Marcus and Phoebe's Inner Strength

It wasn't long before Yoshi caught up with them. Soon we're taken to a building called DATS, or the Digital Accident Tactics Squad. "Let go! I said, let go!" Marcus yells. He's been struggling in Yoshi's hands since they got there. Lalamon also collared Agumon for trying to escape. Phoebe and Reptilamon decided to come quietly. They entered a large office looking area with computers. A man in a blue coat-like uniform with a little white creature around his neck turned to them. There was a turtle-like Digimon went by them. "You witch!" Marcus cried and Yoshi finally let go of him.

"Commander. Raptor-1 and Reptilamon have been seized. I've also brought along the witnesses, Marcus Damon and Phoebe Nakamura." she said. Marcus walks up to the Commander and said, "Hey! Agumon and Reptilamon should've been cleared of suspicion already! Stop treating them like criminals!" "That's not what this is about!" Yoshi says while pushing Marcus away from the Commander. Phoebe decides to step in then. "Excuse but who are you exactly?" she says in a voice that demanded respect. The Commander turns to her and says, "I'm Commander Sampson and this is my partner, Kudamon." She nods and says, "Thank you. Now then, I'm going to tell you who I am. My current name is Phoebe Nakamura, but my real name is Phoebe Motomiya. My father was Davis Motomiya, the leader of the second generation of the DigiDestined. As his eldest child, I have inherited his title of the successor of Courage, Friendship, and Miracles. I'm also the Keeper of Radiance. I also inherited his Digivice. At the age of 7, the Soverign of the Digital World gave me my own crest, the Crest of Purity. I have been to the Digital World where the Soverign rule many times and they trust me."

Phoebe could tell that Commander Sampson was shocked. "You are telling the truth?" Phoebe pulls out her father's D3 again, but this time she reachs into her shirt and pulled out her crest. It was white and had a star inscribed in it. "I believe this is proof enough," she says plainly. "Megumi, Miki, bring me the lie dector," Commander Sampson said. "Yosino, take Agumon and Marcus Damon somewhere safe." "Yes, Commander," Yoshi gives a salute and drags the pair away. The two girls at the computers, one was purple haired, Miki, and the other is blond, Megumi, got up and went over to a large closet. They pulled out the lie dector and pulled it in front of Phoebe. "Please have a seat, Miss Motomiya. We just want to make sure you're not lieing." She nods, kind of expecting it. The turtle Digimon brings her a chair and she whispers, "Thank you." He gives Phoebe a smile and goes about his business.

So, Phoebe was basically interrgrated. Not once did the lie dector say she was lieing. When, it was finally over she sipped the tea the turtle Digimon, Kumamon she learns, brought for her. "It seems that everything you have said is true," Kudamon said. "Now then, explain to me why Agumon and Reptilamon are still being treated like criminals," she says, still in a leader voice. "Digimon are no longer allowed to come to the Human World. Just being here is considered a crime," Commander Sampson explains. Phoebe pauses thinking. "Is there a way for us not to be seperated?"

At this, Commander Sampson smiles, like he had a funny thought. "Well, you could always join us?" Phoebe paused for a moment considering what was said. "Phoebe?" She turns her head to see Reptilamon looking concerned. "Alright, I'll join you. However, I'm a DigiDestined first. My loyalties are with the Digimon and their well being before everything else. If I can deal with a Digimon peacefully, I will. If I see that any of you guys don't respect my decision, I swear I'll send the Soverign and the Guardians of the Digital World to deal with you. Have I made myself plain?" Phoebe could feel her crest giving her the strength to say this. Miki and Megumi were shocked. No one has ever talked to the Commander like that.

"Commander!" Everyone turns to see Yoshi running back into the room. "Raptor-1 and Marcus Damon have escaped!" "What?!" Commander Sampson says. Phoebe went and got the D3, already looking at the map. She easily found Agumon's orange dot. "I'll go get them. I know exactly where they are," she says sternly. Commander Sampson nods and says, "Yoshino will go with you. Also, welcome to DATs." Phoebe nods in return and left with Reptilamon right beside her.

Phoebe hears footsteps behind her and wasn't surprised when Yoshi pulls up beside her. "So, you joined DATS?" she asks. Phoebe nods, deciding it was better not to say anything. "I have a question. How did you know where Raptor-1..." Phoebe cuts her off then. "Agumon." "I'm sorry?" "His name is Agumon and if you know someone's name, I feel that you should use it. As for your question, my father's D3 has a map on it and it shows me any Digimon in the area. It doesn't take me long to figure out where to look," Phoebe says and kind of regrets her harsh tone. "Oh, sorry if I insulted you," Yoshi says quietly. Phoebe sighs, "Just don't say that next time."

So, they made their way into town in Yoshi's car. Phoebe makes her stop at a nice looking house. "This is where Agumon is," Phoebe says while getting out of the car. She walks straight up the door and tells Reptilamon, "You can hide in the bushes for now. If you see Agumon, tell him to hide too." She nods and runs off into the bushes. Phoebe rings the door bell and waits The door opens and Phoebe finds herself looking at a woman, she assumed to be Marcus's mother, rubbing her hands on her apron. "Yes, can I help you?" she asked. Phoebe nods and asks "Is Marcus here?" Ms. Damon clapped her hands together. "You must be one of Marcus's friends. Come right on in. His room is upstairs." Phoebe smils and says, "Thank you very much."

So Ms. Damon leads the way to Marcus's room. "Marcus," she calls softly. Phoebe hears a little rucus behind the door. Ms. Damon opens the door and says, "Marcus...you're standing on a candy bar." He stutters some excuse and in return she said, "Look, you can deal with it later. Right now, one of your friends has come over." "Friend?" he asked. Phoebe steps into the room and says, "Yo." "Phoebe?!" he asks shocked. "Well, I'll leave you two to talk," Ms. Damon says and leaves the room. Phoebe notices there was a balcony and calls out to Reptilamon. Reptilamon instantly jumps up to the balcony. "How did you find us?" Marcus asks. Phoebe was about to answer when Agumon falls out of the closet. "Why do you like to stuff me into small places?" Agumon asks. He realizes that Phoebe and Reptilamon were there and says, "Oh, hey Phoebe, Reptilamon. When did you guys get here?" "A little bit ago, Agumon," Reptilamon says. "As, for your question Marcus, Phoebe found Agumon's signal on her D3." "Man, that D3 of yours sure is useful," Marcus says in wonder. All of a sudden the door starts to open and Marcus tosses Reptilamon and Agumon onto the balcony. "Marcus, I brought you and your friend something to drink," Ms. Damon says. Phoebe goes to the door and says, "Thank you Ms. Damon. I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself yet. My name's Phoebe Nakumura." "Oh, such manners. You can just call Sarah, dear." Phoebe nods and Ms. Damon puts the drinks on a desk.

Then, a scream happens. "Kristy!" Sarah runs onto the balcony, Phoebe and Marcus right behind her. Phoebe sees a little girl, Kristy, crying her head off. "What's wrong, Kristy?" Sarah asks. "I saw two big lizards and one of them had wings!" Kristy crys. "Two lizards? One of them had wings?" Sarah decides to check it out. "W-Wait a sec-...!" Marcus tries to stop his mother. "There's nothing here," Sarah says, not noticing that the Digimon were on the roof. "I saw them! The giant lizards, right there!" Kristy shouts while pointing at the roof. "It must be a UMA!" Sarah said. "Huh? UMA?" Kristy and Marcus ask with sweat drops. "An unidentifed life form, like the Abominable Snowman or the Loch Ness Monster," Phoebe explains to them. "Now... where did I put my video camera?" Sarah ponders until they hear bumping and thumping from the roof. Oh, no, both Marcus and Phoebe think. "It must be those creatures!" Kiristy says.

She heads back to the balcony. "Kristy! Wait a second!" Marcus says as he stops his sister. "It's dangerous, so stay back! I'll go..." Marcus pulls himself on the roof only to see Agumon, Reptilamon, and a ornage cat rolling right toward him. They crash and they fall to the ground. Marcus lands on Agumon, knocking both of them out. The cat lands on the ground at their feet and runs off. Reptilamon just spreads her wings and gently lands. "Oh my goodness! Marcus!" Phoebe cries and runs over to the balcony. Yoshi appears out of nowhere and says something while standing over the pair. "Oh no!" Phoebe says.

So, while Marcus was knocked out, Sarah invited them to dinner. For some reason, she wasn't afraid of Agumon and Reptilamon. Phoebe was realived, but she wondered too. What did Yoshi do to make them like this?, I wondered. So, they sat and ate Sarah's delicious food. "Thank you, Sarah. This food is really good," Phoebe says to her. "Well thank you, here have some more." She puts more kushikatsu on Phoebe's plate. "Agumon? Reptilamon? ...Phoebe?" Marcus calls, feeling a slight pain in his head. "Owww! Hey, where is everybody?" He got out of bed and goes to look for everyone. He goes down the stairs to the living room but didn't find them there. "Hey, Mom, where's-?" When he walked into tthe kitchen, he found Agumon and Reptilamon... eating bowls of rice with Sarah and Kristy. "More please!" Agumon says and handed a empty bowl to Sarah. She takes it and says,"Coming right up!"

Marcus's mouth drops. He goes right up to the Digimon, glaring the whole way. "How can you two be so easy going, sitting while eating like that?" Marcus notices that Phoebe isn't aroundd. He focuses on Reptilamon and says, "And where is Phoebe?" Reptilamon swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "She's talking to her guardians. She's telling them that she's going to spend the night at your house." "And we might not be able to stand up while eating, Boss!" Agumon adds as he takes his bowl of rice back from Sarah. He drops it when Marcus starts to rub his knuckles into poor Agumon's head. "That isn't what I meant you digital dimwit," Marcus said. "Huh, something we both agree on," Reptilamon said. "Reptilamon!" Phoebe scolds as she takes the seat beside Reptilamon. She just shrugged and went on eating. "Excuse me, you mind keeping it down? We're trying to enjoy a nice meal here. You know, this is the best kushikatsu I ever had," Yoshi said. Marcus looks at her in shock, then he notices that Phoebe had returned.

"What in the-" Marcus started to say. "Yeah, it's a long story, but here's the short version. I'm now a member of DATS and Reptilamon is my partner," Phoebe says and continues to eat. "Welcome back, Phoebe," Agumon says to me. Marcus doesn't say anything, but Phoebe notices that he was glaring at Yoshi. She couldn't figure out why though. What did Yoshi do to him? Suddenly, he grabs the magenta haired girl by the arm and pulls her out of the room. "What are they doing?" Agumon asked. Phoebe shrugs and starts to wonder more about what was going on. From the other room, Phoebe could hear a lot of arguing and yelling. She decided to wait a bit before going in.

When she decided it was time, Phoebe walks in to hear Marcus say, "What?! No way in heck! Leave right now!" "But Marcus..." Phoebe says. Both turned to her and Phoebe says, "She has to stay here in order to make sure Agumon and Reptilamon won't cause any trouble. And I have to stay with you at all times. Besides that, you don't want her to lose her job, do you?" "I don't care! She leaves!" Marcus screechs at Phoebe, making her flinch. "Take it easy on her!" Yoshi scolds, "Besides, she's right. I can't. I'm under Commander's orders." "When I say leave, you leave!" "I won't!" Phoebe just stood there and watched the two bark at each other. Then, Kristy walks by and said, "Stop arguing like an old married couple." "Who are you calling a couple?" both Marcus and Yoshi screeched. Phoebe laughs, thinking that was exactly what they were liked.

Around 8 o'clock, everyone was in bed. Yoshi was sleeping in Marcus's bed, Agumon slept on the floor with Marcus, and Phoebe slept on the couch with Reptilamon. "Boss...I can't eat anymore..." Agumon said while drooling. "That's just great..."Marcus murmurs. When Phoebe thinks Marcus is sound asleep, she gets up and goes out to the balcony. She reachs into her shirt and pulls out, not her crest but, the other necklace she wears. It was a golden locket with a strange design on its edge. She opens it and smiles at the picture inside. "Phoebe..." Phoebe flinchs and turns her head to see Reptilamon up. "What are you doing out there?" she whispers. "Nothing...just thinking..." Phoebe whispers back. Reptilamon gets up and joins Phoebe on the balcony.

"About what, Phoebe?" Reptilamon asks as she stands beside me. I paused for a moment, "Everything." Reptilamon forms a smirk, "Is it about that Marcus boy?" Phoebe looks at her, feeling sadness coming on. " Sort off, but not in the way your thinking. Come look at this," Phoebe says to her. She climbs up onto the rail and looks at the picture. It was of a family on a spring day. "I was about 10 when this was taken. There's my father on the end. My mother is on the other end. My two brothers, Aki with blond hair and Daichi with black hair, my sister, Toshiko, and me are in the middle. This is the only picture I have left of all of us together," I explained to her. "You know, Aki is a lot like Marcus. Always looking for a fight and trying to be the best. He never could beat me though. Father trained me too well. Toshiko is also a lot like Yoshi. She always followed the rules and did whatever Father or Mother said. But, she had a lot of heart and was very caring. That was what I was thinking about, how alike they are," Phoebe explains and starts to tear up some.

"What about the black haired one, Daichi?" Reptilamon asks. Phoebe smiles again at the photo. "He was the smarty pants. All brains pretty much. He always liked to plan things out and it be done perfectly. He always fought with Aki, probably because they were completely different. Aki liked to charge right into a fight. Daichi was overly catious, always taking to much time. It didn't help that Toskiko always tried to make them stop by throwing down Mother and Father's rules. In the end, I was like the balance between the trio. When I stepped in I made sure everyone was happy. Now that everyone is gone and..." She cuts off what she was saying and starts to sob. Phoebe couldn't stop it, she was too sad. "Oh, Phoebe," Reptilamon whispers and she gives Phoebe a big hug. "Shush, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here and I'm never going to leave you, okay?" Phoebe nods and wipes away my tears. "Come on. Let's go back to bed," Reptilamon whispers. She nods again and goes back to the couch. What neither of them knew was that Marcus heard the whole thing. I'm going to look out for her since it seems no one else will, Marcus thinks before going to sleep. The rest of the night was peaceful and Reptilamon held Phoebe through out that time, as if she was afraid to let her go.

So morning came and Phoebe got her stuff ready to go to school. Strangely enough, she just found out that she and Marcus go to the same school. "Hey, Boss, where are you and Phoebe going?" Agumon asked. "School," Marcus responded. "What's a school, Phoebe?" Reptilamon asked. "Well, school is a place where you can learn things like math, science, histories, and languages, along with some other stuff," Phoebe explaines. "And where there are tons of people to fight against," Marcus added. "Marcus..." Phoebe groans, pretty much annoyed beyond measure. "At this school, is it where those two punks who beat you up are?" Reptilamon growls. "You got beat up? By whom?" Marcus said, clearly thinking of going to beat up the pair. "Doesn't matter!" Phoebe says.

"Anyways, I wanna go to school too, Boss!" Agumon says. "All right then, let's go!" Marcus says while smiling. "Hey, no fair! If he gets to go, I get to go too!" Reptilamon whines. "Well, I don't think either of you can. If you were In-Training, yeah you could. But you guys are too big now," Phoebe says. "Besides that, if a Digimon is seen in public, it'll cause an uproar!" Yoshi says as she appeared in the hallway. "Oh yeah..." Marcus groaned. "Eh? I wanna go to school with Boss! I wanna go! I wanna go!" Agumon whines. Yoshi sighs and says, "Fine, have it your way. Use this." She pulls out Marcus's Digivice. "This..." Marcus says as he held his Digivice. "I thought I lost this!" Phoebe hits him on the head. "You lost your Digivice?! Are you nuts?!" Phoebe says to him, making him pout. She was a few months younger than him, and she treats him like a kid. "Ouch! That really hurt!"

"Anyways, point it towards Agumon and Reptilamon. Then, press the button on the right." Phoebe gets her Digivice out and did what Yoshi said. Reptilamon turned into a bunch of white data, while Agumon turned into a bunch of orange data. Each went into their Digivices and Phoebe sees Reptilamon's face on the screen, while Marcus sees Agumon in his. "Boss! What is this? Lemme out!" Agumon crys in Marcus's Digivice. "Oh! Quit your whinning, you nitwit! It's not too terrible!" Reptilamon shouts. "Agumon!" Marcus crys. "This kind of Digivice can change Digimon into data and store it away," Yoshi explains. "It's useful whenever you want to go anywhere together."

"How is it in there?" Phoebe asks Reptilamon. "It's actually kind of nice," Reptilamon replys. "Marcus, you're going to be late!" Sarah yells. "Crap!" Marcus shouts and grabs Phoebe's hand. He runs out the door, her in tow. "We're off!" he yells as they leave. "Marcus! Wait a minute!" she yells at him. He didn't appear to hear her and keeps on going. A few minutes later, Phoebe finally manages to get out of Marcus's death grip on her hand. That's when they realized that Yoshi was following them. "How long are you gonna keep following us?" Marcus asks. "Until you hand over Agumon," Yoshi replies. "Isn't there a way for us not to be seperated?" Marcus asks. They stop at a traffic light. Yoshi then says, "Let's see..." "So there is something," Marcus says. Yoshi smirks and says, "You could join DATS like Phoebe. If you joined DATS, there'll be no reason for me to chase after Agumon. I won't have to look after you either, but I guess that'll never happen." "Of course not!" Marcus shouts.

The light goes green and Marcus and Phoebe set off with Yoshi right beside them. As soon as they cross the street though, Marcus stops making Phoebe crash into him. "Yowch! Marcus, what-" Phoebe says then stops as she notices Marcus focusing on something. Phoebe follows his field of vision and sees an elementary school. There were police cars all over the place. The teachers and students are gathered around something in the fields. Something really bad must have happened to get the police out here. Yoshi stops and says, "Hey aren't you guys in a hurry?" "This is Kristy's school," Marcus says and sets off toward the crowd, Phoebe right behind him. The people are gathered around an animal pen. "Kristy!" Marcus crys out. "Oh! Marcus, Phoebe, over here!" Kristy shouts and waves to them as they make their way through the crowd. "Look!" Kristy says as she points to the pen. Marcus and Phoebe looked and didn't see any animals. There was only banged up wood bowls and a few holes in the pen. "This is terrible..." Marcus whispers. "Kristy, what happened?" Phoebe asks, already forming an idea of what happened.

"See that kid over there?" Kristy says and points toward a boy who was crying. A teacher and the principal were trying to comfort the boy while telling the police what happened. "Takashi was the one in charge of the animals... But when he came to give them their breakfast today, all of the chickens and rabbits were gone!" "Poor dude..." Phoebe whispers. But as she looks at Takashi, Phoebe gets a weird feeling like she should be seeing something that wasn't there. Marcus also was suspicious about Takashi. "Actually, something similar happened earlier. The elementary school in the next town is performing services," a policeman said to the principal. Yoshi shows up and says, "Come with me." She pulls Marcus away with Phoebe following behind. They go behind a small buliding near by. "A Digimon did this right?" Phoebe asks. "Eh, really?" Marcus gasps. "That's right. Here look at this," Yoshi says and shows them her Digivice. The screen on it was showing a beeping sound wave like a tracking device. "You can see my Digivice is reacting right? That means a Digimon was around here. How did you know there was a Digimon Phoebe?" she asks looking at her. Phoebe shrugs and says, "Come's with being with a DigiDestined I guess." "Things are getting interesting, Boss!" Agumon says. "Yeah!" Marcus responds and turns to see Agumon out of the Digivice. "Wait, what are you doing out here?" Marcus asks. "I couldn't get used to being inside that cramped Digivice, Boss!" Agumon whines. "Wimp!" Reptilamon shouts from Phoebe's Digivice. "Reptilamon... be good!" Phoebe scolds the winged Digimon.

Yoshi sighs and says, "You're a real piece of work. There aren't any normal Digimon who'd leave the Digivice on their own." Then a thought occurs to her and she gasps. "Could it be you who attacked those animals?" Yoshi asks. "What?" Agumon asks. "It's not him or Reptilamon," Lalamon says from Yoshi's Digivice. "Lalamon?" Yoshi asks while looking at her Digivice. "While you were sleeping, I kept guard over them the whole night. Agumon didn't take one step out of the room and Reptilamon was with Phoebe," Lalamon explains. Lalamon watched over Agumon and Reptilamon all night? Then, did she hear me and Reptilamon's conversation?, Phoebe thinks. "So another Digimon must've done it!" Lalamon continues. "Lalamon's right! I can sense another Digimon here," Reptilamon adds. Phoebe nods and says, "So I'm not the only one who sensed it." Agumon says, "So, Boss, that means..." "Yeah!" Marcus says while smirking. "We can give 'em a good thrashing again!" both Marcus and Agumon shout while putting their fists in the air. Phoebe laughs while thinking they really are just like Aki. Yoshi just watches the pair with a sweat drop on her face. The school bell rings and every kid and teacher goes back inside. "Let's go, Takashi," Kristy says softly to Takashi. He nods and follows Kristy back to classes. Marcus steps out from behind the building, waves his arms, and shouts, "Kristy! We'll beat the crap out of those punks who messed up those pens, okay?!" Yoshi, Kristy, even Phoebe just look at him like he was psycho.

So night came and everyone was at the pens of the elementary school. Yoshi, Marcus, Phoebe and the Digimon cooked up a plan to trap the Digimon. Marcus was locking up the pens... with Agumon inside one. "Wait! What are you doing, Boss?!" Agumon crys. "They say that the criminal returns to the scene of the crime, right?" Marcus explains. "So, when he finds out there's still prey inside, I'm sure he'll strike again," Marcus continues. "Wow! You're so smart, Boss!" Agumon says admiring. Then, Phoebe says, "Um... You do realize that he's using you as bait?" "WHAT?! I'm bait?!" Agumon shouts. "Don't worry! I'll make sure to beat 'em up before that!" Marcus says trying to reassure his Digimon. "Will things really go that well?" Yoshi groans.

So a few minutes later, everyone, except Agumon, were waiting behind the shelter while Agumon waited in the pens. "I can't stand you, Boss... You even locked the door..." Agumon whines. Then the clouds cover the moon and a dark figure appears. The figure walks toward the pens. "Here he comes," Marcus whispers. The figure stops in front of the pen that Agumon was in. The clouds begin to move away from the moon. Everyone held their breath, anxious to see who the figure was. The moonlight reveals a face, the face of Takashi. "Isn't that Kristy's friend?" Yoshi asks. "Takashi!" Marcus replys. "What's he doing here?" Phoebe asks, getting that feeling again like something should be there but wasn't. "He's seen Agumon!" Lalamon says. Yoshi groans, "This is the worst!" Marcus gets up and goes toward Takashi. "Hey, Takashi!" Marcus yells. He turns to Marcus. "What are you doing out so late? Did you come to check on the cages?" Marcus asks and Takashi doesn't answer him. "Hey! Say something!" Marcus yells. "Shut up!" Takashi shouts. "What was that?" Marcus growls.

"Wait!" Phoebe says and goes toward Marcus, Yoshi behind her. "He has a Digimon attached to him!" "I... didn't want to take care of those animals! I wished they would just disappear! And then, this guy..." After Takashi said this, a big yellow bug with blue lightning bolts on its body appears on the boy's head. Phoebe, Marcus, Yoshi, and the Digimons gasped in fear. The yellow bug Digimon jumps off of the boy and lands on the ground while the boy fell unconscious. "So he's the criminal!" Marcus says while Phoebe looks at the kid, making sure he was okay. "What Digimon is that?" Phoebe asks. "That's Kunemon. Kunemon is a Rookie Level Larva Digimon. He's a virus type. Kunemon has lightning patterns all over its body. Although it is uncertain whether the lightning patterns on its head are organs equivalent to eyes, they do change shape acording to its emotions. It's said that they are probably eyes. Its personality is fairly malicious. His attacks are Speeding Thread and Electro Thread," Reptilamon explains.

"That bug will pay for this!" Marucs shouts after he moves Takashi somewhere safe. Yoshi blocks his way and says, "Stay back. DATS will take over from here." She takes out her Digivice and says, "Lalamon: Realize!" Lalamon comes out and says, "La...la...mon! Seed Blast!" Her attack hits near Kunemon, but he still stands. "Speeding Thread!" Kunemon says and shoots out a long silk thread at Lalamon, trapping her. "Lalamon!" Yoshi shouts in worry. "We probably should help now," Reptilamon says. Phoebe nods and says, "Reptilamon: Realize!" Reptilamon comes out and says, "Let's go!" She flies toward Lalamon and says, "Blazing Claws!" Her claws catch on fire and Reptilamon slices the thread. Lalamon was about to hit the ground when Reptilamon grabs her and lands. Yoshi goes to them and looks to see if her partner is okay. "That creep!" Marcus growls. "Boss! Get me outta here first!" Agumon shouts through the pen. "Right!" Marcus responds. However, he can't remember what the combination was.

"Lalamon, time to digivolve!" Yoshi says. Her hand becomes covered with pink digital pieces. "DigiSoul Charge!" Yoshi shouts. "Lalamon digivolve to... Sunflowmon!" Lalamon is now a huge sunflower with two leaves for wings, two arms, a tail, and two legs. "So that's Lalamon's Champion form?" Phoebe asks as Reptilamon comes to stand beside her. "Yes. She's Sunflowmon. Sunflowmon is a Champion Level Vegetation Digimon. She's a data type. As you know, she's the Champion form of Lalamon. If it bathes in the sun's light, it becomes very energetic and its offensive power rises. On days when the weather is good it will flap the leaves on its back to fly. Furthermore, its smile is feared for its eerieness Her attacks are Sunshine Beam and Smiley Binta," Reptilamon explains. "Sunshine Beam!" Sunflowmon says and her face begins to glow. She fires an extremely powerful blast at Kunemon. "All right!" Yoshi crys. Agumon groans," They got all the action because you're so slow!" "What?" Marcus growls. "That was too easy," Phoebe says.

Then everyone hears a cracking sound. It came from where Kunemon was. The smoke clears and reaveals a big cocoon, hatching. "No way... It's digivolving!" Yoshi says in fear. "Kunemon digivolve to... Flymon!" A huge wasp-like Digimon came out of the cocoon, flys up to the sky, and screeches in anger. "I was afraid he was going to digivolve. So, what do you know about Flymon?" Phoebe asks to Reptilamon. "Flymon is a Champion Level Insectoid Digimon. He's a virus type. With its giant, baleful wings, it is able to fly at almost ultra-high speed. Its wings can generate an enormous buzzing called Howling Noise while in flight. This can completely numb the sense of hearing of those who hear it. Its body is protected by a hard shell. It pinches its opponent between its giant talons and brings about death with its super-powerful stinger on its tail. His attacks are Brown Stingers and Poison Powder," Reptilamon explains. Flymon flys toward Sunflowmon and Yoshi. "Poison Powder!" Flymon says and releases green powder over them. Yoshi starts to groan in pain and says, "What is this? My body's going numb..." She falls forward, followed by Sunflowmon.

"Now, he's done it," Marcus shouts. "Boss, I'm wanna digivolve too!" Agumon shouts. "I think I should too, Phoebe," Reptilamon says. "Right!" both Marcus and Phoebe shout and take out their Digivices. They try to get their DigiSouls to appear, but nothing happens. "What's wrong, Boss?" Agumon asks. "I don't know! I'm not getting that hot, burning feeling!" Marcus says. "Me neither! This Digivice is way different from the ones I'm used," Phoebe says. Flymon comes back and goes toward Sunflowmon, who's still lying down. He kicks her away with his feet. "Dang it!" Marcus snarls and runs toward Yoshi and Sunflowmon. "Boss!" Agumon yells. "Marcus, don't!" Phoebe crys. Flymon keeps flying around the school yard and Marcus stops next to Yoshi. Yoshi groans, "I told you to stay back! It's dangerous, so run and leave the fighting to us!" "Don't be stupid!" Marcus yells at her and looks back at Flymon. "There's no way in heck I'd turn my back on the enemy and run like a coward!" Marcus continues. Flymon focuses on Marcus and flies toward him. "No matter how difficult it gets, I'll stand firm without taking a step back!" Marcus shouts.

"Marcus..." Phoebe whispers. He really is like Aki. Even on that night, Aki stood and tried to fight that monster. What am I doing? I can't just stand by and do nothing!, Phoebe thinks. Her DigiSoul appears again over her heart. "That's... how a man should live!" Marcus yells and runs toward Flymon. He jumps at the bug Digimon and punches Flymon right across his face, making his DigiSoul appear aroundd his fist. Marcus's punch made Flymon fly back a bit. Marcus lands next to Phoebe and Reptilamon who were standing in front of Agumon. "It's here!" Marcus says and looks back at Agumon. "You want this?" he asks. "Yeah!" Agumon says and smirks. "Alright then!" Marcus says while smiling. "Let's go, Phoebe!" Reptilamon says. "Right!" Phoebe replys.

"DigiSoul... Charge!" "Agumon digivolve to... GeoGreymon!" "Reptilamon digivolve to... Dragonmon!" Flymon screeches at the two Champions and flys at GeoGreymon. GeoGreymon quickly grabs Flymon who, in turn, released his Poison Powder. It didn't have any effect on GeoGreymon who just threw Flymon away. The wasp-like Digimon tries to fly away, but Dragonmon stops him. Dragonmon's claws start to grow and glow. "Razing Claws!" She scratches Flymon with her claws so strongly he plumets to the ground. Flymon tries to use his wings but couldn't. Then, GeoGreymon uses his attack, "Mega Flame!" Flymon was hit and turns back into a DigiEgg. "You got 'im" Marcus cheers. "Great job, Dragonmon!" Phoebe shouts.

The Champions go back to their Rookie forms. The Digimons, Marcus, and Phoebe are smiling at each other. Then, they hear a familiar voice. "So, your fist of fury and soul of purity awakens your DigiSouls. You two are getting more interesting by the minute." They all turn to find the old man who gave them the Digivices. "You're the old man who gave us the Digivices!" Marcus says. "The Human World must be too small for you to swing around those fiery fists of yours. How about it?" the old man says. "In the Digital World, you'll find plenty of formidable opponents to fight to your heart's content," the old man continues. "Plenty of formidable opponents..." Marcus whispers. The old man nods and Marcus smirks. "As for you Phoebe, you'll find something in our Digital World. Something you think is gone but isn't," the old man says. "Something I think is gone..." Phoebe says, puzzling over the words. She turns back to the old man, but found he wasn't there anymore.

So a few hours later at DATS, the DigiEgg was sent back to the Digital World. Commander Sampson, Yoshi, Miki, Megumi, Phoebe, and the Digimons watched it go. "But both the pens and the playground were destroyed... It took all we had to cover up this incident," Kudamon says. "B-But we were able to capture the Digimon and we erased Takashi's memory..." Yoshi stutters, trying to stay positive. "So all's well that ends well, right?" she asks. "Don't get full of yourself!" Commander Sampson shouts. "I-I'm sorry..." Yoshi says and looks down. Phoebe sighs and says, "Hey, don't yell when I'm so close okay? I have senstive ears and louds noises hurt them." Then, Kudamon notices something. "By the way... who's looking over Agumon and Marcus Damon right now?" Kudamon asks. "Well, actually..." Yoshi starts to say but stops when the door slides open, revealing Marcus and Agumon, smiling. "What are you two doing here?" Kudamon asks. Marcus and Agumon walk inside and stand in front of Commander Sampson and Kudamon. Marcus bows his head towards them and says, "Please! Let us join DATS!" Agumon bows his head too and says, "Let us join!" "

"Wh-What?" Kudamon stutters. "If we join DATS, you won't have to dispose of Agumon, right?" Marcus asks. Commander Sampson just stares at them for a second and smiles. "Very well," he says. Everyone except Phoebe and Reptilamon gasp. "Marcus Damon, I figured that you would come to us one day. And Agumon, starting today, you will be accepted as a member of DATS." Marcus and Agumon look at each other and smiled. "We did it, Boss!" Agumon cheers. "Yeah! Now we can fight against strong guys as much as we want!" Marcus says and smirks. "Is that all they think about?" Reptilamon asks. Phoebe just laughs and goes to congratulate DATS newest members

Meanwhile on a plane heading for Japan, a blond hair boy sits near a window. He stares out of it, watching the ocean go by. A blue, dog-like Digimon with red boxing gloves walks over to the boy. "Sir, we'll be landing shortly," the Digimon says. "Thank you," the boy replys. "It's been a while since I've last seen it... Mother's homeland, Japan," the boy says.