I've been spelling Chrisalimon wrong too. It's Chrysalimon. Sorry. Also I know this sounds weird but if anyone cares to review this could you tell me what a C2 is? I have a very basic understanding of internet terms and only recently figured out what an OC is. Now check out my longest chapter yet. I'm sure you'll have absolutely no idea what's going to happen (that's sarcasm in case I didn't make myself clear).
Chapter Eleven: A Nightmare to Remember
Four Days Ago
Koichi eyed the wolf digimon as it entered the cave behind the waterfall, forcing a smile out of him.
"Is it him Koichi?" Keramon asked as he crawled up to his partner, who was partially concealed in a hiding tree.
"Yes it is." Koichi smiled again. "Let's go." He left the safety of the hiding tree, heading for the path around the lake that led to the secret cave. Keramon followed.
"Should I digivolve now?" Keramon whispered, worried that the blue and brown digimon would get the best of him in his rookie state.
"Not yet, I want to make sure we've found the objective before any fighting happens." Koichi reached the path that wound around the lake against a tall cliff. He placed himself against the cliff wall and walked slowly, weary of the stream of water that was crashing down a few yards in front of him.
"Be careful," Keramon warned his tamer, "the last thing we need is for you to get a broken neck."
"No, the last thing we need is to fail the mission. Devimon's wrath would be a lot worse than anything some water could do to me."
"Good point." Koichi and Keramon reached the space between the waterfall and cliff wall, a narrow passage that barely had enough room for Koichi to pass through.
"How the hell did that guy fit through here?" Koichi whispered rhetorically. Keramon shrugged. They passed by the raging waters cautiously and made it to where a cave opened up behind the falls. Koichi peered around the corner, checking to make sure his enemy wasn't watching. The coast was clear, so Koichi slipped into the wide natural hallway and signaled for Keramon to enter as well. The virus digimon waddled over to his partner, gazing into the dark cavern.
"This thing probably doesn't go too deep," Koichi whispered, "We should probably-"
"Aussterben!" A wave of energy fired towards Koichi and his partner from the darkness.
"Watch out!" Keramon leaped in front of Koichi, shining brightly.
"Keramon digivolve to... Chrysalimon!" The larger insect digimon now deflected the blast, causing it to smash into the ceiling above. "Look's like we've been discovered." Chrysalimon growled.
"Looks like." Koichi agreed as he watched the tall and slender digimon walk into the light. He could now make out the digimon's shining white and brown armor, his medium sized pure white wings raised into the air, the digimon's sword clutched in his armor clad hand, and the wolf-like helmet with golden hair.
"It's nice to see you again Leopardmon." Koichi laughed.
"The feeling is not mutual." the digimon replied. Chrysalimon chuckled at the digimon's remark.
"I believe you have something that belongs to us." the spider-like digimon growled as he positioned himself in front of the exalted digimon.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Leopardmon replied.
"Well then, I guess I'll just have to jog your memory- Data Crusher!" Kurisamon fired a ball of yellow energy from his mouth.
"Ernste Wehr!" Leopardmon deflected the attack with an aura of dark energy radiating from his rapier.
"Ayah!" Chrysalimon launched himself at the digimon, wrapping his tentacles around the majestic digimon. He constricted himself, bringing Leopardmon to his knees. "Go find the crests, Koichi!" he called to his partner. Koichi complied, running past the two wrestling digimon. Meanwhile, Leopardmon tried to free his arm to reach his rapier, which he had dropped once Chrysalimon pounced on him.
"You won't defeat me." Leopardmon said once he regained his breath. "I am stronger and smarter than you."
"You're a fool if you truly believe that!" Chrysalimon constricted even tighter, "Not even you can escape the powers of the dark beacon." Koichi then ran back to the battle from the back of the cave, holding a small brown box.
"I've got them!" He yelled, making his way to the exit of the cave.
"No," Leopardmon tried to yell, but he was losing consciousness. His plight was made worse when Chrysalimon released his grip on the digimon for a slight second to throw his face into a wall, knocking the digimon out. Chrysalimon then crawled after his partner. The two made their way out of the forest towards Infinity Mountain, where Kuwagamon was waiting for them. Chrysalimon de-digivolved to Keramon to fit on top of the digimon along with Henry and Koichi, and together the four made the trip to the Citadel. Koichi and Keramon then entered the dark palace and followed the pathway to Devimon's chamber. The demon was waiting for them when they opened the door from the small staircase.
"Did you acquire it?" The demon lord asked from his throne.
"Yes sir." Koichi made his way over to the tall digimon, extending the wooden box outwards towards his master. Devimon grabbed the box and opened it, smiling.
"Perfect," he smiled, "Now once I ascend I can take all of you with me-" Devimon now had a surprised look on his face.
"What is it my lord?" Koichi questioned.
"There are fourteen of them." Devimon said, shocked. "Leopardmon called more digidestined."
***
Present Day
"Are you sure that you're okay to go back, T.K.?" Izzy yelled to the boy behind him as Tyrannomon dashed up to the Citadel.
"Yeah, as long as I have Patamon with me I"ll be fine!" T.K. replied.
"Do we have a plan for getting in there?" Kari asked behind T.K.
"It doesn't matter. Every second we're not at the Citadel is another chance for Devimon to finish the others off."
"But how are we going to get past all of the guards, and the evil digidestined, and Devimon?"
"I've got a plan!" Tyrannomon commented as he ran up the mountain path. "Patamon, you digivolve to Angemon, right?"
"Yeah!" the digimon yelled back.
"Good, that means you have the ability to purify."
"What does that mean?" T.K. asked
"Purifying is when a digimon can wipe all evil aspects out of another life form. Angemons have the ability to do that."
"So Patamon can delete dark needles and black gears?" Izzy asked.
"Yes."
"That means we can purify all of Devimon's guards!" Kari commented.
"And Matt!" said T.K. excitedly."
"Not just Matt, all of the evil digidestined. Then together we can defeat Devimon." Izzy said victoriously. "Alright T.K. get ready. Do you have your digivice?"
"My what?" T.K. was confused at first, but then recalled what Izzy was speaking of. "No, they took it when they brought me to the Citadel! Is that going to be a problem?"
"We need the digivices to digivolve." Patamon replied.
"Don't worry," Tyrannomon stated as he drew closer to the palace, "I've got an idea."
***
Tai, Rika, and Eric walked slowly as the Woodmon and Garurumon behind them herded the three humans up the stairs.
"So are they taking us to Devimon?" Tai whispered.
"Yeah." Eric replied.
"So what does he look like?" Rika murmured.
"Have you ever seen one of those medieval paintings of the devil?" Tai and Rika both nodded. "He looks like that except scary as hell."
"Great," Rika sighed as they reached the top of the stairs. They stopped to let the tamer Yolei come to the door and open it for them. Woodmon and Garurumon then shoved them into the chamber ahead. As they entered, they could see a figure shrouded in shadows talking to Henry and Ken.
"You left the door open?" the figure said emotionlessly.
"Yes sir." Henry said humbly.
"And a young boy outran you?" Devimon asked, addressing Ken.
"Yes sir." Devimon gripped his head in anger.
"I don't know what to do with you, Henry. Your pride and ego is doing more damage to this cause than these other tamers." As he was talking, Koichi, Zoe, and Joe entered the room, along with their partners Keramon, Betamon, and Gomamon. They walked past Tai, Rika, and Eric and joined Yolei and Matt off to the side. As Joe passed by them, Tai eyed him with sorrow.
"So that's Devimon." Tai stated as he stared at the demon standing over two of his subjects. Eric nodded. Tai stared into the digimon's eyes, as he yelled, showing not fear but anger. As Tai glared at the digimon, he noticed a faint light glowing in the digimon's stomach. Devimon noticed it too. He lifted his head from Ken and Henry and stared at the group of tamers standing near the door. His eyes immediately fell on Tai.
"Well I guess I know who's been giving me stomach problems." Devimon laughed as he walked over to the three tamers. Rika and Eric breathed deeply as the digimon came closer, but Tai kept his angry gaze. "You think you're so brave, don't you?" Devimon growled as he arrived at the group. He leaned down so that he could be at eye level with Tai. "What's your name?" he laughed.
"Taichi Kamiya." Tai's fury was skyrocketing just by being in the vicinity of the evil warlord.
"Well Taichi Kamiya, I guess I'll have to kill you first." Devimon stood up and walked away. "I wouldn't want you to get any ideas about fighting back. Who knows how much damage you could do to my digestive system."
"What the hell is he talking about?" Eric whispered to Rika.
"I don't know." She replied. They both turned to Tai, but didn't bother to ask him considering the boy's angry stare locked onto Devimon.
"Tai, you okay?" Rika asked.
"I can't stand him." Tai said roughly. "He's caused so much pain and suffering on this island, I just can't look at him without getting so angry."
"Well you won't have to worry about that for long," Devimon laughed from across the room. He had overheard their conversation. "Okay, you five, come over here." Devimon called the digidestined watching the spectacle over to the location of Henry and Ken. "We have some things to go over. First of all: Ken, your incompetence has been too obvious these past few days, you're no longer the leader."
"What!" Ken shot up from his knelt position in anger. Yolei risked a small smile behind him. "Sir, you can't demote me just because of a few mistakes-"
"I can and I will, end of discussion." Devimon cut him off, staring at him with hatred. Ken quickly realized his mistake and knelt back down. "Yolei, you shall be in charge from now on." This time outbursts came from both Ken and Koichi.
"Her?" Ken said angrily, "She doesn't know what the hell she's doing!"
"Master please, I am so much more qualified to lead us. I'm the strongest!" Koichi yelled in protest.
"Both of you shut up right now!" Devimon's pleased attitude from earlier had completely disappeared. "Yolei is perfectly qualified to lead you losers. The only other one of you I considered for this position was Joe. Almost all of you have made huge mistakes because of your damn ego. Only Yolei has remained level headed, even though she made a few mistakes, she learned from them. She also didn't make any mistakes on her own. Her only faults were out of her control." Devimon demoralized the other digidestined.
"Sir, thank you very much. I promise I will reclaim the glory that those children tried to take from us," Yolei nodded her head in the direction of Tai and the others.
"I know you will, Yolei. Alright, the second matter of business: We're done with this island. There's an Airdramon set up outside who is ready to take you to Server. Kazu should be waiting for you there, where he will give you your tags and crests and let you ascend to Ultimate."
"Master, what about File Island, there's still too much opposition here for us to just forget about it." Matt spoke up to his leader.
"Not for long. After I kill these tamers and destroy their partners, I will absorb the digimon's digi-cores and I'll ascend to Myotismon. After that I'll take care of the rest of the pathetic creatures on this island and join you on Server." The seven tamers nodded. "Now hurry and go, I want the pleasure of killing these three all to myself."
"Yes my lord." Yolei started walking towards the doorway. "Come on Woodmon, let's go." Her digimon followed her, as well as the other digidestined and their partners. As they passed by, Tai asked them a question.
"Which one of you is Matt?" The boy in a green shirt and blond spiky hair turned to him.
"What's it to you?" he replied.
"You should be ashamed of yourself. The way you treated your brother makes me sick." Matt scoffed at him, then turned back towards the stairwell.
"I don't have a brother."
***
Tyrannomon turned his head around the corner, observing the outskirts of the citadel. An Airdramon and five Fugamon guarded the entrance to the palace.
"So how does it look Tyrannomon?" Gargomon asked from behind him.
"There's six digimon guarding the main entrance. Five Fugamon and and Airdramon, but I don't think the Airdramon is going to be their for long. Usually they're just delivery men for Devimon."
"Can you take them out easily?" Kari questioned.
"Yeah. That Airdramon might be a little tough, but I'm sure I can distract him along with the other guards."
"And you're sure that Devimon would have taken Tai and the others to his chamber on the top of the palace?" Gatomon questioned.
"Yes, there's no other place Devimon prefers to do executions more than in his quarters." Kari shuddered at Tyrannomon's reply.
"Is everyone clear on the plan?" Izzy turned to the group. The all nodded. "Then let's get going."
"Wait, who's that?" Kari pointed to a group of some sort walking out of the Citadel.
"It's the evil digidestined." Gatomon replied.
"What are they doing?" Gargomon asked. They watched as the group boarded a wooden structure on the back of Airdramon.
"Holy crap they're leaving." Izzy said in amazement.
***
Devimon glided over to the three digidestined now sitting in the middle of the chamber. He eyed them evilly. Tai stared back at him with the same angry glare. Eric and Rika, on the other hand, were staring at a small pot next to Devimon's throne, where they could make out the silhouettes of four digivices. Devimon caught the envious eyes of the two tamers behind Tai.
"Ha, how pathetic. You actually think you have a chance to escape." Devimon scoffed at Eric and Rika, who were now looking at Devimon with anger and fear. Only Tai seemed fully engrossed in hatred of the digimon. "Now, let's get on with it." Devimon bent down to Tai, who was still staring at Devimon. As Devimon came closer, the crest within him grew brighter and brighter. Devimon winced at the pain.
"Argh," Devimon groaned, backing away from the boy. "It looks like you may give me a little trouble after all. I guess I'll have to break your spirit before I kill you." He reached over Tai and grabbed Rika in his hand.
"Rika!" Tai and Eric screamed in unision.
"Let me-" Rika tried to yell at the digimon as he stood up, holding the girl before him, but his grip tightened.
"Let her go now!" Tai yelled.
"And what are you going to do about it?" Devimon laughed, even though the crest within him was burning his insides. "goodbye little girl." Devimon tightened his grip.
"Diamond Storm!" the attack blindsided Devimon. It smashed into his face, forcing him to let go of the girl. She fell a short distance before Tai and Eric caught her.
"You okay?" Tai asked as the two boys set her down.
"I'm fine, let go." Rika jumped away. She turned around to see Renamon, Agumon, and Motimon running towards them.
"Renamon!" she said excitedly.
"Agumon!"
"Motimon!" Eric yelled, running towards the digimon. He snatched the digimon in his arms and squeezed. "I'm so sorry, I put you in so much danger."
"It's okay Eric," the small digimon replied. "It's not your fault. You just got a little carried away." The reunion was cut short as Devimon groaned in anger.
"Damn you." Devimon wiped the burn from his eyes. "Just for that, I think I'll-"
"Blaze Blast!" A voice from outside the Citadel sounded as a flaming sphere crashed into the wall of Devimon's chamber and blew it to pieces. As the smoke cleared, the seven in the chamber could make out three shapes: Tyrannomon, Gargomon, and Gatomon stared into the chamber.
"Are we late for the party?" Gargomon said as he leaped into the room from Tyrannomon's head. Gatomon leaped after him.
"Gargomon!" Eric said excitedly.
"And Gatomon!" exclaimed Tai.
"You guys got this?" Tyrannomon roared.
"We're good to go buddy." Gargomon replied as Tyrannomon turned around to deal with the Fugamon. "It looks like you sent your friends away a little too early." he laughed. Devimon bellowed as well.
"Ha! You think you two will actually stand a chance against me?" He turned away from the tamers and digimon ahead of him and faced Gargomon and Gatomon, making his second mistake of the day. Tai, Rika, and Eric immediately ran past him, leaping towards their digivices. "No!" He yelled turning to them, but he was too late. Gargomon unleashed an attack on him, forcing him to defend himself, while the three humans reached the small bowl next to Devimon's throne.
"You ready for this Motimon?" Eric called to his in-training partner, who nodded. "Right then."
"Motimon digivolve to... Tentomon."
"Let's do this Agumon!" Tai activated his digivice, followed by Rika and Eric.
"Agumon digivolve to... Greymon!"
"Renamon digivolve to... Kyubimon!"
"Tentomon digivolve to... Kabuterimon!" The three champion digimon turned to face Devimon, who had leaped away from the line of Gargomon's attack. The five digimon now closed in on him.
"Take him out Greymon!" Tai cheered.
"Ayah!" Devimon glared at the digimon around him. "Evil Wing!" Devimon threw his shredded wings outwards, sending a wave of dark energy at the digimon, knocking them away.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon rebelled.
"Dragon Wheel!" Kyubimon rolled into a flaming wheel and sped towards Devimon.
"Electro-Shocker!"
"Gargo Laser!"
"Lightning Paw!" Devimon clasped his wings around him, deflecting the attacks that flew towards him.
"Who's digivice is this?" Eric bent down and pulled the fourth digivice out of the bowl.
"It must be T.K.'s." Rika stated.
"Where is he though?"
"Probably somewhere else in the Citadel, waiting for Devimon to come and grab him."
"Fox Tail Inferno!"
"Hey guys!" The three turned around and witnessed Izzy, Kari, and T.K. running towards them.
"Kari!" Tai screamed in happiness, running towards his sister.
"T.K.!" Rika and Eric yelled happily. "You escaped?"
"Yeah!" he replied as the two groups met.
"I think this is yours T.K." Eric handed the boy the digivice.
"Thanks. You ready Patamon?" T.K. turned to the creature hovering above him. Patamon nodded. Devimon turned to see the scene and screamed in horror.
"No, not him!"
"Patamon digivolve to... Angemon!" Patamon was covered in a burst of light as T.K.'s digivice activated, revealing the Angelic digimon seconds later.
"Sh..." Devimon began to swear, but Angemon intervened.
"Hand of Fate!" He fired the beam of energy at his demonic counterpart. Devimon blocke the attack with his wings.
"You're outnumbered Devimon." Greymon laughed as the six digimon came together.
"That's where your wrong." Devimon chuckled.
"We shall see. Nova Blast!"
"Fox Tail Inferno!"
"Lightning Kick!"
"Electro-Shocker!"
"Bunny Pummel!"
"Hand of Fate!" The six attacks swirled around Devimon, speeding towards him in an almost impossible attack to dodge. Before they could hit the digimon, however, he leaped into the air, hovering over his enemies.
"Ha ha ha!" Devimon taunted them. "You shall never defeat me, not when I have the energy of all of my servants by my side!" Devimon raised his arms into the air.
***
"Blaze Blast!" Tyrannomon fired another attack at yet another Fugamon, the seventh one. The guards were quickly swarming around him, overwhelming the dinosaur. "This might be a little harder than I thought." He said to himself. Suddenly all of the Fugamon began to howl in pain.
"What the?" Tyrannomon watched confused as each of the Fugamon collapsed onto the ground. Tyrannomon could also hear screams of pain from inside the Citadel, indicating that Devimon's other servants were also having the same problem. "What is happening hear?" Tyrannomon backed away in fear. "I really picked a good time to switch sides."
Black Gears then flew out of the Fugamon's, flying towards the Citadel. Tyrannomon turned around to see other black gears fly out of the Citadel, swarming around it. A mass of thousands of dark devices hovered over the dark palace, which also began to disintegrate, sending its particles to swarm around along with the black gears. "Ayah!" Tyrannomon then backed away from the Citadel as it faded away into a mass of rocks and rubble. On top of the mound, he could see Devimon hovering over the digidestined as the black gears and dark particles flew into the digimon. "No." Tyrannomon ran up the mound to join the others.
"What's happening?" He questioned the other champion digimon.
"We're not sure." Angemon replied.
"But we know it's gonna be bad!" Gargomon added.
"We can't wait for him to get stronger, we need to attack now!" Tyrannomon aimed at the growing Devimon.
"But what about the 45th-" Kabuterimon started, but Angemon cut him off.
"He's right, there's no time to lose. Hand of Fate!"
"Blaze Blast!"
"Gargo Laser!"
"Fox Tail Inferno!"
"Electro-Shocker!"
"Nova Blast!" The six digimon blasted away at the swirling mass of darkness. The only one who didn't attack was Gatomon, who couldn't risk striking the cloud with her physical attacks. Their attacks were fruitless, however. Each blast bounced harmlessly away from Devimon, knocking into the air. The shroud of darkness then began to condense, forming the shape of Devimon on a massive scale. Devimon, now a hundred feet tall, stared down at the champion digimon below him.
"Ha ha. I might not be fully ascended now, but I'm more than strong enough to defeat you." Devimon raised his hand. "Hell's Contract!" He fired a dark wave of energy at the group. They leaped away, but the evil attack smashed into Gatomon's back, knocking her unconcious.
"Gatomon, no!" Kari tried to save her partner, who had now de-digivolved to Salamon, but Tai stopped her.
"Kari, you can't go over there. It's too dangerous."
"But Tai-"
"I'll get her Kari!" Gargomon yelled as he raced towards the wounded rookie. "Cover me!" Gargomon yelled to no one in particular. Angemon received his call and began distracting the mega-sized digimon.
"Hand of Fate!" he yelled, sending the wave of energy at the demon. Devimon knocked the attack away, unharmed by the would-be fatal attack.
"You can't possibly think you're strong enough to defeat me. How many times have you digivolved, two?" Devimon smashed his hand at the angel.
"Ayah!" Angemon screamed as he fell towards the ground. "I don't need strength to defeat you, I just need the power of hope and light. Hand of Fate!" Angemon fired another blast of light, just as Gargomon arrived at the tamers. He handed Salamon to Kari.
"You all should get back to the foot of this hill, it's safer down there." He told them right before he dashed back towards the battle.
"Fox Tail Inferno!"
"Electro-Shocker!"
"They're losing," Izzy said sadly as the six humans made their way to the foot of the hill where the battle was taking place.
"This is why we should have gotten the city and there armies to help us." Rika commented. "Why didn't you bring more digimon with you to help us?"
"Nanimon accused us of attacking Leomon, and tried to imprison us." Kari replied. "We barely escaped as it is!"
"Maybe someone can go down there and ask for their help." Tai suggested.
"Do you even think they'd be willing to help us?" Rika added.
"Angemon could probably do it- he's a frickin' angel, I doubt they could say that he's evil." Eric suggested.
"And he's fast too, he could probably reach them within a few minutes." Izzy suggested. "What about it T.K., can you get us some assistance?" T.K. nodded.
"Hey Angemon-" he began to scream to his partner, but a dark energy suddenly consumed the angelic digimon, knocking him to the ground. "Angemon, no!" T.K. called as he ran towards his partner.
"T.K. wait!" Rika called to the boy, but he was too determined to save his friend.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha!" Devimon bellowed. His laugh was like a scream at his current size. "You see, even the great Angemon cannot defeat me. Your efforts are futile, so go ahead and hand over your digicores. Or better yet, why don't I just take them violently!" Devimon laughed again, throwing his hand down at Kyubimon, who was weakly assaulting the demon's legs.
"Touch of Evil!" the digimon grasped the fox digimon and squeezed her tightly, dismantling her data and reverting her to Renamon.
"Renamon!" Rika screamed as the rookie slipped out of Devimon's hand and fell onto the ground.
"Just one thing left to do!" Devimon raised his foot above the fox.
"Renamon!" As Devimon's foot came crashing down, Greymon suddenly intervened, throwing his spiky head under the demon's foot.
"Ayah!" Devimon growled in pain, lifting his throbbing appendage away from the two.
"Renamon, get out of here now!" Greymon roared to the girl behind him. Renamon nodded and dashed away towards Rika. "Nova Blast!" Greymon launched a fireball towards Devimon's face. Devimon turned his head, allowing the flaming attack to hit his cheek harmlessly. When the fires disappeared, however, another attack was heading his way.
"Bunny Pummel!" Gargomon yelled as he flew towards the creature's eyes. Devimon laughed and snatched the digimon's arm with his teeth, shaking him violently. He dropped the digimon, watching him regress to Terriermon as he plummeted to the ground.
"Terriermon!" Izzy called in worry.
"Kabuterimon, get him!" Eric yelled to the insect. Kabuterimon quickly swooped in front of Devimon, catching the bunny-dog in one of his arms. He then put distance between himself and Devimon, exposing the digimon's eyes to the Renamon running towards her human partner.
"Oh, no you don't." Devimon knelt down, swiping Greymon away with little effort. The dinosaur stumbled down the hill's slope, landing unconscious at the bottom. "Touch of Evil!" Devimon yelled, thrusting his arm into the ground. The arm reemerged under Renamon, knocking her into the air.
"Rika!" The digimon yelled in pain. Devimon's hand extended farther towards her, but Kabuterimon swept her up in the knick of time, carrying her to safety.
"Don't worry, you're fine." Kabuterimon comforted the two digimon in his arms as he flew away from Devimon.
"Kabuterimon, fly down to the city and try to convince them to help us. It's our only chance!" Eric called to his partner.
"You really think I'm that stupid don't you!" Devimon raised his arm. "Hell's Contract!" the dark blast easily knocked the bug out of the sky, sending him in his rookie form as well as Terriermon and Renamon with him.
"No!" Rika, Eric, and Izzy yelled in unison as they ran to comfort their digimon.
"Tyrannomon's the only one left Tai." Kari said as she pulled closer to her brother, holding the battered Salamon tight in her arms.
"Blaze Blast!" Tyrannomon launched another attack at Devimon.
"Ah, the very last one," Devimon smiled as he looked down on Tyrannomon. The digimon stumbled back before Devimon smashed his foot into the digimon, knocking him down the mountain.
"Kari, get out of here." Tai told his sister as he stared at the demon, who was too busy laughing to finish what he started.
"Tai-" she began.
"I don't want to here it Kari. I want you to get down the mountain and back to the Citadel, the others should follow you."
"But what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to stay here and distract Devimon."
"What? No, you can't!"
"I have to Kari. The only way this island will stand a chance against Devimon is if you and the others are there to help the Citadel fight against him. I'll make sure he doesn't follow you, so go now."
"Tai, I can't-"
"Just Go!" Tai turned around and pushed the girl away. She cried, slowly dragging herself down the mountain. Devimon then turned to Tai, who was staring up at him with hatred.
"Oh, yes you." Devimon clutched his stomach. "And to think that I actually feared that you might be a threat." Devimon laughed once again.
"You think I'm afraid of you?" Tai growled. "I don't care how powerful you think you are. My friends are going to beat you no matter how tall you get, or whether you ascend or not, because you are a heartless bastard-"
"Shut up!" Devimon raised his arm, glaring at Tai. Tai glared right back. Devimon swung his arm down, letting it speed towards Tai.
"Ayah!" Devimon suddenly flew back, clutching his stomach in pain. He doubled over, his massive body crashing into the back of the hill, away from the other digidestined. The crest within his stomach shone brightly, burning through Devimon's skin and creating a massive hole in the digimon.
"What's happening to him?" T.K. yelled from the base of the mountain while he comforted Patamon.
"I don't know," Tai whispered. As Devimon screamed louder and louder, the light within his stomach began to lift itself away from the demon, hovering in mid-air as it floated towards the tamers. Tai and Devimon stared in amazement as the light condensed, revealing the tag and crest, and flew straight into Tai's hands. "Huh?"
"Tai, I can feel your courage!" Greymon roared as he made his way back up the hill.
"No," Devimon said shocked. Tai's digivice then burst with power, the crest in his hands doing the same thing.
"Greymon digivolve to..." Greymon was lifted into the air as a bright white light consumed him. He began growing larger, and a field of electricity consumed him as he began to transform.
"Ah!" Kari gasped.
"What's happening to him?" Rika said in amazement.
"He must be digivolving, again!" Izzy replied.
"Awesome." T.K. commented.
"Damn." Eric watched the digimon as it grew larger and larger, with wings appearing on its back. Devimon, still crippled from the power of the crest, could not bring himself to stop the transformation. Suddenly the bright light flashed away, and Greymon, now twice as large with metal covering his skull, chest, and left arm and decayed wings supporting him in the air, hovered over Devimon with a fury in his eyes.
"MetalGreymon!"