Search for the Digital Catalyst

Cult Red Handed: Part 1

"C'mon T.K.! You know you want to attack first!"

"No way Davis! How about quitting this silliness before someone gets seriously hurt!"

"There you go again! Calling me silly, well maybe I'll just slap you so silly that your high and mighty attitude falls to the ground!"

Kari gasped and grew red with anger, "DAVIS!" She blasted.

Cody turned to Izzy, "They haven't even started fighting and the words are already hurting more than any physical attack could."

Izzy and Mimi both nodded to which Joe added, "Something's got to give, sooner or later one of them will snap and attack."

Ken agreed, "It's the same tactic I used as the Digimon emperor. At first I was thrilled to have a good opponent, then I got annoyed they kept winning, but I kept attacking both on and off the field with mostly my words and actions before I even fought! I tried toying with you guys as much as possible but it got to me first and I snapped! T.K. looks to be the calmest even when Davis is using the most hurtful words against him."

T.K. glared at him from inside his helmet, "If I have to protect the others from you, then I guess I have no other choice!"

Davis poised for attack, "By 'protect the others' I'm sure you really just mean 'protect your precious Kari'. You've always tried to put me down, but no longer!"

T.K. stuttered, "You...you use my girlfriend against me?

Kari had tears swelling up from under her eyelids, very hurt by what Davis was saying, she started feeling really weak that she could hardly stand. Yolie noticed and held her up, comfortingly, "DAVIS YOU CONCIETED, UNGRATEFUL, LITTLE JERK!" Yolie blasted.

None of the Digidestined had EVER heard even Yolie say something like that to anyone so when she did everyone immediately jolted in her direction, unfortunately though, so did Davis who had been holding his blaster for the entire time, accidentally shooting it at her and Kari, not that he cared at this point anyways.

Fortunately, T.K. reacted swiftly as it shot out, zoomed towards their direction, but he wasn't quick enough to block it with his shield and so his body took the full out attack making him yelp in pain, "Ahhhhh"

"TEEEEKAAAYYYYY!" Kari's screams echoed throughout the forest.

"What do you want BlackWarGreymon?" Tim was growing tense as he stared at the former evil Mega Digimon.

He didn't reply at first, for a good long minute in fact, prompting Strongomon, Seadramon and Lekismon to brace for a counterattack.

Finally the huge Mega Dark Digimon spoke, even calmer than before, "Settle down. I'm not here to attackyou digidestined." He gazed directly at Tim, making him even more uncomfortable, "Go ahead, test your crest, you'll find that you can trust me."

Tim held his mouth open for about 5 seconds before he decided, then closed his eyes, put his head down and tilted it to the right a little as he appeared to dig deep in thought. Sure enough, BlackWarGreymon was telling the truth, as Tim's Crest of Trust began to shine brightly. Tim smiled, "I believe you. Amazing though after all that damage you did to the digital world."

"I hold remorse and am ashamed for what I did. I felt driven, but now the desire to destroy the destiny stones is no longer."

"You mean he was evil, and you're just going to trust him?" Aria questioned, "That doesn't make any sense."

"I understand perfectly," Michael replied, "Sometimes it doesn't make a lot of sense, but at times, you just have to trust sometimes that one who did wrong to you is willing to change, will do so. Seadramon, stand down!"

The giant dragon backed off and de-digivolved back to Betamon.

Tim nodded to Strongomon and he did the same, reverting back to Arnamon and Lekismon took her place beside Aria.

"So wait, where has he been then, he sure hasn't been helping us out." Aria wondered.

Tim hummed, "That's right! Weren't you hit by an attack by MaloMyotismon inside of Oikawa, rapidly depleting your life-force? And then you made a barrier between the two worlds to try and keep him from going back to the Digital World! How did you get back?"

"Azulongmon saw that I couldhave another chance, but it wasn't until a digimon named Wizardmon, came up with a way for me to come back through the Morphing Grid."

Michael gave him a quizzical look, "If that's possible, then that would mean that the morphing grid and the Digital world are intertwined somehow, right?"

Tim breathed nervously and excitedly, "Could that really be possible?I wonder, if that's what Zordon meant when he was trying to save that other world."

Aria added, "It makes sense! I mean digimon are able to be reconfigured right?" The two boys nodded, "But not before when they were in that dark world, so when Zordon helped that world become what is now the digital world, he had to have a power source to do it."

"Meaning that he would have to cross something that's already digitally huge, in this case the morphing grid, to combine the digital world with earth!" Tim concluded.

Michael had something to add, "Not only that though, I'm willing to figure that the morphing grid hold many alternate universes to be able to hold many of the digital worlds that are out there, meaning that some of those worlds from the old dark World, are lost are in those universes and coincide with the earth of those places."

"Um, Tim, Michael? All good suggestions, but don't you think we should be trying to go back and find Davis again?" Betamon suggested.

Aria smiled warmly, "Good idea! That is what we were originally here to do. We freed Lekismon so there's no reason for us to hang out here any longer."

BlackWarGreymon had been unable to talk since Michael and Tim started with the theories and couldn't agree more, "The girl is right, you must get back to your search." He lifted his head to the sky as if it appeared that he was sensing something, and indeed he was, "I must go back to your world digidestined, I sense a great, dark and familiar power coming from there, also, when you get back, go to the mountains that reside in Angel Grove, there is a surprise waiting for you there."

Tim nodded, "Thank you for your help BlackWarGreymon, we will see you back there."

"You as well, be careful digidestined, there is a great power that is attacking!" And with that he flew off at mach speed and disappeared through a portal outside.

Tim, Aria, Michael and their digimon made their way outside and as soon as they did, Tim's D-Terminal beeped, "It's from Ethan! He says they found Davis, just about a mile north of us."

Arnamon armor digivolved to Flooromon, "Let's get going." He commanded. Tim and Michael and Betamon hopped on Flooromon and Lekismon picked up Aria and ran as fast as they could.

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(Digimon Emperor at Zeltrax's layer)

"Master Kaiser"

"Is the mist finished Nero?"

"Yes my master. I have placed the fusor on the digimon just in case however."

"WONDERFUL! Unlike that fool Zeltrax, I have a plan. I don't have anymore use to him. NOW! Send out the Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon. HAH! Once I mist all the digimon, they'll be under my full control and it will work on not only Digimon, but also humans!"

The Kaiser didn't know that Zeltrax was watching him so he formulated his own plan, "Nero that traitor! I will show that Emperor boy the real master, I must destroy Dr. Tommy Oliver myself!"

"Aiyiyi! I wish I could figure out what Zordon was saying!"

"Don't worry Alpha, we'll figure this out and...uhoh! Dr. O! We've got trouble!"

Tommy and Katherine had just stepped in as the alarms went off.

"Aiyiyi! A Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon are attacking Reefside!"

Katherine raised an eyebrow, "Why would just a couple of Digimon be attacking, don't they have to be fused to be causing harm."

Tommy did a quick search, "There's no Dark Ring or Black Gear, but something's...wait a minute, their physical, digital signatures are a bit different! Let's go Ethan, Katherine!" Tommy tapped his communicator, "Conner, Kira, Trent, action time!"

By the time they reached downtown Reefside, they found Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon, not really attacking people, but causing trouble which was angering the Digimon Emperor.

Conner pointed towards the two digimon, "Hey! If there's something we can help you find, I'm sure we can help you find it in the Digital World."

"GET THEM!" The Digimon Emperor commanded.

Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon finally noticed and turned to the rangers, snickering evilly.

"Ever heard of Pumkin-on-Rocks?" Gotsumon said in a gravelly voice.

"No? Well you're about to find out!" Pumpkinmon finished.

Kira exchanged a glance with the others, "You guys catching a word of what they're saying?"

Conner pumped his fists, "Doesn't matter, I'm ready to put this little party on hold!"

Conner, Kira, Ethan and Trent started to morph, "DINO-THUNDER POWER..." But they were interrupted by Tommy, "Wait, hold up guys. They're just in regular Digimon form right now. Let's see if we can just fight them off while Alpha and Hayley find a way to revert them back to their original states."

"Forcing their hand, good thinking Dr. O." Trent remarked.

With that they approached the two digimon, "Okay you two, we can either do this the easy way or the hard way, so I suggest you come quietly."

Gotsumon mocked Kira, "Hey girly, we can destroy you with our bare fists! Here's a little example of what WE can do... ROCK FIST!

Pumpkinmon used his most powerful attack, "JACK-O-LANTERN!" Suddenly a huge burst of fire and rocks started flying towards the rangers. Kat quickly decided to jump in, "IT'S MORPHIN TIME! Zeo Ranger 1 Pink!"

Tommy couldn't do anything to help but hope that the other rangers also morph quickly, he started to run towards the battle, but he suddenly found himself with a problem on his hands, "Not so fast Tommy Oliver." He spun around and found himself face to face with a familiar yet not so friendly face, "We have some unfinished business to attend to Oliver."

"You're getting to be a little repetitive there Smitty."

"Repetitive or not, I still have a score to settle."

"Smitty! What happened was an accident, there was nothing we could do! Your revenge is for nothing, but if it will make you happy."

Scene shifts back to the rangers as they are shown avoiding all the attacks. All of them including Tommy morph, Dino-Thunder Power UP! HAH!

Tommy began battling Zeltrax, in great form like always while the other Dino-Rangers teamed up against Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon. Kat, though, was stuck by herself as she was suddenly surrounded by some dark beasts. "Helllooooo," they said in slithering like voices. "We want the light, and perhaps you can give it to usssss."

Kat, normally strong, was suddenly overcome with a bit of fear, "Whhooo, who are you?"

"We are beings from the dark planet, we were summoned here to help defeat you and to kidnap the light and the catalyst too! To restore our world to its original state and to rule over all others!"

Kat's Australian accent became really thick, "Well, you can forget it! Time to put on your running shoes mates, because you're getting nothing but the boot!"

"We'll see about that."

Kat spoke into her communicator, "Alpha, what are these things?"

"Aiyiyi, Katherine, I don't know! But what they said is true, their signatures match that of the dark planet! Be careful! They may be able to twist anything that's good and puppeteer anything!"

"Right, ok, now what?"

(Back at Zeltrax's layer)

"HAHAHA! Cherrymon is doing wonderfully, that Davis is totally confusing his friends with his enemies." He switched over to the screen that held the battle going on in the real world. "Ahh, perfect! Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon are doing well and it looks like the help I asked for has arrived right on time!" But his evil joy was short lived as he saw Zeltrax, "WHAT? What is THAT fool doing there? I SWEAR! If Tommy doesn't kill him than I will make him wish he'd never returned! AAAGH!" He roared furiously.

Meanwhile, the Dino-Rangers had started to finally figure out Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon, though for some reason, Pumpkinmon was a little harder. "SURPRIIIIISE!" He cackled as a giant pumpkin hovered over the rangers, Conner and Trent quickly got out of the way, but Ethan and Kira had been too focused on Gotsumon to notice, and it sprayed some sort of mist that made the two go crazy all of a sudden.

Kira was nervous and started slinking away, "I...IIII think i'll sit this one out coach"

"I...I just remembered, I don't like pumpkins, especially Jack-O-Lanterns."

Conner couldn't believe his eyes, "What the?"

"Beats me dude, I think it's time to go to the next level here."

"Good thinking Trent."

Together: SUPER DINO MODE!

With renewed speed and energy they quickly ran at the two digimon who were still spewing fire, exploding pumpkins and rocks at them.

Conner slashed Pumpkinmon in the face, "I'm getting a little tired of this pumpkin parade,"

Trent used his Drago-speed on Gotsumon, causing sparks to finally fly out of the rocks, " I agree, it's getting a bit rocky!"

Conner after attacking Pumpkinmon tried to get Ethan and Kira back in the action, "Hey you two, we need you! Snap out of it!"

"I don't think so bro."

"Yeah, Conner, how about letting someone else handle this for a change?"

Conner sighed, "I didn't want to have to do this but..." He suddenly took his sword and slashed it between the two causing them to both fall away before it hit between them.

Kira was infuriated, "What was that for?"

"What's the deal bro...oh!"

Conner's plan really wasn't really a good one, he had to admit, but he hoped it worked, "I need you two to fight. Had to snap you out of it somehow."

"Oh, right! Thanks Conner, we owe you one,"

"Don't mention it Kira. Let's put them together!" Each of them including Trent put their weapons together "DINO-CANNON! FIRE!" Despite them being two digimon they both were hit and fell to the ground and it seemed to work.

Alpha's voice rang through the air, "Great job rangers! I have found something out though! Ethan, Pumpkinmon is an Ultimate! Gotsumon is a rookie but together they are very powerful!"

"Acknowledged Alpha."

The rest was short lived however, "FUSE THEM TOGETHER!" The emperor yelled.

Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon began to shine.

"Oh boy, now what?" Conner wondered aloud.

In the meantime Zeltrax and Tommy were still fighting in major combat, but both were getting tired out, "Energy Orb! FULL POWER!" The orb blasted Zeltrax once again pushing him dozens of feet before finally falling to the ground, "ERGH, You've won again Dr. Oliver. I must go."

Where Kat was, she couldn't figure out the strategies of the dark beings, "Give it up, you can't escape the darkness for much longer."

"I've done it once before, and I can do it again!" Kat yelled, suddenly a bright light shone on her and in her hand appeared a brightly shining sword, a voice, similar to Kari's, began to speak, "Use this sword, any ranger that can find the light inside of them may use the sword, it will drive away any darkness and is sharper than a normal two edged sword."

Just as quickly as it spoke, the voice disappeared, leaving her thinking, 'Sounds just like a reference in the Bible.' she thought to herself before remembering the approaching darkness. "FLEE! Be gone for the light is more powerful!" She swung the sword and a wave of light flashed upon the battlefront, piercing the dark beings. The sword didn't even touch them and they panicked, but they still resisted. "You won't beat us that easily. Just watch this..." The beings suddenly started to combine and as they did they grew into a great big blob of webbed darkness (Similar to Dagomon, but not as big, but still powerful). It didn't even take time to talk as soon as it stopped, but it sent an enormous cloud of darkness causing a giant wind that soon turned into the similarity of a forming tornado. "Feeel our power!"

"NOT TODAY! TERRA DESTROYER!" A giant ball of red mass suddenly pierced through the darkness and hit the giant being, "DARK TORNADO!" The tornado sucked up the dark wind and calmed the front down.

"You!" They sneered, "How did you beat us when you are pure darkness yourself?"

"Not anymore, though I AM BlackWarGreymon, I discovered what it means to have true light and hope, my attacks may be similar to darkness, but they are pure light coming from within the strength of all my new friends!"

"TRAITOR! You WILL pay for this!"

"I doubt it. NOW GET!"

They didn't budge at first until Kat held out her sword, they panicked and ran off.

(Back in the Digital World)

T.K. grunted in pain, "So that's what it's going to be huh? Well, how do you like...THIS?" He lunged at Davis and struck him with his rod. "You try to hurt the girls, I'll hurt you, just as simple as that Davis!"

"THAT! Was an accident!" He kneed T.K. in the elbow, "But that was on purpose!"

ExVeemon and Angemon ended up in a boxing match as well, while ExVeemon had the uppercut, Angemon kept up with his rod. "ExVeemon! You need to quit this!"

"Whatever Davis does, I'm doin! Even if I don't like it!"

Angemon ducked a punch and avoided a kick"You'll get yourself killed!"

"Maybe, but if Davis doesn't realize that now, he'll have to realize it later!" He used his VeeLaser.

From below, Tai was getting upset as he saw his sister crying and the much of the group dejected, "Not good, we've got to stop this!"

"What happened last time? We got caught up in that light I think." Matt observed.

"But that was a one time thing" Agumon pointed out.

"We've gotta do something!"Joe panicked.

"Joe's right, we need a distraction, but what?" Sora replied thoughtfully.

Mimi seemed to be pondering something, "Hmm, I've got it!"

Everyone looked her direction, "Huh?" Palmon said looking up at her partner.

Gomamon joked, "This should be good."

Joe reprimanded him, "Gomamon!"

"Well, I was thinking, how about making them fall asleep? Davis and ExVeemon that is."

"PRODIGIOUS! That could work! But we don't have anything that could get them to fall asleep."

"How about a Terrier-Tornado?" Terriermon offered.

"You'll do no such thing!" Hawkmon warned.

Willis agreed, "Besides, between two Champion digimon, you'll kill yourself."

"Hey! I fought off Wendigomon plenty of times as just a rookie! No offense Lopmon"

"None taken." The quiet bunny replied.

"I could always find a Floramon and have her use rain of pollen" Gatomon suggested.

This made Kari giggle a little bit, but Yolie interjected, "But there's not a Floramon within miles of here and we still have Cherrymon watching!

At that moment, Tim, Aria and Michael had gotten back to the group as fast as they could, at first they just found Tai and the others talking of ideas, but each gasped when they saw T.K., Davis, Angemon and ExVeemon fighting.

"Mimi!" Michael said in a surprised voice, "What in New York is going on here?" He got off of Flooromon.

"Cherrymon" Cody growled deeply, he hadn't spoken since the whole thing started, "He brainwashed Davis and now Davis has snapped and is fighting T.K."

Tim scowled and leaped off of Strongomon, "Why, I never!"

Aria got off Lekismon and turned to see a still distraught Kari. She put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "Any ideas?"

"Mimi had the idea to make them fall asleep," Yolie explained, "But we don't have..."

Just then Lekismon spoke up, "Allow me. I've already used my attack once, so it won't make them fall asleep, but it will make them tired enough to stop." She shot her attack with risk of hitting T.K. and Angemon, but they all knew the chances. The bomb exploded sending out tiresome fumes. Davis could feel his muscles cramping up and ExVeemon looked very weary. T.K. de-morphed and found a tree to sit down under and Angemon de-digivolved back to Patamon who immediately rested on T.K., Kari immediately ran over to him.

"Well...I hope you're happy," A yawning Davis managed, "Next time, it won't be so easy."

"HAH! PERFECT!" A loud voice suddenly rang out. Everyone snapped their heads to the field, Tim looked weirded out when he saw who it was, "But, HOW?"

Ken clenched his fists, "GO AWAY!"

"I don't think so my washed up puppet! You're useless!"

Ken growled, but Yolie held him back, "No Ken, just stop."

"That's right, listen to your girlfriend Kenneth! Now as for you Davis, you're coming with me. You'll join me in the fight."

Davis de-morphed and then glared at the emperor, "N...O! I work alone. I figured Cherrymon wasn't that smart to hide his intentions, but he was right about everything he said."

"You've lost your confidence Davis!" Tim yelled out.

"Shut up." Davis said bluntly, Tim returned back a disturbed look. No one had ever seen Davis act like this, and it was obvious now he needed some compassion. "I'm leaving, Veemon you can either come with me, or you stay with these...people."

"But Davish! These are your friendsh!"

"Harumph. I'm out of here." He faced the emperor, "Stay out of my way"

"WWWWHAAAAAT? How dare you talk to me like that. You obey me now or face the consequences!"

"You're not powerful enough to do that." With that he ran off despite the calls of the other teens.

The emperor laughed inwardly, 'He's gotten smart, but I will, and once I have, I'll be invincible!' "Very well then, play your childish games. I've got more important work to do, and digidestined, you WILL be destroyed. Mark my words!" He turned to Cherrymon, "AS FOR YOU!"

"I did what you asked, don't blame me."

"You failed! Now you'll pay!" He took a whip out and immediately slashed Cherrymon in half right in front of everyone.

The digidestined all gasped, Aria couldn't contain herself, "That...that's terrible! How could you?"

"Sounds like you have a lot to learn miss diva." he shot back.

Aria was speechless and Tim growled, but could do nothing about it.

"NOW! If you'll excuse me, I have some more important things to do." With a flash he disappeared.

"There's nothing we can do now, so let it go," Tai commanded, "We have to focus on the big issue, we have to find and get Davis back."

"It's all my fault," Kari said sourly, "I should've payed more attention to his feelings."

T.K. placed a hand on her shoulder, "There was nothing you could do Hikari, we all did the same thing, we all should've considered his feelings more."

Tim nodded, "I think we all take Davis for granted far too often."

Just then they were interrupted by Gennai, "Hello again all. I see the unfortunate event of Davis's disappearance. However, there is a problem in your world that you must all attend to. The Dino-Rangers are facing off against one of the emperor's monsters. You must get back right away and assist them!"

Yolie jumped up immediately upon hearing this news, "Then let's get to it! There's a digiport near here, let's go!" She began to run off, Ken, Kari and the rest of the newer gang followed behind her.

"Thanks Gennai," Matt said before he Tai and the rest began to leave as well. Tim and Aria had also started off, but Gennai stopped them, "Aria, I need you and Lunamon to stay behind with me."

Aria looked at Tim, "Go ahead," he told her knowingly, "We'll take care of things over in Reefside." With that he quickly left Aria and Lunamon with Gennai who immediately told her what he had in store for her. "Azulongmon asked me to give you a mission. Now that you have your digimon, you will be joining some other veteran rangers to find the Digital Catalyst. He is expecting a possible battle to try and retrieve the catalyst. It is in the form of a Digimon and is located within the Shinjuku Japan area, that much we know. He also goes by the name Calumon and possibly stays with a girl named, Rika Nonaka, known as a Digimon Tamer and her partner is a Renamon."

Aria nodded her head slightly to one side, "A tamer? Don't you mean a Digidestined?"

"Whilst the two are similar, they are also different. You see, where the Digidestined were chosen to protect the world from evil, the Tamers weren't supposed to have Digimon at all. Instead, their digimon found them, originally so they could become stronger and later be able to digivolve. It was because of the Diginomes, that they received Digivices known as D-Arcs, developed by a man named Shibumi. Which brings me to my next point, you must seek out a man named, Mitsuo Yamaki, he will be able to assist you in your search."

"But I don't know any Japanese!"

"Do not worry, the Monster Makers and the Tamers each speak very good English from what I understand. The Monster Makers are made up of a few different people from around the world, so it will be an easy task." Gennai pulled out his signature pineapple laptop and opened it revealing a screen, "Yamaki's headquarters are located in this building right here. Show them your Digimon and they'll let you through."

"Who are the other rangers I'm supposed to find?"

"You will be accompanied by, Merrick, the Lunar Wolf Wild Force Ranger, Prince Dex the Masked Rider, Mack the Overdrive Red Ranger and the Sentinal Knight. Once there, you must attempt to secretly escort the catalyst away from the area and bring him with you to your home. There's an experiment I've been working on with Azulongmon that will allow the digiport to take you straight to one place on earth to another instead of coming back to the Digital World. To do so you must say, "Digiport Open, Alternate Transport to, and name a specific place."

Aria nodded with understanding, "I'm ready."

"Good," Gennai typed in some algorithms on his computers and opened a Digiport, "There's a computer that was put here years ago, there is no one there at this time of day, you'll be able to get to get there without arousing suspicion. If you do run into a tamer just show them your D-3."

"And make sure Lunamon just looks like a stuffed animal," Aria giggled.

"Haha, right. Alright, it's ready to go. Good luck."

"Thank you Gennai, I won't let you down! Digiport Open!" With that Aria disappeared in a flash of light.

(Back in the Real World: Tim's house)

Outside creeping around Tim's house was a small furry creature. And furry isn't the half of it, "Deexxx." Dex had left Furbus in a safe spot and told him to stay, but it had been a long time since Dex left and hadn't come back yet, and he was getting a bit bored and hungry. He went up to the front door of the big house and turned the knob. Oddly enough, it was still unlocked so Furbus walked in. He got down the hall and saw the kitchen to the right. "Fridge!" He squealed not getting the attention of the two other boys watching the television just straight across in the living room. He opened it and tried looking for something to munch on, but he couldn't figure out anything he could eat. (A/N: I seriously can never find anything to eat that I can make into a sandwich or is from dinner the previous night.) Furbus quietly got out of the kitchen and went back to the front door area and went down the stairs he had previously passed up. Quickly he made his way down and opened the door right in front of him. At first he thought no one was there so he looked around the apartment and saw another fridge, went over to it and opened it, but just as he did, "Who's there?" Tim's grandpa came out of the room that was located right next to the fridge, "Timothy, you looking for something to..." He stopped dead in his tracks and saw Furbus, "Well, this is quite the sight!"

"Furbus sorry! Furbus hungry!"

Seeing that this furball could possibly eat a horse, Tim's grandpa decided it couldn't hurt, or so he thought. In minutes, he had made up four fresh chicken sandwiches with Onions, tomatoes, and peppers. Also with chips and very hot salsa on the side as well as a tall glass of Grape juice. (This salsa that he buys IS hot, but I'm used to it now. I love the stuff!) Furbus, being, well, Furbus, began eating right away and there was no stopping him either.

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(Reefside)

The Dino-Rangers were whipped! They had stayed morphed, but their suits were smoking and the circuits under the spandex were seen sparking. This new fused digimon, PumpGotsumon had completely out tricked their Super-Dino-Modes and even Conner's Battleizer and Shield of Triumph each failed to do their respective jobs. Tommy had also succumb to the power and couldn't find a way to get at him with either of his Dino-Powers or his Red Zeo Powers. Kat had done some damage with the light sword, but even that didn't help very much. Thankfully she was still standing, "Tommy, let me help you up." As she did, she saw BlackWarGreymon still behind them, but he hadn't done anything, "Wait, why aren't you helping?"

"I'm too powerful," He explained, "As a mega Digimon, especially a Dark one, I could do far more against that Digimon than even many Megas could, I'd obliterate them with just one blow when I'm supposed to just be protecting the Digimon." Katherine nodded with understanding, she turned to the others, "You guys okay?"

Conner felt delirious, "Ugh, I feel like I was hit with 10 tons of lead with 10 more tons of bricks on top of that"

"Normally, I would call you crazy and laugh mockingly at that comment," Kira groaned as she and Trent tried to help each other up, "But it would hurt too much."

"I feel like I've lost 20,000 brain cells all at once and my neuro-pathways are in a state of shock," Ethan moaned, "I don't know if I'll ever be able to play video games ever again." Trent snickered at the comment.

Just then sounds of motorbikes roared in the distance and in seconds were in the vicinity, "Guys! Oh no!" T.K. immediately hopped off his bike, "What happened Dr. O?"

"That's what happened," Tommy pointed towards Pumpkotsumon

"Hey that's Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon!" Matt exclaimed.

"Wow, that sure brings back memories."

Tim had just gotten to the scene and ran over, "Enough reminiscing T.K., hey you!"

"AH! So the Digital Rangers have come to aid. I've been waiting, or better yet, we've been waiting."

"That's right! And you're cutting into my dessert time!"

Ken grinned from inside his helmet, "And you don't want to get on Yolie's bad side when it comes to dessert."

Yolie suddenly snapped, "THAT'S RIGHT!"

Hawkmon tried to stop her, "Yolie, you're not thinking again! Ohhhh Oy vey."

The others almost ran after her, but Izzy's voice came over the intercom, "Wait! Be careful guys!"

"What's up Izzy?"

"Tai, I don't know if you know this, but while Gotsumon may be a rookie, Pumpkinmon's an Ultimate! Combined, they can cause some major damage as we've already seen!"

"Pumpkinmon an ultimate? I never would've guessed that!"

"While it's hard to believe T.K., he is. I need you guys to stall for time, something strange is going to happen, I can feel it. I think you're going to need a Power boost, but I'm not sure if it will work or not!"

"Do what you can Izzy," Kari encouraged, "Digidestined, let's help Yolie!"

Unfortunately, Yolie hadn't heard a word of what Izzy had said and was losing badly. Thankfully though, she was still somehow fighting.

PumpGotsumon seemed to be a little tired from beating up on the Dino-Rangers not just minutes before, but it hardly showed. "Is that all you've got? Seriously, I'm just toying with you girly!"

"And your days of playtime are over!" T.K. mocked loudly.

Matt laughed, "Good one."

"STAY AWAY FROM HER!", T.K. roared, showing his protective side, pushed the fused Digimon out of the way from Yolie and slashed him up close with his rod.

Ken ran over to his girlfriend and helped her up, "Yako, you alright?"

"Yes, thanks to T.K., but he sounded really upset."

"He has a right to be." Tim noted, "He's already seemingly lost one friend today and almost lost Kari. It's only reasonable his protective side would come out."

T.K. was doing a good number on the Ultra-Rookie Digimon, despite it being so high leveled. Kari decided it was enough though seeing as he was still fighting real digimon, "T.K.! Calm down!" she shouted as she reached T.K. and tugged at his shoulder, "I think he's had enough."

T.K. breathed hard, "You're right, thanks Kari."

"Ahh, how touching" A voice different from PumpGotsumon rang out, they knew who it was though, "DexDoruguMysticmon!" Yolie breathed hard.

"Another fused Digimon?" BlackWarGreymon questioned, "You'll have to go through me first!"

"I'm not here to fight them, at the moment that is, PumpGotsumon, receive new power! Gotsumon side, DIGIVOLVE!"

The already fused digimon began to shine and started to digivolve. "Gotsumon fusion digivolve to, Meteormon!"

Tai scratched at his helmet, "Huh? I don't see a change at all!"

"I agree with Tai, still looks like PumpGotsumon to me."

"No wait, something is a little different, Matt." Tim observed.

"He's right! The color on Gotsumon looks shinier!" Patamon chirped.

A nervous Izzy came over the com, "I've got bad news guys, Gotsumon's completely bypassed the Champion level and went straight to Ultimate! He's now Meteormon, of course fused he's now Pumpetiormon! It's possible he can now fight at the same kind of level as BlackWarGreymon and any other big mega digimon!"

"He's right! I could defeat even you, BlackWarGreymon!"

BlackWarGreymon charged, "IS THAT SO? We'll just see about THAT!"

"No wait! BlackWarGreymon, don't do it!" Cody yelled out.

(Corinth)

"You can't hide for long Masked Rider, so come out and face..." Before he could continue he was interrupted.

"It worked! I mean, of course it worked, but then again pulling off teleportation is hard. Especially teleporting another person, which I've only done one other time." Ziggy almost continued, but realized what was in front of him, "Oh, you must be this guys' enemy."

Ignoring Ziggy, Count Dregon spoke, "Dex, we meet again, nephew!"

"You're no uncle of mine, you were banned for life."

"Tut, tut, you know what I came here for. Tell me where the catalyst is and I'll spare this worthless planet. For now that is."

"What? This guy's your uncle?"

"He once was, but has been turned evil by manipulation and greed. He was jealous of my father for being the heir of the Masked Rider powers, and tried to steal it from my grandfather, King Lexion and killed my father in the process. I will never let you have the Masked Rider Powers, nor will you find the Catalyst."

"Yeah! We'll blast you into smithereens before we tell you!"

"Ziggy, no offense, but stick to hand puppets, battle talk isn't your forte."

"No matter! You'll be the ones destroyed anyways! Maggots! Cyclopter, get out here now!"

Ziggy pulled out his Nitro Sword and Dex readied himself for battle with his sword and a martial arts stance, obviously one based off a bug.

Cyclopter sported his Cannon Wheels motorcycle and was ready with his laser gun.

"Chopper, I need you now!"

Within seconds Dex's talking motorcycle came to his aid, "Ready for battle Dex."

Ziggy couldn't believe it, "It...I mean, he talks?"

"Sure does." Then Dex looked around and saw that there were a lot more Maggots than usual. He and Ziggy fought anyways, and killed off several hundred, but were exhausted seeing another 200 pop up to make it a total of 500. "They're like weeds!" Ziggy panicked.

"HAHA! Too many for you nephew? I've spent these last 15 years, cloning new minions and strengthening my army! You're now outnumbered."

"Think again! Drive Lance!"

'GO Rangers GO Rangers, Go Rangers GO! POW...ER RAN...GERS! Operation Ooooverdrive!'

"Mack Hartford, Operation Overdrive, Red Ranger!"

"Lunar Cube! Saber Mode!"

"Merrick Baliton! Lunar Wolf Ranger! Power Rangers...Wild Force!"

"ZEN SLASH!...I am, ZenAtku, Duke Org!"

This didn't startle Dregon one bit, "An Org eh? You might find this quite nice then. DiscOrg!

A giant org compiled with boomboxes and DVD players, equipped with steel discs started shooting out discs at all the Rangers and ZenAtku, actually damaging all of them.

In just a far out distance, about over dozens of miles from Corinth, a couple of travelers, were wandering. They weren't just any travelers however. "Wow, what's with your horn Toxica?"

"I don't know, it's a strong org signature."

"But that can't be right, we stopped all the orgs along with the rangers including Master Org. We're the only ones left."

"Apparently not. Let's go Jindrax."

They quickly made their way to Corinth. Being orgs they were pretty swift, so it wasn't too bad for them. Sure enough once they reached Corinth, their surprises were realized. They saw the rangers fighting the DiscOrg. "Unbelievable, there really was an org signature!"

"My horn doesn't lie. But wait, there's something stronger than just that org, another org."

"What? Impossible!"

Toxica peered closer, "No, it can't be!"

"Can't be who? What are you talking about? I can't see a thing!"

"ZenAtku, he's alive!"

"Okay, now I think you're seeing things. You are getting..."

"If you say it, I will pound you to the ground."

"Okay, okay, we'll go check it out."

"It's weird" She said as they ran closer, "ZenAtku is fighting the DiscOrg!"

"It's gotta be a mirage, playing tricks on you." But as they reached the battle, he realized he was wrong, "Okay, never mind!" He immediately started using his swords and knife tricks and started blasting away at the Maggots while Toxica slammed dozens of them with her staff. It truly was a surprise attack to both the rangers and Dregon. Once all of them were out of the way, it was just the rangers, Dregon, DiscOrg and Cyclopter.

"Impressive work of gaining quick allies! But it won't be enough. We will get the catalyst first, just you wait!" With that, Dregon and his minions all disappeared.

Dex powered down, "I can't thank you all enough."

Mac took off his helmet and extended a hand of greeting, "It was our pleasure. I'm Mack."

"Greetings, I'm Dex, from the planet Edenoi."

"I've heard of you," Toxica stated, "You're the Masked Rider!"

"That's right, I am. And you guys?" He turned to Merrick and ZenAtku.

"I'm Merrick, Wild Force Lunar Wolf Ranger, and this is ZenAtku, a friend."

"But how?" Jindrax still couldn't believe it, "He was destroyed."

"Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. I now fight alongside Merrick. It is you who I can not believe that would help."

"We... changed our ways, Jindrax and I."

Mac extended a hand of appreciation to the two, "Well, I think I speak for all of us when I say, I'm glad you have."

"As am I!" A golden being bellowed. "Thank you all for coming. I am the Sentinal Knight for those who don't know me. I'm sorry I'm late to the party, but I had a small matter to attend to."

Jindrax was shocked, "The Sentinal Knight? This just keeps getting better!"

"Yes, thanks to the Overdrive Rangers, I have the Corona Aurora back in my possession and the Sword Excelsior which restored my powers! But now, there is a new task that multiple evils are attempting to pursue. The Digital Catalyst. I am here to ask if you all would assist me in finding and retrieving this Catalyst so that it remains in safety."

Ziggy didn't miss a beat, "An exploration? I'm in! I've just got to inform Dr. K."

"ZenAtku and I are most willing to help."

"No contest here, I have to stop my uncle from getting to it," Dex said determined.

"Then it's settled! We must get there quickly!" The Sentinal Knight urged.

"Wait! We're going with you!" Toxica exclaimed.

"That's right, you may need some backup with possible orgs!"

"Thank you orgs for volunteering. We can use all the help we can get. Everyone, form a circle and we will transport us to our destination!

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Davis found himself wandering around in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was as if he should be there. He passed Pennbrook University, then John Adams High School a couple blocks away and multiple streets until he reached an odd part of the suburbs and came to a place called, "The Centre" which was surrounded by other shut down buildings. In the distance he heard the sound of a roaring motorcycle coming his way, but he didn't pay any attention to it. Just then the door opened, startling him, "Hello, we've been expecting you Davis. I'm Mr. Mack, please do come on in."

The motorcycle came closer and seemingly stopped off in the distance, the man riding took off his helmet, and frowned as he looked straight at Davis and Mr. Mack, "Please don't go in there!" He whispered loudly. "You do, and you may regret it."

Davis must've heard him because he looked around thinking he heard something like his conscious, but Davis turned back and began to walk in, not noticing that his D-Terminal fell out of his hands and into the dirt as he walked inside and the door immediately shut.

The man then ran over to the place, picked up the D-Terminal , went back to his motorcycle and dialed a number on his cell phone, "Jonathan? Yeah, Mr. T., it's me Shawn. I've got some disturbing news." He scrolled through the D-Terminal, saw Davis's picture and his name: 'Daisuke (Davis) Motomiya'.

Next time on the Digital and Dino-Thunder Power Rangers!

"I hope you consider joining us Davis. You'll make a great addition to our group."

"I don't know. It seems great and all, but my friends..."

"Ah, the ones who are abandoning you and making fun of you?"

"Yeah, but only sometimes."

"Sometimes can even be too much Davis. Here, we won't judge you or laugh at you. It's obvious they do not see you as a person, but we do. We believe in you."

"Hmm, I guess." Part of Davis felt he was right, but a major part of Davis was gnawing at him saying that this was a trick. But he didn't care.

(In another part of Philadelphia, near Penbrook and John Adams High)

"Mr. T., I'm glad you could meet with me, we've got a situation. A young boy, close to the age I was at when I rebelled a lot, is at that same club I almost joined."

Jonathan rubbed his chin, "This IS dangerous, we need to warn his family and friends."

(Reefside)

"Guys! I think I have a way that you might be able to stop PumpMeteormon! Use Metal Armor Champion mode! It will allow you to hook up your digimon to you at the Champion level, kind of like Armored vests!"

"Almost like a battleizer," Conner noted.

"It's worth a shot!"

Tim nodded, "I agree T.K., let's do this!"

They shouted in unison, "METAL ARMOR: CHAMPION MODE!"

THAT'S NEXT TIME ON THE DIGITAL AND DINO-THUNDER POWER RANGERS!"

Ending credits...

"Will Davis consider starting his own club?"

"Will Furbus eat Tim and his family out of house and home?"

"Does Furbus have a career in bribery?"

"Will Jindrax and Toxica ever get married?"

"Will DexDoruguMysticmon and BlackWarGreymon become arch rivals?"

ALL THIS AND MORE, NEXT TIME!