APOCALYMON: RESCUE
Jun here. Last time, Taichi took Ken and followed Skull Satanmon to the Neo Digiworld Capital. The Dark Masters were right behind them. Meanwhile, back on the top of Jijimon's tower, T.K. and Cody had finished their training and Kari sent them to help Taichi. Yolei wanted to go too. Kari didn't want to, but said yes. Everyone met up again at the Neo-Digiworld Capital were they found out that the emperor was Apocalymon. He wanted Metalseadramon because he and Puppetmon together would produce Apocalymon's body and he wanted the energy that Skull Satanmon had stole to power a machine to destroy the Digital World. He started the machine and the castle was destroyed and Yolei hurt her had bad. The Digidestined had no chance and went with the Dark Masters to escape.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Terra Force!"
The two attacks disintegrated Apocalymon's upper body in an explosive array of light that illuminated the dark void around him and the Digidestined.
"We did it!" Matt cheered.
"We destroyed all of his claws!" Joe said.
"Still think you're so tough? Ha ha ha!" Tai cheered,"We beat him!"
The dark cloud of smoke remained from Apocalymon's explosion. The Digidestined moved away from the smoke slightly and examined the blackness around him. Mimi sighed as she looked around. "It looks like we were too late to save the Digital World."
"At least we were able to save Earth," Joe said, surprising everyone with his optimism.
"The Digital World hasn't been destroyed," Izzy said, riding on top of Megakabuterimon,"We're in a totally different area."
"What do you mean?" Matt asked.
Izzy mentioned with his hands to the dark void surrounding them. "After Spiral Mountain was destroyed, it created a rip in time and space, opening a door to the, as Genai called it,"The place beyond the Wall of Fire."
"So," Tai said,"We just have to find the doorway and we'll be able to get out of here?"
Izzy nodded,"Yes, back to the real Digital World."
Tai nodded. He then felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned quickly. "Sora," he said, completely surprised when she planted a big one on his lips. He pulled her away, a very surprised look on his face.
"Sorry," Sora said,"we just almost died...and...well, I guess I got carried away."
Tai half smiled,"Hey, I didn't mind."
Matt didn't say anything as he turned away. "We should get out of here."
"Yeah," Mimi said,"I just wish we could have stopped him before Wizardmon, Chuumon, Leomon, and Whamon were killed."
Joe looked at her, then over his shoulder. "AhhhAHHHHH!"
"What's the matter?" T.K. asked.
Everyone turned around and their mouths opened wide. The smoke had cleared and Apocalymon was still very much alive, and looking very ticked off. He didn't say anything. He just raised his massive hand. "Good bye!"
He fired a blast of red energy heading straight towards Matt, T.K., and Tai. They were on their Digimon and turned around. They couldn't move out of the way, they were too shocked.
"Tai, look out!" Izzy shouted, pushing him out of the way. Unfortunately, he and Matt were hit.
"Oh no!" Mimi shouted, rushing over to them, on Lillymon. "T.K., Matt, Izzy, speak to me!" Their bodies were covered with black marks, high burns, and their Digimon were at their In-training forms.
Joe and Zudomon hovered over. He began examining them,"This looks like evidence of high radiation burns."
Sora's mouth was gaping open, tears slowly going down her cheeks. She turned to Tai. He was clenching his fists, his teeth gritting. "Apocalymon! I won't let you get away with this!"
Apocalymon smiled as he raised his hand again. "Three down, four to go. Let's lighten the load by getting rid of two!"
He fired another red blast. "Mimi, Joe look out!" Sora shouted. The two Digidestined didn't have time to move out of the way. They were hit badly in a cloud of smoke.
"No!" Tai shouted, seeing four more of his friends, floating unconscious, hanging onto life by a thread.
"Oh no," Sora said, crying,"What do we do now?"
Tai still had his back to her. "Sora, listen up! The others need medical help, now! The doorway to this area shouldn't be that far from here. Load the others onto Garudamon and get as far away from here as you can!"
"No way!" she said,"I'm not leaving you to face Apocalymon alone!"
"Listen to me!" he shouted, still not facing her," Wargreymon is the only one who even stands a chance! You don't have a say in the matter!"
"I hate to interrupt," Apocalymon said, laughing,"But none of you are leaving here alive!"
He raised his hand and fired again. This beam was heading towards Sora, but Garudamon jumped in the air and blocked the attack. Being a Digimon, she was able to handle it better than a human.
"Sora!" Tai hissed through his teeth,"That is the last straw!" Apocalymon had to die. It didn't mater that Garudamon was recovering quickly, or that Sora was fine. " I will kill you Apocalymon!"
Suddenly, the air around Tai started to shimmer. He started to shake with anger. He was so mad, so much hatred was pouring at Apocalymon. Lightning began to course through the cloudless sky. His fists clenched even tighter. "I won't let you get away with this!" he shouted through his clenched teeth.
Around his chest, his Crest of Courage began to glow. "I won't let you win!" Tai said, his words filled with anger.
Apocalymon looked interested while Sora was in awe. The lighting above Tai's head started to flash in synch with the Crest of Courage. Tai suddenly shouted, lighting crashing into the Crest of Courage. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"What?!" Apocalymon shouted.
Around Tai's chest a new crest shown brightly. It glowed with the power of the lightning, a bright symbol of a star instead of his normal sun symbol.
Sora was still gasping trying to breath. Tai final turned around and looked at her. Sora looked at him. He was radiating with power, the lightning had powered him up somehow. She was scared. "Sora, listen to me very carefully," he said, calmly,"You must leave this place now, and take the others with you, understand?"
"But..."
"This is the last time I'm going to tell you!" he snapped, staring at her with eyes glowing bright, hot white. Sora felt her heart start to pound, she began to sweat. She hated herself for what she thought when she looked at Tai, but emotions began to swell into her mind. She was scared. Scared of him.
Apocalymon was still in shock of Tai's new crest to do anything while Sora loaded the unconscious Digidestined onto Garudamon. When she was done, she turned back to him,"I'm..I'm going Tai, but what about you?"
"Don't worry about me!" he said, staring at Apocalymon,"I know this is where I need to be!"
Sora stared at her for a bit longer. Then realization dawned on her. "Whatever you say Tai." She floated onto Garudamon,"Let's go."
Garudamon started to fly off, when Apocalymon recovered from his shock. He realized what was happening. "If you think you're leaving, you are completely wrong!" He raised his hand.
"No!" Tai said, jumping onto Wargreymon. The two of them moved so fast that they were in front of Apocalymon's energy blast and deflected it before Apocalymon could even realize what happened.
"What?" Apocalymon asked, taken aback. He saw Tai smirk at him. "Fine," Apocalymon said,"Anyone can get lucky once."
He fired another red blast from his hand. As before Wargreymon used his left hand and flung it back.
"What?!" Apocalymon was completely shocked. "Virus Grenade!"
He fired thousands of small objects from his cannons. The new crest around Tai neck glowed brighter than before and Wargreymon began slashing the grenades with his claws.
"What?" he asked,"How...what..what are you?"
Sora griped onto Garudramon's fur tightly. She scanned the area around her, until she found what she was looking for. A thin hole in the darkness, from which she could see a bright blue sky and green land. "There, that's the exit!" she shouted,"We're going to get these guys to Genai."
"Then we're going back, right?" Garudamon asked.
"No," Sora said, shaking her head,"There...there's something very different about Tai. He...He kept digging inside himself, inside his soul, and he found it. A power so great, none of us can even come close."
"That's good, right?"
"I hope so," Sora said, looking over her shoulder,"I love you so much Tai, please don't let this new crest change you...."
Apocalymon was staring in disbelief. "How could this new crest give Wargreymon so much power?" he asked himself. He watched Tai and Wargreymon float in front of him with a massive grin on their faces.
"I'll destroy us both, before I let you win..." Apocalymon said. His cape moved with a life of its own. It raped itself around his upper torso and he slid back into his cube body. All of his claws were retracted and he began to collapse in on himself. "You haven't seen my true power yet, Total Annihilation!"
"He's gonna destroy everything!" Tai shouted. Wargreymon brought his claws up in front of his face in an effort to block the destruction blast.
"We're almost there...."Sora said, inches in front of the doorway, when she heard an explosion. She quickly turned around and saw the bright light from Apocalymon's detonation heading towards her. "Oh no, What's that?"
"It has great strength behind it," Garudamon said,"I'm afraid that if it reaches the doorway, it will destroy both earth and the Digital World."
"We've got to stop it," Sora said, holding up her crest,"Come on, come on, I know you're in there...." The Crest of Love shown brightly, sending out a beam of energy that was dwarfed by Apoaclymon's detonation.
"Its no use," Sora said,"We need more power......."
Suddenly, the crests on the unconscious Digidestined started to shine. The Crests of Friendship, Knowledge, Sincerity, Reliability, and Hope added their powers to the Crest of Love. They formed into one massive beam that was still unable to stop the destruction.
"Maybe if you shield the doorway," Garudamon suggested.
"Its worth a try," Sora said, turning her crest towards the opening, the energy from the other crests followed. They created a thick, rainbow shield around the doorway.
"That's should work," Sora said, turning back towards the approaching wave,"We might have died, but at least both worlds are safe......."
Yolei slowly opened her eyes. She was lying on a couch, with a blanket over her. She was in what looked like the teacher's office when she snuck a look that got her two weeks detention. She lifted her head.
"Careful," a voice said,"Your muscles are probably a little weak."
"Tai," she said, turning to her right. He was standing with his arms crossed, leaning against a giant window,"Wh-what happened?"
"What can you remember?"
She looked down,"Seeing those weird Digimon shouting out of the Neo-Digiworld Capital. Then...then I passed out."
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, those three Digimon were Apocalymon's Destroyers. They are creating havoc throughout what's left of the Digital World, destroying Holy Areas. The Dark Masters are trying to stop them, but they're not doing so well."
"What do you mean 'what's left of the Digital World?'" Yolei asked.
Taichi sighed. "Apocalymon's plan to destroy the Digital World is coming along perfectly. It started in the far west and is slowly moving around the planet like a ripple. Datamon estimates that within five days, the entire Digital World will be destroyed. If we could just get back to Genai's, I'm sure Izzy would be able to figure out a way to stop it."
"Tai," Yolei asked,"Where are we?"
"In the Dark Master's Castle, over the Dark Tower," he said,"You were out for three days, we haven't been able to contact Michael or any of the others. Kari is still training, Jijimon has tried to help, but...."
"What?"Yolei asked, a feeling of guilt overcoming her,"T.K. and Cody were done within three hours, and Gatomon is taking three days to reach Ultimate? If I had stayed with her, then maybe...."
"There's no use blaming yourself," Hawkmon said, hovering onto the top of the couch.
Yolei nodded, getting off of the couch. "Tai, I..I remembered what happened during the final fight with Apocalymon..."
Taichi flinched. "Yeah?"
Yolei nodded. "You..you tried to fight him all by yourself, and..and I used the powers of the Crest and saved both worlds..."
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, you are the reason both worlds are still here Sora, not me."
"But, Tai, what was the crest that the Crest of Courage changed into?"
Taichi sighed. "I don't know."
"But it did give me incredible strength," Agumon said,"I was holding my own against Apocalymon, and I was sure that I could have beaten him, but then he cheated and detonated."
The door slid open and Piedmon waltzed in. He looked at Yolei,"Well, I see that we're awake."
"What do you want?" Taichi asked,"You've kept us prisoners here for the past three days, when can we leave?"
"That is why I am here," Piedmon said, "I offer you a choice. Join us..."
"What?" Taichi asked,"We'd never join you. I've had my fill of working for evil Digimon."
"I agree," Yolei said,"and I know that the rest of the Digidestined would agree."
Piedmon nodded. "Very well spoken. However, you don't really have a choice."
"But you just said we did!" Yolei said.
Piedmon half smiled. "Your choice was to join us willingly, or forcefully."
A group of human looking Digimon wearing black uniforms that covered every part of their bodies marched in. They connected the Digidestined's hands behind their backs. "What are you doing?" Taichi asked.
"We need your strength to help us fight Apocalymon," Piedmon said,"And since you have declined to do it willingly, we are going to brainwash you."
"No," Taichi said, struggling to get free of his handcuffs,"You won't get away with this! Kari won't let you."
Piedmon just laughed as the soldier Digimon herded Taichi, Yolei and their Digimon through the door. One soldier was leading the way, and the other five were behind them. "I will see you later, when you are more...conditioned..Hah hahaha!"
"Tai," Yolei said, as they were lead down the halls of the Dark Master's Castle,"I want you to know..."
"Sora," he said, struggling to get out of his handcuffs,"I know, I know, but, don't talk like we'll never see each other again. We're going to get out of here."
The only soldier in front of them suddenly turned around and pushed Taichi and Yolei to the ground, before pointing a weird looking gun towards the back. The rest of the soldiers behind them were too slow to move out of the way before the cloud of gas shot from the gun. The Digimon soldier breathed it in heavily, then collapsed.
"Sleeping Gas?" Hawkmon asked, looking up at the lone soldier. That soldier reached down and unlocked their handcuffs. He then helped them to their feet. When they were standing up and staring at him with a confused look, he removed his mask.
"Michael?" Yolei asked.
"Yeah," the reincarnated Joe Kido said, nodding,"We've got to get Ken, T.K. and Cody, then get out of here."
They started running down the halls. "We've got to hurry," Michael said, "This place is packed with reporters for the Dark Masters's press conference. We don't want to be seen."
"Why are there reporters here?" Yolei asked.
"The Dark Masters are seen as reluctant heroes because they are trying to stop the Destroyers," Michael said,"And the public just loves heroes."
"Why can't we be seen?" Taichi asked.
"Kari's orders," Michael said,"She doesn't want us to broadcast ourselves until we're out of this castle."
"Kari's here?" Yolei asked.
"No," Michael said,"Jijimon stopped her training long enough to fill her up to speed on what's happening. She gave us new orders, then went back to resume her training."
The rest of the journey was said in silence until they reached a closed room. "This is the place were the others are being held. Just give me a minute..."
Michael reached around his belt and pulled out a sophisticated key. He inserted it into the lock and turned it. A small part of the wall slid open to reveal a keyboard. "Damn."
"What?" Taichi asked.
"Uh," Michael said,"Just give me a minute..."
"Oh, get out of the way," Yolei said, pushing him aside,"I'm the computer expert, remember?"
Taichi sighed and turned around. "The more things change..."
"What was that?"
"Nothing!"
Within seconds the door slid open and they heard T.K. yelled,"Now!"
Ken, T.K., and Cody jumped out of the room, starting to beat up Michael. "Guys!" Taichi yelled,"Its us!"
The trio looked up. "Taichi? Yolei? Then who's...Michael!"
T.K. and Ken helped Michael to his feet. "Sorry, buddy, " T.K. said.
"Poor Joe," Taichi said,"Some things really never do change."
"Let's just get out of here," Ken said,"I know the way out."
The new completed team started running through the halls again, when a fierce alarm started sounding through the halls. "Oh no," Cody said,"They know we escaped!"
"No," Ken said,"that's not the sound of a prisoner escape alarm."
"How do you know that?" T.K. asked.
"I use to work for the Dark Masters, after all," Ken said,"That's the sound of an enemy attacking!"
He started looking around, then found a window a little further down the hall. He ran towards it and looked out. "I knew the Dark Castle was docked at the Dark Tower. The Digital Ocean is right below us."
The others ran over and looked out. They were in the tower on the cliff over looking the sea. "How does that tell us who's attacking?" Patamon asked.
"There," Wormmon said,"Something's coming up out of the water."
Piedemon cleared his throat as he stood at the podium looking at the conference room full of reporters. Behind him was a giant window with a view of the ocean. He pointed at a Floramon. "What is your question?"
"Piedmon," she asked,"What is your plan of attack concerning Apocalymon and the Destroyers?"
"We will not let Apocalymon destroy the Digital World," he said,"There is no need to fear the Annihilation Wave. The Dark Masters's chief scientist Datamon is working day and night to find a way to stop it, and rest assured, he will. He already has found a way to stop the Destroyers."
The entire crowd started questioning him. Piedmon held up his hand and mentioned them to be quiet. "It will boost my strength. I cannot say any more on that subject, it is top secret, but you will find out about it within the next day."
Suddenly, the alarm started going off. "Intruder Alert!" one of the Mekanorimon that were present in the room said.
"What is it?" Piedmon asked, turning to him.
"Analysis indicates it as a supreme Mega Digimon. It is fifty kilometers from us and getting closer. "
Piedmon spun around and look through the windows towards the ocean. Something was breaking through the surface. "Its one of the Destroyers!" Piedmon said.
The reporters started shouting. "Calm down," Piedmon tried to get them to quiet,"Everything will be fine."
Just then, the door to the conference room flew open. The room quieted when they saw who ran in. "Uhhh," Taichi said, started to turn red. He grabbed the handle to the door and started to close it,"Don't mind us, we just had the wrong room. Good Bye!"
He slammed the door shut. "The Digidestined!" Piedmon shouted,"Get them!"
The Mekanorimon in the room charged through the door and started chasing the Digidestined down the hall. Despite Piedmon's urging, the reporters followed them out.
"I thought you knew the way out!" Taichi shouted.
"They must have reorganized it!" Ken said,"I haven't been here in twelve years!"
They kept running through the halls until they reached a crossroad in the hall. A female human looking reporter with a plant creature as a camera person came out of one of the halls. The Digidestined came to a halt to avoid crashing into her. The reporter looked up at them,"Guys.."
"We have no time to answer questions!" Taichi shouted.
"Would you please calm down!" the reporter shouted.
Taichi blinked. "Mimi?"
"Yes," Jun said,"Its me."
"What are you doing?" he asked, looking at her microphone.
"I was listening in on Piedmon's press conference. We've got to get out of here and get to Datamon's lab. He's creating some sort of device that will boost Piedmon's power and we don't want that, do we?"
They heard noises coming from the hall. "The Mekanorimon are gaining on us!" Ken said.
"Let's go guys," Taichi said, starting to run down the hall with the others. They kept going until they ran into a very weird looking Digimon wearing sunglasses.
"The name's Nanimon!" he said, cracking his knuckles,"And you're not getting through."
"Move now!" Taichi said,"Or you're going to be sorry."
"Doubt it," Nanimon said, smiling.
"You guys get out," Jun said,"I'll catch up with you later."
"Jun," Yolei said,"but..."
"Come on, Sora," Taichi said, starting to move around Nanimon. The evil Digimon went to stop him, when Alruamon extended her vines and pulled Nanimon back.
"Good luck, Mimi," Taichi said, disappeared down the hall.
Nanimon broke free of Alruamon's grasp. "Now you're finished!" He charged forward and punched Alruamon in the nose.
"Oh no," Jun said, watching Alruamon being beat up,"What made us think we could win? Alruamon is finished.....NO!"
Her Digivice started glowing. "What?" Jun asked.
"Alruamon Digivolve to Ninjamon!"
"Finally!" Jun said, looking at her new Ninja Digimon. She was very impressed, Nanimon, was not.
"If you think you can beat me now, you're sadly mistaken!"
"Want to bet?" Ninjamon said. He reached behind his back and pulled out his sword. He charged forward and slice down.
Nanimon blinked. "Ha!" he said,"You missed!"
"Guess again," Ninjamon said, putting his sword back in its sheath.
Nanimon suddenly yelled in pain and both sides of his body fell apart and disappeared in a burst of Digital Information.
"Wow," Jun said,"You're pretty strong."
"Not really," Ninjamon said,"Nanimon was just really weak. Let's go catch up with the others."
Taichi came to a short stop, wildly swinging his arms in circles to keep himself from falling. The hall had come to a end with a doorway that opening to the outside, in the middle of the tower. The door was in the middle of the tall tower, overlooking the cliff over the sea. When Taichi final got control of his momentum and stopped from falling, he looked down. "Wow," he said,"That's at least a couple of miles straight down. We'd never survive."
"You're right," T.K. said.
Then, just to make things worse, the Destroyer emerged from the surface of the water. "Its Demon!" Armadillomon said.
"What do we do now?" Cody asked.
"If our Digimon Digivolve, we should be able to get out," Ken said,"Paildramon and Holsemon can carry us."
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, let's go."
They turned around when they saw Jun charging towards them with the entire Mekanorimon army behind them. "Jun!" Michael tried to warn her,"Stop, there's no..."
It was too late. She charged into the group. They fell through the door and started to head with alarming rate towards the shallow water below.
"We're going to die!" Jun shouted.
"Its your fault!" Michael said,"When I say stop, stop!"
"Arguing isn't going to help!" Taichi shouted,"Agumon.."
"You're not going to all fit onto Wargerymon," Agumon said,"Espicially when I only have one arm."
"DNA Digivolving will take too long," Ken said.
"We're going to die," Yolei said,"I'm never going to get married, I'll never have kids...this isn't fair! I'm going to die! NO!"
Her Digivice started blinking and glowing. "What's going on?" Yolei asked.
Hawkmon's body started to glow with white light. "Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon!"
All the Digidestined slammed into Aquillamon' back. He flapped his wings and floated back up into the air.
"We're alive," Jun said, numbly.
"You Digivolved!" Yolei said,"You saved us."
Demon seemed totally oblivious to what had just happened. He raised his clawed hand sliced at the tower. "We've got to stop him," Jun said,"Those reporters are innocent Digimon."
"I agree," Taichi said,"The Dark Masters have what's coming to them, but those reporters are just doing their job. Agumon..."
"Right," Agumon said, jumping off of Aquillamon's back.
Ken turned towards his Digimon. "You too."
Wormmon and Veemon nodded. They followed Agumon off.
T.K. and Cody turned to their Digimon. "Its time to show how our training has paid off. Go finish that Destroyer!"
Patamon and Armadillomon jumped off.
The Digimon picked up momentum up. "Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"
"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Exveemon..."
"Stingmon...."
"....DNA Digivolve to Paildramon!"
"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!"
"Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"
"Ankylomon..."
"Angemon...."
"....DNA Digivolve to Shakkoumon!"
"Wow," Cody said, speechless.
"That guy....is huge!" T.K. said.
Wargreymon and Paildramon hovered around the massive Shakkoumon as he blocked Demon's path. Demon growled and stepped forward, but Shakkoumon raised his hands and grabbed Demon's hands, keeping him from moving forward. Shakkoumon overpowered him and pushed him back into the sea.
Demon growled again and recovered himself. He punched Shakkoumon in the face. Paildramon came to the rescue. "Desperado Blaster!"
He hit Demon in the eyes, temporarily blinding him. Wargreymon then attacked with the claw on his only remaining arm.
The Digidestined were still riding on Aquillamon. Michael looked over the edge to the sea,"Betamon, they need your help! Digivolve!"
A beam of light was seen from under the water. A massive serpent creature emerged from the surface. "Thunder Javelin!" Megaseadramon shouted.
The lightning attack hit Demon in the back, but didn't faze him. "They still need more help," Taichi said. He gazed to the top of the tower. "Get us the the top of the Dark Masters's Castle."
"Right," Aquillamon said, flying towards the sky. When they reached the top, they saw Piedmon and Machinedramon standing on the top of the dome. "Piedmon!" Taichi shouted,"We need to work together, or Demon is going to destroy this place."
"Agreed," Piedmon said,"We attack all at once."
"Paildramon!" Ken shouted, "All of you, fired when the Dark Masters do!"
"You've got it," Wargreymon said, flying out of Demon's way.
Piedmon put his two forefingers together. "Clown Trick!"
Machinedramon's cannon pointed at Demon,"Giga Cannon!"
"Desperado Blaster!"
"Fajita Bombs!"
Wargreymon then raised his remaining hand in the air and the familiar orange ball grew a few inches from it. "Terra Force!"
The combined attacks proved to be too much for Demon. A massive hole appeared in his chest and grew outward. His digital information then pulled apart.
The Digidestined Digimon were surrounded by light, then shot onto Aquillamon's back, all in their pre-digivolved forms. The Digidestined didn't say anything as Aquillamon flew off.
"I'll stop them myself," Machinedramon said, pointing his cannon at them.
"No," Piedmon said,"Let them go."
"Why?"
"Because, as of right now, we are allies."
TO BE CONTINUED....
BY THE WAY, CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT? HOW DO YOU DO ITALICS?
Jun here. Last time, Taichi took Ken and followed Skull Satanmon to the Neo Digiworld Capital. The Dark Masters were right behind them. Meanwhile, back on the top of Jijimon's tower, T.K. and Cody had finished their training and Kari sent them to help Taichi. Yolei wanted to go too. Kari didn't want to, but said yes. Everyone met up again at the Neo-Digiworld Capital were they found out that the emperor was Apocalymon. He wanted Metalseadramon because he and Puppetmon together would produce Apocalymon's body and he wanted the energy that Skull Satanmon had stole to power a machine to destroy the Digital World. He started the machine and the castle was destroyed and Yolei hurt her had bad. The Digidestined had no chance and went with the Dark Masters to escape.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Terra Force!"
The two attacks disintegrated Apocalymon's upper body in an explosive array of light that illuminated the dark void around him and the Digidestined.
"We did it!" Matt cheered.
"We destroyed all of his claws!" Joe said.
"Still think you're so tough? Ha ha ha!" Tai cheered,"We beat him!"
The dark cloud of smoke remained from Apocalymon's explosion. The Digidestined moved away from the smoke slightly and examined the blackness around him. Mimi sighed as she looked around. "It looks like we were too late to save the Digital World."
"At least we were able to save Earth," Joe said, surprising everyone with his optimism.
"The Digital World hasn't been destroyed," Izzy said, riding on top of Megakabuterimon,"We're in a totally different area."
"What do you mean?" Matt asked.
Izzy mentioned with his hands to the dark void surrounding them. "After Spiral Mountain was destroyed, it created a rip in time and space, opening a door to the, as Genai called it,"The place beyond the Wall of Fire."
"So," Tai said,"We just have to find the doorway and we'll be able to get out of here?"
Izzy nodded,"Yes, back to the real Digital World."
Tai nodded. He then felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned quickly. "Sora," he said, completely surprised when she planted a big one on his lips. He pulled her away, a very surprised look on his face.
"Sorry," Sora said,"we just almost died...and...well, I guess I got carried away."
Tai half smiled,"Hey, I didn't mind."
Matt didn't say anything as he turned away. "We should get out of here."
"Yeah," Mimi said,"I just wish we could have stopped him before Wizardmon, Chuumon, Leomon, and Whamon were killed."
Joe looked at her, then over his shoulder. "AhhhAHHHHH!"
"What's the matter?" T.K. asked.
Everyone turned around and their mouths opened wide. The smoke had cleared and Apocalymon was still very much alive, and looking very ticked off. He didn't say anything. He just raised his massive hand. "Good bye!"
He fired a blast of red energy heading straight towards Matt, T.K., and Tai. They were on their Digimon and turned around. They couldn't move out of the way, they were too shocked.
"Tai, look out!" Izzy shouted, pushing him out of the way. Unfortunately, he and Matt were hit.
"Oh no!" Mimi shouted, rushing over to them, on Lillymon. "T.K., Matt, Izzy, speak to me!" Their bodies were covered with black marks, high burns, and their Digimon were at their In-training forms.
Joe and Zudomon hovered over. He began examining them,"This looks like evidence of high radiation burns."
Sora's mouth was gaping open, tears slowly going down her cheeks. She turned to Tai. He was clenching his fists, his teeth gritting. "Apocalymon! I won't let you get away with this!"
Apocalymon smiled as he raised his hand again. "Three down, four to go. Let's lighten the load by getting rid of two!"
He fired another red blast. "Mimi, Joe look out!" Sora shouted. The two Digidestined didn't have time to move out of the way. They were hit badly in a cloud of smoke.
"No!" Tai shouted, seeing four more of his friends, floating unconscious, hanging onto life by a thread.
"Oh no," Sora said, crying,"What do we do now?"
Tai still had his back to her. "Sora, listen up! The others need medical help, now! The doorway to this area shouldn't be that far from here. Load the others onto Garudamon and get as far away from here as you can!"
"No way!" she said,"I'm not leaving you to face Apocalymon alone!"
"Listen to me!" he shouted, still not facing her," Wargreymon is the only one who even stands a chance! You don't have a say in the matter!"
"I hate to interrupt," Apocalymon said, laughing,"But none of you are leaving here alive!"
He raised his hand and fired again. This beam was heading towards Sora, but Garudamon jumped in the air and blocked the attack. Being a Digimon, she was able to handle it better than a human.
"Sora!" Tai hissed through his teeth,"That is the last straw!" Apocalymon had to die. It didn't mater that Garudamon was recovering quickly, or that Sora was fine. " I will kill you Apocalymon!"
Suddenly, the air around Tai started to shimmer. He started to shake with anger. He was so mad, so much hatred was pouring at Apocalymon. Lightning began to course through the cloudless sky. His fists clenched even tighter. "I won't let you get away with this!" he shouted through his clenched teeth.
Around his chest, his Crest of Courage began to glow. "I won't let you win!" Tai said, his words filled with anger.
Apocalymon looked interested while Sora was in awe. The lighting above Tai's head started to flash in synch with the Crest of Courage. Tai suddenly shouted, lighting crashing into the Crest of Courage. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"What?!" Apocalymon shouted.
Around Tai's chest a new crest shown brightly. It glowed with the power of the lightning, a bright symbol of a star instead of his normal sun symbol.
Sora was still gasping trying to breath. Tai final turned around and looked at her. Sora looked at him. He was radiating with power, the lightning had powered him up somehow. She was scared. "Sora, listen to me very carefully," he said, calmly,"You must leave this place now, and take the others with you, understand?"
"But..."
"This is the last time I'm going to tell you!" he snapped, staring at her with eyes glowing bright, hot white. Sora felt her heart start to pound, she began to sweat. She hated herself for what she thought when she looked at Tai, but emotions began to swell into her mind. She was scared. Scared of him.
Apocalymon was still in shock of Tai's new crest to do anything while Sora loaded the unconscious Digidestined onto Garudamon. When she was done, she turned back to him,"I'm..I'm going Tai, but what about you?"
"Don't worry about me!" he said, staring at Apocalymon,"I know this is where I need to be!"
Sora stared at her for a bit longer. Then realization dawned on her. "Whatever you say Tai." She floated onto Garudamon,"Let's go."
Garudamon started to fly off, when Apocalymon recovered from his shock. He realized what was happening. "If you think you're leaving, you are completely wrong!" He raised his hand.
"No!" Tai said, jumping onto Wargreymon. The two of them moved so fast that they were in front of Apocalymon's energy blast and deflected it before Apocalymon could even realize what happened.
"What?" Apocalymon asked, taken aback. He saw Tai smirk at him. "Fine," Apocalymon said,"Anyone can get lucky once."
He fired another red blast from his hand. As before Wargreymon used his left hand and flung it back.
"What?!" Apocalymon was completely shocked. "Virus Grenade!"
He fired thousands of small objects from his cannons. The new crest around Tai neck glowed brighter than before and Wargreymon began slashing the grenades with his claws.
"What?" he asked,"How...what..what are you?"
Sora griped onto Garudramon's fur tightly. She scanned the area around her, until she found what she was looking for. A thin hole in the darkness, from which she could see a bright blue sky and green land. "There, that's the exit!" she shouted,"We're going to get these guys to Genai."
"Then we're going back, right?" Garudamon asked.
"No," Sora said, shaking her head,"There...there's something very different about Tai. He...He kept digging inside himself, inside his soul, and he found it. A power so great, none of us can even come close."
"That's good, right?"
"I hope so," Sora said, looking over her shoulder,"I love you so much Tai, please don't let this new crest change you...."
Apocalymon was staring in disbelief. "How could this new crest give Wargreymon so much power?" he asked himself. He watched Tai and Wargreymon float in front of him with a massive grin on their faces.
"I'll destroy us both, before I let you win..." Apocalymon said. His cape moved with a life of its own. It raped itself around his upper torso and he slid back into his cube body. All of his claws were retracted and he began to collapse in on himself. "You haven't seen my true power yet, Total Annihilation!"
"He's gonna destroy everything!" Tai shouted. Wargreymon brought his claws up in front of his face in an effort to block the destruction blast.
"We're almost there...."Sora said, inches in front of the doorway, when she heard an explosion. She quickly turned around and saw the bright light from Apocalymon's detonation heading towards her. "Oh no, What's that?"
"It has great strength behind it," Garudamon said,"I'm afraid that if it reaches the doorway, it will destroy both earth and the Digital World."
"We've got to stop it," Sora said, holding up her crest,"Come on, come on, I know you're in there...." The Crest of Love shown brightly, sending out a beam of energy that was dwarfed by Apoaclymon's detonation.
"Its no use," Sora said,"We need more power......."
Suddenly, the crests on the unconscious Digidestined started to shine. The Crests of Friendship, Knowledge, Sincerity, Reliability, and Hope added their powers to the Crest of Love. They formed into one massive beam that was still unable to stop the destruction.
"Maybe if you shield the doorway," Garudamon suggested.
"Its worth a try," Sora said, turning her crest towards the opening, the energy from the other crests followed. They created a thick, rainbow shield around the doorway.
"That's should work," Sora said, turning back towards the approaching wave,"We might have died, but at least both worlds are safe......."
Yolei slowly opened her eyes. She was lying on a couch, with a blanket over her. She was in what looked like the teacher's office when she snuck a look that got her two weeks detention. She lifted her head.
"Careful," a voice said,"Your muscles are probably a little weak."
"Tai," she said, turning to her right. He was standing with his arms crossed, leaning against a giant window,"Wh-what happened?"
"What can you remember?"
She looked down,"Seeing those weird Digimon shouting out of the Neo-Digiworld Capital. Then...then I passed out."
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, those three Digimon were Apocalymon's Destroyers. They are creating havoc throughout what's left of the Digital World, destroying Holy Areas. The Dark Masters are trying to stop them, but they're not doing so well."
"What do you mean 'what's left of the Digital World?'" Yolei asked.
Taichi sighed. "Apocalymon's plan to destroy the Digital World is coming along perfectly. It started in the far west and is slowly moving around the planet like a ripple. Datamon estimates that within five days, the entire Digital World will be destroyed. If we could just get back to Genai's, I'm sure Izzy would be able to figure out a way to stop it."
"Tai," Yolei asked,"Where are we?"
"In the Dark Master's Castle, over the Dark Tower," he said,"You were out for three days, we haven't been able to contact Michael or any of the others. Kari is still training, Jijimon has tried to help, but...."
"What?"Yolei asked, a feeling of guilt overcoming her,"T.K. and Cody were done within three hours, and Gatomon is taking three days to reach Ultimate? If I had stayed with her, then maybe...."
"There's no use blaming yourself," Hawkmon said, hovering onto the top of the couch.
Yolei nodded, getting off of the couch. "Tai, I..I remembered what happened during the final fight with Apocalymon..."
Taichi flinched. "Yeah?"
Yolei nodded. "You..you tried to fight him all by yourself, and..and I used the powers of the Crest and saved both worlds..."
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, you are the reason both worlds are still here Sora, not me."
"But, Tai, what was the crest that the Crest of Courage changed into?"
Taichi sighed. "I don't know."
"But it did give me incredible strength," Agumon said,"I was holding my own against Apocalymon, and I was sure that I could have beaten him, but then he cheated and detonated."
The door slid open and Piedmon waltzed in. He looked at Yolei,"Well, I see that we're awake."
"What do you want?" Taichi asked,"You've kept us prisoners here for the past three days, when can we leave?"
"That is why I am here," Piedmon said, "I offer you a choice. Join us..."
"What?" Taichi asked,"We'd never join you. I've had my fill of working for evil Digimon."
"I agree," Yolei said,"and I know that the rest of the Digidestined would agree."
Piedmon nodded. "Very well spoken. However, you don't really have a choice."
"But you just said we did!" Yolei said.
Piedmon half smiled. "Your choice was to join us willingly, or forcefully."
A group of human looking Digimon wearing black uniforms that covered every part of their bodies marched in. They connected the Digidestined's hands behind their backs. "What are you doing?" Taichi asked.
"We need your strength to help us fight Apocalymon," Piedmon said,"And since you have declined to do it willingly, we are going to brainwash you."
"No," Taichi said, struggling to get free of his handcuffs,"You won't get away with this! Kari won't let you."
Piedmon just laughed as the soldier Digimon herded Taichi, Yolei and their Digimon through the door. One soldier was leading the way, and the other five were behind them. "I will see you later, when you are more...conditioned..Hah hahaha!"
"Tai," Yolei said, as they were lead down the halls of the Dark Master's Castle,"I want you to know..."
"Sora," he said, struggling to get out of his handcuffs,"I know, I know, but, don't talk like we'll never see each other again. We're going to get out of here."
The only soldier in front of them suddenly turned around and pushed Taichi and Yolei to the ground, before pointing a weird looking gun towards the back. The rest of the soldiers behind them were too slow to move out of the way before the cloud of gas shot from the gun. The Digimon soldier breathed it in heavily, then collapsed.
"Sleeping Gas?" Hawkmon asked, looking up at the lone soldier. That soldier reached down and unlocked their handcuffs. He then helped them to their feet. When they were standing up and staring at him with a confused look, he removed his mask.
"Michael?" Yolei asked.
"Yeah," the reincarnated Joe Kido said, nodding,"We've got to get Ken, T.K. and Cody, then get out of here."
They started running down the halls. "We've got to hurry," Michael said, "This place is packed with reporters for the Dark Masters's press conference. We don't want to be seen."
"Why are there reporters here?" Yolei asked.
"The Dark Masters are seen as reluctant heroes because they are trying to stop the Destroyers," Michael said,"And the public just loves heroes."
"Why can't we be seen?" Taichi asked.
"Kari's orders," Michael said,"She doesn't want us to broadcast ourselves until we're out of this castle."
"Kari's here?" Yolei asked.
"No," Michael said,"Jijimon stopped her training long enough to fill her up to speed on what's happening. She gave us new orders, then went back to resume her training."
The rest of the journey was said in silence until they reached a closed room. "This is the place were the others are being held. Just give me a minute..."
Michael reached around his belt and pulled out a sophisticated key. He inserted it into the lock and turned it. A small part of the wall slid open to reveal a keyboard. "Damn."
"What?" Taichi asked.
"Uh," Michael said,"Just give me a minute..."
"Oh, get out of the way," Yolei said, pushing him aside,"I'm the computer expert, remember?"
Taichi sighed and turned around. "The more things change..."
"What was that?"
"Nothing!"
Within seconds the door slid open and they heard T.K. yelled,"Now!"
Ken, T.K., and Cody jumped out of the room, starting to beat up Michael. "Guys!" Taichi yelled,"Its us!"
The trio looked up. "Taichi? Yolei? Then who's...Michael!"
T.K. and Ken helped Michael to his feet. "Sorry, buddy, " T.K. said.
"Poor Joe," Taichi said,"Some things really never do change."
"Let's just get out of here," Ken said,"I know the way out."
The new completed team started running through the halls again, when a fierce alarm started sounding through the halls. "Oh no," Cody said,"They know we escaped!"
"No," Ken said,"that's not the sound of a prisoner escape alarm."
"How do you know that?" T.K. asked.
"I use to work for the Dark Masters, after all," Ken said,"That's the sound of an enemy attacking!"
He started looking around, then found a window a little further down the hall. He ran towards it and looked out. "I knew the Dark Castle was docked at the Dark Tower. The Digital Ocean is right below us."
The others ran over and looked out. They were in the tower on the cliff over looking the sea. "How does that tell us who's attacking?" Patamon asked.
"There," Wormmon said,"Something's coming up out of the water."
Piedemon cleared his throat as he stood at the podium looking at the conference room full of reporters. Behind him was a giant window with a view of the ocean. He pointed at a Floramon. "What is your question?"
"Piedmon," she asked,"What is your plan of attack concerning Apocalymon and the Destroyers?"
"We will not let Apocalymon destroy the Digital World," he said,"There is no need to fear the Annihilation Wave. The Dark Masters's chief scientist Datamon is working day and night to find a way to stop it, and rest assured, he will. He already has found a way to stop the Destroyers."
The entire crowd started questioning him. Piedmon held up his hand and mentioned them to be quiet. "It will boost my strength. I cannot say any more on that subject, it is top secret, but you will find out about it within the next day."
Suddenly, the alarm started going off. "Intruder Alert!" one of the Mekanorimon that were present in the room said.
"What is it?" Piedmon asked, turning to him.
"Analysis indicates it as a supreme Mega Digimon. It is fifty kilometers from us and getting closer. "
Piedmon spun around and look through the windows towards the ocean. Something was breaking through the surface. "Its one of the Destroyers!" Piedmon said.
The reporters started shouting. "Calm down," Piedmon tried to get them to quiet,"Everything will be fine."
Just then, the door to the conference room flew open. The room quieted when they saw who ran in. "Uhhh," Taichi said, started to turn red. He grabbed the handle to the door and started to close it,"Don't mind us, we just had the wrong room. Good Bye!"
He slammed the door shut. "The Digidestined!" Piedmon shouted,"Get them!"
The Mekanorimon in the room charged through the door and started chasing the Digidestined down the hall. Despite Piedmon's urging, the reporters followed them out.
"I thought you knew the way out!" Taichi shouted.
"They must have reorganized it!" Ken said,"I haven't been here in twelve years!"
They kept running through the halls until they reached a crossroad in the hall. A female human looking reporter with a plant creature as a camera person came out of one of the halls. The Digidestined came to a halt to avoid crashing into her. The reporter looked up at them,"Guys.."
"We have no time to answer questions!" Taichi shouted.
"Would you please calm down!" the reporter shouted.
Taichi blinked. "Mimi?"
"Yes," Jun said,"Its me."
"What are you doing?" he asked, looking at her microphone.
"I was listening in on Piedmon's press conference. We've got to get out of here and get to Datamon's lab. He's creating some sort of device that will boost Piedmon's power and we don't want that, do we?"
They heard noises coming from the hall. "The Mekanorimon are gaining on us!" Ken said.
"Let's go guys," Taichi said, starting to run down the hall with the others. They kept going until they ran into a very weird looking Digimon wearing sunglasses.
"The name's Nanimon!" he said, cracking his knuckles,"And you're not getting through."
"Move now!" Taichi said,"Or you're going to be sorry."
"Doubt it," Nanimon said, smiling.
"You guys get out," Jun said,"I'll catch up with you later."
"Jun," Yolei said,"but..."
"Come on, Sora," Taichi said, starting to move around Nanimon. The evil Digimon went to stop him, when Alruamon extended her vines and pulled Nanimon back.
"Good luck, Mimi," Taichi said, disappeared down the hall.
Nanimon broke free of Alruamon's grasp. "Now you're finished!" He charged forward and punched Alruamon in the nose.
"Oh no," Jun said, watching Alruamon being beat up,"What made us think we could win? Alruamon is finished.....NO!"
Her Digivice started glowing. "What?" Jun asked.
"Alruamon Digivolve to Ninjamon!"
"Finally!" Jun said, looking at her new Ninja Digimon. She was very impressed, Nanimon, was not.
"If you think you can beat me now, you're sadly mistaken!"
"Want to bet?" Ninjamon said. He reached behind his back and pulled out his sword. He charged forward and slice down.
Nanimon blinked. "Ha!" he said,"You missed!"
"Guess again," Ninjamon said, putting his sword back in its sheath.
Nanimon suddenly yelled in pain and both sides of his body fell apart and disappeared in a burst of Digital Information.
"Wow," Jun said,"You're pretty strong."
"Not really," Ninjamon said,"Nanimon was just really weak. Let's go catch up with the others."
Taichi came to a short stop, wildly swinging his arms in circles to keep himself from falling. The hall had come to a end with a doorway that opening to the outside, in the middle of the tower. The door was in the middle of the tall tower, overlooking the cliff over the sea. When Taichi final got control of his momentum and stopped from falling, he looked down. "Wow," he said,"That's at least a couple of miles straight down. We'd never survive."
"You're right," T.K. said.
Then, just to make things worse, the Destroyer emerged from the surface of the water. "Its Demon!" Armadillomon said.
"What do we do now?" Cody asked.
"If our Digimon Digivolve, we should be able to get out," Ken said,"Paildramon and Holsemon can carry us."
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, let's go."
They turned around when they saw Jun charging towards them with the entire Mekanorimon army behind them. "Jun!" Michael tried to warn her,"Stop, there's no..."
It was too late. She charged into the group. They fell through the door and started to head with alarming rate towards the shallow water below.
"We're going to die!" Jun shouted.
"Its your fault!" Michael said,"When I say stop, stop!"
"Arguing isn't going to help!" Taichi shouted,"Agumon.."
"You're not going to all fit onto Wargerymon," Agumon said,"Espicially when I only have one arm."
"DNA Digivolving will take too long," Ken said.
"We're going to die," Yolei said,"I'm never going to get married, I'll never have kids...this isn't fair! I'm going to die! NO!"
Her Digivice started blinking and glowing. "What's going on?" Yolei asked.
Hawkmon's body started to glow with white light. "Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon!"
All the Digidestined slammed into Aquillamon' back. He flapped his wings and floated back up into the air.
"We're alive," Jun said, numbly.
"You Digivolved!" Yolei said,"You saved us."
Demon seemed totally oblivious to what had just happened. He raised his clawed hand sliced at the tower. "We've got to stop him," Jun said,"Those reporters are innocent Digimon."
"I agree," Taichi said,"The Dark Masters have what's coming to them, but those reporters are just doing their job. Agumon..."
"Right," Agumon said, jumping off of Aquillamon's back.
Ken turned towards his Digimon. "You too."
Wormmon and Veemon nodded. They followed Agumon off.
T.K. and Cody turned to their Digimon. "Its time to show how our training has paid off. Go finish that Destroyer!"
Patamon and Armadillomon jumped off.
The Digimon picked up momentum up. "Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"
"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Exveemon..."
"Stingmon...."
"....DNA Digivolve to Paildramon!"
"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!"
"Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"
"Ankylomon..."
"Angemon...."
"....DNA Digivolve to Shakkoumon!"
"Wow," Cody said, speechless.
"That guy....is huge!" T.K. said.
Wargreymon and Paildramon hovered around the massive Shakkoumon as he blocked Demon's path. Demon growled and stepped forward, but Shakkoumon raised his hands and grabbed Demon's hands, keeping him from moving forward. Shakkoumon overpowered him and pushed him back into the sea.
Demon growled again and recovered himself. He punched Shakkoumon in the face. Paildramon came to the rescue. "Desperado Blaster!"
He hit Demon in the eyes, temporarily blinding him. Wargreymon then attacked with the claw on his only remaining arm.
The Digidestined were still riding on Aquillamon. Michael looked over the edge to the sea,"Betamon, they need your help! Digivolve!"
A beam of light was seen from under the water. A massive serpent creature emerged from the surface. "Thunder Javelin!" Megaseadramon shouted.
The lightning attack hit Demon in the back, but didn't faze him. "They still need more help," Taichi said. He gazed to the top of the tower. "Get us the the top of the Dark Masters's Castle."
"Right," Aquillamon said, flying towards the sky. When they reached the top, they saw Piedmon and Machinedramon standing on the top of the dome. "Piedmon!" Taichi shouted,"We need to work together, or Demon is going to destroy this place."
"Agreed," Piedmon said,"We attack all at once."
"Paildramon!" Ken shouted, "All of you, fired when the Dark Masters do!"
"You've got it," Wargreymon said, flying out of Demon's way.
Piedmon put his two forefingers together. "Clown Trick!"
Machinedramon's cannon pointed at Demon,"Giga Cannon!"
"Desperado Blaster!"
"Fajita Bombs!"
Wargreymon then raised his remaining hand in the air and the familiar orange ball grew a few inches from it. "Terra Force!"
The combined attacks proved to be too much for Demon. A massive hole appeared in his chest and grew outward. His digital information then pulled apart.
The Digidestined Digimon were surrounded by light, then shot onto Aquillamon's back, all in their pre-digivolved forms. The Digidestined didn't say anything as Aquillamon flew off.
"I'll stop them myself," Machinedramon said, pointing his cannon at them.
"No," Piedmon said,"Let them go."
"Why?"
"Because, as of right now, we are allies."
TO BE CONTINUED....
BY THE WAY, CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT? HOW DO YOU DO ITALICS?