Ending the Nightmare (MATURE) (B-Rank)

Shademon would admit, the imp's fireball did sting a little as the explosion sent splinters of the floorboards flying through Shademon's incorporeal form. It actually impressed Shademon that the Impmon managed to get off a shot before succumbing to his hypnotic attack, but a glancing hit like that simply wouldn't be enough to stop the Shademon.

Now that his victims were all out cold, Shademon began his preparations for his meal. Inside the nightmare, the three pairs would find themselves separated in an endless black pane covered in thick fog. Each group would then find themselves facing personalized nightmares based on their own fears and traumas. As he looked through their minds, the Shademon was absolutely giddy at what he found! These unfortunate souls had some serious traumas that he could feed on. What a jackpot! With his selection made, Shademon quickly got to work on what could be his greatest masterpiece yet!

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For Lothar and Mandrake, they would find themselves approached by the manifestation of a cloaked figure dragging the unconscious body of a purple Elecmon. One with a very familiar voice that Mandrake would know all too well.

"Well, well, well. What are the odds that we'd meet again so soon... Mandrake?"

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For Luna and Dust, the fog would reveal the familiar form of a Beelzemon approaching them.

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For Adrian and Shoutmon, they would find themselves confronted by a nightmare from the past, as the familiar form of a RedMagnamon approached them out of the fog.

"Did you really think you could get rid of me for good? I don't need your human to maintain my form anymore, so I think it's time to finish you both once and for all."

Luna had her eyes closed for a small while, feeling the cold ground she was laying on Luna slowly started to open her eyes to the dark void. For a few seconds she was just letting her eyes adjust to the darkness but as she remembered what had just transpired Luna shot upright faster then you could blink standing straight up with her fists clenched. "Alright, bring it- Wait huh?" Luna glanced around the black, well not room but there was a word for it that was escaping the Lekismon.

Dust shot awake as well, holding his hands up creating another fireball in his hands ready to face the Shademon that wasn't there anymore. "Huh, so this must've been what he meant by Endless nightmare." Dust crossed his arms tapping his chest, his pendant was still there and everything seemed accounted for.

"What's so nightmarish about this though? I'm not scared of the dark, heck I thrive in it." Luna said confidently with her hands on her hips. As she said that though from the fog came a figure that the duo knew all too well, standing well above either of them looking down at the duo. "Uhh Dust, you didn't happen to clone yourself and evolve, right?" Luna asked already knowing the answer as she held her fists up, she was definitely feeling a bit of fear now as the Beelzemon approached them.

"...." Dust had a dark expression over his face looking down. "I'm not you anymore, using my past to his advantage. How low can he go." Dust had a mixture of anger and fear on his face, knowing quite well what he was capable of as he started to back off from the Beelzemon.

Oh, Shademon was having so much fun with this! Most of his other victim had normal, boring fears that, while nourishing, did get rather repetitive after a while. But these ones? He was gonna milk these guys for as much despair as he could! Sure, his imitations wouldn't be anywhere near as strong as the real deals, since Shademon himself was only a Champion level, but they should last long enough to get a decent meal from these guys.

"Oh, I'm enjoying this waaaaay more than I should, but I just can't help myself!"

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In Lothar and Mandrake's nightmare, the shadowy figure chuckled at Mandrake's request to let LJ go.

"Surely you realize that leaving him on his own only made it that much easier for me to capture him? After all, this isn't the first time I've done so." The figure told the Leomon and the crying Wizardmon. "And why should I let him go? After all, two servants would be far better than one."

With that, a few tendrils of shadows entered LJ's nostrils and mouth, causing the purple Elecmon to start spasming in the figure's arms. The figure set him down on the ground as the Elecmon was forced to Dark Digivolve into MadLeomon. The MadLeomon growled at his parents, with no sign of recognition in his crazed eyes.

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Wit Luna and Dust, the Beelzemon pulled out his shotguns before aiming them at the two Digimon. He didn't dignify their responses to his appearance with anything other than a scoff before he opened fire with his shotguns.

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With Adrian and Shoutmon, the apparition of Omni merely laughed at Shoutmon's nervous attempt to call him a fake. "A poser? Oh, I assure you, I'm very much real. Did you really think that you could get rid of me forever? No matter how many times you defeat me, I will always be lurking deep within your digicore. But enough of this chatter. Perhaps this will convince you that I'm no fake. Magma Blast."

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The fake Shadowy Figure forces the illusion of LJ to digivolve to MadLeomon. The fake Beelzemon unleashes a basic attack with his shotguns, and the Omni apparition attacks with Magma Blast.

Magma Blast: Shoots a blast of pure fire out of his hands.

No response huh, well that did seem pretty on the nose with his past self. As they started firing on the both of them Dust flinched slightly backing off worried about the attack while Luna stepped in front of the Impmon raising her hands slightly. "Reflect Barrier come forth." Luna called reaching her hands up and creating a large dark barrier around her body, which would also shield Dust from the attacks as well.

"Luna we have to get out of here, We can't beat him in these forms. He'll, I'll. Whatever it is will destroy us." Dust had some panic in his voice, but mostly for Luna's sake then his own. However with a stern voice Luna got his attention.

"Dust pay attention, if that was true my barrier would be broken already be broken from a single shot, there's no way this guy's stronger then you were back then." Luna had her eyes narrowed and focused on the target ahead, Dust saw the barrier was holding. Slowly he let his fear drop and clenched his fist.

"It's just that bastard's tricks, C'mon Luna lets take this damned imposter down." Fear was still evident in his voice but he slowly regained his resolve to battle as he let the dark energy flow through his body, creating two symbols, one above and one below his past self and let the dark energy flow through them to deal damage while behind Luna's barrier.

Shademon was annoyed that one of the three groups had already caught on to his trick, but he supposed it was inevitable when he was trying to juggle three nightmares at once. There was a reason he usually tried to only focus on one target at a time. If they'd caught on to the trick, then Shademon supposed that he need not bother with historical accuracy in that fight.

"Ah, well. I just need to keep those two busy while I feed on the other ones. The wizard's despair is much stronger than I expected!"

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Lothar's charge would find itself interrupted as the MadLeomon moved in between Lothar and the shadowy being.

"FiSt Of ThE bEaSt KiNg!" The MadLeomon said as he launched the projectile at Lothar.

"So that is your choice, then? Very well. In that case, I'll just leave my new pet to deal with the two of you." The shadowy figure said before he disappeared. The Madleomon that used to be LJ roared like an angry beast before charging at Lothar.

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"Well, well. I'll admit I didn't expect you two to catch on so quickly." The Beelzemon said after rolling to avoid Dust's attack. "In that case, I suppose there's no reason to bother with keeping up the act."

With that, the false Beelzemon smirked as his right arm shifted into a Beelzemon Blast Mode's gun. "Corona Destroyer!"

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"I'll admit, you have some nerve on you, human. But I'm afraid it is pointless in the end. No card can save you, and I think you'll find digivolution to be quite impossible here. All of your struggling and bravado is merely delaying the inevitable." Omni said to Adrian. "After all, no mere human or Rookie can withstand the power of a Mega-level Digimon like myself, so you may as well accept your demise."

The RedMagnamon gathered his energy to form an aura around himself before launching it at Adrian. "Omni Core Fusion!"

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Madleomon used Fist of the Beast King before charging at Lothar.
Fist of the Beast King: A lion shaped aura forms around his fist before he launches it with a punch.

Beelzemon used Corona Blaster after dodging Dust's attack.
Corona Blaster: Fires a massive shot from the Blaster on his arm. 1 post cooldown. 0/1
Army of one (passive): Increase attack 20% per enemy he's facing, only works while alone. Cap of 140%, currently at 40% increase.

Omni used Omni Core Fusion.
Omni Core Fusion: RedMagnamon uses all of his power to create an energy aura of himself, and launches it. Cooldown is three posts.

Luna smirked as her barrier faded, seems like she was right on the money. Clenching her fist she raised it up and shouted. "Heh, shouldn't underestimate us like that. Dust would NEVER turn back into that thing." Luna looked down at the Impmon, who seemed a lot less confidant in what she Lekismon just said, but he did give a small nod as they watched the digimon nimbly dodge his attack.

Dust seemed pretty angry as he held his fists up. "Yeah, that power. I'll make sure it remains nothing but a distant memory." He regained his resolve, even if there was still a lingering feeling a fear that might help feed the digimon causing this nightmare Dust was strong enough to push past it and continue.

That was when the illusion did something that neither Dust nor Luna saw coming, forming the arm into a blaster, the exact same one that Blast mode was known for, he fired a massive shot at the two of them. Luna thinking fast leaped into the air, meanwhile Dust who was on the ground raised his arms, taking the hit almost dead on. "Ughh, It shouldn't be.... Right yeah." Dust did always get stronger when he was fighting more then one person, this must've just been the copy of that.

Luna was covered by the smoke caused from the attack hitting Dust, at the apex of her jump she would drop all her weight in the direction of the Beelzemon with a spinning axe kicked aimed directly at his head. "Moon night KICK!"

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B.A

Luna:



Dust

For once, Shademon found himself stunned speechless. Only a couple of minutes in and all three groups had seen through his tricks? That was rather impressive, actually. He really was getting too complacent.

He'll just have to settle for Plan B, then.

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In the nightmare, all three groups would surely notice the fog clearing up, allowing everyone to see each other and their opponents.  The very air itself would seem to shake as Shademon's voice echoed across the endless darkness.

"I can't believe you all caught on to my tricks so soon. Normally I try to feed on the despair of my victims to make them last longer, but I guess I'll just have to feed off of your very life force itself."

 Down below, the three apparitions charged in to attack the others. The Madleomon moved to start swinging his fists to pummel Mandrake. The Beelzemon seemed to take another page out of Dust's book by attempting to use the very same Apocalypse attack Dust had used just a few minutes ago on the downed Impmon, although this left him wide open to getting kicked in the face by Luna.

Omni's manifestation seemed to have the most individuality, merely chuckling at Adrian and the Shoutmon. "Well, whether I'm the real Omni or not,  I'm still more than capable of crushing you both. I have nothing to lose here. And who knows? Maybe Shademon will actually let me have your body once I completely crush your consciousness."

The false RedMagnamon would then charge towards Shoutmon in an attempt to skewer him with a Magma Blade.

"You're all in my world now! And I'm never letting you go!"

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Magma Blade: RedMagnamon's arm becomes covered in flames that are shaped like a blade, and uses it to slice the target at high speeds. Similar to OmniShoutmon's Omni Blade. Cooldown is one post. 0/1

Apocalypse: Creates a symbol above and below the opponent before flooding a large amount of dark energy between those two symbols dealing a massive amount of damage. 15 foot range and 3 post cool down. 0/3

Doom Counter: 1/10