Part 4:
"Take that!" Yetimon shouted, throwing another Power Fist blast at a helpless Yokomon tribe.
The surrounding trees fell to the ground, crushing some of the Yokomon while the others were decimated by Yetimon's powerful blasts. The remaining fled and scattered in different directions only to find themselves surrounded by other digimon with glowing red eyes.
"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon yelled as a blue streak of energy hit Yetimon, postponing his next blast.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon shouted, hitting Andromon and sending him flying.
As the rest of the digimon battled their evil opponents, the children set to helping the Yokomon escape and carrying those too weak to move.
"Oh no!" Sora cried, "Look at all these hurt Yokomon!"
"You're going to pay for this!" Birdramon said.
Yetimon laughed, dodging her Wing Blade. "Do you honestly think you pathetic digimon can defeat me? I've been around even before you were digieggs." He started to glow and his eyes grew a brilliant shade of red, "Skull Crusher!"
"That doesn't sound very promising," Joe said as many little Yokomon hid behind him for cover.
The blast from Yetimon threw all the digimon back, ripping trees from their roots and sending the children to the ground.
"Greymon, everyone!" Tai shouted, "You guys need to take it to the next level!"
"Right!" all the digimon agreed.
They digivolved into their ultimate stages (except for Patamon, who stayed as Angemon) while Agumon and Gabumon digivolved into their mega stages. The combined forces of Angemon, Angewomon, Lilymon, Zudomon, Megakabuterimon, Garudamon, Metal Garurumon and War Greymon surrounded Yetimon and his allies.
"Everyone, all together!" Matt shouted.
Their digimon used their most powerful attacks all at the same time, directed at Yetimon and his allies. Andromon, Centarumon and the rest all fell to the ground, the red glowing disappearing from their eyes. Yetimon, however, standed firm, the attacks didn't seem to faze him.
"It's not working!" Sora shouted.
"Or digimon can't hold out for much longer!" Izzy added.
Suddenly, a blue light joined the attack on Yetimon. The new power was strong, much stronger than he anticipated and he lost his composure. He the blasts were now pushing him back, his feet digging into the dirt. With a final attempt to regain control, he fought back, "Skull Crusher!"
The red light coming from his attack, pushed those of the digidestined's back. The blue light which was momentarily diminshed came back stronger than ever, blinding Yetimon.
"W-What is this?" he asked, confused, trying to see, shielding his eyes. He shielded his eyes and looked at the source of the light, "You!"
The digimon redoubled their efforts at the sight of Yetimon's weakness and with a blood curdling scream he disintegrated into nothingness.
Soon after, all the digimon returned to their rookie stages.
"We did it!" Tai shouted.
"Yeah," Matt said, "We didn't do it alone though," he turned to Ami, who was standing away from them.
"I told you guys not to come," she said, crossing her arms.
"Thanks for your help, Princess Ami," Sora said.
"Don't call me that," Ami said, kneeling down next to a fallen Yokomon.
"Oh no," Mimi said, surveying the bodies of Yokomon strewn across the forest floor, "They're all hurt."
Ami put her hand on the Yokomon, a blue light surrounded it and it was soon reanimated.
Ami smiled, "Are you okay?"
The Yokomon looked at her strangely, "Who are you?"
"A friend," Ami said, getting up.
She walked over to some other Yokomon laying on the ground and repeated the same thing with the same results. As Ami was healing the Yokomon, the kids talked with them to find out what happened.
"We don't know, we were just eating and then we were attacked by Yetimon and some others," a Yokomon said, "I was so scared!" she said with eyes tearing up.
"It's okay, little one," Sora said, comfortingly, "No one's going to hurt you again."
Tai nodded, "We'll make sure of that."
Matt turned away from the group and saw Ami kneeling next to a Yokomon, motionless. He and Gabumon walked over to her.
"Why aren't you doing anything?" he asked.
Ami looked away, "I'm too late," she said softly.
"What?" Matt asked as the Yokomon began to disintegrate.
"I'm sorry," Matt said, after the Yokomon completely disappeared.
"Don't be sorry for me," she said, going up to another Yokomon. She reached out to heal it but it disappeared before she could. She let out a small gasp but covered her mouth before she could show any more emotion.
"It's not fair," Biyomon said, as the other children gathered around, when they noticed the disintegrating Yokomon, "Why did they have to be hurt?!"
"This is all Echnidymon's fault!" Matt said angrily, slamming his fist into the palm of his hand.
Ami regained her composure and turned to Andromon, Centarumon and the other digimon that were controlled, "Andromon!" she ran over to them. She took a deep breath and held out her hands. They started to glow a bright blue as they were lifted off the ground, standing up.
"Prodigious!" Izzy breathed.
"You can say that again," Tentomon quipped.
She dropped her hands sharply and the digimon slowly began to open their eyes, which, luckily, were not red.
"Princess?" Centarumon asked as if his vision was failing.
"Yes."
"But how-"
"You were put under a spell," Tai said.
"It was Echnidymon," Ami added, looking down.
"Echnidymon?! But how?!" Andromon exclaimed, confused.
"It's a long story," Ami said, "But I need a favor from all of you."
"Your wish is our command, Princess," Centarumon said, kneeling.
Ami put her hand on his shoulder, "Find Leomon at once and bring him here. Tell him, I need his help."
Centarumon bowed his head and rose. Without a word, he and the others left as quickly as possible.
Ami sighed, she'd have to work quick before anymore digimon got hurt because of her. She turned towards the group and walked up to Sora and Biyomon, "I'm sorry," she said to Biyomon, "I know the Yokomon were your kind. I'm sorry I couldn't save them."
"It's not your fault," Biyomon said kindly, "You did the best you could."
"Like hell she did!" Matt exclaimed.
Everyone turned to him surprised.
"You were the one who tried to stop us from coming here," he continued, "If you had gotten here earlier-"
"It wouldn't have made a difference," she yelled, cutting him off, "When are you going to understand that it doesn't matter what you try to do. That's not how Echnidymon works. This was all just a game to her! She doesn't care about what happens out here, she just wanted to see whether I would do anything or not! She would have had all those Yokomon killed regardless! You don't know her like I do!"
"It shouldn't matter whether it was a game or not! These are lives we're dealing with and even if Echnidymon doesn't give a damn about that, you should!"
"Don't tell me what I should or shouldn't do," Ami shot back, "I've been doing this a lot longer than you!"
"Well you may have more experience but you have no heart!"
"Matt, stop," TK urged.
"Yeah, we can't fight now," Kari agreed.
"TK and Kari are right," Gennai said, appearing in the sky, "But so are Matt and Ami. Echnidymon and the other mystic digimon have become too powerful to be defeated by one person. Ami has had experience with them before and knows how they operate-"
Ami glared at Matt and gave him a "Hmphf."
"-but the digidestined have strength in numbers and can protect the digital world with their digimon."
Matt glared back and her gave an "I told you so" look.
"Which is why I propose that you nine work together. Although it is only the princess that can defeat Echnidymon, the digidesitined will protect her and make sure that Echnidymon doesn't destroy anymore innocent digimon. Through teamwork, you should have Echnidymon 'licked', as they say."
"Me? Work with them?" Ami shouted.
"You're kidding, right?" Matt shouted at the same time.