This is actually chapter 14. I'll put On Edge up tomorrow, but it'll be a short filler chapter. Basically, it'll be a brief catch-up on the refugees and then bam, a Digital Field. Here goes nothing – my attempt at a major Digimon battle.

A Sticky Situation

Chapter 14:- Ogudomon

The Demon Lord Digimon loomed over the village like a great black and purple spider, with one leg missing. Each of its seven legs was shining like black metal ribbed with purple and each had a red spike on the knee and, strangely, a smoking sword was sticking out of each leg between the knee and the body, and on each bottom of each thigh was a swivelling eye. The legs seemed to surrounded a wide mouth on the bottom of the body and each foot was adorned with three sickle-like claws. Sticking out over the body was an armoured head shaped like a shield and from between the plates glowed a single red eye in the middle. There appeared to be seven strange symbols just floating in the air around the head.

"Ugly bugger, isn't he?" breathed Terriermon.

"That is Ogudomon. He cares nothing for his looks, just the destruction of everything."

"Isn't about time evil digimon found another agenda?" asked Terriermon.

"This is a serious situation, Terriermon," chided Henry, pulling his D-Arc from his pocket. "We're gonna need everything we have."

With that, Ogudomon lifted one huge foot and flattened an entire apartment complex by merely stepping forwards. It was a good thing it was empty.

"Quick guys!" called Takato. "We've gotta biomerge now!"

"Right!" yelled three other voices.

"Let's get this show on the road," said Ryo, and as one, the four Tamers pressed their D-Arcs to the sky and yelled two words to the sky:-

"Biomerge activate!"

They were enveloped in light and fell back into their partners and each began to call out as the digivolution to Mega began.

"Guilmon biomerge to…"

"Terriermon biomerge to…"

"Renamon biomerge to…"

"Monodramon biomerge to…"

The Devas and the other Mega Digimon watched in fascination as one by one the Tamers and their partners became one extremely powerful digimon. Guilmon and Takato were the first. When the light diminished, in their place was a Knight Digimon, dressed in white armour and a flowing red cape. The Digimon had red shoulder-guards, knee-guards, and elbow-guards, and a medieval style helmet. The Knight held a long, metallic lance over his right arm and in his left hand, he held a massive, round shield.

"Gallantmon!"

Henry and Terriermon grew huge. The result stood as high as the ruined apartment buildings around them, covered in green, plated armour, and he had two large, circular Gatling guns attached above his large hands. The Digimon's shoulders were two massive rocket launchers with frowning rabbit faces on the front.

"MegaGargomon!"

Rika and Renamon became a female shaman. She held a tall, golden staff in her right hand. She wore a golden mask, which covered the upper half of her face, with a breastplate and shoulder-guards of the same colour. Two long ponytails of silver hair flowed over the Digimon's back.

"Sakuyamon!"

Monodramon and Ryo also looked human in their resultant form. His right arm was cybernetic, covered in armoured metal. He had a silver mask which completely covered his face. Two red scarves flowed out behind him.

"Justimon!"

"So it's true," muttered Vajramon. "They really can merge with each other."

The four merged digimon took up a battle stance, MegaGargomon being careful not to tread on anybody. Ogudomon didn't seem to even notice, or perhaps he was just supremely unconcerned. He just continued his slow stepping forward, being sure to flatten as many buildings as possible with each leg as he went.

"And now it's my turn!" declared Impmon. "Impmon warp-digivolve to… Beelzemon Blast Mode!"

Beelzemon flapped upwards and hovered out in front of the others, about waist height with MegagGargomon. "You guys just chill for a moment," said Beelzemon. "I'm just gonna go and have a little chat with my old pally."

"That's not such a bad idea," said Mihiramon. "If Beelzemon can keep him talking for a while, we may not have to fight for so long."

"Go then," said the dual voice of Gallantmon. "See what you can do."

"Will do, Pineapple-head. Will do," Beelzemon winged upwards, higher and higher, higher than almost any building in the city barring the HYPNOS towers. With a sweep of his wings he sailed around Ogudomon's head and said, "Hey! Ogudomon! How's it hanging?"

Ogudomon's eye that was in his head turned to face the former Demon Lord. He stopped his destruction of the city and looked at him. "Beelzemon?" he asked, surprised. His voice was dual, like those of a biomerge – well he was a DNA digivolved digimon. One voice was rasping and rather cracked. The other was like a growling hiss. All in all the effect was menacing. "I did not expect to see you here."

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" said Beelzemon.

"What?" Ogudomon said in the freaky voice.

"Oh nothing," said Beelzemon. "How've you been holding up? Last I heard you were imprisoned by the Sovereigns."

"I was," said Ogudomon. "But I have escaped."

"Duh!" said Beelzemon, then wondered if he had used to sound like that when he had been a Demon Lord. He had no memory of any of it.

"Your personality clearly has not changed," said Ogudomon. Beelzemon felt a slight relief. "But you have changed physically. Last time I saw you, you did not have wings."

"Got myself a Mode change," grinned Beelzemon. "This is my Blast Mode and it gives me twice as much power as I ever had."

"Impressive," said Ogudomon. "But how have you managed to evade the Sovereigns for so long?"

"It's all about getting in with the right people," said Beelzemon. "I was actually hired by one of the Sovereigns, the chicken, Zhuqiaomon, to dispose of some humans that had entered the Digital World. 'Course, I was never really on his side."

"I should think not," said Ogudomon, the eye narrowing. "You seem to have mellowed a little Beelzemon. You used to think any trivial conversation like this was a waste of time."

"'S the Mode Change," said Beelzemon. "Calms me a little. Useful thing too. I got into quite a bit of trouble because of my hot head. Went to ground for a bit after a while, but I felt that you were coming back… as I knew you would, so I decided to get off my lazy arse and start kicking butt."

Ogudomon's eye remained narrowed. "Tell me," he said. "Why have the Digimon down there not attacked yet. I know that they were sent by the Sovereigns to delay me as I entered this world and so allow them time to get here, so why are they not doing as they were instructed.

"You seem to be on the ball then," said Beelzemon. "As for why they haven't attacked, beat's me. So, you gonna get on with wrecking everything before their highnesses turn and trash you like last time?"

"They won't."

"Say what?"

"They won't come and stop me. They shall be unable. I am fully aware of the immunity to my powers that the Sovereigns have, so I could not risk it happening again. The Sovereigns will never get here."

Beelzemon blinked, then recovered. "Hmmph. I say bring them on!" He cocked Berenjena and the pink energy sparked within it. "I could take 'em."

"No you couldn't you fool, and neither could I, but at least I know I can't."

"Care to test that?"

Meanwhile, down below, the part of MegaGargomon that was Henry and the part of Sakuyamon that was Rika, were both being overloaded with thoughts from the other. The bond between Renamon and Terriermon was affecting them as well. They reeled slightly as they felt a slight pull on their heartstrings. Both knew that the other fancied them now.

And neither had a problem with it.

"This is incredible," said Rika. "I understand how you feel, Renamon."

"Thank you, but I'm afraid now is not the time for this. The attack is about to begin."

"Still," said Henry. "It's a marvel. It's just…wow…"

"This is only half of it," said Terriermon. "The bond's mostly between Renamon and me. Maybe it'll be different after you and Rika have "done it.""

"Terriermon!"

"Momentai!"

"Something is not right about those Digimon," said Ogudomon. "They should have attacked by now."

"Well, it was nice chatting Oggo," sneered Beelzemon. "But now it's time for some barbecued spider! CORONA BLASTER!"

Ogudomon was caught completely unawares. While the powerful attack to his face did no damage to him whatsoever, it still felt like he had been punched there by something his size and he staggered backwards a little, his two legs furthest back buckling slightly as he flattened more buildings.

"What are you doing, Beelzemon?" he roared.

"Like I said," said Beelzemon, as he began to draw a pentagram in the air. "It's all about getting yourself in with the right people. And I cashed my chips in with the Tamers. CORONA DESTROYER!" The blast erupted forwards with such force and at such close range, it snapped Ogudomon's head back and sent him crashing to the ground.

"Let's do this!" yelled Gallantmon and he leapt forward, the others one his heels. As planned, the other Megas began to spread out and encircle Ogudomon. The giant Mega Lord was up on his feet at surprising speed, using his sickle-claws to lever himself upwards.

"You will pay for this, Beelzemon!" he roared. "ORATIO GRANDILOQUA!" It was his melee attack and he ran forward with intent to stomp Beelzemon into the ground. Beelzemon tucked his wings into his side and barrel-rolled straight through the charging legs to come out the other side, firing off another blast for Berenjena to smash the back of Ogudomon's head.

"We're not gonna let you take the life of anyone here!" yelled Gallantmon, sweeping forward and bringing his lance to bear. It glanced sharply off the skin of one of Ogudomon's legs and Gallantmon span a couple of times before pointing it again. "LIGHTNING JOUST!" The beam erupted from the lance and smashed into a knee, causing it to buckle.

Ogudomon roared and swung wildly with one leg. Gallantmon was caught off guard. It appear that the legs were double-jointed and could swing upwards as easily as down. Gallantmon was hit in the back and he catapulted through the air. He managed to pull himself together and land feet first on a vertical building, causing part of that wall to collapse.

"Well, that's one thing we now know we need to stay away from," said Justimon, shooting forward at high speed. "JUSTICE KICK!" he yelled and his foot caught Ogudomon in the side of the head, knocking it sideways. Another of Ogudomon's feet latched into the side of a building and pushed off from it, so his head squarely caught Justimon and sent him flying back too. Ogudomon raised a foot to squash the stunned Justimon.

Suddenly Ogudomon was yanked backwards. The head perched on top swivelled like that of an owl to look behind him. MegaGargomon had grabbed him by one of his legs and was pulling. "Sorry, Spider-boy," he said. "But it's time for you to scuttle back down the drain-pipe."

"You dare touch me!" roared Ogudomon.

MetalSeadramon swooped out of nowhere and wrapped his tails around another leg and the two huge Megas heaved, hauling Ogudomon away from Justimon. The cannon sockets opened all across MegaGargomon's body as he and MetalSeadramon aimed for the same spot.

"MEGA BARRAGE!"

"RIVER OF POWER!"

Their attacks crashed into Ogudomon's open mouth and he roared, losing his balance once again and coming to the floor, where he was immediately set upon by attacks from all around. None of them were damaging him in any way, but the fighter's kept going. They had to hold out until the Sovereigns got here. But Ogudomon was a lot more agile on his feet than they had anticipated and he was up again very quickly. Now he was surrounded by the small army of Digimon.

A leg rushed out and slammed towards MegaGargomon. The giant Mega, though only half the size of the great Ogudomon, caught it in both hands and held it at bay. "POWER PUMMEL!" he yelled, momentarily releasing his hold with one hand and slamming his fist into the bottom of the foot, sending it flying backwards.

"Double team!" yelled Gryphonmon and he soared around Plesiomon's head.

"Triple," said his tail.

"SHUT UP!" yelled Gryphonmon "SOLAR ROAR!" he screamed and he sent a super-sonic wave from his mouth.

SHAKING PULSE!" agreed Plesiomon, sending his own super-sonic attack with it. The massive sonic-boom pummelled Ogudomon in the side. The Demon Lord dug his claws into the ground, but his body was still pushed backwards. Antylamon leapt upwards towards the descending head.

"BUNNY BLADES!" she called, bouncing upwards off his head and into the air above him, sending waves of pink energy down on his exposed neck. Ogudomon took the hit and scowled, before suddenly shooting his head upwards towards the airborne Deva.

But suddenly Sakuyamon was there. "TALISMAN SPHERE!" she yelled, and the bubble surrounded both the girls. Ogudomon's head glanced off it and the two were catapulted sideways, dizzy but unharmed.

"Thanks," said Antylamon.

"Not a problem," said Sakuyamon.

"That's my mate," cheered the Terriermon part of MegaGargomon. "Can't be beat."

"Thank you," smiled Renamon with Sakuyamon's face.

"THIS INTERFERENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!" roared Ogudomon. "CATEDRAL!" A pulse of some clear energy was disgorged from his mouth and as soon as it hit the ground it sent a massive shockwave in all directions. The quicker digimon darted behind buildings, which were practically shattered. Sakuyamon threw up another shield around those nearest to her and Gallantmon brought his shield before him. MegaGargomon attempted to shield those who were left with his own body. The shockwave knocked him off his feet and Gallantmon was sent flying. They were got up, relatively unharmed thanks to their heavy armour, but a little shaken.

"This guy's going the right way to taking out the entire city," said Henry. "I hope the Sovereigns get here soon."

"Momentai," said Terriermon. "They'll be here."

"Until that time," Sandiramon appeared from behind the nearest building, "we must continue to hold him at bay. VENOM AXE!"

The axe shaped acid glanced off Ogudomon and was shot into a building. Justimon vaulted forwards and swung between the giant legs. "JUSTICE BURST!" he yelled, firing a round of blue-energy beams from his cybernetic arm, each one slamming into one of the eyes on the bottom of his legs.

"ORATIO GRANDILOQUA!" called Ogudomon again, charging forwards, but Justimon was not going to be hit by a leg again, and he executed elegant flips and barrel-rolls to avoided the swinging appendages. Ogudomon kept going forwards, towards Plesiomon. But then, Jijimon and Babamon were before him.

"GUARD STICK!" hollered Jijimon, waving his staff over the ground and suddenly a wall of earth burst from the street, shooting higher than the buildings. Ogudomon crashed into it and recoiled. Babamon then leapt around the wall and added her own attack.

"DARK BROOM!" she swiped her broom and a wave of energy washed from the bristles and collided with the side of Ogudomon's head, momentarily blinding him. He shook his head and then leered down at the group before him.

"You are strong," he said. "I'll give you that. But there are only a few who can even harm me and you are not in that category. You all have a slight malice in your hearts and that it enough for me to go on."

"Yeah, well at least our fighting is fun, whippersnapper," called Jijimon.

"I find this fighting fun too," replied Ogudomon. "It is pointless so let's just get this over with and let me squash you like the bugs you are."

"Your one-liners are so old," called MegaGargomon. "Get him guys!"

"DEVA BLADE!"

"TREASURE BOW!"

"GUARDIAN BARRAGE!"

Three attacks hit Ogudomon from behind, from Vajramon, Pajiramon and Guardromon. Unlike the attacks of the Megas they did not influence him that greatly, but they still knocked his head forwards the smack into Jijimon's wall.

"Ow," said Ogudomon. "Die!"

He wheeled around, but the three attackers were already retreating behind a Mega Digimon who really was a bug, and had huge pincers, which were glowing with a bright energy. GranKuwagamon's voice was deep and even slightly melodious as he called "X-SCISSOR CLAW!" An extremely powerful blast lanced from his pincers, throwing Ogudomon into Jijimon's blockade, which shattered.

"While he's down!" shouted Sakuyamon. "SPIRIT STRIKE!" She sent her four elemental foxes flying towards Ogudomon as he began to get to his feet. They switched from being unsubstantial to very solid and clawed at Ogudomon's legs and head, but the Demon Lord seemed unfazed by this assault.

"This isn't working," said Gallantmon. "What do we do now?"

"There's nothing else we can do," said Justimon. "We're just gonna have to keep whittling away at him like this."

"But we aren't even whittling," said Gallantmon. "We're doing flat out nothing to him, except we keep knocking him over."

"The Sovereigns should be here within minutes," said Mihiramon. "They must know that Ogudomon had left the Digital World by now – they'd be able to feel it."

"That's a reassuring thought," said MegaGargomon. "And on that note, let's keep up the pounding. No reason to give Zhuqiaomon a reason to laugh at us when he arrives."

"Looks like Plesiomon's up to something," said Sakuyamon. They turned to look. The Plesiosaur Digimon was floating in the air and water seemed to be appearing out of nowhere behind him and surrounding him.

"He doesn't look very happy," noted Beelzemon.

"Are any of us?" asked Antylamon.

"HYDRO IMPACT CRUSHER!" Plesiomon roared and hurtled forwards at breakneck speed. The giant ball of high-power water bowled into Ogudomon and sent him sprawling. The water began to coat him and Plesiomon sailed clear.

"Just like the old days, huh?" MetalSeadramon snaked overhead, then yelled an attack which none of the Tamers had never heard him use in the TV show. "GIGA ICE BLAST!"

Just like his champion form, he was using a stream of ice from his mouth, which instantly froze the water coating the Mega and sealing him to the floor and a freezing prison.

"Oh, nice combo," said Terriermon. "Leave him there for a few days and he'll feel like hell."

But the ice began to crack as Ogudomon pushed upwards.

"Or not," said Terriermon.

"Wait, Terriermon, that's an interesting thought," said Renamon.

"What is?" asked Terriermon, bemused.

"You said "he'll feel like hell in a few days," because it would be normal pain. Mihiramon, would his nullifying power affect something that wasn't a direct digimon attack?"

Mihiramon looked confused, "I think it wouldn't. Why?"

"Let's test it," Terriermon had caught on – well, actually he just knew what Renamon was thinking. "If you will, Gallantmon."

"Huh?" asked the knight.

"He means," said Sakuyamon. "Stick him with your lance and see what happens."

"Oh..." Gallantmon nodded and flew forwards, as Ogudomon burst from his ice prison.

"YOU CAN'T CONTAIN ME WITH PUNY ICE! I AM OGUDOMON, THE MOST POWERFUL OF THE DEMON LORDS!"

"We know who you are," said Gallantmon. "Now eat lance."

The tip of the lance, Gram, buried itself in the spot on Ogudomon's leg where the sword was buried in it. Ogudomon roared as a prick of pain caught him in the leg. It felt like someone had driven a needle in there. A small needle, but nevertheless it still hurt.

"Nice," said MegaGargomon. "Looks like you were right, Renamon."

"Let's take him with some old-style human techniques then shall we?" grinned Beelzemon. "CORONA BLASTER!" He aimed his attack at the building near Ogudomon's head. The top of it was blown to pieces and a large heavy section of it thundered downwards onto Ogudomon's head.

"AAARGH!" roared Ogudomon. "You think that can hurt me?"

"You don't know until you try do you?" asked Justimon. "But this could work for us. Give us a hand with this, MegaGargomon! THUNDER CLAP!" The cybernetic arm slammed into the ground and the foundations around another building were weakened. MegaGargomon grabbed the toppling building and heaved, shoving it forwards into Ogudomon and slamming backwards, to be sandwiched between two buildings.

Angrily, Ogudomon shoved the offending building off him and charged the giant cyborg. Moments later, he was distracted as Mihiramon shot pas this head and slammed his tail into his eye. Ogudomon grimaced. He had to remember that he was fighting multiple targets here, ones that were used to working in teams by now. He had to have a focus, pick them off one by one, and not simply flick between targets.

His big eye settled on one particular digimon. Weakest first, he thought and he moved towards Guardromon.

"Oh, why do I get the feeling that I've just been singled out here," said the only digimon there lower than the Ultimate level. "GUARDIAN BARRAGE!" The whistling rockets were aimed for the head of Ogudomon and the building near it, causing another small chunk of concrete to be dropped from the sky, but other than that his attack had no effect.

"You annoying pest!" cried Ogudomon, towering above him. "Let me re-arrange a few gears for you."

He brought his foot down.

"TALISMAN SPHERE!" shouted Sakuyamon again, dashing in-between the two and raising the barrier which the foot glanced off.

"I've changed my mind," said Ogudomon. "Since you seem to be the one who can best protect the others, you will be the first to go!"

"Not in this lifetime," cried Sakuyamon.

"You couldn't be more wrong," said Ogudomon, placing the foot on the force-field and beginning to push down. He pressed most of his body weight onto the shield, straining it to breaking point. Bead of sweat were running down Sakuyamon's face as she fought to keep the shield up, while the others desperately threw attacks to no effect at his back.

"CATEDRAL!" roared Ogudomon again and the shockwave broke the shield, sending Sakuyamon and Guardromon flying backwards. The foot missed Sakuyamon by inches, but then quickly was raised off the ground again and pinned her to the floor.

"SAKUYAMON!" yelled MegaGargomon, charging forwards.

"Goodbye, shaman," leered Ogudomon.

But then he was stopped by an attack that came from a direction he had least expected. It came from right under his chin.

"KAHUNA WAVES!"

Ogudomon's head was thrown backwards and his foot rose slightly. Sakuyamon thrust her staff up and fought to wrest it off her. MegaGargomon grabbed Ogudomon from behind and pulled him backwards, helped by Gryphonmon and GranKuwagamon, who soared overhead and body-slammed Ogudomon in the place where he had just been attacked.

Sakuyamon pulled free from the foot and flew upwards. "Thanks, MarineAngemon," she said.

Ogudomon threw MegaGargomon backwards and scanned for his attacker, finally locating it flapping out of the way. Damn small Mega. He would be the first... no, he must stick with one target. He turned back to Sakuyamon.

"You're still first!" he declared.

"Wrong," she replied. "AMETHYST WIND!" The attack sent the purple shards out towards Ogudomon's feet and shattered there, throwing up a cloud of dust. By the time it cleared, Sakuyamon and Guardromon had both vanished.

But Gryphonmon and GranKuwagamon were still encircling his head.

"Get away!" he yelled. "You annoy me!"

GranKuwagamon wheeled down and fastened his razor sharp pincers around one leg, piercing it sharply. Gryphonmon began to lacerate another with his talons and bites from his tail. "GET HIM!" yelled Gallantmon and the other Digimon leapt forward and swarmed over Ogudomon, biting, clawing and using any available weapon to them, like Gallantmon's lance, a club made of concrete by MegaGargomon and Vajramon's swords.

Ogudomon winced as the pinpricks of pain erupted all over him, but they were nothing more. He was all but invincible here. "CATEDRAL!" he called yet again and threw off most of his attackers. But MetalSeadramon still his coils wrapped around his neck.

"HAIL SQUEEZE!" he shouted and began to restrict Ogudomon's air supply. This was an attack that might actually work, not because of damage, but because of the side effect. Ogudomon noticed a gaping flaw in his design. He had no arms, and he was being choked by a sea-serpent that was not a Sovereign.

He would NOT stand for that!

In a display of almost pure madness he hurled himself into a building. It hurt his head, but it had the desired effect – MetalSeadramon yelled as he was suddenly pushed between two objects and he released his hold momentarily, before slipping out of the hold and undulating away.

Ogudomon was about to pursue, when suddenly he found his path obscured by the wings of his former partner, Beelzemon. "Don't think I'm done with you yet, bub," said Beelzemon. "DARKNESS CLAW!"

Beelzemon's hand plunged into Ogudomon's face, eliciting a cry of not pain, but slight shock and the glowing eye was touched by the claws. Beelzemon then winged away and was replaced by Jijimon and Babamon, riding on their sticks.

"CLAW OF DOOM!"

"DARK BROOM!"

"Hey, did you ever notice that those attacks rhyme?"

The two attacks hit Ogudomon in the same spot, before they two winged away. Ogudomon was slightly confused and disorientated. What was the point? They couldn't hurt him like this so why was...

BAM!

He had not seem Gallantmon soaring upwards, Aegis shield before him to slam into the head at full tilt, driving it to the side, while Gallantmon himself was protected by the shield.

"You about ready to give up yet?" Gallantmon yelled. "Because we sure aren't."

"You fools," laughed Ogudomon. "You'll run out of energy sooner or later, and then you will be destroyed."

"ARM BOMBER!"

Two balls to shockwaves smashed into the head of Ogudomon in the spot that Gallantmon had just vacated. Ogudomon saw his attacker was Antylamon, standing on the roof of a building, beside Pajiramon, who levelled her crossbow at him.

"The Sovereigns will be here soon enough!" declared the Sheep Deva.

"Will they?" asked Ogudomon and laughed. "I hate to disappoint you, but I left the Sovereigns a little welcoming committee."

"What?"

"They'll never get here," laughed Ogudomon. "Now, you must die!" He lunged forward. Pajiramon quickly fired off her crossbow bolts and then raised her front feet. "THUNDER STOMP!" she cried, smashing the building and forcing a large section of roof slap-bang into Ogudomon's head. Antylamon grabbed her comrade and leapt, carrying the two of them over Ogudomon on safely to the ground.

"I'm getting sick of you dropping buildings on m-aargh!" Ogudomon looked down at a sudden pain in his foot. Sandiramon had a large axe held in his tail and had just hacked into one of Ogudomon's red claws. Ogudomon went to squash Sandiramon, but the snake moved surprisingly fast for one with no legs and avoided the foot which could have mashed him into the ground. Moments later, Justimon swooped out of nowhere and scooped Sandiramon away.

"Playing hit and run then are we?" taunted Ogudomon.

"What did you mean by welcoming committee?" Ogudomon looked around to see that Vajramon was talking to him.

"An old acquaintance of mine is going to waylay the Sovereigns," he replied. "Pity I can't be there to see the looks on their faces."

"Nothing can beat the Sovereigns. TERRA BLADE!" Vajramon slammed his swords into the ground and it sent a miniature earthquake down around two of Ogudomon's legs, causing a slight stumble.

"True," said Ogudomon. "But who says he was going to destroy them. I just said waylay."

"There it is," said Azulongmon. "That's the Data Stream that'll take us to the human world."

"I really can't believe that we're about to do this," growled Zhuqiaomon. "The rabbit will probably mock and taunt me the entire time I'm there."

All four Sovereigns were blazing across the topmost level and towards the Data Stream, Ebonwumon and Baihumon along the ground and the other two in the air.

"An entire world is at stake, Zhuqiaomon," Baihumon called up to him. "Try and swallow your pride."

They had all but reached the Data Stream when suddenly they all heard a voice. A voice none of them had expected to hear for a long, long time.

"GIFT OF DARKNESS!"

The Sovereigns scattered as a ball of yellow energy burst through their midst. They wheeled about, or rotated slowly in the case of Ebonwumon, to look at their attacker, who was now standing between them and the Data Stream. A great muscled, black-furred body, with vicious claws on hands and feet, and a second set of energy claws attached to each hand. Spiked shoulder and knee guards adorned him and behind him were sweeping and segmented purple wings. Wrapped around his arms were numerous chains and his head was that of a demon dog, with the big horns of a ram. His eyes were glowing blood-red.

"Belphemon!" said Zhuqiaomon, eyes narrowed. "Shouldn't you be stewing in your little chest as a Digi-egg for another nine-hundred and seventy-two years?"

"IT IS AGAINST MY NATURE!" roared Belphemon Rage Mode, who seemed to be incapable of anything other than shouting. "BUT OGUDOMON REVIVED ME AND NOW I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A TASK!"

"Ye cannae gonnae-no us," said Scottish-Ebonwumon. "Ye micht an aw jist gie it ay uir way."

"I AM NOT ONE FOR TALKING AND PLAYING GAMES! SO I'LL GET RIGHT TO THE POINT! LAMPRANTHUS!" The chains on his arms began to unfold and glowed with a horrific greenish light. It was vaguely ghostly. The chains lunged towards its intended target.

But it's intended target was not the Sovereigns. It was the Data Stream. Belphemon didn't even bother to turn around as the chains shot backwards.

"NO!" cried Azulongmon, who had just realised what was about to happen. The chains entered the stream and let loose more ghostly light. A few seconds later, the stream changed colour completely to the same light and then the chains withdrew. Then the Data Stream...exploded!

Belphemon grinned sadistically.

"You evil soulless creature! Now we cannot reach the human world. You've corrupted and destroyed all the portals!" roared Baihumon.

"I KNOW!" leered Belphemon.

"'Tis not over yet," declared Irish-Ebonwumon. "Dare are still de ancient ones. We'll jist ask for another portal."

"THE ANCIENT ONES? YOU MEAN THE DIGI-GNOMES!" Belphemon opened a fist which had been clenched. A single panicked Digi-Gnome flew out of it. "THIS IS THE LAST ONE! GIFT OF DARKNESS!"

The Digi-Gnome squealed as it was caught in the blast and it disintegrated. All four Sovereigns looked on in horror. To kill an Ancient One was one of the most monstrous acts ever. The Digi-Gnomes were the purest of the pure. This could not go unpunished.

"YOU MUST DIE!" yelled Zhuqiaomon angrily.

Belphemon leered. He knew he couldn't fight them all, but he was going out fighting like his brethren. "LAMPRANTHUS!" the chains fired towards the Sovereigns this time.

"AURORA FORCE!" Azulongmon curled into a circle and released a huge energy blast from the middle.

"BLAZING HELIX!" Zhuqiaomon spread his wings and four balls of fire appeared at each tip and with a flap they shot down, elongating and twisting into a helix of flame.

"BLACK HAIL!" Ebonwumon shot a bunch of mist skyward from the trees on his back and suddenly an earth-shattering barrage of black ice-blocks rained down.

"KONGOU!" Baihumon fired a huge energy wave from his mouth.

The four attacks broke through the chains and impacted on Belphemon with such force that they almost punched a whole straight through that level of the Digital World. Belphemon split into data, but he did so laughing evilly and the sound echoed as his particles went skyward.

"It was folly for us to keep him alive," said Azulongmon.

"Well, it wasn't my idea!" snapped Zhuqiaomon.

"Not time for arguments, we must try and find another way the Human World and quickly!" Azulongmon and the other four Sovereigns split up and ran or flew in different directions.

Ogudomon looked skyward. "It is done," he said calmly. "The portals to the Digital and Human World have been corrupted and destroyed. Good work, Belphemon."

There was a collective sagging from all the Digimon present. The Sovereigns weren't coming. They couldn't defeat this guy. They were doomed.

But the fighting spirit of the Tamers loomed up and took over. "We won't give up," yelled Justimon. "Not until there is no way that we can keep fighting."

"It's your funeral," snarled Ogudomon. "Or it would be, but no-one will be around to give it to you. This whole world will fall before me!"

"Will you shut up already? Come up with something original for a change," called Terriermon. "Bad guys are all the same."

"No, I am different! I am strong! I will not fall to the like of you!"

"We'll see about that!" yelled Gryphonmon. "MÖBIUS BITE!" He brought his jaws down on the back most of Ogudomon's legs, but when that failed to do anything, he used his "SOLAR ROAR!" again and sent the shockwave into Ogudomon's gaping mouth.

"Nothing is working," hissed Plesiomon. "My Sorrow Blue won't work here. There must be something that we can do."

"There is never necessarily and answer," said Sandiramon. "But to give up this fight would be to sign not only ourselves, but millions of humans to death. We cannot allow that to happen without any resistance."

"Sandiramon's right," said Antylamon. "This is a fight we must win."

"I have an idea!" said Mihiramon suddenly. "Sakuyamon! Can you manipulate your Talisman sphere into any shape you choose?"

"It requires effort, but yes," said Sakuyamon.

"If you can, form a double ended chute with it," said Mihiramon, with one end above Plesiomon's back and the other pointing upwards between Ogudomon's legs.

"What will that do?" asked Beelzemon.

"Just do it!" cried Mihiramon.

"Alright. TALISMAN SPHERE!" Sakuyamon waved her staff at the bubble that appeared and with a great deal of effort she bent it into the shape that Mihiramon had said.

"What is this?" bellowed Ogudomon as the transparent chute forced its way between two of his legs to point at his mouth.

"Ah, I see where you're going with this," grinned Plesiomon. "WATER TAIL BLASTER!" A huge waterspout suddenly erupted straight upwards from his whip-like tail and it went straight up the chute in an unstoppable torrent. It wound around its course and then burst through the other end.

The effect was like a huge geyser had just gone off under Ogudomon's belly. He was literally lifted off his feet and shot up into the air. He fell heavily, upside down and his head was squashed under his body.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!" hollered Ogudomon, righting himself. "CATEDRAL!"

The shockwave brutally swept outwards, levelling buildings and throwing back the digimon in ones and twos, flooring many of them. Only the larger ones remained upright, bearing the brunt of the attack with some difficulty. They were tiring. They all were. This had to be ended quickly, or it would end badly.

"This blows all of our fights out of perspective," said Babamon to Jijimon. "What do we do now?"

"We gotta keep fighting," replied Jijimon. "It's the only way. Let's get this guy."

"Right behind you," said Babamon and the two took to the air.

"TRI BANISH!" Babamon sent a wave of three energy bolts right at Ogudomon, who blocked them with his legs.

"GENTLEMAN PUNCH!" Jijimon accumulated energy in his fist and lunged towards Ogudomon.

"ORATIO GRANDILOQUA!"

"Uh-oh," Jijimon decided that punching might not be the best idea as Ogudomon came haring towards him on his huge legs.

"Get out of the way!" Beelzemon plucked Jijimon from the air and flew backwards, outpacing the rushing Ogudomon.

"T'anks," said Jijimon. "I really should have seen that one coming."

"Get out of here," said Beelzemon. "I'll hold him off." He pulled his shotguns out. "DOUBLE IMPACT!" he yelled and sent off a volley of bullets at Ogudomon, who had stopped running and was now calmly walking with purpose towards Beelzemon.

"I think I've finally decided who's going first," he said. "It'll be you, Beelzemon, for your treachery towards the Demon Lords."

"I don't give a rat's arse for the Demon Lords," said Beelzemon. "And you're not gonna take my life on my watch." Berenjena re-formed on his arm. "CORONA BLASTER!"

"Quick, let's get in there and help him," cried Gallantmon, but suddenly, GranKuwagamon flew over his head.

"GRAND DARKNESS!" the viral bug yelled in his bass voice and darkness began to literally engulf Ogudomon. Ordinarily the attack would eat away at his skin like acid, but it had no effect like this. However, it did obscure Ogudomon's vision so that he couldn't see.

"You can't hide from me like that!" Ogudomon began to swing his legs wildly around. The Digimon outside the darkness began to quickly vacate the area as Ogudomon flailed blindly. The Demon Lord continued to flail for a good minute, but he wasn't hitting any Digimon. Eventually the Darkness cleared and Ogudomon found that he all of the Digimon had retreated to a point some distance away.

No, not all.

"SMILING FACE!"

For the second time that day, Ogudomon was suddenly struck by a great force, a pink energy beam, from underneath his chin and he went crashing down. Curse that tiny MarineAngemon. He could slip out of the way of an enemy and out of their sight far too easily.

"Why will you not die!" shouted Ogudomon.

"No want to," said MarineAngemon, before flitting out of sight.

Ogudomon turned to see the other Digimon had begun a full frontal assault, all coming from the same direction, Gallantmon and Justimon out in front. Gallantmon brought Gram up and aimed it at Ogudomon's eye that was in his head.

"CATEDRAL!" yelled Ogudomon, and Gallantmon quickly brought up his shield. MegaGargomon and MetalSeadramon, who had been flying overhead, suddenly dropped down and formed a physical wall, both being pushed back a little, but otherwise unharmed.

Justimon was suddenly behind him and did a quick one-eighty. "VOLTAGE BLADE!" he yelled, sending a beam from his arm, which had suddenly formed an energy sword. The beam struck him in the back of the neck and drove him forward a little, straight into the path of a cheesed off Sakuyamon.

"AMETHYST MANDALA!" A halo of golden light surrounded Ogudomon and began to decrease in size, forcing the Demon Lord in on himself.

"YOU CANNOT HARM ME!" he practically screamed as he burst forth from the imprisoning light, to be met by four elemental foxes that Sakuyamon had just sent at him. As he tried unsuccessfully to fend them off, Mihiramon bounded in from the right.

"ARMOURED TIGER TAIL!" Mihiramon let out a roar as the tip of his tail formed into a point and he pounded the side of Ogudomon's head, knocking it askew.

"Why you... ARRGH!" Ogudomon suddenly felt pain. The golden attack from Sakuyamon had allowed Gryphonmon to get behind, carrying Vajramon in all four feet, as well as GranKuwagamon with Sandiramon by the belly. As they swept by, Vajramon thrust to the side with both swords and traced two grooves in the side of Ogudomon's head, and Sandiramon did the same with the axe held in his tail on the opposite side.

"ALL RIGHT! I DON'T CARE WHO DIES FIRST! YOU'LL ALL DIE ANYWAY! ORATIO GRANDILO-"

BAM!

MetalSeadramon cannoned into Ogudomon at top speed, armoured nose first, stopping his attack and send him backwards, creating grooves in the pavement with the claws on his feet.

"ENERGY BLAST!" yelled MetalSeadramon, firing a stream of fire at Ogudomon from his mouth. None of the Digimon were thinking that they're attacks would have the slightest bit of difference, but they were still going in the hope that eventually, they might wear him down enough that his nullifying power might waver. But Ogudomon was still going strong.

MetalSeadramon twisted aside and Ogudomon's underside was exposed to the rest of the group. "SHAKING PULSE!" called Plesiomon a second time and the massive shockwave that emanated from him sent Ogudomon to the ground for the who-knows-what-th time.

He moved his legs to stand when one of them was suddenly assaulted. "WARNING LASER!" cried Guardromon and sent a pair of lasers lancing from his eyes to score one foot. Ogudomon's eye narrowed at the Champion robot.

"Why aren't you dead yet?" asked Ogudomon from the ground.

"You're losing your touch, asshole," said the dual voice of MegaGargomon above him. Ogudomon's eyes widened in shock and fear, and he braced himself. What MegaGargomon was about to do would not destroy him, but it would hurt like hell.

MegaGargomon had flown extremely high into the air and then suddenly reversed his jets. He came plummeting down faster than gravity should allow and landed squarely on Ogudomon's body as he struggled to rise. Ogudomon roared in pain, the greatest pain he had ever experienced that had not come from a Sovereign.

"Just call me old Steamroller," MegaGargomon seemed to grin with his frozen robotic face, then he took off in a blaze of jet-fire and the faces on his cannons definitely did grin when he launched them at him. "GARGO MISSILES!"

Ogudomon's next attempt to stand was halted again when they exploded over his head. "Perhaps you should have invested more in your offensive moves," said Terriermon.

"Terriermon."

"Momentai."

"What does that even mean?" Mihiramon asked as he ran past.

"That's a mystery to most people," smiled Antylamon, vaulting right off MegaGargomon's back and downwards, arms turning to axes. "BUNNY BLADES!" This time she physically slashed at the head, then kicked it before bounding away, bouncing from vertical surfaces.

"Gallantmon!" said Justimon. "This isn't working. We're all running out of energy! We must retreat and regroup."

"We can't give up," said Gallantmon. "He'll destroy the whole city."

"He'll destroy the whole city whether we stay here or not," said Sakuyamon. "We need a plan. All this endless striking at him will do no good."

"They're right," said Sandiramon, slithering up to them. "There's nothing more we can do here. We need to rest!"

"I won't let him win!" Gallantmon displayed his usual stubbornness, levelling Aegis at Ogudomon, who had just righted himself. "SHIELD OF THE JUST!" After a couple of seconds the red energy blast fired forth from it. The sweeping beam took out over half of Ogudomon's legs and the giant Mega stumbled, but regained his footing after a second, completely unfazed.

"This guy is so tough," cried Gallantmon.

"Pineapple-head!" called Beelzemon directly to Guilmon. "You know I don't like to run from a fight, but even I can see that this ain't working. Knock some sense into your other half, will ya."

"They have a point, Takato," said Guilmon. "We keep knocking him over but that's all we're really doing. We need a better plan."

One of Ogudomon's legs suddenly caught Gryphonmon and the Mega Digimon spiralled earthwards, crashing down. He got up again and shook himself.

"I'll get you for that!"

"What about me. I got hit there too!"

"Did someone hear something?"

"Oh, very funny."

"Guys," said MegaGargomon. "He's getting a bit too close to the civilian camp."

"Alright," said Gallantmon. "Come on, guys. Let's fall back."

He turned, along with the whole army and headed back to the camp, in order to protect them as they got them as far away as possible. As they left, Sakuyamon took one last look as Ogudomon seemed to leer after them, and then began to get on with destroying the already wrecked city they had come to know so well.

"I can't stand this," she said.

MegaGargomon hovered behind her. "This isn't over," said Terriermon. "Don't worry Rena, Rika. We'll find a way to make sure this guy stays down when we knock him over. Momentai."

But all four in the two bodies knew that they would do no such thing for a while, as Shinjuku collapsed before them.

Hope that was up to par. I certainly enjoyed writing it.

Next time…

What will the plans for a counterattack be?

Coming up:- Chapter 15 : Interlude