Alright, Chapter 3! This is where the action really gets started :D Please read and review guys, otherwise I feel like I'm writing to a brick wall o.o' which, I guess isn't surprising, but still XD


Chapter 3: The Three-Headed Terror

"She has come, Kronosmon, the human in the prophesy arrived in the digital world just this morning."

The cloaked digimon bowed low before the glass cylinder which pulsated with a sickly green glow at every beat of the voice that came from within.

"Phantomon, are these facts true?" a darker voice asked, its tone filled with a rasp that signified weakness, "Has she really appeared in this world?"

The phantom gazed up with his glowing yellow eyes and gave a sharp nod, "Yes, I saw her with my own eyes when I was flying above Blossomon's Forest. She had interrupted the battle between Knightmon and Angemon. I saw the battle with my own eyes, and I don't think you'd appreciate what had taken place."

A loud roar pierced the dark room and Phantomon ducked in fear as the green pulse took on a crimson red color, "Tell me what happened, worm! If you keep me waiting, I'll destroy you in the slowest and most painful way possible! I can not tolerate disobedience in my kingdom!"

Phantomon shivered and lowered his sleeves so he could look at his master with fear-filled eyes, "Knightmon did destroy the Angemon like you asked…but the girl stepped into battle. She…she used her D-Watch to destroy the leech." He flinched, preparing for an enraged outburst.

The liquid within the glass container returned to its neon green color and the gravelly voice continued, "Good, Knightmon was just the right bait we needed to assure her arrival. Angemon is one less nuisance I must deal with."

Phantomon sighed in relief and hovered back from the creature within the canister, "I will keep my eye out on her, and find her strengths and weaknesses. I'm sure she'll be no match for whatever else you throw at her, and maybe if I watch close enough, we can find where the rebels' main base is."

The creature within the liquid spoke again, this time with a threatening tone, "Alright, you can go forth. Make sure though that she isn't killed through our attacks. Inform the troops that I assign, and tell them that they can get rid of anyone else that gets in their way."

"Yes, my liege," the messenger whispered before leaving the darkness of the room behind.

"Soon…" the raspy voice muttered as the cold metal doors slammed after the phantom's retreat. The liquid turned a darker color and silence filled the chamber.


The arrival to Eden was uneventful. Dramon continued to snooze in her arms, so she went up to the willow tree and set him down on the grass-covered ground. Leaning against the trunk of the tree, the girl felt her eyelids grow heavy. It had been quite a day…she hadn't taken a rest since she was back in the real world, "Why am I here?" She whispered in a soft prayer, "What if I fail these digimon like I've failed Angemon? I…I need help…"

She didn't know if seconds, minutes, or hours had passed since she had rested against the tree, but she was now asleep. Unlike the times before, she had a strange sense of being in her dozing state. She could feel her hair against the back of her neck and could move her body freely, and all around her was white, as if she was centered in a never ending room where all the walls were painted with the bright, monochrome color.

She stepped forward, feeling the ground beneath her as if it were truly there. Her previous dreams had always seemed real to her, but not this real. She even self consciously lifted a hand and swept a rogue strand of hair away from her eyes, and felt her fingers brush against her brow as she did so.

"Amanda…"

The voice caught her off guard and she jumped a foot backwards as she looked around the white room for the source. The voice had a musical quality to it, and it grew louder until she could hear it right in front of her.

"Amanda…I have heard your prayers, and I'm here to answer a few of them." As her eyes adjusted to the strange light, she could almost see a winged figure standing before her, but she could not distinguish any of its features.

"Who…who are you?" she asked as she took a few steps back, wondering if she could trust this strange being.

"Who do you think I am? I am the one that formed you in your mother's womb…I was the one that protected you from the evils of the world, and was the one that shielded you against the fury of your parent's rivals. I've safely lowered you down into the digital world, and I have watched you do your best to defend one of my warriors."

She averted her eyes and fell to her knees, feeling shocked by the presence, "I…I didn't realize…I'm sorry, Lord." she whispered as she rubbed her chilled arms with her hands, "I didn't know if you could hear me in this new world…But I had to try, just in case." She lifted her eyes towards the comforting source of light and allowed the corners of her mouth to curl into a smile, "Why did you come to me?"

The voice took on a gentler tone as He continued, "Of course I could come to this world, the digimon need a guide as well…" she heard a sigh and the voice continued, "I helped you because I know that you're the only one that can save these creatures with the technology your parents gave you. It may seem like a large chore, but with your strength, courage, and kindness, I'm sure you will do fine. Here…allow me to give you something that will help immensely in your quest."

A sphere of light began to materialize before the winged form and it pulsated in different colors. Red turned to blue, blue turned to green, and green turned to white. The sphere drew closer to her and the voice continued, "This sphere will give you abilities in the digital world that will assist you. Though you may not learn how to use its properties right away, you will learn them as your journey progresses."

Amanda slowly reached out a hand and hesitantly wrapped her fingers around the cool sphere. It crumbled in her hand and small multi-colored sparks surrounded her, falling upon her like snowflakes in the winter, only the sparks provided warmth and comfort to her, and she could feel herself ease up as the last of the sparks met her skin.

"Use these gifts well, for they'll be your sword and shield when all else fails."

The winged figure slowly began to disappear and she opened her mouth to ask something else. However, she felt a strange pulling sensation and the room began to darken as she felt herself return to consciousness.

Amanda's eyes fluttered open and she leapt to her feet as energy returned to her once again. She noticed that it was getting dark, but a bit of light was peeking through ground level, revealing the steady setting of the sun.

"That was…amazing." She whispered. She looked up towards the heavens and smiled up at the opening above, "Thank you…Thank you for coming to me."

"Mmm? Who 're you talkin' to?" Dramon sleepily murmured as he pushed himself up to all fours and looked up at his tamer, "Did I miss anything? I remember getting hit by a huge tree, everything else from there is fuzzy."

The girl chuckled and gave the dragon's scaly head a gentle pat, "I purified Knightmon, he's greeting the other digimon now as we speak."

Dramon nuzzled the side of his face against his tamer's hand like a large, lizard-like cat before pulling gently away, "And what about Angemon? He saved my life."

The tamer's smile faded and she looked away, "Angemon…didn't make it."

"Oh…" Dramon frowned as a crash of thunder roared in the distance, "I'm sorry…I should've been more careful when I rushed in there…I didn't think."

The girl shook her head, "No, it's not your fault. He was weakened from the wounds he received earlier. It's no one's fault but that stupid Leech. I'm glad my watch can destroy those things…they're disgusting little monsters." She shivered and turned to head down the cliff, "Let's see how the others are doing. I'm sure the Gomamon and Wormmon are thrilled to see an Ultimate level digimon wandering around." She chuckled, "Poor Airdramon was struggling to keep him in the air. His armor must be heavier than it looks."

"Mr. Knightmon! Mr. Knightmon! Is it true you can defeat a Metalgreymon in one attack?!"

"Can you fly?! I thought all Ultimate level digimon can fly!"

"That's a huge blade! I bet it can cut through boulders!"

The little Rookie digimon crowded around Knightmon, who's eyes took on a flustered, dazed look. He had never had so much attention brought on him before, "One at a time, one at a time!"

Seadramon lifted his head from the water and rolled his eyes, "Let him be, kids. He had a long day yesterday, it's time for him to take a rest."

The seal and worm-like digimon all turned their heads to Seadramon and frowned, simultaneously shouting, "Awwwww." The sea serpent just shook his head and motioned with a thin fin towards the cliff overlooking the lake, "Go on and play. You can ask questions one at a time later."

Amanda's eyes widened as an army of Rookie digimon rushed towards her. She did her best not to step on anyone as they rushed past, but one of the Gomamon fell flat on his face, causing the others to run him over, "Hey! Gettoff me! Go around!" His tiny voice squeaked as he tried to regain his footing, his clawed flippers flopping awkwardly on the ground.

The girl chuckled as she picked the small digimon up and set him down right on the ground, "Here you go. You're so small compared to the other ones…" She frowned as she looked at him. He must have been half the size of the other Gomamon.

"Yeah…I was the runt of the litter. My digiegg was knocked around a few times in Primary Village…" He gave a nervous chuckle while rubbing the back of his head, "Elecmon decided to call me Gomi…if you want to call me by that I don't mind. I sort of like it." He smiled warmly and began to pad off, "I'll see you later."

The tamer chuckled lightly and waved to him, "Alright, it was a pleasure to meet you, Gomi." Turning to Knightmon, she watched as he drew a handkerchief and wiped at his invisible brow, "Not used to having young ones running around, are you?" She smiled and gave his gauntlet a gentle pat, "Sorry for all the excitement around here. Quite a lot has happened to Eden when we arrived."

The two watched the placid lake for a while, enjoying the sight of the Gomamon playing a game with Seadramon. He dove beneath the water, dorsal fin rising above the surface to make himself appear like a shark as he chased after the laughing digimon. So absorbed they were in surveying the game that they didn't notice Airdramon flying towards them until she practically whipped them backwards with her wings. Dramon, curious by the sudden arrival of the large dragon digimon, glided in beside his tamer.

"Guys, I saw a Deltamon in the western sector of Kairo Canyon wreaking havoc on a small town there." The serpentine dragon said as she lowered her body to the ground, "The digimon in the town are all rebels against Kronosmon. Apparently he discovered it and infected the guardian that had previously kept watch over it."

Amanda looked down at Dramon, "What do you say? Want to try and take this Deltamon out?"

The small dragon chuckled and gave a strong flap of his wings, "Would I ever?!" He flew up and landed on top of Airdramon's skullcap. Chuckling, he wrapped his tail around one of her horns and curled up, "Wake me up when we get there…"

"Man…out of all the digimon in the world, I had to get the laziest one." Chuckling, the teen climbed onto the serpentine dragon's back and grabbed hold of the crimson feathers behind Airdramon's head, "Alright, let's get going."

The dragon let out a loud roar before shooting up towards the sky, her long body twisting and turning behind her. Amanda closed her eyes as they burst through the canopy. When they made it into the clear sky, she reached up and plucked a leaf out of her hair, allowing it to slip through her fingers to flutter to the ground below, "I sure hope that canopy holds out…soon any digimon flying overhead can see where Eden is…"

Dramon looked back at her and blinked sleepily, "Don't worry, we'll be fine. The chances of an evil digimon spotting this place is a million to one. There's no way anyone can see it if they don't know what they're looking for." He gave a motion of his claw to the vast forest that surrounded the peaceful glade.

"I guess so…" The girl frowned and looked up as they drew nearer to the dark clouds that loomed ahead, "I sure hope you're right."

Minutes of silence flew by and soon Airdramon slowed her wing beats and began to descend upon the darkened clouds. Amanda felt beads of water slide down her arms and she shivered as the cool air ran across her skin. She wanted to rub some warmth back into them, but she was clinging tightly to Airdramon's feathers to prevent herself from flying over the dragon's head from the powerful winds that beat at them.

When they flew below the cloud line, they were pelted by a downpour that mercilessly drenched the girl within a few seconds. She could hear it pattering harmlessly on the scales of the two dragons, and she leaned closer to Airdramon's body to try and shelter most of her body from the rain. The deluge struck at her back and she shut her eyes tightly from the painful feeling. When flying at 100 miles per hour in a downpour, the rain felt like needles that flung mercilessly down at her.

After what seemed like hours of bearing the fierce downpour, Airdramon landed upon the muddy ground and the tamer and her digimon dismounted. The serpentine dragon waved a wing at them and slithered back into the air, unleashing a loud roar as she did her best to fight the winds and get back into the sky.

"I see the town over there!"

Amanda turned to see Dramon pointing at a large village gate a few yards away. She felt him nudge her back gently with his snout in order to get her moving and she slowly complied, watching as forks of lightning pierced the air, casting a frightening glow on the town before them.

Their pace quickened to a quick run as the rain beat harder upon them. Amanda's glance moved up and her eyes widened as a tall form loomed over the town. More streaks of lightning illuminated the strange, three-headed monster.

The tamer was taken aback at the strange heads that replaced the beast's claws. An armored, serpent-like mug gnashed its jaws in the air, the rain sliding down the steel that covered the top of its head. Rivers of drool fell from its fangs onto the ground, sending up tendrils of steam into the air.

The left hand smashed down upon the wall of the town, the rubble barely scratching the bones that made up the dragon-like head. It's empty eye sockets had a dim red glow to match the glowing eyes of the more fleshed out faces. Amanda gasped as a small rabbit-like digimon was lifted into the jaws of the skeletal maw and swallowed. When the teeth opened again, a thin stream of data flowed out between the beast's fangs.

"I…I never saw that digimon before." Her eyes widened and she looked down at Dramon. The Deltamon towered over the town that it had once guarded…how could her digimon even think of standing a chance against him?

Dramon growled as he narrowed his eyes against the rain, "I'll locate the leech for you. You have to stay out of the way until then. The only way we can beat this thing is if we purify it."

The digimon spread his wings, feeling the needle-like rain and wind pounding against them with furious blows. With a few strained beats, he leapt into the air and soon grabbed hold of a burst of air that sent him soaring towards the gigantic digimon.

The center head noticed the small figure coming towards him and he slowly brought the mechanical one in to intercept. Dramon was quicker and he spiraled away from the jaws just as they snapped closed. He could smell the rancid breath of the beast and he made a face, "What I do for glory…"

Nearing the Deltamon's chest, Dramon dived down and planted all four claws on the dinosaur's knee before using it to propel himself up towards the chin of the main head. Opening his mouth, the dragon felt flames trickle past his teeth and he let out a fierce growl, "Fire Storm!"

A barrage of fireballs shot out of his mouth, slamming into the lower jaw of the Deltamon. Screeching in irritation, the digimon tried to move its arms to rub away the pain, but the heads clacked together. The mechanical and skeletal mugs began to snap at each other in anger, allowing Dramon to weave in and out of their movements to fly to the back of the creature.

"Doragon Flame!" Opening his jaws once again, Dramon unleashed an intense blast of fire between Deltamon's shoulder blades. The monster screeched angrily and clumsily turned around, his heads searching wildly for the tiny digimon.

"Nothing…where is that stupid Leech?" Dramon growled and flapped his wings against the hammering winds in order to drift high above Deltamon's main head. He threw his arms back and snapped his wings against his side, sending him dropping at break-neck speed at the dinosaur's muzzle.

Deltamon caught sight of his opponent and opened his jaws to snap up the small dragon as he fell. Dramon opened his own mouth as a small ball of energy began to form, growing larger and larger as he drew nearer.

"Inferno Force!"

"Triplex Force!"

As the beam was about to blast forth from Dramon's mouth, Deltamon turned both arms up to allow the two other open maws to face him. Within each a similar ball of energy formed, only they were green in color with light blue waves that pulsed within.

Amanda gasped as she saw the sight and she quickly ran towards the large dinosaur's feet.

"Dramon! Fly out of there!" she shouted as loud as she could. With the rain pattering against the ground and the wind, she knew the dragon couldn't hear her cries.

Dramon's pupils turned to slits as he opened his mouth wider to allow room for the enlarged ball of energy. He hadn't noticed the enemy's attack forming until the last minute, and as the three beams shot up at him from all sides, his eyes widened in shock and he screeched in unbearable pain as the attack made contact with his small body. Every nerve on him was on fire, and the physical torture prevented him from realizing that he was falling from the air.

Amanda felt as if her heart was wrenched from her body as she watched the small digimon meet the attack head-on. She rushed forward as fast as she could, but his tiny body struck the ground before she could reach him. Deltamon loomed high above her, but she knelt at the digimon's side, feeling her heart race.

As she gazed at his smoking, battered form, tears flooded the girl's eyes and she tried blinking them away, mingling the tears with the rainwater that slid down her face. She reached her hand out towards the dragon's head and pulled it back, unsure to whether she should touch his wounded body or not.

As she pushed her hesitation aside, she placed her hand upon his brow and was assailed by rays of immensely bright light that shot out from her D-Watch. The light cascaded around Dramon and he began to glow with a bright red aura.

Amanda stumbled to her feet and watched as the glow increased in size. It soon was knee-high to Deltamon. The large dinosaur took a step back in surprise as features began to form upon the shimmering figure.

"Dramon digivolve to…"

Soon a body appeared within the bright mass and a long neck began to stretch from the shoulders. A draconic head, more menacing then that of Dramon appeared upon the neck and a row of sharp spikes started from the top of the dragon's mug before they traveled down its spine. Two more rows of shorter spikes ran along the sides of the first. Beneath the spikes, armored plating began to form, adding more protection to the dragon's body. The wings grew much greater in size and more ribs formed between the membranes to add extra flexibility and distance.

"Drakemon!"

The red and black dragon stretched its wings and unleashed an earth-shaking roar as he rejoiced in his growth. His green eyes turned to look at Amanda and he smiled, "Are you ready to ride upon my back, tamer?" he asked in a deeper, more melodic voice as he lowered his body to the ground, "Together we can defeat any digimon that stands in our path!"

Amanda gave a weak, wide-eyed nod before leaping upon Drakemon's back. She landed at the base of his neck where a space between two spikes lay. Clutching onto the closest spine in front of her, she braced herself for flight and prepared herself to search for the leech.

Drakemon bent his legs and than leapt into the sky, unleashing yet another roar as he launched himself into the air. His great wings beat against the maelstrom with ease, and Amanda gasped for joy at the smooth ride that he provided. She didn't care that the rain beat against her face like sharp icicles. All she cared about was that her digimon was okay…more than okay.

Drakemon hovered in the air for a moment before diving down at Deltamon who tried swiping at him with the skull-like head upon his arm. The large dragon easily tilted himself to the side to avoid being hit and he unleashed a stream of fire upon the dinosaur's exposed side. He than used Deltamons body as a base and pushed his back legs against it to fly off once again.

The force of the dragon's four legs caused Deltamon to stumble back and he fell upon his elbows, causing the two mouths on his hands to open in alarm. As Drakemon flew past the metallic one, Amanda gasped as she saw two red orbs on the monster's hard palate.

"I see it!" she shouted to Drakemon, hoping he heard her above the rain, "Get us near to the metal mouth!

The dragon nodded and made a 180 turn just as Deltamon stood back up again. He opened his mouth and pelted another fireball at the armored head of Deltamons right hand. The serpentine mug opened its jaws as it screeched out in pain and Amanda leapt off of Drakemon's back into the monster's gaping mouth.

Darkness enshrouded the tamer as the jaws snapped closed and she pushed herself up to her feet, grimacing as the slimy tongue released saliva onto her hand. She hissed in pain as it started to burn. "I gotta delete this thing before I'm all covered in this gunk."

Her eyes darted to the red mouth above and she lifted her wrist as she saw the two glowing eyes of the Shadow Leech. With a press of a button, the miniscule beam shot forth and struck the leech head on, enlarging its body before it exploded in a burst of data.

A blast of cold air met her as the jaws of the mighty dinosaur opened up once again. The winged form of Drakemon swooped down towards her, a joyful smile on his face. With one quick leap, she was on the dragons back and the duo soared over the three heads of the purified digimon.

Amanda wiped the disgusting drool that had gotten on her hand onto her jeans, feeling the burn fade away, "Man, if those leeches are giving the infected digimon new weapons, then Kronosmon is a force to be reckoned with." She raised her voice in order to be heard over the rain.

"Yeah, but we can handle them together!" the dragon shouted as he gave a few mighty flaps and entered the stormy clouds. Lightning flickered her and there, causing the tamer to jump slightly, "We should land in the village and give them the all-clear. Deltamon looks a bit confused about what happened."

Nodding in agreement, the tamer held firm to the spike in front of her as the large dragon dived down. The rain began to die down as Drakemon banked in the air and slowly lowered himself to the ground. As all four claws gently made it down to the cobblestone streets below, he lowered himself to the ground and allowed his tamer to slide off of his back.

"Well…aside from a few homes, this place doesn't look like it was damaged to badly." Looking around, the tamer noticed a few of the gray rabbit-like digimon nearby. One of them cautiously walked forward and lifted a brow in confusion.

"Are you the two who turned Deltamon back to his normal self?" The Gazimon stepped forward and examined them.

Amanda nodded, "Yeah…we got rid of the Shadow Leech that controlled him." She rubbed the back of her neck nervously, "Is everyone here okay? We saw him destroy a building or two."

The rabbit frowned and shook his head, "We lost a few of our friends to him, but we knew he wasn't doing it on purpose. Ever since he was a young Gazimon like us he was quite a cute little guy." He chuckled and looked up at the digimon.

"Yeah…cute…" Amanda made a face as she looked at her drool-covered feet, "Umm…anyway, I just wanted to clear things up before we head back home. I heard you are a village rebelling against Kronosmon."

Gazimon nodded, "We sure are, which is why he decided to infect our only guardian. We are grateful for your help. In return, some of my friends and I will be glad to assist in any way we can."

Amanda blinked and looked back at Drakemon, "I think that would be wonderful. You should come to Eden, I'm sure we could use your services there." She looked back at the rabbit-like digimon with a smile, "I will send Airdramon for transport, I'm sure you guys would like to take some time to rebuild before you join us."

Gazimon smiled and nodded, his wet ears flopping over his eyes, "That would be very much appreciated. Deltamon will remain here to protect Kairo Canyon." Holding out his clawed hand, he offered her a warm smile, "It would be an honor to shake the hand of the one chosen to save this world."

Amanda gave a kind smile in return and happily returned the handshake, "And it's an honor to meet such generous digimon such as yourselves. I hope we meet again soon."

As the group of Gazimon turned to make their repairs, the tamer turned to her digimon and smiled as she climbed aboard his back, "Well, I'd say that went well."

Dramon nodded as he looked over at the Deltamon, who was waving its skeletal head at them, a toothy grin on his two other heads, "I'd say so as well. Not only did we save a bunch of digimon, we got a few new recruits at Eden." Feeling her stomach jolt as the large dragon took off into the air, Amanda chuckled and leaned back, feeling the gentle rain tickle her face and arms, "I guess this 'protector of the digital world' thing isn't so bad after all. Hopefully from now on we'll prevent more deaths and purify as many digimon as we can."

"Yeah, Kronosmon doesn't stand a chance!"