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Say His Name

Well the battle was on and if they were honest, Rika, Henry and Suzi didn't think they had much of a chance now that they were up against the competition. Their friends were there of course and they weren't alone either, over a hundred digimon had come with them to try and help out and soon the air was alive with the sounds of attacks from too many different species of digimon to count. But nothing seemed to work as more and more black streams appeared, Rika's attacks barely holding them at bay for mere minutes before she had to hit them again to keep them from advancing further. It wasn't long before her attacks were wearing thin, all their attacks were losing strength as they went over the limits of their endurance. Latoya ran around trying to help digimon by using her healing abilities but they weren't wounded, merely exhausted from repeated attempts and failures. Joshua and Freya used the abilities their cards had given them without much success, Freya's fire bolts doing nothing and Joshua's wind attacks only pushed them back mere inches before they shook off the effects of the attack to move forward again. Once again, it was Rika's attacks alone that kept death at bay. For the moment.

Staring around her and at the hopelessness of their attacks Alice barely felt the insistent tugs on her pants. Finally clueing in she looked down to see Calumon staring up at her, his huge purple eyes dead serious for once. Even Calumon could be serious when the occasion called for it, she thought as she asked him what he wanted.

"You have to call him, Alice." The digimon informed her, his voice eerily grown up instead of his usual childish chatter. There was something different about him, like he wasn't the Calumon she knew anymore. "Only you can do this." He continued, his gaze intent and focused.

"Call who? There's no one that can stop these damn things." If there was someone he better get his ass over here quick or we're all going to become computer data, Alice thought, seeing her friends' data begin to quiver, indicating their structural integrity was beginning to collapse as the streams edged ever closer.

"He can. He can give them the power to defeat the darkness. It is the darkness of the Shadow Realm... it wants to consume us all and it won't stop at this world alone. You have to release him, Alice, so that he can stop that from happening. If it gets into the Real World...nothing will be able to stop it. He's the only one and you're the only one that can bring him here."

"Who? Who is this guy that can do this? Where is he for Christ sakes and why am I the only one who can find him. Is he a digimon?"

"For a time he was. He took on the form of a Dobermon when he left your soul to protect you and the others against the D-Reaper." Calumon explained calmly, as if they weren't standing on the brink of complete and total annihilation. "He's been with you all this time, Alice. He's never left you, not for a moment. Now all you have to do is say his name and he can save us all. Just look into your heart...and remember his name."

"Took on the form of...Dobermon is dead! He died giving them the power to bio-merge!"

"No, he simply had to return to your soul in order to survive transferring so much of his power to them that day. He simply couldn't maintain a visible form anymore. Now say his name, Alice. We don't have any more time left."

Staring down at him Alice could only shake her head, confused and scared as she tried to understand his words. Dobermon wasn't dead..he was in her soul? There was someone living inside her soul, someone who could save them all now? She just had to say his name..his name...but she didn't know his name. How was she supposed to say his name when she hadn't even known he'd existed until now? Feeling a comforting hand on her shoulder Alice turned to see Mai looking into her eyes intently.

"Forget about everything else." Mai said softly, the sounds of screams and retreating digimon all around them. "Just close your eyes and ask him his name."

Nodding and ready to try anything Alice closed her eyes tightly, chanting over and over in her head the question she had to answer in order to save the people that meant the most to her. Slowly but faintly a name began to form, whispered at first as the sounds formed to become the name she needed to say. "Sir...us..." Alice whispered under her breath. "SIRUS!"

A huge beam of light appeared from her chest and shot into the sky, the light a dazzling white that was blinding in its intensity. As quickly as it had come it disappeared, allowing all those around it to see what had been contained without the light's brilliant depths. Floating in midair was a young man, dressed in loose white pants and wearing a great deal of gold jewelry to go with the large golden staff in his tanned hands. His face was that of his older brother's and his reddish purple eyes were alight with battle fury as he raised the staff into the air, his intent as dark as his hair. "Obelisk, Ra and Slifer, the cards known in this time as the God Cards who were created to protect the pharaohs of Egypt. I, Sirus Atem Rattoron, of the line of Atem, keeper of the holy relics and magic of our line call you to my aid!"

Three brilliant lights came out of nowhere and stopped to hover in front of their master, shimmering in the growing darkness that was trying to consume them. "In the name of the gods I order you to transfer your powers on to these three warriors, representatives of the gods. The chosen three who will protect this world from those who would bring the evil darkness upon us once more. So I have ordered, so shall it be. RELEASE! EGYPTIAN GOD EVOLUTION!"

As ordered the three cards went flying through the air and straight into the backs of the three warriors whose data had been on the verge of escaping. The three bursting into rays of light the eye of the pharaoh appeared on each of their foreheads as they digivolved into a new level, fierce and unimaginable power coursing through them as they were reborn anew.

"MegaGargomon Egyptian evolution to Slifermon!"

"Flormon Egyptian evolution to Bastmon!"

"Sakuyamon Egyptian evolution to Anumon!"

Now the three figures standing between the Digital World and complete annihilation looked more human than animal as they too hovered above the ground, bathed in a brilliant white light. Rather than the form of a dog Henry and Terriermon had taken on the form of a tanned young man whose face was almost completely covered by a helmet in the shape of the head of a falcon. Stunning golden wings protruded from his back and in his hand was a sword that seemed to shimmer with life. Likewise Suzi and Lopmon had changed into the figure of a young woman, dressed in typical Egyptian women's garbs with a similar helmet covering her face, this one a cat's head. Against her back was a quiver of arrows, a bow in her hand as she aimed one of her arrows towards her enemies. Standing slightly behind them was Rika and Renamon, the two also appearing as a young woman, her fox's head having changed shape to that of a jackal's, what looked like a scythe in her capable hand.

"In the name of the gods, I shall force you to take your true form!" Slifermon called out, pointing his sword at the huge black stream that had resulted from all the black streams coming together, as if sensing the impending danger these three figures posed. As the representative of good and evil he called upon his power as a beam of light shot out from the tip of the blade. "Holy Judgment!" The light piercing the darkness the evilness that resided within it slowly began to take a shape, choosing the dark form on a huge Devimon as it loomed over them, laughing evilly to hide its fear.

Now it was her turn. As the card of light and darkness Bastmon adjusted her bow before sending out an arrow to pierce the evilness and bring light to the darkness. "Destruction of Darkness!" Light filling the area as her arrow multiplied into thousands they pierced the Devimon body, which changed shape again and again, becoming various hideous monsters that represented the dark intent for which it was formed. Finally blowing apart into streams of black data they faded away, leaving destruction in their wake but no further.

All three slowly lowering to the ground Anumon stepped forward and raising her scythe into the air brought the end down hard into the ground as the embodiment of heaven and earth. "Bringer of Life!" The ground beneath their feet vibrating everyone else watched in wonder as data began to appear out of nowhere, springing forth from under the scythe as it spread out, winding its way around people and digimon, everything it touching beginning to shimmer and shine with life force. The light spread into the destroyed areas, the forest rebuilding itself at mind blowing speed as it transformed back to the way it had been mere hours before. As though the darkness had never been night became day and all was as it should be. The God cards appearing from out of the three warriors backs they went zooming back into Sirus's hands while the three reincarnations exploded into data, reforming as their former selves before they all collapsed to the ground with their digimon beside them.

While Mai rushed over to where her friends and cousin lay Alice forced herself to look away from Sirus and down to the silent digimon who'd remained quietly at her side. "Calumon...how did you know? How did you know that he was inside of me and that he could fix everything" She asked, watching the digimon smile up at her sweetly.

"You'll find out...shortly. If you come with us that is." Speeding off after Mai Alice watched him go than shaking her head ran after him, needing to know what the hell was going on as she stared ahead at the sight of Sirus cradling Rika in his arms, tears in his eyes. "RIKA!"

"She's all right, Alice." Sirus assured her, smiling over at her as she came to a stop beside Mai, Joshua, Latoya, Freya and Calumon. There were tears running down his tanned cheeks but he made no move to wipe them away, holding on to Rika like she was the most delicate of glass "They will all be fine now."

"Do the words in the nick of time mean anything to you?" Joshua asked with a grin, heaving a sigh of relief now that it was all over. He needed a keg of wine and some serious down time, he thought as the unimaginable weight he'd been carry around vanished from his shoulders. They hadn't failed this time. This time, everything was going to be okay.

Leaving his side Latoya hurried over to the others to check their pulses which she found going strong if a bit irregular in beat. Thank the gods she thought with a brilliant smile, tears running down her own cheeks. Thank the gods.

"Well you know me. I love to make an entrance." Sirus reminded him with a wink as he got to his own feet, the ground below them beginning to glow once more now. Setting him sister over his shoulder he turned his head briefly to inhale the scent of her skin, pleased to find that even after all this time it hadn't changed. Ri or Rika, they were both his big sister come back to him.

After checking everyone over Latoya hopped over Aries so that she could hug her prince, squishing Rika somewhat in the middle. "I knew you'd come." Laying her head on his shoulder she smiled up at him, her eyes bright and shiny with emotion. "Your brother and sister will be happy to see you."

"Hopefully she'll wake up soon." Sirus agreed with a grin, shifting Rika slightly since he only had one hand to hold her with. A staff was a really cool toy up until you needed both hands for something. "Yami isn't here though, is he? I was pretty sure he wouldn't be allowed to help."

"No, we left him in the regular world with everyone else. What you see is what you get basically." Freya informed him as she bent down to get a look at the unconscious digimon laying on the grass. They were sort of cute in a blobby, weird colors sort of way. They kept changing shape which was cool too.

"Well there's only one more thing left to do now. One more place we have to visit before we can all go home. Don't look so worried, Alice." Sirus added, reading her as easily as if she were a scroll. "The worst is over." The light shooting forth from the ground they disappeared once more as they were transported to another place, this one in the Real World though the structure they were to materialize in was far removed from the trappings of modern day.

Appearing once more they all found themselves in a dusty, dark chamber that was so black they couldn't even see their faces. Freya calling up one of her fire balls she just barely missed lighting Mai's hair on fire. "Opps."

"You know I'm starting to get why no one is ever really glad to see you." Was Mai's muttered reply as she took a step back, bumping into Alice. "Sorry. Anyone got a light that isn't going to set anyone on fire?"

"Allow me." Handing his staff over to Latoya to free up one of his hands Sirus began chanting under his breath for a moment, quickly casted a spell that caused a large ball of fire to appear in his own hand, so bright that it illuminated the hallway they were in well enough that they could at least see a few meters in front of them. "There, that's better." Shifting his hold on his sister he wished there were a few more guys present. As it was Joshua was stuck carrying Aries and Mana. Luckily the digimon had de-evolved so that they were small enough for Alice and Mai to carry them. Otherwise, they'd be screwed.

"Where are we exactly, my prince?" Joshua wanted to know, a member of the court slugged over either shoulder. Mana didn't weigh much but the same couldn't be said for her brother. It had been a long time since he'd hauled around the bricks for the creation of a pyramid.

"My sister's tomb." Was his answer as he motioned them to all follow him down the darkened hallway leading god only knows where.

"Can someone please explain all this to me!" Alice demanded, more than a little frazzled as she tried to deal with one digimon who wouldn't quit squirming and the other who was currently a deadweight instead of his usual wise cracking self. "We're in a tomb? Why are we in a tomb? And who the hell are you and why the hell did you come out of my chest!"

"My name is Sirus and I've been living in your soul because that's where fate decreed I had to remain until now. Rika is my sister and yes, I did take on the form of Dobermon when she needed my help. We're in this tomb because we have to be. I could explain it better if I told you I've been your Jimminy Cricket throughout your life but the truth is that I'm usually the voice talking you into things you wouldn't normally do. Except dating Takuto Himoro. In that case I was telling you not to as loudly as everyone else."

Cheeks flaming red Alice would have hit him if he hadn't been carrying Rika over his shoulder. "I'm really going to regret releasing you. I just know I am." She muttered, keeping an eye out for rats. If there were rats, she really was going to hit him and to hell with the consequences. She'd apologize to Rika later for making Sirus drop her. Rika would surely understand, brother or not.

"I think Aries is waking up." Joshua interrupted before things got any worse. He had been here before but not in a very, very long time and there were bound to be bobby traps he didn't know about. Ones that only Sirus could get them through. The prince wouldn't be of any help to them if he drove the pretty blond girl to violence against him so it was better to stop things before they got started.

Slowly waking up Henry opened his eyes to find himself in a very dimly lit room looking at what appeared to be someone's back while hanging upside down. "What the hell?" His day just kept getting weirder and weirder, Henry thought as he tried to focus on something which wasn't easy when all you could see was black.

Carefully leaning forward to set Aries back on the ground Joshua grinned at him, keeping a hand on the other man's shoulder just in case. "Well now, that's one less person to carry. How do you feel? Can you walk?"

Weaving slightly it took him a few moments to get his bearings, enough to get some idea of where they were. "Why are we in a tomb? The last thing I remember is the three of us transforming and stopping those dark data stream thingies. Wait a minute...Sirus?"

"It's been a while, my brother's faithful shadow."