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Richard's POV:

After defeating Duskmon we had to make our way through that dark hallway again. However, this time it wasn't scary at all, though I guess without having to worry Duskmon anymore nothing was that scary. Still, walking into daylight after all that time in the dark was a bit surprising, and we had to spend a minute before our eyes readjusted to the outside light. By the way the sun looked it was around early afternoon, which mean we had spent the entire morning in that hallway and fighting Duskmon. Salamon begun waking up, and so I helped get her off my back and onto the ground.

"So what are we supposed to do now that Duskmon is gone? I mean, isn't that why I was sent here to begin with?" I asked.

"Well, with Duskmon gone File Island is going to start recovering from his rule. Primary Village will probably get rebuilt as well. But I'm not sure what we are going to do next. Maybe we should stay here a little longer to help out" Impmon said.

"I know exactly what we are going to do next. We're getting off File Island and heading to Server to take down the rest of those Demon Lords and their minions." Veemon said with his usual burst of excitement and fury.

"I'm going to go wherever you three go. I've gotten a lot stronger since I've hung out with you, and, well, I want to get even more stronger so I can help Digimon instead of being just a scared, little Salamon." Salamon said.

"Looks like its up to you Gazimon. What do you want to do?" Impmon said.

I wasn't even sure what I wanted to do. Duskmon was gone and File Island was free. If that was what I was sent for then my mission was over with and I would be leaving soon. But at the same time I wanted to stay and help my friends here save the Digital World. Yet, I wanted to go home and see my family.

Oh, my family. They must be worried to death about me. I've been in here for days, so in the Real World I've probably been gone long enough for a Missing Person Alert to be issued. But still, if I leave I'll never see my friends here again, won't I?

Thinking about my family and how much they missed me had depressed me, so I plopped down on the ground.

"I don't really know guys. I just don't know. I want to stay here and help, but at the same time I miss my family and being human. Besides, with Duskmon gone I think I might be leaving soon anyway. But I'm sure you three can handle it"

Salamon and Veemon were quick to come over and comfort me while Impmon stood over leaning against the side of the mountain.

"I know it must be hard being away from your family for so long. But you have to go with us to beat the Demon Lords. Without you I don't any of us would have even considered fighting them. Your sort of our inspirational leader." Veemon said with a smile.

"Veemon's right Gazimon, or do you want us to call you Richard to make you feel more human?" Salamon asked. I told her Gazimon would be fine before she continued. It felt weird being called that, but here in the Digital World calling a Digimon Richard would be weird as well. And as they say, when in Rome do as the Romans.

"Like I said, Veemon's right. If you and Veemon hadn't come along and beat those Devidramon at Primary Village I would have never gotten as brave as I am now. I even Digivolved. It's all thanks to you. We need you Gazimon."

I was feeling a lot better by this point, though all of us had to glance over at Impmon. He looked confused for a moment before he just closed his eyes and spoke.

"If you're waiting for me to say something sappy, forget it. I don't work that way."

"I'm sure Impmon is thinking the same thing Gazimon. He's just to 'cool' to say it." Salamon whispered. We three got a small laugh out of it while Impmon just rolled his eyes at us.

"Thanks guys, I really needed that. Still, even though I want to stay here I want to go home, at least so my family knows that I'm here. Though knowing my mom she'd probably do everything in her power to keep me at home."

"Well, your mom isn't here to stop you so lets get a move on." Veemon grabbed my paw and helped my up. After getting the dirt out of my fur we started heading down the mountain. Now that there wasn't some big evil Digimon waiting to kill us it was, okay it was still a creepy mountain. We all kind of walked down the mountain as quickly as possible, but stopped when we reached the bottom. All of us prepared to attack, as at the bottom was a group of Bakemon.

"No, wait, please let us explain! We don't want to fight you." One of them, a larger one than the rest, said.

"Gazimon, that's the one who wanted to torture me last night. I don't trust him." Salamon growled to us.

"Our humblest apologizes for that madam. We were under orders to arrest and torture you. But now that Duskmon is gone we're free, and we owe it all to you. If there is any way we can help…"

"Why should we trust you all? First you try to torture Salamon and then you try to kill us all before we fought Duskmon." Impmon said as he prepared a small flame to attack with.

"We told you, we were under orders. I am sincere in saying that we have no ill intentions towards you. We will do all that is in our power to assist you in your quest, no matter what they may be."

Veemon, Impmon, and Salamon were ready to pounce, but I was relaxing a bit. They seemed sincere in their apology, and I could understand their situation. Even I would have followed Duskmon's orders, if I didn't have my friends here to support me.

"Guys, I think we should let them help. I think they're telling the truth."

The other three just stared at me in shock.

"What, are you crazy, they tried to kill us. Kill us. You know, the thing where you are obliterated into tiny bits of data." Impmon said, obviously a bit ticked at me.

"Yeah, well, I believe them. I mean, think about it. If you were working for someone like Duskmon, wouldn't you do anything that he said?"

Impmon looked like he was about to argue, but he shut his mouth. Crossing his arms he gave an evil glare and just said "Fine." The other two backed off as well, and soon I turned my attention to the Bakemon.

"Alright then, we've agreed to let you help us out."

"Oh, thank you. You are all so very merciful." The Bakemon said, all the others agreeing with him

Impmon's POV:

Gazimon, you are an idiot. We can't trust these guys at all. They tried to kill us. But if you want to trust them, fine. Don't say I didn't warn you.

With the Bakemon ready to assist them the group had headed down to the shore of the island to begin working on a way to reach the Server Continent. Several plans were made, ranging from riding a Whamon (there weren't any available, much to Richard's relief) to flying there on Devidramon (Impmon quickly struck it down, saying it would be too tiresome).

Eventually they decided on making a raft. This would require a lot of trees, to which the Bakemon gladly went to work on cutting down. Veemon Digivolved to V-dramon and went with them to provide some assistance. Impmon was 'supervising', though in reality he wasn't doing anything.

.Meanwhile Gazimon and Salamon worked on figuring out how to tie the logs together. Rope wasn't available, but the day was saved by one of Veemon and Gazimon's old friends.

V-dramon came out of the woods followed by a yellow, larval Digimon. It had black lightning bolt shapes around where his eyes were and a large blue beak.

"Hey guys, this here is Kunemon. Veemon and I met him as Flymon, and he wanted to help us out."

"I wanted to make up for attacking you guys and for beating Duskmon. After fighting with you two I ran into some of Duskmon's goons. They beat me till I degenerated, and I've been wandering around since. Please, let me help you with your raft."

To Impmon's displeasure everyone agreed to let him help. He couldn't understand why they were letting old enemies help them. If someone had tried to kill him he would never agree to forgive them for trying to do so. While Kunemon worked at spitting out threads to tie the logs, Impmon headed out into the woods to think.

"What is with that Richard guy anyway. He just pops out of nowhere, Digivolves and helps fight Duskmon, and then thinks he knows everything. And then whenever I try to make him see reason Veemon and Salamon take his side. Sometimes I just wished that he would just go back to his world, and take them with him. Then I'll be able to save the Digital World the right way."

Impmon leaned against a tree, huffing. His temper was at an all time high, so he really didn't mean what he said. However, he was to angry at the moment to think that. As he sat he heard a rustling in the trees. Sitting up, he prepared a fire to attack with.

"Ha, ha, ha. Calm down there little fellow. I'm not here to hurt you, I want to help you."

Impmon watched as a Digimon appeared from a tree. The Digimon looked skeletal though the bones were a reddish color instead of white. In the center was a dark core protected by his ribs with a bat-shaped bone in the center. He was wearing black leather pants with two belts, and from his knees down metal boots protected him. His arms from the elbow down were just the same. His head had a bat-shaped helmet with a red bat in the center. He had two bat-like wings, and in his hand was a staff with a yellow orb in it.

"Who are you, and what do you mean you'll help me?"

"Why, I am Skull Satamon. I've been watching you and your friends for awhile, and I have to say I agree with you. That Gazimon has been a horrible leader and hogging your friends. You should be the leader, no doubt about that. But still, sending them away to the human world? That is a very horrible request. Then again, I think they deserve it."

"You, you really think so?" Impmon replied. Having someone agree with him was inflating Impmon's ego, and he was starting to get the idea that he should in fact be leading the revolt against the Demon Lords.

"Oh, there is no doubt about it. In fact, I think I will help you out Impmon. You just go back to your friends for a little longer, and then I'll make sure that they never get in your way again."

"Uh, thanks, I really mean it. Now they'll see that I was right all along. Once they are gone I'll be leader for sure." Impmon headed back to the coast, emboldened by Skull Satamon's help.

"Such an ambitious little Digimon. So easy to manipulate, it warms me undead heart. Barbamon will be very pleased with this development." Skull Satamon flew off to prepare for his upcoming role.

Meanwhile, Impmon had arrived back at the coast to find that the raft was finished. It was a moderate sized one, and even had a mast with a sail on it.

"There you are Impmon. As you can see the raft is done, and the Bakemon and Kunemon were about to see us off. Ready to go?" Richard said.

Impmon nodded as he climbed aboard. He looked around, but Skull Satamon wasn't in sight. Then again, something like opening a doorway to the Real World would take some time. He was going to try to stall, but with a lurch and a splash they were off. As the sail caught the wind they began picking up speed, and soon File Island was beginning to disappear over the horizon.

Where is Skull Satamon? If he is really going to do this he needs to.

"Well, well. What do we have here? Four little Digimon out for a three hour cruise? Well, I'm sorry to say that this is the end of your journey."

The four Digimon looked up upon the figure of Skull Satamon. He winked at Impmon, who realized what he was doing. It was just acting, trying to make it look like just a random attack, not some dastardly plot.

"Yeah right, and who are you freakshow?" Veemon said. They all started glowing, but were interrupted by a wave. They tried again, but another wave stopped them. The sky was beginning to darken as Skull Satamon aimed his staff at the ocean. One blast from his staff and a whirlpool began forming. The raft was caught, and as the sky began pouring rain and lightning Skull Satamon made his final goodbye.

"While I am a bit sorry to not have gotten the chance to fight you four, my master Barbamon shall be pleased with your utter destruction."

As the raft moved closer and closer to the center, Impmon finally realized what was happening. Skull Satamon wasn't helping him at all. Skull Satamon had just been working for Barbamon, and he had just used him. Impmon had just doomed them all