Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.

Summery: AU, very AU and dark, with mentioning of torture, violence and blood drinking.

Things have never looked grimmer, as digi destined goes up against digi destined. Have Michael really lost it and willingly joined the side of Darkness, and what is Babel's true motive for seeking to destroy all. And what of the mysterious virus that everyone fears, what is it secret, and how is it connected to events in the past.

Spawn of the vampire
The Secret of the Destiny Stones part one.

Gazing out through the glass window, the possessed Mummymon gazed down at the city below him, eyes a tad narrowed to avoid the glare of the setting sun reflecting off the waterfront. "Seems like yesterday, that all of my plans began to crumble away, beginning in this very location."

Turning away from the window leading into the conference room, the disguised digimon pulled out the nearest chair and settled down into it. "Now, I have my plan all worked out, yet I still has to bring it about, and this time around, I have to be as careful about it as I can be."

Breathing out the last words with a mocking tone, the possessed digimon spun his chair around and focused on the far off wall, as a shadow seemed to slide across it. "Ah, so you have finally decided to come out, my old servant?" His voice mocking as he folded his arms casually. "I've been waiting for it you know."

Slowly growing solid while seeming floating up from the ground itself, Wizardmon glared across the room and right into the yellow eyes of Mummymon. "How did you get here, Myotismon?" Anger clear as he floated closer, the small digimon finally broke eye contract with the digimon before him. "Your body, it has changed quite a bit?"

Letting a lightly annoyed glare cross his face, Myotismon stood up in his borrowed body, letting it loom up over the digimon before him easily. "And you, little one, hasn't changed, still the trouble maker." Crossing over to stand before him, a faint smirk filled his face. "So tell me, can you still feel it, how I tore you digital information to shreds, and condemned you to haunt this place?"

Ending his question as the door opened behind him, Myotismon allowed a smirk to cross his face once more as he witnessed Wizardmon sinking into the floor in an instant. "Now watch, and remember, how I reclaim my fate." Snapping around to face the middle aged man in the doorway, Myotismon grinned as he stepped closer to him. "Mr. Ishida I take it?"

Taking in the sight of the man standing before him, noting the ragged appearance and odd looking face, Matt's dad slowly closed the door behind him. "Yes, now can I help mister?"

Smirking as he stepped closer, Myotismon grinned as he allowed his body to transform back into its true, ragged mummy like appearance. And smiled as even more as he saw the human back up with a loud curse. "Oh, I do believe you already know about me, and while my appearance may have changed, I trust you still remember my name, Myotismon."

Still backing up until he was flat against it, Mr. Ishida's right hand groped along the wall and door frame desperately as he tried to find the door handle. "It can't be, you died, I saw my son and his friends destroy you, your body turned into a, a cloud. "

"True." Came the mocking response as he leaned in over the man and grabbed his shirt harshly. "But then again, the digi destined hadn't destroyed my soul, and since I wasn't in the digital world." Smirking at the recount, the possessed face of Mummyon nearly cracked apart as he opened up his mouth to show off his teeth. "Let's just say, that digital hell wasn't in my traveling plans."

Struggling to get free as he was dragged away from the door, Mr. Ishida gulped as a faint outline of darkness formed around Mummymon's body. "What, what do you want with me?" His voice giving off how nervous he was as it trembled while forming each word. "I wasn't one of those who fought against you."

Laughing as he dropped the middle aged man on the ground, Mummymon's body began to convulse, as the dark outline grew even brighter. "I am well a where of it, but you do have one other important factor I can use."

Ripping lose and crossing the room in a shower of digital data, Myotismon's soul rammed right into Matt's dad, the force sending him tumbling back as digital data from Mummymon's rapidly deleting body floated in closer to him. "I need either to carry out a long and dark plan to reenter the digital world again, but since I am in a hurry, I'll use you to get the digi brats to do it for me."

Laughing as he walked out after getting the last of Mymmumon's energy and digital data, Myotismon closed the door in his newly possessed body, stopping to stare over at the woman sitting outside of it. "I'm taking the rest of the day off, got it!"

Walking off before he could get an answer, Moytismon inside Matt's dad chuckled as he opened the next door and walked through it. "And now, to find that special digi destined, and make him open the gate for me." Laughing subtly as he ascended the stairs, he chuckled even more darkly as he passed by a security guard who simply nodded at him.

"I don't like this." TK mumbled out as he cast a glance back at the rapidly vanishing ruin, his body tensing up as he cast a dark look back at their destination. "Our escape, it was far to easy. We were outnumbered, and underpowered, and we still go tout with almost no problems."

Holding onto him, Angemon nodded in agreement as he began to descend towards Ankylomon running through the jungle below them. "I know, Skullsatamon, I know he was holding back, my attacks barely even phased him." Shuddering at the last few words of that digimons mouth, Angemon slowed down and prepared to land. "I do feel a great regret that we couldn't get Catherine out with us."

Opening his mouth to add a comment, Cody blinked his eyes briefly as a loud beeping sound reached him. Looking down, he smiled as he pulled his digivice out and held it up. "TK, the other's are getting closer." Standing up as his digimon partner had stopped moving, he grimaced as he faced the direction they had come from. "Maybe with their help, we can beat those guys and free Catherine."

Smiling in a less then convinced way, TK stared towards the direction that the other digi destined were coming from, his mind still going over the fight. "Cody, I don't think we can do that, not yet." Seeing the other boy turning to stare at him, he let out a sigh of uncertainty. "You and Yolei are both strong, and your digimons are as well, but you're just not ready."

Eyes narrowing in light anger, Cody turned his full attention on the older boy as he took a step forward. "And what do you mean by that, we can't just leave her behind, or are you giving up?" Voice cold as he spat out the last part, he froze as he saw TK tense.

"Cody." Speaking out the name softly, TK smiled as he turned his head to face the younger boy. "It's not that I'm afraid, it's just. We may have to fight these digimons, until they are deleted."

Letting his anger vanish at that comment, Cody felt something inside of him that he couldn't understand, it made him feel angry, unsure and sick at once. "You, how can you just say that, Digimons are living beings, we can't kill them, I won't do anything like that!"

Snapping his eyes onto Cody with such coldness that the younger boy stopped yelling, TK clenched up his hands and took several deep breaths. "I know that Cody, but I also know this, we can't do it without going all the way, we can't win like that."

Moving closer, TK jumped out of Angemon's arms and landed on Ankylomon's back, one hand holding onto his hat. "Four years ago, we didn't want to either, we didn't think we had to kill any of the digimons we met, not until we met him." Walking past his younger friend, he stopped and lowered his head. "Devimon showed me, us, differently. He attacked us, split us up and almost killed us all. It was only by sheer luck that we survived."

"And it nearly cost me, my best friend." The words breathed out, TK stared up at Angemon who where also standing on Ankylomon's back. "And after him, we met other digimons who were just as bad, if not worse. Etemon, Myotismon, both of them were powerful, and none came as close to winning as Myotismon, it was only because we found Davis and Kari that we could win against him."

Turning back to face Cody, TK tried his best to keep a straight face. "You must understand this, there are some digimons and humans, who can't be stopped by talking with them, and they won't even bother to listen. And while you might not be willing to, they will not hesitate to kill to achieve their goals."

Turning his face away, Cody bit his lip as he tried to force down the unwanted memories and thoughts that speech brought back. "TK, I, I don't think I can." His father, did he run into someone like that, someone who didn't care if killing stood in the way of getting what he wanted. "I..."

"TK, Cody!"

Snapping his head up at the mixed voices, Cody didn't smile even as he saw the other digi destined coming towards them, the multitude of flying digimons lowering as they came closer. "TK, you know." Ending his sentence even before it got fully started, both he and the blond haired boy stared in shock as several dark gray and white tentacles erupted out of the forest, knocking Garudamon and Aquillamon backwards. "What is that?"

Clenching up his hand, TK narrowed his eyes as he watched the large digimon burst up from the ground, it's face distorted by a large grin. "It's him, the one Catherine mentioned, Marinedevimon."

Laughing as he swatted back Kabuterimon, the large ocean going devil like digimon focused on the two digi destined below, his eyes narrowed in thought as he took a step forward. "You two, you are the ones, the ones he told me to kill." Lashing out with a huge arm, he grinned as a geyser of dirt erupted up from where he had struck the ground.

As the dirt settled back down again, the massive digimon frowned as no bodies, no clouds of digital data were seen, even the hoped for traces of suffering digimons were nowhere to be seen. "How, no one could have." Turning to face the others, he froze, as they too seemed to have vanished. "Cowards, come on out and fight me!"

Tearing out of the forest, Ex-Veemon and Stingmon glare dup at the massive digimon as they came in closer to him, both of them ready and primed to attack as they still had the advantage of surprise.

"V-Punch!"

"Spiking Strike!"

Stumbling back more in surprise then from the attacks themselves, Marinedevimon sneered as he lashed out with his tentacles, each one hitting nothing as both Ex-Veemon and Stingmon darted out of the way, allowing the three other digimons right behind them to move in for an attack now that they had a clear path.

Swooping in from the sky, Birddramon and Aquillamon flew perfectly side by side as they lined up for a head on attack against the much larger digimon. Leading them, Nefertimon had already pulled out of her dive as a pink beam of light shot up from her back.

"Rosetta Stone!"

Breaking the formation, Birddramon took the higher charge while Aquillamon dived down and made a move for Marinedevimon's stomach and abdomen.

"Meteor Wing!"

"Blast Ring!"

Getting hit from three different direction at once, MArinedevimon stills sneered as each attack only served to blind and confuse him for a short time, all of his attempts at getting in a hit failing as he found himself unable to pin point anyone of the attacking digimons. "You!"

Snapping his head to the side at the word, He snapped his eyes open as a dark blue wolf digimon tore up the side of a large tree, this time followed by a large bug digimon. "No you don't." Ripping up the tree, he smirked as the wolf digimon went flying back down to earth.

Sadly, this move had left him open again, something he learned as one of his eyes got a face full of the bug digimon as it moved in far to close. "Beetle Horn Attack!" It's head ramming right into the soft tissue of his right eye at full throttle.

Stumbling back form the unexpected attack, the large ocean going devil like digimon hissed as he snapped open his left eye, one hand still protecting the damaged right one while the other managed to swat Kabuterimon as he tried to escape. "You, you'll pay for this."

"No he won't, but you'll pay for your cowardly attack." Cody spat out as he and Ankylomon shot out of the woods, both of them glaring harshly up at the large digimon as he spun to face them. "And trust me, I'm starting to see TK's point on this."

Stopping in less space then one meter, Ankylomon allowed his body to spin sideways as all of his forward momentum was transferred into his tail weapon. "He's right, and even if it feels wrong, we know that you deserve this, Tail Hammer!"

Letting out a roar of pain as his lowered leg got smashed, the massive digimon let out a curse as he tumbled sideways, his hand releasing Kabuterimon as he scrambled to find something to support him on before he fell over. But even as he tore the massive trees around him to shreds trying to maintain his balance, a flash of blue and white grabbed his attention. "No, not you, not now."

Smirking, as he pulled out his staff, Angemon lashed out as hard as he could, hammering the weapon into the digimons face with a loud smack, the added blow sending the large digimon crashing down. "Sorry, but the fight with SkullSatamon took most of my strength, so you'll have it settle for someone else to finish this."

On the ground, Ken and Davis grinned as they stepped forward, both of them grabbing the others hand as light shot out form their digivices. "You're going down ugly! Ex-Veemon!" Davis boost making the large digimon wince as he began to push himself up.

Giving a solemn stare at Marinedevimon, Ken sighed lightly. "I wish this didn't have to happen, but you give us no other choice. Stingmon!"

Feeling the command and knowing it had to be done, Stingmon and Ex-Veemon rushed towards one another as light began to spiral in around them.

"Ex-Veemon!"

"Stingmon!"

"DNA digivolve too!" Fusing perfectly together, the two digimons fused into a large four winged dragon, armor quickly flowing over their body for protection as each of their weapons snapped into place. "Paildramon!"

Hovering silently in the air for a second, Paildramon gazed down into Marinedevimon's face, the much large digimon showing no other emotion other then seething anger as he slowly cracked open his right eye. "Okay ugly, time for you to find out why messing with the digi destined is a big mistake."

Moving back a bit, Paildramon snapped each of his long-range weapons up, the waist mounted gun glowing as energy flowed into them. "Desperado Blaster!"

On the back of Ankylomon, Cody turned his head away as Marinedevimon let out a scream of pain as each energy bullet ripped into him, the sound finally vanishing as his body tore itself apart into simple digital data. "I know, he was evil, but I still feel that we should have sough some other way to win this."

Standing on the ground, TK gave a nod as he looked back down at the forest floor. "We all do Cody, but as I said, there are digimons you can't talk reason with." Giving a sad smile up at him, he grinned nervously as he gave a thumps up to him as he tried to shake of the depressive mood. "Now come on, it's time we returned to the real world, we have a lot to talk about with the others."

"And it's much more then you think, TK."

Turning around at the voice, TK stared as Floramon and Betamon emerged from the forest as well, both of them looking a lot more worse to wear then he had ever seen them. "What, what happened to you two?" His voice alerting the other digimons and digi destined to their presence, he soon found himself flanked by each of them as the two digimon stared back. "What happened to Catherine and Michael?"

Letting out a whimper, Betamon lowered his gaze as he limbered forward. "Ever since I lost against your digimon partners, Michael's been out of himself, he even hurt me, just as your 'friend' did." Eyes narrowed as he spoke, Betamon slumped down as he reached halfway over to them. "I didn't think it possible, but thanks to the lot of you, he even threw me away, calling me a pile of trash data he never should have counted on."

Giving the ocean digimon a cold stare, Floramon moved forward as she felt a bit of embarrassment flow through her. "TK, I'm sorry, but I know I should have help you and your friend when we escaped the prison cell, but I couldn't." Ignoring the confused looks, she stared into the sky as the full attack of having left her partner behind hit her. "Even Catherine, I didn't come to help her either, and before you accuse me of anything, let me tell you this."

Letting out with her hardest look, Floramon crossed her arms as she noted that everyone had given her their undivided attention. "The battle ahead of you won't be won, unless you managed to find the destiny stones, and free the sovern digimons trapped with in them."

"Terra Destroyer!" Following the yell, A sphere of red death blazed down at the rampaging digimons below, several of them screaming out as the energy ripped through them, reducing their bodies to nothing more then small clouds of digital data which quickly faded away.

And watching all of it from his place on the ground, Blackwargreymon snorted as he observed even more digimons running away from him. "Weaklings." Stomping over a shattered piece of a building, the humanoid reptile like control spire digimon absently lashed out with a claw and silenced the whimpers of a badly hurt digimon trying to escape. "Is there really no one who can stand up to me!"

Spinning around as he pulled up even more power, he focused on the only remaining building and let lose the power, taking no joy from watching it collapse into another pile of rubble. "Worthless, all of them, and this wretched form of life."

Lifting off at that comment, the black and yelled armored digimon stopped as he gazed as a small digimon cowering behind a nearby building. "You, you're like that one." Turning his face southward, he froze as an unfamiliar emotion rose up with in him. "That child, the one from that forest, maybe, he knows what I am."

Lifting off even faster, Blackwargreymon took off in the first direction he could think off, a single thought filling him as he focused all of his attention on a small boy, with such a passion for peace in him. "Strange, but maybe I shall finally find that which I seek."

If those kids really were fighting against Arukenimon, they might even find out why he was the way he was, how come he as the only one that had any kind of emotions?

He should be like the others, mindless, obedient.

Yet.

He had thoughts, a sense of self; he had emotions, feelings of anger, sadness, longing and confusion. They were part of him as so many others. And if those two had anything to do with Arukenimon, they should also have any answers.

If not, both the boy and digimon would pay a prize for not having them.

Walking in through the door, Myotismon in his new body grinned as he practically fell down into the leather chair, a small glare of disdain moving over everything in the room. "No taste what so ever." His comment spat out as he laid eyes on the single photo of a human woman.

Then his eyes lowered and a thin smile spread as he noticed the two children held in her arms. "And yet, I do see something welcomed after all." Touching the framed photo, he let out a chuckle as he tilted it down, hiding the image against the table. "Ishida, Ishida. Do I have a surprise for you when you return, one that will lave you scared."

Ripping a hand through the lightly graying hair, he chuckled as he settled down for a small rest. "And this time around, no simple child or miracle will save you and the others from me."

Rising briefly from his host, his dark soul hovered around the newly possessed body, it mere presence seemingly drawing the very light out of the room itself. "My age of perfect darkness draws near."

Silence had reigned in the small group for what felt like hours after that small announcement. All eyes locked on the plant type digimon as she gazed back at each of them. "Well, do you understand it or not?" The sharpness of the question shattering the silence as nothing else would have been able too.

In the back, Tai frowned as he could have sworn he had heard of those stones before, but once again. He found himself feeling that the memory was right there, in the back of his mind. But once again, out of his reach.

Shaking off the feeling, he refocused as Matt stepped forward, his face showing off the same amount of cold, and harsh determination as he had only seen whenever he had seen the boy talk about the digital world and its trouble. "Hey, you could tell a little more, what are these destiny stones anyway?"

Staring at him, Floramon seemed to debate the matter in her own head before she motioned for him to sit down before him, her whole demeanor showing the full amount of fatigue she had gained after the hardships she had faced. "The Destiny Stones, each of them is legendary, and spoken off in hushed whispers."

The stones are the primary focus point for each part of the digital world, East, North, West, South. They also stand for an element as well, Wind, Earth, Water, Fire. Chosen to protect and guard these stones were the first four digimons to ever reach the fable mega level.

Azulongmon, sovern of the Eastern parts have the digital world, and the destiny stone of air.

Xuanwumon, sovern of the Northern parts have the digital world, and the destiny stone of Water.

Baihumon, sovern of the Western parts of the digital world, and the destiny stone of Earth.

Zhuqiaomon, sovern of the Southern parts of the digital world, and the destiny stone of Fire.

Long they battle to bring order to the world, and maintain balance between light and dark. And even longer has the time been that they protected us all, but then out of nowhere.

One day, dark powers seeped into the digital world, and digimons rose up against those who fought to maintain balance, and each of them were sealed away. Their bodies imprisoned by the four masters of darkness, MetalSeadramon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon and their leader, Piedmon.

Without them around, darkness ran rampant, trembling down the light in the process as their strongest warrior had been beaten. In desperation, the humanoid guardians, digimon with no power, turned to the ancient prophecies written when the darkness first appeared.

Humans from the real world were chosen, and through the power of their hearts, and that of the digimons born to help them in perfect combination. Darkness was driven away, but since you didn't know of the soverns at that time, they were never freed.

Staring at each other, the eight original digi destined took in everything that Floramon had just told them. Each of them feeling more then just a bit awed by the story.

And within the new digi destined, a feeling of doubt, a nagging feeling that they could never live up what the first digi destined had done. Or would they, could they defeat this darkness that had returned again.

Slowly stepping fourth, Tai stood still as he looked down at Floramon, still seeing her distrust and slight anger at him for what had happened in the past. "So what did Jun and I have to fight, I know we took on Babel once, but I can't really remember what happened doing that time."

"You two?" Came the reply as the plant type digimon turned her full attention onto them. "Well, I'm not really sure, I think you and her battle Babel for the digital world once." Her cold tome warming up as she looked at him more closely as he settled down to face her at eye level. "Look, I didn't much of it, Gennai told Catherine most of it I think. I wasn't around much at the time."

Watching her for a moment, Tai gave her a sad smile as he reached out and gently rubbed her shoulder. "You miss her, don't you?" Seeing her freeze up for a second, he gave of a real smile at her as he stood up. "I haven't earned your trust yet, but just this once, believe me when I say this."

Turning his head down to face her, he held out a hand in a friendly gesture of confidence and friendship. "I'll get her back for you, I promise it. Even if it will cost me my own life." Seeing the digimon's shocked expression, he gave her a small shrug in return. "I owe it to you don't I, after everything I did to you, and the other digimons."

Snorting a bit in the background, Matt grunted as he felt Sora elbow him for the untold time. But this time, he didn't just ignore it, turning his head lightly; he faced her as she stared at him. "What?" The word whispered out as he glanced at her face.

Making sure none of the others had heard him; Sora leaned in closer and stared at him with her fullest attention. "Why do you act this way, he's trying you know, just like Ken is." Giving him her best pleading look, she sighed, as it did nothing to him. "Look, talk with him okay, if not for yourself then for me, please."

Not changing his expression for several seconds, Matt finally sighed as he stood up. Hands unclenching as he gave off a weak smile at her. "For you then, but I won't promise you anything." Turning his attention to the rest of them, he focused on Floramon. "So these destiny stones, where can we find them?"

Smiling somewhat strained at him, Floramon closed her eyes a bit and gave off a weak grin. "I'm not sure, but I heard a rumor that the Eastern destiny stone should reside in the temple at the top of Mount Infinity on File Island." Staring at each of them as she began to leave, she gazed long and hard at Tai. "I expect you all to live up to what Gennai told both me and Catherine about you, and you boy, I'll hold you to your promise."

Turning away from the screen with a look of disgust, Babel killed the transmission as soon as Marinedevimon's scream died out. "He failed me, the loser." Grumbling mostly to himself as he thought about this unexpected loss, he smirked a bit as he ran a finger over his chair. "Still, it did give me an idea of how powerful they are at this time."

Turning back to his screens, he chuckled as he called up an image of Catherine getting tossed into a tank full of brightly glowing blue liquid, Michael already floating in one next to her. "These two, will help me greatly, as I prepare to unleash the virus."

Running a finger over the screens, he smirked as two small files popped up, each one containing a small DNA like strand of data floating around on it. "But they will need new warriors, their own ones could have worked out fine, but since they ran off, new ones will needed."

Smirking as each screen flashed a bit as the data rearranged, he grinned as each screen slowly worked over the seemingly endless information and slowly formed an image of what he had created. "Yes, yes. These two will serve them well." Pointing at the large overly muscled digimon on the left screen, he grinned darkly. "You will serve the boy, and you, you'll work for the girl."

Turning his attention to a third scream, he grinned as he saw Gennai chained up inside a tank of his own. "And as for you Gennai, my plans for you are far more grim then you could ever imagine." Standing up as he finished punching in the last commands, he quickly turned to leave the room, his newly made cape flaring out behind him as he reached the door. "There's a new age brewing after all, an age of pure chaos."

Standing silently outside in the real world, Tai, Kari and Mimi found themselves staring after the fading forms of their friends, each of them having left for the night, wanting to return home before embarking on the next part of their adventure.

Watching a blond haired boy walking next to a reddish orange haired girl, Tai sighed as he turned to regard Mimi and Kari who were both giving him a curious look. "Uh, is something wrong?"

"Shouldn't we be asking you that Tai?" Came the reply from Kari as she gave him the best smile she could at the moment. "I saw the looks you gave them Tai." Reaching out to offer comfort she smiled up at him as he tried to smile back at her, but failing somewhat. "They'll warm up to you Tai, I know it. And with what you did today, you really took a great step towards getting their acceptance."

Losing her smile somewhat, Mimi glared lightly at Tai as she crossed her arm in front of her. "Which reminds me, what was that about you giving up your own life to save Catherine?" Uncrossing her arms to poke him in the chest, she snorted as he looked sheepishly at her. "Yeah, I heard that buster, I was only standing a meter or two away."

Glancing over at Kari for help, Tai blinked, as all he got was a friendly wave from the younger girl as she moved into the apartment building. "Thanks a lot sis." Turning his attention back to Mimi, Tai tried to give her his best, friendly smile. "It was, you know, something to make Floramon clam down. And I did owe it to her, after what I did."

Smiling as she looked back at where Kari had been, Mimi grinned a bit as she refocused her attention on Tai. "I know silly, it was just, you never said such things to me back then." Stepping closer, she planted one hand on his chest and stood up on her toes. "And trust me, it was really sweet."

The last comment was followed by a light kiss on his lips as the pink loving girl stepped back a bit. "And just so you remember it, I expect you to do same if I'm ever in trouble, just remember that."

Blushing a bit as he watched her just staring at him, Tai lifted up a hand to scratch his head while trying to calm down a bit, his once rather outward behavior towards her while he had been evil, hadn't all stayed with him it seemed. "You know I will, and, well, you know."

"Of course I do." Mimi replied as she turned halfway around and glanced over at him from across her shoulder, giving off the image of a high-class lady. "After all, I'm too pretty to be ignored like that." Smirking as he gave off that lovely grin she liked, she returned to her normal stance and grinned. "Now come on, it's not really dinner time yet, but I'm starving."

Giving her a curios look as she walked over towards the apartment doors, Tai reached out a hand and touched her shoulder lightly. "Mimi, is there some reason you didn't want to return home, I know you had a fight with your parents and all, but shouldn't you be going home by now?"

Freezing for a second, Mimi gave off a light sigh as she turned around to face him. "Tai, I love my parents, but, if I go back, they'll try and keep me from helping you guys save the digital world, they'll keep me form you." Her last words nothing more then a whisper meant only for herself, she didn't expect Tai to pull her into an embrace. "What are you?"

Smiling more sincerely as he pulled back form the hug, Tai grinned down at her. "Look, if you want me too, I can come with you." Seeing her face turn lighter either form shock or fear, he nearly burst out laughing as he could almost clearly guess what she was imagining. "It's okay, I don't think they'll kill me, maiming me is a possibility, but killing, nah."

Punching him lightly in the arm, the pink loving girl huffed as she walked past him. "Well then, why don't you just try and see if I'll help when they do maim you." Grinning lightly as she heard his mock gasp, she shook her head. "It's nice of you Tai, but I don't think they're ready just yet."

Stepping back, she waved her hand at him as she took a moment to just stare at him, taking in the way he was just standing with a small grin on his face. "Anyway, I'll see you again tomorrow." Smiling, she turned around completely and began to walk off, a light sigh coming from her as she gazed at the city before her. "I hope, they aren't too mad at me."

Behind her, Tai gazed at her retreating from as a thoughtful look crossed his face. "Take care Mimi, and good luck. I think, you'll be needing it tonight." Casting his eyes upwards at his apartment building, he watched as Kari, Gatomon, Blackgatomon and Agumon pulled away form their apartments balcony. "I'll be seeing you again, Mimi."

Stepping into the room, Babel gazed at the struggling figure before him, a grim expression crossing his face as several waves of pain flowed through the body before him. "If you relax, it won't as painful you know." His voice void of any emotion, the young man crossed over to gaze in through the side of the glass separating them. "Besides, it's not like you have any choice."

Defiance flashed through the blue eyes as they gazed out at him, anger clearly rising as a hand shot out to hit him, stopping short even before reaching the glass. "Yes, Yes. You hate me, I tricked you, used you, and now I'm going to turn you into what you hate most."

Walking past the glass tank to stare into another one, he grinned as an even more hateful look was aimed at him from the girl floating inside of that one. "You both do, which is really sad." The last part didn't even come close to letting out his real emotions as he chuckled darkly. "For which such an emotion, it is far to easy to twist it around and turn onto someone else."

Pattering the glass gently as several loud screams could faintly be picked up, he grinned as he turned around and stared as two small tables. "Anyway, I'm not here to fight, but rather to give you both a gift." Tapping a finger on the first table, he smiled as two Bakemon's came floating in with a digi egg each. "And I know, you will just love it, since I made each one just for you two."

Turning around to face Michael and Catherine as they both stared in surprise at the digi eggs, he grinned as he stepped over to the door. "It might take a while before they hatch, but when they do, you'll soon have the best weapon you'll need to fight off my enemies long enough for me to open the final seal."

"You're home again Son?" Mr. Ishida spoke out as he saw his son enter in through the door, a dark scowl on the boys face as he closed the door harshly behind him. "Had a rough day?"

Feeling ready to yell at his father for making such a stupid comment, Matt forced himself to calm down as he pulled out a chair and dumped into it. "Just had to deal with something I hadn't planned on." Tapping a finger on the table surface, Matt slowly raised an eye brown as he saw his father stare at him with completely attention. "You feeling okay yourself dad? I thought you had to work late again."

Smiling gently, but still giving off a faint hint of a predator stalking a prey, Mr. Ishida grinned as he stood up from the chair, grabbing the nearby jacket. "It's nothing son, just thought we could spend some father son time together." Seeing the questioning look on his son's face, he gave off a small chuckle. "Don't worry, I just wanted to do it before you're all grown up, and none of us can find the time to do so."

Grinning softly at the reply, Matt stood up as well, picking up his own jacket. "I'm game dad, if it get's me out of cooking that is." Walking over to the door behind his dad, Matt grinned as he felt that for once, he might just really enjoy an evening like this.

Besides, he could do with some fatherly advice on the current matters. Sure, he may be more grown up then the others kids thanks to the digital world. But it didn't mean that he knew everything. And he father might just be able to help him figure out why he held such a dislike to the messy haired boy, when he had no problem with the former digimon emperor.

Up ahead of him, Mr. Ishida grinned as his eyes flashed yellow briefly. The mental laughter of Myotismon filling his mind as the vampire digimon looked forward to the next step he would take. "Now then, I heard about this new restaurant at work today, has a killer sushi."

"No thanks dad." Matt grinned as he zipped up the front of his jacket. "But I still prefer my fish either fried or cooked. Not much for that raw fish style."

At the same time across town, Davis entered into a small apartment, his eyes taking in the tired appearance of his parents sitting in front of the TV as usual. "Hey, I'm home again." His voice easily breaking through the noise coming from the game show as he walked into the main room. "Anything happen while I was gone?"

Looking up form the TV and smiling, Mr. Motomiya quickly patted the empty next to him on the couch. "Nope son, but if you hurry, you might be able to see if this one can win those 25 million yen or not." Turning back to the TV, he grinned, as the music grew more dramatic. "Come on, it's behind door number three, number three."

"No, it's door number two." Came Mrs. Motomiya comment as she too leaned forward to stare more closely at the TV before, her eyes briefly moving up to greet Davis as he smiled at them. "I left some food for you in the oven Davis, and remember, it's has to be heated for five minutes, not just the usual two you give it."

Shrugging as he turned to face the kitchen, Davis left out a sift sigh as he walked through the door and closed it. One hand pulling out his D3 even as he walked over to stare out the window, the seemingly endless sea of city light spreading out before him, much like a mock copy of the star filled sky he could see in the digital world. "Damn it, I was so close!"

Tossing the D3 down, Davis nearly crumbled down as well. Instead his hands lashed out and grabbed on to the window still with surprising hardness. "I had almost found her, she was right there, and now, she's gone again." Feeling like punching something, anything just to get rid of the anger aimed at himself flowing through him.

Davis instead, turned around to gaze at the apartment before him, wondering why he still cared about her. His older sister, the one who used to mock him all the time, start fights with him over the remote, the food or anything else they had wanted at the time.

And just as he thought he had found her, that he could get her to understand that she had taken the wrong path in life. She escaped again, this time thanks to one who used to be their friend. "Why Jun, why did you run away again, didn't you see it, he doesn't really need you, you're just a pawn to him, nothing more then a slave to be ordered around."

Reaching out as he kneeled down, Davis picked up his D3 and stared at its screen, the soft shuffling of feet from behind him clearly telling him that Veemon had snuck into the kitchen with him. "I failed her, again. Just as I did so long ago, I didn't protect her from the monster in the convention center, and now, she gone again."

Stepping up to the side of his partner, Veemon wisely kept his mouth shut as he saw the faint sparkling of tears in the corners of his friend's eyes. Still, he couldn't just ignore it, Davis needed someone, and he just the mon to provide the support he needed. "You'll find her again Davis, what you said to her, I think you almost got through to her, if you can do it again, I'm sure."

Closing his mouth as Davis looked up, Veemon blinked as a cold, and very harsh determination could be seen in those brown eyes. "Davis, you okay?"

"I'm fine." Davis replied as he stood up, one hand brushing off the dirt from the kitchen floor as he stared at his reflection in the window. "And thanks, I know I can reach her, but how, I don't even know where she is now. And we can't really take off to look for her, we have t stop Babel."

Dropping down in the chair next to him, Davis grumbled a bit as he looked at his partner. "Being the leader right now stinks, I can't leave the team, they need me, but I also want to find Jun." Turning to face the oven, he smiled a bit as his stomach growled at the lack of food it had suffered. "Well, I can't think on an empty stomach anyway."

Jumping up on the table, Veemon almost drooled as he watched his partner turn on the oven to heat up the meal. "Don't forget about me either Davis, I could also use some food right about now."

A cold wind blew past her as she stumbled over a small root sticking out of the ground. Regaining her balance, she took a few seconds of her time to curse the stupid thing, her brother, all of the digi destined and that bastard Yagami. Once again he had beaten her, and to top it off, he hadn't even fought against her.

No, it had all been her fault for losing that battle; she should have known that the plan was faulty. But it was Master Babel who had made it, it was him who had laid out it all in detail, and still it had fallen apart completely. Megadramon was gone, Penmon too, and even Witchmon had been defeated.

She was sure of it, why else would Yagami still be alive. And to top it all off, the digi destined was stronger now then they had been before.

And where she now after all her hard work? After trying so hard to please her benefactor, the one who promised her the world if she joined his cause.

Facing the swamp before her with a cold glare, Jun felt like giving up at that point. Not much to if all she could do was stare at an endless field of murky waters, and the foul stench of the air itself made her even more angry. "Damn it, this wasn't supposed to be my fate."

Lashing out and punching a dead tree, Jun felt her anger continue to grow, and along with it. Came the desire for vengeance, not just against the digi destined and Yagami. But against everyone, even Babel. "He, he tossed me aside, I who have served him for so long."

Dropping her digivice as she sat down, the messy haired girl looked up at the sky above her as her mind grew cold with depression. "What? What's there left for me now?" Her voice almost a whisper, she pulled her knees up close as she curled up into a ball. "Is my life just meant to be a worthless existence, with no other meaning to it then that of any common loser?"

Lying still for several minutes, the messy haired girl finally looked up as the sounds around her faded away. The only faint light she had had was coming from the moon, which added to the tension and heavily feel of danger, added onto it was the sudden sound of loud footsteps from behind her, footsteps which growing in strength as they approached her.

And with that came the feeling of fear, fear for her life as several different possibilities flashed through her head. All of them involving her getting found either by Babel's servants, the digi destined or a rouge digimon looking for someone to hurt, or even one out for revenge for what she had done, or rather had failed in doing.

As the footsteps reached the very place she was sitting in, she cringed. Only to feel her breath leave her as they stopped moving, and the large shadow of a digimon covered her completely.

Feeling her heart beat with such force it might burst out of her chest, Jun slowly crawled up onto her knees, a defeated aura flowing around her as she lowered her head. "I'm, I'm sorry. I failed in defeating them."

Not getting an answer, Jun felt her mind get crushed even more by despair as she waited for an answer. "Well?" Finally snapping and spitting out the word, Jun simply wanted it over with, rather then just sitting around and wait for him to simply speak like a scared little child.

Still not getting an answer, Jun clenched up her hands and spun around, her eyes blazing with cold hatred. "What is your problem you..." And simply froze as she found herself facing someone she had only heard off, but recognized very easily just from the way he towered up over her. "You, you're... Blackwargeymon."

The digimon in question kept staring at her as she dropped down, her eyes wide and full of fear as he took in her shocked expression. "You're one of them right, one of the digi destined?"

And on the ground, Jun found herself unable to answer as her mind went racing. The stress, anger and fear combined with the events of the day proving too much for her as she simply shut down. The world growing dark around her as Blackwargeymon's demanding eyes kept hers locked onto him until she felt like choking.

Tbc: The Secret of the Destiny Stones part two.

AN: Wow, what an ending huh. Anyway, I'm feeling more then just satisfied with this chapter. While it does mention the destiny stones and set up the start for the hunt for them, I felt it served well as a finalizing ending to the previous chapters.

As always, leave a review with your comment about it, and stay tuned for the next chapter where a most unusual alliance is formed between the two most unlikely characters ever.