[Before we get started, there are just a few things. I want to say thanks to everyone who has reviewed me and I'd love to hear some more of what people think about it. Also, it might interest you that I'm not only a pretty good writer, but I'm also a notably skilled artist. I've made some sketches of many of the digimon and original human characters that appear in my fics. According to everyone who has ever seen them, they are quite sweet. Only problem is, I have no place to display them online. If anyone has a website that would be willing to display some of my pics, I would be grateful, as would the other readers I'm sure. Anyway, that's just about enough of that. On with the show!]

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Back at Infinity Mountain, things were getting much worse.  Skullgreymon sat high on his rocky perch, repeatedly firing his Dark Shot attack in random directions.  His brutal attacks had devastated most of the island, while the DigiDestined and their digimon had managed to take shelter behind a large, rocky hill, not far from Infinity Mountain.

"Call me crazy…" said Matt, looking on as another massive explosion tore through a square mile of forest.  "But I think we're pretty screwed."

"Not yet," said Tai, reclining against a small boulder.  "Not even Skullgreymon can beat two Mega digimon."

"Well yeah," said Matt.  "But the last time I checked, only Agumon could warp digivolve.  Gabumon hasn't become Metalgarurumon in years."

"Well when exactly WAS the last time you checked?" asked Tai as he stood up.  "Give it a shot.  It's not like we have anything to lose."

"Well…" mused Matt as the shock wave from another explosion reached them, sending a strong wind.  "I guess you're right."

"Sweet," said Tai, turning to face Metalgreymon.  "Hey buddy!  Change of plans!"

"What's up?' asked Metalgreymon.

"We need you to warp digivolve," said Tai.  "That should be more than enough to take care of this bonehead."

"You too," said Matt to Weregarurumon.

"Me?" asked Weregarurumon.  "But I don't even know if I can!  I'm a little rusty you know."

"Well two heads are better than one," said Matt.  "You should at least take a crack at it."

"Agreed," said Weregarurumon with a nod.

"Alright then," said Tai as he held out his digivice.

"Let's get this over with," said Matt, doing the same.

Metalgreymon and Weregarurumon felt their energy drain away as they reverted to their Rookie forms.

"Time to teach this guy a lesson," said Agumon.

Agumon felt his muscles tighten as his eyes grew wide.  He felt a tingling sensation around his fingers and toes as a swirling, golden energy surrounded him.  Tai's digivice began to shake violently and radiate an orange light.

"Now!" shouted Tai.

An intense light shot from every angle of Tai's digivice as Agumon felt his energy skyrocket.  He managed to warp digivolve to Wargreymon once again.

"You too," said Matt.

Gabumon's fur all stood on end as his blood red eyes overwhelmed his pupils.  A cold wind whipped around him, accompanied by sparks of electrical energy.  His tail twitched back and forth, as his fur coat seemed to grow longer, flowing about him.  He bared his vicious fangs as his muscles swelled with power.

"I feel it…" said Gabumon.

A pillar of blinding white light formed around Gabumon as Matt's digivice reacted very much like Tai's, with the obvious exception that it was giving off an intense blue light rather than orange.  Moments later, Gabumon had once again successfully digivolved to Metalgarurumon.

"You're back!" said Matt, running up to Metalgarurumon and stroking his muzzle.  "I missed this form."

"How's that?" asked Metalgarurumon.

"It's your only form that comes with power seating and air conditioning," joked Matt.

Metalgarurumon and Matt both began to laugh.

"There's no time for kidding around," said Izzy.  "It's time to take this guy out of the picture."

"Right," said all the others.

"Here's the plan…" said Izzy.

Once Izzy had finished explaining the intricacies of his strategy, without the use of visual aids mind you, the DigiDestined were ready to recommence their battle.  Meanwhile, Skullgreymon had stopped his random assaults, knowing the DigiDestined would reveal themselves in due course.  His suspicions proved correct as he saw Garudamon coming in on a rapid approach vector.  What could only be described as a grin stretched itself over Skullgreymon's face as he turned towards the great bird and readied his Dark Shot.  Moments later, the fleshy, shark-like missile burst from Skullgreymon's spine and twisted through the skies, approaching Garudamon.

"Now!" shouted Sora from he seated position in the thick feathers around Garudamon's neck.

Garudamon obeyed instantly, diving straight down and allowing the missile to pass right over her head.  Skullgreymon was dumbstruck by his miss, giving Zudomon and Mega Kabuterimon enough time to launch their Horn Buster and Vulcan's Hammer attacks at Skullgreymon from the edge of the forest, far below.  The evil digimon was knocked back by the attacks.  He looked as though he could have easily toppled over backward and fallen back into Infinity Mountain.  He managed to regain his composure though, and he slowly turned his massive head to face Mega Kabuterimon and Zudomon.  His empty eye sockets began to give off a fearsome, red glow as he brought his Dark Shot to bear on the two Ultimates and their partners.

"Wait for it…" said Izzy from Mega Kabuterimon's back.

"Come on guys…" said Joe from Zudomon's back.

Skullgreymon ejected the missile from his back with impressive force.  The projectile soared upwards before coming about sharply, now on a direct course for Mega Kabuterimon and Zudomon.

"Wait for it…" said Izzy.

The missile continued to head towards them at breakneck speed.  Skullgreymon began to drool in anticipation of his victory.  At the last second though, just before the missile smashed into the ground where Zudomon and Mega Kabuterimon stood, Wargreymon lunged from the trees and caught Skullgreymon's missile in mid-air, holding it with his powerful arms.

"Now!" shouted Izzy.

Skullgreymon's eyes widened in surprise as Metalgarurumon plowed into him from behind, throwing all of his weight against the evil digimon.  Skullgreymon landed face-first in the dirt, but he recovered quickly.  He rose up on his claws and turned his frightful face to Metalgarurumon.

"Don't look now, ugly…" said Matt, a cocky smile on his face as he looked up over Skullgreymon's shoulder.

Skullgreymon followed Matt's gaze up to where Lillymon was floating.  Her wings beat furiously as green energy collected around her flower cannon.  The wind from her beating wings caused her petals and vine-like hair to flail about wildly as she charged up her attack to full power.

"Looks to me like you've got double trouble," said a voice from Skullgreymon's other side.

He turned to see Garudamon hovering there, a look of fierce determination in her eyes.

"It's over," said Garudamon.

The great bird flexed her muscles as all of her feathers stood on end.  The burning-red tips of her wings began to glow as a swirling wall of fire began to swell up around her.  Skullgreymon was stunned, unable or unwilling to move, whether it was because of fear or something else.

"Do it!" shouted Sora.

Garudamon and Lillymon unleashed their fully charged attacks simultaneously.  Lillymon's Flower Cannon unleashed a massive ball of pulsating, green energy that kicked up such a wind that it knocked her back several yards and threw her vine-like hair back behind her.  The swirling fire moving around Garudamon collected in between her hands and was absorbed into her body.  As she finally concentrated all her power within her wings, she gave a mighty flap forward, sending out a tidal wave of burning death; her Wing Blade attack.  Lillymon's and Garudamon's attacks rushed towards Skullgreymon as Metalgarurumon bounded away from the area as fast as he could.  The attacks met Skullgreymon together.  Lillymon's attack created a cataclysmic explosion that sent up a cloud of dust a mile high, while Garudamon's attack seared through the mountainside, reducing the ground that Skullgreymon had been standing on to a flowing river of lava.

Now it was Zudomon and Mega Kabuterimon's turn.  Zudomon gripped his massive hammer with both hands as his huge muscles bulged, building up incredible strength.  Sparks of electrical energy shot up around the horn atop his head as he bared his teeth and let out a low growl that seemed to reverberate throughout the area.  Slowly he brought his hammer up behind his back, ready to strike.  Mega Kabuterimon meanwhile dug his hands and feet into the ground as a strong electric field surrounded him.  He seemed to glow as sparks, ranging in size from static electricity to lightning bolts flared up about him.  He too began to growl as the ground around him began to shake violently.  The combined snarls of Zudomon and Mega Kabuterimon caused a tremor to run throughout all of File Island.  Then, they unleashed their attacks.  The electrical surges around Mega Kabuterimon all dispersed instantaneously and were replaced by a steady, yellow light that radiated from radiated from the small point of light hovering between the points of his horn.  The point of light grew rapidly, causing Mega Kabuterimon's entire body to quake as wave after wave of electrical surge poured off the field of energy.  Then, he released the magnificent bolt of energy.  Mega Kabuterimon was forced back about ten yards, despite his solid hold on the ground, from the sheer force of his attack.  A golden stream of electrical energy with smaller bolts of blue lightning encircling it tore through the sky on a direct course for Skullgreymon.  Zudomon was prepared too.  With every ounce of strength he had in him, he brought his Vulcan's Hammer forward, smashing it down into the solid earth.  The force of the blow was incredible to say the least; it immediately caused the ground underfoot to splinter.  The huge cracks spread out in a near-circle for over a hundred feet as soil was thrown into the air, trees were uprooted, and boulders were tossed about like rag-dolls.  A blinding field of golden light sprang up from where the thunderous blow had struck, forming a pillar of glowing light around Zudomon.  Then, a pulse of light shot through the air on a direct course for Skullgreymon, carrying with it all the force that Zudomon had struck the ground with.  The two supercharged attacks converged simultaneously on the massive dust cloud in which Skullgreymon lay.  They struck together, sending out a devastating explosion that rocked the whole island with its ferocity.  The awesome blow had taken off what had remained of the Infinity Mountain summit.  Zudomon fell onto one knee and leaned against his hammer, thoroughly exhausted.  Mega Kabuterimon too was almost completely drained of energy, so he fell flat on his stomach, barely even moving.

"You're up guys!" shouted Izzy.

"Give 'em Hell!" shouted Sora.

"No problem!" shouted Matt.

Metalgarurumon emerged from behind the wall of smoke and ash that blanketed the sky.  He flew around the front and came to a dead stop.

"Do it!" shouted Matt.

Metalgarurumon narrowed his eyes as every single weapons system on his entire body came online.  Nearly every inch of his metallic body opened to reveal another weapon of mass destruction.  Missiles, machine guns, and lasers all popped out into the open, ready to unleash Hell.

"Devastation!" shouted out Metalgarurumon.

Every last weapon he had fired immediately.  A wave of missiles big enough to level a city ejected from his body and powered up their engines as lasers from his snout, shoulders, legs, and body sliced at every angle of whatever remained below and twin .50 caliber machine guns on his shoulders sprayed the area with bullets.  The missiles soared to their target, striking with phenomenal accuracy and destructive power each time, all topped off with the biggest missile Metalgarurumon could store within him, a weapon nearly as big as Matt's entire body that nearly collapsed the entire face of Infinity Mountain when it struck.  Metalgarurumon kept on firing into the cold blue explosion until he had fired off every round and his lasers had all overheated.  At that point he slapped all his weapons ports shut again and flew off down to where Garudamon and Lillymon had rendezvoused with Zudomon and Mega Kabuterimon.

"You're up Tai!" shouted Matt as he passed by Tai and Wargreymon, who was still holding on tight to Skullgreymon's missile.

"You heard him!" said Tai.  "Let's do this!"

"Right!" said Wargreymon.

Wargreymon took flight, heading up to an altitude where Skullgreymon would have been.  He carefully aimed the missile, which still had its propulsion system going full blast, towards Skullgreymon's resting-place as Tai cheered him on from the great digimon's shoulders.  Wargreymon released the missile and it took off, plowing into the mountain and setting off yet another catastrophic explosion.  With his arms free, Wargreymon brought his claws up over his head.  His eyes betrayed a strong sense of determination and finality.  His bright red hair stood on end as a sphere of strange energy surrounded him.  Tai felt strange; his hair was completely spiked up and yet the air seemed strangely calm, like being in the eye of a tornado.  He looked down at his hand, moving it back and forth.  His movements left a visible trail, an after-image that sent ripples through the surrounding air.  Streams of fiery light snaked their way up Wargreymon's claws and collected in the space between their tips.  Wargreymon began to shake violently as his muscles bulged bigger than ever before.  A strange humming sound seemed to be emitted from the field of energy around him, which had begun to condense to that point in between his claws with the fiery orange light.

"Finish it," said Tai.

Wargreymon nodded.  As the sphere of energy was condensed down to an infinitely small size, crossing over to mix with the other energy that had already collected there.  It all instantly flared up, expanding to a size barely big enough for Wargreymon to control.  The massive, swirling ball of flame that surged in his hands was like a star just before it exploded.

"Terra Force!" shouted Wargreymon, lobbing the attack at his opponent with deadly accuracy.

The sphere of energy left a burning tail in its wake as it scorched the very air in its path.  The sphere of energy with the indescribable power contained therein pierced right through the mountainside as though it were no more than the air, flowing right down to the very center of the mountain, deep below the surface.  Once there, it exploded, unleashing the full force of Wargreymon's fury.  The explosion sent a wave rippling through the ground for miles as a burning light shot up around the base of the mountain.  Burning energy spouted from the hole in the side of the mountain where Skullgreymon had been like a geyser.  The already decimated mountain-face finally collapsed entirely, leaving nothing but a great wall of ash, molten rock, half a mountain, and horrific destruction in its wake.

Wargreymon landed again, never taking his eyes off the chaotic scene in front of him.  With the others all standing behind him in awe, he collapsed to his knees, sweating profusely and breathing heavily.