Frontiers Unexplored

35) Collapse of Calamity

Garummon wasn't enjoying this in the slightest.

His first instinct had been to get as far away from the train station as possible when he realized that Malkakomon was attacking. There were Burgemon inside, and the last thing that he wanted was for them to get hurt in the crossfire of the Legendary Warriors' inevitable battle against Malkakomon. They were innocent and didn't deserve to be caught up in something that terrible. Plus, if the train station came down, all of them would lose their place to live, and Garummon simply wasn't going to stand for that. 

However, that didn't mean that trying to move the battle elsewhere was an easy feat. In fact, it was simply frustrating to Garummon that he was being forced to run so much. Malkakomon was flying effortlessly overhead, and Garummon had to look at the Warrior of Darkness out of the corner of his eye without focusing too much on the dried blood crusted against his wing. If he stared at it for too long, he knew that he was going to be sick, and he couldn't afford to spend too much time concentrating on a fact of that nature. He was already at a disadvantage in the power department, so he couldn't spare a moment to be distracted. 

Malkakomon dove down towards Garummon, and he let out a small snarl before launching himself forward. He barely managed to land on his front paws, preventing his body from being spiraled into an uncontrollable rolling motion. His claws dug fiercely into the dirt below, not doing much to ground him but accomplishing more than enough. He ducked low towards the ground once again when Malkakomon swept towards him a second time, but they were too close for comfort. 

Garummon would have been lying if he said that he wasn't nervous about this. He didn't even want to imagine what other memories could have flooded his mind if he and Malkakomon touched one another. Without the rest of the team to cover for him, all he could do was avoid Malkakomon's attacks and try to lash out from a distance. That was far easier said than done though, and he knew that Malkakomon wasn't going to offer him a single advantage willingly. Garummon was going to have to find away to wrestle away control of the fight from the Warrior of Darkness, but that was far easier said than done. 

Malkakomon showed weakness for a brief moment after he was finished diving towards Garummon. The Warrior of Light allowed his eyes to narrow in response, and he allowed himself to tear his mouth open. A blast of energy exploded forth, spiraling through the sky to slam into Malkakmon's injured wing. The dried blood was no longer quite as dry as he thought, and crimson began to drip onto the ground once again. It took all of Garummon's effort to keep himself from staring at the injury for too long. He didn't have the time to be distracted. This was a matter of life and death, and he had to find a way to survive. 

Malkakomon growled in anger before every eye across his armor narrowed. They shifted their attention towards Garummon, each glittering with the promise of murder. Garummon had never known true madness until he looked to Malkakomon and watched as all of his eyes began to glow red with something far more powerful than ever before. The Warrior of Darkness was coming undone, but he wasn't planning on falling apart alone. If he was truly going to descend into something disgusting, he was going to be taking Garummon with him, and given how much power he had over the Warrior of Light, it wasn't going to be difficult for him to pull off. 

Garummon had to jump backwards at first to dodge the first duo of lasers before hurling himself off to the right and finally the left. He launched himself into the air when another set was sent towards the place where his feet hit the ground. He ducked low to avoid the fifth pair, but he wasn't able to get himself airborne in time to avoid the final duo. He was hit in the chest and sent flying backwards. He was on his back at first, but he forced his body to turn over so that he was on his paws once again. His claws dug fiercely into the dusty ground, but he knew that wasn't going to save him when Malkakomon truly got down to business.