(Special thanks to Mr. Kyle for reviewing and editing this! I also had some trouble uploading but I won the fight!

Episode 2: Appear! Alopemon!

The Monochromon's horn continued to lash and jab at the two buildings surrounding it. Its body was slowly emerging from the data field and the space in which it was forming was too small. Loud roars filled the night air as the creature struggled to get free. Motionless, the three teenagers and their partners stared wide-eyed in disbelief. None of them had seen something this large appear before let alone in such a tight space.

Bastemon stepped forward automatically, crouching down, to protect Lily from any threat from the dinosaur-like Digimon. "W-What is that?" Kallie clasped her hands over her mouth, releasing Buckmon, and turned to look at the black panther. Now that he was free from Kallie's captivity, Buckmon pumped his fists into the air once again and stared the Monochromon down intensely. "It's a new rival who's come to challenge my greatness!" the yellow rabbit smirked as his tail flicked with anticipation. "Don't be stupid!" Terremon gave a loud scoff as he jumped from Kad's shoulder. "All you'll be able to do it piss it off enough to the point of being eaten!" The fox's narrowed eyes watched Buckmon with a slight distaste.

As the two Digimon proceeded to argue with one another, no matter how hard their Tamer's attempted to stop them, the Monochromon finally slipped free from its alley prison. Stomping it's feet some, the dinosaur lowered his head and began to charge. Bastemon reacted quickly and grabbed onto the back of Lily's dress with her fangs, pulling her away from the large horn coming closer. Kad quickly scooped Terremon into his arms, dove to the left, and bashed his head into a blue postbox. "Ha, see that, Kallie! That little loser is afraid of me!" Buckmon puffed his chest out and turned to gloat to his partner, who had followed Kad's example and dove for cover. Blinking some, the rabbit Digimon turned around and lowered his floppy ears, "Oh crap…"

The Monochromon continued his charge, running straight past Buckmon, and instead at the large stage in the center of the street. The ground below them continued to crack and rumble with every enraged step the Digimon took. "Destroy! Feed!" Its massive mouth opened wide as sparks began to flow from the sides of its mouth. As if turning on a stove the Monochromon's mouth ignited into a fireball which it launched forward at the stage. The smell of sulfur filled the air as the extreme heat from the fireball melted the concrete. The impact from the attack forced the stage to give a shudder before exploding in a blazing rain of molten metal.

"Kad, we need to do something!" Terremon dashed towards the grey dinosaur closely followed by Bastemon. "You hit it low and I'll hit it high!" The black panther pounced into the air, her black silver claws glimmering in the burning fire, as she came down on top of the Monochromon. Terremon on the other hand, slide underneath its body, and lashed his tails at the underbelly. "H-Hey you're forgetting me! You can't win without me!" Buckmon flexed his tiny arms and charged forward as his fists burst into static. Kallie reached forward and grabbed onto her partner's tail, "Bucky don't be stupid! Think before you leap!" The yellow rabbit flailed his gloved fists around at Kallie before slipping free and continuing his charge.

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The red headed boy struggled to move further towards the massive data field. He was determined to get there even if V-dramon had to carry his lifeless body back to the hospital. "Peter…" the dragon's thin black arms wrapped around her partners neck and flapped her wings faster hoping to keep him standing upright.

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"Bastemon are you okay?" Lily had rushed to the side of her partner who had been thrown from Monochromon's back and crash landed into the side of a nearby bank. She quickly returned to her paws, ignoring the dent from where she crashed, and growled. Bastemon bounded forward to assault the Monochromemon once more, "Nightmare Claw!" Buckmon was taking a more tactical approach. He'd throw a punch at the dinosaurs face and then jump away, barraging its front legs with more punches, and then returning back to its face. Terremon, however, continued to whip the underside of Monochromon's belly. He knew this was a weak spot and as long as he shifted away from its stomping feet he'd be safe. The large grey dinosaur let out another roar, finally catching on to the rabbits attack pattern. His head jerked around rather quickly and bashed into the side of Buckmon's face.

The yellow fuzz ball's body rocketed through the air and landed limply into a nearby tree. "Bucky!" Kallie sidestepped away from Kad's side and ran to the tree, looking up at her partner. "I-I'm okay!" he gave another faint fist pump before rolling over out of the tree onto the ground. Lily's hair whipped in the night air as she watched Monochromon continue thrashing about attempting to get the panther from its back and the fox from underneath it. She was intensely focused on what was happening with her partner as a slight fear began to grow in her stomach. What if they lost? What if Bastemon was ripped away from her?

As if it were able to read its mind, Monochromon gave a rough jerk, and turned to face the two teenagers behind it. Its beady eyes narrowed in rage as its right front foot dug at the earth below it. "Lily move!" Bastemon rolled from the dinosaur's back and plunged her paws into the ground beneath her. The panther's body darted forward as if it were a shadow and tucked Lily against her body. Blinking wildly, Kad turned to the spot Lily once stood beside him not paying much attention to the angry beast charging at him. "Move out of the way you airhead!" Terremon growled loudly.

A burst of white light emitted from the Digivice in Kad's hand, shooting past the charging Monochromon, and engulfing the white fox running at its side. The light grew brighter, forcing the Tamer's to cover their eyes and the once rampaging Digimon to stop and look around confused. "Terremon Digivolved..." Stepping from the blinding light stood a much taller Digimon. Its body stood at 6' on all fours and the once mainly white fur now contained green arrow markings on its sides. The once free long tails were now just as long and wrapped together by a silver chain. Around the fox's neck was a large metal collar and the green symbol on its forehead stretched down its muzzle into an arrow point, "Alopemon!"

Bastemon and Lily stared onward at the scene playing out before them. "Bastemon hasn't been able to do that before…" Lily thought as a hand rested on top of her partners head. Kallie, who had finally gotten Buckmon to come back to his senses, gaped widely at the massive white and green fox. Alopemon moved slowly in front of his partner, growling at the confused Digimon. "You've done too much damage and threatened to hurt Kad. You'll pay for this!" The chains rattled free from his long tails and began to snake into the air. The metal of the chains glimmered in the still burning hot wreckage that littered the ground.

Shaking its head Monochromon roared loudly, a fireball igniting deep within its throat, and launching out at the new arrival. Kad could've sworn he saw a smirk appear on the muzzle of his partner as the chains floating in the air shot out, piercing through the flame, and breaking it apart. "Fox Tail Chains!" The metal links became rigid and continued to dart forward and wrap around the dinosaur. The Monochromon thrashed pathetically as the chains tightened around its body. With one last attempt to break free the grey dinosaur was gone and in its place was a mass of red data.

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She continued to idly stare out her bedroom window wishing she could leave. Everything was boring in this house and without Cinnamon she had no one to talk to. With a sigh she turned from the window, missing the massive burst of bright light in the night sky, and walking towards her nightstand. Resting on top of a stack of CDs was a red and gold Digivice. "Cinnamon, come back please…."

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"Well I could've handled it all by myself!" Buckmon chirped up as he eyed the large form of Alopemon who was busy watching the data dissolve in the air. "No you couldn't!" his partner bopped him on the head playfully. She was just happy that it was all over. Lily's purple eyes scanned the large white fox's body still lost in thought about why Bastemon hadn't evolved like that. The black panther Digimon stirred at her side as the sound of alarms reached her ears, "We've got company." Kallie looked beyond the smoking remains of the main street at the flashing red and blue lights quickly approaching them like phantoms. "Sector Patrol! We gotta go!" her hand reached down, grabbing the closest body part of Buckmon's, and took off running in the opposite direction. The yellow fuzz ball waved a gloved paw as his partner dragged him away from the scene by his ear. "We must retreat, Lily." Bastemon had already half vanished in the shadows of the post office. Lily nodded in understanding and followed behind her, giving Kad and Alopemon another glance before being swallowed by the darkness.

To be continued…