The group gathered around Rodrigo's Digivice, to see what it said. It projected an image so all could see. Some words were superimposed on the image.

"THIS DIGIVICE HAS THE PROPHECY INSCRIBED IN IT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT?" Rodrigo, without a moment's hesitation, pressed yes. There was a beep, and then a menu screen came up.

1. PROLOGUE

2. DIGIDESTINED & DIGIMON

3. VILLAINS

4. WHAT MUST BE DONE

5. CALL AZULONGMON FOR ASSISTANCE

"It's like some DVD menu!" Taylor exclaimed. Rodrigo moved the Digivice button up to the number 1, and pressed it. Immediately, words appeared on the screen.

"THE DIGIWORLD HAS LIVED IN RELATIVE PEACE SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THE HUMAN WORLD HAS NOT KNOWN OF OUR ACTUAL PRESENCE, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE AWARE THROUGH A TELEVISION SHOW THAT SHOWED REAL EVENTS AND REAL ENEMIES WITH FAKE CHARACTERS. BUT, NOW THE PROPHECY STATES THAT A TERRIBLE EVIL WILL COME SOON AND ATTEMPT TO CONTROL BOTH THE DIGITAL WORLD AND THE HUMAN WORLD, FORCING DIGIMON TO ADAPT AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. SO, 17 BEINGS, EIGHT FROM THIS WORLD, EIGHT FROM THE HUMAN WORLD AND ONE FROM BOTH WILL COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT AGAINST THIS TERRIBLE EVIL. IF BOTH HUMANS AND DIGIMON ARE ABLE TO REACH THEIR FULL EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL, THE PROPHECY WILL BE FULFILLED. HOWEVER, THE EVIL WILL ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ATTEMPTED IN THE HUMAN WORLD, AND CAUSED A GREAT LOSS OF LIFE! IF THE HUMANS DO NOT STOP THIS FROM OCCURRING BEFORE TOO MUCH LIFE IS LOST, ALL WILL BE FOR NAUGHT! TO GO TO CHAPTER 2, PLEASE PRESS BUTTON AGAIN!"

Rodrigo looked at this entire paragraph, and whistled. "Well, we're the Digidestined. If it wasn't official yet, now it is."

"But, the Prophecy said there were 17 beings." Ashley mused. "And there are only 16 of us." The answer sprung into her head immediately; Alison's baby. "Alison, that egg may be the key to saving both of our worlds." Alison looked at the egg she would so want to forget.

"Well, I suppose I could get to know it a little better." she said fondly. "It sure would be nice to be a mommy."

"All right guys." Casey settled everyone down and motioned for Rodrigo to go to the next section, Digidestined and Digimon. Rodrigo pressed the button, and immediately, a profile was written on the screen. And this profile was about…

"ME!" Brett laughed in delight.

"And me!" Candlemon also looked on gleefully. Rodrigo read on.

"BRETT HARKES, 15 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: FIRE, CREST OF COURAGE. CANDLEMON, ROOKIE FIRE DIGIMON. BRETT'S DIGIVICE CAN PURIFY EVIL DIGIMON WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE VIRUS."

"That's why that Snimon changed!" Brett said in wonder. "I purified it!"

"Let's go to the next one." Arik inquired, and sure enough, next up was Arik and Falcomon.

"ARIK MILLER, 14 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: WIND, CREST OF INTELLIGENCE. FALCOMON, ROOKIE AIR DIGIMON. ARIK'S DIGIVICE CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS AND CURE ALL POSIONS."

"You're like the healer dude from RPGs!" Ashley laughed.

"What's an RPG?" Alison questioned. "Some kind of dog?" The group looked at her with a bunch of blank stares, then all began simultaneously laughing as hard as they could, eyes tearing from disbelief.

"You've never heard of a RPG?" Brett managed to gasp from sheer amazement.

"I hate them, and I even know what they are!" Ashley was positively rolling on the ground. Rodrigo felt compassion for the young lass.

"Stop laughing, guys." Rodrigo motioned for them to calm down. Alison's cheeks were red, and she looked embarrassed. Taylor calmly explained it to Alison. And then, Rodrigo went to the next person on the list, that happened to be Alison.

"ALISON THOMAS, 14 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: EARTH, CREST OF PERSEVERANCE. FLORAMON, ROOKIE VEGETATION DIGIMON. ALISON'S DIGIVICE CAN TRANSPORT ANYONE SHE WANTS TO HER SIDE WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT, AND AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE."

"That must have been what happened earlier!" Floramon exclaimed. "You called for me, and the Digivice made me come!"

"Lucky I got this one." Alison looked relieved. "Or I might not be alive to tell the tale, or to have this egg." She held it up again, and rubbed it against her cheek lovingly. Rodrigo went to the next person.

"CASEY JENKINS, 16 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: BEAST, CREST OF LEADERSHIP. DORUMON, ROOKIE BEAST DIGIMON. CASEY'S DIGIVICE CAN GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT DIGIMON AND LOCATE HIDDEN ENEMY DIGIMON."

"So, I'm the info giver." Casey surmised, shrugging his massive shoulders.

"And, you're also the leader." Marco reminded him. Casey grinned. The control freak within him roared in triumph. It gratified him to be known as such; the leader of this band of heroes. And he was listening, or watching as it may be, to the Prophecy very carefully. He didn't want to screw everything up. He wanted to be known as a good leader, not as one who led his troops to their own demise. Rodrigo pressed the button again, and it was Marco's turn.

"MARCO JENKINS, 15 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: LIGHTNING, CREST OF RELIABILITY. WATTMON, ROOKIE THUNDER DGIMON. MARCO'S DIGIVICE CAN PROVIDE PROVISIONS, BUT ONLY IN DIRE STRAITS."

"That must be why, in the cave, the air came out of my Digivice." Marco realized. Casey hugged him, never happier to have him as a brother. Taylor was next.

"TAYLOR GREENMAN, 15 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: ICE, CREST OF FRIENDSHIP. NEVEMON, ROOKIE ICE DIGIMON. TAYLOR'S DIGIVICE CAN FUSE DIGIVOLVE WHEN ONE IS UNABLE TO DIGIVOLVE, AND IS HOW DIGIDESTINED CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SEPARATED."

"I just want to move this along. Lets just see Ashley and Rodrigo and go on to the next part."

"ASHLEY JOCINTA, 15 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: WATER, CREST OF LOVE. CRABMON, ROOKIE CRUSTACEAN DIGIMON. ASHLEY'S DIGIVICE CAN CAUSE FRIENDLY DIGIMON TO DIGIVOLVE TO CHAMPION LEVEL IF NECESSARY, AND CAN ALSO WATCH THINGS OCCURING IN THE PRESENT." After Ashley, was the last one, Rodrigo.

"RODRIGO FERNANDEZ, 17 YEARS OLD, PATRON ELEMENT: DRAGON. RYUUDAMON, ROOKIE DRAGON DIGIMON. RODRIGO'S DIGIVICE CONTAINS THE PROPHECY, AND HE CAN CONTACT AZULONGMON AT ANY TIME."

"That's great." Brett was getting impatient. "I want to see the villains." Rodrigo pressed the next button, and it showed a picture of a Virus. It looked like a small dark jellyfish. It was amazing that this little jellyfish thing was causing all of the problems in the Digiworld. The Prophecy also told them that it created dark Digimon, or even further corrupted already evil Digimon. There were 9 main perpetrators, 8 newly created by the virus, and 1, merged from a number of evil Digimon, its power greater than a Mega, Kancurmon. The Digidestined knew that eventually, they'd have to challenge this terrible creature, but for now, Casey knew which he preferred.

"Let him send his flunkies at us!" Casey proclaimed defiantly. "We'll beat them and get stronger to face him, and make him pay for doing this to the Digital world. Let's see what we have to do." Rodrigo pressed the button again, and a map came up on the screen. It showed eight destinations, each marked with a different colored X. The colors were red, orange, green, blue, yellow, brown, white, and purple. Each also had a label over it as well. Then, words came on the screen.

"THIS IS A PLAN THAT, ACCORDING TO THE PROPHECY, KANCURMON HAS BEGUN TO IMPLEMENT. STORIES HAVE REACHED OF LARGE NUMBERS OF DIGIMON BEING ROUNDED UP INTO DARK TRAILMON AND BEING RELOCATED TO THESE CAMPS. NO OTHER WORD HAS COME FROM THEM."

"Looks like a bunch of baloney to me." Alison said, staring blankly at the map. "What's the big deal? It's not like these are shooting galleries or anything. They're just being relocated. What's Kancurmon gonna do, make them ride Trailmon until they puke?" Taylor then had a thought. He looked a little closer at the markings on the map, and saw they were all spread around the Digital World. Then, he saw the Dark Trailmon tracks running the length of the Digiworld, and a theory popped into his head.

"Already been attempted in the human world…" Taylor was now talking to himself. Then, he turned to Rodrigo. "Call Azulongmon." Taylor muttered in a low voice to Rodrigo.

"Why?" Rodrigo questioned. The rest of the group had barely just looked at the map, and already Taylor wanted to impatiently call Azulongmon! Taylor was not in the mood for joking around, however.

"Just do it. I have a theory, but I need to confirm it. I can't believe you guys haven't thought of it yet." Rodrigo stared blankly at Taylor. This was not like him at all, at least from what Rodrigo had experienced of Taylor. Taylor had always been very malleable and not as steadfast in his beliefs then others. Rodrigo just looked at Taylor's hard gaze and pressed the button. After a second of static, the Digidestined saw the face of Azulongmon for the 1st time. He basically looked like an old man, with a very long beard. His body looked like blue gas, and he spoke to the Digidestined in the same voice as before. It was soothing, calm and masculine, something one would expect from a protective older brother or guardian.

"Digidestined." he boomed. "It is so good to finally meet you, face to face. What do you need from me, Azulongmon?" Taylor immediately asked his question.

"Azulongmon, you seem to know a lot about Kancurmon and his plan. Has he been building those Dark Trailmon tracks."

"Yes." Azulongmon nodded. "Also, we have some inside information that he is building bigger and more Dark Trailmon. We have yet to discover why."

"Well, I think I know why." Taylor said as an involuntary shudder passed over him. "Also, incidentally, at these spots on the map, have any Control Spires been built." Azulongmon puzzled at this question.

"Control Spires? Ah, you mean from Season 2! Well, actually, no. But, I renamed the Control Spires. They are actually forged from the stones in the Shadow Quarry, near Kancurmon's home base. They are called Shadow Pillars now, not Control Spires. There aren't any right now, but Kancurmon could assemble one in the space of a couple of minutes. Why are you asking this?" Taylor, once again, shivered all over.

"My suspicions are confirmed." he said.

"Taylor. I thought you didn't watch Digimon?" Rodrigo asked. Taylor just shook his head.

"What can I say?" he mumbled. "I lied. But, that's not the problem. Kancurmon is trying to make a Digital Holocaust." The entire group just stared at him.

"What's a Holocaust?" Ryuudamon asked. This time, Ashley answered him.

"In the Human World," she began to explain. "A mean people tried to round up a whole bunch of people and kill them over a difference of beliefs. Eleven million people died in this tragedy. They would put them in cattle cars, like the Dark Trailmon, and they would be herded to work camps or death camps. At work camps, they would be brutally starved. And at death camps, they would be gassed in chambers and killed." All the Digimon had scared expressions on their faces. Crabmon was the most startled.

"How could the Humans have done that to each other?" he asked incredulously. Taylor decided to explain.

"My dad's parents were survivors of the concentration camps. They both went through hell and back there. Their friends were brutally murdered, their lives ruined, they starved, I mean compared to this, we live a freaking paradise. The Virus is from a Human computer, so it must have gotten data on the Holocaust, and wants to wipe out the Digimon with it. He'll round them up on these cars, and bring them to the camps. There are eight. He'll probably find some way to not let the data reformat as well. And, they don't need Shadow Pillars; the Digimon will be too weak to Digivolve. But, of course, we can fuse, so we should go into the camps and do something about it!" Taylor finished his speech on a high note.

"Let's stay here tonight, and plan." Casey decided aloud. "Hands in!" The team put their hands in and yelled "DIGIDESTINED RULE!" Then, after saying goodbye to Azulongmon, went back to the Labramon village to rest and stay the night. Unbeknownst to them, however, a pair of red eyes were watching them.

"Yes…" the creature said. "They'll fall right into our trap." The creature then teleported back to its home base.

"Master." it purred in a sinister tone. "The Digidestined are going to try to undermine your plan. The camp one. It is already in motion. How will you destroy them?" A chill filled the room as a voice, filled with unearthly hisses and wails, answered the call.

"I don't need to face them yet." Kancurmon answered. "My Generals can deal with them. They have the crests as well, so the humans can't possibly do anything to stop me." A laugh then sprung from the creature, that surely signaled that trouble would be coming.

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This was a shorter chapter, but I hoped you enjoyed it. The story will really heat up from here. I happen to know a lot about the Holocaust, so I strongly encourage y'all to keep reading for some very graphic and intriguing scenes. I bet you'll love them! There will be action, sadness, happiness and drama, and the battles won't be easy. Just wait and see! Good night everybody! Updated soon! Please review!