Chapter 35—Chrysalis of doom—

From there, my Digimon and I patrolled the base a little, but it didn't feel like long at all before I received another text message from Herbert, asking us to go to the conference room—I didn't even have time to restock my supplies! My Digimon and I all headed there, and it wasn't long before everyone gathered up… but the meeting itself was rather short. All that happened was that the officers congratulated us and thanked us, then they said we would be taking turns guarding the base and monitoring what was going on in Amaterasu Server until the malware yielded anything we could use…

From there, we spent a couple days like that until I got another text message from Herbert—it said we were all to drop what we were doing immediately and come to the conference room… it wasn't an emergency, but rather, we would be taking our first steps to stop the developers.

When I heard this, I suddenly felt really excited and hurried to the conference room. When my Digimon and I arrived, most of us were here, but a few weren't… we all then waited before everyone arrived and once we were all there, Herbert nodded and said: "Welcome back, everyone. It's good to see you could all be here, because this is the day we're finally going to take our first step to strike back against the developers." "Alright! Now we can finally stick it to 'em, after all this time!" Josh said before Tiffany said: "And? What's our plan?"

"Thanks to the malware all of you installed, we've collected enough information to know where the Digimon View developers are hiding and what they have at their disposal—" Larry said before John nodded and said: "Right. There are 3 locations: one is a laboratory for conducting experiments with their technology, the second is a data storage center where they store all of their saved data—including the video data—and the last is their headquarters." And Hugh grinned before he said: "Excellent! And what servers are they on?" "That's the convenient part… they're all located in the same server: Amaterasu." Sabrina said. "Really? That is remarkably convenient… now we won't have to jump around from server to server to hunt them down." Kayla said.

"You got that right! We won't even need to leave the server we're in now!" Lewis said. "Hmm… all of these facilities sound almost equally important to capture… if we took the lab, they couldn't advance their technology any further… if we took the data storage center, we would have access to all of their files and could stop them from feeding Keramon any more video data… and if we took their headquarters, they'd probably lose most of their equipment and staff… and that would put them in a bad position to recover." Ariel said. Xavier nodded before he said: "Those are good points. However, that would likely mean they're all going to be almost equally well-guarded… and that taking back even one would be a difficult task."

"That's a good point too. So has the decision been made as to which facility we're going to take first?" I asked. "Yes. We think it would be best for you to capture the data storage facility first. Gaining access to all of their files and stunting Keramon's growth would both be heavy blows to their chances of victory and would knock them off by a significant margin." Herbert said. Then he went on: "But as Xavier said, taking it won't be easy. That's why we're sending all 7 of you on this mission—we'll stay here and guard the base."

"Alright! The combined power of all 7 of us! But… how will we get there?" Josh asked before Sabrina said: "I'll send you a link and the coordinates to their base that we hacked so you can warp in directly—you can use them to get in by clicking the link, copying the coordinates and pasting them in." "Really? That's great!" I said. Sabrina nodded before she said: "Exactly. Now I'll just need a minute…" and then she took out her digivice and used it for a moment… and then I felt my digivice vibrate! I took it out (and it seemed that everyone else had the same experience, because they took theirs out too) and saw that I had been sent a message from Sabrina that had a link and the coordinates! "And there they are. Good job getting your hands on this." Hugh said. "Naturally—we are international police officers after all. Now you're almost ready to go, but before you can do that… there's one more step we need to take." John said before he went on: "Since none of you know how to hack, we're going to update your contagion remotes to let us hack into their computers once you take control of the base—then we can steal access, change their passwords and cut off their access to their own base." and then Lewis nodded and said: "Exactly. In essence, it will work exactly like installing the malware did—you'll just need to get close to their computers and then select an option called 'remote hacking'. Then we'll remote into their computers and do the rest." "Right. So without further ado, I'll update each of your remotes one at a time. Come up as I call your names." Larry said.

And then we took turns coming up until all of our contagion remotes had been updated! Once that was done, Herbert said: "And that's that. Now all that's left is for you prepare to leave. Make sure your Digimon are in perfect health and that you're taking your strongest ones—this won't be easy. You should also restock your supplies before you leave. Now… it's time to start. Good luck, everyone—we believe in you."

And then we all nodded before we left the conference room. Once we were out, Tiffany said: "Wow… this is our first real attack on the developers… now we're going to be taking one of their facilities." "Only if it goes according to plan, which is why we'd better prepare like we really mean it. That being said, I think we'd better take Herbert's advice and go to our Digihomes to rest our Digimon and change out our teams so we're prepared, then replenish our supplies before leaving." Hugh said. "I'd say that's a good idea. I'll meet you all back here when I'm back." I said. And we all nodded before I went to my Digihome!

Once we arrived, Hudiemon looked excited and said: "Ooh! How exciting! This'll be our first real raid! Now we can get back at those developers!" and Rosemon smiled before she said: "I like your attitude, Hudiemon. Just be sure to be careful and give it your all out there—there will doubtlessly be lots of security forces in such an important stronghold." "Right. We'll have to do our best, along with everyone else's Digimon…" BanchoLeomon said before ShineGreymon said: "I know we'll pull it off! They may be strong, but we've been through a lot and we train continuously while they have to pause to research and develop their technology. That's got to be worth something, right?" "I agree! I think it'll help us close the gap, particularly with 7 tamers!" Gryphonmon said. Sakuyamon laughed before she came up behind them and put her hands on their shoulders as she said: "Good attitude, boys! The first step to making it happen is believing you can do it." "Well said, Sakuyamon… we will not make it far if we proceed with doubt." Dianamon said before Mastemon said: "Nor will we do so if we're marching on reduced strength. We'd better rest." and I smiled and said: "Well said, Mastemon! So go on ahead and rest up!" And then my Digimon all got into their hammocks and dozed off for a while. When they all began to stir, they came back to me and I nodded and said: "Well it looks like we're ready… now it's just time to wait for the others." and they nodded before we left the Digihome.

When I got back, I was surprised to see that I had gotten back first—there was no one else here! I knew I'd have to wait for everyone else though, so I started to wait… it wasn't too long before Ariel showed up (doubtlessly because she could skip the step of choosing her strongest Digimon when she had only 8 to begin with, like me) and then everyone else showed up until we were all together again. Once we were all there, Kayla said: "Okay, it looks like we're all back! Now we'd better go to the vending machines and get ready for our raid!" and we all nodded before we went to one and took turns getting supplies until we were all ready. Once we were fully prepared, Xavier said: "Okay, it looks like this is it… we'll be breaching their facility soon. Now let's take out our digivices and take the fight to them!" and we all nodded before we took them out and followed Sabrina's instructions… and we were teleported away!

The next thing we knew, we were inside of a hallway in a building… it didn't look too different than our base. We all looked at each other and nodded before we started to sneak around… although it didn't take long before we went around a corner and were spotted by 2 Digimon View staff members…

When they saw us, one of them said: "HEY! How did you kids get in here?! Only authorized personnel are allowed in here!" and then he ran up to us as the other man said: "I'll handle alerting everyone else! Keep them busy!" "Hey! Get back here!" Josh said but then the staff member called out his Digimon and they blocked the hall…

We managed to defeat him quickly and then we ran past him. It wasn't too long before we heard a blaring alarm go off though! "Ow! My ears! That alarm's more than loud enough!" Kayla said before Hugh said: "Well that's all the more reason to get this over with quickly! Now given our objective, we're going to need to defeat all of the staff here. So we'd better run around and eliminate the guards until they stop coming!" and we nodded before we started looking for staff members.

We had to go through several battles and it took some time, but eventually the staff members stopped coming… soon we made it to a room where we saw lots of machinery and computers. There was only one staff member here this time… but he had an odd Digimon with him! It looked like a big, purple cocoon-shaped Digimon with red eyes… it also had a bunch of cables coming out of its body. It looked 3'7 tall, although it was floating… it wasn't like any Digimon I had ever seen before… and I had been playing Digimon View for a while.

We all ran in before we approached them and the staff member and the Digimon turned around and when they saw us, the man said: "Well, well, look at what we have here… the brats who infiltrated our facility and took down the staff!" and then he approached us as he said: "Bravo. I didn't think we were only up against 7 children… but you still have one high hurdle to jump first, heh-heh…" "If he's the last of their opposition… I guess he must be their leader." Ariel said before the man said: "Correct! My name is Jason, but I am known as 'The Shadow' by the staff for my cunning and skill with observing in places where no one suspects… it's part of what made me so important in installing the surveillance software in Digimon View!"

When I heard this… I couldn't help but think of my trip to Mirage Forest with Sabrina for a moment… that invisible piece of equipment that we had discovered… could that be one example of what he was referring to? Nonetheless, Josh said: "Yeah, one of many heinous deeds, I'm sure. But we have higher ambitions than letting you go on watching, Shadow. If you're going to defend yourself, now is the time." and then Jason laughed before he said: "Let's not get ahead of ourselves, boy. My Digimon are some of the strongest you'll see and yours have been worn down by our staff. Are you sure you can pull off a win now?" "Yeah, well what's another overconfident staff member on the pile now, huh? We've already taken down plenty." Hugh said. Jason laughed before he said: "We'll see!" and then he turned to the purple cocoon-like Digimon and said: "Very well then! Chrysalimon, lend me a hand!" and the Digimon floated in before Jason called out 4 Digimon!

One was a humanoid Digimon that was colored jet black. It had 2 legs and 2 arms that ended with a wolf's head on its right arm and a plated lizard head on its left arm. It had a cape that draped down its back and shoulders and a raised, flared out collar. Yet oddly, its body was very thin and withered… its legs looked like little rooster-like legs that shouldn't be able to support much weight and its arms were pretty flimsy too, as was its torso. They were so thin they were almost wire-like. Even the wolf's head and plated lizard head looked small. It looked 8'4 tall.

The next looked like a giant knight and walked on 2 legs. It had purple mail and wore blue greaves, a blue breastplate and blue forearm guards over the mail. It had black and red pauldrons with a yellow skull painted in the center over its shoulders and a blue tasset around its hips with a black, blue and red cloth draping over the front, which it had pinned by a skull-like pin. Oddly, its head was much smaller than the rest of its body—even with a blue-and-lavender helm on—and its mouth was protected by a guard that looked like teeth. It held a giant shield in its right hand that had red borderlines and was colored black with a yellow sword symbol in the center and a giant dual-edged spear in its left hand. It looked 7'6 tall.

After that he called out a Mastemon and finally, he called out a strange Digimon… it had 2 legs, but it floated over the ground… it wore a jacket that was white on the left and dark gray on the right that was unzipped over its chest with a gem that was red on the outermost edge and blue in the middle in its center. It wore pants that were white down to its thighs (with a teal stripe a little above the middle) and teal from the knees and below—it also had very pointy, white shoes that had red spikes sticking out and pointing downward by its ankles. Its shoulders were huge and its left shoulder was colored blue and connected to its jacket by a gold ring, while its right shoulder was red and connected to its jacket by a dark gray belt. Its arms were thin and colored black, but they didn't have hands… instead, the end of its left arm looked like a BanchoLeomon's head and the end of its right arm had a dragon-like head that was colored blue on the top with a white jaw and it had solid black eyes with no irises or pupils and a mouth full of teeth. It had short red hair that stood up coming behind the head, with a clear visor on the top of the head. It had a blue cuff around its wrist with a yellow stripe, too. It had long, teal-colored banners draping over its shoulders and it had a white helm on its head with an opening in a Y-shape that revealed 2 bright blue eyes… its helm also had white, rectangular bars coming out of the sides and the top of it that were pink halfway down, starting from the top—it had pink crystals on its hips, too. It looked 8'10 tall.

I then felt my digivice vibrate and I took it out (and it seemed everyone else did, because they did the same) and I checked it. It said: "Left to right: Chrysalimon scan data: ERROR, Omnimon Zwart D scan data: ERROR, Craniamon scan data: ERROR, Mastemon scan data: ERROR, Chaosmon scan data: ERROR". It looked like these Digimon were all rare and powerful if my digivice couldn't scan any of them… it said that Omnimon Zwart D, Chaosmon and Chrysalimon were darkness Digimon, Mastemon was a holy Digimon (like mine) and Craniamon was an earth Digimon. It also said that Omnimon Zwart D and Chaosmon were ultra Digimon and Craniamon and Mastemon were megas… but it said Chrysalimon was only a champion… I then heard Josh say: "Well it looks like you've brought some Digimon that would be expected of a leader… but a champion Digimon? What's the deal with that?" and Jason laughed before he said: "Predictable… Chrysalimon is no ordinary Digimon. He's special. Even though he is a champion, he can defeat ultimate level Digimon, no problem. And he has so much power beyond what you're aware of…" "So he's a champion among champions, huh? Well that doesn't matter. We can do it!" Kayla said.

Then she went on: "Go, Alphamon!" and she called a very tall Digimon… it was gigantic, humanoid and walked on 2 legs. It wore an entirely black suit of armor with bronze edges around the feet, knees, hips, shoulders, wrists and elbows. It had a red gem in between its yellow eyes and black pointed ears sticking out of the top of its head. It had black and bronze metallic wing-like adornments coming out of its back (and facing down) and a blue cape bound around its neck. It looked 12'1 tall. Hugh said: "Go, Seraphimon!" and he called one out before Tiffany said: "Go, Slayerdramon!" and she called out a humanoid Digimon that walked on 2 legs. It wore gray armor that had veins of yellow-orange… something… flowing on it. It had 5 gray horns, 2 of which were at the top of its head and 3 were in an upside-down triangle shape on his forehead. It had giant gray armor like a squid's head attached to its shoulders, gray armor covering its tail and a green cape bound to its back that went down to his ankles and was tattered at the bottom. It held a yellow-orange scimitar that looked like it was on fire and looked 8'6 tall.

Josh then said: "Go, Ouryumon!" and he called out a floating Digimon… it looked like a floating serpent with a brown back, a gold underbelly and 2 legs and 2 arms. Its legs had feet that had 2 yellow toes with black toenails (including an additional toe on the back of each foot) and its arms had gold shoulder pads, gold and black forearm guards and hands with 2 claws and a thumb (all of which were yellow with black nails) that each held a cutlass in them. It had 2 wings that were black with gold edges and were ripped open on the inside… it also had a bladed tail. It had a helm with a purple feather drooped backwards and looked 7'10 tall.

Xavier then said: "Go, Valdurmon!" and he called one out before Ariel turned around and said: "PrinceMamemon, go for it!" and a small Digimon that walked on 2 legs stepped forward. Its body was basically a yellow ball with a face that had a gold and red crown on top of its head. It had 2 blue arms that had white gloves at the ends and its legs were blue too and had black boots with red cuffs on them. It had yellow shoulder pads with yellow strands hanging from all sides and a red cape that was white at the top on its back. It looked 4'2 tall. I also saw Ariel had a GranDracmon with her… But looking at this Digimon… it looks like her Mamemon must have digivolved. I then said: "Mastemon, go on!" and she flew in. I then went on: "Let's get this started off right, Mastemon! Chaos degradation!" and Mastemon said: "Chaos degradation!" and in one of her hands a baby blue-colored light emerged, and in her other hand a pink light emerged. Mastemon then brought them together and the result was not a purple-like light, but instead a small swirling ball that looked more like a tiny black hole… Mastemon then sent it at Jason's Digimon and when it made contact with them, it swirled into a giant black hole that hurt them before it disappeared—it looked like it worked well too!

Kayla then followed up and said: "Alphamon, attack Chaosmon with falling star!" and Alphamon said: "Falling star!" and then he sent a black line into the air… and then the entire area above us turned into a starry sky! Alphamon then leapt up and eventually went so high, he was no longer visible… and soon we saw a white streak through the sky coming down! It descended very fast until soon it was getting close and we saw it—it was a smaller falling meteor, and Alphamon was riding it! He steered it towards Chaosmon and then dismounted it before it crashed into it! The area above us returned to normal as Chaosmon got up (and Alphamon ran back) before Hugh said: "Seraphimon, you use falling star too! Target Omnimon Zwart D!" and Seraphimon said: "Falling star!" and he sent another black line into the air that made the ceiling into a starry sky before he leapt up and later rode a meteor to Omnimon Zwart D before dismounting it moments before it actually hit. Tiffany then said: "Slayerdramon, attack Craniamon! Use lightning strikes twice!" and Slayerdramon said: "Lightning strikes twice!" and dark, stormy clouds formed above us before Craniamon got zapped by a lightning bolt! Then a second one zapped it again!

The area then returned to normal before Jason said: "Craniamon, use rift curse on that kid's Mastemon! Omnimon Zwart D, use lockdown on Alphamon! Mastemon, show them your chaos degradation! Chaosmon, use your signature attacks on Alphamon! Chrysalimon, use static whip on Alphamon too!" and Craniamon said: "Rift curse!" and he made a purple circle form behind Mastemon and curved black lines radiated from it before it vanished… Omnimon Zwart D then said: "Lockdown!" and a black line formed in between him and Alphamon and widened before it vanished… His Mastemon then said: "Chaos degradation!" and then she made a baby blue and pink light emerge in each hand and brought them together before she created a tiny black hole and sent it at our Digimon and it turned into a giant black hole before it disappeared. Chaosmon then said: "Bantyo Blade!" and a sword came out of the mouth of the head on the end of his left arm that looked like a BanchoLeomon and then it caught fire before he swung it down at Alphamon—and it looked like it worked really well, too! Chaosmon then spun around and pointed the head that looked like a mechanical beast's head at Alphamon before he said: "Dark prominence!" and he conjured a big sphere of purple-colored dark energy in front of it and fired it at Alphamon! Alphamon recovered (but already looked hurt) before Chrysalimon said: "Static whip!" and he floated over to Alphamon and then strands of energy came out of one of his cables before they combined together into a whip! Chrysalimon then lashed Alphamon with them (and it looked like it hurt Alphamon more than anyone would have guessed) before he flew back.

Xavier then followed up and said: "Valdurmon, attack! Use almighty sun!" and Valdurmon said: "Almighty sun!" and he sent a yellow line up into the air… before it suddenly turned into a giant, yellow-orange sun! The sun then came down on Jason's Digimon as they started to tremble from the heat before the sun flashed and it disappeared. "Ouryumon, use Eiseiryuoujin on Craniamon!" Josh said before Ouryumon said: "Eiseiryuoujin!" and he flew at Craniamon before he slashed at him with his cutlasses—it looked like it worked great, too! "PrinceMamemon, use smile warhead on Mastemon!" Ariel said before PrinceMamemon said: "Smile warhead!" and he conjured a small bomb that looked like his head in one of his hands before he hurled it at Jason's Mastemon… and it blew up in a massive explosion!

"Mastemon, use almighty sun!" I said before Mastemon said: "Almighty sun!" and she sent a yellow line in the air that turned into a giant sun before it came down on Jason's Digimon and they looked overwhelmed by the heat before it flashed and disappeared… Ariel then followed up and said: "PrinceMamemon, attack Mastemon again! Smile warhead!" and PrinceMamemon said: "Smile warhead!" and he conjured another bomb before he hurled it at Jason's Mastemon and it exploded again. "Ouryumon, use Eiseiryuoujin on Craniamon!" Josh said before Ouryumon said: "Eiseiryuoujin!" and Jason said: "Not so fast! Craniamon, use breath of the gods!" and Craniamon said: "Breath of the gods!" and a white mist formed around him as he assumed a defensive position. Ouryumon then flew over and slashed at him… but Craniamon didn't even react to being hit! "What the…?!" Josh said before Jason laughed and said: "You shouldn't underestimate Craniamon's defensive mastery, boy—he can stop any attack from working with that."

And then I heard Kayla say: "…WHAT?! What's going on?!" and we all looked at her before Xavier said: "What is it, Kayla?" "I keep trying to use a healing item on Alphamon… but it's not working! It won't respond to the command I'm inputting!" Kayla said before Jason laughed again and said: "That's the power of Omnimon Zwart D's lockdown—it stops both me and the tamer of the Digimon he targets from using items. Don't worry though, we'll get the ability to use items back in a few rounds… fortunately, it's not like your Alphamon even has that much time anyway!"

And then he went on: "Mastemon, use almighty sun! Omnimon Zwart D, use your signature attacks on Seraphimon! Chrysalimon, use flame-forged claw on Slayerdramon! Chaosmon, get Alphamon! Cry in the night!" and then his Mastemon said: "Almighty sun!" and she attacked our side with it before Omnimon Zwart D said: "Supreme cannon!" and then the mouth on the head like a wolf's at the end of his right arm opened, revealing a small cannon! He then shot a cannonball at Seraphimon, which caused an explosion on contact that blasted all of our Digimon! The mouth then closed before Omnimon Zwart D went on: "Transcendent sword!" and the mouth on the head like a plated lizard's head at the end of his left arm opened, revealing a sword! He then flew at Seraphimon and swung it at him 3 times before the mouth closed and he flew back! Chrysalimon then said: "Flame-forged claw!" and the ends of his cables caught fire before he floated over to Slayerdramon and lashed him with them before he flew back! Chaosmon then said: "Cry in the night!" and the entire surrounding area turned pitch black before giant bolts of white lightning zapped Alphamon! Alphamon cried out before the area returned to normal… and he was down!

"Good work, Alphamon." Kayla said before she called him back and said: "Go, EvilCherubimon!" and she called him in before Hugh said: "Seraphimon, use strike of the seven stars!" and Seraphimon said: "Strike of the seven stars!" and conjured 35 shimmering, white-colored balls of light around himself and he fired them at Jason's Digimon until each one had been hit 7 times at most—sometimes he misfired, but overall, Omnimon Zwart D, Chaosmon and Chrysalimon took pretty heavy damage, while Mastemon had little trouble recovering and Craniamon… took no damage whatsoever. "Slayerdramon, use divine dragon slash on Mastemon!" Tiffany said and Slayerdramon said: "Divine dragon slash!" and he leapt up into the air and spun down on Jason's Mastemon before he slammed his sword on her! "Valdurmon, hit them with almighty sun!" Xavier said and Valdurmon attacked with it.

Kayla then said: "EvilCherubimon, use lightning spear on Craniamon!" and EvilCherubimon said: "Lightning spear!" and he conjured a gigantic red bolt of lightning in his hand before he threw it at Craniamon—it looked like it worked great, too! Tiffany then said: "Slayerdramon, you too! Use lightning strikes twice on Craniamon!" and Slayerdramon said: "Lightning strikes twice!" and once again, dark, stormy clouds formed above us before a lightning bolt zapped Craniamon, followed by another. "Ouryumon, you join in too! Use Eiseiryuoujin on Craniamon!" Josh said and Ouryumon said: "Eiseiryuoujin!" and he flew at Craniamon before he slashed at him with his cutlasses.

By now, Craniamon was starting to look tired (and Jason's Mastemon was starting to look a little worn down too) and Jason said: "Craniamon, use rift curse on Valdurmon! Mastemon, use almighty sun! Chaosmon, use cry in the night on Seraphimon! Chrysalimon, use shining clap on EvilCherubimon! Omnimon Zwart D, use cry in the night on PrinceMamemon!" and Craniamon said: "Rift curse!" and he made another purple circle form behind Valdurmon and curved black lines radiated from it before it disappeared… his Mastemon then followed up and said: "Almighty sun!" and she attacked with it before Chaosmon said: "Cry in the night!" and the area turned pitch black again before more giant bolts of white lightning zapped Seraphimon… and he was down when the area returned to normal! Chrysalimon then said: "Shining clap!" and he floated over to EvilCherubimon and clapped his cables around EvilCherubimon's head before he floated off and Omnimon Zwart D said: "Cry in the night!" and he attacked PrinceMamemon with it.

Hugh then called Seraphimon back before he said: "HiAndromon, go for it!" and he called him out. "PrinceMamemon, get Mastemon with a smile warhead!" Ariel said before PrinceMamemon said: "Smile warhead!" and attacked her with it. I then said: "Mastemon, use almighty sun again!" and she did so. "Valdurmon, you too! Use almighty sun!" Xavier said and Valdurmon did so…

But then I saw that purple circle with the curved black lines reappear behind Mastemon… and then the circle opened, revealing a swirling cyan and white colored space… and then I saw Mastemon get sucked in and… it closed before it disappeared! "MASTEMON?!" I said. I was equally devastated and furious before I turned to Jason and said: "What did you do to her?!" and he snickered and replied: "Worried about your Digimon, are you? That's what I'd expect from such a goody two-shoes… well I'll tell you if you can beat me. Heh-heh…" I barely felt like I could wait that long… I looked down before I looked up again and I said: "You… you screwed up…" and then I finally said: "If you did do something to her, you'll pay with everything you have!" and Xavier and Valdurmon looked worried before he said: "But that's what rift curse does…? We'll have to finish this fast then…"

And then I turned around as I said: "Sakuyamon, go! Avenge Mastemon!" and she ran in before Josh said: "Ouryumon, get Craniamon! Use Eiseiryuoujin!" and Ouryumon said: "Eiseiryuoujin—" before Jason said: "Craniamon! Breath of the gods!" and Craniamon said: "Breath of the gods!" and made that mist appear around himself… and it rendered Ouryumon's Eiseiryuoujin harmless… "You stalling coward!" Ariel said before Jason laughed and said: "What's the matter? Can't handle a little setback?" and Xavier said: "Valdurmon, use almighty sun!" and Valdurmon attacked with it before Tiffany said: "Slayerdramon, use divine dragon slash on Chrysalimon!" and Slayerdramon said: "Divine dragon slash!" and he leapt into the air and spun down again before he slammed his sword down on Chrysalimon!

"Mastemon, use almighty sun! Chrysalimon, use skipping stone on HiAndromon! Chaosmon, use your signature attacks on Sakuyamon! Omnimon Zwart D, use yours on HiAndromon!" Jason said and Mastemon attacked with almighty sun before Chrysalimon said: "Skipping stone!" and he conjured a rock in front of him and put his cables around it before he threw it and it bounced across the floor (much like a pebble skipping on water) before it bounced up and hit HiAndromon in the head! Chaosmon then said: "Bantyo blade!" and he made that sword came out of the mouth of the head on the end of his left arm that looked like a BanchoLeomon emerge and it caught fire before he swung it down at Sakuyamon—which she took hard! And Chaosmon spun around before he pointed the head that looked like a mechanical beast's head at Sakuyamon before he said: "Dark prominence!" and he conjured a big sphere of purple-colored dark energy in front of it and fired it at her. Omnimon Zwart D then said: "Supreme cannon!" and he fired another cannonball from the wolf's head at the end of his right arm before he said: "Transcendent sword!" and the mouth on the plated lizard's head at the end of his left arm opened again before he slashed at HiAndromon 3 times and he flew back.

After HiAndromon recovered, Hugh said: "HiAndromon, get Mastemon! Use atomic ray!" and HiAndromon said: "Atomic ray!" and fired an electric beam from his hands at Mastemon—and she took it hard, too! Ariel then followed up and said: "PrinceMamemon, attack Mastemon! Use smile warhead!" and PrinceMamemon said: "Smile warhead!" and he attacked her with it… and she was down! Kayla then said: "EvilCherubimon, attack Chrysalimon! Use lightning spear!" and EvilCherubimon said: "Lighting spear!" and he conjured another gigantic red bolt of lightning in his hand before he threw it at Chrysalimon. "Sakuyamon, get them! Use almighty sun!" I said before she said: "Almighty sun!" and she attacked with it… and Chrysalimon went down too! "Valdurmon, attack with almighty sun again!" Xavier said before Valdurmon said: "Almighty sun!" and he attacked with it…

But then that purple circle with the curved black lines appeared behind Valdurmon… and then the circle opened and he got sucked in… and then it closed before it disappeared… "No… Valdurmon…" Xavier said before I heard Jason mutter: "Another one down, but now's hardly the time to celebrate…" and then he went on: "Craniamon, use mudslide! Omnimon Zwart D, use tigerclaw on Sakuyamon! Chaosmon, use cry in the night on HiAndromon!" and Craniamon said: "Mudslide!" and he made a massive torrent of mud, bark, dirt, rocks and debris come flying out of nowhere and slam into our Digimon! PrinceMamemon went down from the attack (and HiAndromon was looking ready to drop too) before Chaosmon said: "Cry in the night!" and finished HiAndromon off with it! Omnimon Zwart D then said: "Tigerclaw!" and he ran up to Sakuyamon before he made the plated lizard head's mouth open and the sword came out of it before he swung it at her! Sakuyamon got up before he ran back (although she was looking weak…).

Xavier then said: "Plesiomon, get them back!" and he called one out and Hugh called HiAndromon back before he said: "Get 'em, MetalGarurumon!" and he called one out. "Great job, PrinceMamemon!" Ariel said as she called him back and went on: "Go for it, Ophanimon!" and she flew in. Tiffany then said: "Slayerdramon, take down Craniamon! Use lightning strikes twice!" and Slayerdramon said: "Lightning strikes twice!" and he attacked Craniamon with it… but he still got up… Josh then said: "Finish off Craniamon, Ouryumon! Eiseiryuoujin!" and Ouryumon attacked Craniamon with it… and cut him down! He was finished! "Sakuyamon, use almighty sun on them again!" I said before she attacked with it and Kayla said: "EvilCherubimon, use lightning spear on Chaosmon!" and he did so. "Omnimon Zwart D, finish off Sakuyamon! Use tigerclaw! Chaosmon, use your signature attacks on Ophanimon!" Jason said before Omnimon Zwart D attacked Sakuyamon with a swing of his sword… and she went down! Chaosmon then attacked Ophanimon with his bantyo blade and dark prominence attacks (and they looked like they worked well too…).

I smiled before I said: "A job well done, Sakuyamon! We'll take it the rest of the way!" and I called her back before I said: "Go get them, ShineGreymon!" and he flew in. Josh then called Ouryumon back before he said: "Go, Gallantmon!" and he called him in. Tiffany also followed in suit and called back Slayerdramon before she said: "Go, GoodCherubimon!" and she called him out. Hugh then said: "MetalGarurumon, get them with ice wolf claw!" and MetalGarurumon said: "Ice wolf claw!" and all kinds of metal plates on his body got lifted up, revealing ports to fire projectiles from! He then shot several small missiles that bombarded Omnimon Zwart D and Chaosmon… but they still got up. "Still standing, eh? Plesiomon, use sorrow blue!" Xavier said and Plesiomon said: "Sorrow blue!" and he sent a blue sound wave from his mouth, which he sent in a sweep shot at Omnimon Zwart D and Chaosmon! They still both got up, but now they really looked beat… "Ophanimon, finish them off! Almighty sun!" Ariel said before Ophanimon said: "Almighty sun!" and she attacked them with it… and they both collapsed!

Jason called all of his Digimon back before he stepped back and said: "Argh… I see your coordination isn't all just for show…" and then he started using his digivice! "What do you think you're doing?!" Josh asked before Jason said: "You may have taken our data storage facility, but I can't let you have Chrysalimon… I must resort to using an extraordinary measure…" and then a purple pool formed around Chrysalimon before it sucked him in and it disappeared! "You… you sacrificed him?!" Ariel said before Jason said: "What I did with him is of no concern to you. Besides, he was your enemy, so what would you care?"

And then I felt my fists clench as I ran up to him (and he turned to me) and I grabbed him by the collar before I said: "Now it's time for you to squeal, you cutthroat piglet! If you don't tell me what you did with Mastemon and Valdurmon, you'll wish you had never been born!" and Jason chuckled lightly before he said: "Ooh, look at the big man…" and then I jumped on him and knocked him on his back as I said: "BanchoLeomon, come here and lend me a hand!" and he marched up as Jason said: "All joking aside, you needn't worry. We were trying to work on a technology that deletes any Digimon that is caught in a rift curse, but it hasn't been completed, or at least… not yet. That's why both of your Digimon were locked up inside of your digivices for the duration of the battle. But now that it's over, you can call them out again."

I stood up (while still keeping him in my grasp) as I said: "BanchoLeomon, could you take over while I check my digivice?" and BanchoLeomon grabbed him by the collar, holding him up over the ground as he said through gritted teeth: "With pleasure…" and I immediately checked my digivice… and I saw Mastemon was in it! I called her out as quickly as I could… and I saw her appear before me! "MASTEMON!" I said and she smiled when she saw me as she said: "Mark!" and she flew up and we hugged each other. And it wasn't long before I heard Xavier say: "Valdurmon!" and I looked up to see he had called Valdurmon out too… what a sweet relief…

We all then turned to Jason and Josh said: "So what do you think we should do with him?" "…In all honesty, I think we can't assume anything. We'd better contact them for further orders." Hugh said. Kayla nodded and said: "Exactly right! I'll contact them now…" and she took out her digivice and started texting… she must be texting Herbert and the others… this went on for a minute or so until Kayla said: "It's been settled. Now all we need to do is wait." and we nodded and waited for a minute…

But then Herbert appeared! We all turned to him and Jason said: "So this is your leader, huh? Hmph… he doesn't look like much." and Herbert grinned before he walked up to him and said: "Nor do you. Now then, if you're here, you must be… Jason Ross, of the developers' staff?" and Jason's facial expression suddenly switched to looking horrified before he said: "How… how did you know that?!" and Herbert grinned again before he said: "Oh, I have my sources. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, shall we? For now, there's the ever-important manner of dispensing justice to you and your staff here…"

And then he took out his digivice and started using it before Jason said: "You… what are you doing?!" and Herbert soon said: "Jason Ross, I place you and all of your staff here under arrest!" and he pressed a button on it before Jason suddenly disappeared! BanchoLeomon backed up before Xavier said: "Herbert… what happened?" "I have deleted the accounts of all of the Digimon View staff in this facility and forced them to logout. But the thing is, they won't be returning to their original log in point… I've switched the destination that they will logout at so they will arrive in a cell, where they will be detained until my superiors decide what to do with them." Herbert said. "That's brilliant, Herbert! Stick it to 'em!" I said as he grinned and then he went on: "Well now that there aren't any enemies left here, it's safe to use your contagion remotes—no one will get to see them but you. So go on and get to work—I'll head back to the base to oversee the others' work." and then he returned to the base before Tiffany said: "Okay, so now it's just the 7 of us here…" and then she walked up to the some of the computers in the room and said: "So all we have to do is select the remote hacking option to let them remote into the computers, right?" "That's what they said. Of course we haven't cut off their access yet, so we'd better get to it—we don't want them calling in reinforcements." I said.

And Tiffany nodded before she took out her contagion remote and used it for a bit before she put it away and said: "And that's done. Now the rest is up to the officers…" "Well said. But I suppose this raises the question of how we're going to know when they're done—" Hugh began, but then I felt my digivice vibrate (and it seemed everyone else did, because they checked their digivices too)! I looked and saw I had gotten a message from Herbert… and I saw in the recipient line that everyone else had received it too. It said: "Excellent work, everyone! We're in the process of cutting off the developers' access to their computers right now! We're working as fast as we can, but in the meantime, please be patient and stay put so you can keep the area secure until we're finished. We'll let you know when we've gained complete control of the facility. From, Herbert."

We all then looked up before Tiffany said: "Okay, so we're on guard duty until they finish hacking the computers… it looks like we're in for a wait." and then Hugh said: "Yeah, that sounds about right… but it is an important job, so we'd better stick with it until we get that message saying they're finished." and then we all nodded before Xavier said: "Of course. We can't let all of our work be for nothing." and then he went on: "Still, that was a much more demanding battle that normal… I suppose that's to be expected, but…" and then Kayla said: "I know how you feel, though… we only had 6 Digimon go down, but that's still a lot more than what's normal for one battle…" "Yeah… but to be honest, one of the things that bothered me the most—after Jason admitting that they were trying to work on a technology that could delete any Digimon who's caught in a rift curse—was that strange cocoon-like Digimon… Chrysalimon." Ariel said.

I then said: "I thought so too. Something didn't seem right… our digivices said he was a champion Digimon, but he was so strong for a Digimon of that level…" and then Ariel nodded and said: "Right. I think we may have found that Digimon that the officers were talking about—Keramon. And it looks like he's digivolved too." "Well I suppose that's to be expected, after how much time they had to power him up before anyone knew about him… all we can do now is to take him down, before he can digivolve any further." Josh said.

And we all nodded. From there, it took a little while before I eventually felt my digivice vibrate! I took it out and saw that I had gotten a message from Herbert! It was another message that had been sent to all of us, too! I checked it immediately and it said: "Thank you for waiting, everyone! Because of your bravery and valiant efforts, the data storage facility is now ours! The developers have lost access to it and it's now secure. For now, come on back to the conference room so we can discuss our next move. From, Herbert." I then looked up (and I saw everyone else do the same thing too) and then Josh said: "Well, all's well that ends well. Now we'd better get back." and Hugh said: "Yeah. There's important content to report… from both sides."

And then we all returned to the base. We then hurried to the conference room and when we arrived, we saw Herbert, Lewis, John, Larry and Sabrina all there! "Heeey! We're baaack!" Kayla said before they all turned around and they all looked happy as John said: "Excellent work, everyone! Now—thanks to you—we have secured one of their strongholds and only 2 remain! We're off to a good start!" "Heh-heh! Got that right! I'll bet those Digimon View developers couldn't believe what happened!" Lewis said. "Even so, now that they've seen what the kids are capable of, they're not going to make this any easier. Things will only become more intense from here on out." Sabrina said before Larry nodded and said: "My thoughts exactly, Irene. We'll need to be prepared for a real battle next time, too."

And then Herbert chuckled before he turned to us and said: "Nonetheless, we have one of their strongholds under our control now, and we have all of you to thank." and we all smiled before he went on: "We're still looking at their saved data and seeing what we can learn from it, but before I go any further, is there anything you have to report about the attack on their data storage facility?" "Yes, Herbert. We may have discovered something… about Keramon." Ariel said. Herbert looked intrigued as he went on: "Oh? And what's that?"

And then we recounted our battle with Chrysalimon, how Jason had described him and how far he had gone to help Chrysalimon escape. By the end, Herbert, Lewis, John, Larry and Sabrina all looked a little more discouraged than not and then Larry said: "So they helped Chrysalimon escape… by sucking him into a purple pool on the ground beneath him? And that's what you really saw?" "Yes, that's right." Tiffany said. "Then they must have used a wormhole…" Sabrina said before Josh said: "A wormhole? What's that?" "It's a form of technology that can transport anything caught in it a great distance in seconds… they obviously really wanted this Chrysalimon not to be captured by us…" Lewis said. "And between that and how well it fought, even though it was a champion Digimon that was being opposed by megas… I think it is safe to assume that this Digimon is the digivolved form of Keramon." John said. And Herbert nodded before he said: "Yes… I think the same… it is unfortunate Keramon has digivolved already, but… at least he still isn't unstoppable yet. And that means speed will have to be a part of our strategy, while we still have time."

"I agree! So what is our next step?" Xavier asked. "We're still working that out now. We're still going to need to check their files, check the malware and determine our next move. Once we know for sure, we'll let you know. In the meantime, you should rest your Digimon in your Digihomes and guard the base or search outside for any leads we can use. And other than that, that's all. Well done everyone—you're dismissed." Herbert said. And then we all nodded and left. Once we were out of the conference room, we all went to our Digihomes.

Once we were on the shore, everyone looked relaxed before Gryphonmon said: "Well, here we are again… it feels so good to be back after the stress of infiltrating that base—" and then Dianamon said: "That is certainly right… but I think I speak for all of us when I say what was really stressful was watching Mastemon get sucked into that rift…" and then I looked down as I said: "Yeah… that was the most terrifying experience I've had on the site to date." and then I turned to Mastemon and said: "I'm sorry, Mastemon. I'm so happy you're okay." and Mastemon smiled back before she said: "Thank you, Mark… I understand too. Once I got sucked into that rift, I was terrified at first, but… it didn't take me long to figure out that I was in your digivice. I've gone in it before, after all." and I smiled before I said: "That's my Mastemon! With a whit as sharp as tack!"

And then we all laughed before Rosemon said: "I guess there's no telling if we'll face anymore scary outcomes like that in the future missions as well… but this is important work." "Right. We have to do this for Mark and everyone on Earth's futures, after all." Hudiemon said. And then I smiled before I slapped Hudiemon on the back playfully as I said: "Spoken like a heroine! Thank you though, Hudiemon. And everyone else, too—I really appreciate you all being willing to do this for me." "Of course! You're our tamer, Mark! You're important to all of us and we will protect you, even if it becomes dangerous." Sakuyamon said. "Exactly right! No matter what happens, we'll always back you up with all we've got!" BanchoLeomon said. "Right! Even in the face of adversity, we'll find a way. We've done it before and we'll do it again!" ShineGreymon said.

And I smiled before I said: "I like your attitude, everyone! I'm proud of all of you, too—you've all become such reliable, grown-up Digimon." and they all smiled at me before I went on: "Now you'd better go on and get some rest so we're ready for the next mission. You'll need to be at full strength for what's coming, after all!" and my Digimon nodded and went to their hammocks and dozed off while I thought ahead in anticipation of our next mission…