Life

Shadow- "Another chapter, another day without any reviews..."

Renamon- "Look, would you stop whining about the reviews?"

Shadow- "Okay!"

Renamon- "Well, that was easy... Shadow does not own digimon. This story on the other hand-"

Shadow- "Yeah, I think they guessed that. Oh, and please R&R. It gives meaning to my life!"

mainframe, sacred spire

"I know where Takato is." Rika said.

Everyone stood in shocked silence. Kouji and Zoe looked at each other. Has she lost it? they wondered.

Koichi was kinder in his assessment. "Rika... are you sure you weren't just dreaming?"

Rika shook her head violently. "No! I'm sure..."

"...how, exactly, are you sure?" said Kouji.

Rika started to speak, then realized how stupid she would sound. I can't tell them that Takato told me in a dream! They'd just laugh at me... To the others, she said "...when Huanglongmon said he'd searched the real worlds, the dark worlds and the digital world, something didn't seem right. While I was asleep, I realized what he hadn't searched."

Justin blinked, then whispered "Of course... he didn't check here..."

Rika nodded. "Exactly."

"Hold on a sec," said Zoe, "How did his data get in here? Huanglongmon said he didn't allow anyone in here."

Rika shrugged. "Maybe... maybe he came here with us."

Jeri nodded. "Rika's right! We have to search everywhere!"

Kouji shrugged. "Fine by me. But I'm not asking him to search. You ask him."

Just as they finished talking, Huanglongmon glided in over the treetops, skimming the upper branches. Rika took a deep breath. Here goes...

dark ocean

As the dark dragon loomed over them, the digidestined pulled out their digivices. The dark lord chuckled at them.

"Really now... do you think you can defeat me, Savadramon, ruler of this world and lord of all darkness? You pathetic human filth..."

"For our friends who have died because of you..."

"For the digimon you have destroyed..."

"For all the pain and suffering you've caused..."

"We will defeat you!"

BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION

"Blastingreymon!"

"Lunargarurumon!"

"Avedramon!"

"Lilamon!"

"Ferrizudomon!"

"Brilliantseraphimon!"

"Luminangewomon!"

"Burningveemon!"

"Serratankylomon!"

"Ariaquilamon!"

"Metastingmon!"

"Megidrarapidmon!"

"Fevouremon!"

"Katashinobimon!"

"Voltedramon!"

"Gallantmon!"

"Megagargomon!"

"Hyperandromon!"

"Aquangemon!"

"Justimon!"

"Violepaecomon!"

"Radisorcerimon!"

"Serracubamon!"

"Flaredramon!"

"Frostmon!"

"Voltamon!"

"Torrentmon!"

"Gravimon!"

"Tremon!"

"Allosmon!"

Savadramon roared with laughter at the sight of the Biomerged digimon. "You must be joking! Pathetic megas stand no chance against my power! Vicious Flame!"

Fire surged from Savadramon's mouth, which the digidestined narrowly avoided. The attack slammed into the ground, melting the solid rock into a roaring pool of lava, and cracking mountains in half. Savadramon grinned evilly. The screaming was about to begin. He couldn't wait.

mainframe, sacred spire

Rika paused in her story as another tremor caused the trees to shake.

"We don't have much time." said Huanglongmon. "The digidestined have already begun fighting the dark lord."

"Well, can't you search for Takato while we take Izzy, Trish, and Botta into the spire?" asked Justin.

Huanglongmon sighed. "It's not that easy. I'll need to accompany you in there, and I can not search for anything while inside the spire, for it is heavily shielded."

Koichi sighed. "If we have to wait, we will. Just try and find him quickly."

Huanglongmon nodded. "I'll try." He closed his eyes, and accessed the mainframe's powerful instruments.

dark ocean

"Nova Blade!" Blastingreymon's attack smashed into Savadramon's armor, but left no trace. Tai growled. "There's got to be some way to hurt him!"

Henry continued to circle Savadramon. "I don't see anything! There's no cracks, jewles, or anything else that might be a weak point!"

"Then we'll just keep attacking 'till he's dead!" Takuya shouted, firing off another attack.

Savadramon retaliated with another blast of flame, singeing Flaredramon and melting a nearby mountain range.

mainframe, sacred spire

"..." Huanglongmon remained silent and motionless, despite the rumbling noise shaking the ground.

Rika was growing impatient. Why is this taking so long? Was I just imagining things? That could be it... why else would the portal in the shed be gone? Rika was about to tell Huanglongmon to forget what she'd said, when Huanglongmon's eyes snapped open.

"I've found him!" he said. "You were right... he was in here the whole time... I'd better step up security around here..."

"Yes!" Rika shouted. "Where is he?"

Huanglongmon smiled. "The computer is routing his data to follow us. We must go inside the spire quickly. There's no time to waste!"

The side of the spire suddenly parted, revealing enormous doors, easily large enough to accommodate Huanglongmon's size. Once they were inside, the doors seamlessly shut behind them. They looked around, and saw a flight of stairs running around the outside of the spire, leading upwards, with a large opening between the sides in the middle. The top was impossible to see.

Huanglongmon smiled at their looks of despair. "Don't worry. I'll fly you to the top. It shouldn't take long."

dark ocean

"Damn it!" Matt yelled as another attack bounced off Savadramon's flanks. "Nothing's getting through!"

"What else can we do?" asked Lazar.

"We haven't tried all attacking the same spot at once, have we?" asked Candice.

Everyone looked over at her. Lazar said "Candice! That's great! I could kiss you..."

Candice blushed. "It was only a suggestion..." she muttered.

"Right! Everyone, aim for the neck!" Tai yelled.

"Fire!"

The digidestineds' combined attacks slammed into Savadramon's neck, knocking him backwards onto his back, causing a small earthquake. He roared in pain as his armor cracked.

mainframe, sacred sanctuary

Another quake hit the spire, causing it to sway slightly. Inside, Huanglongmon was growing worried. At this rate, they might destroy the spire while we're still inside it... he thought.

Just as it seemed they would never reach the top, a burst of light appeared above them and they shot into a huge open space. Huanglongmon landed in front of a huge altar-like structure. It stood higher than even Huanglongmon, covered in gold and silver, with angels and digimon encompassing the entire platform.

"Your friends will need to stand there." said Huanglongmon, nodding towards the platform.

Elecmon, Motimon, and Efremon climbed onto the platfrom, and stood there, feeling slightly foolish.

"Now," said Huanglongmon, "Wish for them to return to normal. I will bring Takato back along with them."

The digidestined closed their eyes, and wished.

I wish for my friends to return

I wish my friend had his sister back

I wish for our friends to return safely

I wish I was somewhere else... but I want them to come back, too

I wish the damage could be undone

I wish for our friends' lives back

The platform glowed brightly, bathing the three digimon in brilliance. The light blinded the digidestined and their digimon, forcing them to look away. The light slowly coalesced into seven figures.

Their friends were being restored to life.