2109/The Beast of Shadows Pt. 2

The Beast of Shadows Pt. 2
Date of Scene:	27 April 2015
Location:	Techno Urbania
Synopsis:	Who is this Gaonoir and why is he attacking a hive of -Beemon?
Cast of Characters:	132, 516, 695, Duke, Gaonoir

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Gaonoir has posed:
Techno Urbania was once again in an uproar. This time in the skyline overhead, but it couldn't be a coincidence that they were over the same section of the megatropolis that a certain overly armed wolf met her fate just over a week ago. Construction for repairing the damages of that fight was still on-going, and it seemed like the aerial battle kept circling around the same area as well.

Or maybe the large mechanical bee, sporting a rediculous number of hexagonal weapon ports on its back, was reluctant to leave the vicinity. It also seemed reluctant to fire its weapons unless it's target wasn't close to the ground.

This just gave the black and grey blurr speeding around it all the more room to maneuverer, darting in to punch or kick it, and then launching away again.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     God damnit, Beelz missed out on the LAST Giant Monster Fight, he's not gonna miss out on THIS one!

     With a thunderous roar, the twin wheeled monstrosity known as Behemoth comes tearing down the street, expertly weaving around traffic when possible and ramping off the back of vehicles when not, all while it's rider grins a twisted grin and looks to the sky, spotting the black blurr as it darts in and out to attack it's opponent, "Huh, float like a butterfly and sting the bee, is it? Well, I hope they don't mind some outside interference..."

Ferham (516) has posed:
     Despite going in for some basic diagnostics and repair after the 'EMP fun' of the other day, Ferham is convinced she's in good enough shape to head back out there. And right now, it seemed like there was some kind of disturbance going on. When she hears about a giant mechanical bee, she almost is worried she might know it--but what she finds isn't anything like Blast Hornet, almost a relief, if it were not for the thing's size and the dark gray and black blur that was seemingly hovering around it.

     Ferham was airborne, but keeping herself lower to the ground than usual, perhaps trying to get a better look at whatever this was as she flitted between the tops of buildings and the air.

Doran (695) has posed:
The moment news of this battle hits the airwaves, Doran is already out the door. He should've known that the black Gao Digimon would attack again so soon. There's no reason to hold back, not against this opponent.

Doran flies at his best speed in his Bahamut-like Dorugoramon form, high in the sky. He's at a close enough range that he can feel that buzzing headache coming on, but he shoves the annoyance aside for now. He instead focuses on the familiarity, the fleeting beacon that seems to bounce around within the fight.

He's too high up to hear Beelzebumon or his Behemoth, but he does spot Ferham popping up now and again from the line of rooftops. /At least we aren't alone,/ Doran thinks to himself grimly. When /did/ he start seeing that as a good thing?

Duke has posed:
When the emergency signal is sent out, one of the others to respond along with Doran is that of a large fifteen foot Cyborg Dinosaur humanoid with the massive thrusters propelling him at near mach speeds, once they arrive at the location of disturbance, he picks up the black blurr harassing what appears to be another Exile-- more correctly--- another X-digimon.

With a mechanical roar, Duke doesn't /even/ ask questions and while he targetting systems have picked up Beelzebumon below, the people, and even Ferham, he rushes right into the fray. "Leave them alone!" Duke roars out with his mechanical voice being /very/ hard to miss at his height and the heavy exhaust of his thruster light from his backside.

Ports open up up along his chest and he starts to scatter down plasma bolts of energy like a machine gun, attempting to catch the black blurr in the blasts and give the Bee Digimon enough time to /get/ away. That was the hope anyways...

Gaonoir has posed:
When the black blurr eventually arcs over it CannonBeemon sees its chance, angling back to aim it's gun shaped abdomen at the other digimon. "NITRO ZZZTINGER!" The railcannon like weapon fires, screaming at high speed towards the other fighter. Who charges right into it 'flying brick style', that is to say, with the one fist thrust in front of him. That's what the attack strikes, flaring around like a glowing aura as the metal fist partially deflects the energy around him.

Though the resistance between the two forces does slow down the attacker enough to get a decent look at him -- Some kind of humanoid canine with jet engines on his back and the huge metal fists.

At the edges of the inside of his visor warnings flicker as two.. no, three other digital signals are detected approaching. The canine's lips curl back into a smirk, showing his fangs. Jets flare with additional thrust, actually flipping the cyborg canine over the rest of the attack stream, the plasma fire forcing him to weave around before he pulls upright, hovering for a moment to look at the mechanical dinosaur. "Oh, it's -you- again. You're going to wait your turn."

And then he rockets down at the CannonBeemon. "KNUCKLE CRUSHER!" Despite being smaller the velocity makes the cyborg canine hit like a bullet, sending both digimon slamming into the street below and kicking up a huge debris cloud around them.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     And then with a massive roar, a certain Biker Digimon comes hurtling off the back of an abandon truck and soars through the sky, before slamming down with a skid that beings the pair to a stop right between the two combatants.

     "If it's all the same to you mutt..."

     Beelzebumon casually dismounts from his ride and pulls one of his Berenjena Shotguns from its holster on his back, before twirling it around and resting it against his shoulder.

     "I'm taking my turn right /now/, and there ain't shit you can do to stop me."

     Then he glances over at Duke and grins, "Heya lizardbreath."

Ferham (516) has posed:
     The CannonBeemon is going to get a few projectiles thrown it's way as Ferham zooms up and begins closing in from it's side, trying to flank the massive insectoid creature. She sends a few 5-foot long ice spears barreling through the air, taking only a few seconds to form them out of the condensation already present in the air and her own systems generating the cryogenic power.

     "Duke!" Ferham calls out, mainly to make her presence known and that it was her, just in case he didn't recognize her at first in his evolved state, perhaps?

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran growls as he gets a good luck at Gaonoir's form. A Black MachGaogamon, and that /voice/. No matter any other vocal changes, the holier-than-thou way he speaks is more than enough for identification. The fact that Gaonoir is black with golden highlights and red lights bothers him on a much deeper level than he'd ever admit. At least it seems Doran's been ignored for now.

As soon as Gaonoir and CannonBeemon strike the ground, Doran dives after them. He intends to grab the CannonBeemon and get them AWAY from Gaonoir, but it's difficult to tell what's going on in the dust cloud. At least Beelzebumon has made his presence known. That'll prove to be... interesting...

Duke has posed:
As the Black Mach Gaogamon makes his statement over the radio, Duke can only watch as he zips around the shots and goes to actually slam his fist right into the other Digimon knocking them down to the ground. In response he can only roar out, "Not this time!"

As his body rockets him down to follow he takes notice of Beelzebumon, "What are you doing here?" he calls out to the Demon Lord as he watches from high above, making his descent down, though having to swing his massive form around part of the wrecked skyscraper, before his claw hand grabs a hold and places his weight against the structure which creeks realizing that where they have fallen too--- well--- he is a bit to large like this to do anything.

The Cyborg Digimon's gold eyes look over to Ferham as she calls out his name and gives her a very gentle nod of his head. He then looks down where Beelzebumon is making his assault. In his own vision its running rapid calculations and target placement, including as he tactically tries to figure out how to handle the problem that is now presenting itself.

The building creaks once more and Dukemon just snarls before he shoves himself off.

As his body starts to fall, it begins to glow, electrical charge glows around his form, a digital data can be seen trailing in the air. Electronics near him starts to freak out as he falls by them, lights on even dead signs flare to life, as DigiCode flares across the screens within scrambled data. With a bright burst of life his voice roars out, as it shifts over to a much older sounding male and that kin to who he once was.

As the flash of light clears, the cape bellows out from behind him as the Halberd axe comes into his hands and he goes to swing it. As he swings, flames appear which bolt ahead of him right for where Gaonoir is within the dust cloud.

The Knight humanoid lands down though a bit roughly and has to roll along the ground, before rolling back up to his feet, landing probably pretty close to where Beelzebumon is.

Gaonoir has posed:
The debris cloud makes it hard to tell just where those ice projectiles hit. And then CannonBeemon tumbles out of the settling cloud from being kicked, landing against the base of the construction site. A few much smaller bee-like digimon crawl out onto it, trying to use their tiny wings to pull the much larger digimon back into the half-built building. Looks like maybe, like a real bee, it was trying to protect a hive of some sort? Good thing Doran is trying to help.

There's a grunt as the cyborg canine steps up the edge of the crater their landing made in the street, idly yanking the point of one of the ice spears out of his shoulder. "Hmph." He clenches both heavy gauntlets into fists, charging up another attack...

And then Beelzebumon uses his fancy dismount to butt in between them.

At first Black Machgaogamon's yellow eyes widen enough to briefly be seen behind his visor. Then narrow into slits with the scowl that follows. Somehow his form manages to appear even darker as it trembles with a quickly seething anger.

"DEMON LORD!" Whatever else he was going to do is promptly forgotten. The jet engines fire, as if screaming with the same rage that's consumed the cyber-dog as they hurtle him towards Beelzebumon, everyone else forgotten in the moment as he swings both metal clad fists in a rocket powered hammerblow to the demonic gunman.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     "Dude, Giant Monster Fight," is all the reply Duke gets as Beelzebumon glances in his direction with a smirk, as if that's all the explaination needed... which given Beelzebumon, it pretty much is.

     And then the cyber mutt decides to get personal and charge towards him with a two fisted hammerblow from above.

     Reacting quickly, Beelz throws both arms above his head to block the descending fists, though the impact is still hard enough to cause the ground beneath his feet to crater as he's driven down to one knee.

     Then, after a moment, he pushes back and stands up, before throwing the fists back so he can rub his forearms, "I'm sorry but... do I know you?"

Duke has posed:
As soon has Gaonoir shouts at Beelzebumon and charges right at him, all the Medieval Dukemon has time to do is just /get/ out of the way at the sheer burst of speed and power. Those gold eyes staring at the Cyborg Digimon with a slightly wide eyed expression. "...This isn't right..." He then quickly gets on the comm and he takes a step back and then places widens his stance as he waits for an opening.

He does glance back to where the bee Digimon are trying to pull back their 'friend'. His eyes soften a bit, "Are you alright? Are /they/ alright?" He asks them, though isn't really expecting a response. Though he does turn his attention back to the possible exculating battle that could happen between Beelzebumon and an angry Mach Gaogamon.

He then calls over to Ferham. "Ferham, becareful! This is the same guy from yesterday!"

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran spreads his wings as wide as he can, trying to block as much area as possible. Luckily, sudden aggro-shift takes Gaonoir's attention away from the CannonBeemon. Oh dear, more Exiles... at the construction site... Wait, wasn't this where they dealt with the Metal Garurumon-X? Oh no... He can already guess /why/ this Exile hive is here, and that just makes Gaonoir's actions all the more heinous.

"I think I know why you're here, but it's far too dangerous now. Yggdrasil's chosen have found you," he hisses to the CannonBeemon in particular, keeping his voice down. "Get your hive out of here as quickly and quietly as you can. Warn any Exile you find that it's no longer safe for us in the Multiverse. We'll keep him occupied as long as possible."

Ferham (516) has posed:
     Ferham never fancied herself much of an exterminator, in fact, she likely even felt a little bit bad when she saw the now damaged CannonBeemon try to struggle to pull itself away from her. But then... Reploids also knew if you left a job unfinished then one's opponent could just come back on you later. Her heeled boots contact a nearby rooftop as she lands momentarily, just in time to see the armored and semi-robotic Duke transform again... into some kind of red and silver armored Knight? One had to admit, this was a pretty crazy event.

     "Scarface?" she was dazzled and blinded by the gold of Duke's new armor, and by the glint of the large golden axe he carried. No, that wasn't one of /his/ lances... She's distracted for just long enough for the Bee creature to try and escape, hurrying herself along as she tried to follow it into the building.

Gaonoir has posed:
"We were helping rebuild," The Fanbeemons answer in chorus, as if they were all speaking from the same thought. Hive mind, anyone? "Felt bad for what Metalgarurumon did. Tried to make up for it." CannonBeemon manages a weak nod. If the others hadn't of shown up it might not be sitting there at all. Yet, in it's state its going to take effort to get the smaller 'mons together and get out of here.

Fortunately Beelzebumon did a -really- good job of grabbing the dark canine's attention, intentional or not. When Beelzebumon doesn't strike back, Gao just starts through punches at him over and over again. "It's because of YOUR kind that I had no village to ever return to... It's because of YOUR WAR that the Digital World had to be destroyed!"

Duke has posed:
The Knight Digimon grabs Ferham's arm as she goes to run by, stopping her from giving to the bee Digimon. Perhaps because he knows for an outside for this is confusing. Who is the enemy. Who is not. Unless she yanks away from him, the seven foot six Digimon goes to pull her back.

"Ferham. I need you to do me a favor, alright?" He didn't hear everything the Bee Digimon had to say, but he knows by how they are struggling... they wont have time to be safe, because when Gaonoir got back to his senses...

"I need you to take that Cannon Beemon and get him to a safer location, alright? That way the rest of their hive can move quickly. They are exiles... like Doran and I... I don't know what the shadow pups issue is, but until we can find out..." Duke will then let go of her arm, as he turns to look at Doran, before his gold eyes look between him and back to the fight.

Gaonoir's words are not lost on him, but there is an advantage to be had here and Duke swiftly moves in to take it! As Gaonoir roars out in anger Duke leaps in and then goes to swing his Halberd axe, "Hey punk! That is my rival Demon Lord your beating up on!" As the axe is swing, its edges burn with blazing magma fire.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     With a quick twirl, Beelzebumon holsters is shotgun once more, as he'll need both hands for what comes next. As the black MachGaogamon pulls his fists back to strike, the Demon Lord does the same, and within moments, the air between them is filled with a blur of motion as Beelzebumon meets every single one of Gaonoir's punches with one of his own, slamming knuckles against knuckles.

     "Bullshit! It didn't /have/ to be destroyed, it's just that Yggdrasil was /such/ a sore loser that he decided to burn everything down than admit defeat!"

     The rate of the punching increases as the two slam fists together, sending a shower of sparks all over the ground from the intensity of their exchange.

     "We /conquered/! He /annihilated/!"

     And then Beelzebumon surges in, deliberately taking a solid blow to the face in order to launch into a retaliatory strike of his own.

     CROSS COUNTER!!

Ferham (516) has posed:
     Ferham is startled out of her pursuit by the sudden grab to her arm. "Duke?" she replies, her voice sounding raised, a bit surprised, of course. She doesn't try to pull away from him once she realizes who it is, perhaps unable to shake that strange sense of Deju-vu. Hadn't he stopped her before when she pledged to do away with X and his friends...?

     "They were being attacked by him?" well, that makes her feel a bit embarrassed, having assumed the CannonBeemon was some kind of threat. "I... I see, I'll do what you ask," she had her whip out, in her hand, but she put it away now, intending to try and see if she could make this work, once she was let go.

     "I'm afraid I don't have any honey to make them trust me, or try and lure them away, but I'll try," she took a deep breath, trying to get the ghosts of old friends out of her head.

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran's eyes soften noticeably. "I thought that's what happened. I'm sorry this happened to you." He looks between the Fanbeemons and the CannonBeemon, thinking quickly. CannonBeemon is in no condition to flee, and there isn't enough time to spare hoping they'll get out quickly enough. Though Duke asks Ferham to help them, Doran considers another option. "I have a friend who can help."

As Duke runs off to assist Beelzebumon, Doran closes his eyes and focuses. The Digicore Interface on his forehead flickers as he reaches out to Ryuu, explaining the situation by the speed of thought. After a few moments, his eyes open as the gem on his forehead returns to normal.

He looks over to Ferham. "Ryuu -- a Digimon friend of mine -- is on his way. Help me hide and protect this hive until he gets here." He keeps his wings spread open as wide as he can as he starts to assist the CannonBeemon directly, intentionally keeping himself placed between the fight and the hive.

Gaonoir has posed:
The two punches to each other's face collide at almost the same time, the forces of impact sending demon and cyborg skidding in opposite directions, tearing up more pavement as Gao's metallic toes dig into arrest his moment.

Movement flashes in the corner of his vision, and almost instinctively a metal gauntlet angles up to intercept the halberd blade, leaving only the flames to wash down over him. "-Aiding- the Demon Lord? The mighty -have- fallen." He shoves his arm to push the weapon away, backing into the shadows of the construction equipment even as he chuckles darkly for a moment.

"TENEBRAE TORNADO!"

The hunter makes use of the shadows of the buildings and equipment around them in combination with speed, attacks seeming to fly at Dukemon and Beelzebumon from multiple directions at once, punchs and kicks blurring between what's actually Black MachGaogamon moving around and what's the afterimages of the darkness warping with his shadowplay ability.

The state their larger ally is in is all it takes to convince the -Beemon of the need to leave, Ferham and Doran will have little trouble getting them to do so at this point. Especially once someone bigger shows up to help carry them.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     Sparks fly from the steel toed tips of Beelzebumon's shoes as he skids to a stop, before letting his arms drop as he takes a moment to twist his head back around to crack his neck, "Good right ya got there Fido. I'm impressed. Maybe if you had actually been /fighting/ in the war at this level of skill, you could have /done/ something about it."

     Oooo, low blow.

     As Gaonoir slips back into the shadows, the Demon Lord snorts and drops into a stance as he looks around, "Now where did ol' Yeller go--"

     Then suddenly, he staggers forward as he's struck from behind, before whiopping around to see his foe has slipped away. Then a moment later he staggers sidewards from another lightning fast strike and twists again... but again Gaonoir slips away.

     Two more times he staggers without being able to catch a look at his opponent, but then there is a little smirk as he spots something direction ahead of him...

     And right as Gaonoir appears behind him to strike for a fifth time, Beelzebumon dives flat and there is a sudden flare of blinding right--

     Right before Behemoth comes physically hurtling at his face, because everyone forgets about the damn Motorcycle.

Duke has posed:
The blade collides with the metal arm of the Cyborg and Duke narrows his eyes sharply. There was a flicker of blue around the edges as one could swear he would be sneering about that metal mouth plate. Those words however, those words cause Duke to be taken back a bit. "...what?" There was some confusion in his voice and staggers a bit as his weapon is shoved away. This was followed by Duke roaring out at the Gaonoir as he backs in the shadows. "Oh no you don't! You have questions to answer!"

Duke goes to chase, but then he hears the attack name called out and realizing that the Dog Digimon wasn't retreat but setting up his eyes go wide, "...frag..." Several of the rapid attacks connect and slam the Medieval Dukemon around, before another one shoves him back into a building. Getting his footing back under him he start to swing the axe lance around to deflect what attacks he can. Watching how the blurr image seems to move from shadow to shadow around them.

The Knight Digimon grabs a hold of his cape and allows for Gaonoir to impact it, while he spins his own Halberd around in that moment. Then with a battle cry it lights up before he slams it hard into the ground. The area rumbles before massive blasts of flames irrupt around the area, lighting up the whole place, probably just as the Motorcycle comes roaring in to pay its own respects.

Duke uses that timed moment to catch his breath. His white, gold trimmed armored dented up a bit, with scuff marks here and there from Gaonoir's own impacts. "...You alright Beelzebumon?"

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran grins over at Ferham reassuringly. "Won't be much longer."

It indeed doesn't take long for Ryuu to appear, though not in his usual flashy way of a golden missile from the skies. Instead, the Ouryuumon snakes along the streets and hugs the corners, obviously keeping himself low to the ground to avoid suspicion. After all, it /is/ hard for a Digimon the size of a Pokemon like Gyarados or Onix to sneak around.

No words are exchanged between Doran and Ryuu, just a shared grim nod. The Ouryuumon gathers up the CannonBeemon and as many of the hive as he can carry in his short front arms (and let whoever's left to grab onto his wings, scales, helm, and hair). Only when he's certain everyone's been accounted for does he take off at best speed away from here. Where he's going? Who knows! All the better to ensure Gaonoir doesn't find them again!

Ferham (516) has posed:
     Ferham turns to look at Doran, before nodding. Raising a finger to the opening they had come through, Ferham begans to create thick layers of ice--spreading out from a beam from her fingertip and creating a protective barrier around the hive. "I'll try my best, if Duke asks me to protect them, well, I will," Ferham has her whip wielded again, as well, just in case.

     And then Ouryuumon decides to sort of Kool-aid man his way in, well, he was more of a snake, really. "Well, they're safe, for now, I think," she sighs, sounding a bit relieved, and also a tad distracted.

Gaonoir has posed:
It was difficult to tell if Gaonoir was thinking ahead, or just had some phenomenal level of reaction time. Almost as soon as he realizes he only caught Duke's cape he whips away, evading the halberd. Not that the polearm was the actual attack it turns out, instead sending up a rush of flames when it hits the ground.

Except just as he jumps from the fire is when Behemoth decides to remind everyone of its prescence. The demonic cycle slams into Gao with audible force, crashing back through the flames and sending him rebounding through the front of a building. A few bits of brick and mortar clink-clank to the ground before he finally emerges from the hole.

There's visible cracks, hard to tell if they're in him or in his bodysuit. Considering digimon and attirement, probably accurately both. But he was definately tougher than your standard Perfect if he's taking the beating from two Ultimates and still standing.

The smacking around must of cleared his head a bit though, as he notices the large dragon-mon scooping up CannonBeemon and his hive to evacuate them. "Nnnh... why do you insist on perpetuating the contamination with their existance?"

Gauntlets clench at his sides, the shadowy energies seeming to be drawn towards him. He's doing that same massive inhale of energy he did before, surely Duke or the others will realize what's coming if they don't stop him from blasting it at the fleeing beemon hive!

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     "Thanks for the assist Behemoth..." Beelzebumon says as he gets up off the ground and dusts himself off, then sweeps his leg over the seat of the hellish cycle and calmly grabs the handlebars.

     And for thr record, he's in no rush to save the hive... cause to be honest, he just doesn't care. Hero duty is for heroes, not the Demon Lord of Gluttony. Let them handle it.

     Yeah, in case you haven't realized, Beelzebumon is a jerk.

     Still, Gaonoir made the mistake of taking his eyes off the fight to deal with the fleeing Digimon, and that's the sort of thing Beelzebumon IS gonna punish him for.

     Reaching behind him, Beelzebumon pulls out a rather large chain and hook, the kind you'd expect to see on the towhook of a military vehicle, then he pats Behemoth and grins, "Why don't we go put the mutt on a leash?" Behemoth rumbles enthusiastically.

     And then with a crank of the throttle and the release of the brake, the Demon Lord tears off, circling wide as he spins the chain above his lead, before flinging it out to latch onto the cyber dog, "HEY ROVER! TIME FOR WALKIES!"

     ANd then he spins around and tears off in the other direction, as he attempts to pull the much larger dog off his feet and drag him along behind.

Duke has posed:
Duke watches as the danger energies gather around Gaonoir and the Knight humanoid glances over to where they are being aimed for. "They have the right to exsist!" His eyes narrow. "Doran! He is locked on Ryuu!" He calls over to his old friend in alert to the possible attack and quickly pushes off the ground, to get some distance, before he turns himself around. His metal boots skidding across the ground.

The halberd vanishes from his hands as he then calls up the flame to his side that have been left behind. The start to circle around him as the winds begin to kick up and his gold eyes narrow sharply. He has to time this attack or it could be for not, also others could get caught in the blast radius as well. "They have the right to /live/! No /one/," ++BADUM++ "NO ONE HAS TO DIE!"

Duke's gold eyes flicker with blue for that moment as the area sparks for a moment with electrical energy and Duke roars out, as he then throws his clawed hands forward. The flames taking on a figure of a draconic figure as it roars out in the fires and goes in to not really strike for Goanoir, though its secondary target--- but to try and dissipate the attack before it could ever make it to Ryuu. "RAGE OF WYVERN!"

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran turns his head to look over his shoulder as Ryuu continues fleeing, getting away from shadows and into the sun. Ferham's ice wall will help shield them initially, but there's only so much that will do... "Truly you are Yggdrasil's chosen." His child-like voice is grim, almost deeper than normal, as he fully turns around. "Only one so blinded could ever see innocent Exiles, who have already lost everything, in such a manner."

He leaps into the air, physically blocking the fleeing Digimon from Gaonoir. His hands and arms suddenly erupt into flame as the outline of his body begins to glow. "This is not the Digital World any longer! This is the Multiverse!" He channels the flames between his hands, the glow around his form also starting to ignite in an aura. "Return where you'd come from!" He fires a volley of fireballs down at Gaonoir, adding more flames to the fire -- perhaps literally.

Ferham (516) has posed:
     following Doran, Ferham pulls herself out of the wreckage of the building and flies up, trying to follow Duke's compatriot and assist him in the battle with Gaonoir, at least she might have recognized the creature from the other day. Her whip slashes out in a brilliant hot pink display, though as it's drawn hard and rends the air it burns with a crimson radiance.

     "Hold on, I can help you," Ferham tries to call out to Doran and the others, attempting to protect the fleeing digimon along with him.

Gaonoir has posed:
If there is one advantage that technique has, it's that Gaonoir can pause and 'hold' the charge with his shadowplay powers. Which is exactly what he does in snapping his mouth shut when Beelzebumon drives by and smacks him with the chain, snagging it around one of his arms.

Except then he grabs onto it, leans back and fires his own engines, turning it into some insane sort of tug-of-war between them. Pavement creaks and strains under the pressure of his feet, thrust against Behemoth's horsepower. Which however sets him up nicely for both Duke and Doran to bombard him in fire attacks. Engulfed in the flames, the chain is released finally, the dark colored cyborg lost in the blaze.

Until the sonic thoom rings out and he launches straight up out of bonfire. Digital cracks pockmark his form, part of the visor has been busted off and one of his yellow eyes is visible, other than the fact that it's narrowed intensely. "Don't you get it? As long as those contaminents remain, as long as the likes of -him- still walk," so now he's snarling at by the Exiles and the Demon Lord, "there will never -be- another Digital World! Their escape only sealed its fate because surviving prevented the Program from ever -stopping-! Eliminating their taint is the only purpose I have now, other worlds or not!"

And then he releases the energy he had been building up. But as it's become clear he's going to have to finish with the fighters before he can finish with the hunt, he directs it at the street below him, expeling a massive vortex of dark energy from his maw. It's much like the one he used before in his Adult form, except much bigger and spinning much faster.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     "Guh...! Damn mutt... is stronger... than he looks!" Beelzebumon states as Behemoth screeches its wheels to try and overcome the resistance Gaonoir provides.

     And then, superheated beyond its capacity, the chain snaps as the molten tip whips around.

     Taken off guard by the sudden break, Beelzebumon loses his balance and spills off the back of Behemoth, before crashing to the ground.

     "Ow... fucking assh--... uh oh."

     Then before he can gets to his feet, the swirling vortext sweeps him up and sends him for a ride, spinning him around and around like he was a sock in a tumble dryer, before flinging him across the construction yard and into a stack of I-Beams.

     I-Beams which promptly collapse and bury him in a couple tons of metal.

     At least for the moment, Beelzebumon is out of action.

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran doesn't have much time to react, caught in the tornado's wall immediately. He too gets thrown around like Beelzebumon before getting spat out, but the Dorugoramon slams into the assembly of construction vehicles. He too isn't moving after that.

Usually, Ryuu would have probably gotten away scott-free by now. But his flight strength is based on levitation, not wing power, and the additional weight of the various -Beemons takes much more focus and power than usual.

His forward momentum slows to a halt and he actually starts being pulled backwards, many of the smaller -Beemon threatening to get pulled off. Thinking fast, he quickly coils himself so that almost all of the hive are wrapped up protectively in one big ball of his own long body. "Hang on!" The current of the shadowy tornado is strong, and it won't be long before even they get thrown into something that Ryuu's hardened scales can't shield them from.

Ferham (516) has posed:
     Ferham realizes the Gaonoir creature is beginning to expel a RUSH of surging blacke energy, and while she may be trying to legitimately stop him and protect the area and her friends, for this she has to try and pull some evasive maneuvers. She begins to rise up, at very high speeds, trying to get herself clear of any of the dark energy or it's potential splash, soaring up into the air like a certain red and blue clad man of steel.

     "Duuuuke! Watch out!" she cried out, hoping she could hear him, though she feared her voice might be lost even over the radio band.

Duke has posed:
Duke watches as the Cyborg dog breaks out of the flames and tsks. "...how strong is this guy? I know he is stronger then a perfect but..." Then he notices a spiral of dark energy. His gold eyes go wide, even as he hears Ferham's warning, but it was to late. He attempts to get out of the way, only to get caught in the vortex and spun through a building and out the other side as he goes sliding across the street.

His armor was dented up and cracks were forming where digital damage could start to be seen. the Medieval Dukemon pushes himself up to his feet. His gold eyes flickering blue once more as he looks outward, as the vortex only continues to grow and devour everything around it, then throwing it out. He watches as Beelzebumon is caught and thrown into the I-beams.

Duke then watches as Doran gets knocked aside and then looks up as Ryuu tries to protect the Digimon hive. "...no..." Those gold eyes look at the vortex and beyond it at Goanoir. "...No." His voice saying with more firm tone. "....not again... Not this..."

++BADUM++

'Is this really the answer?'
    'Enjoyed your /hunt?'
        'They have the right to live!'
        'O...omega...mon...'

"This." Duke's voice rumbles as it carries a much more authoritative tone. "Stops." He starts to walk forward a few steps. "Now." His gold eyes flare bright blue as his body shimmers in a static image for a moment. The ground sparking with electrical energy.

His hands start to glow as he tries to gather up all his energy from his core. "THEY," Duke roars out to get past the the howling vortex, "Have the RIGHT to /LIVE/! NO ONE!" His eyes burning ever brighter as he can feel his body start to burn, much like at the bank. His core tightening as flickers of images race through his mind. "NO ONE!" His hands tighten up into fists, as his claws dig into his own metal. "HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE LIVES OF INNOCENTS!" He then throws his hand out to the side. His image flickers again, his armor almost replaced for a moment by a familiar figure, though it flickers back to the Medieval Dukemon. "Yggdrasil never had the right...." what? "...none of them had the right... they could have all lived..."

Symbols start to flash around him as crests appear as he starts to active one of his strongest attacks as Medieval Dukemon. "We could have all lived in /peace/, in /prosperity/ in the new world." The area begins to electrify as work equipment comes to life, computer monitors go on the fritz, as within the screens and images a strange figure appears, as if data trying to reconnect itself from all over. "But NO. Murders. Killers. That /was/ the answer?! There would never be peace.... there would never be life... not like /that. I /will/ avenger those who have fallen..."

    ++BADUM++

"I will avenge those who scream in agony on their final moments when their lives were taken without just <span class="underline fg_r bg_n ++ ause..."
            cr">++BADUM++</span>

"NEVER AGAIN! YOU HEAR ME YGGDRASIL!!!"

Duke has posed:
Just as all symbols started to come together for 'Final Crest', something happens around Duke. The rubble starts to rise, screens all flash the same symbol in the Digital language several blocks around, cause those who may be watching in the distance to stare in confusion at their TV screens and computer monitors. Duke's body goes to complete static as the energy full draws in, data reshuffling itself in that moment to take on the appearance that Beelzebumon and Doran would know. Even the Digimon being rescued and Ryuu, but it has changed by the X-Program inside of Duke. The once Dukemon, now with an X form as that final crest becomes the Aegis shield on his arm, as all four gems fully lit up with a bright blue glow. The center then becoming a bright blue, hot white glow almost like a brilliant star or spotlight.

Those blue eyes glowing brightly with flecks of gold in them as he roars out, "FINAL ELYSION!!" and the ground explodes, as electronic screens shatter around non-elite homes, lights explode and the massive beam of energy rockets right for Gaonoir. Hit or miss, the beam travels for several city blocks, a massive explosion in its wake and everything around it nearly torn to pieces by its sheer power.

His body stands there, still, but flakes of energy start to leave off his armor, the shield slowly being lowered as the gems start to flicker as power begins to fade from him and he stares almost blankly ahead...

Gaonoir has posed:
Gaonoir seems to -feel- that pulse in some way, because he shifts his attention in Duke's direction as the vortex is starting to wind down. Not just the charging of an attack, but that pulsing sensation behind it. There it is again, and what he sees makes his visible eye widen even more than before. It was different.. and yet... clearly what it came from...

Duke may not realize it himself yet, but it -was- true.

The time to reflect is painfully short though, as the massive assault is unleashed. Gao holds up his arms over his face, but the sheer power is just too much when he's already been slammed around by two other powerful digimon. The force of the impact knocks him out of his hover, SLAMMING him through the hoisting crane atop the construction site and launching him well over the horizon of the city. Chunks of busted machinery fall to the ground, but that's hardly as bad as the things he -could- of done.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     The pile of fallen I-Beams begins to stir and shift, before one of the beams slides off to the side and clatters to the ground, allow Beelzebumon to see beyond the pile.

     And boy, what a sight to behold.

     Pausing in his efforts to extradict himself from the fallen metal, the Demon Lord's eyes just /light/ up with delight, and a big grin creeps up on his face.

     "Well fuck me, he actually did it."

     The stirring of the metal intensifies as Beelzebumopn hurries to pull himself free, so he can run over to the mon that he recognized once as his equal.

     Whether that be so he can congratulate him, hug him, or slug him in the face, who the hell knows?

     Maybe all three.

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran manages to pry one eye open as Duke stands alone against Gaonoir, and he just smiles that age-worn knowing grin. "Ahhh. THERE you are." Once everything calms back down, he squirms his way out of the various vehicles that had piled up around him upon impact. He's a little more cautious in his approach than Beelzebumon, finding it odd that Duke's just... standing there.

Ryuu can feel the pull of the vortex diminishing and decides to use this to his advantage. He pools his power and slingshots one last time around before suddenly uncoiling and bolting off as fast as he can. Fortunately, his trajectory is in a completely different direction than Gaonoir's unintentional flight.

Duke has posed:
Those gold flaked blue eyes don't even focus on Beelzebumon, until he comes in closer. They narrow ever so slightly, almost looking sad, in pain, and very tired. The weakness of his condition starting to take over as the gems on his body stop glowing entirely. His body flickers in static, before his eyes seem to close where total darkness takes them, and then the former Royal Knight falls over backwards, as his body starts to break apart into data.

Once his body impacts the ground, the rest of the data energy shatters away into a flicker of light, leaving behind the small four foot Guilmon X, out cold and his body flickering from time to time in data static, before at last starting to settle back down.

At least Gaonoir was sent packing or this could have been really bad state to be in! ...At least hopefully he was, for now.

Ferham (516) has posed:
     Ferham too was thrown back like Doran was, by the massive surge of well... whatever it was. She slowly picks herself up out of the rubble of a nearby building, having very little idea of what just happened. "Duke... are you still there?" she knew Duke was fighting with that other creature, but... what had he done? Was he gone too...? Just like Scarface, and Epsilon, and all the others?

     She groaned, pulling a slab of rock from under one of her booted feet, which had trapped it beneath it. Might have to get the actuator on that looked at, the pain from it briefly reminded her. Thus, she winds up limping just a bit, as she pulls herself out a smashed out window to see what had happened. Noticing the body of Duke sailing to the ground, she lets herself slide out of the window frame and plummets, swooping down to alight near him on her good leg.

     "Duke...? Are you alright?" she pulled herself over, favoring one leg, and wobbling as she knelt down, putting a hand on his side. Half nudging, half patting.

Beelzebumon (132) has posed:
     Finally free of the I-Beam, Beelzebumon takes two great steps towards Duke so he can inflict some comradery violence upon his person--

     Only to watch Duke faceplant and revert.

     "Damn, so close!" The Demon Lord shouts out as he snaps his fingers, "Ah well, at least he's making progress. C'mon Behemoth, we're done here."

     With a bit of an annoyed rumble (she did get tossed around when that chain snapped after all), the demonic motorcycle rumbles over and allows Beelzebumon to mount, before Demon and Bike whip around, pausing only long enough to shout back, "When lizardface wakes up, tell him he didn't do half bad! At least this wasn't the same embarrassment as the /last/ time we tangled with a mutt!"

     And then with that backhanded compliment, Beelzebumon takes off. Because Beelzebumon.

Gaonoir has posed:
With so much force in the attack propeling him, by the time he finally hits the ground well out of the city Gaonoir has already been blasted back into his Child form, which hits the ground with a crunching impact that least a short rut in its wake. The resulting hole just smokes for a bit before the dark dog grabs the edges with his gloved paws to pull himself up. That.. really hurt..

Despite the pain as he gets up thought, he's smiling.

Oh Dukemon, what have you allowed them to make of you? Yet somewhere in there, the power still remained.

Waiting.

The black canine disappeared into the evening shadows. He needed to find someplace quiet to recover, and report what he has seen so far...

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran stays back as Duke collapses and de-Digivolves, watching in concern while the Guilmon-X's data re-stabilizes. At Beelzebumon's backhanded compliment, he only laughs softly and shakes his head while the Demon Lord roars away. All's well that ends well, at least for now.

He kneels down to rest a hand on Duke's shoulder. "Don't worry, Ferham. He's just recovering. That was a lot of energy he used all of a sudden." He glances at Ferham, then over his shoulder at his ruined wings... and the various other cracks and holes in his form that weren't there earlier. "Huh." It seems he's just realized his own condition.

Duke has posed:
Duke doesn't even budge when Ferham shakes him lightly. He doesn't even stir or move. Like in a very heavy sleep or coma. Thankfully he is alive, but his body is also very cold, as if he almost on death's doorstep. The shift from Medieval Dukemon to Dukemon X probably took a great deal out of him and possible, who knows what else... which can't be answered until he wakes up.

He doesn't even stir as Doran places his hand on the small red shoulder or even as the two speak. He'll probably have to be picked up and taken back 'home'.

Also as far has Beelzebumon's comment, well, Duke will get him later for that remark. You just wait and see, because Beelzebumon? You still owe him answers!

Then there is also the mystery of solving who the heck Gaonoir is... and what his part in all this is. Beyond seeming to hate Demon Lords and having a thing out for the Exiles. That is a mystery to be solved in time.

Ferham (516) has posed:
     "Recovering, huh? You can come with me, I want to get him out of here," Ferham looked around before scooping a Duke up and sort of cradling the large dragon like one might when trying to lift and hold a large-sized dog. She let his big muzzle and head rest on her shoulder as she pushed herself back up with some effort, even with that bad leg. "I want to get him to someplace safe so he can be restored, he feels like a corpse," Ferham gestured to Doran to follow her, her wings fanning out as she grunts and pushes herself up and off, sailing through the air with Duke in her arms. Looks like the maiden was the one saving the knight this time.

Doran (695) has posed:
Doran nods. "I agree. Lead on, Ferham." With a little bit of effort himself, he takes off after the Reploid at an easy pace. His Digicore Interface glows a bit, but the Dorugoramon just smiles to himself. He'll share the news after Duke wakes up.