The New Quest
Chapter 6: Double Trouble
"Hi, this is Jesse. We had all stopped to set up camp, and rest, when I found Izzy working on his computer. Tentomon told me that Izzy was working on deciphering some hieroglyphs that he had found shortly after they had arrived here. Later that night, I talked to Izzy, and offered to take the program that he had saved the hieroglyphs on to Dr. Quest, and Izzy agreed to make a copy of the program. The next day, we finally arrived at Myotismons castle, or what was left of it anyway. Leomon told us that shortly after the digi-destined had left to find Kari and Gatomon, the Dark Masters had destroyed the castle as a way to tell Myotismons henchmen as well as any other digimon that might try to oppose them that they were now the ones in charge. We eventually found an opening that lead down to the Gateway, and Joe and Gomamon went down first to make sure that everything was ok. Shortly after they went down, Joe ran back up to us, saying that Piedmon was down there, and that Gomamon was trying to hold him off while everyone else made their escape. Fortunately, Leomon did not believe him, and used his attack to prove that it was not Joe. The rest of us ran down to the chamber, and found several creatures like the one that we encountered just a few moments ago, and they all took the shapes of the digimon. Surd then showed up, and told us that these creatures were his creations, and that they were called Copymon. Fortunately, luck was on our side, because Puppetmon was also there, and he got Surd upset at him. As the two of them fought, we made our escape. Now we have to find out how to get past those things so that Jonny and I can go home."
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The 10 humans and 9 digimon sat around the fire. "I still can't believe that we had to pull back when we were so close to getting home." Jonny said, as he slammed one of his fists into the ground.
Jesse laid a reassuring hand on his shoulder, "I know that you wanted to get home Jonny, so did I. But those Copymon that Surd created are just to powerful."
"Yeah Jonny," Sora said, "don't worry, we will do everything that we can to get the two of you home." She then turned the to others, "Won't we?" and everyone agreed with her.
"Thanks you guys." Jonny said, "I guess that I really should not be so disrespectful, after all, you guys could have stayed home when you were there, but instead you chose to come back here and fight the evil digimon."
"It's ok Jonny," Tai said, "but right now, we have to figure out how to defeat the Copymon." Tai turned to Izzy, "Any ideas?"
Izzy thought it over for a moment, and then nodded. "Well, if you remember, there are only 8 Copymon, compared to the 9 digimon that we have with us at this time. I believe that if all of our digimon and Leomon battle the Copymon, then they won't be able to defeat us."
"But have you forgotten about Puppetmon, and Surd?" Matt asked, "Either Agumon or Gabumon will have to warp to their Mega forms to defeat him."
"Let's think this through," Joe spoke up, "this Surd guy created the Copymon for the Dark Masters to use against us, Right?" Everyone agreed, and Joe continued, "Well, I think that we have at least one trump card that we can play in our next attempt to get tot he Gate."
"And what would that be Joe?" TK asked.
Joe pointed to Patamon, "Patamon here is the only one of the digimon that has not digivolved to his Ultimate form yet." Joe took a breath, and then continued, "If Angemon digivolves, that might give our digimon the few moments that they need to finish the Copymon off." He then looked at Patamon, who was lying next to TK, "Not to put any unwanted pressure on you Patamon. I mean the last thing that we need is to have another Skullgreymon incident."
Leomon sat up, "I believe that an answer on how to handle this situation will come to us by morning. But until then, I would suggest that we get some sleep."
"Leomon is right," Sora said, "no matter what happens tomorrow, we need to be well rested." Everyone agreed with her, and after deciding who all would stand guard, everyone went to sleep.
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Puppetmon looked up at the Gate, a looked of annoyance on his wooden face. "It's hard to believe that such an ugly thing could cause so much problems." One of the Copymon then walked up to Puppetmon, "What is it?"
The Copymon stood at attention, "There has been no sign of the digi-destined, or their friends since the battle earlier Lord Puppetmon."
"Good, but keep on alert. Those kids will come back, mark my word, they will be back." The Copymon nodded, and then headed off to carry out his task. Puppetmon then turned around, and looked at the large stone a few feet away. "Now," he said, as he drew out his hammer, "I will make sure that this thing can never be used again."
Puppetmon raised his hammer, and was about to bring it down on the stone, when a laser bolt sizzled over his head and struck the hammer, sending it flying tot he other side of the room. The digimon looked back to where the blast came from, and found Surd in that armor that he had constructed for himself, a barrel that extended out of one of the arms smoking. "I would not do that if I were you my wooden friend."
"And why not?" The digimon asked with disgust at what the human had just done clear in his voice.
"Because it is always better to have the proper bait to use to catch the big fish." Surd responded.
"But we are not after fish Toy, we are after the digi-destined." Puppetmon responded.
Surd shook his head, "But it is the same in this case as well Puppetmon." Surd took a deep breath, "For you see that stone is the bait, and the digi-destined, and those brats with them are the intended fish. If you destroy the bait, we will not be able to catch the fish." An angry expression went across Surds face, "And for the last time, don't call me Toy!"
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The next morning, everyone was gathered around a small fire, eating breakfast. "So," Leomon began, "did any of you come up with a plan to help us get Jonny and Jesse here home?"
"Izzy and I might have one." Tai said, "Last night when Izzy and I switched watch shifts, we talked about our problem for a while, and think that we came up with a good plan." Tai nodded to Izzy, and he pulled out his computer. Suddenly, a hologram appeared above the fire. "The first part of our plan," Tai began, "is to split up into two groups. Group 1, which will be lead by me, will try to take out at least one or more of the Copymon that Surd created. Group 2, which will be lead by Izzy, will do their best to take out Surd, and that device that he had yesterday."
Izzy then picked up from where Tai left off, "We hope that we can at least take out 3 of the Copymon before anyone knows that we are there. But if that part of the plan does not work, my group will, like Tai said, try and either put out of commission, or bring over to our side Surds Exo Frame."
"Then I think that either Jesse or myself should be in Group 2." Jonny said, "We are the only that have a chance of properly operating that thing."
"That is a good idea Jonny." Leomon said, "Now what happens after that?"
Tai picked up, "Once each group had done their job, we will meet up at the stairs that will take us down to the Gate. After that, it is only a matter of defeating the remaining Copymon and Puppetmon."
"And that will leave both Agumon and myself free to digivolve to our Mega forms." Gabumon put in.
"Correct Gabumon." Izzy said, "And it will also take the pressure off of Angemon to try and digivolve to his next form," Izzy paused for a moment, "at least for now."
Leomon nodded, and then looked at Patamon, "But I would still keep that option open Patamon, just in case some parts of this plan do not work."
TK nodded, "We will be ready Leomon."
Leomon then turned his attention back to Tai and Izzy, "So how are the groups going to split up?"
Tai thought it over for a moment, "Well, I have been thinking about that, and I am pretty sure that we will need our strongest digimon with my group. But we will also need at least one of them with Group 2." Tai thought it over for a moment, "Ok, I got it." Tai looked straight at the others, "Matt, you and Gabumon will be with me. Sora, you and Biyomon will go with Izzy. Joe, I want you and Gomamon with me. Mimi, you and Palmon will go with Izzy. Kari and Gatomon will come with me. And TK and Patamon will be with Izzy."
Tai then looked at Jonny and Jesse, but Jonny beat him to the punch, "Jesse is the better of the two of us when it comes to figuring out machines, so I will go with your Group Tai."
"Ok Jonny, welcome on board." Tai then turned to Leomon, "Well Leomon, which group will you be part of?"
Leomon's face took on a serious look, and he shook his head, "I am afraid that I won't be helping you out in the first part of your plan, but I will definitely be ready to help you on the second part." And before anyone could say anything, Leomon walked away, and headed deeper into the woods.
"I wonder what that was about?" Joe asked.
"I don't know," Izzy said, "but we have more important things to worry about at this time." Everyone nodded in agreement, and they set to work fine-tuning the plan. Once that was finished, they set out for the ruins of Myotismons castle.
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Tentomon landed next to Izzy, "I am afraid that I have some good news and some bad news." He said, "the good news is that Surd just came up to the surface, but the bad news is that he has got one of the Copymon with him."
Izzy thought over what Tentomon had just told them, "This could work to our advantage." He finally said, "If we can immobilize at least one of the Copymon, that will leave one less for us to deal with later." Izzy looked back at the others in his group, and they all nodded that they agreed with him. He then looked at the digimon who had gathered off to one side, "Ok then, get ready to move."
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Tai knew that it would not be difficult to find the Copymon, the difficulty would be in defeating them, and doing it quietly enough so that they could still spring a surprise attack on Puppetmon and the remaining Copymon down in the chamber. But he was certain that they could do it, with enough surprise on their side at least. He pulled out his Monocular, and looked through it at the ruins, and he spotted 2 Copymon patrolling the area. He lowered the device, and turned to face the others. "Ok, I saw only two of them." Tai said, "Matt, take Joe and Gomamon and go after one of them, while Kari, Agumon, Jonny, and Gatomon come with me after the other one."
"Ok man," Matt said, "good luck."
"To all of us." Tai said, and he headed off with his smaller group to take on one of the Copymon.
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"Remember, that the strategy is stealth." Izzy reminded the 4 digimon that stood before him.
"Don't worry Izzy," Biyomon said, "we know all about being quiet." The pink digimon then flew up to the sky, followed by Tentomon, and Patamon, while Izzy, TK, Sora, Mimi, Palmon, and Jesse made their way to where Surds frame was setting.
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Surd sat on the collapsed wall, and looked at the Exo Frame that he had created. 'Now this is something that not even the great Benton Quest could create'. He looked down at his wrist, where he had placed a gauge that was connected to the solar batteries of his frame, and smiled, 'My frame is now completely recharged, time to head back in.'
Surd began to move toward the machine, "Super Shocker!" Came a shout from above. He looked up, and saw that the bug like digimon that traveled with the digi-destined was flying over head. The bug let out an electric blast, that hit the ground near to him, and he was thrown back.
Surd sat back up, and looked at the Copymon that had come out with him. The creature had already taken the form of the digimon that was now attacking, and looked as if it was ready to fight him. "Well don't just stand there, Attack, Attack!" the Copytentomon nodded, and flew up to the meet the original.
Surd stood back up, and started to move toward the frame again, "Poison Ivy!" was shouted behind him, and he suddenly found himself wrapped up by vines. He turned his head, and saw another digimon standing behind him, the vines extending from her hands. With this digimon was four of the digi-destined, and Jesse Bannon.
"Good job Palmon." The one that was dressed in a pink dress said.
Surd just smiled, "You may have grabbed me, but your friend up there is facing off against my Copymon, and will not survive to celebrate with you."
"Guess again Surd." The one with a helmet on said, as she looked up at the battle in the sky.
Surd looked up just in time to see 2 other digimon had joined the battle with his Copytentomon. The bird digimon flew over the doubles head, to the other side of him, "Now, try my Spiral Twister!" A spiral of green energy leapt out from her claws, and hit the double hard in the side.
The other digimon flew up on the other side of the Copytentomon, and inflated itself, "Boom Bubble!" The digimon shot out a blast of condensed air and it hit the Copytentomon as well.
Tentomon then flew up between his fellow digimon, "Now everyone together, Super Shocker!" he lead off.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon followed.
"Boom Bubble!" Patamon finished.
Copytentomon was hit by all three attacks, and fell hard to the ground, and then reverted back to Copymon. As it tried to get up, Jesse rushed over to the Frame, and jumped into it. She was able to get all the systems on-line, and powered up the laser canon. She pointed it at the Copymon, "Time to say good night Copymon." And pulled the trigger. The Copymon was hit by a powerful blast from the canon, and was immediately deleted from existence. "Now Surd," Jesse said though the speaker, "I believe that you were saying something about them losing that battle." The 3 digimon then landed, and then all proceeded to the entrance, where they would meet up with the others.
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Matt looked over the bush that he, Gabumon, Joe, and Gomamon were hiding behind, and saw that the Copymon that they had decided to fight had stopped right in front of them. The creature looked around, and then began to move again. Matt looked down at Joe and Gomamon, and nodded. They then jumped out from behind the bush, "Marching Fishes!" Gomamon shouted. Several multi colored fish jumped out, and slammed into the Copymon.
The digimon quickly got back to its feet, and glared at them. It then turned into a copy of Gomamon. "Did you think that pathetic attack would stop me?" Copygomamon said, "That barley faced me."
"Then lets try something else then," Gabumon said as he and Matt jumped out from behind the bush, "Blue Blaster!" Gabumon shouted, as he shot out a blast of blue energy at Copygomamon. The blast hit the digimon, and it fell back a few feet.
Copygomamon changed its shape to Gabumon's. Copygabumon stood before them, "Now lets see how you like it, Copy Blue Blaster!" a black beam shot out of its mouth on a direct path to Gabumon. But Gabumon was able to dodge the attack, and fire back with his Blue Blaster. Copygabumon also dodged the attack, but was then hit by Gomamon's Marching Fish attack. The digimon was thrown back, but immediately got back up.
"Ok lets finish this joker." Matt said as his and Joe's Digi-Vices activated.
"Gabumon digivolve to…Garurumon!"
"Gomamon digivolve to…Ikkakumon!"
The 3 digimon faced off with each other, until Copygabumon changed again, this time into Garurumon. "Now we shall see just how tough that legendary fur of yours is Garurumon." Copygarurumon said, as he lunged toward Garurumon.
Garurumon jumped out of the way, and landed a few feet away. He then charged into the battle, "Howling Blaster!" he shouted, as he shot out blue energy at his copy, but Copygarurumon dodged the attack, and landed on top of Garurumon.
"Now it is my turn," Ikkakumon said, "Harpoon Torpedo!" he shouted, as the horn on top of his head shot out, and hit Copygarurumon, knocking him off of Garurumon.
"Garurumon now, digivolve!" Matt shouted, as his Crest of Friendship began to glow.
"Garurumon digivolve to…Weregarurumon!" Weregarurumon stared intently at Copygarurumon, "Now Copymon, lets finish it."
"Fine by me." Copygarurumon said, as he began to change.
"Oh no you don't." Joe said as his Crest of Reliability began to glow bright.
"Ikkakumon digivolve to…Zudomon!" Zudomon quickly ran up to the Copymon and raised his hammer high into the air, "Vulcan's Hammer!" and he dropped the hammer on the Copymon. The digimon had no chance under the force of the blow, and vanished almost immediately.
Weregarurumon and Zudomon reverted back to Gabumon and Gomamon. "Come on," Matt said, "lets go meet up with the others." And the four of them headed off toward the entrance that would take them to the Gate.
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"Nova Blast!" Greymon shouted, as he released a massive fireball at the Copymon that had taken his shape.
"Copy Nova Blast!" Copygreymon countered, and both fireballs met up in the middle, and exploded.
"Man," Tai said, "that digimon is powerful for a copy."
"What are we going to do Tai?" Kari asked.
Jonny thought for a moment, and then snapped his fingers, "I got it." He said, as he turned to Gatomon. "Gatomon, Izzy told me when we first got here that you have a power as Angewomon that can effect other digimon."
Gatomon nodded, "Yeah, my Heavens Charm. When I first used it against Myotismon, it gave the others enough energy to help finish the battle." A look of understanding appeared on Gatomon's face, "Oh, I understand what you are thinking Jonny."
Jonny nodded, "But the only problem is, will it work?"
Tai turned to face them, "Will what work?"
"You will see Tai." Gatomon said, as she began to glow along with Kari's Crest of Light. "Gatomon digivolve to…Angewomon!" Angewomon flew up over both Greymons, "I hope that this works Jonny." She took a deep breath, and raised her arms, "Heavens Charm!" she shouted, as a giant hallow appeared over her head, and energy began to spill out of it.
"What in the Digi-World?" Copygreymon said, as the energy flowed down over him, "NO!" he shouted as the positive energy engulfing him. It screamed out in pain as it returned back to its original form.
"Oh yes," Greymon said, "Nova Blast!" he shouted, as once again he shot out a fireball at the Copymon. This time it was unable to dodge the attack, and was consumed by the intense fire. After a few seconds, the Copymon disappeared, and both Greymon and Angewomon reverted back to Agumon and Gatomon.
"Good job guys." Tai said, as he, Jonny, and Kari ran up to the digimon, "Now lets go meet up with the others."
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They all sat in the cave, just waiting for their chance to fight. When the secret door opened, and a digimon stepped into the cave, everyone looked at him. "What is the word Leomon?" one of the digimon asked.
"The digi-destined are back, and the time has come for us to help them take back the Digital World from the Dark Masters." Leomon said triumphantly.
"Then Piximon did not die in vain." One of the digimon said.
"No, but they do need our help right now." Leomon said, "Are you with me?"
"We are with you Leomon." One of them shouted.
"To victory or death. Whichever is our destiny in this battle." Another shouted.
Leomon smiled, showing off his big teeth, "Then lets go my friends." He shouted, and in a roar of approval, all of the digimon left the cave, and headed off to battle.
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As planned, everyone met up at the entrance to the Gates chamber. They were all pleased that three of the eight Copymon were now no longer a problem, as well as the fact that Izzy's had been successful in not only capturing Surds armor, but also Surd himself. They left Surd tied up at the top of the steps, with Jonny guarding him, and headed down to the chamber below.
When they got down there, Puppetmon and the remaining five Copymon stood ready to fight them. "I knew that something was up when those three Copymon did not report back." Puppetmon let out an evil smile, "But now, it is our turn to play." The evil digimon gestured to the Copymon to attack, and they all charged at the digi-destined.
"Ok everyone, digivolve." Tai shouted, as all the digimon began to glow.
"Agumon warp digivolve to…Wargreymon!"
"Gabumon warp digivolve to…Metalgarurumon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to…Birdramon!"
"Tentomon digivolve to…Kabuterimon!"
"Palmon digivolve to…Togemon!"
"Gomamon digivolve to…Ikkakumon!"
"Patamon digivolve to…Angemon!"
"Gatomon digivolve to…Angewomon!"
"Puppetmon is ours." Wargreymon said to the other digimon, "You guys take care of the remaining Copymon."
"You got it Wargreymon." Kabuterimon said. "Let's get them." And they all headed off to face their foes. Angemon and Angewomon teamed up, as did Jesse, who was still in the frame, and Togemon. Kabuterimon, Birdramon, and Ikkakumon all face off against the last three.
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Jonny knew that the battle had begun, by the sounds that were echoing up from below. Suddenly, Jonny heard a rustling behind him, and looked back to see a bird type digimon walking towards Surd. "Hold it right there Birdie." Jonny said.
The digimon stopped and looked right at him, and Jonny wondered if he hadn't bitten off just a little more than he could chew. "Lord Puppetmon wishes that his Toy be released at once, and you are not going to stop me from accomplishing that." The bird thought for a moment, "And the name is not Birdie, it's Kiwimon."
Jonny swallowed hard, "Well, I don't care who you are, you are not going to free him."
"We will see about that." Kiwimon said, "Pummel Peck!" he shouted, as several of what looked like smaller versions of himself flew out of his mouth.
Jonny prepared himself to jump out of the way of the attack, but suddenly found himself behind a giant horse. The horse took the full force of the attack, "The reign of the Dark Masters is over Kiwimon." The horse said.
"Never Centarumon!" Kiwimon shouted.
"Yes," Came a shout from off to the side, Jonny looked over, and saw Leomon lead some other digimon out of the forest. "You picked the wrong side Kiwimon, and now you are going to pay for your mistakes, Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon shouted, as raised his fist and a giant lions head flew out of it, hitting Kiwimon hard and knocking him back a couple dozen feet, where his data was reconverted back to its original form. Leomon then walked up to Jonny, "Are you ok Jonny?"
"I'll be find Leomon, and thanks for the save."
"It was a pleasure." Leomon said, "Now, it is time to go to battle." He said, as he headed toward the stairs. Jonny explained that surd needed to be guard. Leomon looked at the other digimon in his group, "Centarumon, stay here, and don't let any digimon out of this chamber."
"Understood Leomon." Centarumon as Leomon and Jonny headed down the steps.
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The battle was not going well. The Copymon proved to be more of a challenge than any of the digimon had thought they would be. Kabuterimon was thrown down to the floor hard by his double, and before he could recover, Copykabuterimon performed a body slam, causing Kabuterimon to wince in great pain. "Kabuterimon," Izzy shouted as his Crest of Knowledge began to glow, "quick digivolve!"
"Kabuterimon digivolve to…Megakabuterimon!"
Megakabuterimon threw Copykabuterimon off of himself, and then turned around and bashed the copy with his horn. The copy stumbled back a few steps grabbing its head with all four arms. "Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon shouted, as a blast of electricity shot out at the copy, and it disappeared in a flash of light.
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"Ice Wolf Claw!" Metalgarurumon shouted as he shot out several missiles at Puppetmon.
"Oh no you don't," Puppetmon shouted, "Puppet Pummel!" and several blasts of energy leapt out of his hammer, and hit all the missiles.
"Mega Claw!" Wargreymon shouted, as he began to spin. The twister headed right for Puppetmon, but he spotted it at the last moment, and floated out of the way. He then brought his hammer down hard on Wargreymon, causing him to fall to the floor.
"Now this is the way to play War." Puppetmon said as he began to laugh really hard.
"You won't be laughing for long Puppetmon." Came a shout from behind.
Puppetmon turned around, and saw Leomon standing off to the side. "And you are going to stop me Leomon?"
"Yes I am." Leomon stated, as Puppetmon began to laugh harder. But the laughter soon stopped, when Leomon began to glow, "Digi-destined," Leomon said in a loud voice, "I need the power that only you as the digi-destined can give to me. Use your Crests and help me."
Tai ran forward, with Matt right behind him, "Lets do it guys." Tai said as he pulled his Crest out from under his shirt, "The Crest of Courage!" he shouted, as he held his Crest up high.
"The Crest of Friendship!" Matt followed.
From the other side of the chamber, "The Crest of Love!" Sora said as she added her power to the others.
"The Crest of Knowledge!" Izzy put in.
"The Crest of Sincerity!" Mimi shouted from behind Togemon.
"The Crest of Hope!" TK put in.
"The Crest of Light!" Kari shouted from next to TK.
"The Crest of Reliability!" Joe finished.
All eight Crests shot out a beam, of energy at Leomon, who absorbed it all. When the eight beams ended, Leomon was glowing even brighter. "What is going on here?" Puppetmon asked
"What is going on here Puppetmon," Leomon said, his voice echoing in the chamber, "is that the time of the Dark Masters control of the Digital World is about to end, for now you will be the first to see the new face of this worlds defense." Leomon suddenly began to change, "Leomon digivolve to…Saberleomon!"
"Who is that Izzy?" Sora asked
"That's Saberleomon." Izzy responded as he looked at the profile, "He is a Mega digimon with a heart of gold. Evil digimon fear his Howling Crusher and Twin Fang attacks."
Puppetmon looked at Saberleomon, not even paying attention to the other 2 Mega digimon that were behind him. "Hey Puppetmon, forget about us?" Wargreymon asked.
"What?" Puppetmon shouted as he turned around, to late to do anything but watch his own destruction coming right at him.
"Terra Force!" Wargreymon shouted, as he formed a huge ball of energy above his head, and through it at Puppetmon.
"Metal Wolf Claw!" Metalgarurumon shouted as he shot a blast of ice and snow at Puppetmon.
Both attacks hit Puppetmon hard, but he was not finished just yet, that is until Saberleomon jumped up, "Howling Crusher!" he shouted, as one of his claws began to glow, and struck Puppetmon hard across his front.
"NO!" Puppetmon shouted, as he fell hard to the ground, and vanished out of sight.
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With the defeat of Puppetmon, and the help of Wargreymon, Metalgarurumon, and Saberleomon, the rest of the Copymon were defeated with great ease. It was now time to use the Key Cards, and send Jonny, Jesse, and Surd back to their world. All of the cards were now in place, except for the slot where the Agumon or Gomamon card went. Jonny and Jesse looked at their friends, "I guess that it is time for us to be headed home." Jonny said, "It was a great honor to fight along your side digi-destined."
"The honor was all ours Jonny." Sora said, "If it weren't for you two, we would probably still be fighting Metalseadramon."
"Don't forget Jesse," Izzy said, "if you can get word to me about that program that I gave you do so."
"I promise to do so Izzy," Jesse leaned over, and hugged Izzy.
After the good-byes were all said, Jonny and Jesse walked up to the gate, where Surd was now siting, still tied up. Tai walked up to the stone where the other eight card were now sitting, and placed the Agumon card in the last open slot. The entire chamber was lit up by the light coming out of the Gate, and everyone strained their eyes, as they watched the three figures enter into the Gate. The doors then shut, the light that filled the room, suddenly not there anymore. The digi-destined gathered the nine cards back up, and they headed off to face their next challenge in their battle with the Dark Masters.
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"Jonny, can you hear me." Jonny opened his eyes, and looked up at the face of his father, in full Quest World form. He then let out a huge smile, and wrapped his arms around his father's neck. "I don't know what I did to deserve this, but thanks anyway."
"You have no idea dad." Jonny said as he saw Race walk over to were Jesse laid on the floor.
"Hey there Sweetheart, it's time to get up."
Jesse opened her eyes, and as Jonny had done only a moment before wrapped her arms around Races neck, almost bringing him down to the floor. Jonny suddenly remembered about Surd, "Dad, where is Surd at?"
Dr. Quest thought about the question, "He disappeared almost immediately after you all reappeared." Dr. Quest stood up, "But we can discuss that at another time, right now we had better go back to the Real World."
"Dad," Jonny said, "you don't know how long I have waited for you to say that." All four figures then disappeared from Quest World and headed home.
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Several hours later, after Jonny and Jesse had had a good meal and they had given Dr. Quest the disk from Izzy, they told the others about their time and adventures in the Digital World. When they were finished, all that Race could say was, "You two must have imagined the entire thing, because you weren't gone for more than 5 minutes."
"Actually Race," Dr. Quest spoke up, "I think that they are telling the truth about this Digital World that they went to."
"Why do you say that Dr. Quest?" Hadji asked.
"This computer program that they gave me, is the most complex program that I have ever seen in my entire life. Not even Quest World is this complicated." Dr. Quest said as he switched off the computer that he had out.
"And besides Race," Jonny spoke up, "Izzy told us that time passes differently in the Digital World.
"Yeah," Jesse continued, "that Gennai guy that appeared after we first got there said that when they went back to their world recently, they were only gone for a few days, but in the Digital World, five years had passed by."
"But it is still hard to imagine, that a world exists that is completely made up of computer data." Race said.
"But stranger things have happened Race," Hadji said, "Can you honestly say that this experience is any different from any other strange adventure that we have had."
"Well, when you put it like that Hadji," Race said, "I can hardly argue with you."
Dr. Quest laughed, and then looked back down at the computer that he was using. "Now this is interesting." He said as he began to type something into the computer.
"What is it Dad?" Jonny asked, moving over behind his father, along with Hadji, Race, and Jesse.
They all looked over his shoulder, they saw an open window with a picture of a digimon inside of it. "I wonder what this is?" Dr. Quest asked.
Jesse smiled, "That is Izzy's Digimon Analyzer program Dr. Quest."
"Yeah Dad," Jonny said, "the digi-destined use it to tell them about the digimon that they meet up with." Jonny took a closer look at the digimon on the screen, and smiled, "That is Andromon."
"Well I will be hog-tied." Race said.
Dr. Quest thought for a moment, "Well, I guess that the two of you still have a lot of things to tell us about these digimon that you met."
Both Jonny and Jesse let out a huge smile, and they sat down on the couch, telling their fathers and their friend about the digimon, the digi-destined, and the Digital World.
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(Narrator) "Now that both Puppetmon and Metalseadramon have been defeated, the digi-destined are half way to stopping the Dark Masters. But who will they fight next, the robotic Machindramon, or the phantom Piedmon. Find out on Digimon, Digital Monsters."