The Tamer v1-2: Another Digimon Adventure

by leonardo1123581321

Years have passed since their last adventure. Kari and TK find themselves pulled into the Digital World once more to save it from a new threat: The Digimon Emperor - known for his crazy hair, goggles, odd clothes, and skill with a digivice. Joined by friends new and old, together they must save the Digital World with one question in mind: Where are Agumon and The Digimon Tamer?

36. Joint Assault

Disclaimer: Digimon is a franchise owned jointly by Toei Animation and Bandai, and conceptualized by Akiyoshi Hongo. Doctor Who is a property owned by the British Broadcasting Company created by Sydney Newman. The concept of The Tamer v1.2: Another Digimon Adventure is a fanfiction idea. Please support the official properties.

The Tamer v1.2: Another Digimon Adventure

Chapter 36: Joint Assault

TK, Pegasusmon, Cody, and Armadillomon regrouped with the others at the edge of the village where the digimon were just now repairing the damage to the walls from SkullGreymon. As they passed through into the village, the guards who were supposed to be on their side proved distant and indifferent.

If it weren't for Wizardmon and Ogremon coming to join them, they would've felt unwelcome here. Wizardmon folded his arms, "You lot aren't being seen in the most positive of lights lately. I can't blame them though. In the past few weeks alone, you've colluded with the former Digimon Emperor, apparently killed a Minotarumon, possibly destroyed Agumon - that's still causing confusion among the population since none of you are talking about it, and ran off afterwards."

"Wizardmon, you know we're here to help, right?" Gatomon asked the wizard. He nodded quietly, keeping his arms crossed, "I'm not the one you need to convince. And if word gets out that you're working with another evil digimon - then there'll be nothing you can do to convince other digimon of that."

"Ken has changed, though," Davis said in his defense, "He's on our side and helping us."

"Once again, I'm not the one you need to convince Davis," Wizardmon stated matter of factly, "I'm already on your side. You need to convince other digimon of that fact. The question remains: How are you going to do that when you've openly worked with the former Emperor?"

"I...don't know," Davis' eyes went downward. Ogremon tapped his club on the ground, "Hey, don't feel too bad about it guys. I wasn't liked too when I first showed up. Now look at me! I'm hanging out with ShogunGekomon and Andromon - even if they are goody-two-shoes."

"And it's nice to have you on our side, Ogremon," Sora smiled, patting the digimon's arm and making him blush, "Oh, well thanks."

"So what are we supposed to do now? Arukenimon said she'll contact us but that just gives her a better chance to plan an ambush for us when we beat BlackWarGreymon," Gabumon pointed out quietly, "And I don't like how we just wing it lately."

"Easy, we just keep looking for the destiny stones ourselves. I mean, we found two in like a week so they're not that hard to find," Davis said optimistically, punching one hand into another, "Then we tell Arukenimon to come to us. That way, we can stop her from coming up with a plan before she has one."

"While I like your idea Davis, we don't really know where to start looking. Or what we can do to even stop her," Tentomon reasoned, "Do you know Izzy? Um…what are you doing?"

"Hm?" Izzy looked up from his D-Terminal and was taken aback to see everyone staring at him, "Oh, I'm just messaging Mimi right now so she knows what's going on."

"Still trying to keep her in the loop, huh?" Matt raised an eyebrow. Izzy nodded and returned to messaging her, "Yolei too, since she's still with Ken. She says she's trying to talk to him but it's not going well."

"I'm relieved to know she's okay," Hawkmon peered over Izzy's shoulder to see their messages, "Has she said when she will be rejoining us? I'm worried."

"I don't think Ken's going to do anything to her," TK stated sheepishly, Hawkmon shaking his head, "You misunderstand. I'm not worried about what Ken will do to her. I'm worried about what she'll do to Ken."

"Oh right, she's his fan," TK face palmed, "Wait, she's still a fan of his? I thought she'd be mad after…what happened."

"Surprisingly, no," Hawkmon stated, "Don't forget that she went to visit him afterwards to make sure he was okay. She may not openly express her concern, but she is worried for him. However, she is still Yolei. At some point, she may say something that puts her foot in her mouth."

"That's the truth," Davis chuckled, unaware that nobody else was in a laughing mood at that moment. He apologized for the awkward moment then asked, "Right, so the destiny stones? How do we find them before Arukenimon or BlackWarGreymon?"

"I was thinking about that. Last time, the destiny stone appeared when BlackWarGreymon was about to destroy Magnamon," TK pointed out, "So I was thinking…why did he notice it then? More importantly, why was the destiny stone glowing?"

"It could be that it resonated with BlackWarGreymon," Izzy put forward, until TK interrupted, "But then why can't he find the rest? I don't think it had anything to do with BlackWarGreymon. I think it was Magnamon."

"That'sh kinda a leap ain't it?" Veemon asked, "I don't remember anything glowing when BlackWarGreymon wash poundin' me."

"But did you feel anything?" TK stressed. Veemon shrugged, "I felt like that time Davish tripped over one of hish shocksh and fell on me."

Davis sighed in exasperation as Veemon seemed to realize something, "There wash another thing, though. It wash…like I wash on fire. Y'know, like when Davish is doing real good at hish shoccer practice and he can't shtop."

"Would you recognize that feeling if you felt it again?" TK asked excitedly. Veemon nodded, "I think sho."

"I don't like where this is going," Cody stated, "It's no different from just flying around for hours looking for something without knowing what we're looking for. Even if we could use Veemon as a beacon, we have no idea where we're going to find the next one."

"Do you have a better idea?" Gomamon asked him.

"No," Cody answered sheepishly, unaware of Izzy typing on his laptop, "I do. I just ran BlackWarGreymon's data through the database Tamer left me. He's listed as a Mega Virus type digimon that belongs to the Metal Empire and Nightmare Soldiers."

"Great, what does that mean?" Davis asked. Cody sighed, "Did you forget? We talked about this. Digimon have levels, types, and attributes. That means some of our digimon might have an advantage over BlackWarGreymon."

"We do. And as it happens, the vaccine digimon are Nefertimon, Pegasusmon, Magnamon, Garudamon, MetalGarurumon, MagnaAngemon, Angewomon, Zudomon, MegaKabuterimon, Ankylomon. Factor in where the strengths and weaknesses lie and three digimon pop out above the rest: Magnamon, MagnaAngemon, and Angewomon. Well, Nefertimon and Pegasusmon too. The point is, they're listed as either Holy Beast or Virus Buster which counteract the Nightmare Soldier part of BlackWarGreymon's data file."

"But we tried that before," Kari protested, "He beat them all down."

"Because you guys went at him piece meal," Sora explained to them, "We all went one at a time instead of working together. If you go at him together, we'll stand a better chance."

"We could use the golden noose to tie him down," Gatomon suggested quietly. Biyomon gestured to her herself and the other digimon, "That would give us time to pile on and hold him there."

"Then we can switch over to our other forms and really lay into him while he's pinned," Patamon said excitedly. Armadillomon jumped at the chance to add, "And I don' see why we can't just pound him while we're holding him!"

"Isn't this exactly what Arukenimon's plan is? Only with less digimon?" Cody asked quietly, only to realize that nobody had heard him.

"Then it's settled," Davis nodded, "Let's go find that Destiny stone!"

"You guys can go ahead," Izzy nodded, "I'm going to see if I can make some more progress on cracking Tamer's digivice. Message me and Tentomon whenever you find it and we'll come running."

"I'll stay too and wait for Yolei to return," Hawkmon nodded in agreement, "I won't be much use to you without her anyway."

"Now can we go find the Destiny Stone?" Davis asked, to which TK nodded. He punched the air as he always did, "Alright! Next stop, Destiny Stone! DIGIARMOR ENERGIZE!"

Yolei and Wormmon continued walking through the Digital World just behind Ken who was more focused on finding a gate to send them back than listening to them. Izzy messaged her on the D-Terminal to let her know what she was missing. He was going to try to crack Tamer's digivice on his own while the others used ShogunGekomon to try and crack the digivice. Ken unfortunately didn't seem interested in going back to help them, "I'd say good luck but they'll get all the good luck they need without me there."

"Ken, we really should go back in case they need us," Wormmon pleaded with his partner, "We don't have to help them, we can just watch and then we can help if things get bad."

Ken answered with silence, looking down at his D-3 to see how much further they had to go and responding, "It's not our problem any more Wormmon. We helped out as best as we can and that's all I said we were going to do. Remember?"

"I know Ken. But can you let your friend down?" Wormmon asked, reminding Ken of his exchange with Davis. He shook his head, "He was wrong to put his faith in me."

"Then what about me?" Yolei asked from just behind him, annoyed that Ken still seemed content to ignore her, "I mean - I was a fan of yours before I knew you were the Digimon Emperor. I could tell back then that you were going to do a lot awesome things. Believe me, if I'd have known that you and I were going to be digidestined together...well, that would've been a dream come true."

"And now?" Ken finally stopped in his tracks to look back at her. Yolei paused, taken aback by the blank expression on his face but resolved to convince him to come back. Without thinking, she explained, "I came to see you, remember? I went to check on you after...well, you took me hostage. The point I'm trying to make is that I don't think of you as a screw up. Let's be honest, Davis is more of a screw up. I have no idea how he's gotten this far in life but he always managed to squeak by. And I think it's because he doesn't really stop trying when it comes to anything in his life."

Ken grunted and decided to start walking again, and Yolei groaned as she struggled to keep up. Then she paused, realizing there was a question she never thought to ask, "What persuaded you to come back?"

"You needed help," Ken replied quickly. Yolei shook her head, "No. I mean, what convinced you to go back to the Digital World to get Wormmon. You were a mess the first time I visited you. The next time I saw you, you had Wormmon back and you two saved the day. What made you decide to go get your partner?"

"Agumon," Ken answered quickly, surprising her, "He showed up in my room and urged me to go find Wormmon. He told me that I didn't have to do it to save the Digital World or my brother. Then he told me to embrace my destiny."

"And what's your destiny?" Yolei asked. Ken threw his arms up in frustration and screamed, "I don't know! That's the problem! I don't know what I'm supposed to do! I keep trying to do the right thing but it seems every choice I make is the wrong one. Every decision I make only serves to make things worse for everyone around me."

"That's not true," Wormmon shouted at his partner, "You chose to follow Arukenimon and we have an idea of what her plan is because of that. You chose to help the digidestined and we saved the village from being flooded. Then we helped stop SkullGreymon by becoming Paildramon. Not every decision you've made has been wrong Ken."

"But the decisions I've made have led to a lot of people I care about being hurt," Ken reasoned, "And it seems like my destiny is to always do the wrong thing."

"Then isn't the wrong thing the thing what you're doing right now?" Yolei pointed out to him, finally making the boy pause. He turned to look at her with a horrible fire in his eyes, as if he'd just been insulted horribly. He opened his mouth to say something, pointing at her as if to accuse her and she flinched instinctively. Then nothing. Just silence as he lowered his arms and sighed, "Okay. What should I do then?"

"Buh?"

"What should I do?" Ken threw up his arms in frustration, "It's obvious to me that any choice I make of my own volition will just cause more problems. So...what should I do? Tell me and I'll do it."

Yolei's mind raced with different ideas - she'd never had a boy literally asking her what to do. And she wasn't sure what the correct answer to give him was. The idea of having her own personal boy toy didn't escape her either, but she'd be horrible to actually take advantage of someone like this. It would be easy to tell him to go back and help the others - that they needed their help. But that obviously wasn't what he wanted to hear. So what could she tell him? He was so convinced that he was a jinx that he'd probably fight her on it the moment she brought it up. And anything else she suggested would just be shot down right away by the argument that he'd bring ruin to whatever it was. It shouldn't have been this hard to come up with an answer.

She chose her words carefully, "I don't know, but what you can't do is mope and feel sorry for yourself all the time."

"Everyone already tells me that," Ken snapped, "What should I do besides that? That's what I'm asking."

Yolei felt a lump form in her throat as she croaked out her next answer, "Don't give up. That's what you do. Don't give up or give in."

Ken leered at her, stepping so close to her that he came just inches away from her face. She could feel his breath on her skin at this distance, and it made her shake with each breath he took. He nodded, "Okay, I won't give up. Let's go back."

"Really Ken? We're not just going to run away again, are we?" Wormmon asked excitedly. Ken nodded, "Yeah, we're going back."

"Which way is back?" Yolei asked seriously, uncertain of what the boy meant, "Are we going back to the Real World or are we going to join the others."

"We're going to help the others stop BlackWarGreymon," Ken explained, "And then we're going to help wake up Agumon."

He wasn't smiling but his mood seemed to have improved. That was enough for now, she supposed. She looked down at Wormmon, who smiled, "Thanks Yolei. It would've taken me a long time by myself."

Yolei patted the little worm on the head, "Don't worry about it. Let's go."

Magnamon led the way with the others just behind him, scanning the ground beneath him in search of a stone that he wasn't entirely sure was there. All the while, he'd look up nervously in case BlackWarGreymon showed up in his rampant pursuit of the Destiny Stones. That was the last thing any of them needed after their last string of defeats from BlackWarGreymon - for him to show up and rampage once again.

He didn't want to have to fight BlackWarGreymon before they had to which made it that much more important that he find it. It was just a question of how far they'd have to go. They traveled for what felt like hours before eventually coming across a desert teeming with control spires in every direction. Or so it seemed at first.

When they looked closer, they could see plenty of dried and decaying plant life on the ground - grass, flowers, bushes, and what remained of tree stumps wilting away in what should have been a forest environment. And at the heart of it all was the control spires - each sapping away life from the area.

"This is awful," Cody grumbled, "We need to destroy these control spires before they do more harm than good to the Digital World."

"Arukenimon may break off the deal if we do that before we stop BlackWarGreymon," TK reasoned. When Cody opened his mouth to rebuke, TK added, "I don't like it either Cody."

"Are we sure we're the good guys?" Cody asked seriously, "We shouldn't be working with her."

"Can we not fight?" Magnamon shouted at them, feeling a light fluttering in his heart, "Um...I'm feeling that weird tingling again."

"You're glowing too!" Davis pointed out. He looked down in time to see his golden armor flashing bright golden light. They all scanned the horizon and saw a small glimmer of golden light off in the horizon, blinking in time with Magnamon's armor. Kari cheered, "Great plan, TK."

"Congratulate each other later," Pegasusmon sped forward towards the stone, the others following along just behind. As with the previous two stones - this stone had nothing in common with the others. The first resembled a floating ball, the second a mound of dirt. This stone looked like it put on several hundred pounds after putting the ring on, its center squeezed so tight that the rest of it seemed to bulge in protest. The digidestined circled around it, wondering how this stone managed to go unnoticed in a massive open field with the ring pulsating in time with Magnamon's golden armor.

Cody wasted no time getting a message out to Izzy, Arukenimon, and Yolei so that they knew they had a stone - along with coordinates. He thought to message Ken, but hesitated - uncertain of if he could trust the boy. He only decided not to since he figured Yolei would just let him know. He felt childish, being so unwilling to talk to him but also guilty at the thought of interacting with him at all. Right away, he got his responses - Izzy was coming with Tentomon and Hawkmon, while Yolei was on her way with Stingmon and Ken. He blinked when he read that - either Yolei had managed to convince Ken to come back or he was just taking her to the others.

"So what are we going to do to set up our own trap?" Matt hopped off MetalGarurumon and examined the stone carefully, "This whole place is out in the open and there's no real place we can hide anything."

"No idea. Honestly, I'm just coming with ideas as they come to me. We could always try moving it," TK suggested, approaching the rock and placing a hand on it. As soon as he did, a horrible burning ran up his arm and the world seemed to shake so violently that he fell to the ground. For a moment, TK could see the Real World before him. Then the Dark Ocean's lonely lighthouse overseeing a barren beach, an alien world of warping colors and nightmares, a world where people hid in walls from giants, a world locked in an eternal war with itself, a calm and tranquil place where people traveled freely, a lonely castle perched above a lake where children learned magic, and finally a blinding white light where he saw four deific figures staring down at him. One he recognized as the mysterious serpentine figure that spoke something incomprehensible. Then nothing but pain as TK flew back away from the rock.

Matt and Pegasusmon were at his side right away, "TK!"

"What was that?" Davis asked, going over to kick the stone as hard as he could. The instant his shoe touched the stone, he flew back several feet and slid to a stop beside TK. Now it was Magnamon and Kari's turn to worry, "Davis!"

"Huh, I think I'm crazy now," Davis scratched his head. TK looked over at the boy, "Did you see what I saw too? All those worlds."

"I saw stuff that didn't make sense," Davis muttered angrily, "Tamer was there but he wasn't…calling himself Tamer or anything. And there was a weird digimon called Parallelmon. And Veemon put on a lot of weight. I don't know. I mean, what the crap did I just see?"

None of them knew where to begin dissecting what Davis had said. And before they could they heard the sound of thunder echoing in the distance, followed by a screaming that grew louder. Sora cursed, "Don't tell me that is who I think it is."

"What else could it be?" Garudamon asked, spreading out her wings, "Everyone get ready for a fight."

"But Yolei, Stingmon and Ken aren't here yet," Kari worried, "Neither are Izzy, Hawkmon, or Tentomon. We can't get Paildramon or Silphymon without them."

"We'll just have to make do without them," Nefertimon, ascending into the sky, "Are you ready to hold him down Pegasusmon?"

"If we can," Pegasusmon shook nervously, "Has Arukenimon said how close she is?"

"Nothing," Cody checked his D-Terminal, "Some help she turned out to be.

TK was already coming up with a plan, "We'll improvise. Pegasusmon and Nefertimon can tie him down - then Zudomon can help pin him down with his hammer!"

"He'll just blow us off again," Zudomon explained, "We need a better plan than that."

"But it was Arukenimon's plan," Cody argued until Joe added, "I think that's why she wanted to wear him down with an army of spire digimon. Our digimon are strong, but they're not going to match the raw strength of a hundred digimon."

"Then we'll just have to hold out until the cavalry arrives," Davis said, punching the air, "Magnamon!"

Magnamon nodded his understanding, "I'll hit him with everything I have."

"Which will be soon given how loud the screaming's getting," Zudomon readied his hammer like a bat and stepped in front of the Destiny Stone protectively, "Who thinks I'll knock it out of the park?"

"A sports reference? I had no idea Joe liked sports," Davis looked dumbfounded at the older high school student who offered his sheepish explanation, "Enjoying something and being good at it are two radically different qualifiers."

"Joe, I get enough moon man talk from Izzy. Don't you do it too," Zudomon complained. Over the horizon, they could see the black figure that was the source of the screaming drawing closer and ever so louder. It was an animalistic cry of pure instinct, a scream filled with just as anger as it was pain. At the speed BlackWarGreymon was flying, there was no doubt that he would be here any second. Zudomon steadied himself, watching the screaming mega carefully until he was on top of him and swung his hammer with all his might, "Vulcan's Hammer!"

The swing hit BlackWarGreymon head on, shattering the head of the hammer and sending the mega flying back in the direction he came. Davis cheered excitedly, "Alright, home run!"

It was one second too soon as BlackWarGreymon corrected himself in the air and stared down at them in surprise, just now realizing they were there. Joe adjusted his glasses and remarked, "I think that's a foul ball. Or a pop up."

"Stick to the plan!" Sora reminded them all at once, "We're only going to get one try at this."

"YOU!" BlackWarGreymon roared, "How many more times are we going to have to fight? Stay out of my way or I will slaughter you all!"

"You keep saying that, but we keep getting back up to fight you," Magnamon said, "Stop destroying the Destiny Stones and we'll leave you alone for as long as you'd like."

"The destiny stones are what it takes to summon my opponent," BlackWarGreymon growled, "My great foe, coward that he is, always flees. If he won't face me, then I'll destroy every last one of them."

Magnamon's shoulders slumped as reasoning with the mega failed and he charged, "Fine. MAGNA PUNCH!"

BlackWarGreymon raised one hand and caught Magnamon's fist in his, "That won't work twice."

"MagnaKick!" Magnamon tried again, swinging his free leg around to hit BlackWarGreymon head on, only to be caught by BlackWarGreymon's other arm, "It's not working."

Magnamon had BlackWarGreymon exactly where he wanted him and prepared his next attack, "I just wanted you right where I could hit you. MAGNA IMPACT!"

A powerful blast of golden light radiated from Magnamon's body, cracking part of BlackWarGreymon's armor and throwing him back. Blinded and unable to defend himself, Nefertimon and Pegasusmon took the chance to strike by summoning the golden light between them, "GOLDEN NOOSE!"

They ensnared the blinded mega and slammed him onto the ground where the other digimon sprang into action - Garudamon, Zudomon, and, Ankylomon all piled onto BlackWarGreymon to pin him there. Nefertimon and Pegasusmon pulled away, regressing to Gatomon and Patamon together while MetalGarurumon hurried to clear out the surrounding control spires, "ICE WOLF CLAW!"

He blanketed the surrounding field with rockets, striking the spires and turning them to raw data for destroy the inhibition on digivolution. Able to digivolve freely, Kari and TK raised their digivices towards their partners.

"Patamon! Digivolve to! Angemon!"

"Gatomon! Digivolve to! Angewomon!"

"Angemon! Digivolve to! MagnaAngemon!"

The two angel digimon ascended skyward to join Magnamon, while MetalGarurumon joined the others in pinning BlackWarGreymon down. With all four of them holding a limb, they were better able to manage the mega levels brute strength. Ankylomon swung his tail on the pinned digimon to keep him down while Garudamon and Zudomon used their fists to beat him, barely putting a dent in his armor but obviously angering him more.

"What is this?" BlackWarGreymon snarled, "A trick? Is this how you plan on beating me? Do you really think you can keep me here?"

"No, we just need you to hold still," Angewomon declared, nocking an arrow into her bow. Magnamon followed her lead and glowed with a powerfully bright light, and MagnaAngemon readied his sword. BlackWarGreymon raised his arm and pushed away Garudamon, then punched Zudomon in the head with all his strength. With both digimon gone, he was free to shake off Ankylomon but MetalGarurumon held tight with his jaw clamped down hard on BlackWarGreymon's leg. It was now or never.

"Celestial Arrow!"

"Magna Impact!"

The beam of golden light mixed with the arrow, creating a pure white light that struck BlackWarGreymon in the chest. The mega level paused as pain rippled through his body, and MagnaAngemon rushed in to deliver a final blow, "EXCALIBUR!"

He swung his blade as hard as he could, stabbing his sword right through BlackWarGreymon's stomach. The mega froze, locked in place and they were sure that they'd beaten the mega level digimon. But he didn't dissipate. He didn't disappear. He lingered far longer than he should have and MagnaAngemon was left confused. Confusion became fear when BlackWarGreymon roared in anger.

The angel digimon drove his sword in further until his own hand was pressed against the mega level digimon but all this did was make him roar louder in pain. Then he felt his helmet crack as BlackWarGreymon grabbed it, then used it to raise the angel into the air. The ultimate swung his sword to stab BlackWarGreymon's arm but was unable to hit it. This was made worse by BlackWarGreymon using him as a hammer to beat at MetalGarurumon until the mega had no choice but to let go.

Then the mega rounded on the digidestined, "You can't just stay out of my way, can you?"

"We have some trouble with that, yeah," Stingmon shouted, appearing from behind BlackWarGreymon to sweep his legs and flatten him on his back. BlackWarGreymon roared in anger at the cheap trick while the others cheered in excitement. Ken and Yolei came running over the horizon, and Davis cheered in excitement, "It's Ken!"

BlackWarGreymon pushed himself back off the ground and growled, "I'M DONE! YOU DIE FIRST!"

He darted towards Ken and Yolei, both of whom slid to a stop when they saw the mega coming their way. Ken pushed Yolei behind him, taking a defensive stance to try and protect her. But it was an empty gesture, as he'd already shown he couldn't use his martial skill as well as he could have. If BlackWarGreymon got to him, they'd both be killed. Thankfully, he was stopped by an arrow of light striking the ground in front of him. He stopped in his tracks just short of Ken and Yolei, and looked back at his attacker.

"Leave them alone!" Angewomon fired another arrow at BlackWarGreymon. His movements were slower but he reacted just as quickly, prepping the shield on his back and using it to deflect the arrow back into the sky. Ken and Yolei saw their chance and ran to rejoin the others. BlackWarGreymon roared in anger at being denied his kill, then ascended skywards towards the angel digimon. Kari gasped in panic, only able to breathe relief when she saw the Magnamon intercept BlackWarGreymon, "How about I be your dance partner?"

"I don't dance," BlackWarGreymon growled through a punch, which Magnamon blocked with raised arms. But the force of the impact was more than enough to knock Magnamon away - throwing him into the distance. Angewomon nocked another arrow, ready to attack but unable to match BlackWarGreymon's speed. He'd rushed her with his right arm raised. He would've hit her too, if a lengthy bandage hadn't appeared from beneath him to wrap around his arm. BlackWarGreymon traced it down to a familiar old man wearing a long blue coat and mumbling, "Come now, is that any way to behave around a lady?"

Mummymon. And beside him was Arukenimon wearing the same scowl she always had. She frowned, looking at the digidestined and scolding them, "What happened to our agreement?"

"We sent you a message," Cody shouted, "Now let's do the plan you came up with."

Arukenimon sighed, putting a hand to her head, "You agreed to work with us and then ran off on your own. We'll help for now but don't think that word of this isn't going to get around."

She put two fingers into her lips and whistled as loud as she could, summoning a cloud of digimon so large that they darkened the skies. The army consisted of nothing but champion digimon - Thundermon, Kuwagamon, Mammothmon, Minotarumon, Snimon, Devidramon, Airdramon, Megadramon, and Tyrannomon. The army moved on BlackWarGreymon and he reveled in the oncoming challenge, leaving the digidestined and their partners free to move away to safety.

Mummymon still had BlackWarGreymon on a leash and drew a large machine gun from within his coat. He took aim and fired, peppering the digimon who readied his shield to protect himself. Using this shield, BlackWarGreymon rushed Mummymon but was interrupted by an Airdramon and Megadramon moving in his way. BlackWarGreymon roared in anger and obliterated the two digimon with a stab from his gauntlets. Then he continued on unabated towards Mummymon who smiled in amusement at the digimon's mad rush, "Come now, be civil."

BlackWarGreymon dove faster and Mummymon had to laugh at the digimon, allowing himself to be smashed by the mega level digimon. A great dust cloud rose up at the impact crater, revealing BlackWarGreymon restrained by more bandages that held him in a pose like a mummy. Mummymon's disembodied voice laughed, "Now, now, let your mummy give you a hug."

"Are you just going to stand there or are you going to finish this?" Arukenimon looked at the digidestined expectantly. Magnamon, Angewomon and MagnaAngemon took their cues and charged back into to take another swing at BlackWarGreymon.

"Magna PUNCH!" Magnamon went first and struck the mega as hard as he could in the face. Then Angewomon went next, loosing another arrow into his chest, "Celestial Arrow."

MagnaAngemon went last, tracing a circle with his sword to summon a gate to the void, "Gate of Destiny."

The golden gate appeared before them, cracking open to a loud roar of wind that sucked in anything in front of it. The moment it pulled BlackWarGreymon in, Mummymon let go and dug himself into the ground. BlackWarGreymon was frozen once again, stunned by the pain of the attacks he'd endured but able to retain enough self awareness to grab hold of the edges of the gate before it pulled him in.

"You've got to be kidding me," TK panicked, "How is he resisting that?"

"Spite," BlackWarGreymon roared, pulling himself out slowly. Sora called out to Garudamon, "Stop him before he gets free!"

Garudamon nodded and motioned to the other digimon to join her in a counter attack.

"Wing Blade!"

"Ice Wolf Claw!"

"Celestial Arrow!"

"Magna Impact!"

The attacks hit their mark, showering BlackWarGreymon with a wave of fire, light, smoke, and pain. But he still held on, refusing to disappear into the gate. Ankylomon rushed in and swung his tail as hard as he could to try and knock the mega free only to find his tail caught at the last second.

"Uh oh," was all Ankylomon managed to say before the injured BlackWarGreymon managed to swing the poor digimon onto the gate itself, slamming into its golden arch until cracks began to appear. Their partners jumped into to pull Ankylomon free and stop BlackWarGreymon. Garudamon and MetalGarurumon rammed him as hard as he could while Zudomon, Stingmon, and Magnamon tried to break BlackWarGreymon's grip, first trying to pry his fingers open and then resorting to smashing his arm until the grip weakened.

In a fit of rage, BlackWarGreymon threw Ankylomon at Zudomon, then grabbed a hold of Magnamon, "If I go. You go too. Don't you forget it."

"Guys, back up," Magnamon warned the others, persuading Garudamon, Stingmon, and MetalGarurumon to flee away. Once it was just him and BlackWarGreymon, Magnamon concentrated the last bit of strength he had and released it, "MAGNA IMPACT!"

It blinded BlackWarGreymon before and stunned him long enough for the others to restrain him. It should have worked a second time. And it did. But at this close range, Magnamon's attack also shattered the now weakened gate - crumbling it to dust and causing another earthquake. When the light cleared, Veemon lay face down with BlackWarGreymon looming over him with a battle hardened scowl.

He was still, unmoving and trying to recover from the blows he'd been dealt. Arukenimon saw this and whistled at her ground based digimon - triggering a stampede from the Mammothmon, Minotarumon, and Devidramon. Davis panicked, "WAIT! VEEMON'S STILL IN THERE!"

Arukenimon scoffed, "It's an acceptable loss if we can end BlackWarGreymon."

In that moment, BlackWarGreymon and Veemon both disappeared beneath the stampede of angry digimon. Davis screamed out in anger, running towards the trampling but held back by both Kari and TK. Kari pointed out that he'd be killed if he ran in there now, but Davis didn't hear her - calling out to Veemon in a panic, while Angewomon aimed an arrow at Arukenimon, "Call them off!"

"You heard her! Call them off!" Stingmon added, his red blade raised from his arm. Arukenimon looked at them impassively, then started scoffed, "You want me to stop? When we can end this here and now? But sure, let's stop so that you can save one digimon."

"I knew we shouldn't have worked with you," Cody stammered angrily, but Arukenimon scoffed, "But you did anyway. But please, do be sanctimonious."

Cody frowned, frustrated with himself for not being more vocal in his opposition. She was right. He knew this was wrong but he went along with it anyway, angered that he'd allowed this to go so far. The rest of the group looked on in fear and anticipation - Veemon was in the middle of that trampling. BlackWarGreymon certainly had to be killed now, but then what chance did Veemon stand? Sure, he could reformat, but what were the odds he'd retain his memories too?

Then a soft growl slowly increased in volume until all off the spire digimon were thrown away, some turning to data upon landing while others lay injured. Those digimon struggled to get back up but fell back down tot he ground. Then BlackWarGreymon rose up, injured and his armor badly damaged but still standing. Arukenimon clicked her tongue angrily while Mummymon commented, "Oh bugger, that digimon really is harder to kill than a cockroach. And I've had plenty living in these bandages."

"And you wonder why I don't like you," Arukenimon rolled her eyes.

BlackWarGreymon was on his feet, turning to face Arukenimon. Meanwhile, laying underneath him was the unconscious Veemon. Davis was stunned into silence, and the digidestined were taken aback to see him lying there unconscious. Kari and TK were so surprised that their grips on Davis slipped and he ran to his partner's side right away, sliding to a stop beside him and cradling his unconscious partner, "Veemon! Veemon! Are you okay?"

When his partner didn't respond, he looked up at the Mega. Up close, Davis could see the scratches and bruises BlackWarGreymon had all over his body. He didn't understand, "Why...why'd you help him?"

"Because he is weak," BlackWarGreymon grumbled, breathing heavy and stomping towards her slowly, "That was pathetic."

"Wha-"

"Let me make one thing clear," BlackWarGreymon pointed at her, his tone just a little north of ripping her face off, "I don't go out looking to destroy weaker things. They come to me to die. They're weak. They're not worth the fight. Once they're down, I stop caring. You on the other hand, had no problem throwing away the lives of weaker beings just to get what you want."

"Why do you care?" Arukenimon stammered, "You're the one going on a rampage!"

BlackWarGreymon snorted and then used his clawed gauntlets to rip her hat apart, "You're so weak, that you can't even fight me yourself."

Before she could retort, he picked her up by her throat and squeezed, "Unless you're suggesting you can. Show me...show me just how strong you think you are."

She kicked and gagged, trying to break his grip and trying to turn her head towards the digidestined. It was like she was trying to call for help, but none of the digidestined or their digimon were sure they wanted to after he'd just protected Veemon. Then Mummymon's bandages came from behind in an attempt to strangle BlackWarGreymon before he could do the same to Arukenimon. The mega level digimon turned his head at Mummymon, amused at the threat Mummymon growled, "Release the lovely lady before I turn you to data."

"What could a weak digimon like you do to me that she couldn't?" BlackWarGreymon asked, Mummymon flinching in surprise, "You're both too weak to be worth the effort of fighting."

Even though he was injured, holding Arukenimon with one arm while restrained by Mummymon, BlackWarGreymon started marching towards the Destiny Stone. With each step, Mummymon was left between choosing to be dragged along or surrendering more of his wraps to the mega. Then, still holding Arukenimon, he slammed her as hard as he could into the Destiny Stone. Mummymon gasped at the digidestined, "Aren't you going to do anything?"

They were still locked into passivity - they had to stop him. But he'd also just protected Veemon. Should they help? Should they do nothing. None of it felt like the right answer. He raised his other arm, readying his blade to crush her face. Cody couldn't believe what he was watching - they were all going to do nothing while BlackWarGreymon killed Arukenimon. This wasn't right. If they were the good guys, they should be trying to stop this. He shouted, "Wait! Don't! This isn't right!"

BlackWarGreymon slammed his claws straight into Arukenimon's head, and she went limp. Then she fell to the ground, her hand around her neck and gagging for air. She was alive. BlackWarGreymon's claw dug into the Destiny Stone, a hair's breath away from Arukenimon. The stone cracked, then crumbled to dust before the ground beneath them shook. Once again BlackWarGreymon howled in pain, sinking to the ground and cringing in front of Arukenimon who was still too shaken by her experience to do anything.

Mummymon would've shot at him but was too distracted by the sky ripping itself apart, giving way to a display of light erupting above them as more worlds appeared over head - the Real World, The Dark Ocean, the world of giants, large robots, and finally the serpentine figure in the middle of it. Upon seeing it, BlackWarGreymon leapt up to the sky, "YOU! YOU WON'T ESCAPE ME THIS TIME!"

He reached the serpentine figure in time to watch it vanish before him and he roared in anger, "NO! NO! NO! NO! COME BACK AND FACE ME! GRAH! YOU WON'T GET AWAY NEXT TIME!"

Then he disappeared into distance, taking off with such speed that it sounded like thunder. He was determined to find another destiny stone for another chance to fight his enemy. The digidestined looked at each other silently, unsure of what to do next while Arukenimon choked out, "What...what was that? You let him destroy the destiny stone."

"You tried to sacrifice Veemon!" Davis snapped back. Mummymon answered the retort by pointing his gun at the boy while Davis scoffed, "Really? Come on then. Shoot me!"

A stand off followed as the digidestined and spire digimon each took it in turn to point weapons at each other. MagnaAngemon readied his blade along side Mummymon's neck, then two Snimon surrounded the angel, prompting Ankylomon to ready his taile beside him, and on it went until everyone present had someone ready to attack them if they did anything. In the center of it all was Davis, still staring up angrily at Mummymon and daring him to shoot. The mummy clicked his tongue angrily and raised his gun, "Forget it. It's not worth it."

"We're leaving," Arukenimon grumbled, still massaging her neck, "If you children want to allow realty to be destroyed then fine. Mummymon!"

"Coming, m'dear," Mummymon nodded, following the red dressed woman as he whistled for the spire digimon to follow along. Cody breathed a sigh of relief at avoiding another costly battle, while the digimon all collapsed from exhaustion. Biyomon sighed, "I guess it wasn't enough."

"We just have to keep trying," Sora encouraged her partner while Davis asked, "How many more times are we going to have to fight that guy?"

"As many times as it takes," TK answered. Ken looked like he was about to apologize but Davis stopped him, "Thanks for coming back, dude."

"Don't thank me. Thank Yolei," Ken said softly, pocketing his hands. She put her hands on her hips and smiled, "Looks like you owe me one, Davis."

Davis didn't say anything, still cradling his unconscious partner in his arms.

Author's Notes: The digidestined's plan failed. BlackWarGreymon is still on the loose! Do they have what it takes to stop BlackWaGreymon? Can they really stop destiny from falling apart? What are the effects on reality? Find out all this and more on the next chapter of The Tamer v1.2 - Another Digimon Adventure due in three weeks on Friday April 6th 8 PM CDT. If you liked it, drop me a comment in the reviews section! Don't forget to follow and favorite to stay up to date on all the posts. I apologize for the brief break coming up but I want to do some serious editing as we head into the end of this arc, and proceed into the final chapters of The Tamer v1.2. Now let's have a look at previews for the next chapter:

"Can we not talk about Jun's love life?" Davis stuck out his tongue in disgust, "It's...weird."

"This is Fujima. I lost the suspect at the northeast corner. I repeat, suspect lost at the northeast corner of the area," the pursuing officer's voice spoke, causing a brief gasp.

Taichi ran a hand through his hair sheepishly and added, "Look, I don't know what your guys are like when I'm not around but...y'know, cut each other some slack. It's obvious that she worries about you, y'know."

"I erred in judgment and have brought shame to myself," Musyamon admitted.

"This is Nishikawa reporting in, escorting some kids out of the area. Suspect disappeared into the woods. Fujima is in pursuit. Be advised, suspect has taken a hostage. I repeat, the suspect has taken a hostage."