Well, here's another chappy. Hope you guys enjoy it, and thanks LordPata for keeping with me since the first.


They came without warning, all manner of Digimon crashing out of the street surface, swooping in out of the sky, and clambering over buildings. All of them had the red eyes characterized by the X Digimon, and they had bionic implants similar to that of WarGreymon X and MetalGarurumon X.

"Scatter!" shouted WarGreymon X, his back thrusters powering up to full power as he shot forward to smash his claws into the nearest X Digimon.

MetalGarurumon X swiveled the missile compartment on his right shoulder into firing mode, and without bothering to aim, he fired them all off. Due to the numerous enemies all around them, it was no problem for the heat seeking missiles to do what they were meant to: Seek out heat. The missiles slammed into the Vermillimon Xs and the Meramon Xs first, then went for the other X Digimon near them because of the heat they generated.

Angewomon flew high into the air, her wings spreading in a rainbow halo. Her white bow appeared in her hand and she fired a volley of shots at the airborne X Digimon converging on them.

Lillymon fluttered her way through the X Digimon, firing off a Flower Cannon whenever she could. But since she and Angewomon were among the weakest Ultimates, they could barely hold them off, and usually just held an enemy at bay until WarGreymon X or MetalGarurumon X came by and destroyed the one harrying them.

Tai stole a look at Matt, only to find that the blonde was gazing at him steadily. He gulped, anticipating the worse.

"What?"

"Didn't WarGreymon say that the time has come for us humans to quit standing around like a pack of idiots and actually join in the fight?"

"Erm…. Well…" Tai fumbled for a reason.

"Don't you think this is as good a time as any to start?" Matt pressed his point. The teen bent down, picking up another broken pipe, but then he saw that it was a little deformed, and he tossed it away.

Tai gave furtive glances all around him at the advancing X Digimon that were being kept back by their friends.

"But…"

Matt finally found a suitable pipe and swung it back and forth, testing its lightness. His piercing eyes shot back at Tai.

"I don't know bout you, but those are my friends out there. I may not have helped them much before this, but I'm about to go try. Coming?"

Tai sighed, catching the pipe that Matt tossed at him.

"I hope you're right Agunimon, 'bout me being a warrior. Else I ain't ever gonna let you forget it… C'mon then. Let's go!"

The two of them charged into the fray, and Tai smashed his pipe into a Kokatarimon X right before it launched its Frozen Fire attack at WarGreymon X's unwary back, while Matt smacked his own pipe into the underbelly of a Monochromon X before it could fire a Volcanic Strike attack at MetalGarurumon X.

WarGreymon X's eyes held the hint of a smile as he turned and slashed down with his Dramon Slayers, deleting a pesky Ogremon X before turning his attention to a Brachiomon X.

MetalGarurumon X ducked and weaved, the rocket thrusters that helped him fly working overtime as he dodged attacks coming from all sides. He spotted a Frigimon X trying to get a cheap shot at Matt, and yelled out, "Yo Matt! Six o'clock!"

He spun upside down and dive bombed the Frigimon X with his bullets, then smashed his Gatling arm into the Frigimon X before unleashing a round of bullets into the X Digimon. The icy snowman Digimon gave a chilling shriek before it exploded into data particles.

The bionic wolf rounded on Matt.

"Don't you ever do that to me again ya hear?! You almost gave me a heart attack!"

Matt grinned, spinning his length of pipe around him to smack into the snout of a particularly insistent BlackGreymon X.

"Sure, as long as you watch your own back."

MetalGarurumon grinned, spraying the area with bullets.

"Deal."

Fire roared up all around WarGreymon X as he held his hands above his head. The flames pooled within them as he drew back his Dramon Slayers and threw it forward, slamming into a whole group of enemies tying to swarm TK and Kari where they stood almost defenseless.

"Gaia Force ZERO!"

Suddenly, four red beams streaked across the area, heading straight for where Tai was bravely swinging his pipe.

WarGreymon X activated his thrusters up to full force, blowing a Tuskmon X to bits as he flew over to where Tai was and took the full blow of the red beams on his claws. However, his effort didn't help much as a swarm of bats descended onto them and started to bite them, tearing at Tai's human flesh and WarGreymon X's armor.

As Tai screamed, trying to throw off the bats, WarGreymon X swung his claws out to the side, generating a huge wall of flame around the pair, burning the bats into pieces. But Tai had been effectively put out of action, and was now lying on the ground, bleeding from numerous wounds caused by the sharp teeth of the bats.

WarGreymon X snapped.

His eyes clouded over in a red cloud, and a primal roar came from deep within him, as the X Antibody betrayed him, and the X Rage that Seraphimon had warned him of took him over.

Flames roared up around the enraged X Mega, and the X Digimon that were closest to him were unceremoniously incinerated.

Matt, fearful for his friend's safety, ran in under the flames, covered by MetalGarurumon X and Lillymon as he dodged the waves of fire that WarGreymon X was throwing off at random, destroying X Digimon who were too close. His eyes were narrowed: He had never seen WarGreymon this mad, even before the X Antibody, and unbidden in his mind he remembered what Seraphimon had said: "Control yourselves as much as you can lest it consumes you, for you cannot control yourselves when consumed by it." He feared for Tai's safety.

Tai, for his part, was trying weakly to get up from the ground. Soccer had given him a pretty good resistance towards pain, although the pain from the bats bite was still close to unbearable. He had never been in a brawl either. But seeing WarGreymon X, he was starting to shake, fearing that he might lose WarGreymon X as he remembered the words of Seraphimon as well.

Suddenly, a cackling was heard, just as Matt managed to drag Tai back into a shelter made by a big rock, and protected by Angewomon, Lillymon and MetalGarurumon X. A dark figure appeared over the horizon, heralded by a ring of bats. Dressed in an old-fashioned blue suit, with a billowing black cape and a red mask, Myotismon X had appeared; the one who had hurt Tai and sent WarGreymon X into his berserk mode. And he was laughing, even as WarGreymon X turned his red eyes onto him.

"Fool! Giving in to the X Virus so soon? And I thought you were stronger!"

WarGreymon X's eyes flashed, and he raised both of his hands.

"Spare me! I've seen that attack too many times, WarGreymon!" the Myotismon X laughed.

Angewomon gasped. "Is he... the same one...?" she muttered.

Kari, below her, watched the X Ultimate level approach with wide eyes. Was this the same Ultimate level that had enslaved Gatomon? The same Myotismon who had tortured Gatomon beyond belief until she could sustain Champion form indefinitely, at the cost of her power, and who had been trained to kill the one who had been her partner?

WarGreymon X didn't wait to reply. He was busy charging up his own attack, the one that the Myotismon X had mocked. However, instead of his trademark Gaia Force ZERO attack, WarGreymon X was doing something slightly different. Twin huge balls of fire were pooling in his hands, twirling and entwining themselves around each other, then stopping in each hand until he held a Gaia Force ZERO in each hand, double the strength of a normal Gaia Force ZERO.

The Myotismon X's eyes widened, then he launched his attack. "Grisly Wing!" He slashed outwards with his cloak, sending a wave of darkness at WarGreymon X.

But WarGreymon X, caught up in the X Rage, was not in the mood. Throwing back his hands, he launched both balls of fire at his foe, smashing right through the Grisly Wing attack and crashing into the Myotismon X. Instead of stopping, spirals of fire continued to course from WarGreymon X's hands to pour all over the Myotismon X.

"Terra Gaia!" shouted WarGreymon X.

The Myotismon X screamed, hands clawing at his throat as he struggled to absorb oxygen, for even Digimon needed to breathe, but the flames from WarGreymon X were unrelenting, and with a final screech, the Myotismon X exploded into data particles.

With the demise of their leader, the X Digimon disappeared as silently and swiftly as they had arrived. With no targets to turn his wrath at, WarGreymon X turned towards the Chosen, and he started to walk slowly and steadily at them, knowing that they had no way of escape.

"WarGreymon... No..." murmured Tai.


Well... cliffhanger. XD I just might update over the exam period, since I've already written them, and just need to upload them here. Problem is I have no idea what to do once I reach the end of the Chapters I've written. xD