(Sorry for taking so long, RL got me busy and I was experiencing internet problems)
"This is a bad idea" Alex commented.
"We don't have any other choice" Peter added. "Besides, this was your idea".
"Yeah, but I was hoping someone would think of a better one".
"I agree Alex. I was hoping I would too. I mean, you heard the rumors right?"
"That Calumon likes games and practical jokes that can end up being really embarrassing? Yeah".
Alex thought he heard something, and turned around, but it was just a traffic camera adjusting itself. Peter took a step forward. "Listen, the sooner we go in, the sooner we get this over with".
"Yeah, Calumon is a holy beast. They always know things other Digimon don't" Cherumon mentioned.
"You are a holy beast too" Falcomon noted. Cherumon immediately blushed.
"Shut up Falcomon!"
Guilmon used his nose to nudge Alex's shoulder. "Why are they fighting Alexmon?"
Alex half smiled at Guilmon. "Because they are in love. And maybe we will get lucky, and Calumon will know what is wrong with you as well Guilmon. Cause there is more then a hard skull preventing you from permenantly learning I am not a mon".
The camera moved back over, watching the group secretly. The Virus was interested in them. And in the Guilmon especially. It took several key words as interesting. "Guilmon. Bugged. Wrong With. You. Calumon. Preventing. Learning".
It then cross referenced this data with what Yamaki said before. That there is only supposed to be one Guilmon. That Takato created him. The Virus asked online networking, and confirmed there was a Guilmon with Takato. Two Guilmons. One has an unknown Origin. The other created using one of the old Blue Cards. And then it took another audio log, from a security camera by a cafe where Detective Dare talked to Alex's parents. About how Sebastian was also a Tamer. It brought up records of Sebastian, to find out what Digimon he had.
And then he discovered it. It was another Guilmon. "Assessment. Subject Alex Mason and Subject Guilmon were not naturally selected. Someone chose Alex, and someone chose to create another Guilmon...or use the same Guilmon...as his partner. Also, detecting abnormal data packets inside Guilmon. Conclusion: Both must be eliminated, and not be allowed to contact Calumon. Assessing options. Conclusion: Weaken barrier, let through wild Digimon. Cannot reveal source of weakening yet, Virus Augmentations not possible for task. Must prevent full realization of power".
The Virus shut off all power to Calumon's tower, and then weakened the Digital barrier to have wild Digimon Bio-emerge, creating an overflowing dataflow to ensure they would be enraged. There would be too much data in them for them to be calm.
Subjects Alex Mason and Guilmon must be eliminated.
"We have abnormal Digimon activity in sector 34!" one of the analysts alerted everyone in the control room. "It does not appear to be Virus activity! There is a Digimon Bio-Emerging inside Calumon Tower!"
Yamaki knew better then to believe those scans completely. "Monitor the situation, and look into the how the BIo-emerge happened there. Alex and the others went there today to consult Calumon, and this would be exactly when they would be there! Thomas, readings? I want you to find out everything you can about this incident, and bring up the battle board. The moment we get any data, put it up! I don't want to miss anything!"
Thomas immediately got to work, and got results seemingly even quicker. "Confirmed! All three of them and their Digimon are on site! The Bio-Emerge combined with the power outage triggered the tower's lockdown mode. Normally, it would only activate if the Digimon was outside, but thanks to the power outage, it instead trapped everyone inside with it!"
"Contact Detective Dare and the rest of the Digimon Police Unit! We might not be able to be certain the virus is involved, but this is way too coincidental to leave to chance! I want all networks scanned at once!"
"It wont work. Not the way you want it to" a familiar voice spoke behind Yamaki. He turned around, and it was Takato and Guilmon. "I might not know a lot about Viruses, but ever since D-Reaper I did do quite a bit of research into the non-Digimon Digital Entity, as well as all theoretics that could involve them. Anything you try from here wont do much. The most you can do is gather information. And Yamaki, you of all people should know how useless that was to help get rid of them, because you tried that with Digimon and every time it failed. We have to find it on the net itself, and face it head on".
Henry looked surprised. Takato greeted him, but Henry's curiosity apparently took over. "Takato? What are you doing here? There has been no news or reports on the Virus to the public, and we never called you. What are you doing here?"
"The Virus tried to come after us, and I heard some strange news about another Guilmon having shown up. The first one involved us, but the second one was the one that got me really interested" Takato mentioned. "After all, I created Guilmon from my own imagination. There shouldn't be a single other Guilmon, yet for some reason there is".
Thomas spoke up, interrupting the reunion. "You mentioned that our method wouldn't work. What do you mean? What is your idea?"
"I meant it did not work in the past, and that there is a much more effective option. We go into the Internet ourselves, and take it down before it goes after my family or anyone else again. It worked last time".
Henry chuckled a little. "Takato, I don't think you have changed a bit. But that might work...".
Suddenly, the battle board lit up with activity.
As the group finished running up all the stairs towards Calumon, they heard sounds of fighting. They turned the corner into a hallway, and Calumon quickly flew past and hid behind them. "Please please help me!"
The other Digimon Calumon was hiding from was a FallenAngemon, an Angemon with black, decayed wings, red replacing all the gold, and black the white. It was DemiDevimon's CHampionB form, normally unlocked when he became truly heroic. However, this one had gone completely wild, seemingly loosing all sense of control over himself.
"Guys, this building is also full of apartments! THere are a lot of people in danger!" Peter shouted.
"Then we gotta take this guy down fast" Diana replied.
"Alex Mason and Guilmon..." "Peter Jones and Falcomon..." "Diana Miller and Cherumon..." "Claiming the fight!"
As the Battle Zone generated, Alex realized something. "Guys! The halls are too narrow! We cant Digivolve!"
"He's right!" Peter admitted. "Peckmon, Angedramon, and Growlmon are all too big!"
"Then lets even the odds! Digi-Modify! Bubble-Gum Blaster Activate!"
Cherumon jumped in front as FallenAngemon charged them, firing a barrage of bubbles at him. On contact, the bubbles exploded into super sticky gum and locked him in place. Guilmon and Falcomon then launched their ranged attacks on him.
Alex and Peter were up next, both taking out a modify card. "Digi-Modify! Power Activate!"
The attacks increased in power and damage, affecting FallenAngemon. However, he sent out an unholy burst that freed him of the gun and knocked the rookie DIgimon back. Alex quickly pulled out a modify card, as FallenAngemon charged up another powerful attack. However, the rookies were still recovering from the attack. Alex looked at the card, and crossed his fingers. "I need you to work now! Please be useful! Digi-Modify! Strength Tap Activate!"
Alex collapsed to the ground and Guilmon got up, fully charged. "Alexmon? Oh no, you used that card!"
"Darkness..." FallenAngemon started, but stopped as Guilmon looked back at him. And that look terrified him.
Alexmon was unconscious, Peter and Diana were still struggling to get up having been hit as well, and the Digimon were still a bit dazed. Guilmon looked back at FallenAngemon, feeling a combination of anger and some other strange feeling. FallenAngemon seemed to freak out by that look, which stunned him. And all Calumon could do was watch. Guilmon then spoke, though he sounded different from normal. "You will not hurt him!"
"No...no its nothing, I won't let some rookie beat me!" FallenAngemon yelled. "Darkness Inferno!"
"Pyro Shield!" Guilmon yelled, creating a fire shield that negated the attack completely. And then Calumon saw it. This was no normal Digimon. Someone...or something...created this Digimon through artificial means. Calumon might expect the Digignomes, but if it was their work alone his construction would be more elegant, like the original Guilmon. Someone else had a hand in this. This Guilmon was created for a purpose. Calumon did not know what that purpose was, but it had an inner power. And it had something else, though Calumon could not identify what it was.
"Pyro..." Guilmon started as FallenAngemon started to beg. "...destroyer!"
This final attack dusted FallenAngemon, causing him to turn into a Digi-Egg. Guilmon also collapsed, having apparently put all his remaining strength into it. As Diana and Peter got up, Calumon flew towards them. "You had a question?"
Takato, Guilmon, Henry, and Terriermon looked over the area on the internet when the Virus would have been. There were signs it had been here, but it was gone now. "Anything we can get from it?"
"Just that it seemed to be watching the whole area. Its spying on not just them though, but everyone it can I think".
"That's it?"
"No, there is one word that comes up a lot. Guilmon".
"So its interested in Alex's Guilmon just like we are?" Takato asked, though he already knew the answer.
"Why he interested in the other me?" Guilmon inquired.
Henry shook his head. Suddenly, a Digi-Gnome popped out of the datastream. "What the...what are they doing here?"
Guilmon and Terriermon seemed to be communicating with them. "Its curious...I think that is what it is saying. The Digi-Gnomes have grown curious as to how this city exists both in the human and Digital World. And about the...anomalies they detected..."
Takato thought he saw something out of he corner of his eye, but when he turned to look nothing was there. "Henry. This virus is too dangerous to just wait around. Its time we hunt it down...before it hunts us down..."
As the Virus watched them all, it knew now there was a good threat against it. "Threat Confirmed. Contacting Admin. Alerting Admin to threat to operations. Begining counter attack scenarios. Beginning preparations to eliminate all threats. Only way to ensure operational success. No witnesses remain. Enacting plan created..."
The Virus then ceased its report to Admin, and began preparations. It could not afford to allow any aditional risk to develop. It would handle this...permanently.
"SO, what did Calumon say?"
"After being Calumon, he finally told us something. It was only a guess, but...and for the record, this is only what I deciphered from his words...the virus both is and is not a Digimon. it evolved somehow to be more like a Digimon, but cant fully adapt. Unfortunately, this might make it even more dangerous. And the only way to defeat it once and for all would be to destroy its core".
"The thing that nearly got all of us?"
"Exactly" Diana told him.
Alex sighed. "Well, I guess that is better then nothing. Its not as much as we wanted, but at least we can say we have a goal. Destroy the Virus Core".
"What I am curious is who created the thing in the first place?" Peter added. "I mean, it kind of reminds me about that one thing we heard about years ago, the D-Reaper, but its somewhat different. Still, its remarkably similar...you think it might be based on it?"
"Who would want to remake the D-Reaper though? No way. Besides, I think we would know if it anyway at all originated from the D-Reaper".
Alex looked toward the sky. "All I know for certain is that trouble is coming...and its got us in its sight".
WIll the group survive what comes next? How did the Virus get created, and who is this Admin? Will the others be able to help the group? I guess to find out you will have to keep watching/reading Digimon: Battle Zone to find out!
