Whamon shot out of the water, ramming Metalseadramon, and swallowed the children and their Digimon, swimming as fast as he could underwater. As they sat in his stomach, Anna opened her laptop and attached some wires.
"What are you doing?" Alice questioned.
"I've connected my laptop to Whamon's senses, so we're seeing what HE sees."
"…Cool…"
Whamon brought them up near an island, where John was fishing, Gomamon swimming in the water. As Gatomon caught some fish, Anna looked up at Ruby, her laptop open and humming.
"Ruby, I think Wargreymon is the key to defeating the Dark Masters…"
"Really? How?"
"His claws are called Dramon Destroyers, so they can defeat them."
"Really? Well, ain't that something? Ready to beat them up, Agumon?"
She turned to see Agumon eat a whole, LIVE, fish in one bite…and the fish was as big as he was…
"Agumon…NEVER do that again…"
A cry and splashing caught everyone's attention, and they looked around.
"John?" Michael questioned, Minomon in his arms.
"Down here…"
John looked a bit peeved, sitting in the water.
"And look what I caught…"
He held up his rod, and Gomamon was tangled in the wire.
"This is no time for jokes! DIVERMON ARE COMING!!!"
"…WHAT are coming?"
"Divermon are Metalseadramon's henchmen!!"
"…GET IN THE WHALE!! GET IN THE WHALE!!!"
Once they were inside, they were diving again. When there was a beeping sound coming from Anna's laptop, Whamon dove to the ocean floor, landing softly.
"Keep quiet! It's the Divermon!" Anna whispered, a finger to her lips.
When the beeping was starting to die out, Gem put hands to her ears.
"My ears hurt…" She whispered, looking pained.
"We dove too fast. I'll relieve some of the pressure."
Whamon burped, and the pressure lifted.
"Thank kami…" Rose muttered.
The beeping came back, louder and faster.
"They've found us!!"
Whamon started swimming as fast as he could, going down a chasm. The Divermon couldn't take the pressure, and Anna looked through her laptop.
"There's a path through that wall that we can take to safety." Anna finally stated.
As Whamon headed for it, Metalseadramon went after them, and Whamon went through the tunnel like a torpedo, Metalseadramon hot on their tail. When they got out of the water, in a river, they got on Whamon's head before Metalseadramon surfaced.
"You stay back, you overgrown water snake!! Get him, Agumon!!"
Agumon nodded.
"Agumon, Warp-Digivolve to…WARGREYMON!!"
He flew at Metalseadramon as Gabumon, Biyomon, and Gomamon Digivolved to Champion, taking them to shore.
"Whamon, leave! You're too big of a target!!" Ruby ordered, running along the shore.
"Get him, Wargreymon!!"
Metalseadramon caught Wargreymon in his jaws, ready to crush him as he resurfaced from the water.
"WARGREYMON!!"
Whamon rammed into Metalseadramon, Wargreymon being freed, but Metalseadramon shot Whamon through the head with his River of Power.
"NO!!"
Gem hugged Gatomon as she nearly cried, when Wargreymon used Metalseadramon's River of Power to power up his own Great Tornado, going straight through the Digimon. They all looked at Whamon sadly, Gem hiding her face in her sister's side as Ruby held Koromon under her arm.
"Whamon…"
"Please…save our world…I'm counting on you all…"
He disappeared, just like Chuumon, and Metalseadramon followed suit.
"H-He's gone…H-He died…"
Crystal's tears wet the band she had over her eyes, which she lifted. She was hugging her sister's side, looking like a lost child, Patamon on her head. They turned to see Cathy was making small mounds, wooden crosses in the middle.
"Who are those for?" Alice asked sympathetically, kneeling beside her sister.
"That one's for Whamon, this ones for Sukamon, the next one's for Leomon, and this one…"
She hiccupped softly.
"Is for Chuumon…"
Alice pulled her sister into a one-armed hug.
"It's okay…they'll be reborn in Primary Village…"
Michael hugged his sad sister from behind.
"Please don't cry…I don't want to see you sad…"
Ruby sighed, her eyes sympathetic.
"Come on, guys…we need to move…"
"Why?"
Cathy looked up at her with watery eyes.
"We need to defeat the Dark Masters…we need to rest…"
"I'm not fighting anymore!!"
Gem lifted her face from her sister's side.
"B-But…what about your mommy and daddy?"
"Every time we fight, we lose someone we care for!! What if-?! …What if we lose them…?"
There was silence, and Ruby looked up at the sky.
"…We'll lose everything if we DON'T fight…"
Anna looked a bit uncomfortable.
"If it's the only way…" She agreed softly.
"I don't want to!!"
"Cathy…"
"Leave her alone, Ruby." Rose cut off her cousin sharply.
"Rose…you know we're gonna have to fight…and we're gonna have to fight together…"
"Let us mourn a little, at least!" Rose shot back.
"We can't live in the past, Rose…we need to look at the FUTURE…and to keep a future, we need to save our worlds…"
"Give us some time! We've lost some good friends!"
Ruby didn't object. In fact, she was feeling mournful as well. But she needed to keep them moving, or all those deaths would be for nothing…
They saw the water start reconfiguring itself, and Anna looked at Spiral Mountain thoughtfully.
"As we defeat each Dark Master, their domain is reconfigured so that it can return to normal…"
"Well, that's ONE down…" John said as he looked back at a forest.
"Maybe we should get out of the open…"
They all nodded, following him. As they walked through the forest, lost in their own thoughts, they nearly stumbled when the ground began to move underneath them.
"What's going on?" Crystal questioned, holding onto her sister for support.
"The ground's moving! Quick, jump off!"
They did so, but then THAT ground started moving, too!
"What's going on?!" Rose questioned, pissed.
"Someone wants to get us somewhere quick!! Follow me!!"
Everyone followed Ruby into the treetops, and sat on the branches.
"It must be a Dark Master…"
Ruby sighed.
"We'll need to fight…"
"Koromon can't just keep Digivolving, Ruby. He needs a rest." Anna advised.
"I know…"
Ruby looked worried, when Gem and John disappeared.
"GEM!! JOHN!!"
Ruby looked around in worry.
"GEM!!!"
Anna and Michael vanished, making Ruby panic more. When she disappeared with Alice, Rose growled.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
"I-I don't know…"
Crystal was hugging her sister, scared to have her suddenly vanish, as the Digimon looked around for their partners. When Cathy vanished, Rose was ready to lash out at something, anything!
"Rose…"
Crystal's scared, shaky voice made Rose force down her anger and look around.
"Go look for the others."
She told the Digimon, when the trees and branches suddenly disappeared, showing the forest floor.
"Whoa…"
Crystal seemed surprised, the change of scenery obvious to her heightened sense of touch.
"Rose…what's going on…?"
"I…I don't know…"
Rose stood up, looking around, when a voice echoed among the trees.
"Do you guys wanna play with me?"
She remembered that voice…
"Puppetmon!"
"Yeah, that's me…you wanna play?"
"If by 'play' you mean I want to beat your butt, then yes!"
"You're no fun!"
The Mega Digimon appeared behind Crystal, saying, "What about you? Do you wanna play with me?"
Crystal jumped at the close proximity of the voice, immediately moving to where her sister's was.
"You stay AWAY from my little sister, oh so help me GOD, I'll-!!!"
Rose was too angry to finish her threat, and put her arms protectively around her sister's shoulders.
"Awww…why don't you just chill?"
He threw a red ball, which opened. Rose pushed Crystal out of the way before it wrapped around her arms and legs, and she fell to the ground.
"You gonna come with me or not?"
"No!"
Crystal wished she had Patamon with her, when she heard Puppetmon move over to Rose.
"If you don't, you can say goodbye to your sister!"
"Wait! …I'll go…"
"That's more like it."
"CRYSTAL!!!"
But Puppetmon had already left with her sister, and a helpless rage filled her blood like adrenaline.
"WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, YOU'LL BE SPLINTERS!!! DO YOU HEAR ME!?! YOU'LL WISH YOU'D NEVER MESSED WITH ME!!!"
The ground started to shift again, and, when it stopped, she saw the Digimon and her cousins.
"ROSE!!"
Gabumon was at her side in a moment, and cut through the red material with his claws.
"It's Puppetmon! He's got Crystal!"
She was on her feet, and noticed Patamon was gone.
"Let's go find her!"
Ruby moved forward, ready to calm down her enraged cousin.
"Rose, we don't know where he is…"
"THEN LET'S FIND HIM!!" Rose shouted, her instincts taking over.
"You won't be disturbing Puppetmon during his playtime."
They turned to see a wingless bird-like Digimon, and the Digimon seemed to bristle.
"It's Kiwimon!"
"Where's my sister!!"
Kiwimon only chuckled.
"ANSWER ME!!"
Everyone unconsciously took a step away from Rose, every instance that she was mad popping up and mixing together to show the anger they saw before them.
"Pummel Peck!!"
They dodged the attack, and Biyomon flew forward.
"Don't hurt my friends!! Biyomon, Digivolve to…BIRDRAMON!!"
"Burn him up, Birdramon!!"
"Meteor Wing!!"
The attack defeated Kiwimon easily, but when she Dedigivolved and landed in front of Alice, all hell seemed to break loose.
"LOOK WHAT SHE DID!!! NOW WE MAY NEVER FIND CRYSTAL!!"
Michael stepped forward, saying, "We'll find her, Rose…we won't just abandon her…"
Rose seemed to calm down slightly, but guilt flashed across her face before another voice rang through her ears.
"ROSE!! GABUMON!!"
"CRYSTAL!!"
Rose turned, and hugged her sister.
"I got away from Puppetmon!! And Patamon showed me this mat with voodoo dolls that he was using to make us teleport! And a remote that made the ground move!! But it won't happen again!! I destroyed 'em!!"
As the others congratulated her, Rose felt a pain in her heart.
'They don't need me to protect them anymore…'
A lost look flashed across her face.
'…Then I shouldn't hold them back anymore…'
She turned, feeling like she was tearing her own heart out.
'If you really love something…'
She felt light tears in her eyes.
'You have to let it go…'
She started walking into the shadows, and turned, seeing Gabumon following her. She looked at her family one last time.
'I'm sorry…goodbye…'
And, with that last thought, she blended into the shadows and disappeared…