The bubble had carried them all the way to the seaside, but everyone was exhausted from the fight and not having slept.

"I feel as though we've been here before." Izzy tried to remember "Ah! Broken telephone booths…"

"It's those telephone booths!"

"Yeah! This is the beach on File Island where we met our Digimon for the first time and set off on our journey!" Tai cried.

"The very same one where Agumon first became Greymon and I used my power of Charmix!" Theo remembered.

However none of them knew they were being watched.

His sights were still on the ferocious redhead guardian. Unable to think in terms of love, he thought of it in terms of love perverted with ambition and physical desire.

"I've spotted the Chosen Children and their allies." Piedmon informed his brothers and Mother.

"As Sea King, the coastal area is under my control." MetalSeadramon gave his claim as to why he should be the one to deal with the Children at the moment. "Their lives are mine for the taking. My only problem now is who I should use among my evil Deep Savers Army…"

MetalSeadramon was the type who preferred joining the battlefield with his troops and fighting rather than sitting imposingly on a throne. When faced with a worthy opponent on top of that, his fighting spirit boiled.

In those terms, he considered himself extremely lucky that the Chosen Children had fallen into his territory. MetalSeadramon could have shot his Ultimate Stream consecutively, killing them instantly, but that wasn't his style. If he was going to kill someone, then he preferred tormenting and then killing them, rather than just killing them. That's right. He wasn't going to let them die easily.

"No fair, no fair!" Puppetmon stomps his foot. "I haven't gotten a chance to really play with them, I want to! I WANT TO!"

Lady Despair rushed to puppetmon's side, as he worked himself into a fit, and grabs his shoulders, sucking out the red mist of anger from his body to calm him down.

"Now, now, Puppetmon. The coast is a part of your brothers territory," Lady Despair reminds him. "And he has the right, you know the rules."

Sierra tilts up Puppetmon's face as he pouts, and presses a kiss to her fingertips, and presses them to the end of his nose, causing Puppetmon to blush embarrassed and happy.

"I promise, I will find other playmates for you," Lady Despair has a wicked smile. "And furthermore, with my magic I can just bring them back to life, so just ONE death won't do them in. You ALL can get a chance to kill them, over and over again."

Puppetmon seemed appeased, and actually excited for the prospect, Puppetmon then hopping off with a happy, cheerful song on his lips, while Piedmon floats over to his mother and frowns over her shoulder at his departing brother.

"You spoil him too much, you know that." Piedmon said.

As the eldest, he got away with being more upfront with their Mother, but she responds by rubbing the side of his head with her hand, as he rests his chin on her shoulder.

"I spoil you all, and you're no different from him in regards to getting your way," Lady Despair said. "But remember, you never do ANYTHING for yourself, ALL of you do it for ME. And I in turn, provide you with all your wishes and desires."

Lady Despair pulls away and gestures to the remaining Dark Masters.

"All of you are my blood, what you want, I want and so forth," Lady Despair holds out her arms. "For you are from the blood that flows from my veins, and thus are the mightiest of the Ultimate's. Never forget, a Mother's duty is her children, and her children duty is to respect and protect their mother."

"Never, Mother." Machindramon bows low, reving his engine softly. "You know, our life is yours, and you have never failed in your regards to US."

Lady Despair bows her head a little.

"Only once...when you were sealed," Lady Despair admits. "When that Nymph...and her foul sons!"

MetalSeadramon coils around her with a low soft hum.

"Fret not, your failure is moot because we are free now, and we will avenge the slight onto you," MetalSeadRamon declares.

"Then go, My Great Beast of a Son," Lady Despair coos as she pets his nose. "And drown those children in a tidal wave of anguish!"

MetalSeadramon elegantly winded his long, narrow body through the waters, tracking

In the meantime the group had a trip down memory lane spotting the beach where they'd seen the telephone booths – back when things seemed much simpler. Then, after a run-in with Shellmon, the sun began to blare down on them.

"Is that a mirage?" Tai wondered.

"That's a beach hut!" Matt informed.

"Did there used to be a beach hut on the coasts of File Island?" T.K. questioned.

Dana shook her head. "Nope, just phone booths."

When the heat settled, they saw that the beach hut was no mirage. With the heat and not having had eaten anything since they left earth, it was obvious the group was more than hungry and thirsty so they all charged towards it.

"Ramen!"

"Curried rice!"

"Ice cream!"

"Yakisoba noodles!"

"Frozen pop!"

Just then Joe accidentally stepped on the back of Mimi's shoe, causing her to fall over.

"Sorry!" Joe apologized.

"Oh, honestly…" Mimi complained.

Their digimon, with Yui and Sara G rushed back towards them.

"What are you guys doing?" Gomamon asked.

"They'll get their hands on all of the food if we don't catch up to them!" Palmon urged.

"And there's nothing like mortal terror to work up a appetite," Sara G said.

"Thou knowing Mimi, she'd want to starve a bit to lose some pounds," Yui comments.

"Oh! I don't need to starve, I'm perfectly svelt!" Mimi argues.

"AAHHHHH!"

They swiftly turned and saw a massive sand dune pile in front of the entrance of the hut, with their friends trapped inside.

"OH NO! It's a literal 'tourist trap.'" Sara G exclaimed. "But I didn't think the Dark Masters would act so fast!"

"Are you kidding?" Mimi remarked. "You know how that Hag Despair wants Kylie gone, she's no doubt getting her kids with a pitchfork to take care of her and us included!"

Inside the hut, everyone was startled as a digimon burst out of the sand of the floor.

"Anomalocarimon!" It cried out.

"Ah! Oh No!" Beth cried out.

"This is no ordinary Beach Hut," Anomalocarimon stated. "It's a Death Hut, created by the Mad Artist to drain your energy and add to her own!"

"What!?" Matt asked in shock, only for all the kids, Digimon and fairies to cry out in alarm, when a black light glowed onto their bodies.

"Sand Shower!" Anomalocarimon shouts, and hit them with a sandblast.

"Stop, I won't...ah..." Kylie shouts, only to fall to her knees as a pink energy came off her body into the light.

"S-Sis!" Gatomon cried out, reaching for Kylie, only to fall as well.

"The...The heart..." Beth was on her belly, staring at the heart which was flickering, losing its brightness like a star dying.

"It's...draining...our...mana..." Kylie gasped breathless. "Our lifeforce and magic..."

Soon everyone was on the floor, unable to move with having their energy drained and hit with the sandblasts.

"Those voices, everyone is being attacked!" Sara G gasped in alarm.

The hut's entrance was blocked by sand. Quietly, those that evaded capture snuck around to the hut's side to look through the blinds. There were the others unconscious and partially covered with sand.

Then they heard MetalSeadramon's laughter.

"Well done, Anomalocarimon! I expect nothing less from a member of my Deep Savers Army!"

Hiding behind a palm tree, they listened in on the conversation between the sea serpent and giant scorpion

"Here's your reward." MetalSeadramon showered Anomalocarimon with clams.

"Yay! Anomalocarimon!" He started to dig in much like one would at a buffet.

"Time for the kill." MetalSeadramon hovered away.

~Sara...to the water, hurry. Sara...~

Sara looked over to the ocean, and saw the water sparkling, with glints of purple lights with a voice in her head.

"Sara, what's the matter?" Jou whispers.

"I...I hear someone..." Sara responded.

"There are two Chosen Children and fairies missing!" MetalSeadramon growled as he floated over to his minion.

"But I got Sirene's Heir, didn't I?" Anomalocarimon asked in frantic manner.

"YES! The one good thing you did," MetalSeaDramon growled. "Find them, now!"

~Hurry! Hurry!~

The voice called out to Sara, who seemed the only one to hear it, and hurried to grab the others.

"Hurry! We have to get to the water!" Sara G said as Anomalocarimon began his pursuit.

Briefly the escapees tripped. Ironically, Anomalocarimon also did the same, albeit unintentionally.

Finally the group got up and took cover behind the boulder, when they peeked out the giant scorpion was nowhere in sight just a large hole in the ground.

Their best chance was for Gomamon and Palmon to eat something to help Sara and Yui fight back. Gomamon found some clams while Palmon gathered a strand of seaweed.

"Wait." Sara interrupted. "While we were eavesdropping, I heard a voice telling me to reach the water. That's my element so maybe I can get a power boost."

Sara leaned over the water, and touched it, as she did a glow of purple glittered on the water, before it swept up her arms and made her eyes glow brightly.

"Neptune Fist!" Sara cried out.

A massive fist of water burst out of the water, holding Anomalocarimon in its grasp.

"Ahhh! Let me go!" The deep sea diver cried out.

"Now, Palmon, Gomamon!" Sara shouted.

Both Digimon leapt forward and digivolved.

The scorpion tried his signature attack but both Digimon quickly dodged.

"Needle spray!"
"Harpoon Vulcan!"

Both attacks hit, but it wasn't very effective. Anomalocarimon swatted away Ikkakumon and picked Togemon to toss her.

"Our turn!" Yui declared.

In a burst of stars and watery streams the two fairies transformed to their Digix mode.

"Star light beam!"

"Naiad's strike!"

The attacks hit pushing the sea scorpion back. The next attack created a sizable hole. Inside were a number of clams. "This looks delicious!" He picked them up and began to eat them.

And with that distraction, Togemon became Lillymon, and Ikakumon became Zudomon.

"Now it's the end for you!" Yui called out.

Anomalocarimon turned around and immediately blasted an attack towards the quartet.

"Stinger Surprise!" Anomalocarimon blasted at the turtle digimon.

But Zudomon bent over and the attack bounced harmlessly against his shell, while Lillymon attacked with her flower canon. Immediately, the sea creature digimon was sent backwards, dazed and confused.

"He's out," Yui stated. "Now we have to go and help the others."

~To you, I invoke...~

Sara stopped, and listened to the voice calling from the water.

"Sara?" Mimi looked at the fairy.

~To you, I invoke. From deep in the sea, to the shining stars and mighty world tree, restore their energy, let it be!~

And Sara felt a tingly feeling, it was like having hot water poured over her body, and she knew. It was a new spell, one of healing and restoration.

~To you, I invoke. From deep in the sea, to the shining stars and the mighty world tree, restore their energy, let it be!~

Sara chanted out loud, and raising her arms over her head

"He's late! Anomalocarimon is late!" MetalSeadramon shouted. "What is he doing? I don't care anymore about the other two Chosen Children." He shot a stream of fire from his mouth into the sky in order burn alive the children inside.

A cloud of blue smoke and purple lights appeared over the hut, where MetalSeadramon back away from in alarm. And then a massive torrent of rain poured down, melting away the hut, and touching the fairies, digidestined and their digimon. It washed away the sand, and soon the kids all stirred, awakening them from their coma state.

"What is this!?" MetalSeadramon roared in outrage.

He unleashed a torrent of flames at the cloud, but the storm cloud absorbed the attack, and then aimed the torrent at MetalSeadramon. The ultimate digimon gagged as the water poured down his mouth, as the cloud poured down his throat.

"Hurry! We have to save them all!" Joe shouts, as Zudomon charged with the two on his back, with Sara and Yui flying beside them with Lilymon, while Zudomon tugged along Anomalocarimon.

"What...what happened?" Beth pushed herself up by her hands.

"And why are we all wet?" Gatomon hissed in annoyance.

"You guys, hurry!" Sara flew over to Yui, helping her up onto her knees. "I don't know how long the spell will last!"

Mimi helped Sora to her feet, as did everyone else who was able, though being cleaned off by the rain helped them to move faster.

"Come on, I don't want to be around when the faucet shuts!" Theo said as she and the others hurried off.

The group made their way off, Zudomon tossing Anomalocarimon at MetalSeadramon, which knocked him onto the ground.

"Ahh! You miserable..." MetalSeadramon bellowed, only to have the water pouring hard down on the two.

""Arrrgh! It's hot, it's hot!" Anomalocarimon screamed as the water kicked up a notch.

"MOTHER!" MetalSeadramon finally roared out in desperation.

An explosion of fire erupted from the sand, and there was Lady Despair, wearing a blue dress with a sparkling, crimson red and black sea serpent climbing up the side.

"What is this nonsense!?" Lady Despair points her scepter at the raincloud and a twister shot out of the skulls mouth to blow the cloud away.

"Ahh! I almost drowned and was boiled..." Anomalocarimon groaned.

"UGH! You are the cause of this, you failed to capture those two fairies," Lady Despair hissed. "This is the water fairies work, the Dark Spectre Queen used her as a medium to teach her that spell!" Sierra in a fit, drove the black, crystal, horned skull of her scepter into the sand. And immediately, Anomalocarimon was sucked into a massive sinkhole. He flailed about with scream, before engulfed in flames and digitized.

"I apologize, Mother. I thought his plan was a fine one," MetalSeadramon groaned as the water sloshed in his body.

"Ugh, come along!" Lady Despair waves her hand, her son picking Sierra up to fly off across the ocean. "Let's purge out that water, and make a new plan."

The gang watched as MetalSeadramon flew off with Lady Despair.

"They left..." Sora said in relief.

"Everything is alright now..." Tai sighed.

"No, it's not..." Mimi stated.

"What?" Tai asked.

"They're not wrong, it was only luck that Sara was able to cast that spell." Yui said.

"Not luck, someone...told it to me, I felt like I was gaining energy from the water," Sara G said. "Like a force was in the water."

"Well, the Dark Spectre queen said she could help us near the water, even if only to send a message." Kylie stated.

"I remember something similar with me and Zaira," Izzy spoke up. "I was tricked and lost myself, causing Tentomon to de-digivolve into Pabumon and he was crying, but in his tears old memories played back and I...remembered everything."

"Yeah, I saw it. The tears floated over to him and glowed purple." Zaira remarked.

"That's right," Kylie said. "And she contacted me through a stream along with Sora, so I fear our chances aren't good. We can't be near water forever, even if we fight against Metalseadramon.

"She's right," Joe said. "We need to really give ourselves a edge, it's not good if we can only fight the dark masters minions if our digimon super evolve, and the fairies have help from a more powerful source."

"We need to learn better spells, and train the digimon to be stronger, even when just adults." Kylie said.

"So it's just like Piximon said… Even with all of us joined together, it's not enough to win…"

"What's that?" Tentomon questioned.

Abruptly the waves began to pick up and the reason breached right out.

"MetalSeadramon!" Tai shouted.

The sea serpent addressed Kylie. "We failed our mother ONCE before you managed to escape her, Kylie. When we tried to conquer this world, a long time ago. But some children, humans, appeared and fought against us."

"So, we're not the first?" Matt looked at the others.

"Hardly." MetalSeadramon sneered. "But they had help, a certain Nymph came to their aid, and banished us, and transformed the average digimon into their holy beast forms."

"My mother?" Kylie gasped.

"Her first act as the Guardian Nymph of the Digital World," The sea serpent hissed. "She repelled our mother and ourselves, and it took us ages to finally return. And we made sure SHE was helpless by sealing away her sons, before we took care of HER."

"Leave this to me. All of you ride on Zudomon's back and get out of here!" Lilimon urged.

"Lilymon!" Mimi yelled.

The flowery digimon flew right towards him before turning and he followed her, giving the group a chance for escape. However the distraction was short-lived.

"Idiots! You think you can escape from me in water?"

"He's gaining on us!" Haruna cried.

"Where's the Mosasaur where you need it?" Dana yelled.

MetalSeaDramon was catching up despite the urgent cries to hurry, Lillymon flew up and belted the serpent in the back of the head with her flower canon. But it bounced off harmless like a rubber ball, and the beast swats Lillymon out of the air with his tail, causing her to turn back into Palmon, who was caught by Mimi and a concerned Yui.

Metalseadramon then sunk under the water, and for a frightful minute, they weren't sure where he was at, or where he'd pop up. Until his sharp horn burst out of the waters, and charged towards the group.

"Here he comes!" Tai cried out.

"OH! IT'S THE MOVIE JAWS!" Theo screamed in terror.

"He's gonna ram us!" Yui cried out.

And indeed, Zudomon was hit hard, and they all fell off into the water, sputtering, and trying to stay afloat while Zudomon faced off against Metalseadramon.

"Raah!" Zudomon rams into Metalseadramon, who was unphased by the attack.

"Ultimate Stream!" The sea king blasted Zudomon, who turns into Gomamon, crashing into Joe.

Metalseadramon laughed wickedly, as he loomed over the water logged fairies and digidestined.

"What are we going to do?" Dana cried out. "We're going to die!"

~Don't worry, help is coming~ The voice called out to Sara.

Sara G looked around in surprise, and looking down she gasped as a massive dark shadow formed underneath them. And something burst forth out of the Ocean, covered in a sparkling purple, glittering aura. It was the whale Digimon who had carried them to Server Continent after they had beaten Devimon on File Island — Whamon.

The whale digimon crashed into MetalSeadramon, who cried out in surprise, and pain as he was sent crashing backwards into the water.

"We're saved! Whamon will protect us in his body!" Tai shouts as Whamon swallowed them into his mouth.

"Pinocchio!" Beth called out, slightly hysterical from the relief of being saved.

Metalseadramon fumed as he writhed on the water, the magical attack hurting him badly, unused to being hurt in such a manner. He finally was able to rise above the water, only to not see Whamon anywhere.

"Ahhh! You cursed Fairies, wretched digidestined and your digimon will pay for this!" Metalseadramon fumed.

~Ahahahaha! In the sea, I highly doubt that, little worm~ The voice that spoke to Sara G called out mockingly.

"HUH!? Who said that!?" Metalseadramon looked around, but nowhere could he see anything. Just hear the laughter.

"You Chosen Children and your Digimon… You won't escape!" MetalSeadramon roared.

The heroes were all on Whamon's back, feeling the wind in their hair and the seagulls flying overhead.

"Thanks for saving us back there, Whamon!" Beth praised.

"I thought we were finished!" Izzy admitted.

"I'm just glad that all of you are safe." Whamon informed.

"I can't believe this all happened during the 2-3 days we were fighting Myotismon in Odaiba," Piyomon said, her face pensive.

Izzy said, "That's not so. The flow of time is different between this world and our world. If, for example, we are to consider that one minute in the Earth is one day in this world, it would mean that a considerable number of days or even years have passed."

"Eight years if these calculations are correct." Sara G said, doing a quick equation.

"Hey, Whamon. What do you think we should do to beat the Dark Masters?" Matt asked.

"Why did they rearrange the Digimon world?" Sora also questioned.

"Unfortunately, I don't know much about this topic." Whamon sadly said. "When I first sense the changes, the Digiworld was already a chaos. That was when MetalSeadramon took control of the oceans."

"Damn that MetalSeadramon!" Tai slammed his fist down onto Whamon's back.

"Onii-chan… cheer up!" Kari hugged him.

"Yeah… You're right!" He recovered. "Chin up, everyone!"

"Yeah!"

"Yes, let's all keep our spirits up. I don't know if there are any safe places left in this world, but there ought to be one that MetalSeadramon cannot reach." Whamon explained.

"How'd you even know to come find us?" Kylie asked.

"I heard the voice of the sea witch," Sara G spoke up, and she pats Whamon. "He must have heard it too."

"Oh yes, I heard a voice. Didn't know it was a witch," Whamon said curious. "But she told me where to find you."

"It has to be Vanessa," Zaira said. "With the water, she's able to focus her powers here to aid us."

"But for how long?" Kylie asked. "The dark masters and Despair, their influence corrupts this place. And due to the Deep Magic Laws, The Dark Spectre Queen can't exude too much influence into this world."

"She'll do her best, no doubt." Dana said hopefully. "She's been there for us before, and we've faced worse odds when just newbies. And we overcame them before, and we'll do so now."

Zaira huffed, and placed her hands on Whamon, and immediately gasped as her eyes flashed with power.

~In her vision, she saw Spiral Mountain. It had the shadows of the Dark Masters, but when eat of the Masters dies, it fell apart. And a new force appeared, it was massive, horrible and totally destructive.~

~The voice of the Sea Witch echoed into her ears.~ ~"It must end, before it begins. And Lady Despair is not the only one to fear. But beware, if you are not prepared, it will be the End of us all!"~

~And the massive looming creature turned and everything exploded into nothing~

Zaira gasped again, more heavily, and stared up to see the concerned faces of the others, looking down at her in alarm.

"Zaira, what happened!?" Beth asked worried.

A couple of hours later, Whamon had had taken the heroes to one of the smaller islands. One in the shape of a crescent moon so that they could rest and find food.

Whamon rested by the bay, Sara G. and the other guardians made sure to keep the large whale's back hydrated so that he wouldn't get sunburn. While Matt played his harmonica, a few of the boys were fishing. Gatomon displayed her fish hunting skills by cutting up to breaching flying fish and having the pieces land neatly on a plate. Palmon tried her luck, using her poison ivy technique she caught an enormous fish that promptly fell on her.

Matt stopped playing his harmonica for a moment, deep in thought.

What's wrong, Matt?" Tai asked.

"I was wondering if we could really beat the Dark Masters."

"Matt, you're having doubts NOW?" Theo asked.

"We've only just begun, and things seemed tough when we had to face the rest of Despair's Tribe." Beth said.

"Despair's Tribe?" Joe asked with a frown.

"Well, I wouldn't call them something as wholesome as 'Family'," Beth said. "But Devimon, Etemon, Myotismon, all of Lady Despairs children came at us, and we held strong, even with overwhelming odds."

"But this isn't just one, it's four." Matt argues. "And there's that witch, sure she can't use her magic when away from the dark masters, but you saw her turn into Myotismon, what's to stop her from turning into other powerful Digimon to gang up on us?"

"Nothing..." Sara spoke up. "Her pride, her hatred, her 'concern' for her children, these are the things which drive her and she'll do anything to obtain her goal."

"I could almost admire her dedication as a mother, if she wasn't so vile, vain, contemptuous and wicked."

"There is a possibility…" Izzy then approached. "With WarGreymon. He can use his Dramon Killer."

"Dramon Killer?"

"What's that?" Tai questioned.

"It's the weapon that is on WarGreymon's arms." Izzy explained, he demonstrated a close up view of Wargreymon's arms until they got a good look at Wargreymon's claws. "According to the Digimon Analyzer, this weapon is highly effective against Dramon-type Digimon. Dramon Killer… If he uses this, we have a chance."

"Great idea! The Dramon Killer, huh? Hey, Agumon! It's your turn to shine!"

They turned and were taken aback at the sight of Agumon eating the large fish Palmon had caught without chewing.

"You can do it…" Tai stammered.

"He must've been VERY hungry." Beth comments awkwardly.

Joe's fishing line began tugging before dragging him right off of Whamon's back and into the waters of the bay.

Then Gomamon's head popped out of the water. "We got trouble!"

"What's the matter, Gomamon?" Joe sighed, disappointed that he hadn't caught a fish.

"The enemy's headed our way!"

"Whaaat?!" Joe yelled in shock.

"The fishes say that they have spotted MetalSeadramon's minions about three-hundred and twenty kilometers behind us." Whamon informed the group.

"What should we do?" T.K. questioned.

"T.K.…" Patamon was unsure.

"They'll be arriving here soon. Everyone, get into my mouth. I will dive down to confuse them." Whamon offered.

They all agreed and retreated inside, once they were all in Whamon dove down into the depths.

Whamon silently swam through the deep sea in order to avoid the enemy's eyes, but it was impossible to escape surveillance completely. Whamon himself was prepared for this eventuality, but he wasn't expecting them to chase him all the way down to the ocean bottom, where the average Digimon would have been flattened from the hydraulic pressure.
As far as he knew, only one Digimon was capable of that: One of the Dark Masters. The raging king of the sea, MetalSeadramon.

As the gang was escaping, the various Scubamon were trying to find them, but it was a big ocean, and were having trouble.

"Why can't we find that big lump of blubber?" A scubbamon fumed.

"There's no need to rush," Metalseadramon spoke up. "My mother created me from her blood and sea water, as such I control the entire ocean. No matter where they run to, I'll have them sooner or later."

The arrogant speech of the metal sea serpent was overheard from a golden frame, full length mirror, and a black scaled hand, with webbing and a fin on the back, gripped the frame a little tightly.

"So...think YOU control the Entire Ocean, little Fish?" The silken voice of the sea witch chuckled. "My, such arrogance. Well, we'll just see about that!"

The inside of Whamon's mouth was like being inside a cathedral. Even the smallest noise echoed noisily. There, the heroic group discussed the various new pieces of information that Whamon told them.

Izzy had several cords running up into Whamon, plugged up into his sensors which were connected to his laptop. Soon enough the ocean floor was on the laptop's screen in full view leaving the others in awe.

"I've linked my laptop to Whamon's sensory information so that it can be transmitted to the screen." explained Izzy.

"Transmitted?" Patamon asked.

"In other words, we're seeing exactly what Whamon is seeing right now."

"That's impressive!" Matt gaped.

"Astonishingly clever!" Haruna nodded.

"Wow!" Mimi stood up taking Palmon's hands. "It's like we're in a submarine!" And she started to swing Palmon around and round in excitement.

"Of course, this can only be done in the Digital World." Izzy added.

~Kari...Kari...~

Kari stiffened, and covered her ears, and whimpered a bit.

"Kari?" Kylie exclaimed. "What's the matter?"

"It could be the bends, diving down so deep is intense pressure," Sara stated. "But we should be protected from that inside of Whamon...Ahh!" Sara covered her ears.

Everyone else did too.

"Whoops. I'm sorry! I must have dived too deeply in my haste..." Whamon said. "I'll adjust the atmospheric pressure right now."

Finally the pain of the pressure began to vanish as Whamon released some bubbles out of his blowhole.

"That's much better!" T.K. chirped.

"I'm fine now," Kari said reassuring. "Thank you, Whamon."

~Kari...Kari, please...listen...~

But Kari, she still hear something, buzzing in her ear yet she couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from.

"What's that sound?" Piyomon asked.

I hear some buzzing. Theo remarked, pausing to listen intently.

"Everyone keep quiet!" Izzy said nervously.

Everyone remained silent as the buzzing passed over them.

"I think they already left." Gomamon sighed.

"We're not out of danger yet." Whamon warned them. "We'll have to keep quiet for a little longer."

Just then the buzzing came again and they heard a marine digimon shout: "Found him! There's Whamon!"

"Oh no!" Tai cursed. "They found us!"

The Scubamon chased Whamon and his passenger through the waters, then the whale swam into a deep trench which caused some of the scubamon's propulsion packs to crumple.

Izzy quickly caught on. "Water pressure! So this was Whamon's plan!"

"Whamon is a deep-sea Digimon, so water pressure is nothing to him!" Gomamon explained.

"That was brilliant!" Beth exclaimed.

"But Onii-chan… What do we do now?" Hikari questioned.

"We can't stay in the bottom of the ocean forever…" Sora reminded them.

Then Izzy had an idea and whispered into Kari's ear, she nodded brightly and walked a little bit away. She bowed and raised her whistle.

"Ready." she said.

"Do it, please." Izzy nods.

Kari then took a very deep breath blowing into her whistle as hard as she could. The shrill whistle echoed all over the trench before Izzy computer beeped.

"It worked! Thank you, Kari!"

"Sure!" Kari panted, trying to catch her breath.

"I used the reverberations of the sound to find a tunnel up ahead. We may be able to escape through it."

Throughout their underwater journey, they passed through the tunnels into one that had several bright yellow lights twinkling. They almost looked like marine fireflies from their view.

"Wow, pretty!" Kari, Sora, and Mimi said in delight.

Sara G was whistling a soft melody she claimed a little sea creature taught her. Matt spotted the tunnel then there was a sudden movement, something happened.

"Brace yourselves! It's MetalSeadramon!" Whamon yelled.

They all held tight as the whale digimon swam through some tight tunnels and when he finally surfaced they were in a lagoon by the mainland and a bridge. They climbed out of Whamon and looked around appreciatively.

"It's so bright!" Tai grinned.

"Who'd have ever thought the sun could make you feel so good?" Matt sighed.

They all laughed in relief only to be interrupted.

"What's so funny?"

MetalSeadramon breached out of the water. "This is as far as you all go!"

"Everyone, hang onto me!" Whamon cried, before swimming round and round in a circle. "Tidal Wave!" And as a result, the Scubamon that had been hiding in the waters preparing for an underwater ambush were washed away.

Now they could put their idea to work. Tai! Agumon turned to his human partner.

"I'll leave it to you!" Tai nodded. "Let's move to shore and take up battle positions while Agumon is distracting them!"

"Okay!" Matt agreed.

"Then Gomamon and I will cover you!" Joe replied.

We got this! Sara G concurred.

"The waves are subsiding!" Sora observed.

"Agumon, warp-evolve! WARGREYMON!"

WarGreymon flew up towards MetalSeadramon and gave him quick slash across the face.

"I'm made of Chrome Digizoid just like you! You can't hurt me that easily!" snapped the sea-serpent.

Everyone else headed for the shore thanks to Birdramon, Kabuterimon, Garurumon and Ikkakumon.

"Thanks, Whamon!" Tai called out to the whale. "Leave the rest to us!"

"But…!" The whale tried to protest as he still felt that he was a part of this fight.

"You'll just end up being target practice with your size!" Matt explained. "Hurry up and get out of here!"

"Hurry!" Sora insisted.

"I understand!" Whamon finally agreed and dived once more.

The other digimon and the guardians got to work fight off the Scubamon. Wargreymon used his shield as defense only for MetalSeadramon to trap him in his mouth, and as a result was dragged underwater!

"WarGreymon!" Tai shouted.

"Not good! He's at an overwhelming disadvantage in water!" cried Izzy.

"What a fool you are, WarGreymon!"

WarGreymon was struggling to keep from being devoured. "You're finished!"

Sara G knew that attacking MetalSeadramon's body wouldn't make a scratch on him since it was made of the Chrome Digizoid alloy. But then she was struck with a sudden idea: the eyes! Using a beam of energy, she struck MetalSeadramon's left eye without any hesitation.

"RAAAAAAAAARRGH!"

One of MetalSeadramon's eyes was wrecked, the pain had kept him from crushing Wargreymon and giving the latter a chance to escape. Sara G tried to go for the other eye, but she was flung away by the thrashing MetalSeadramon and slammed into the water surface.

"How dare you!" MetalSeadramon opened his giant red mouth to chew her to pieces, but just then, he saw the other guardians with the nymph's Heir from the corner of his working eye. "I'll start with you first! Ultimate Stream!"

Changing targets, he aimed his special attack at them. However, Whamon once again breached out of the waters and slammed into him.

"I'm through playing!" MetalSeadramon in retaliation, launched an Ultimate Stream right through Whamon!

"Whamon!" Everyone shouted.

Then the waters rippled until a giant hand made entirely of seawater held the sea serpent by the snout in place. WarGreymon spun around fast and charged. "Brave tornado!"

Using the long claw like blades – the dramon killers - the greatest weapon that could be possessed by Dramon-type Digimon, and it split MetalSeadramon's body into two from the base of his neck to his tail.

"NO! NO! NO!" Lady Despair grabs her head, and screams in anguish, Puppetmon and Piedmon rushing to her side.

"Mother!" "Ma!?" They both shouted.

"He's dead!" Lady Despair shook her head, groaning in pain. "He's dead, MetalSeadramon, my child..."

Yes, they defeated Metalseadramon but a terrible price. Whamon was laying on the beach, wounded and dying, everyone grief stricken. His body was beginning to disintegrate into particles of light starting from his tail, the particles rising up into the sky.

"Chosen Children...Daughter of Sirene, Ethereal Guardians…" Whamon said weakly. "Please...save this world..."

Kylie ran forward with Sara G, and they both hugged the whale, crying.

"No! It's not fair, you can't die!" Kylie sobbed. "How many do we have to lose, before we stop them?"

"If you all die, what's the point of saving the world?" Sara whispered heart brokenly.

"For the next generation, for them to live in safety," Whamon whispered. "And I gladly die, knowing you will save this world..."

"No, don't die..."

Everyone gasped, as the water of the sea glowed brightly, and a giant figure appeared in the water, although transparent like a ghost. It was Vanessa, dressed in a blue, Greek chiton, reaching out with her hands to scoop up Whamon gently. She cradled him close in her arms, stroking the top of his body like a mother, caressing her child.

"Shhh~ Be at peace, you will see them again," Vanessa the Dark Spectre Queen said and her hands glowed around Whamon. "For you will join me in my sea, and continue to protect and save those souls that would be lost on the waves."

Whamon's body then disappeared into a twinkling light that Vanessa held gently before she sank back into the waters.

"To truly die is to be forgotten, and lost to the sands of time. Death for some, is a new life for others," Vanessa said. "Fret not, your friends will be seen again, for Whamon had the benefit of being in my domain. The others will have their new beginnings, on file island, for there is no true death here...only new beginnings."

"Look at that, everyone." Izzy pointed to MetalSeadramon's body, which was dissolving into small particles of data.

"It's happening to MetalSeadramon, too…" Matt said somberly.

And MetalSeadramon's body fully disintegrated, revealing the vial of black blood, floating in the water. Before anyone could react, the water sparkling a deep, bright purple, and the vial was dissolved in the bright purple light.

Just then the ground began to shake. They soon saw why: the ocean section was disappearing from Spiral Mountain. The Ocean, had begun to dissolve, fall apart, and turn into data.

This turn of events was also being observed by the remaining three Dark Masters and by Lady Despair.

"Just look at that. The ocean is disappearing." Piedmon remarked, knowing the group still had to face them.

"Awww~ Touching."

The waves of sorrow, and resentment over the situation was gathering as a massive cloud, transforming into tendrils of glowing white and blue energy, which Lady Despair eagerly absorbed as Puppetmon sat next to her, nuzzling her arm.

"They mourn now, but all they do is make my powers grow," Lady Despair holds out her hand to examine her black talons. "And soon, I will have their pitiful souls as my tribute to MY fallen children!"

Puppetmon hopped off the bench. "I guess this means it's my turn to fight." He said with a devilish smirk.

To be continued…