Computer monitors began shattering into pieces as the floor beneath the group started to split down the middle. The control room was being destroyed from the outside by an unknown force sent by Myotismon. As the eastern wall was violently ripped away from the side of the building, allowing rays of sunlight and powerful gusts of wind to flood in, they were greeted with a horrific sight.
"It's Tyrannomon!" Rika exclaimed, holding up her d-arc to get a reading on him just to make sure since his scales were purple and his sheer size was much larger than normal. "Actually, he's a MasterTyrannomon, ultimate level. Special attack: Master Fire!"
"We need to go…everyone out now!" Yamaki's order came just in time as the dinosaur digimon opened his mouth wide to charge the attack. Moments later, just as all of them made it through the swinging doors, what remained of Hypnos main command center was engulfed in flames which exploded into the hall behind them activating the sprinkler system to extinguish the multiple fires.
Renamon looked back and then at Rika. "I have to lead him away from the building before he destroys it entirely. You go and get the others. We'll need everyone to stop him."
"What about Ryan? Where did he go?" Rika asked, sure that her partner was worried about him.
"I don't know. But right now we have bigger things to worry about." Although she wanted to find out where he was the first priority was to deal with the oversized monster before he caused any more destruction or worse. "Ryan can take care of himself. We need to finish this. Are you ready?"
Rika confidently nodded and pulled the blue card out of her holster as Renamon ran towards a nearby window and jumped through it, free falling towards the street below. "Digi Modify! Matrix Digivolution, activate!
The transformation had begun as the vixens data was stripped away from her body and quickly rearranged, changing both size and shape, digivolving her into an ultimate form. "Renamon, digivolve to…Taomon!"
Taomon flew around to the other side of the building. Normally she would have been unable to see due to the bio emergence field but, thanks to her magic, encased herself in a sphere that was emitting enough light energy to pierce through and provide a clear view of her target. The purple dinosaur was about to launch another attack into the already incinerated area of the building. "Talisman of Light!"
With her brush she painted the symbol and sent it flying into MasterTyrannomon who stumbled backwards, falling onto the street below which was void of any human life at the time.
Back inside, Takato, Henry and Ryo escaped from the lounge leaving the rest of the crew behind and ran into Rika who was already on her way back to get them. "We heard an explosion! What happened?"
"Myotismon sent a MasterTyrannomon after us. It destroyed the control room. Taomon's busy fighting it right now."
"Where's Ryan?" Ryo asked, after noticing that he was nowhere in sight. "Is he with Yamaki?"
Rika simply shook her head "When the lights went out he disappeared. I haven't seen him since. Taomon needs help though. We can start searching for Ryan after we send that Jurassic monstrosity back to extinction." The red reptile tilted his head, seemingly taking offense to the harsh words. "Oh, sorry, about that. Not all dinosaurs are bad."
"That's okay." Guilmon laughed off the comment Rika had made. "I know you didn't mean it."
"Uh, while we're standing here talking Taomon's fighting that thing all by herself. Come on!" The eldest male led the charge, running towards the stairwell and was followed by the rest of them. "Let's do it guys!"
All three of the boys readied their d-arcs as they made it down to the lobby, blue cards in hand. The three digimon broke through the glass window in the lobby and ran up the street toward the still downed monster. In unison they swiped the cards and called out, "Digi Modify! Matrix Digivolution, activate!"
"Guilmon, digivolve to…WarGrowlmon!"
"Terriermon, digivolve to…Rapidmon!"
"Monodramon, digivolve to…Cyberdramon!"
They took to the skies, joining their ally who had the upper-hand. "What kept the three of you?"
"Don't complain. We're here now, aren't we?" Rapidmon's question was entirely rhetorical and sarcastic though expected given his nature. "Don't look now but I think he's getting a second wind!"
Indeed MasterTyrannomon was beginning to regain composure and set his sights on the four ultimate digimon who opposed him. He lunged forward slashing both claws at them which they easily dodged. Cyberdramon growled angrily, beginning to lose control as he always did when in this particular form, but managed to keep it under control for the time being.
"Let's finish this guy…Atomic Blaster!"
"Talisman of Light!"
"Rapid Fire!"
"Desolation Claw!"
The attacks hit the target from four separate directions creating a large plume of smoke in their wake. Rapidmon moved in to confirm whether or not they had destroyed MasterTyrannomon. "I think we got him!" A claw broke through the haze and swatted the android warrior into the side of Hypnos.
"Rapidmon, no!" Henry yelled out, watching as his digimon collided into the steel, glass and concrete above.
"Stay on him! I'll check on Rapidmon!" Taomon exclaimed and flew over to check on him, leaving WarGrowlmon and Cyberdramon to pick up the slack in her absence.
"More for me. Just how I like it!" Enraged by what happened to his friend, and just by the pure adrenaline caused by fighting, he flew straight in for an attack without waiting for an upgrade from his tamer or an assist by WarGrowlmon. "Cyber Nail!"
Another Master Fire blast catches him off guard, singes his body and sends him plummeting into the asphalt. "Cyberdramon!"
"What's going on? It four ultimate's against one. How can he be stronger than they are?" Takato could hardly believe that the battle had gone from being in their favor to losing two digimon to injury.
Henry stood by helplessly as Taomon used her magic to try and heal Rapidmon enough to get him back into the battle. "Maybe Myotismon did something to him. Gave MasterTyrannomon a power boost. We modify our digimon to give them an increase in power… so who's to say that he can't do the same minus the cards. And it's working."
"Then how's about some reinforcements!" Hearing the familiar accent they all turned around to the sight of Beelzemon riding his motorcycle up to the scene. The virus jumps off the vehicle which continues riding off on its own while its rider began flying. "I'll take it from here boys!" He took aim with his arm canon. "Corona Blaster!"
WarGrowlmon decided to assist and unleashed an even bigger Atomic Blaster which combined with the energy from the corona into a helix of power. It seemed to be more than enough to finish the job until MasterTyrannomon swatted it away as if it were nothing, sending the blast directly towards Taomon and Rapidmon who were unaware of the incoming threat.
"Look out!" Rika screamed at the top of her lungs trying desperately to warn her partner in time.
Taomon became aware of the attack too late to do anything about it except try and shield the two of them the best that she could with her Talisman Spell. "Eclipse Shockwave!"
Both digimon were saved when another attack intercepted the first to cancel each other out causing a harmless back draft. That attack! It couldn't be! With Rapidmon mostly recovered, Taomon flew out of the hole and scanned the area for who had saved her life and finally found the cloaked male Renamon standing on the ledge of the roof, Data Sabre clutched firmly in his grasp. "Yin! It is you!"
"Long time no see, my friend. However, let's save the pleasantries until after we've put an end to his menace." All of the digimon reconvened near the building, unsure of whom their new ally was yet reserved their queries for another place and time. "If we all work together this will end with our victory. The scar on his chest is the weak spot. One of us needs to distract him while the rest of us seize the opportunity and attack."
Taomon volunteered herself to be the bait by hovering forward. "I'll get his attention. All of you get ready…Talisman Spell!" Encasing herself in the barriers magic she flew in close, zigzagging back and forth to disorient MasterTyrannomon who began swiping his claws at her wildly. "Any time would be nice!"
"You got it toots!" Beelzemon replied, using his cannon to draw a pentagram symbol. "Corona Destroyer!"
WarGrowlmon followed him up by charging his chest guns. "Atomic Blaster!"
Rapidmon flew up to the side of him and formed a triangle with his arms and legs. "Tri-Beam!"
Last but not least, Yin ran his paw along the blade of his sabre which became alight with energy. He held it to the sky and called out, "Eclipse Shockwave!"
Each attack hit is mark in unison causing MasterTyrannomon to roar loudly, echoing through the city. His entire body rapidly began to disintegrate into tiny data particles, which none of the other digimon absorbed, and in seconds he was gone. Erased from existence like a bad memory while restoring safety to Shinjuku at the same time.
All of the tamers digimon reverted back to rookie form and rejoined their partners who were glad to see that none of the injuries sustained were significant. "Do me a favor? Next time let someone else check to see if the giant dinosaur has been destroyed or not."
Terriermon began softly rubbing his noggin, cringing as he did so. "Don't worry, Henry, next time I will. Trust me."
While the group gathered to celebrate, Renamon approached Yin and stopped a few yards away. "It's been a long time. What are you doing here?"
"I was sent here by Fanglongmon to assist you. It's fortunate I arrived when I did." Noting how she was almost destroyed. "I'm afraid I cannot stay long. Before I go there is something you need to know. All of you." Everyone turned their attention to him. "Myotismon will not give up so easily. He will send more of his minions after you. Some will willingly do his bidding…others will not. But no matter what you must be strong and unite to vanquish his evil from the face of this dimension once and for all. This is not the end, my friends…this is only the beginning."
Yin began walking away, his cloak moving in the wind like a superheroes cape, disappearing as fast as he had appeared.
"Who was that, Renamon?" Rika asked, amazed by the fact that there was more than one of her digimon's species and impressed by his battle prowess as well.
It took her a moment to respond, glad to see another old friend was alive and well. And then she remembered that another was still missing in action. "Ryan!" Smoke was still pouring from the hole created by MasterTyrannomon that used to be the control room. "He's still in there! We have to find him!"
"Don't bother!" Yamaki exclaimed, walking out of the partially destroyed lobby with Janyu, Riley and Tally not far behind. "We just combed every inch of the building while you were all busy fighting. There's no sign of him on any floor whatsoever. And we even went to the security room to check the video footage that was taken just before the lights went out...nothing. He's not here."
The worst thoughts about what could have happened to him flooded into the deepest recesses of Renamon's mind while she tried to maintain her calm and collected demeanor. Rika's cell phone rang just as she was about to say something to her digimon. "Hello? Grandma, what's wrong? What!? We're on our way!" She hung up and placed the device back into her pants pocket. "It's Ryan!"
Rika, Renamon and the rest of the tamers arrived at the Nonaka house speedily thanks in part to Yamaki allowing them access to the Hypnos emergency service vehicle. Seiko was waiting for them at the entrance of to the property. "He's in the back. I tried to talk to him but I don't think he could hear me. It's like he's in some sort of trance."
Making their way through the hallway of the home and into the backyard they found him standing at the edge of the pond, head tilted down and staring into the water with a blank yet peaceful looking expression. The vixen held up her paw and approached, watching as he knelt down and touched the water multiple times the way a child would, having seen something so fantastical for the very first time in his or her life.
"Ryan? Can you hear me? It's Renamon." No response as the teen stood up. "What's wrong?" She walked up next to him, put her paw on his shoulder and turned him around so that he would be facing her. Her eyes widened farther than ever before. The tamers could see this from afar but could not see what was so shocking to the vulpine digimon. "Ryan, snap out of it! Wake up!"
After being shaken back and forth a bit Ryan started blinking rapidly as if he had awakened from a long nights rest. "Renamon…what…what's going on? How'd we get here?"
"What's the last thing that you remember?" The rest of the group, seeing that he had come back to his senses, approached him as well.
"We…we were on the roof, the alarms went off, the three of us ran downstairs to the control room, I spotted that little stool pigeon Aurumon spying on us again, the lights went out and that's it up until now."
Henry looked at the green watch latched onto his wrist to see how much time had elapsed since the MasterTyrannomon attack to that point. "That was an hour ago. Are you saying you have no recollection about anything that occurred during the last sixty minutes?"
"Not a thing. What happened? What'd I miss?" Upon inquiring about everything that unfolded while he was out of it, he felt something clutched in his right hand. It was a glowing white orb. And while Ryan had no idea what it was, the tamers and digimon all knew and could hardly believe their eyes as it morphed into a solid black d-arc with a red ring surrounding the screen. "Is this…a digivice?"
