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Reach the 100!

(As the music plays all the Digidestined started floating up into the sky through the rainbow portal in this order: Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, T.K, Kari and Killua. All of them looking eager to reach to go to the Digital World again)

Gokigen na cho ni natte

Kirameku kaze ni notte

Ima sugu kimi ni ai no yukou.

(The kids all fly towards the Spiral Mountain with their partners and Wizardmon. Looming over the mountains are the silhouettes of the Dark Masters)

Yokei na koto nante

Wasureta hou ga mashi sa

Korei jou shareteru jikan wa nai.

(It shows the Digimon in Ultra Level all looking ready for fighting in the next order: Garudamon, Mega Kabuterimon, Lilymon, Zudomon, Magna Angemon, and Angewomon. And then it shows VictoryGreymon and ZeedGarurumon in the end facing different Digimon)

Naniga wow wow wow wow wow.

Kono sora ni todoku no darou

Naniga wow wow wow wow wow

Ashita no yotei mo wakaranai.

(All Eight Digivices illuminate the sky, dispersing the dark clouds above. A beam of light shone down and all of the allies of the Digidestined, members of the resistance, appear with Leomon as their leader.)

Mugendai na yume to ato no

(ZeedGarurumon and VictoryGreymon fight with MetalSeadramon on the sea region)

Nanimo nai yo no naka ja.

(Mega Kabuterimon and Garudamon fight with Machinedramon's troops)

Sou sa Itoshii

Omoi mo makesou

Nani naru kedo.

(Zudomon and Lilymon fight alongside Leomon and Ogremon against Metal Etemon)

Stay shigachi na.

Imeeji dara kedo.

(Puppetmon starts shooting without discretion at any Digimon)

Tayorinai Tsubasa demo.

(Magna Angemon fights with Machinedramon and Angewomon with LadyDevimon)

Kitto to beru sa.

Oh my love.

(Killua and Piedmon face each other, the clown has his swords floating around him, while Killua is holding his something in his hand, he smiles and activates the Godspeed.)

(All of the eight Digimon launch their respective attacks at the camera in the next order: VictoryGreymon, ZeedGarurumon, Garudamon, Mega Kabuterimon, Lilymon, Zudomon, Magna Angemon and Angewomon. The camera then shows them on their Rookie forms turning to Champions, then the whole group with Killua on the front)

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

Water drops echoed across the underground tunnels of Machinedramon's amalgamation city. It was dark, damp, and stinky, like any other sewer. A channel of dirty water ran like a river throughout the tunnels rapidly, not having any source or end, it was just there for the looks.

The echoing of the drops and the running of the dirty river were enough to wake up Killua from his unconscious state. He cracked his eyes open and winced at he headache he was feeling. 'Uggg... It smells like shit around here...'

He sag up, his body aching after that fall--But he confirmed he didn't broke anything in him. He looked around, his eyes adjusting to the dim illumination in the tunnels, trying to make heads or tails of whee he was.

'Machinedramon, Gigadramon and Megadramon. They took us by surprise just when... When we got the medicine, crap!" He thought in realization. "Kari!"

His voice echoed across the tunnels, carrying the worry he felt towards the sick girl. He checked his pockets and breath a sigh of relief; the medicine was still in one piece, not even a crack in it. Now all he had to do was to find the girl the medicine is meant for.

The task proved to be easier than anything else he could have come up with. He heard footsteps growing closer behind him. He brandished his claws and let his aura flow in case it was the enemy, he wasn't willing to take any risk in this environment.

But all it came from behind him was a soft voice calling out for him. "Killua? Is that you?"

He relaxed as he heard the voice and recognized its owner. "Yeah, Yeah Sora, it's me."

The redhead girl and her bird companion stepped out of the shadows, besides them was Gatomon carrying an unconscious Kari on her back--The flush on the girl's face has reduced a bit, something that gave Killua a bit of relief.

The boy walked forward to meet with them. "Are you okay?"

Sora nodded. "Yeah, surprisingly," She said with a smile.

Gatomon walked forward. "Do you have it? The medicine?"

Killua nodded and showed the bottle. "Yeah, right here," He said, shaking it. "Now... does anyone have something to help her swallow it?"

Sora took out a bottle. "I found this in the mansion where we were resting."

Killua took it. "Perfect," He said. He turned to Gatomon. "Lay her down."

The feline nodded and took Kari off her back, laying her carefully in the floor. The girl's breathing was steadying and sweat was dripping down her forehead. That was a good sign, the medicine was going to kill the fever in an instant at this rate. Killua cradled her head carefully and put one of the pills on her mouth and then the bottle to make her swallow it.

She set her down and nodded. "Now we wait," He looked around. "Better to make her feel comfortable. Gatomon, go find something for if."

Not needing to be told twice, the cat nodded. "Got it." She went in all fours to look for something to give Kari a more comfortable rest.

Killua sat down with his legs crossed as they waited for the cat to return. "In the meantime we watch over her and think about what to do now..."

"We need to meet up with Tai, Izzy and Puppetmon," Piyomon said.

Sora nodded. "I bet Tai is worried for Kari's condition right now, he must be looking everywhere to find her."

"That'd be the first order of business," Killua agreed. "But let's not forget that Gigadramon, Megadramon and Machinedramon are still up there looking for us. The worst case scenario is that those three find us, who are without VictoryGreymon, and we have to deal with two Ultras and a Mega."

Sora and Piyomon flinched nervously at hearing that possibility. Not feeling ready to battle with Machinedramon alone without the aid of their ace, VictoryGreymon. The whole plan they had to take out the mechanical Dark Master was for the dragon warrior to use his powerful sword. If they don't have that their chances of winning are almost null.

Maaaaaybe, they could take on Gigadramon and Megadramon with the help of Garudamon and Angewomon, but that if they didn't used that barrier they used before to protect the big bad of the story. And they highly doubted that the Dark Master would come alone to face them. Either he brings his lackeys or maybe the whole army over their heads.

Killua continued. "Best case scenario, to not get the mood all down, is that we find Tai and the others and together we work to defeat Machinedramon and the two snake twins." He finished. "But that depends on how long it takes Kari to wake up."

Right on cue, Gatomon came running with a bunch of leaves. "I don't know how they got here, but this should serve to help Kari sleep."

Killua nodded at the cat and they used the leaves to make a pillow and a sheet for Kari. The girl had a more peaceful look on her face and breathed more easily, the flush on her face almost disappearing. The former assassin sighed and put a hand on her forehead to check on her temperature. "She's cooling down, should wake up soon."

He turned to the other three. "I'll stay here with Gatomon to keep an eye on her, Sora, you and Piyomon go and see if you can find the others."

The redhead nodded. "Got it," She took out her Digivice. "As long as we have this it should be easy."

"We'll be back soon!" Piyomon declared with an optimistic smile.

Killua watched as the two girls walked into the depths of the tunnels to look for their friends. He fought back a tired sigh, as the earliest events threatened to take a toll on him. Between running around looking for the medicine, then running away from the army, and then being caught by Machinedramon, it was a miracle he still had energy to continue.

He observed as Gatomon curled besides Kari. He almost snorted, to think they were enemies not so long ago, how things change, huh? The same could be said for Puppetmon... Although he was still a prisoner with the collar around his neck ready to shock him... Wait!

He scrambled, checking his pockets. Now he did let out a sigh of relief, the control was okay. 'That would have been a disaster.'

Last thing they need is Puppetmon going back with his former companions and causing them trouble. Even if the puppet said that he disliked the other Dark Masters, one could never be sure with someone that had a mentality so close to a toddler's. He could very well stat with us, or he could decide he got bored and go back with the enemy. Better safe than sorry, if someone asked him. He wasn't going to let anything happen to his friends.

Now he scoffed. 'As if I had the power to do so...' Even if he saw the previous anomaly take down Machinedramon, the biggest of them not counting MetalSeadramon, in one punch using Kō, he doubted he could do the same. 'All I can do is guide them as best as I can... And hope Matt and Tai with ZeedGarurumon and VictoryGreymon can do the rest...'

He shook his head to get rid of pessimistic thoughts. No time for that, no time to doubt his abilities at the moment. He will do what he could... Even if it meant getting rid of the fodder and keeping Puppetmon at bay with the shock collar.

Wow now that he knows that the others are alone with him, hos worry grew tenfold. 'Ugh... I'm making a mess with myself.'

... Darn it he missed Gon... He would know what to say at the moment.

Light started shining through some gaps in the ceiling, illiminating the parts of the underground tunnels of the Metal Empire's city. A fan at the top of a wall continued to spin slowly, ventilating the facility even if a little bit. Water continued to drop from the top of the ceiling and into the floor.

Kari grimaced as she felt something wet splash on her face. She cracked her eyes half-open. Realizing she was sleeping on her side, she turned around and looked at the ceiling. "What...?"

"You awake?"

"Kari!"

She looked to her side, noticing Killua and Gatomon watching her with a careful eye. She sat up and smiled at the two. "Killua, Gatomon..."

"How are you feeling?" Gatomon asked.

Killua put a hand on her forehead and one on his. "Fever has gone down."

The girl nodded. "Yes, I'm feeling good now."

Killua took her hand away from her and gave him a hard gaze. "Kari, I know that you didn't meant to, but you worried everyone here. I get that you didn't wanted to stop us so we could help the Digital World, but think about how your brother felt and that we were running around frantically to find a medicine for you."

Kari looked down. "Sorry... I didn't wanted to cause any trouble..."

Feeling the glare Gatomon was giving him, Killua sighed and decided to mend up. "I didn't meant it to make you feel bad or guilty, just promise me, promise us, that if you feel bad or ill again you'll tell us."

Kari continued to look down, but nodded. "Okay."

Killua gave her a smile and patted her head. "Thanks. I'll be counting on you, then."

Kari look at him and gave a tiny smile, feeling a bit relieved that the boy wasn't mad at her or anything. She then started to look around. "Where are my brother and the others."

Gatomon and Killua exchanged looks at that. Gatomon tried to explain with a frown. "You see..."

At that moment, Killua heard footsteps getting close to them. He recognized the sound of whose footsteps' are. He smiled. "They're back."

Sora and Piyomon came out of the shadows, looking troubled as they did so. Kari's face formed a smile when she saw the older gilr coming back. She greeted her with joy. "Sora!"

Sora looked up and the frown on her face eased into a relieved smile. "Kari... What a relief, you're awake."

Killua looked at Sora and sighed, already knowing the answer to what was troubling the girl. "Let me guess, you didn't find any clue from where they are."

Sora shook her head, sadly. "No..." She walked to them and sat in front of Kari's improvised bed. "I think Izzy and Tai fell on another part of this area."

Kari was saddened at hearing about the separation from her brother's group after the fall. "Tai..."

Feeling sympathy for the little girl and her sad frown, Killua took out the bottle from the medicine. "Here, you should have it," He said, putting it on Kari's hand. "In case you feel ill again take one. Tai fought hard to get it for you."

Kari clasped it in her hands, watching the bottle as if it was something really precious and important to her. Piyomon spoke up. "This place is like a labyrinth, it'll be better if we go all together! So let's get to it!"

Kari looked at them, determination clear in her eyes. "Right! I will! I'm Tai's sister after all!"

'And she has a bit of his stubbornness, me thinks,' Killua mused to himself.

The group of five started exploring the underground tunnels. It expanded and it started to look more an more like a subway station, more than anything else. It kind of made sense if one thought about it, after all above them was a something akin to a metropolitan city. So it was to be expected that it would have subways to travel. Though it was hardly improvable that Machinedramon, or his forces, even decided to use them.

But, just like Sora and Piyomon affirmed, the place was a maze, and they didn't exactly had a map unlike in a normal subway station. They walked around trying to make heads or tails of where they were and to where were they going.

Kari couldn't help but look around and make the question. "Is this the same as the place where we fall the first time we came to the Digital World?"

"I don't think so," Gatomon said. "That other place was the Dark Zone, this is still part of Spiral Mountain, part of Machinedramon's territory."

Killua and Sora stopped in their tracks, their ears twitching. The others stopped when they noticed their behavior. Piyomon tilted her head. "Sora, is something wrong?"

"Be quiet, please," She said and cupped her ears together. "Can you hear that?"

They exchanged looks. "Hear what?" Kari asked.

"Like a wheel, or gears," Killua answered. "Be silent for a moment so we can figure where is coming from..."

The two Digimon and girl did so. They all stayed in silence and tried to figure from where the sound Killua and Sora heard was coming from. At first they didn't heard a thing, but then it reached their ears. The sound of wheels turning, wood against wood, metal against metal. As if heavy machinery was being used somewhere in this underground maze of tunnels. For what purposes? They will have to figure it out.

"Is coming that way," Killua pointed west. "Let's check out, it might be something important."

Everyone nodded and followed the white haired boy. Trusting their ears to guide them in the exact direction from where the noise was coming from. The corridors with apparent no end started to do so as the sound got louder and they found a big, metallic door in front of them, just begging to be opened. With his superior strength, and being used to opening big doors back home, Killua started pushing it open, slowly.

Once open, they entered the place where the sound was coming from. They were at the top of a platform overseeing a factory. And then they freezed at the horrible sight in front of them.

"WORK! USELESS WORMS! WORK!" A Digimon resembling a black, stuffed bear said, using a whip to strike at defenseless Numemon. "YOU ARE THE RESPONSIBLES OF POWERING THE GREAT CITY FOR THE GREAT MACHINEDRAMON! SO WORK!" He remarked with another crack from his whip.

The Numemon being attacked where all chained around the eyes and being forced to power machines through physical efforts, such as running on a wheel or making a wheel turn by pushing it around.

Kari grabbed the railings of the platform and her eyes teared at seeing such a cruel act.

She wasn't the only one upset, Killua's fist were clenched as he observed what was happening. Specially since something in him was giving him a sense of overprotectiveness for the slug Digimon. His mind working to figure it out. 'Could they be...?'

Sora, while upset like the others, tilted her head. "Is that... Monzaemon?"

Gatomon shook her head. "No, I met that kind of Digimon before. Its name is WaruMonzaemon. They are similar, yes, but WaruMonzaemon is more ruthless."

As if to prove her point, A Numemon fell down due to tiredness and WaruMonzaemon loomed over it. "You useless worm! Who gave you permission to rest?!" He asked, kicking the poor Digimon.

Killua was drawing blood from his fists as he watched from how hard he was clenching them. His mind running through different scenarios. 'He is an Ultra, so it shouldn't be a problem. But if he has reinforcements then we could be in a pinch... I want to save those Numemon... They might be...'

Kari was also clenching the bars of the platform and biting her lower lip as she watched. Feeling bad for the Numemon and anger at the awful Digimon that was tormenting them that way. "This is... Awful."

So many strong emotions emerged from her that she started passing out, but at the same time she started glowing again, taking everyone by surprise. Gatomon gasped and caught her as the girl started to collapse. "Kari!"

Killua stared at her with fear for her safety. "Homeostasis again? ... What is she?"

Even though it seemed to be the deity's doing, Kari's presence remained the same; not being replaced by the wise one from the guardian of this world. This only left the boy even more confused as to why this was happening to the girl.

The glow she was emanating started to grow even stronger, drawing the attention of the Numemon. They stared at her with awe, as if watching a celestial being itself or some kind of god or goddess, in this case. WaruMonzaemon however wasn't faced or thrilled about this turns of events. "What are you doing worms?! Get to work!" He said, cracking his whip, but not receiving any response.

He growled and looked up, realizing the source of his problem. "The Digidestined!"

The group noticed they've been spotted. Sora was cradling Kari's body, after the girl fell unconscious again. "We have to get out of here!"

Killua narrowed his eyes. "Distract him. I want to save the Numemon, I'll keep Kari safe if you lure him away."

Sora nodded and the two, along with Piyomon and Gatomon got up and ran out of the factory. WaruMonzaemon growled and started running behind them. "Get back here!" He yelled, smashing the door as he ran after them.

Kari, Gatomon and Killua hid behind the wall at the door's side, so they could stay behind to help the captives. Thus, WaruMonzaemon ran pass them and chased only Sora and Piyomon.

The Numemon all slumped in defeat, seeing their possible hope in being rescued running away from their tormentor. Yet the light returned and their hopes grew once again. Gatomon and Killua entered the room, with the latter holding Kari like she was a baby, Gatomon held a claw on her lips, signaling the Numemon to be quiet, and they nodded.

Kari stirred in Killua's arms. "Killua? ... Gatomon?"

"Kari, rest for now," The boy said.

"Please... Help the Numemon," She begged and clinged to the boy's hoodie.

Killua nodded and set the girl down, so she could rest. "Okay."

Gatomon was at Kari's side and she looked at Killua, giving him a thumbs up, she will take care of her while he did his job. Killua nodded and jumped off the platform and extended his claws.

Kari smiled as she saw the white-haired boy getting ready to free the prisoners. Killua sometimes looked like a superhero of some kind in her eyes. Saving her and her mother from the Bakemon, facing Myotismon in Fuji TV station, and now helping the Numemon. Maybe he was chosen because he was a hero back in his world, someone who protected the innocent and those in need.

That's the image that was forming in her head around the white haired boy. An image without the background of who Killua truly was.

Meanwhile. Not even needing Godspeed, Killua dashed through the Numemon and broke their chains. Liberating them in less than a minute. The Numemon all blinked in surprise at their sudden freedom. All of them turned to see their savior and their eyes widened. They would recognize him anywhere and would follow him to hell and back if it was necessary.

"CAPTAIN KILLUA!"

At hearing his nickname Killua turned with a happy smile. "You guys-"

Before he could even greet them, he was trapped in a dogpile of hugs.

Sora managed to lured WaruMonzaemon away from the factory by doing the most mature thing she could think off... Blowing a raspberry at him. "PLFFFFFF! Come and get us, you toy reject!"

She and Piyomon ran through the maze of tunnels with the giant, black stuffed bear hot on their heels. Growling and swinging his whip around in the air. "Get back here you brats!"

"Piyomon Digivolves to... Birdra...mon?"

Even though she tried, she didn't evolved even though the situation required. Something Sora questioned her for. "Piyomon what's wrong?!"

"I... Think... I'm out of shape... Sora," The pink Digimon panted as she flapped at her partner's side. "I haven't fought since we've came here!"

"WHAT?!" What kind of lousy reason was that?! Sora couldn't help but thought.

Sadly they reached a dead end. Stopping on their tracks and turning around to scape again... Only for WaruMonzaemon to be there, waiting for the two.

He grinnned and did some katas as his left claw started to be shrouded by dark energy. "Grizzly Claws!"

He took a swipe at the two, but they ducked in time, causing the tyrant bear to smash his claw into the wall. He got himself stuck in the wall and tried to pry himself free from it, giving Piyomon and Sora the chance to run away from him and back with their friends. "Let's go!"

WaruMonzaemon looked at them go and growled. "Get back here!" He did an extra hard pull to get out of the wall.

He did what he wanted and got free, but stumbled back and started rolling comically after the two females. He seemed to be doing it on his own and not by accident, as he continued to chase them and growling ever so often: "Get back here!"

Piyomon, although she couldn't evolve, was feeling something different within her. She was feeling in the clouds, floating if you will. "Sora! I feel like I've never flew so fast before! I feel just like I do when I'm Birdramon, no, Garudamon! It's amazing!"

Sora wasn't amused, much less thrilled. "THAT'S THE ADRENALINE TALKING!" She screamed as they continued to run, breaking her partner out of her daydreaming. "JUST KEEP RUNNING SO WE CAN MEET UP WITH KILLUA AND KARI!"

In the factory, Killua managed to break out of the big hug his former crew had trapped him with. "Okay! Okay! It's good to see you too, guys!"

The Numemon were all to overjoyed to see their captain again. "Baznai for Captain Killua's return! Banzai!"

"BANZAI!"

Killua sighed and scratched his head. "No need to make such a scandal, guys..."

"Killua?" The boy turned to see Gatomon bringing Kari with her. "Why do they call you captain?"

"It's a long story," He said with a shrug.

Then the Numemon turned to see Kari, who was still glowing, and they started chanting for her. "SUPREME KARI! SUPREME KARI! SUPREME KARI!"

Soon they surrounded the three of them, as if they were their messiah, and chanted for the two. "CAPTAIN KILLUA AND SUPREME KARI! CAPTAIN KILLUA AND SUPREME KARI!"

Gatomon blinked. "I get it with you, Killua, but... Why with... Kari?" She turned, who was slowly stopping to glow and giving the Numemon a warm smile.

Killua watched the girl with an analytical eye, wondering what all of the light show was about. 'Is there something special with Kari? Or is it something from Homeostasis?'

Before he could think of something else, the door from the fabric bursted open and Sora and Piyomon, literally, flew in. Landing in the middle of the Numemon's circle. The Numemon stopped chanting and looked curiously at the newcomers, recognizing them. "CREWMATE SORA! CREWMATE PIYOMON!"

Sora and Piyomon sat up and stared at the Numemon. Sora recognized them first. "You guys are the Numemon from the boat!"

"What a small Digital World, right?" Killua smirked.

Then a menacing growl came from behind the Numemon and they turned to see WaruMonzaemon, blooshot eyes staring down at them like a predator to its prey. "What are you doing, slaves?! GET TO WORK!"

The Numemon didn't even flinched. They stared at WaruMonzaemon with glares that promised pain to their former slaver. Someone walked past them and stood between them and the big bad bear. "They are not your slaves... They are my crew!" Killua declared as he sharpened his claws.

"YOU... YOU UNCHAINED MY SLAVE?! LITTLE BRAT!" He brought his Grizzly Claws at him but Killua blocked it with a his hand while shrouding himself in Ten.

Killua pushed the big hand away and launched itself at the bear. Giving him an uppercut that made the bear stagger back, and then a roundhouse kick in the left side of his face, then one to the right, to finish with a potent punch square in the nose that sent him flying towards a wall in the other side of the room.

WaruMonzaemon impacted against the wall, gurgling in pain after the assault from the white haired kid. He pushed himself up and glared at the boy. "Bastard! Attack of the Broken Hearts!" He liberated red and black heart shaped bubbles to the boy.

Killua raised his claws and was ready to pop the bubbles up, but the Numemon all jumped in the middle. "Wait-!"

They received the attack and fell to the ground, weeping and crying. "I-i-i-i-i-i-i-if, they h-i-i-it you... then you... CRYYYYYY~!" A Numemon, well... Cried to Killua as a warning.

WaruMonzaemon scowled. "Grrr... yoy pests! Don't get in the way!" He said, getting ready to attack again.

Killua's aura exploded with Ren as he sharpened his claws. 'I don't know if my Nen will protect me from an attack like that, but might as well tried.'

Kari watched as the Numemon took the attack for Killua and her gaze grew determined again. "We have to help... No matter what..." She started shining once again.

WaruMonzaemon blocked his eyes as the light covered the whole room. "AAAAH! WHAT'S THIS LIGHT?!"

The Numemon all stopped crying and got back up. Kari's light was giving them energy once again to fight. Their goddess and savior was giving them the strength to fight with their captain against their slaver.

"Sora!" Piyomon started flying. "The energy courses through me!"

Gatomon clenched her fists. "I'm ready now!"

Kari was standing on her own and glaring with a determined gaze at the slaver of the Numemon. The light around her irradiating on the whole room.

"Gatomon Ultra Digivolves to... Angewomon!"

"Piyomon Digivolves to... Birdramon!"

The Champion, the Ultra, Killua and the Numemon all faced a cornered WaruMonzaemon.

The bear gave a step back and prepared his attack again. "You are all going to be my slaves! Attack of the Broken-"

"Meteor Wings!"

"Celestial Arrow!"

"Narukami!"

WaruMonzaemon saw the three attacks coming towards him and did the only sensitive thing he could think off: Run like the coward he was.

The jumped back to the platform and ran out of the room, blocking the door to try and contain the attacks. But once they make contact with the door it caused and explosion that sent him flying away from the fabric. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Satisfied with their work, Angewomon and Birdramon reverted back to their respective base forms, while Killua kept his Ten up just in case they faced a new enemy. Kari picked a Numemon to check on him. "Are you okay?"

The Numemon smiled at her and nodded. "Yup! Thanks, Surpreme Kari!"

Kari smiled back and the light around her started to shift and change, it started pointing to a hallway in the factory that lead to another section of the underground facilities.

"So the light will guide us, huh?" Killua mused, his aura invicible for everyone except him at this point.

Kari nodded and walked in the direction the light was guiding them with a serious expression on her face. The Numemon just stared at her in awe and followed. Sora, Gatomon and Piyomon didn't seemed anything wrong and followed. But Killua was still thinking about the events surrounding the girl. 'There's definitely something special with that kid... But I don't think I will figure out what it is anytime soon and I doubt she knows anything.'

Sighing to himself he followed the group, ready to continue on the search of their friends.

WaruMonzaemon managed to get to control room, somewhere in the underground facilities. He was crying and whimpering because of his injuries as he stared at a giant screen. "Great Machinedramon, please answer me!"

In the screen, the Dark Master appeared. "What?" He asked.

"The Digidestined are here sir! They freed my slaves and beat me up!" He whined.

"... You didn't... Informed me... Before?" His eyes glowed red and promised pain if the answer wasn't of his liking.

"Ugh..." WaruMonzaemon winced. "Those kids beat me up badly! I can barely speak!" He said, as an excuse.

Machinedramon stared at him with his hollow, mechanical eyes. "Gigadramon... Megadramon... Let's go." He said turning around, his two most loyal soldiers at his side. "WaruMonzaemon... No use for you anymore... As you are..."

WaruMonzaemon prepared for the worst. That his master was going to erase him because of his failures. For what he wasn't prepared for, was for a lot of cables and wires to come out of the control panel and started wrapping around him.

"W-WHAT IS THIS?! MASTER, PLEASE, MERCY!"

The wires all started to introduce themselves into his body, from the zip on his back and from his mouth. Twisting his data in painful ways, morphing him well beyond what he used to be. His eyes were too wide that they almost popped out of their sockets from the pain, his stuffing was being shredded from the inside out and his skin was ripping apart.

"Ah! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" His screams of agony were accompanied by a metallic echo.

Ever since they woke up, they've been walking. And that was hours ago. But they, or more accurately him, were determined to find their friends, more accurately her, no matter what.

Him being Tai, and her being Kari. He just kept calling out for the girl as they walked through the underground tunnels beneath the city were they fought against Machinedramon. "Kari! Kari!"

Behind him, Izzy, Tentomon, Agumon and Puppetmon were behind him. The former four were all tired, while the latter had a face of sheer boredom on his face. The only reason Puppetmon hasn't started rampaging against the children just to have some fun was that he didn't wanted to get shocked by Killua and his remote, and if Tai is Kari's sister and Kari is his friend like Killua said then by proxy Tai and the others were his friends too! He never had that many!

And hey, the guy behind them could be a friend as well... But he doubted anyone else noticed their presence.

That didn't took away the tiredness from the others, Agumon stumbled on his feet and fell face first into the pavement. "Ouch."

Tai stopped and glared at his partner. "Agumon, don't fall behind. We need to find Kari and the others!"

"Sorry," Agumon meekly apologized.

Izzy gazed at his friend with disappointment. "Tai, Agumon and Tentomon are getting tired from all the walking, we should take a break so they can rest."

Tai ignored him and went back to walking, cupping his hands to call for his sister again. "Kari! Where are you?!"

Izzy's annoyance grew. "And I'll be honest! I'm getting tired too, and I'm sure you are too from all the walking!"

Puppetmon crossed his arms smugly. "I'm not tired! I can continue all day to find Killua and Kari!"

"Then why are your legs trembling?" Tentomon asked.

Puppetmon's facade didn't flinched. "Excitement!"

"Uh-huh..."

Tai ignored the Digimon's banter and clenched his fist for what Izzy said. "Kari was still sick when he fall in this place. She might still be burning in fever, the medicine could not have made any effect, I need to be there if something happens!" He exclaimed in frustration.

"I understand that, Tai, but-" Izzy was cut off by his enraged friend.

"If you do understand me, then why are you bossing me around?!" He demanded in anger.

"Tai, calm down!" Agumon tried to reason with his partner.

Izzy was losing his cool at Tai's attitude. "We are not bossing you around!"

Tai snapped. "Then stay out of my way!" He charged at Izzy and tackled him into the ground.

Izzy winced in pain and glared at Tai. "You're too stubborn!"

"What did you say?!" Tai questioned with narrowed eyes.

Agumon and Tentomon stared at them. "Enough, we shouldn't be fighting!" Tentomon said.

"Fifty bucks on Tai!" Puppetmon said.

Agumon glared at him. "You be quiet!"

Tai ignored everyone around him and cocked his fist back. "Take this, asshole!"

Izzy closed his eyes and braced himself for the punch, but it never came. Tai only used the movement of throwing a punch to lean closer to Izzy's ear and start whispering. "Sorry about that Izzy, but I had to tell you something without it noticing."

Izzy's demeanor changed at Tai's word. "'It'?"

"Someone, or something, is following us," Tai said. "I've noticed a while back now."

Puppetmon hummed as he heard them. "So did I, but I thought they were trying to play again."

Tai decided to ignore the former Dark Master's comment and continued whispering to Izzy. "Let's pretend we are fighting to get to that door," He pointed to a door just at their right side, that lead to some sort of closet. "Then we can ambush them."

Izzy nodded. "Okay," Then he got back in character. "That hurt, you know?!"

Tai got back in character again and picked Izzy by the shirt. "What? Do you want another?!"

Agumon and Tentomon heard their partners' plan and played peace makers. "Please don't fight."

Puppetmon just played along as the one putting coals in the fire. "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Izzy and Tai "wrestled" against each other, Izzy trying to get Tai off him and Tai wanting to punch the boy's lights off, all so they could get in the door to hide from whatever was following them.

Once inside, both boy separated from each other, and took advantage that the door allowed them to see to the outside through bars so they could tell when the one following them was close enough to attack. Tai looked at the others. "Everyone ready?"

They nodded.

"Tentomon Digivolves to... Kabu... Terimon?"

"Agumon Digivolves to... Greymon! ... Greymon! Greymon!"

Despite their triumphant cries of evolution, they didn't achieved anything. Agumon continued with constant, frustrated cries. "Greymon! Greymon! Greymon!"

Tai covered his mouth. "Agumon stop! Sorry... You guys are tired after we had to run from the army in the surface."

Puppetmon gripped his mallet. "Then it's up to me!"

Izzy and Tai, reluctantly, nodded. "We'll be counting on you."

They waited as the heavy footsteps of whoever was following them grew bigger and bigger. They were getting close, really close, too close. Puppetmon grinned in anticipation, finally having the chance to fight ever since joining with the Digidestined, while the children and their partners gulped their nervs down.

The figure stepped in front of the door, a round of gasps went through the Digidestined group as they recognized who it was; not an enemy, but a friend: "ANDROMON!"

Puppetmon whoever was as ready as ever. "Puppet Ha-!"

"WAIT!" The Digidestined stopped the puppet before he could attack.

"Egh?!" Puppetmon grunted as they all grabbed him to stop him. "What?! Isn't he a bad guy?"

Andromon finally took notice of them and turned, only to gasp and leap back when he saw Puppetmon. "A Dark Master!"

Tai got out of their hiding spot and got between them. "Wait, Andromon!"

The cyborg stopped and looked at them. "Digidestined!? Why are you with a Dark Master!?"

"It's a long story, but he's not the enemy! He is helping us defeat Machinedramon!" Tai assured.

Puppetmon waved awkwardly at the cyborg. "I'm an honorary Digidestined!"

Tai and Izzy sweatdropped. 'No you're not...'

Andromon narrowed his eyes and lowered his stance. "Because I know of your feats against Devimon, Etemon and even Myotismon I believe you... But I'll have my doubts about him," He said, his eyes narrowing at the puppet, who blew a raspberry at him.

Izzy stepped forward. "Andromon, what are you doing here?"

Andromon looked at them. "Ever since Machinedramon took possession of the desert areas in the Digital World, I've been hiding in this underground tunnels to sabotage his base of operations. Although guards that reside here, mainly one named WaruMonzaemon, had caused me some trouble. But I've managed to get rid of most of them, without calling Machinedramon's attention."

Tai stepped forward. "Andromon, have you seen our friends Sora and Killua? They're with a little girl named Kari, she's my sister."

Andromon shook his head. "I'm sorry to say I haven't, but I can help you find them by scanning the tunnels layout."

"That would be appreciated," Izzy said.

Andromon raised his arms and cables shot out of it and connected to the ceiling. His eyes shined with different colors as he analyzed anything.

Puppetmon, ever the prankster, took a paper bag out of... somewhere and blew air in it before making it explode right in Andromon's face, he didn't even flinched. "Wow, cool."

"Puppetmon!" Tai hissed.

"What?" The puppet gave them an innocent look. "Just playing."

Everyone ignored the Puppet's annoying behavior and waited for Andromon's analysis. The cyborg's eyes stopped shining and he lowered his arms. "They are coming..."

"Kari and the others?" Agumon asked, hopeful.

"... No."

At that moment, a wall that was down the hall exploded and from it emerged three dreadful creatures: Gigadramon, Megadramon, and Machinedramon. The latter was crouched so his full height wasn't going to collapse the cave on him and his men, while the two snakes hovered mere centimeters over the floor.

"Oh, look, they're with Andromon!" Gigadramon said.

"Six birds, one stone!" Megadramon nodded.

Machinedramon just growled, typically. "Grrrr..."

"Not now!" Tentomon wailed.

Puppetmon and Andromon stood in front of them, the puppet grinning madly. "Machinedramon! Old buddy, old pal! Time to get our rematch!"

Andromon's arms started spinning and shining. "Digidestined, I'll take care of Gigadramon and Megadramon! You stay back!"

The Digidestined, knowing they couldn't do much, entered their hiding spot so their friends could face the enemies.

Machinedramon charged at the two, roaring and charging his attack. "Giga Cannon!" Twin shots of energy were launched at the two Digimon in front of him.

Puppetmon started spinning while holding his hammer out and managed to bat the twin, yellow blasts at a nearby wall to his right side, causing a hole to be opened in it. He gave the mechanical emperor a raspberry and ran through the hole. "Follow me, you big turd!" He said as he ran deeper in it.

"Master, go after him!" Gigadramon said.

"We'll take care of Andromon and the Digidestined for you!" Megadramon declared.

Machinedramon nodded. 'I'd like to be the one to finish the Digidestined, but right now they are powerless. Puppetmon is the most immediate threat right now!" With that he stood in his full height, breaking the ceiling and started running through the same wall where Puppetmon made a hole. "RAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Now alone in the hallway with the cyborg, the two brothers dramon prepared for battle, Megadramon from the left and Gigadramon from the right. With their shape of body their mobility won't be as limited as their master's. Gigadramon's wings shined red and Megadramon opened his hand-cannons. "GIGABYTE WINGS/DARK BLAST!"

Red beams and giant missiles were launched at Andromon, who's arms started spinning and his chest plate opened. "Light Sword! Missiles Go!"

He launched cutting blasts from his spinning hands and multitude of missiles from his chest, countering his enemies attacks and creating a smoke screen.

From it, he jumped out right in front of the two snakes and attacked the two. He gave Megadramon a left hook, and then he spins mid air to give Gigadramon an double ax strike in his forehead. The grey one recovered however and opened his mouth, gathering a blast of energy and firing it at the cyborg who barely had time to cross his arms in front of him to block it. The blast sent Andromon flying through a wall and to a different section of the tunnels.

This was a more open area, extending wide and leaving a more free movement from the fighters. Andromon composed himself and was ready to fight again, as his two rivals emerged from the hole to continue.

Tai, Izzy and their partners got out of their hideout and stared at the two holes. Tai made a decision. "Izzy, go check on Andromon, I'll see if Puppetmon is okay..."

"But Tai, Agumon and Tentomon aren't ready to evolve," Izzy reasoned.

Tai nodded. "I know... But I can't stay cross armed when our friends are fighting. Puppetmon protected Kari so I'm indebt with him. And if Agumon gets to evolve VictoryGreymon should do to take out Machinedramon."

Izzy saw the determination on his friend's eyes and exhaled. "Okay, good luck Tai."

Tai nodded. "Thanks Izzy, you too. Let's go, Agumon!"

"Yeah!" Agumon nodded and they took running to where Puppetmon and Machinedramon wete fighting.

Izzy steeled himself and took in the direction where Andromon was fighting the two snakes. "C'mon!"

"I'm with you, Izzy!" Tentomon said, flying beside him.

While a fight took place in the lower floors, in a section where the upper levels of the tunnels wasn't compromised, Kari still guided the others using her light. While the structure wasn't compromised, there were some tremors here and there.

"What is happening?" Killua asked to no one in particular ad the floor shook.

Kari stopped, and so did everyone else. Sora looked at the girl. "Kari? Is something wrong?"

The girl's eyes narrowed and she glared at the corridor in front of her. "Something's coming."

As she said that, everyone tensed and got ready. Killua's Ten fortified and he sharpened his claws, while Sora took her Digivice out.

Footsteps echoed down the corridor and they could make a figure coming out of it. A silhouette could be make out in the shadows of the corridor, and they finally saw it as it stepped out of the light. It was a black color and it stood on two legs. It had a large head with puffy cheeks, exposed gums in dark color, squarish muzzle, and a wide mouth full of long, sharp teeth.

Its head appears to be separated into two parts, an upper patt and a lower part that it's its jaw. Its small eyes are grey and metallic with red irises and has several long wires poking out from each of his eyes in the form of eyelashes. His claws are silver-colored and razor-sharp, and has a large hole located from the lower part of his left thigh. Most of the fur on his ears is missing. His stomach is round with dark brown coloring and a large slit at the lower part armed with a set of razor-sharp fangs. He also has what appears to be a reddish tint at the roots of his teeth.

It was similar to some kind of twisted stuff bear, an amalgamation of technology and darkness. It sent shivers to all of the presents. Even Killua felt unnerved by looking at it, it felt like watching a wild animal oozing bloodlust.

Sora recovered her voice. "W-what is that?!"

Kari, still under the influence of the light, although shaky, answered. "Nightmare... Monzaemon..."

The now named NightmareMonzaemon, roared at them with a defeaning echo. "ROAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" A roar that had both hate, anger, and surprisingly, pain.

Kari saw as Killua stepped forward and she smiled, again he was going to act like the hero she was idealizing him to be. Killua didn't wasted any more time. He fought with more menacing creatures before. Other Digimon he faced, Chimeras he faced, had intelligence.

This one seemed like a wild animal, ready to hunt a prey. And killing animals, was something he's been doing since he was a young age. So he stepped forward, sharpening his claws. "Gatomon, Piyomon, get ready to cover my back. I'll taste the range of this guy, if he's a long range then that might be a problem for me, since I'm mostly close range, so be ready to get Angewomon and Birdramon, or even Garudamon, ready to play."

Gatomon nodded. "Okay, be safe!"

"Be careful!" Piyomon said. "That thing is everything but friendly."

"GO, CAPTAIN, GO!" The Numemon cheered.

Killua dashed forward, his Ten turning to Ren, and when he was a few meters in front of the bear he sharpened his claws and went to cut the neck of the monster in front of him with just one, quick, swift cut.

The rare thing is... That it work.

The head of the monster fell from his shoulder and onto the ground, just like that. Killua was back to back with the monster's body and he was dumbfounded. That was easy way to easy.

That's when he realized that something was wrong... Its body wasn't turning into data, nor has it collapsed now that it didn't had a brain to allow it to work.

He turned to face the body and his eyes widened in shock. Black wires were coming out of the monster's neck and were connecting to the base of the fallen head, picking it up and dragging it back to its position on the abomination's body. With a sickening crack, the monster was full again and turned to Killua. "Grrr..."

Killua just stared at it in horror, already hearing the voice of his brother in his mind. But before Illumi's voice could utter his instructions to his brother, NightmareMonzaemon attacked. "Nightmare Claws!"

He did a downward swipe in an 'x' motion at Killua with its two claws and with them glowing with a red-blood color.

Killua in instinct brought his hands up to blocked them and he caught the swipe with his palms. When they made contact, Killua's eyes widened as he noticed something. 'Huh... It isn't... As strong as I thought.'

The attack the monster was using didn't have the strength to make Killua budge, so he raised his leg and pushed the monster away with a kick.

It skidded a few meters away from the boy but it didn't seemed affected by the kick. It just let out a growl and walked to the boy again.

The onlookers were shocked at what they saw moments ago. The monster just repaired itself without any kind of difficulty. The Numemon were more traumatized than anything at seeing the immortal state of their former slaver. Sora looked worried. "How can we beat a thing like that?!"

Gatomon hissed. "I can tell that this isn't going to be an easy fight... Kari!" He pleaded her partner.

Kari nodded and the light in her body shined brightly.

"Gatomon Ultra Digivolves to... Angewomon!"

The angel Digimon floated high and behind the bear. "Celestial Arrow!" She fired her arrow at the monster's back. To her dismay and surprise, the arrow bounced off his body. "No way!"

The bear continued to walk mechanically at Killua, who cursed and decided to bring his trump card. "Godspeed!"

His electrical aura was in full power and he dashed at the monster, delivering a right hook at his face. Then a kick. Then a double ax strike. A roundhouse. A haymaker. Then a barrage of punches that sent electrical discharges at the monster.

Yet it stood completly, it didn't seemed affected by the constant punches. Killua leaped back and noticed that Angewomon was trying to still use her arrows, just for them to bounce off. "How?!" He questioned to no one in particular.

Angewomon tried a different approach. "Celestial Atmosphere!" She launched an arc of light at the bear's back. It made impact but it hardly hurt him. "Not even that worked?!" As a last result, she got physical. She launched herself at the bear and gave him a double ax strike at the head.

This time something different happened.

Like a demon, its neck made a ninety degree turn to stare at the angel with unblinking, red eyes. Angewomon flinched at the empty gaze she saw and flew back.

With its neck still in that position, the bear opened its jaws and dark energy was gathered in between. "Dark Calling!" A dark blast of energy impacted Angewomon and sent her crashing against the ceiling.

"Ugh!" The angel grunted, more because of the impact than the attack. "That... Didn't hurt a lot."

"So it wasn't just me," Killua said, dispelling the Godspeed aura as it brought him no results. "It seems that immortality comes to the cost of some power."

Still... immortality was really serious. If they didn't stopped that thing it was going to chase them through the end of the Digital World. And if it teamed up with Machinedramon then it would cause a lot of trouble.

Killua went to attack again to try a new way to try and kill it. He brandished his claws and pierced the bear's chest. He quickly ripped his hand out and leaped metets away from it.

A sizeable hole was on its chest... But it slowly started closing as the wires inside of its body closed the hole.

Angewomon groaned. "Ugggh, this is a nigthmare!"

Killua gave her a deadpan stare. "Really? Puns? Now?!"

Angewomon seemed to blink behind her helmet and scratched her cheek. "Ahaha... No intended?"

Sora gripped her Digivice as she stared the seemingly endless fight their friends were having. Her teeth clenched and she stepped forward. "Let's go, Piyomon!"

"Sora?" Piyomon stared at Sora in worry.

"Sora, I think instead we should run," Kari said. "NightmareMonzaemon doesn't seem to have the power to beat Killua or Angewomon, but his ability to regenerate is quite troublesome."

Sora stared at Kari, ever since that light covered her she hasn't been acting like herself. But he didn't claimed to be Homeostasis, so she assumed it was some... Side effect of whatever was covering it, at least it didn't seemed to be causing her harm.

She shook her head, think about it later, help and be useful now. "I know, but I can't just stand here doing nothing while everyone else fights!" She said. "Tai, Killua, Izzy and even Puppetmon had done their best, you too Kari! All of my friends do their best so I have to do so too! I want to reciprocate... All the things you do for me, for all of us!"

Kari looked at her, her gaze becoming more like her natural one instead of the calculating one she's had since that light shrouded her. "Sora..."

"Sora..." Piyomon stared at her beloved partner in awe and then she smiled. "That's just like you, Sora! You always want to help others, specially those you love. I'm with you all the way!"

"Piyomon," Sora looked at her partner and a smile broke into her face. She kneeled and hugged her. "Thank you."

Piyomon reciprocated and then she started shining a bright red color. Sora looked at her. "Piyomon?!"

Piyomon turned to see NightmareMonzaemon received the attacks from their friends and just shrugged them off. She narrowed her eyes and let the power flow through her.

"Piyomon Warp Digivolves to..." She felt Birdramon's speed, and Garudamon's spirit. Her body grew in size, barely fitting in the hallway. Her wings were lit up in fire and her legs covered by holy energy, a helmet on her face. She let out a proud cry as she pronounced her name. "Phoenixmon!"

Sora looked at her shining partner in awe, dumbstruck at the sheer beauty she was displaying. "Phoenixmon..." She breathed.

The three fighters turned to see the phoenix, NightmareMonzaemon with its empty red eyes, while Killua and Angewomon's jaws dropped. "That's..." She breathed.

Killua nodded. "... Piyomon's Mega Level."

NightmareMonzaemon opened its jaws and launched its attack. "Dark Calling!"

Phoenixmon crossed her wings over her and blockex the attack. She unveiled herself and glared at the immortal Digimon. "You are in obvious pain, but in your previous life you caused the Numemon a bigger level of pain by slaving them! That's why you will pay." She extended her wings and her fire aura gathered at the front of her beak. "CRIMSON FLARE!"

A pure red beam was launched at the bear engulfing it completly and causing it to roar in pain. "RAAAAAAAAAA! AH! AAAAAAAAAAH!"

It started running around blindly in pain, wires shooting out from its body in fire. It ran pass Killua and Angewomon and started punching the floor in pain and anger, causing sizeable cracks in them. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Then, with one final scream of pain, it vanished in a burst of data. Its immortal body, useless against being calcinated.

Phoenixmon nodded with pride as she saw the twisted creature disappear. She shook herself to let put out the fire around her. "Good riddance."

Sora envelope her leg, the only thing she could wrap her arms around. "You're amazing Phoenixmon!"

Phoenixmon smiled down at her. "Thanks, Sora."

Killua smiled, and Angewomon floated down. "It seems that it's over."

"For now at least," Killua said. "Machinedramon is still out there and we gotta find Tai and-"

Suddenly, Kari screamed at the two. "Get back here now!"

Killua and Gatomon seemed confused, but then, right in the spot where NightmareMonzaemon died, Machinedramon's head bursted from the floor. "WHAT THE FUCK?!"

The floor then started collapsing and everyone fell on the levels below.

Some time earlier, in the lower floors of the tunnels, in an open space where a fight was taking place, Andromon was being slowly cornered by his two rivals.

Megadramon's cannons opened and he launched his attacks. "Dark Blast!"

Andromon backflipped to dodge the constant attacks from the cyborg snake. But he didn't noticed Gigadramon sneaking behind him and readying his tail. When Andromon was close enough, Gigadramon slammed his tail against his back and sent him flying towards his brother in arms. Andromon grunted in pain. "Ugh!"

Megadramon, like playing some kind of game with his brother, did the same and batted the android back to Gigadramon using his tail, starting a back and forth between the two snakes and with Andromon as their toy.

Cracks started appearing around the cyborg's armor as he was hit over and over again by his tormentor's tails. At this rate he wasn't going to last long, if he wad fighting one of them alone then maybe he would stood more of a chance, but against the two it was near impossible with their incredible synch.

Eventually, when Gigadramon's turn to bat came, he twirled around and smashed his tail against Andromon's body and sent him flying to a nearby wall. "It's that the best a pest like you can do?!"

Megadramon chuckled and stood to his counterpart's side. "A bug like him should know its place."

From behind the hole connecting to the room where the battle took place, Izzy and Tentomon watched with a growing sense of horror at the beatdown their friend was having. Tentomon fidgeted nervously. "We have to do something!"

Izzy gritted his teeth and did the best thing he knew; he took out his computer and started investigating, his eyes shining with determination. "There must be something about Gigadramon and Megadramon that can help Andromon to beat them!"

He connected the Digivice to his computer to register the data of the two cybernetic snakes to find anything useful that can turn the tides of the battle in Andromon's favor. Since neither him or Tentomon could do anything right now.

He typed furiously on his computer. The scanner showing him images of the two snakes and giving him the data it had available on their enemies. Attacks, defenses, attributes, level, anything that could help.

"There has to be something..." He muttered. "C'mon!"

Yet as much as he typed, as much as he looked over the scanner, nothing of usefulness appeared. All that appeared was the fact that, to top it all, they were two of the most powerful Dramon Digimon out there. Without a Digimon that surpasses them in level, or with a weapon of the caliber of the Dramon Breaker, there seemed to be anything that they could do.

But Izzy continued, he looked in every database on his computer to find a way to help his friend. His knowledge never let him down and it wasn't going to start doing it now! He might have messed up before, by letting Machinedramon track them down, but now he knew better.

Tentomon for his part looked between his partner and the fight. Andromon continued on the ropes and was on the defensive, dodging every attack or blocking them, without being able to throw a punch back at them. He didn't knew how long it would take for the android's stamina to run out, but it didn't seemed to he was going to last any longer now...

He looked at his partner again, and at his computer. A lightbulb went on in his head. "Izzy! Remember when I first evolved?"

"In the factory where we met Andromon, yes," The genius said, continuing to type.

Tentomon leaned forward. "Do you still have the program you used to make me evolve? Maybe we can use it so I can evolve to Kabuterimon!"

Izzy stopped and looked at him. "Tentomon... But you don't have the energy to do so... What if something goes wrong?"

Tentomon's expressionless face showed determination. "We won't know until we try! You can always find a way out of every problem we encounter! I trust that you can know what to do if anything goes wrong!"

Izzy still seemed unsure. "But... If I can't?"

Tentomon smiled. "You can. You are the smartest person ever, Izzy! And with your brains we can help Andromon."

Izzy's head snapped and looked back at Andromon. His whole body was twitching and oozing oil, he wasn't going to last another attack from their enemies. Gigadramon and Megadramon seemed to know and were ready to finish it up.

He gritted his teeth and took a deep breath. In and out. He turned to his computer and nodded. "Okay... Let's try it! Together!"

Tentomon got ready. "Do your call Izzy!"

With his Digivice connected to the computer, Izzy started running the program he used long ago in File Island. Back when this world was a mystery for them, not knowing the threats looming in the shadows. Back when he was ignorant of how to process the Digimon's existence, or the fact that he was adopted.

But now he knows all of those things and more. He knows what this world is, what the Digimon are, and what he means to his parents. And now he knows what has to be done to save it.

His Crest glowed without him realizing it.

"Here goes!" He declared pressing enter.

A bright light came from his computer, Digivice, and Crest.

"Tentomon Warp Digivolves to..." Tentomon felt Kabuterimon's agility and Mega Kabuterimon's strong body. His size grew to the same as his Ultra Form, but his body was more muscular, the wings on his back felt stronger than ever and his horn felt unique. While glowing he bursted into the battle between the three cyborgs and declared the name of his new form. "HERAKLEKABUTERIMON!"

From the hole in the wall, Izzy watched his partner's new form. Standing as tall as Mega Kabuterimon, with a golden color and imposing horn on its forehead, Izzy knew the power his partner was exhibit would be enough to win for Andromon. "HerakleKabuterimon..."

Andromon, who was laying bruised and broken on the ground as the two snakes hovered over him, watched the Digidestined come to his aid. "A... Miracle..."

The snakes turned with sneers at the bettle. "Well, well, the Digidestined have come to play," Gigadramon mocked.

"This day idiot thinks he can beat us!" Megadramon prepared his missiles. "Let's show him! Dark Blast!"

"Gigabyte Wings!"

Lasers and missiles were launched. All impacting againt HerakleKabuterimon and creating a cloud of dust and smoke all around him. The cyborgs smirked, thinking their job was done, only to gasp as HerakleKabuterimon came out of the blast, unharmed.

"I-impossible!" Megadramon said in disbelief and prepared another blast. "Dark Blast!"

"Gigabyte Wings!" Gigadramon followed his brother and shot his lasers at him.

The same result. A cloud of smoke and an unharmed HerakleKabuterimon coming out from it, his stoic face betraying nothing.

"Okay then," He said, his voice rumbling through the cave. "My turn!"

He got to all fours and yellow lighting crackled around him and focused at the top of his horn. "Mega Electroshock!"

A yellow blast of energy was launched from the horn and straight to the two snakes. They tried to get out of the way by flying up, but to their surprise, the blast followed them upwards, pursuing them until it impacted. They started being consuming by the electrified blast and started being erased.

"LORD MACHINEDRAMON!" Gigadramon wailed.

"AVENGE US!" Megadramon pleaded.

And with that, both snakes were gone.

Izzy ran pass HerakleKabuterimon and to the injured Andromon. "Andromon! Are you okay?!"

Andromon turned and nodded. "My data is still stable... They didn't planned to kill me... Before making me suffer... My self repair should start kicking soon..."

Izzy nodded. "Okay, but don't pressure yourself."

Andromon smiled at him and Izzy smiled back. Both grateful to have survived this fight.

Then they heard it.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

A scream of pain and anguish that seemed to come from above, sending shivers to Izzy's spine. "W-what was that?"

HerakleKabuterimon turned his head to look around and frowned. "Izzy... Something is coming."

"Uh?" The boy looked at him and felt the ground rumble around him.

In a moment the cave started falling down on them, HerakleKabuterimon using his body to protect his partner and Andromon. "What's happening?!"

When the rumbling stopped, the ceiling was gone and HerakleKabuterimon couldn't hold up any longer and reverted back to Motimon. "I'm sorry Izzy... I don't have any energy left..."

Izzy picked him in arms. "It's okay..."

But still... What in the world caused the collapse?

Moments before... In another part of the underground tunnels a battle between to former comrades took place.

Machinedramon was an unstoppable force, charging through the ceiling as he stood to his full height, collapsing everything around him and leaving trails of destruction in his awake.

Puppetmon was running backwards, not once taking his eyes out of the big emperor of the machines, and using his hammer to launch energy ball after energy ball.

"Damnit, Machi, what are you made of?!" He demanded as the great machine didn't stopped his movement, using a weird nickname to address him.

Machinedramon didn't bothered to respond the treacherous puppet, just continuing to charge at him in the hopes of crushing him, either by the debris or with his own giant feet. In this narrowed corridors he had nowhere to go.

And far behind them, Tai and Agumon did their best to caught up to them. Agumon panted. "Tai, we are never going to catch up to them!"

Tai's lungs were burning. Never in his jogs on PE on his soccer team he had to run so fast, and as much as he hated to admit, they were never going to catch up to them at this rate.

They stopped and Tai panted. "Damnit... Puppetmon... Can hold him... Alone?"

"I... Don't... Know..." Agumon responded between ragging breaths.

Puppetmon for his part turned and around to slam his hammer through a wall to continue on his escape. Even him was growing tired of Machinedramon's restless persecution. Each time he met a wall he turned and slammed his hammer in it, but that slowed him down and Machinedramon didn't seemed to get tired, benefits of being a machine , he thought. But it was getting really old this game of cat and the mouse.

"PUPPET MALLET!" He shot his blasts again, only for them to bounce of his body. "DAMNIT MACHINEDRAMON! WHY ARE YOU SO BORING?!"

The machine didn't answered and just growled.

Then, it echoed across the facility, "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" A painful scream that seemed to come from above.

Machinedramon stopped in his tracks. 'So my stuffed toy was destroyed... At least he found the other Digidestined like I ordered it too.' Then he turned around and started going back from where he came from. 'Let's end this!'Puppetmon blinked as he saw the big Digimon turned around and started to run away from him. "You coward! Get back here!"

He started running after him but despite his big size, Machinedramon was too fast for him to catch him up.

Tai and Agumon flinched when they saw the robotic behemoth going straight at them, they ducked out of his way, and he just continued going back to through his path of destruction.

Agumon looked in the direction where he went. "What is he doing?"

"I don't know but that scream has something to do..." Tai said.

"HEY!" Puppetmon ran past them, ignoring them while, ironically, screaming. "DON'T IGNORE ME!"

That being their cue, they ran after the two Mega Digimon to see what Machinedramon was up to. Whatever it was, it couldn't be anything good.

Machinedramon for his part didn't stopped until he reached the first corridor where he bursted in with his second in commads, crouching as he did so. Once there he looked up and localized where the scream from NightmareMonzaemon came from. He stood to his full height when he did so, his head bursting through the ceiling and causing the ceiling to collapse. He started charging through the ceiling to cause everyone in the upper floor to fell down.

From the upper floors, Angewomon managed to catch Killua and Kari, while Phoenixmon managed to catch Sora. The Numemon all fell, but due to their body compositions they were okay.

They landed and Killua looked around. "Everyone okay?"

Kari and Sora nodded, while Angewomon and Phoenixmon looked up ahead. "Machinedramon is up ahead," Angewomon noted.

"I can see that... NightmareMonzaemon's last scream most have been some sort of signal to tell our position," Killua mused.

Angewomon set Kari down, who stopped shining. "What do we do now?" She asked, her tone sounding more like hers.

Izzy, with Motimon in arms, and Andromon emerged from the place where their battle took place. "Guys!" Izzy said enthusiastically. "You're okay!"

Hearing the redhead voice, they all turned back with relieved smiles. Sora greeted him. "Izzy! ... Is that Andromon?!"

Andromon limped towards them. "Good to see you all..."

Killua winced sympathetically. "You've seen better days, huh?"

Phoenixmon lowered her head to face Andromon. "I think I might help with that." She glowed with an orange color and bathed Andromon with it.

Almost immediately Andromon's injuries were gone. "Thank you."

Izzy eyed Phoenixmon. "Piyomon reached the Mega Level too?"

"Too?" Killua questioned, then he noticed Motimon. "Oh! Great, now we have three of them on our side! Four with Puppetmon!"

"Kari!"

Kari's head snapped back as she heard a voice calling her name, and broke into a joyous smile when she saw Tai running behind a fuming Puppetmon with Agumon beside him. "Tai!"

Both siblings met each other in a hug, with Tai scooping her little sister in a hug. "Thank God you are safe!"

As the siblings had their reunion, Puppetmon went to Killua. "Where is he?! I'll rip it a new one!"

"If you mean Machinedramon, he went over there," He pointed in the direction where Machinedramon charged through.

The giang Dark Master turned around after destroying a bit part of the upper section. "Needed... More... Space," He grumbled to himself. He needed more space to fight with the Digidestined. He turned around and his eyes glowed red, ready to start.

Phoenixmon elevated with Angewomon. "Let's do this together!"

Puppetmon gripped his mallet. "Follow my lead~" He said smugly.

No one did. Though, they all charged together.

"Crimson Flare!" Phoenixmon red fire was shot from her beak.

"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon launched her arrow.

"Puppet Mallet!" Many spheres of energy were launched from the mallet's cannon.

"Light Sword! Missiles Go!" Andromon launched both his missiles and the cutting edges of energy.

All five attacks met Machinedramon head on and caused a gigantic explosion that could be seen from the surface of the city. A pillar of fire enough to reduce anything to ashes.

But not a being like Machinedramon.

He stepped of the fire, roaring with force, without a single scratch. "GAAAAAAAARGH!"

"No way!" Izzy gasped. "Even from two Megas?!"

Killua gritted his teeth, afraid of these Dark Master's power. "Puppetmon is possibly the weakest of the four Dark Masters and Phoenixmon just gained that form." He reasoned. Puppetmon wasn't a giant like MetalSeadramon or Machinedramon, and he confirmed Piedmon was the strongest of them. And Phoenixmon was pretty self-explanatory.

Machinedramon went to the offensive. "GIGA CANNONS!" Yellow blasts were launched at high speed at his four opponents.

Angewomon and Andromon fell when the first ones impacted, their Ultra Level being nothing to a Mega's power, while Phoenixmon and Puppetmon took more.

Puppetmon batted the first few away from him but once one hit him he couldn't do nothing against them. "Ugh! Urgh! Ah!" He cried as blast after blast impacted against him, until he was sent flying. "Ugh!"

Phoenixmon received many, but not as many as Puppetmon, they impacted against her one after the other. "Argh!" She collapsed to the ground, sustaining miraculously her evolution.

Machinedramon managed a metallical chuckle. "Uhuhuhuhuhu! Worthless! Now... Die!"

Killua gritted his teeth and tried to summon the courage to fight. The previous anomaly took him down with an attack with Ko. Maybe he could too... Right... Right?

'Kil, you know that you can't win against something like that.'

He... He had to!

Kari stared at as Machinedramon stared marching over them. From her eyes, this was unfair. Her friends and her had come so far to let it end like this. She scowled and separated herself from her brother.

"Kari!" He called as she walked away from him.

Killua watched as she walked away, his teeth gritting as she saw a girl that was struggling with her health a short while ago had mord guts to face a monster like that than himself. The so-called leader. 'What is wrong with me?!'

She continued, that soothing light that was accompanied her through this trek bath her. But she didn't knew what to do with exactitude. Even with this presence with her, she didn't knew what to do with it.

Then something ran past her and her breath was caught on her throat. "Numemon what-"

"-what are you doing?!" Killua screamed as he saw the crew from the boat charge at Machinedramon.

"FOR SUPREME KARI AND CAPTAIN KILLUA!" They yelled as one and started covering Machinedramon's body.

They escalated his body, covering it in their green substance to try and stop him from attacking the Digidestined, making him look like a giant green blob.

Kari stared at her little green friends with sadness. "Numemon..."

Killua's feet started moving forward, even when he felt his head splitting apart. "Stop..."

Machinedramon growled. "Useless."

A yellow glow started form on the back of the green form that now was Machinedramon. His Giga Cannon attack ready to be fired.

And Killua knew it. "Stop it..."

Tears gathered on Kari's eyes, as even with this light she didn't found a way to save the Numemon. "No... Numemon."

And he fired. A yellow blast erupted from the green covered Digimon, erasing every trace of the small slugs right in front of the Digidestined.

"NOOOOOOO!" Killua yelled as he ran forward, ignoring the unmeasurable pain that threatened to break his forehead open. "YOU BASTAAAAAAAAAAARD!"

"NUMEMON!" Kari cried as she saw the innocent Digimon disappear.

Two things happened in that instant:

Killua ran past Kari and straight to Machinedramon, eyes flowing with tears as his Nen exploded around him. The Godspeed aura forming around him, full of rage and sorrow. "HOW DARE YOU!" He jumped and brought his fists together.

He charged them with Ryu and slammed them on Machinedramon, liberating a large discharge of energy throughout his body that paralyzed the big Digimon. "Urgh!"

Then Killua continued. He cocked his fists back and charged them completly, slamming them over and over again on Machinedramon's head at an incredible speed, his arms only blurs to those watching. With each strike, a crack was formed on the Mega's head and Killua's knuckles started bleeding.

While he was surrounded by death most of his life, Killua never lost someone close to him. The Numemon served him during a short time, but they always helped him. They gave him and his friends shelter against Etemon, they helped the Digidestined find Babamon to heal him when Hookmon injured him, and to the end they helped him by trying to stop this monster.

He. Had. To. Pay!

The second thing that happened was that Kari's light shined brighter than ever, causing her to collapse due to the stress this caused on her. The light died down and she fell.

"Kari!" Tai ran forward to catch her, with Agumon running behind him.

But Agumon stopped as he felt something inside of him. "Ah! This... This feeling...This power! It's coursing through my body!"

He was ready.

"Agumon Warp Digivolves to... VictoryGreymon!"

Tai cradled Kari's unconscious form as VictoryGreymon charged pass them. "Hang in there, Kari!"

The girl cracked her eyes open to see VictoryGreymon running towards Machinedramon and Killua. "Victory... Greymon..."

The sword on the dragon warrior's hands started flowing with a fire all around it, his eyes glowing with the power of the light that was bestowed to him. "MACHINEDRAMON! PREPARE YOURSELF!"

Killua's aura eventually ran out, but he didn't stopped. Even when he felt his hands about to break, he used Gyo to focus Nen in his two hands, as boxing gloves to continue smashing the Dark Master's head. "I'LL! NEVER! FORGIVE! YOU!" He repeated with each punch.

Machinedramon regained his bearings from the constant shocks he received and glared at the incoming knight as he shook his head to try and get rid of Killua. "DIE! ALL OF YOU! DIE!" He launched blasts at VictoryGreymon while trying to shake Killua off him.

VictoryGreymon dodged them all and with one last burst of power he launched himself at the Dark Master. "DRAMON BREAKER!"

At that moment Machinedramon slashed with his claw at VictoryGreymon to try and rip him apart.

They passed each other, standing still, Killua stopping his assault. After a beat or two, VictoryGreymon fell and reverted to Agumon.

Machinedramon chuckled. "Weak... Worthless.""You're wrong..." Agumon said. "I'm not weak, or worthless. I'm strong and important because I have something to fight for... Unlike you!"

Killua's eyes were shadowed by his bangs, he stood up and jumped off Machinedramon's head. Walking slowly to Agumon. "Besides... You're already death."

"What?" Machinedramon asked. Then, his arm fell apart. "Ugh?!"Then his torso. 'Impossible! My calculations didn't predicted this! How did they did it?!' He asked as his head was shredded to pieces.

And he vanished, in a burst of data.

Killua bowed his head and clenched his bloodied fists. 'Numemon... All of you... Rest in peace.'

The area started shaking all around them. Andromon spoke. "Since you beat Machinedramon, this whole place is going to collapse!"

Puppetmon stood with his hammer. "Time to make a funny escape!"

Angewomon took Tai, Kari and Koromon, while the others flew on Phoenixmon's back.

They escaped the Spiral Mountain to see how the desert area was slowly disappearing and being reshaped on the old world below.

The sense of pride they felt when they defeated Machinedramon was drowned by the sorrow of loss for the Numemon.

Andromon watched it all happen solemnly. "After so many years, my fight comes to an end."

From Angewomon's hands, Kari looked sadly at the remaining mountain. "Brother... When we reach a safe place, I want to make some tombs..."

Tai nodded. "We'll do it, don't worry."

"I'll help... We all will," Killua said from Phoenixmon's back. Everyone nodded, except Puppetmon who seemed uninterested. Killua looked up and the top of the mountain, knowing exactly what's waiting for them. 'Soon we'll end this... Piedmon!'

(Next time on Digimon X and X Hunter)

Killua and his group reach the top of Spiral Mountain, where Piedmon is waiting for them.

But first they'll have to face his second in command, an evil Digimon with a bad attitude.

Next time on Digimon X and X Hunter: Angel X Devil X Catfight.

Don't miss it.

Ooooh boy FAV X AND X REVIEW!

Okay. NightmareMonzaemon is based mostly on the Nightmare animatronic from Five Night At Freddy's.

Now, Killua's reaction while seems out of character I think is fitting. When Gon blew him off in the Chimera Arc, Killua went to Youpi in his famous 'Blow some steam' scene. So Killua can act when his emotions are clouded. And this time he lashed out immediately against his enemy for killing creatures he thought as friends. Anyone would snap because of that unless you are a sociopath, wich we know Killua is not.

Kari's thoughts about Killua will be important for the sequel, so keep them in mind. Remember that she is the only one without knowing Killua's background.

And c'mon! Bring 11 more people to reach the hundred!

bye~