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Chapter One: Tides

Willis was loving the beach, being from the rocky and mountainous part of the country he rarely got to go swimming or even gave water any thought. All that changed when Michael invited him to spend a day at Orchard Beach in New York.

Wouldn't be a bad way to spend Spring Break. He thought when he said yes. His parents had both agreed on the promise he was careful didn't talk to strangers or end up lost at sea. After they said that he heard two light snickers from the stairs. If any of those things ever happened I'm pretty sure I could use Terriermon or Lopmon to help me back.

"I should come down here more often." Willis said closing his eyes in pure bliss. From all around him he could hear his fellow DigiDestined playing in the water and Terriermon and Lopmon playing in the sand. I love life when it's this quiet and peaceful. He thought preparing to let himself drift off into a short nap. No evil digimon or madmen trying to destroy the world.

"WILLIS!"

"Ah!" The blond-haired youth jumped at the sound of Michael's urgent voice. His eyes snapped open to see people fleeing in terror. Parents grabbing screaming children swimmers make haste to get out of the water as fast as they could.

"What the?!" Wills was grabbed by Michael and pushed aside to avoid getting trampled by stampeding masses. "Michael what's going?"

"That." He said with a grim face pointing to the open sea.

Following Michael's finger Willis suddenly wished he hadn't taken up his fellow DigiDestined's offer.

Fighting in the middle of open water were what Willis believed to be a MarineDevimon and a MegaSeadramon that looked different to Willis. Its colors were off, instead of turquois, gold and white its body was a light shade of purple and it was obliviously stronger than it should have been.

"Is that a Seadramon?" Willis asked running alongside Michael to where their fellow Digidestined were busy trying to contain the two behemoths.

Michael held up his digivice and immediately a picture of the odd colored sea serpent sprung up.

Name: WaruSeadramon

Level: Ultimate

Attribute: Virus

Bio: WaruSeadramon is an Ultimate level dark aquatic digimon. Just as its name implies it's one of the nastiest creatures in the digital sea. If its Dark Blast doesn't end you then its Evil Icicle and Strange Mist will make you wish it did.

No sooner did Willis finish reading the description did WaruSeadramon hurl MarineDevimon onto the water then it turned its cold eyes to Phil and Flarerizmon.

"Dark Blast!" The sea serpent roared firing a concentrated blast of dark water at the pair who had hung back on sand.

"Sub-Zero Ice Punch!" Came Frigimon's voice sending a fist-shaped blast of cold air and ice at the blast.

The two attacks collided sending ice shards into the deep sea. WaruSeadramon turned its hateful glare at Steve and Frigimon letting them know they were its next target.

"Phil make sure everyone gets out of here!" Willis called to his dark-skinned friend. Quickly he took off with Flarerizmon to intercept MarineDevimon who had resurfaced. "Terriermon! Lopmon!" Willis shouted holding up his Digivice.

In union with the Digivice both big-eared digimon were engulfed in spheres of light before disappearing revealing Gargomon and Wendigomon in there place. Likewise Michael shot a bright light out of his Digivice into Betamon, turning him into Seadramon.

Back in the water Steve was wishing he and Lou had a plan for fighting the Virus-attributed sea serpent. Frigimon and Tortomon had tried grabbing WaruSeadramon only for it to either slither out of their grasp or shake them off.

"Ya' know for something so slim it's got a lot of power!" Frigimon said grabbing onto WaruSeadramon's horn.

"It won't after this!" Tortomon roared before tucking himself into his shell then launch himself toward the Virus digimon.

Much to the two Champions' shock black bolts of electricity arched from WaruSeadramon's horn shocking both of them and their partners. With one swipe from its tail it had knocked all of them into the shore, it pointed its horn ready to put an end to them before a yellow ball of energy slammed into is eyes making WaruSeadramon roar in pain.

Riding on top of Centarumon Maria called out to both her friends. "Get out of the water, we have to draw him onto the land." She looked over to see Airdramon and Flarerizmon blasting MarineDevimon with fireballs while Tatum and Phil ushering the frightened beach- goers away. "That way Centarumon!"

Picking up his speed Centarumon continued firing his Solar Ray directly at the aquatic digimon's face earning its hateful glare.

"Dark Deluge!" It horrid voice screeched unleashing a black-colored sludge from its mouth.

"Maria!" Centarumon cried throwing his partner off just as the attack nailed him head on. The centaur-like Digimon groaned in pain feeling every muscle in his body go numb. He couldn't move even when he saw the MarineDevimon looming over him with burning red eyes.

Just before it could bring one of its tentacles down Wendigomon slammed into its chest knocking it back into the sand. With a roar of fury it swung all its tentacles at the furry digital monster but Wendigomon was too agile, instead using the pale appendages as leaping pads.

"Koko Crusher!" He roared firing a pink ball of energy directly in between the evil digimon's eyes. Putting both hands together it brought its fists down right on top of MarineDevimon's head.

"Thank you Wendigomon, now here's some pay back!" Centarumon said firing his Solar Ray into MarineDevimon's chest knocking him back further.

Airdramon and Flarerizmon bombarded it from behind while the children continued scanning the beach for any other civilians.

Meanwhile in the water Willis and Michael could only watch in suspense as WaruSeadramon continued shrugging off Gargomon's and Seadramon's attacks. Seadramon knew he was outmatched by his bigger and stronger evolutionary brother while Gargomon had enough trouble trying to stay out of the water and avoid WaruSeadramon's fierce attacks.

"We need a plan here." Willis said grinding his teeth. "Pretty soon the police and possible the National Guard are going to be out here and we can't let them get involved."

"You're right so we're going to have to do as Maria said; lure him onto the land." Michael said "I have an idea, if we can lure him onto land then we can hold him down and finish-"

"HELP!" came a frightened female voice from the water.

Wide-eyed both blonds snapped their heads to see a dark-haired girl their age crying desperately as she was battered back and forth between the waves. Steve and Lou came up to them with their partners right beside them.

"Willis and I will go get her, Steve, you and Michael focus on WaruSeadramon." Lou said helping the Colorado native on top of the gigantic turtle.

Quickly agreeing on the plan the group set out into the water which had now begun to resemble a storm. Frigimon continually creating a bridge of ice by freezing the sea water giving Gargomon stable platforms while Tortomon speed toward the girl still crying out for help.

Much to everyone's surprise and horror WaruSeadramon caught sight of the girl and took aim at her. "Evil Icicle!" A dark icicle was launched from its horn in lightning speed.

"Gargo Laser!"

"Ice Blast!"

The ice blast and green colored bullets collided with the icicle, exploding in a violent clash that stirred up even stronger waves. Willis growing impatient jumped off Tortomon and began swimming toward the girl with a speed he never knew he had.

"Hang-on I'm almost there!" He called hoping his voice would reach her.

The girl's green eyes caught Willis's and she began swimming as fast as she could towards him. He caught her in his arms before calling to Lou and Tortomon. In no time they were there with Lou helping them aboard the digital turtle.

"Are you okay?" Willis asked the girl holding her shivering body.

"Y-Y-Yeah." Her quiet voice answered him. "W-What are those things?"

"Um, we'll explain that later. For now just hold tight." Willis said as Tortomon began speeding toward the shore line. Suddenly Willis's Digivice began flashing red turning his attention back to the shore. "Wendigomon!"

MarineDevimon had gotten back on its feet and was now thrashing its tentacles widely at everything in sight. In retribution for the earlier attacks it had gotten a hold of Wendigomon and was now taking its time in squeezing the life out of the Champion.

"Neck Hanging!" Its horrible voice breathed into Wendigomon's ears as it raised him high into the air.

"Not today!" Airdramon screeched wrapping its one serpentine body around MarineDevimon's neck. Right up close it blasted the fallen digimon with three fireballs.

Letting go of Wendigomon in favor of removing Airdramon the aquatic Ultimate left itself open to a painful blast of fire from Flarerizmon. Its rubber-like skin turned black on contact with the flames causing MarineDevimon to scream in pain once more. To the humans its pain-filled screams were pure agony to hear. Gargomon had made it back to the shore and begun pelting it with round after round of ammunition. Soon Centarumon joined in in blasting it with its Solar Ray.

"We got it on the ropes now." Came Tatum's voice.

"I don't think so Tatum." Phil countered when he saw MarineDevimon swiftly turn around blasting everyone with its Dark Deluge while it retreated into the sea. "Heads up guys!" Phil called to Michael and the others who were still battling WaruSeadramon.

WaruSeadramon had been observing the battle while it fought off the second group of Digidestined. When it saw MarineDevimon retreat under their combined assault it knew the time was right to finish off its prey. It broke away from Frigimon and Seadramon and like a shark in the water it jetted towards the other aquatic Digimon.

"Is it too much to hope that they take each other out?" asked Frigimon to Seadramon.

"Doesn't matter, just be ready to take on whoever survives." Seadramon answered.

Before the clash between the two evil marine digimon could began an earthquake began shaking the area. Overhead the once clear skies had suddenly become dark and ominous. A cold feeling washed over the American DigiDestined and their partners as they watched MarineDevimon raise its arms to the sky as if in some form of gratitude.

From just behind him a jet-black obelisk rose through the water, rising higher and higher until it was visible for all to see for miles away.

Michael's blood ran cold at the sight of the Control Spire. But…that's impossible! We've defeated everyone who could have summoned one of those things!

"GAH!" All the children's eyes snapped over to see Frigimon shrinking back in pain as the water around WaruSeadramon and MarineDevimon began turning black. Frigimon's snow-while body was rapidly gaining black spider-like cracks in it causing the Champion to haul in serve pain.

"Frigimon what's wrong?!" Steve called from Frigimon's shoulder.

"T-The water! Th-There's something wrong with the water!" Frigimon managed to get out.

"Frigimon! Steve!" Tatum called from on top Airdramon who flew in close. "Grab on!"

Airdramon dipped his tail down and with all his might lifted the ice type Digimon and his partner out of the water and back onto land. The air dragon collapsed into the sand after such a mighty feat. "You…really should lay off all the ice cream." He managed to wheeze out.

"Guys now what do we do?" Maria asked slightly fearful as the sky began growing darker and darker.

Willis finally having reached his limit with the two evil Digimon gripped his Digivice. "I'm ending this now."

"Dark Wing!" MarineDevimon screeched loudly suddenly releasing a massive blast of air that blew back WaruSeadramon and created a thirty-foot tidal wave heading straight for the shoreline.

"Ice Blast!" Seadramon roared blasting a freezing beam of ice at the tidal wave.

Frigimon managed to get to his feet in time to stand alongside his comrades. "Sub-Zero Ice Punch!"

Airdramon, not one to be outdone rose to the skies once more. "Spinning Needle!"

The combined ice blasts froze the tidal wave just as the vacuum blades cut them apart ending the danger. Back in the water WaruSeadramon and MarineDevimon continued their battle with MarineDevimon having seemed to have gained its second wind.

Willis looked down at his Digivice now radiating a bright golden glow. He looked over at Gargomon and Wendigomon, both had resolve in their eyes. Willis held up his Digivice at Gargomon and opened his mouth to voice his command but went silent when a search light blinded him and his friends.

"Well there's the National Guard." Steve said covering his eyes from the light.

"Stay right where you are and don't move a muscle!" came a voice from one of the helicopters.

"Evil Icicle!"

Three icicles flew past the group, two managed to hit two of the helicopters while the third moved back.

"Airdramon!" Tatum called to her partner.

The air dragon wrapped its tail around the damaged aircraft to gently lower it to the ground. The second saw Wendigomon catch it in his big arms and lower it to the ground.

"Incoming!" Flarerizmon warned jumping in front of Phil as more icicles rained down.

Willis and the girl he'd saved ducked under Wendigomon who had used his body to cover them while Gargomon proceeded to shoot the icicles out of the sky along with Centarumon.

WaruSeadramon slammed into the shore looking angrier than ever, in one swift swipe of its tail it knocked the group back. Singling out Michael it dove towards him but the blond rolled away just in time for Seadramon to bite deeply into the evil serpent's tail and hall him back into the water.

Willis searched frantically for his Digivice which he had let go off when WaruSeadramon attacked. Cursing himself he continued searching not realizing he was in the shadow of an unstable lifeguard tower.

"Look out!" the red head grabbed him and hulled him out of the aside just as it collapsed. She looked him in the eye, fear present but also with some courage as well. "Are you looking for this?" she held up his Digivice.

"Yeah it is. Thanks." Willis took the Digivice in hand, pointing it at Wendigomon. "Wendigomon!"

Snapping his head into attention the furry Champion welcomed the light that shot out of the tiny device. Wendigomon's shape changed from that of a bulky beast to that of a tall, slender humanoid rabbit. Next he pointed it at Gargomon, the light grew three times brighter and transformed into the shape of a strange egg.

"Golden Armor Energize!" Willis called making the light grow even bright.

Gargomon was engulfed in a sphere of golden light and when it disappeared he was now a shining armored warrior whose light illuminated the entire beach.

"Lou!" Maria cried from the sides as MarineDevimon resurfaced before the Native American youth.

Instead of fear Lou's eyes narrowed. "Now Tortomon!"

The tortoise digimon sprung up from the sand slamming into MarineDevimon. "Shell Phalanx!" The spikes on his shell expanded in rapid speed impaling the aquatic monster all over. When it pushed off it found Phil and Flarerizmon waiting.

"Blaze Buster!" The fire lizard roared blasting MarineDevimon back into the water.

"Solar Ray!" Centarumon said blasting a fully charged blast of solar energy right into its chest again.

"Dark-" MarineDevimon began.

In a flash Antylamon was before him, "Bunny Blades!" In a few swift motions the Ultimate level Digimon swung its transformed arms all over MarineDevimon.

With one last cry of agony MarineDevimon fell back into the water before breaking apart in a mass of dark clouds and data that disappeared moments after reappearing.

"It's time to send you back to where you came from!" Frigimon growled having caught WaruSeadramon in between its jaws. "Subzero Ice Punch!" He nailed the Virus Digimon repeatedly in its left eye until it let out a major howl of pain then threw into the air.

Airdramon wasted no time in blasting it with scores of wind blades and tornadoes that left the Digimon slithering back into the water.

"Not so fast!" Rapidmon declared with Willis on his shoulder. "Rapid Fire!" A series of missiles left the armored digimon's gun arms, exploding violently in the water.

Rapidmon followed WaruSeadramon back to the Control Spire, his golden light erasing the darkness that had once spread through the sea like poison. Finally cornered WaruSeadramon turned back preparing a blast from its horn only to feel Seadramon's tail smack him right in the face. Gathering all his power the Champion Digimon blasted his Ice Blast at WaruSeadramon point blank, leaving him frozen together with the Control Spire.

"Miracle Missile!"

Rapidmon's golden blast annihilated both the Control Spire and WaruSeadramon. In their place a black whirlpool formed, releasing trails of black smoke then vanished completely. The dark clouds once polluting the sky vanished revealing the sun once more.

Once they were back on the shore Seadramon, Rapidmon, and Antylamon de-digivolved back into their rookie forms.

In the distance they could hear sirens blaring and they realized the pilots of the down helicopters were beginning to wake up.

"I think now might be a good time to run huh guys?" Steve offered.

Everyone broke into a mad sprint while their Digimon did the same, eager to find some hiding place to avoid being seen.

As Willis ran with Michael to his right, the red-headed girl to his left, and his partner Digimon in his arms he had one thought in his head: I gotta call Izzy and the others as soon as I can!


The morning the DigiDestined walked into school none of them could focus exactly as much as they should have. The night before they'd all been awoken by some strange feeling in their guts. Some like Davis thought it was just the aftermath of eating too many cheese dogs for dinner while others like Cody and T.K. knew it was something more. They got their answer when in the morning while they were all getting ready for school they turned on the news: giant monster attacks in Orchard Beach, New York City. The reactions were similar though a little varied: T.K., Kari, and Cody had ate their breakfast quietly while their eyes stayed glued to their respective televisions, Davis had a look of one part shock and one part anger on his face as he stared at the screen, Yolei felt a cold feeling grip her heart when she saw the Digimon battling each other and the Control Spire. Even when her siblings shook her to see if she was alright she only had one thought in her mind.

Ken…

The previously mentioned was a whole different story. The moment he walked in to find the news playing he went as still as a statue. When the camera zoomed in on the Control Spire Ken felt he was going to have a heart attack right there in his own kitchen in front of his parents.

"Ken?" He heard his parents and Wormmon call.

Ken could barely hear them as he felt himself slowly start to lose balance until he felt his father catch him. Will this nightmare ever end? He thought even as he ate breakfast. He could tell his parents and Wormmon were worried so he put on a brave, happy face. He hoped they didn't see past it.

At lunch time the younger group of DigiDestined sat in the computer lab eating their launch while they talked about the previous night's events. The older generation were out for the day on a field trip but they knew the moment they were back they'd all need to call a meeting.

"Alright! Alright!" T.K. said calming everyone down. "Okay so let's go over what we now for; a Control Spire appeared after MarineDevimon and WaruSeadramon started fighting each other."

"And the area around the Control Spire started turning black." Cody put in. "From what Willis was able to tell us from his e-mail it seemed like MarineDevimon somehow summoned it."

"But that's impossible!" Davis said. "Ken's with us now, Oikawa and MaloMyotismon are gone so there's no one else who could use them."

Everyone nodded at Davis's statement knowing without a debt it was true. Yolei shot a glance over at Ken who she had been keeping an eye on ever since she saw the Control Spire on the news.

"Ken I know we've asked this before but is there anyone you know of who could use the Control Spires?" T.K. asked.

Ken shook his head without his eyes ever leaving his hands. "No, no one else could manipulate them. Not to mention I don't even see the point, with all the dark spores gone I don't see what's to be gained anyway."

"Ken's right." Wormmon said crawling onto his friend's shoulder.

"That and there's no one else left." Gatomon said. "Devimon and MaloMyotismon are gone so there's no one strong enough to even do that."

"Well…not everyone." Yolei spoke up.

"What do you mean Yolei?" Davis asked.

"Well…I didn't want to think about it but we have seen a MarineDevimon before…" her voice was unusually quiet leading everyone to the same conclusion.

"Daemon." T.K. growled clenching his fist.

After they'd defeated him the Digidestined had preferred not to talk about the robe-wearing evil Digimon. Besides MaloMyotismon he was the closest any of their enemies had ever come to truly defeating them. Even after their victory they'd still paid him so thought but quickly dismissed the evil Digimon.

"But again it's impossible because Daemon's trapped in the Dark Ocean." Patamon said resting on top of T.K.'s head.

Unknowingly Kari flinched at the mention of the black and white world she'd nearly been trapped in. Tai was probably the only one who knew in detail but Kari still had nightmares about the Dark Ocean and the red-eyed…things she mistook for Scubamon.

Again Cody shook his head. "But still, the portals to the Dark Ocean are pretty rare and those that do are so small you've got a better chance of missing them than entering one."

"Yeah unless they decide they need to find you and kidnap you." Gatomon countered.

Growling in anger Davis ran his hand through his hair. "Gah! We just took care of Armageddemon barely full year ago and already we've got trouble knocking at our door again!"

The other five Digidestined could understand their leader's anger. After Armageddemon they all hoped some new evil digimon wouldn't appear until they themselves were in high school, not when they were just in their last year of junior high.

Sighing to himself Cody emptied his lunch tray in the trash. "Well for better or for worse it's happening. For now all we can do is wait for this afternoon when Izzy and the others get back so we can form a plan of action."

Silently they all agreed with Cody's plan then discarded whatever trash was left from their lunch. Leaving the classroom all the children had somewhat ashen and serious looks on their faces with their digimon holding similar expressions. Kari and Ken being probably the deepest in thought.

Just before returning to class Ken went to the boys' bathroom to wash his face. He knew he needed to calm down before he had a heart attack or became paranoid. The cold water felt good against his skin until he realized it felt a little too cold.

"Still having flashbacks Ken?"

Immediately Ken's eyes traveled through the bathroom even the stools. When he found no one he returned to the sink only to find the water had changed from blue and white to black. It wasn't draining either.

"What…the…" Ken reached into the sink, his whole body shivering the moment his fingers touched the handle.

"You can't run away from destiny Ken."

Spinning on his heels Ken glanced around the room again. He was alone yet he knew for a fact he wasn't, there was something or someone else here with him. He practically feel someone or something breathing down on his neck. Cold and icy to the point he wondered if there was a block of ice taped to his neck.

"Huh?"

Ken's hand shot to his neck expecting to it to feel wet and cold, it was but that was from the sweat pouring down his neck. He looked down to see the water wasn't black and was draining away. Looking at the clock he realized classes had started back up. Turning off the water he headed out the door hoping his next class would take his mind off the issue.