Chapter 9: Down with Devimon

After about an hour or so of flight we were back at the main island. As we swooped over the island I looked down and saw the others battling Ogremon and Leomon. Something was wrong though. Most of the digimon were scattered and bruised like discarded toys and a darkened and far larger Leomon was leering over TK about to chop the poor kid in half with his sword. Only one thing I could do…

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

I jumped.

By some miracle I landed right on Leomon's sword. I gave him a challenging grin.

"Let's dance kitty cat." Fortunately in addition to the intense survival training my dad put me through he also taught me several forms of martial combat. The guy was an ex-Army Ranger so don't look at me like that. I rained blows as fast as I could, dodging the handful of swings Leomon countered with, fortunately I managed to stay inside his guard. Unfortunately he knocked me to the ground with a powerful backhand blow.

"Now!" A familiar voice shouted as Tai came out of nowhere holding his digivice.

The little toy-like device emitted a shriek as a bright light burst out of it and shined on Leomon.

"You know these things pack quite a punch!" Matt acknowledged stepping forward with his digivice held aloft.

With one last roar of pain a dozen or so black gears shot out of Leomon and disintegrated.

The others turned and, with their partners backing them up, saw off Ogremon.

After the battle everyone caught up with what the others had been doing. Tai and Matt had had a very cool adventure involving Frosty the Snowbear and the Adorable Snowman. Izzy and the twins had played tag with a centaur in the middle of a labyrinth until Leomon had shown up. I summarized the encounter with the Bakemon. And TK told us about the time he spent with a bunch of baby digimon. And then Leomon asked to tell us a tale. We sat under a tree and he began his tale. He called it 'The Legend of the Digidestined'.

"According to an ancient legend, our world will be taken over by a strange dark force that will change good digimon into bad ones. Our ancestors have predicted that a group of children called the Digidestined will appear from another world, when they arrive they will come to possess superpowers that will eventually save our world from destruction. I believe their prediction has come true. File Island has been seized by an evil power, we're in danger of destruction, and now, you've appeared."

"Whoa, that's amazing! But tell me, how can you be sure we're the kids you're talking about?" Tai asked him.

"Yeah, do you have proof that we're the same ones?" Matt continued Tai's line of thought.

"It's been foretold that the Digidestined have the ability to make digimon digivolve. You've done that and that's all the proof I need." Leomon told us.

"I, for one, hope that it's true. My theory is that we'll be released after we save the island. Once our purpose is served there's no other reason for us to remain." Izzy chattered.

"Don't say that! You'll just jinx us and will be here for months." I decried.

"And I'll finally be able to change these clothes!" Kiki ignored my prophecy of doom.

"That's right! If Leomon's information is correct, we'll be heading straight for home!" Izzy reassured us.

"Now you've done it." I moaned.

"I can't wait!" Mimi and Kiki decided to burst my eardrums.

Matt: How can we make it happen?

He turns to Infinity Mountain.

Matt: We're not even sure who's causing it. What if it's a force that's too big for us to handle?

Leomon: You see, Devimon is the main cause of all this evil. To save the island you're going to have to defeat him.

"Let's go for it!" Tai yelled as he stood up.

How ever pretty much everyone else was unhappy with the idea.

"Come on, everyone, why not? If we don't defeat him, it'll never be over!" Tai encouraged everyone which seemed to change a few opinions.

"Fine with me! Besides it's impossible for us to lose with the digivices." Izzy agreed standing up also.

"First thing on my list when I get home is to do some killer shopping." Mimi giggled.

"For that to happen we have to get you back home." Palmon agreed.

"If we all work together, we're sure to win." Tentamon acknowledged.

"I'm ready any time you are, buddy!" Agumon reassured Tai.

"How about it, Matt? Are we up to the challenge, my friend?" Gabumon asked.

"It's gonna be tough, when you get down to it, we have no other choice." Matt smiled as he stood as well.

"No way Amphitheredramon and I are going to miss out on this, besides Joe and Sora will probably arrive as soon as the battle starts and that can only increase our odds." I shark-smiled.

"All right then, troops, let's get to it!" Leomon told us and I though my army days were done when I'd left Joe and Sora behind.

"Far out! It's a done deal!" Tai celebrated as Kiki and TK stood as well. Then we turned to face the mountain, Devimon, and our destiny.

After Leomon had rowed us in a boat to the mainland of File Island he gave us words of caution.

"Devimon is very powerful. He's brought nothing but trouble to File Island, we must be careful."

As we drew nearer to Infinity Mountain the sky grew darker, swarms of black gears ghosted over us and floated to the top of Infinity Mountain. Suddenly the world began to tear itself part with an earthquake of terrible force.

"Can't turn back now!" Tai said grimly.

"As if I wanted to." I grinned. And then I saw something that nearly made me lose my dignity.

From the middle of a temple-like structure on the peak of Infinity Mountain Devimon burst out. One problem: He was like a hundred times bigger. He spread his wings and they seemed to cover the sky with an inky blackness.

"What in the world is that?" Mimi and Kiki shrieked in surprise as everyone else began to shake in fear.

"It must be Devimon!" Tai had apparently reached the same conclusion I had.

"He was so much smaller when we last saw him." Palmon yelped.

"How did he get so big." Lalamon stuttered.

"Bad guys always seem to think bigger is better." Izzy moaned.

"Well the bigger they are the harder they fall so let's knock this guy down to size." I crowed.

"Fraid not! The power that Devimon possesses is immense, so be careful!" Leomon cautioned us.

Devimon then jumped up into the air and slowly spiraled down landing before with a boom like thunder. And Amphitheredramon showed his immense courage by hiding in my shirt.

"He's here!" Tai muttered grimly.

"Uh, Agumon, ya better digivolve!" Tai told his partner as though just realizing we were going to need a lot of fire power.

"Right!" The little orange dinosaur agreed.

Unortunately before our partners could do anything a fust of wind from a flap of Devimon's wing slammed us against the cliff. Then a beam of dark energy lept from his hand and made sure we stayed there. Leomon tried to help us but he got captured too.

"You are fools! Don't expect me to play silly games with you, I'm far too wise for that!" Devimon boomed as his beam of dark energy seemed to sap my strength.

"Harpoon Torpedo!"

The voice of Ikkakumon signaled the turn of the tide as his missiles slammed into Devimon and freed us.

"Meteor Wing!" Birdramon's attack gave us the breathing space we needed.

"Quick, everybody! There's no time to waste! We've got to strike right away!" Sora recommended as she ran up the trail.

"Sora." Tai shouted happy to see his friend. "She's right, digivolve!"

"You got it! Ready, gang?" Agumon demanded of our partners. He received nods and Amphitheredramon popped out of my shirt ready to fight.

"Agumon digivolve to…"

"Gabumon digivolve to…"

"Amphitheredramon digivolve to…"

"Tentamon digivolve to…"

"Palmon digivolve to…"

"Lalamon digivolve to…"

"Greymon!"

"Garurumon!"

"Wyverndramon!"

"Kabuterimon!"

"Togemon!"

"Sunflowmon!"

"Yeah! Go, Greymon!" Tai shouted, invigorated by his partner digivolving.

"Let's turn this guy into pudding!" Matt grinned as fiercely as Garurumon.

"Time to ruin Devimon's day." I roared American style, a.k.a. loud and proud, as I jumped on Wyverndramon's back. Heyy if he was going to be fighting then I would be right there with him.

"My biology teacher would love this!" Izzy commented in a mad scientist fashion.

"I do like the way our colors match." Mimi smiled.

"Ours too." Kiki squealed.

"Nova Blast!" Greymon launched a fireball right at Devimon's face.

"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon's attack continued even as he bit down on Devimon's arm.

"I think he's got him!" Tai shouted.

Unfortunately Tai spoke to soon as Devimon threw Garurumon into Greymon.

"Your attacks are pitiful! I'm afraid you'll have to fight harder than that!" Devimon bellowed for the entire island to hear.

"Let's get him." I ordered Wyverndramon.

"Right." He agreed. "Wyvern Ice Freeze!"

"Electro Shocker!"

"So you want a Needle Spray, do ya!" Togemon challenged.

But the three attacks did next to nothing as Devimon clearly stated. "Give up, you fools, it's useless!"

As he swatted Kabuterimon away I could have sworn I heard a Star Wars TIE Fighter.

"Kabuterimon!" I heard Izzy yelp as his partner cartwheeled away.

Lalamon jumped at Devimon and gave him several punishing "Smiley Slaps!" But Devimon backhanded her into a tree.

"You're mine now!" Leomon snarled as his jumped prepared to bring his sword down on Devimon. And then Ogremon popped out of Devimon's leg. That's right out of Devimon's leg.

"You!" Leomon growled upon seeing the green fiend.

"Ya got no chance against the likes of us, kitty-cat!" Ogremon taunted his nemesis.

While Ogremon distracted Leomon a beam of dark energy blast him into the a tree. Or rather through a tree. Make that several trees.

Then Devimon managed to snatch Birdramon.

"You're not worth my time!" Deimon roared. "Out of my sight!"

And with that he threw her on top of Greymon. Poor guy flattened by two friends in one battle.

He then made a grab for Ikkakumon.

"Harpoon Torpedo!"

The torpedo hit Devimon's hand and bounced off. This wasn't going very well. As Devimon picked up Ikkakumon Kabuterimon returned to the fight.

"Electro-!" Before Kabuterimon could complete his attack, Devimon used Ikkakumon as a flyswatter.

Devimon, obviously not noticing me and Wyverndramon directly above him turned towards TK and Patamon on the cliff.

"Now to get rid of you, then I'll have nothing to fear! They say the smallest will destroy me! But I'm not going to let that happen! Don't move, make it easy on both of us!"

As Devimon reached out his hand, two things happened Matt and Garurumon came tearing up the path and I jumped off Wyverndramon. Again. This time I was better prepared. I had a stick.

"TK, run!" I heard Matt shout as Garurumon bit Devimon's hand, Greymon got up, grab, and bit one of Devimon's legs, Birdramon flew into his face, Kabuterimon buzzed onto one shoulder, Ikkakumon and Togemon jumped on the other leg, Sunflowmon began slapping his neck, and wyverndramon dive bombed past me in time to knock Devimon on his back.

"You seem to forget I am Devimon, supreme master of this island!" Devimon shouted in indignation. "I have power over all digimon! No one can stop me!"

A black barrier shot all of our digimon off in every direction and TK and Patamon hit the side of the mountain. Devimon then rose again right where I wanted him.

"Whoa, that guy knows how to take it outta ya." I heard Greymon growl.

"I can't move, even my needles feel numb." Togemon moaned.

"You said it." Sunflowmon agreed.

"Now is probably not a good time to take a nap." Kabuterimon buzzed as much to himself as Ikkakumon, who was unconscious.

"You will be mine!" Devimon laughed as he reach for TK.

Patamon flew up and blew out a Boom Bubble that had no effect. He tried again with no luck.

"I'll save you, TK!"

And then I landed on Devimon driving the stick deep into his eye.

A roar of pure rage leapt from his mouth and slammed me into the mountain.

"I'm going to feel that in the morning." I mumbled. As darkness claimed me.

When I came to I saw an angel hovering in front of Devimon holding up a golden staff.

"I'll destroy you and bring peace to this island!" The mysterious figure intoned.

Suddenly the digivices shined and beams of white light head for the angel.

"That light is so bright! What are you doing to me!?" Devimon demanded as the light grew brighter and brighter, dispelling Devimon's cloud of shadows.

All around us the partner digimon dedigivolved.

"Stop it!" Devimon ordered shielding his eye (the other eye was an ugly mess of red) from the intense light coming from the angel. "I'm not going to allow you to take my power away, you'll have to fight me!"

"I'm afraid I have no other choice!" The aangel told Devimon in an end-of-discussion kind of voice. He spun his staff and put it above his head. "If I can help others my fate is unimportant!"

"Angemon!" TK cried. It was then that I noticed Patamon's absence. This Angemon must be Patamon's evolved form.

"Your powers have gotten far out of control and must be extinguished!" Angemon said as he pointed his staff at Devimon. "I am ready to fight for peace!"

Ogremon popped out from Devimon's chest with a cackle but the light of Angemon's staff repealed him an blasted him out of Devimon, leaving a hole in Devimon's chest.

"Now you've done it!" Devimon growled.

The staff glowed and retracted into Angemon's right hand, which he drew back as though preparing a devastating strike.

"Be careful!" Tk begged his partner.

Devimon laughed and reached for Angemon, who reassured TK. "I'll get him, relax."

"Come here, pretty boy!" Devimon mocked.

"I'll stop you!" With that Angemon punched and a bright energy beam shoots through Devimon, across the island, and over the sea.

A bright light shined all around us and we heard a last exchange of words between Devimon and Angemon.

"You've used up all your power, that wasn't very smart, Angemon. Now you are no use to anyone! You can't get away from the dark forces! Evil is everywhere, so don't savor your victory. There are other digimon that are just as powerful as I am, some of them are even stronger. I wonder what you'll do when you run into them. You haven't won at all! What a waste of time!" That definitely wasn't an encouraging thought. I just hoped that Devimon was bluffing.

He laughed maniacally before suddenly being silenced.

"TK… I'll come back again… if you want me to…"

"Angemon!" Tk cried as the island lost its glow and things returned to normal.

TK is on all fours crying as seven snow white feathers fall to the ground before him.

The last feather hit's the pile, catching TK's attention, and as it does the feathers reform themselves into a white egg with three horizontal, yellow stripes.

"What do ya know, it's a digi-egg." Tentamon buzzed.

"Do you think it could be Angemon?" TK asked the world at large.

"I know it is, he's just resting for a while to regain his strength." Gabumon told him, as though this was a regular occurrence, then again knowing this place it probably was.

"But don't worry, you'll see him again when he digivolves." Palmon reassured him.

"I will make sure to take really good care of him." TK promised as he hugged the egg tightly.

"You saved my life, Angemon." He whispered to the egg.

"Uh? Look! The island is coming back together again!" Sora pointed out. it was true the scattered pieces of File Island where racing back like they were magnets.

"Exactly! Devimon's been defeated, the evil is eliminated, the island returns to its original state." Izzy reasoned.

Amphitheredramon and I were walking around in the nearby forest when I saw Ogremon get up. Apparently the poor guy had been blasted pretty hard.

"With Devimon out of the way, I can take over now." He cackled. We were laughing too but for a different reason.

He turned around and saw Leomon standing before him.

"Hello, you forgettin' about me?" Leomon said with a toothy grin.

"Leomon! Get me outta here!"

He ran off, hollering. "Why can't the bad guys ever win?!" Poor Ogremon he may be a bad guy but I'm guessing he wasn't as bad as some.

When we got back to the rest of the group a small argument had erupted.

"What's with those other evil digimon Devimon mentioned?" Matt demanded.

"Yeah, I thought we were goin' home." Joe whined.

"I don't wanna fight again!" Mimi sighed.

"Oh, I think I broke a nail..." Kiki was about as helpful as a dead bug.

"Well according to Leomon's legend, we gotta do it! Remember, he said we're the Digidestined!" Tai grinned from ear-to-ear all gung-ho as usual.

"Something's happening!" Joe shrieked.

A nearby rock pile fell apart to reveal a strange device. A rainbow beam of energy appeared from it. Then the hologram of an old man appeared in the beam.

"Eh, I've heard of you kids. I must say, I'm pleased." The old man wheezed.

"Excuse me, sir, tell us...who are you and what do you want?" And Tai asked the question of decade.

A/N: Sorry about the three week wait I just haven't be really inspired to write and I just went on a cross-country car trip so, yeah. Again sorry and I hope this makes up for it.