Boogeymon had just captured the others to who knows where and now Sho was all alone well except for Labramon. He paced back and forth holding his head. "What do I do?" he repeated to himself.

Labramon simply looked at her partner. She wanted to help him but how? Just then, a thought entered her head. "That's it!" she said to herself.

"Sho-chan" she said grabbing on to Sho's leg.

"Sho snapped out of his panic and noticed Labramon had her teeth clenched against his clothing.

"Just calm down." Labramon began.

"Calm down!?" he shouted. "How am I supposed to calm down when the others have been captured and I'm the only one left?"

"Exactly!" said Labramon. Sho raised an eyebrow at that. "Our only option is to save them!" Labramon exclaimed.

"Was there something in the food you ate? How are we supposed to fight those monsters and find everyone?" Said Sho.

"Well it's up to us!" Labramon proclaimed.

"Us what?" Sho questioned.

Labramon then giggled and said. "Why, rescue them of course, silly head. Yep, it's our duty as a digidestined and digimon to rescue our friends from that meanie Boogeymon." Labramon said, puffing out her chest.

"Okay, but how are we going to find the others?" Sho asked.

Labramon raised her paw as if she was going to answer but she quickly put it down. "I don't know." She said.

Labramon then began to pace back and forth. She occasionally shook her head as if she disregarded a bad idea.

As Sho watched his digimon pace, his eyes drifted towards his digivice. Picking up the orange colored device he began to fiddle with the buttons. After a moment of button pressing, the screen displayed four colored lights, red, blue, black and white. "Yes! I had a feeling this would work." Said Sho. Labramon stopped her pacing and perked her head up. "Look, this digivice can track the others." He said, showing Labramon. "Hey, but it says they are right here." Said Labramon. She was right. The blips on the screen were in the same area as Sho and Labramon.

"Well, maybe they're underground?" guessed Sho.

"That's it!" Labramon said. She then ran up to sho and began to rub against his leg. "Oh I have such a smart human!" she said affectionately.

XXX

Sho was right, the others were indeed underground. Below them lied forgotten chambers. They had held no signs of life for years, well until now. "Yes I did it! I finally did it!" Boogeymon shouted, happily to himself.

It had taken him a good while, but he finally had the digidestined in his grasp. The children and their digimon were chained to a wall. The digimon had their feet tied and their mouth muzzled to prevent any attacks. They struggled against their restraints but to no avail.

"Oh struggle all you want brats, but you aren't getting out." Boogeymon sneered, to the children.

"Let us go you freak!" Jun shouted.

"Not in this lifetime!" Boogeymon shouted.

"Oh, I've waited so long for this. Finally I will get the respect I oh so deserve." Boogeymon said dreamily.

Boogeymon imagined all of the praise he would get for capturing the digidestined. Maybe he would be promoted, he thought. He could just picture all of the armies under his control. "Boogeymon-sama has a nice ring to it." He said, to himself.

He then snapped out of his daydream and decided to get back to business. He walked over to Sakura snatching the digivice from her waist. He gazed at it before an idea hit him. "These things allow your digimon to evolve huh?" he said. "Well I think I can make better use of this."

He then took his pitchfork and tried to pry it open. Although he was having problems since it was small compared to his pitchfork. "Hey give me back my digivice." Sakura shouted. But Boogeymon simply ignored her.

"So any bright ideas leader?" Jun said.

"Hey I'm thinking!" Kazuya spat back.

"Yehg hth tghign." Gazimon said, muffled.

"Well I don't know how we can get out of this." Sakura said.

Chiisi looked up and said "No. There is another."

The others realized that indeed there were two others that Boogeymon had forgotten about.

"Were screwed." Said Jun.

XXX

Back on the surface, Labramon had begun to hastily dig ever since Sho had told her the others were underground.

"Gotta dig gotta dig dig dig!" Labramon said, continuously.

"Uh Labramon, I don't think we can reach them by digging." Said Sho.

Labramon stopped her digging and got out of the hole she had created. "But how are we supposed to get there?" she pouted.

Sho looked around a moment at the ruins before turning to Labramon. "Well maybe there's a way inside." He said. "Come on there has to be some sort of switch."

Sho and Labramon then began to feel the walls of the ruins looking for a way in. Just then, Sho's hand came across something. A piece of a wall sank in. The noise of moving stone caught the duo's attention. Their eyes turned towards a platform. Going towards it, they saw a flight of stairs that led down a dark hallway.

"Sho-chan you did it!' Labramon shouted, happily.

"Come on Sho–chan lets go rescue our friends!" she exclaimed heading down the stairs.

Sho stared at the darkness that the stairs lead to. In all honesty, he was afraid. He wondered what horrors awaited them downstairs. He did not know what was down there but his mind came up with several scenarios, in all of which he was dismembered alive. Labramon's voice then snapped him out of his thoughts. "Sho-Chan, are you coming?" Labramon asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah." Sho said.

Labramon then walked up to him and began rubbing her head against his leg. "Don't be afraid. I said I would protect you from anything." Labramon said, comfortably.

Nodding his head, Sho and Labramon crept down the stairs. Although he was afraid, Sho knew he was the others last hope. That thought made him even more nervous and afraid.

XXX

Boogeymon was in a blissful mood. In his mind, nothing was wrong and soon he would get the respect he felt he deserved. Well actually, that was how he felt a few minutes ago. Now his mind was frustrated. He was still trying to pry open Sakura's digivice. He had met with no success and it was making him angry.

"Why won't this thing open!" he shouted, throwing it the ground.

"Don't throw it like that." Sakura whined, under her breath.

As it hit the ground, a small beeping sound could be heard. Curious, Boogeymon picked it up and looked at the screen. On it was a small blinking orange dot. "What's this?" Asked Boogeymon. "Wait a minute." He said.

He then looked at the kids and their digimon and then realized he had made a fatal error. "I forgot one!" He shouted. Right before him, Boogeymon's dreams of grandeur were fading fast. "I won't stand for this!" Boogeymon exclaimed. He then stormed out of the room in a flash.

"Hey that means Sho's here!" Kazuya said excited.

"Just our luck." Jun said, sarcastically.

"Didn't it occur to Boogeymon that he could just kill us right now?" Chiisi asked.

The others simply looked at him questionably.

"Who's side are you one?" Asked Kazuya.

"Just stating the obvious." Chiisi said, simply.

XXX

Sho and Labramon tried to make their way thru the darkness. Sho felt along the walls. He was afraid that he would fall into a pit or something. Labramon stayed close to Sho in case something tried to attack them. She could sense his fear.

"Why does this place have to be so dark?" Sho asked. "I mean how did people see in here?"

Sho's hand then pressed against a piece of wall. It sank in, and soon the room was filled with light as several torches on the wall lit up.

"Sho-chan you're amazing!" Labramon exclaimed.

Sho smiled at his digimon's praise. "I just pressed a switch that's all." He said

"But when you do it it's amazing." Labramon said, fluttering her eyes.

"Okay." Sho muttered.

His eyes then turned to the chamber before him. Just before them was a room full of pillars. Sho and Labramon walked in cautiously. Sho looked around hoping that nothing would appear from behind the pillars. Labramon simply looked around for signs of any danger. After a few moments, things seemed peaceful. Even Sho was starting to doubt any danger.

"Wait Sho-chan." Labramon said, suddenly.

"What is it Labramon?" Asked Sho.

"The bad smell." Labramon said, growling.

At that moment, Sho felt something was behind him. He slowly turned around and came face to face with Musyamon. With a grunt he swung his sword. Sho managed to dodge at the last minute. The blade only managed to take a few strands of Sho's hair. Sho fell to the ground his eyes wide with fear.

"Come on Sho-chan, get up!" Labramon cried. She grabbed Sho by his shirt and pulled him up just before Musyamon swung his blade down, nearly severing Sho.

"Retrieve Bark!" Labramon cried. The shockwave hit Musyamon but merely seemed to annoy him.

"No good! Run!" Sho cried. The two then ran through the pillar room. Musyamon went after them in pursuit.

"Which way do we go?" Labramon asked.

Sho looked around with panic. "Graggh!" a voice yelled from behind. They turned to see Musyamon slashing his sword at them. "This way!" Sho shouted in a random direction. The two then ran towards a passageway. As soon as they ran into the room, a barrage of lightning and water came rushing towards him. Sho ducked out of the way of the attacks. Sh o then looked at his surroundings and his attackers. He and Labramon were on some kind of stone bridge. On the sides there was noting but a deep pit. Near the end of the bridge were Sho's attackers, Witchmon and Wizardmon.

"Well what do you know. There was another human down here." Said Witchmon.

"I suppose we should take care of him." Wizardmon replied.

Sho backed away. Labramon stood growling willing to defend Sho with her life. Sho turned around to see Musyamon blocking the exit. Sho looked around trying to find a way out. Then an idea hit him…a crazy one that is. "Labramon this way!" Sho shouted jumping into the pit on the side of the bridge."

"Sho-chan!" Labramon cried jumping in after him.

Sho and Labramon fell into the darkness and after what seemed like an eternity, a loud splash filled the chamber.

Sho floated in the water but then felt himself being pulled up. Labramon pulled Sho up above. Labramon pressed her paws against his chest. Sho coughed up some water. He slowly got up breathing heavily.

"Labramon?" Sho asked.

"Oh Sho-chan you're alright." Labramon said, happily. "What were you thinking?" Labramon scolded.

"I don't know!" Sho shouted. Labramon stepped back a bit at her partner's little outburst. "I couldn't think of anything else." He said.

"Well that's okay Sho-chan, just so long as you're alright." Labramon said. "As soon as you're ready we can go look for our friends."

"Labramon be realistic!" Sho spat. "There is nothing new we can possibly do! It was stupid to think I could do anything."

Labramon rubbed her head against Sho hoping to comfort him. "Don't be hard on yourself Sho-chan." She said.

"If you want to blame anyone you can blame me." She said.

Sho looked up at her confused. "Why would I blame you?" Sho asked.

"Well if I could evolve then I would have beaten those guys." Labramon replied.

"I'm not really a good digimon partner." Labramon said, sadly.

"But I still have faith in you. I believed you could rescue our friends from the moment we came in here."

Sho thought for a moment on what Labramon had said. Even though they were in a hopeless situation, she believed in him. Sho knew that he was the other's only hope. In fact he and the others were told that they were this world's only hope. Sho took his digivice and looked at it. With a look of determination he rose. "You're right." He said. He then pushed some buttons on the digivice until several small blips showed up. "Look we're close to where the others are." He said.

"Come on Labramon! Let's go find the others!" he said triumphantly.

"Oh my Sho-chan!" Labramon exclaimed happily.

"Oh no you don't, you little brat!" Sho and Labramon turned to see Boogeymon a few feet away from them.

"I won't let you little whelps ruin my plans!" Boogeymon shouted.

"We're not leaving without our friends!" Sho shouted, summoning up all his courage.

"Yeah so get out of our way!" Labramon shouted.

"Death Crash!" Boogeymon shouted, rushing forward. "I've got you-" Boogeymon said before crashing into the wall. Sho and Labramon had moved out of the way of his attack. "That was kind of sad." Sho said. Labramon nodded in agreement. The two then ran, following the blips on Sho's digivice. They ran until they reached a doorway. "This must be it." Said Sho. He then felt along the wall and sure enough, there was a switch. The door slid open. Before them were the others.

"Hey guys!" Sho said.

"Sho!" Kazuya, Sakura, and Chiisi cried.

"Sanbara you're here?" Jun said surprised.

Sho looked around for any sort of key to free his friends from their chains. He then noticed on a nearby table out in the open was a key. "He just left the key out in the open like that?" Sho said, surprised. "Well we are dealing with a moron." Chiisi said. Sho shrugged in agreement and went to free the others.

XXX

Boogeymon rose to his feet. His head pounded with rage and pain. "I won't let them get away with this." He said between his teeth. He then began to focus all of his energies and concentrated hard. Soon as if out of nowhere, viruses began to appear. These ruins, although old was the perfect place to store the viruses. The small black balls began to imbed themselves in Boogeymon sinking into his skin. "Yes…power…more power!" Boogeymon shouted feeling himself growing stronger.

Meanwhile above, Musyamon, Wizardmon, and Witchmon observed as the viruses disappeared below. Just then, three viruses imbedded themselves in the trio and before they could react, they broke into small clusters of data. The data then floated down and was absorbed into Boogeymon. His eyes began to glow blood red as he cackled wildly.

XXX

The digidestined rushed out of the room as soon as their digimon were free. As soon as they had made it out of the chamber, a large rumbling sound could be heard.

"What was that?" Kazuya shouted. Kazuya noticed Gazimon looked like he was ready to fight.

"Kazuya I have a bad feeling about this." Gazimon said.

The other digimon looked the same as Gazimon. Well except Penguinmon who merely cowered. The group then rushed out into the chamber where Sho and Labramon had escaped Boogeymon. In front of them stood Boogeymon. The only difference was that Boogeymon had numerous tentacles bursting out of his skin. Labramon backed away in fear. "The bad smell is so strong here." She said.

Boogeymon's body then began to grow and distort. The tentacles stretched up towards the ceiling making a large opening. He then pulled himself upwards and continued to break through the ceiling until what appeared to be moonlight came through.

"We have to follow him. Who knows what kind of damage he could do up there." Said Sakura.

"I'd like to kick that moron's ass more than anyone, but how are we going to get up there?" Asked Jun.

"Leave that to me." Fairydramon replied. "I could evolve and fly everyone up there."

"Are you sure you have the energy?" Sakura asked.

Fairdramon nodded her head. With that, Sakura held up her digivice.

"Fairydramon evolve! Tiamon!"

Jun looked at Penguinmon and said. "Well what are you waiting for?"

Penguinmon simply held his head down as Jun held up her digivice.

"Penguinmon evolve! Saberdramon!" As the two champions appeared, Sakura, Kazuya, Gazimon, Sho, and Labramon climbed on Tiamons back. Jun, Chiisi, and DemiDevimon held on to Saberdramons legs. They then flew upwards through the opening while making it bigger with their attacks. As they reached the surface, they gaped at what they saw. Before them was a large red blob, Tentacles covered its body. It soon hit them that this thing was Boogeymon. On the upper part of its body were Boogeymon's arms and head. Although they were more than a little malformed. The creature that had once been Boogeymon turned towards them and swiped his claws at them.

They managed to doge in time. Saberdramon and Tiamon landed and immediately let the kids off.

"We have to stop him." Exclaimed Kazuya.

"I'm with you partner!" Gazimon added getting into battle stance.

"Gazimon evolve! Genkimon!"

DemiDevimon watched with glee. "I finally get a chance to kill that trash devil."

"DemiDevimon evolve! Devimon!" Now stood four champions ready to fight. Labramon looked at her teammates feeling more than a little left out. "I wish I could evolve." She thought to herself.

"So, you all want to die? Fine by me!" Boogeymon roared.

Boogeymon swung his tentacles at the champions wildly.

"Tiamat Fire!"

"Razor Wing!" Devimon shouted, as dark energy blew out of his wings.

"Genki Laser!" Genkimon shouted, sending out a beam of energy from his hands.

"Mach Shadow!"

The four champions cried sending out their attacks.

The attacks hit Boogeymon dead on. He grunted in pain.

"I'm tired of this! I'll start with you." Boogeymon shouted.

A tentacle shot of his body and went straight for Sho. It wrapped itself around him and began to drag Sho towards Boogeymon. "Help!" Sho cried as he sank into Boogeymon's flesh.

"Sho-chan!" Labramon screamed.

"I want him to suffer." Boogeymon cackled.

This was all Labramon could take. Boogeymon had pushed her last nerve. "You give him back, you meanie!" She shouted, running towards Boogeymon. When she got close enough, she leapt at Boogeymon and began to dig into his flesh.

"What are you doing!?' Boogeymon shouted, shocked.

"Labramon!" the other digidestined and the digimon shouted.

Labramon dug her way through the blob-like mass. It smelled terrible in there, but Labramon was determined to find Sho. Then, she caught a glimpse of something. Sure enough, it was Sho. Labramon smiled as she dug toward Sho. Soon, she reached him and immediately covered him with her body. The red mass soon began to cover them. "Don't worry Sho-chan. I said I would protect you." Labramon said as she and Sho were enveloped. Just then Sho's digivice began to glow.

Labramon felt a rising power in her. "It's happening." Labramon thought to herself. "Labramon evolve! Shiisamon!" she cried.

Boogeymon felt something inside him.

"What?" he said. Boogeymon then cried in pain as something burst out of him. The figure stood before the digidestined. Sho on it's back. It set him down and gave him a lick. Sho awoke and looked at the creature that had saved him. Normally Sho would be afraid but he had a feeling who it was

"Labramon?" he asked.

"Yes Sho-chan it's me, but call me Shiisamon." She replied. Her voice sounded older,more mature. Sho stood up to see his digmon. Shiisamon was big enough for one person to ride on. She still had her creamy fur but her tail was now bushy and had a shining gold. Her paws were also bushy and golden with purple claws. She had golden spikes around her neck and a golden horn In the middle of her forehead. Other than the horn, she looked like a dog/lion hybrid.

"You evolved!" Boogeymon said, in disbelief and anger.

"Sho-chan, get back." Shiisamon commanded.

Seeing this, Boogeymon sent out another tentacle at Sho.

"Oh no you don't!" Shiismon shouted

"Sekkantou!" Shiisamon shouted. One of her front paws glowed a bright gold. She slashed at the tentacle, destroying it. Shiisamon then ran forward towards Boogeymon again. "Sekkantou!" She shouted as she leapt. Both her front paws glowed as Shiisamon dove into Boogeymon. She then burst thru Boogeymon, appearing behind him. She then dove back in leaving a second gaping hole.

"Come on everyone. Let's finish this." Shiismon shouted to her comrades.

The other digimon nodded and went towards their enemy. Boogeymon swung wildly hoping to hit them. "Tiamat Fire!" Tiamon shouted sending out another fireball. "Black Saber!" Saberdramon shouted sending out his own fireballs.

Genkimon and Devimon followed Shiisamons earlier example by diving into Boogeymon. "Genki Rush!" Genkimon shouted as he punched and kicked Boogeymons insides. "Touch of Evil!" Devimon shouted. He took extra glee as he clawed inside. Boogeymon screamed in pain as the digimon were latterly tearing him apart. The two then dove out of Boogeymon.

"I…won't…let you get away." Boogeymon said weakly.

"Tiidaiya." Shiisamon shouted. Her mane began to glow. Six shining arrows shot out of her mane and pierced Boogeymon. Boogeymon's body then began to convulse as the holy energy overtook his body.

"He's going to blow!" Genkimon shouted. Boogeymon's body than broke apart in deletion. However, before he completely deleted his body began to glow and a bright light overtook the area. The children and their digmon covered their eyes. When they opened them, there was no trace of Boogeymon.

"They did it!" Sakura shouted.

"Shiisamon you were incredible." Sho exclaimed, happily.

Shiisamon blushed at Sho's remark and then leapt towards him. Sho could only gape, as he was glomped by his digmon. Shiisamon was licking Sho affectionately, drenching his face in drool. The other children ran toward their digmon as well. As if on cue, the digmon devolved back into their rookie forms.

"I told you I would protect you Sho-chan." Labramon said. Just then, Labramon's stomach growled. "I'm hungry." Labramon said.

"I have to agree with the mutt, where's the food?" Jun asked.

Sho then remembered what had happened to the food.

"Well, uh, Labramon sort of ate it all." Sho said meekly.

"All of it?!" The other said in unison.

"You just let her?!" Jun shouted angrily.

"It was not Sho-chan's fault!" Labramon spat back. "So lay off him!" Labramon continued, getting in a defensive stance.

"Is that a challenge, mutt?" Jun asked taking a step towards Labramon. The forest was soon filled with cries of protest as the others tried to stop Jun from beating Sho and Labramon.

XXX

Boogeymon limped through the forest. He had managed to barely escape. He would have to plan something else. But first he would have to rest until then. He stumbled onto his knees.

"So, you failed again?" a voice said.

Boogeymon looked up to see the source……Duskmon.

"It wasn't my fault. They ganged up on me." Boogeymon said, weakly.

"Typical. Always making excuses." Duskmon said, coldly.

"You are nothing but a miserable failure. You can't even accomplish a plan you set out. "You disgust me." Duskmon spat.

"Please, give me another cha-." Boogeymon pleaded. But his pleas were cut short. Duskmon's sword now stuck thru Boogeymon's head. Boogeymon then deleted into nothing.

Drawing his sword, Duskmon vanished into the night.

To be continued…