APOCALYMON: FALL OF THE DARK MASTERS
Taichi here. Last time we tried to stop Datamon from delivering Piedmon a machine that would boost his strength, but one of the Destroyers arrived. Kari returned with Angewomon and together we beat him. Then we examined Datamon's lab and found out that he created us and that Kari isn't my clone, she's my other half. We're both the same person, just split in two. This revelation couldn't have come at a worse time. Apocalymon is racing to get Puppetmon, and the Dark Masters are battling Apocalymon's Destroyers. All this, while the Digital World is slowly destroying itself.
Davis quickly ran through the forest, slashing away at the trees with his hammer."I'm almost home," he thought,"The Dark Tower is right at the end of this forest and I'll be safe."
He glanced over his shoulder. The dark shadow was quickly gaining up to him. "Shoot!" he said,"Neo-Digiworld is almost here. I'm never going to make it."
Something started beeping. He reached and pulled a square device with a screen out of his pocket. Machinedramon's face appeared on the screen. "Puppetmon here," Daivs said.
"Why did you leave the Tower?" Machinedramon yelled,"You know that Apocalymon is after you!"
"I just wanted to have some fun," Davis whined.
"Just hurry back," Machinedramon said,"Datamon will be arriving with the device for Piedmon shortly."
"I'll be there soon," Davis said,"Puppetmon out."
"Tai, please talk to me."
Taichi didn't acknowledge Yolei. He just kept staring straight ahead as they walked down the sidewalk.. "Tai, please.."
Taichi finally turned to her,"Sora, you shouldn't call me that anymore, Kari is Tai also. Kari is half of me. What if...what if she got the best part of Tai Kamiya?"
"Taichi," Yolei said, grabbing his head and turning it so he could see her,"I love you. In my eyes, you're not just half a person."
Taichi's eyes gazed towards the ground. "You shouldn't say that, we're getting stares."
Yolei looked around. The sidewalk was unusually empty for this time of day, but, the few people that were on the street was staring at the couple.
"I don't care anymore," Yolei said,"I love you, and nothing's going to change that."
"Sora," Taichi said,"Just please be careful, I don't want to end up in jail."
Yolei let go of Taichi's head and the two of them started walking again. Yolei sighed,"I won't be twelve forever you know."
"But I won't be 25 forever either," Taichi said,"When you're eighteen, I'll be...."
"31," Yolei said,"So?"
"Don't you think your family might object?" Taichi asked.
"Then I'll run away with you," she said.
"Sora," Taichi said, firmly,"I don't want you to throw your life away because of me."
"If I could spend it with you, it wouldn't be throwing it away," she said, a smile on her face.
"Yolei!"
Yolei felt her heart started to pound. The couple had been talking so much that they hadn't noticed they were at Yolei's apartment building. All the people walking in and out had seen the two of them talking. It only made it so much worse because Yolei's family was on their way out to dinner.
Yolei started to sweat when she saw the looks her parents and older brother was giving her and Taichi. "Uh, hi, mom, dad...bro..."
"Yolei!" her father growled,"What is going on here?"
"Is that your boyfriend?' her brother asked.
"What?!" her father shouted.
"No, no!" Taichi said, waving his hands,"No..no, I'm not her boyfriend, no, no...she's..she's half my age, of course not."
"Then who are you?" he asked, eying him suspiciously.
"He's...Kari's older cousin!" Yolei said,"Yeah, he's visiting. We, that is, all of my friends, were at the mall, and he was our chaperone because, you wouldn't want a group of young girls out this late at night alone, and Kari and the others had to go, so he walked me home so I'd be safe."
Her father growled at Taichi, who was smiling nervously. He turned back to his wife and son. "Let's go."
Yolei's father just walked by without looking at Taichi our Yolei. Yolei gave her brother a nasty look as he walked by. Her mother stopped by her and whispered into her ear,"I don't care that he's twice your age. I can tell about people, this is a very, very nice boy. You have my permission to date him, because I can tell that he wouldn't do anything to you. Bring him home for dinner some time."
"Mom," Yolei tried to protest, but her mother was already gone.
"Well," Taichi said, whipping away the sweat on his forehead,"That went easier than I thought."
"You'd better go," Yolei said.
"Yeah," Taichi said, looking at his watch,"Kari's going to kill me."
Yolei smiled slightly. "Don't be nervous. I'm sure they'll be happy to see you."
Cody tapped his finger on the desk top. He was watching an image of a planet appear on the computer screen. He nodded to himself. He rapidly typed something in the keyboard. A small area on the very left of the planet shot a beam of light out, then a wave of light went across the planet like a ripple, stopping in the center. The half of the planet that had been covered by the wave was much worse then the right half. It was covered with cracks and small amounts of light were appearing in the cracks. "This isn't good," Cody said.
"I know," Genai's voice said over the computer's speaker,"Things are bad down here. The Western Hemisphere of the Digital World is terrible. The surface looks like boiled spaghetti sauce. Lava is everywhere, the very structure of that area is extremely weak. And that's not all, Apocalymon's Annihilation Wave will completely destroy the Digital World within three days."
"But," Cody said,"If the Digital World is destroyed, it will just reconfigure itself back to the way it was before the wave started, right?"
"That is correct," Genai said.
"So what does Apocalymon hope to gain by destroying the Digital World?" Cody asked,"It doesn't make any sense."
"Apocalymon wants to destroy the Digital World so he can remake it in his own image," Upamon said, resting on the desk next to the computer.
"So," Cody said,"When the Digital World finally blows up, Apocalymon will put some sort of program into effect and the Digital World will reconfigure to the way HE wants it."
"So," Genai said,"Apocalymon wants to destroy the Digital World, and remake it in his own image."
"The Annihilation Wave isn't the problem," Cody said,"The Digital World will just reconfigure itself. The problem is Apocalymon's program."
"Apocalymon must be destroyed before the Digital World is," Genai said,"Or the Digital World will be made to suit his needs."
Cody nodded. "I've got to tell Kari this."
"You mean the others aren't with you?" Genai asked.
Cody shook his head, even though Genai couldn't see him. "No, Kari's about to introduce Taichi to their parents."
"Wow," Genai said,"That's going to get pretty emotional, isn't it?"
"Yeah," Cody said sighing,"I can't wait to hear what their reaction is going to be when they explain about Taichi and Kari being the same person."
"A regular Springer episode, huh?" Upamon asked.
"How do you know about that show?" Cody asked.
"Hey," Upamon said,"I do more than pretend I'm a stuffed animal when you're at school."
Taichi stopped in front of the Kamiya apartment. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Kari asked.
Taichi nodded. "Yes, I..I want to see them again."
Kari nodded. "Yeah, I can understand how you feel. After all, we're the same person."
Taichi smiled slightly. "Yeah." He took a deep breath. "Let's go."
Kari opened the door and walked inside. She could see the backs of two heads on the couch. "Mom, Dad, I'm home."
The two heads turned around. "Kari!" her mother shouted,"Oh my..where have you been? You've been gone for three days!"
Her parents ran over to her and started hugging her. "Where were you?" her father asked,"We've been so worried."
"I was..um..traing in the Digital World," she said, flinching.
"The Digital World?" her father asked,"Just like your brother before he died."
"Mom, Dad," Kari said, mentioning to the hall,"There's..someone you need to see."
Kari saw the color in her parents face drain. "T-T-Tai...?" her mother managed to shuddered out.
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, Hi, Mom, Dad."
Mrs. Kamiya felt her knees fall out from under her, but her husband caught her. "Tai, I don't believe it," he said, softly.
"Sit down," Taichi said,"We'll try to explain."
Datamon hovered over a chair that was very similar to an electric chair. Piedmon was at first reluctant to sit in that chair, but when he heard that Davis was being chased by Skull Satanmon, he knew he needed extra power, so he sat in the chair.
"Are you sure this will work?" Piedmon asked, as Datamon strapped his arms into the chair.
"We will soon find out, my lord," Datamon said, attaching a metal helmet to his head.
A Mekanorimon rushed into the room," I am sorry to interrupt," he said,"but the last Destroyer is approaching with Skull Satanmon."
"Just great," Piedmon said. He turned to Datamon,"Will this machine give me enough strength to defeat Venom Myotismon?"
"I am not sure," Datamon said,"But, is it not better to try?"
"If you know you are going to lose, no, it is not," Piedmon said,"But we've got to get Puppetmon away from Skull Satanmon. If Apocalymon gets his hands on Puppetmon, he will be able to reached his Mega body. As long as he is in the body of an In-training Digimon, when the Digital World explodes, he'll be taken along with the rest of us."
He turned towards Datamon,"Do it."
Datamon nodded, and flicked a switch on the back of the chair. Piedmon's body was suddenly lit up like a Christmas Tree.
"So," Mr. Kamiya said, turning to his daughter,"You thought you were just a clone of Tai?"
"Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?" Mrs. Kamiya asked,"I know you were born. You were...catatonic for a few weeks, but you were fine."
"We know," Kari mumbled to herself, before Taichi lightly kicked her in the shin. They had decided to keep the part about Kari being Tai a secret. It would be too hard for their parents to accept that their daughter was really their reborn son.
"What, honey?" Mrs. Kamiya asked.
"Nothing," Kari said.
"Tai," Mr. Kamiya said,"What are you going to do now?"
"We've got to stop Apocalymon first, then.." he glanced in Kari's direction,"I don't know."
"Well," Mrs. Kamiya said,"You're going to live here."
"I don't know Mom," he said,"It might become a little awkward when you try to explain to your friends that the son who thought was dead suddenly shows up alive twelve years later."
"It doesn't matter!" Mrs. Kamiya shouted, then she calmed down,"But, whatever you decided, I will always love you."
Taichi started to cry softly. "Thanks, Mom."
Their D-terminals started beeping. Kari grabbed hers and opened it. "Who's it from?"
"Its from...Davis!" she said, exicted,"Attention Digidestined. I am being chased by Venom Myotismon and Skull Satanmon. Please help me."
Kari looked up at her parents. "We've got to go."
Their parents nodded. Her mother sighed. "You have to do this, don't you?"
"Yeah," Kari said, "sorry."
"Go," her father said,"Just don't get killed."
Taichi smiled. "She'll be back, don't worry."
"What about you?" Mrs. Kamiya asked.
Taichi half smiled at Kari. "Yeah, me too."
The two Digidestined ran out of the apartment.
"Twin Beam!"
"Hyper Cannon!"
"Dark side Attack!"
All of the Dark Masters's army was firing from the Dark Castle at Venom Myotismon without effect. The giant Destroyer was a juggernaut pushing through the forest on his way to the Dark Tower. Every one of the Mekanorimon, Tankmon and Megadramon attacks weren't even denting the massive Mega Digimon.
On the balcony of the Dark Castle, Machinedramon stood, pointing his cannons at Venom Myotismon. "Giga Cannon!"
Machinedramon's attack caused Venom Myotismon to stagger back an inch. He then resumed his march.
"At least I know I hurt him," Machinedramon thought,"As insignificant as it was."
A giant statue dropped down in front of Venom Myotismon, blocking his path. "Shakkoumon!" Machinedramon said. He turned his gaze to the ground. The rest of the Digidestined Digimon were heading towards Venom Myotismon. Shakkoumon was only able to reach his waist line. He wrapped his arms around Venom Myotismon's bottom half in an attempt to stop him. It was no use, however.
Machinedramon and the Dark Masters' army continued their attacks, while the Digidestined Digimon were joining in. Being the biggest, Shakkoumon tried to stop Venom Myotismon's approach. Wargreymon was trying to scratch him deep with his claw. Angewomon used her energy attacks from the air, Paildramon fired his Desperado Blaster from different places around the massive Digimon, Aquillamon was doing the same thing. Ninjamon was too small, and Megaseadramon was too vulnerable in this small area. Michael and Jun had found Davis, much to Jun's happiness, and were bringing him back to the other Digidestined.
They weren't doing well. The only attacks that seemed to affect Venom Myotismon at all were Wargreymon's physical attacks, Angewomon's Celestial Arrows, and Machinedramon's Giga Cannon.
The Digidestined were on the ground, watching the battle above. "This isn't going well, "Kari said, turning to Taichi,"Our Digimon are the only ones that he seems to be affected by."
"And Machinedra...Wait a minute," Taichi said, turning to the Dark Castle,"Why have they stopped firing?"
"Piedmon is about to attack," Davis said, holding up his communicator,"I suggest you get your Digimon out of the way."
On the top of the Dark Castle, the dome, Piedmon slowly floated up through a small hole. His body was coursing with electricity. He placed his fingers together and extended his index finger, making his hand into a small gun. He smiled, wickedly. "Clown Trick!"
A massive pulse of energy was fired, ten times bigger than anything Piedmon could have generated before. The blast of energy soared from his extended fingers and across the forest, heading towards Venom Myotismon. The Destroyer fried a barrage of energy blasts from his eyes in an attempt to stop Piedmon's energy. Venom Myotismon's energy attacks were deflected around Piedmon's energy blast, but their direction hadn't changed, they were still heading towards the Dark Castle.
Piedmon's Clown Trick hit Venom Myotismon in the waist area and blew out the other side. Venom Myotismon fell to his one knee.
The small amount of energy that blew out of Venom Myotismon flew upward, narrowly missing the Neo-Digiworld hover craft. Skull Satanmon was on the deck, watching the battle when he staggered from the after shocks of the attack. "Things are getting too dangerous here," Apocalymon said,"We are moving to safer ground. You go down there and get Puppetmon, now!"
Skull Satanmon turned to the black skinned Tokomon resting in Anteirmon's arms. He jumped out of the hovercraft.
Piedmon saw Venom Myotismon fall to the ground. He smiled to himself. "No sweat. Datamon's machine worked perfectly." Then he saw the energy blast Venom Myotismon fired. Piedmon jumped into the air seconds before the energy blasts hit the castle.
"Machinedramon!" Piedmon shouted,"Datamon! Get out of there!"
The entire Dark Tower, with the Dark Castle docked on the roof was destroyed in a massive explosion. "No!" Piedmon thought,"Machinedramon, Datamon...I will avenge you!"
The Digidestined were watching the destruction of the Dark Masters's base. "No," Davis said, watching the Dark Tower go up in a massive ball of fire,"Machinedramon and Datamon are dead. Along with our entire army."
"I'm....sorry," Yolei said,"I...guesse you guys meant more to each other than we ever saw, huh?"
Davis nodded. "Yeah, I'm the only one left now."
"We've got bigger problems now," Kari said, "Venom Myotismon is back."
The evil Mega stood up, his waist completely healed. "How do we stop this guy?" Michael asked.
"His waist," Ken said, stepping forward,"That's the weak point on a Venom Myotismon."
"Are you sure?" T.K. asked.
Ken looked at him. "Believe me, I know."
"Okay, Myotismon, "Taichi said,"You're right. When Piedmon got him, he almost died, I'd say."
Kari turned to the Digimon in the air. "Angewomon! Wargreymon! You're the strongest ones, get Venom Myotismon's waist!"
Without the Dark Masters' Army to occupy his thoughts anymore, Venom Myotismon turned his attention to the Digidestined. Paildramon, Aquillamon, and Shakkoumon distracted Venom Myotismon while Angewomon and Wargreymon attempted to attack his weak spot.
Down on the ground, Skull Satanmon made his way through the destroyed forest to the Digidestined. He hid behind a tree, a few feet in front of them. "You're mine, Puppetmon!" he laughed. He stepped forward, when he heard leaves crunch behind him.
He turned around. "Piedmon!" he said, surprised,"How did you survive..?"
"Datamon's machine greatly increased my strength," he said, grinning,"You owe me a rematch!"
"I'll take care of you," Skull Satanmon said,"Then I'll complete my orders."
Piedmon whipped out his sword and Skull Satanmon blocked with his staff. Their battle started.
Venom Myotismon brought his massive right fist down, trying to crush the Digidestined humans. Shakkoumon was to the rescue. He caught Venom Myotismon's fist. He tried to fly upward as best he could. "Get out!" he ordered in his dual voice,"Move now!"
"He's right!" T.K. said,"Let's move!"
The Digidestined ran from out of his shadow. Shakkoumon lifted his head up and fired a beam of energy from his eyes that hit Venom Myotismon's arm. He yelled in pain and his arm flew back. "Hey," Shakkoumon said,"I..I hurt him."
"We're getting stronger," Paildramon said,"Maybe we can win after all!"
"Of course we can," Wargreymon said,"We've just got to keep fighting!"
Venom Myotismon brought other fist down, trying to crush the trio.Angewomon was to their rescue. "Heaven's Charm!"
Her attack hit Venom Myotismon's arm and froze it, but he still had his other arm to fight with.
Skull Satanmon and Piedmon continued their battle across the sky. Each one kept trying to jab the other with his weapon. Eventually they where above the battle field.
"Hey, its Piedmon!" Davis said,"He's still alive."
The battle between the Digidestined Digimon and Venom Myotismon stopped briefly as all eyes were turned to the sky. Piedmon and Skull Satanmon kept their face paced battle. Eventually Piedmon overcame Skull Satanmon and flung his staff aside, crashing into the ground.
"Well, well, well," Piedmon said, his sword gleaming as he put it back in his holder on his back,"Looks like I win, piety."
"No," Skull Satanmon pleaded,"You are a strong Digimon. Join us, I'm sure Apocalymon would be happy to have you."
"Hmm," Piedmon said, thinking,"Let's see. You killed Metalseadramon, one of the Dark Masters, you are trying to capture Puppetmon, and even as we speak, a wave of destruction is sweeping across the Digital World. What do you think? Join you-Ha! The very idea..."
He raised his hands in the gun position again. "No don't.." Skull Satanmon said.
"Clown Trick!"
Skull Satanmon was instantly destroyed.
"Piedmon..." Kari said, amazed.
Venom Myotismon growled. "I guess this battle has resumed," Angewomon said,"Let's finish this!"
Venom Myotismon's right hand was still stunned, so he brought his left hand down to attack with. Shakkoumon was under it right away, and Paildramon and Aquillamon helped. "Now's your chance!" Shakkoumon said, turning to Angewomon and Wargreymon.
"Let's go," Wargreymon said. He started to fly towards Venom Myotismon's waist, his weak point, but before he could, Venom Myotismon fired his eye blasts at the Digidestined.
The kids and Taichi turned to run in all directions. They were far enough away, that when Venom Myotismon's attack hit, the Digidestined were just thrown around. Michael, Jun, Davis, T.K., Cody, Willis, and Yolei landed away from the battle field, Taichi and Kari landed in the battle field.
Venom Myotismon didn't miss his chance. He fired another eye blast at the two Kamiyas. Luckily, it missed, but the resulting wave of ground that was kicked up was enough to considerably injure them.
"That's it!" Wargreymon said, turning to Angewomon,"Let's get this guy!"
"Right, "Angewomon said, extending her left index finger. "Celestial Arrow!"
"Terra Force!"
The two attacks from the strongest Digidestined Digimon ripped through Venom Myotismon's waist area. He struggled and squirmed, trying to get into a kneeling position. It appeared that position was his healing state. Without that, he couldn't rejuvenate his body. He disappeared in a massive burst of digital information.
The Digidestined Digimon returned to their pre-digvolved state. The Digidestined ran over to where Taichi and Kari were lying. Michael and T.K. held up Taichi while Yolei and Jun did the same for Kari. Taichi had his arms around Michael and T.K. shoulders, and Kari had her arms around Yolei and Jun's shoulders.
They started walking when Piedmon landed in front of them. All of their Digimon and the rest of the Digidestined jumped behind their fallen members, Davis was off to the side, unsure of where to go.
Piedmon looked down at them. "Destroying you wouldn't even be a challenge now," he said with a grin.
"I can't believe you'd be so low as to hit us when we're down," Jun said.
"He won't," Kari said, weakly,"Not if he wants to beat Apocalymon."
Piedmon chuckled,"You know me too well. My entire empire had been destroyed. This was the fall of the Dark Masters. All I want now is revenge."
He turned his back and started walking slowly. "We've got to move now. Apocalymon will be back. He won't stop until Puppetmon is part of him. If we move quickly, we can get to a safe place where you can recover. Come on."
"What should we do?" T.K. asked.
"Trust him," Taichi said, weakly,"Right now, we're not Piedmon's enemies, Apocalymon is."
The Digidestined started walking, following Piedmon. Kari weakly smiled. "With him on our side, this war is as good as over. Apocalymon has met his match!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Taichi here. Last time we tried to stop Datamon from delivering Piedmon a machine that would boost his strength, but one of the Destroyers arrived. Kari returned with Angewomon and together we beat him. Then we examined Datamon's lab and found out that he created us and that Kari isn't my clone, she's my other half. We're both the same person, just split in two. This revelation couldn't have come at a worse time. Apocalymon is racing to get Puppetmon, and the Dark Masters are battling Apocalymon's Destroyers. All this, while the Digital World is slowly destroying itself.
Davis quickly ran through the forest, slashing away at the trees with his hammer."I'm almost home," he thought,"The Dark Tower is right at the end of this forest and I'll be safe."
He glanced over his shoulder. The dark shadow was quickly gaining up to him. "Shoot!" he said,"Neo-Digiworld is almost here. I'm never going to make it."
Something started beeping. He reached and pulled a square device with a screen out of his pocket. Machinedramon's face appeared on the screen. "Puppetmon here," Daivs said.
"Why did you leave the Tower?" Machinedramon yelled,"You know that Apocalymon is after you!"
"I just wanted to have some fun," Davis whined.
"Just hurry back," Machinedramon said,"Datamon will be arriving with the device for Piedmon shortly."
"I'll be there soon," Davis said,"Puppetmon out."
"Tai, please talk to me."
Taichi didn't acknowledge Yolei. He just kept staring straight ahead as they walked down the sidewalk.. "Tai, please.."
Taichi finally turned to her,"Sora, you shouldn't call me that anymore, Kari is Tai also. Kari is half of me. What if...what if she got the best part of Tai Kamiya?"
"Taichi," Yolei said, grabbing his head and turning it so he could see her,"I love you. In my eyes, you're not just half a person."
Taichi's eyes gazed towards the ground. "You shouldn't say that, we're getting stares."
Yolei looked around. The sidewalk was unusually empty for this time of day, but, the few people that were on the street was staring at the couple.
"I don't care anymore," Yolei said,"I love you, and nothing's going to change that."
"Sora," Taichi said,"Just please be careful, I don't want to end up in jail."
Yolei let go of Taichi's head and the two of them started walking again. Yolei sighed,"I won't be twelve forever you know."
"But I won't be 25 forever either," Taichi said,"When you're eighteen, I'll be...."
"31," Yolei said,"So?"
"Don't you think your family might object?" Taichi asked.
"Then I'll run away with you," she said.
"Sora," Taichi said, firmly,"I don't want you to throw your life away because of me."
"If I could spend it with you, it wouldn't be throwing it away," she said, a smile on her face.
"Yolei!"
Yolei felt her heart started to pound. The couple had been talking so much that they hadn't noticed they were at Yolei's apartment building. All the people walking in and out had seen the two of them talking. It only made it so much worse because Yolei's family was on their way out to dinner.
Yolei started to sweat when she saw the looks her parents and older brother was giving her and Taichi. "Uh, hi, mom, dad...bro..."
"Yolei!" her father growled,"What is going on here?"
"Is that your boyfriend?' her brother asked.
"What?!" her father shouted.
"No, no!" Taichi said, waving his hands,"No..no, I'm not her boyfriend, no, no...she's..she's half my age, of course not."
"Then who are you?" he asked, eying him suspiciously.
"He's...Kari's older cousin!" Yolei said,"Yeah, he's visiting. We, that is, all of my friends, were at the mall, and he was our chaperone because, you wouldn't want a group of young girls out this late at night alone, and Kari and the others had to go, so he walked me home so I'd be safe."
Her father growled at Taichi, who was smiling nervously. He turned back to his wife and son. "Let's go."
Yolei's father just walked by without looking at Taichi our Yolei. Yolei gave her brother a nasty look as he walked by. Her mother stopped by her and whispered into her ear,"I don't care that he's twice your age. I can tell about people, this is a very, very nice boy. You have my permission to date him, because I can tell that he wouldn't do anything to you. Bring him home for dinner some time."
"Mom," Yolei tried to protest, but her mother was already gone.
"Well," Taichi said, whipping away the sweat on his forehead,"That went easier than I thought."
"You'd better go," Yolei said.
"Yeah," Taichi said, looking at his watch,"Kari's going to kill me."
Yolei smiled slightly. "Don't be nervous. I'm sure they'll be happy to see you."
Cody tapped his finger on the desk top. He was watching an image of a planet appear on the computer screen. He nodded to himself. He rapidly typed something in the keyboard. A small area on the very left of the planet shot a beam of light out, then a wave of light went across the planet like a ripple, stopping in the center. The half of the planet that had been covered by the wave was much worse then the right half. It was covered with cracks and small amounts of light were appearing in the cracks. "This isn't good," Cody said.
"I know," Genai's voice said over the computer's speaker,"Things are bad down here. The Western Hemisphere of the Digital World is terrible. The surface looks like boiled spaghetti sauce. Lava is everywhere, the very structure of that area is extremely weak. And that's not all, Apocalymon's Annihilation Wave will completely destroy the Digital World within three days."
"But," Cody said,"If the Digital World is destroyed, it will just reconfigure itself back to the way it was before the wave started, right?"
"That is correct," Genai said.
"So what does Apocalymon hope to gain by destroying the Digital World?" Cody asked,"It doesn't make any sense."
"Apocalymon wants to destroy the Digital World so he can remake it in his own image," Upamon said, resting on the desk next to the computer.
"So," Cody said,"When the Digital World finally blows up, Apocalymon will put some sort of program into effect and the Digital World will reconfigure to the way HE wants it."
"So," Genai said,"Apocalymon wants to destroy the Digital World, and remake it in his own image."
"The Annihilation Wave isn't the problem," Cody said,"The Digital World will just reconfigure itself. The problem is Apocalymon's program."
"Apocalymon must be destroyed before the Digital World is," Genai said,"Or the Digital World will be made to suit his needs."
Cody nodded. "I've got to tell Kari this."
"You mean the others aren't with you?" Genai asked.
Cody shook his head, even though Genai couldn't see him. "No, Kari's about to introduce Taichi to their parents."
"Wow," Genai said,"That's going to get pretty emotional, isn't it?"
"Yeah," Cody said sighing,"I can't wait to hear what their reaction is going to be when they explain about Taichi and Kari being the same person."
"A regular Springer episode, huh?" Upamon asked.
"How do you know about that show?" Cody asked.
"Hey," Upamon said,"I do more than pretend I'm a stuffed animal when you're at school."
Taichi stopped in front of the Kamiya apartment. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Kari asked.
Taichi nodded. "Yes, I..I want to see them again."
Kari nodded. "Yeah, I can understand how you feel. After all, we're the same person."
Taichi smiled slightly. "Yeah." He took a deep breath. "Let's go."
Kari opened the door and walked inside. She could see the backs of two heads on the couch. "Mom, Dad, I'm home."
The two heads turned around. "Kari!" her mother shouted,"Oh my..where have you been? You've been gone for three days!"
Her parents ran over to her and started hugging her. "Where were you?" her father asked,"We've been so worried."
"I was..um..traing in the Digital World," she said, flinching.
"The Digital World?" her father asked,"Just like your brother before he died."
"Mom, Dad," Kari said, mentioning to the hall,"There's..someone you need to see."
Kari saw the color in her parents face drain. "T-T-Tai...?" her mother managed to shuddered out.
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, Hi, Mom, Dad."
Mrs. Kamiya felt her knees fall out from under her, but her husband caught her. "Tai, I don't believe it," he said, softly.
"Sit down," Taichi said,"We'll try to explain."
Datamon hovered over a chair that was very similar to an electric chair. Piedmon was at first reluctant to sit in that chair, but when he heard that Davis was being chased by Skull Satanmon, he knew he needed extra power, so he sat in the chair.
"Are you sure this will work?" Piedmon asked, as Datamon strapped his arms into the chair.
"We will soon find out, my lord," Datamon said, attaching a metal helmet to his head.
A Mekanorimon rushed into the room," I am sorry to interrupt," he said,"but the last Destroyer is approaching with Skull Satanmon."
"Just great," Piedmon said. He turned to Datamon,"Will this machine give me enough strength to defeat Venom Myotismon?"
"I am not sure," Datamon said,"But, is it not better to try?"
"If you know you are going to lose, no, it is not," Piedmon said,"But we've got to get Puppetmon away from Skull Satanmon. If Apocalymon gets his hands on Puppetmon, he will be able to reached his Mega body. As long as he is in the body of an In-training Digimon, when the Digital World explodes, he'll be taken along with the rest of us."
He turned towards Datamon,"Do it."
Datamon nodded, and flicked a switch on the back of the chair. Piedmon's body was suddenly lit up like a Christmas Tree.
"So," Mr. Kamiya said, turning to his daughter,"You thought you were just a clone of Tai?"
"Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?" Mrs. Kamiya asked,"I know you were born. You were...catatonic for a few weeks, but you were fine."
"We know," Kari mumbled to herself, before Taichi lightly kicked her in the shin. They had decided to keep the part about Kari being Tai a secret. It would be too hard for their parents to accept that their daughter was really their reborn son.
"What, honey?" Mrs. Kamiya asked.
"Nothing," Kari said.
"Tai," Mr. Kamiya said,"What are you going to do now?"
"We've got to stop Apocalymon first, then.." he glanced in Kari's direction,"I don't know."
"Well," Mrs. Kamiya said,"You're going to live here."
"I don't know Mom," he said,"It might become a little awkward when you try to explain to your friends that the son who thought was dead suddenly shows up alive twelve years later."
"It doesn't matter!" Mrs. Kamiya shouted, then she calmed down,"But, whatever you decided, I will always love you."
Taichi started to cry softly. "Thanks, Mom."
Their D-terminals started beeping. Kari grabbed hers and opened it. "Who's it from?"
"Its from...Davis!" she said, exicted,"Attention Digidestined. I am being chased by Venom Myotismon and Skull Satanmon. Please help me."
Kari looked up at her parents. "We've got to go."
Their parents nodded. Her mother sighed. "You have to do this, don't you?"
"Yeah," Kari said, "sorry."
"Go," her father said,"Just don't get killed."
Taichi smiled. "She'll be back, don't worry."
"What about you?" Mrs. Kamiya asked.
Taichi half smiled at Kari. "Yeah, me too."
The two Digidestined ran out of the apartment.
"Twin Beam!"
"Hyper Cannon!"
"Dark side Attack!"
All of the Dark Masters's army was firing from the Dark Castle at Venom Myotismon without effect. The giant Destroyer was a juggernaut pushing through the forest on his way to the Dark Tower. Every one of the Mekanorimon, Tankmon and Megadramon attacks weren't even denting the massive Mega Digimon.
On the balcony of the Dark Castle, Machinedramon stood, pointing his cannons at Venom Myotismon. "Giga Cannon!"
Machinedramon's attack caused Venom Myotismon to stagger back an inch. He then resumed his march.
"At least I know I hurt him," Machinedramon thought,"As insignificant as it was."
A giant statue dropped down in front of Venom Myotismon, blocking his path. "Shakkoumon!" Machinedramon said. He turned his gaze to the ground. The rest of the Digidestined Digimon were heading towards Venom Myotismon. Shakkoumon was only able to reach his waist line. He wrapped his arms around Venom Myotismon's bottom half in an attempt to stop him. It was no use, however.
Machinedramon and the Dark Masters' army continued their attacks, while the Digidestined Digimon were joining in. Being the biggest, Shakkoumon tried to stop Venom Myotismon's approach. Wargreymon was trying to scratch him deep with his claw. Angewomon used her energy attacks from the air, Paildramon fired his Desperado Blaster from different places around the massive Digimon, Aquillamon was doing the same thing. Ninjamon was too small, and Megaseadramon was too vulnerable in this small area. Michael and Jun had found Davis, much to Jun's happiness, and were bringing him back to the other Digidestined.
They weren't doing well. The only attacks that seemed to affect Venom Myotismon at all were Wargreymon's physical attacks, Angewomon's Celestial Arrows, and Machinedramon's Giga Cannon.
The Digidestined were on the ground, watching the battle above. "This isn't going well, "Kari said, turning to Taichi,"Our Digimon are the only ones that he seems to be affected by."
"And Machinedra...Wait a minute," Taichi said, turning to the Dark Castle,"Why have they stopped firing?"
"Piedmon is about to attack," Davis said, holding up his communicator,"I suggest you get your Digimon out of the way."
On the top of the Dark Castle, the dome, Piedmon slowly floated up through a small hole. His body was coursing with electricity. He placed his fingers together and extended his index finger, making his hand into a small gun. He smiled, wickedly. "Clown Trick!"
A massive pulse of energy was fired, ten times bigger than anything Piedmon could have generated before. The blast of energy soared from his extended fingers and across the forest, heading towards Venom Myotismon. The Destroyer fried a barrage of energy blasts from his eyes in an attempt to stop Piedmon's energy. Venom Myotismon's energy attacks were deflected around Piedmon's energy blast, but their direction hadn't changed, they were still heading towards the Dark Castle.
Piedmon's Clown Trick hit Venom Myotismon in the waist area and blew out the other side. Venom Myotismon fell to his one knee.
The small amount of energy that blew out of Venom Myotismon flew upward, narrowly missing the Neo-Digiworld hover craft. Skull Satanmon was on the deck, watching the battle when he staggered from the after shocks of the attack. "Things are getting too dangerous here," Apocalymon said,"We are moving to safer ground. You go down there and get Puppetmon, now!"
Skull Satanmon turned to the black skinned Tokomon resting in Anteirmon's arms. He jumped out of the hovercraft.
Piedmon saw Venom Myotismon fall to the ground. He smiled to himself. "No sweat. Datamon's machine worked perfectly." Then he saw the energy blast Venom Myotismon fired. Piedmon jumped into the air seconds before the energy blasts hit the castle.
"Machinedramon!" Piedmon shouted,"Datamon! Get out of there!"
The entire Dark Tower, with the Dark Castle docked on the roof was destroyed in a massive explosion. "No!" Piedmon thought,"Machinedramon, Datamon...I will avenge you!"
The Digidestined were watching the destruction of the Dark Masters's base. "No," Davis said, watching the Dark Tower go up in a massive ball of fire,"Machinedramon and Datamon are dead. Along with our entire army."
"I'm....sorry," Yolei said,"I...guesse you guys meant more to each other than we ever saw, huh?"
Davis nodded. "Yeah, I'm the only one left now."
"We've got bigger problems now," Kari said, "Venom Myotismon is back."
The evil Mega stood up, his waist completely healed. "How do we stop this guy?" Michael asked.
"His waist," Ken said, stepping forward,"That's the weak point on a Venom Myotismon."
"Are you sure?" T.K. asked.
Ken looked at him. "Believe me, I know."
"Okay, Myotismon, "Taichi said,"You're right. When Piedmon got him, he almost died, I'd say."
Kari turned to the Digimon in the air. "Angewomon! Wargreymon! You're the strongest ones, get Venom Myotismon's waist!"
Without the Dark Masters' Army to occupy his thoughts anymore, Venom Myotismon turned his attention to the Digidestined. Paildramon, Aquillamon, and Shakkoumon distracted Venom Myotismon while Angewomon and Wargreymon attempted to attack his weak spot.
Down on the ground, Skull Satanmon made his way through the destroyed forest to the Digidestined. He hid behind a tree, a few feet in front of them. "You're mine, Puppetmon!" he laughed. He stepped forward, when he heard leaves crunch behind him.
He turned around. "Piedmon!" he said, surprised,"How did you survive..?"
"Datamon's machine greatly increased my strength," he said, grinning,"You owe me a rematch!"
"I'll take care of you," Skull Satanmon said,"Then I'll complete my orders."
Piedmon whipped out his sword and Skull Satanmon blocked with his staff. Their battle started.
Venom Myotismon brought his massive right fist down, trying to crush the Digidestined humans. Shakkoumon was to the rescue. He caught Venom Myotismon's fist. He tried to fly upward as best he could. "Get out!" he ordered in his dual voice,"Move now!"
"He's right!" T.K. said,"Let's move!"
The Digidestined ran from out of his shadow. Shakkoumon lifted his head up and fired a beam of energy from his eyes that hit Venom Myotismon's arm. He yelled in pain and his arm flew back. "Hey," Shakkoumon said,"I..I hurt him."
"We're getting stronger," Paildramon said,"Maybe we can win after all!"
"Of course we can," Wargreymon said,"We've just got to keep fighting!"
Venom Myotismon brought other fist down, trying to crush the trio.Angewomon was to their rescue. "Heaven's Charm!"
Her attack hit Venom Myotismon's arm and froze it, but he still had his other arm to fight with.
Skull Satanmon and Piedmon continued their battle across the sky. Each one kept trying to jab the other with his weapon. Eventually they where above the battle field.
"Hey, its Piedmon!" Davis said,"He's still alive."
The battle between the Digidestined Digimon and Venom Myotismon stopped briefly as all eyes were turned to the sky. Piedmon and Skull Satanmon kept their face paced battle. Eventually Piedmon overcame Skull Satanmon and flung his staff aside, crashing into the ground.
"Well, well, well," Piedmon said, his sword gleaming as he put it back in his holder on his back,"Looks like I win, piety."
"No," Skull Satanmon pleaded,"You are a strong Digimon. Join us, I'm sure Apocalymon would be happy to have you."
"Hmm," Piedmon said, thinking,"Let's see. You killed Metalseadramon, one of the Dark Masters, you are trying to capture Puppetmon, and even as we speak, a wave of destruction is sweeping across the Digital World. What do you think? Join you-Ha! The very idea..."
He raised his hands in the gun position again. "No don't.." Skull Satanmon said.
"Clown Trick!"
Skull Satanmon was instantly destroyed.
"Piedmon..." Kari said, amazed.
Venom Myotismon growled. "I guess this battle has resumed," Angewomon said,"Let's finish this!"
Venom Myotismon's right hand was still stunned, so he brought his left hand down to attack with. Shakkoumon was under it right away, and Paildramon and Aquillamon helped. "Now's your chance!" Shakkoumon said, turning to Angewomon and Wargreymon.
"Let's go," Wargreymon said. He started to fly towards Venom Myotismon's waist, his weak point, but before he could, Venom Myotismon fired his eye blasts at the Digidestined.
The kids and Taichi turned to run in all directions. They were far enough away, that when Venom Myotismon's attack hit, the Digidestined were just thrown around. Michael, Jun, Davis, T.K., Cody, Willis, and Yolei landed away from the battle field, Taichi and Kari landed in the battle field.
Venom Myotismon didn't miss his chance. He fired another eye blast at the two Kamiyas. Luckily, it missed, but the resulting wave of ground that was kicked up was enough to considerably injure them.
"That's it!" Wargreymon said, turning to Angewomon,"Let's get this guy!"
"Right, "Angewomon said, extending her left index finger. "Celestial Arrow!"
"Terra Force!"
The two attacks from the strongest Digidestined Digimon ripped through Venom Myotismon's waist area. He struggled and squirmed, trying to get into a kneeling position. It appeared that position was his healing state. Without that, he couldn't rejuvenate his body. He disappeared in a massive burst of digital information.
The Digidestined Digimon returned to their pre-digvolved state. The Digidestined ran over to where Taichi and Kari were lying. Michael and T.K. held up Taichi while Yolei and Jun did the same for Kari. Taichi had his arms around Michael and T.K. shoulders, and Kari had her arms around Yolei and Jun's shoulders.
They started walking when Piedmon landed in front of them. All of their Digimon and the rest of the Digidestined jumped behind their fallen members, Davis was off to the side, unsure of where to go.
Piedmon looked down at them. "Destroying you wouldn't even be a challenge now," he said with a grin.
"I can't believe you'd be so low as to hit us when we're down," Jun said.
"He won't," Kari said, weakly,"Not if he wants to beat Apocalymon."
Piedmon chuckled,"You know me too well. My entire empire had been destroyed. This was the fall of the Dark Masters. All I want now is revenge."
He turned his back and started walking slowly. "We've got to move now. Apocalymon will be back. He won't stop until Puppetmon is part of him. If we move quickly, we can get to a safe place where you can recover. Come on."
"What should we do?" T.K. asked.
"Trust him," Taichi said, weakly,"Right now, we're not Piedmon's enemies, Apocalymon is."
The Digidestined started walking, following Piedmon. Kari weakly smiled. "With him on our side, this war is as good as over. Apocalymon has met his match!"
TO BE CONTINUED...