Alright, since this first chapter has been sitting idly by for some time now, I thought I'd publish it, though I probably won't get to updating it until I've finished Dark Waters...

This is set about three years after MaloMyotismon's defeat

Enter Megidramon

"All right everyone! We're seriously going to have a fun, uninterrupted picnic this time!" Yolei called out exuberantly as she held up her digivice to the computer. "Digi-port open!"

The gate opened in the computer lab, drawing in all the kids, the older and younger Digidestined alike, through the screen. They came out onto an open field, which was the perfect spot for a sunny day of food and games. On a normal, sunny day, that is. Now, the air was dry and hazy. A smog seemed to be covering the area, and they noticed the nearby village was missing. Everyone was quiet. The entire place had been burned to the ground. It seemed as if most of the residents had survived, however, and that was fortunate. A large group of rookies and a couple champions were attempting to rebuild the small town.

"Dude," Davis said, quietly but abruptly breaking the silence. "What in the world happened? Let's check it out!"

The children started off with their digimon, excepting Yolei, who stood gaping with a dumbfounded and disbelieving stare. She broke out in a string of complaints. "I can't believe this! Will it ever stop? After everything we've been through, there's still evil going around the Digital World? Can't we have one peaceful day? This is hopeless!"

That last remark naturally caught TK's attention. He stopped walking with the others to glance back at her. He smiled. "Come on, Yolei. How about we see what it's all about before jumping to conclusions? It may have just been an accident."

Yolei calmed down at his reassurance, gut still glowered as she followed the others. Even if what TK said was true, they would no doubt all vote to help the digimon rebuild their city, which meant an interruption to their picnic. The group went up to the digimon who was apparently giving orders, a guardromon.

"What happened here?" Tai asked the machine digimon.

"A wildfire passed through two days ago," the guardromon promptly replied in his robotic voice.

"Wildfire, huh? That's too bad. Hey, how about we help you guys rebuild?"

"You're help would be appreciated," said the robot politely.

Tai turned to the others to give a thumbs up when he saw Yolei's dark expression. He cocked his head. "What's your problem?"

She held up the picnic basket in reply. Tai laughed. "We'll get to that! Don't you worry. Let's just get up to speed with what we have to do here."

The Digidestined's leader again began speaking to Guardromon, asking directions, giving them out, receiving a blueprint of the town via Izzy's laptop, and dividing up the kids into teams. They all dispersed soon after, going to their respective places to work. Beams were hoisted; the sound of hammer on nails filled the air. They had made considerable progress in the reconstruction of the town with the new help from the children's champion digimon. At the rate the rebuilding was going, the main structural foundations and frames would be finished before sunset.

A loud rushing noise started coming from the scorched forest to the west before the sun even touched the horizon. Lights appeared in countless numbers among the shadows, and suddenly burst out upon the town.

"DemiMeramon!" A cry was heard from a gekomon.

Guardromon went straight to giving orders. "Keep them away from the buildings. Don't let them set fire to anything!"

Hundreds of the little flaming digimon had blanketed the town, and the Chosen digimon's first reaction was to get their partners to safety, outside the village. The kids' champions soon returned, and effortlessly threw demimeramon after demimeramon out of the village. But the flames were hot and the day was dry. The town was soon shining bright with smoky fire. And then the ground began trembling, as if something was approaching. The little fire digimon had been driven away from the buildings, but lingered on the outskirts, waiting.

The attention of every digimon and human present was drawn to the mountains lying to the north. The ridges were outlined with a burning orange colour that was steadily increasing in intensity. The source of the rumbling and fire appeared, soaring over the cliffs of the mountains, burning with rage and soaring straight for the village.

"Who is that?" Tai exclaimed, staring at the huge red dragon.

"Megidramon, a mega! He's a virus-type dragon digimon whose very existence is a threat to the Digital World." Izzy exclaimed, reading from his laptop. "Everyone! Get clear of the village!"

The mega digimon had wound up, preparing an attack, and unleashed it upon the town with a violent voice, "Dragon Howling!"

The blaze was targeted directly for the centre of the town, and all the residents proceeded to scatter into chaos. Only the Chosen digimon ran in any one direction. Towards their partners. The blast of Megidramon's attack crashed to the ground, burning down the day's work in an instant, and sending a shockwave out that sent every digimon flying. Every digimon, except the demimeramon that were still lingering. The attack seemed to give them a burst of strength, and every one of them warp-digivolved into SkullMeramon. The Digidestined ran to recover each of their respective partners, who had reverted to rookie after getting hit by the shockwave.

"We're getting out of here!" Matt was the first to say, "This is too much of a surprise, we're going to have to regroup!"

No one argued, but went charging towards the nearest digiport, which lay some ways from the town. At the rear, Tai took a glance back and saw that Megidramon was coming after them, readying to attack again, with all the ultimates behind it.

"RUN!" He cried, frantic. "Faster! Open the portal!"

Yolei was at the head of the group, and thrust out her D3 at the TV gate. "Digiport OPEN!"

Immediately, the screen filled with white and proceeded to draw them in one by one, as Megidramon finally attacked. "Dragon Howling!"

The atmosphere turned white as Tai strode the last few steps. He couldn't see anything, but he could hear Matt's voice calling out. He felt blazing hot air brush past him roughly. The smell of smoke quickly became overpowering. Tai registered the familiar feeling of being sucked through the gate, but it lingered much longer than it should have. After several moments, the bright whiteness flashed out. All was silent. The room was black. The air was rather cold. Tai tried to look around, to talk, to move, but nothing showed any sign that he was in the computer room at Odaiba Elementary. He had never felt so disoriented, especially when a gentle hand rested on his head followed by familiar, aged voice spoke from the air around him.

"Welcome, Tai."

To be continued later...