as Mercenary work, but the risk was much lower. And the two had learned from their mistakes and had managed to get by well enough for a few weeks more.
However, as much as he wanted to, Impmon's past could not be erased. His history in the no-good gangs of the Terminus City Slums has not been forgotten, nor was his role in taking out two of his former comrades on a Mercenary mission to Earth. And they have not yet forgotten this act against them.
This is the final part of Bellamy and Luke's previous lives.
The Valley of Dragons... a route not often walked by rookie level couriers. And yet, the two best friend couriers Elecmon and Impmon walked it all the same. A tall rocky canyon in the dusty Western Flatlands, home to a variety of Dragon Digimon.
And yet, it wasn't easy to just simply go around them. The treacherous steep mountains on either side made that particularly difficult. And even though the residents of the canyon itself could be threatening, it was even more risky walking the flatlands alone with no cover from the air. At least in the canyon, they were relatively sheltered.
And besides, any semblance of fear that the two digimon had in this valley had long gone. They had walked this route 10 times and had never been bothered. The dragon digimon had either been friendly or indifferent to them. So here they were, walking through the valley toward Rustport Town, their bags filled with valuables and items that were requested to be sent on foot.
The valley was a long walk, so it was about halfway through that the two digimon had to stop for lunch. And both were hungrier than they had realized, downing their meat and salad rolls in a few bites. They grinned at each other a little when they realized they probably should have packed more food. But that was fine, it wasn't much longer to town anyway.
Impmon today was feeling a little... strange. Not about himself, but, he felt like there was some sort of presence following him. It couldn't be a person, he didn't see any of the signs that they were being followed. But... perhaps it was some sort of guilt. Of course Elecmon had forgiven all of his sins so far, but, there was just one more thing he had to learn about his friend. And so, in his normal fashion, Impmon decided to just ask.
"Hey Leky, there's somethin' I wanna ask you, about that day back then" he began.
"Hm? What is it, Impy?" Elecmon asked. The two of them were sitting next to each other on a flat rock, leaning against the canyon wall, their bags at their sides. Impmon paused as he tried to gather his thoughts, then just went out with the obvious way to ask.
"I was wondering why didn't you run away from me when we first met?" Impmon asked.
"Well... I thought that if I did, you'd just run after me and catch up regardless" Elecmon said, honestly. "So I just tried talking to you instead"
"Yeah I know, but... when I first met you and was going on about all that thieving crap..." Impmon scowled and flinched as he remembered how he once was. "Were you thinking 'Oh gosh, I wonder if he'll be my friend?' or something?"
"My first feelings when I saw you?" Elecmon asked, patiently. "Well... in a way, I kind of pitied you. I mean you were clearly beaten up and were looking for someone to bully, right?"
Impmon only nodded, too disgusted with himself to speak.
"But I took a chance and reached out, acted all friendly and stuff, and you took my paw and it just seemed to work out ever since" Elecmon finished, smiling. "I guess you really wanted a friend deep down too, right?"
"Y-yeah..." Impmon admitted. "Hey wait, you said I was cute too" he suddenly remembered. "Did you have some sort of crush on me?" he prodded Elecmon's side playfully. "Well, bunny-boy?"
"Heh..." Elecmon made a sheepish little grin like he normally did when he was thinking of something embarrassing. "It is an objective fact though"
"Oh really? What's one cute thing about the Impster?" Impmon asked haughtily.
"Well, the first, your ears droop when you're downcast and they suddenly spring up when you're happy or surprised" Elecmon said. Impmon realized this was probably true and blushed a little. "And the second, that smiley face on your chest... I noticed that when you're only pretending to be angry, it keeps smiling in a shy sort of way, it only changes to mad when you're really pissed off"
"Really?" Impmon asked, lifting up his scarf and looking at the emoji on his chest. "Huh. I didn't know that. Heh, I guess that is kind of cute"
"Yep. And speaking as the king of cute, I think that you're just that" Elecmon finished decisively. "But yeah... what was it you wanted to say, Impy?"
"Ah, nothin' much more than that" Impmon admitted, pulling in one leg so he could rest his hand on his knee. "I just... didn't really understand why you made that decision, you know?"
"Heh. You should know me by now, Impy, if I see a chance, I take it" Elecmon said, patting his arm. "Right then. Are you all rested up, pal?"
Impmon nodded, getting back to his feet. "Yeah, I am. Might as well get this run over and done with. I wanna try out this new Steak house in Rustport, heh heh"
"Do you now?"
A new voice spoke from above them. Elecmon gasped, but Impmon froze with terror. He could feel the malice coming from it. He could tell that this was an enemy.
"Leky! Run!" he shouted at his friend. Elecmon didn't budge, instead he pulled himself tightly toward him. Impmon sighed. He should know by now that Elecmon would never run.
"You won't escape today, Impmon" the voice continued, and there was an almighty rumble that shook the ground and the canyon around them. Heavy boulders came crashing down over the path ahead, blocking off the route ahead. This must have been a prepared ambush! The only way out was backward, but, that was where the voice was coming from. There was the sound of feet landing on gravel and rock. Impmon saw who it was. A Dinohumon. No... it couldn't be.
"What do you want with us?" he asked, glaring.
"Hm. You should know that, Impmon" said Dinohumon, approaching. "I may have digivolved two months ago but you should recognize me. After all those little heists and the mayhem we caused?"
"Y-you're... Kotemon" Impmon said, shivering. Another member of the old gang of thieves he had been in. Along with Strabimon and Gizamon.
"Very good..." Dinohumon said, drawing his two hunting daggers. "And before you ask, yes, I know what you did to Strabimon and Gizamon. And now you're going to face the consequences of turning on your brothers..."
"Those two bastards ain't my brothers!" Impmon spat, but backed off, genuinely scared as any Rookie would be when facing a hostile Champion. "L-look! Just back off alright?! I don't want trouble!"
"That's not the stories that I heard" Dinohumon said, advancing ever closer. "In your time as a mercenary you seemed to thrive on trouble. You and that pathetic little battery powered rabbit friend"
Elecmon reacted surprisingly fiercely here. He instantly marched forward, stood in front of Impmon, then fell on all fours, his tail spikes alive with electricity. He launched a Sparkling Thunder at Dinohumon, but, the attack had little effect on the Champion level.
"Pitiful" said Dinohumon, glaring. "You will die first for that, Elecmon"
"NO!!" Impmon screamed, launching a Semper Fire attack at Dinohumon. He flinched slightly as the blast of fire hit him, but, was otherwise unscathed, his clothes only singed. He otherwise ignored Impmon, focusing entirely on Elecmon. He seemed to realize that hurting Elecmon would only hurt Impmon so much more.
"Are you ready to die now?" he asked him.
"No!" Elecmon snarled defiantly, and continued to fire another Sparkling Thunder. Again and again. Impmon attempted to help, but could only fire one more attack before Dinohumon slashed with his sword. Impmon made a loud, horrified yelping noise as Elecmon could only whimper. The sword had cut high. Elecmon had attempted to duck under it, but he was not fast enough. They were not out of danger yet. Impmon immediately grabbed his friend and ran to the side as Dinohumon followed that up with a second strike. Impmon put his friend down and looked at his face, then gulped, holding back his horror at what had happened.
"Is... is it as bad as it feels, Impy?" Elecmon asked weakly. His left eye had been hit. All that Impmon could see was blue data rising from his face in a horrible diagonal gash. Impmon's mouth opened, but no words could come out. He shook his head with denial at this horror that had been done to his friend. And that horror quickly turned to rage. He turned to Dinohumon with a murderous expression in his face.
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAAAT!!!" Impmon screamed, gathering all of his energy to conjure an immense fireball. His teeth were bared as his breathing intensified. He said little more but growling noises as he was filled with the desire to destroy the digimon in front of him for what he did to Elecmon. Dinohumon came running at him. Impmon launched the fireball and it exploded with a great rush of flames and heat, but the Champion level's momentum was not stopped.
Dinohumon responded with a swift, decisive cut with his sword. Impmon was stunned for the moment. He no longer growled but simply made a confused whimpering noise. There was a loud thud of something soft yet heavy hitting the ground.
He slowly turned to see his right hand. All that was there was a bleeding stump, pouring out showers of purple data that dissipated into the sky.
The scream of despair and pain that followed shattered the silence. Impmon held his useless stump close to his chest in a vain attempt to stop the pain and the bleeding, but there was no escaping it. He collapsed to the ground, forced to curl into a helpless fetal position. Tears poured from his eyes as unimaginable waves of pain shot through his body. Dinohumon approached with a look of pity on his face.
"This is what happens, Impmon" he said, a look of disgust on his face, his clothes and hide still smoldering from Impmon's fireball, and had taken significant damage, but was otherwise uninjured. "This has where your arrogance has led you. Your friend is as good as dead, and you're now useless. This is what happens to digimon that fail to live by honour"
Impmon stopped screaming as despair turned to rage. He glared up at Dinohumon. His left hand... he still had his left hand. He shot a fireball at him from it, but it barely affected the adult level.
"That look on your face..." Dinohumon said, tilting his head, nearly smiling. "That look of absolute hatred. The things you would do to me if our positions were reversed. I bet you'd do anything to digivolve right here wouldn't you? Things that would make your friend recoil in disgust. I know the digimon that you really are, Impmon. You win over dupes with lies and deceit and use them to fit your wishes. What was it you had in mind for this poor individual, hm? Planned on stealing his data later were you?"
Impmon couldn't think of a word to describe how he felt at that idea, so he spat up in Dinohumon's face instead. He wiped it away with the back of his hand.
"Bad answer" said Dinohumon, and stomped hard on Impmon's left arm. There was a crunch. This pain felt even worse. Impmon's voice began to break as his screaming hurt his throat. He couldn't move his left hand now. He was thus, now, completely helpless.
"Give me a reason why I should let you be reconfigured" said Dinohumon, coldly. "Tell me why I should let you go"
His speech was cut off abruptly as an immense thunderbolt struck him from the side. Impmon's eyes widened, the pain lifted for a second as he realized where it had come from.
Elecmon wasn't dead. He limped forward, his face badly grazed and cut, his left eye was closed and badly injured, but he was still alive, data rising from him.
"You... you leave him alone" Elecmon said. "I'll... I'll stop you... f-from... absorbing m-my friend..."
"You should have stayed down" said the adult level, raising his sword once more. It was then that Impmon could do the last thing he could possibly do as a friend. His legs could still move. Even if his arms were useless.
Both Elecmon and Dinohumon stared in shock at what he did next. Before Dinohumon could swing his blade, Impmon bit down hard on his arm. The swordsmon glared and tried to shake him off, doing so made his broken arm flare up again with pain, but he would do everything... absolutely anything, to stop him killing his friend.
But... most unfortunately, Elecmon felt the same way. Knowing that his electric attacks would hurt Impmon too, he instead leapt forward and bit down hard on Dinohumon's other arm. It was a bitter struggle, the two child levels denying him the dignity he so obviously was trying to hold. But, the inevitable finally came. Dinohumon found a rock nearby, and eventually their jaws would no longer hold. He left the two broken bodies on a heap on the ground, glaring at them.
"Fine..." he said. "You can both die together. I will spare your pathetic lives".
With that, he turned on his heel, and left them. With all his remaining strength, Impmon turned his body so that he could see his friend. The pain was beginning to fade now, his movements were slowing, every breath he took became harder.
"Leky..." Impmon murmured. Those familiar blue eyes looked into his own, expectantly. But... Impmon couldn't think of what to say that would make him feel better.
The bastard was right. They were both going to die here. The damage they had sustained was too great. Impmon could tell that the end was just seconds away. But... he just didn't know what to say in the limited time he had left.
There was so much he wanted to say to his friend. That the day he met him was the best day of his life; that he appreciated and loved every moment he had with him, that when they teamed up to fight an opponent, he never felt happier. That when he was feeling down, Elecmon always knew what to say and do to make him feel better.
...When each increment of their power made Impmon think they were getting closer and closer to their ultimate goal - to digivolve together, only to have it snatched away in front of his face... it felt bitter. It felt like everything he had worked for up until now was destroyed.
But... seeing Elecmon's face. It seemingly drained the bitterness from him. It relaxed him in these darkest moments.
"What is it, Impy?" Elecmon asked, his voice a sickly whisper. Impmon held back tears, he wanted to say that he was sorry that this happened to him; that he wished they were more careful with their lives; how there was so much more to life that he wanted to experience side-by-side with his friend. But he didn't have that much strength left in him. What could he say anyway? 'I love you?' no, he had already said it and Leky knew. 'I'm sorry', no, that look of forgiveness and serenity on his friend's face said it all, even if he didn't deserve forgiveness for having Elecmon being caught up in his past and dying for it. He was taking too long to decide, already, Elecmon's body was beginning to disintegrate.
"Leky... stay with me" he said, pleadingly, not wanting to see him die first.
The look on Elecmon's face as he heard that felt like it was healing him slightly. The look of acknowledgement and affirmation.
"I will, Impy" he murmured in return. Shaking all the while, he reached out, resting his paw on Impmon's shoulder. Impmon's hands couldn't work anymore, so he couldn't do the same.
Instead, they gently rested their heads together. The last thing they saw as they slowly closed their eyes, was each other. Finally, their data disintegrated, gently blowing away into the evening breeze, heading in the direction of Primary Village.
That data stayed together, gradually coalescing. The essence of their souls stayed close.
The phenomenon that made them twins was an unknown one. Perhaps it was the virus attribute of Impmon that partially connected itself to Elecmon's data? Perhaps it was a freak occurrence? Or perhaps, the genuine amity between the two digimon formed the bond that made them brothers.
The next thing they remembered was darkness, and the feeling of suffocation as they awoke inside their egg. With all their might, the digimon pushed against it, struggling for what seemed like hours. Until finally, the shell broke. And out of it, first rolled a Punimon, then a Kiimon.
And that was where the twins' new story began.
[The End]
