Seth tapped the pen on his desk repeatedly, clearly showing his impatience

Seth tapped the pen on his desk repeatedly, clearly showing his impatience. The computer screen showed hundreds of lines of programming code occuring at break-neck speed, as well as displaying a schematic of a massive, complex satellite system.

"Computer, how long until we're ready to proceed?"

/Time to satellite Delta 2 reprogramming...10 minutes./

"Good god, this is a pain in the ass." Seth swore. "You'd think with just a military encryption code, the satellite hacking procedure would go much faster. My Construct must be having some bad lag today."

Bahaman padded into the room, humming a little tune he picked up from the radio earlier. Walking up next to Seth and rubbing his leg with his head, the little dragon asked, "Hey Seth, when can you and I go to the real world? I can't stop thinking about all the neat stuff we'll get to see. All the trees...the clouds...the sun..."

Seth smiled and patted Bahamon on the head. "Yeah, I'm sorry that I haven't taken you out of the Construct yet, but I have been so busy with school and the satellite reprogramming that I haven't found any freetime either. I promise you that right after this satellite is ready, and I activate the experiment, you and I will head outside. You can enjoy the surroundings while I work. If all goes well, you won't have to fight anyone."

Bahamon smiled and hopped around as he day-dreamed about the real world. The Construct was his home and all, but after spending two days inside, Bahamon was ready to see everything that nature has to offer. Suddenly realizing that he didn't know what to expect, Bahamon tapped Seth's leg with his snout. "Hey Seth?"

"Yeah?"

"What's it feel like to fly through the sky?" Seth smiled and leaned back in his chair, remembering the first day he used the Flight junction on his Chrono Watch. His classmates had all gloated on how they had got the junction for their birthdays, and started holding races where they saw who could fly the highest before being forced to return to Earth before losing too much air. Seth, however, didn't care about being the best flyer. He just wished to be able to fly like a bird.

"If there was anything that could be considered Heaven on Earth...that would be it."

"Really?" Bahamon said with wonder, looking at the wings on his back with a huge smile. "I CAN'T WAIT!" he shouted, hopping onto Seth's lap and licking his face like a spastic dog.

Seth laughed and playfully pushed Bahamon around. "Hey, cut it out you little monster!" he laughed. Bahamon eventually stopped, and snuggled into a comfortable position on Seth's lap. Being as big as a bull dog, Bahamon took up quite a bit of space. As Seth's legs were going completely numb, the computer made a pleasant ringing noise, indicating the sattelite hacking was complete.

"Computer, begin the redirection of the portal."

"Redirection?" Bahamon asked.

Seth absently scratched Bahamon's ears. "I couldn't use the satellite in the Digital World because it is protected by the military. They won't let Digimon leave their universe through a gate, for fear of unleashing various dangers that exist between the Digital World and the Real World. So, I had to activate the rift using the main satellite for that world, and then bounce it through a smaller satellite used for surveillance and recording."

"That sounds complicated." Bahamon said. "What does that mean in English?"

"Basically, I had to go the long way. Instead of going straight into the Digital World, I went to their Real World, and then went through a computer gate that lead to the Digital World. Like the one the digi-destined use, only it will be MUCH bigger."

Bahamon nodded in understanding. "Then we can go now, right? You're finished?"

"Almost. Just one last program to turn on." Seth said, making Bahamon sigh sadly. "It's okay. Watch, it will be real quick. All I do is push the button, and let it run. I don't have to sit here like the other time." Seth pushed the button, and the computer answered:

/Satellite pulse signal in effect./

"Yay!" Bahamon cheered. "Big blue sky, here we come!"

"Heh heh, okay, let me get up so we can use my Teleport junction."

"Okay." Bahamon said, leaping off Seth's lap and waiting happily behind his chair. Seth stood up and took a step...before falling flat on his face.

"...Leg's are numb?" Bahamon asked, smiling.

Seth grumbled and wiggled his legs around a little before managing to stand up. "Yeah...Alright, here we go. Grab on."

Bahamon wrapped his tail around Seth's ankle, while Seth pushed a series of buttons on his Watch, while holding it up near his head. The watch glowed, and the two disappeared in a flash of light.

****

Mewtwo's eyes snapped open as an alarm flashed on the main screen. He looked up from the chair where he had fallen asleep, noting that it was 3 AM. The pokemon groaned and mentally activated the needed commands to show what was going on. Mewtwo's eyes widened as the data flashed on the screen, and he instantly triggered a series of switches, as well as calling to the others telepathically...

"Children, wake up!" Mewtwo shouted telepathically. From down the hall, several screams could be heard, as well as some swearing as several kids fell off of top bunks in the rush to get up. "We have a big situation."

"What's the problem man! What time is it?" Davis shouted as Mewtwo whipped open the doors. Girls and guys screamed in annoyance as they tried to get dressed as fast as possible. Matt came out half-dressed, Davis in just his boxers, while the others were more or less fully clothed. Had it not been three in the morning, the others might have teased the two for not covering themselves better.

"There's a problem. Seth has officially started his experiment."

"So? As long as he's playing around in his lab, who cares? He can't hurt anybody from there." Ash said, rubbing his tired eyes.

"What's that sound?" Pikachu said, his ears perking up as if to listen better. The kids listened as well, but couldn't quite make out the loud rumbling they heard.

"What is that?" Ash said.

"It sounds like a machine is powering up." added TK.

"The island's static barrier is activating to protect the pokemon." Mewtwo said.

"Protect them from what?" asked Gatomon, eyeing Pikachu, who was shaking his head like he was trying to clear his thoughts.

"Come with me to the lab and I'll show you." said Mewtwo, flying quickly to the main room. The others followed as fast as they could, and at the same time Davis managed to put some pants on before joining the others.

Everyone looked at the hologram in the room's center, and saw a pulsing wave that seemed to sweep over a digital replica of the Earth.

"What is that?" asked Tai.

"It looks like a signal." Izzy answered. "But where is it coming from? And what is it doing?"

Mewtwo nodded. "This signal that's sweeping the globe is triggering the instinctual responses of all the pokemon, making them follow the signal to its source...the wormhole."

"Instinctual responses? How can he trigger a response like that with a signal?" Brock said, stepping up to the hologram to get a better look.

"Do you remember what happened when Lugia awoke, and the three legendary birds of Fire, Ice, and Lightning warred?" Mewtwo asked.

"Definitely." Ash said. "The pokemon from all over the world gathered at the three islands, because they felt that they had to help somehow."

"Exactly. And that is what this signal is doing. It is tricking the pokemon into following the signal, by making them think they must attack what's on the other side of the rift. They think the creatures on the other side are trying to destroy this planet. Seth is gathering them all at the rift, so that he can manipulate them into attacking the digital world."

"We have to do something then, and fast!" Agumon said.

"The instant I step out there, I'll be under Seth's influence." Pikachu said. "Even now, I can hear the signal. It's getting on my nerves."

"The same goes for all the pokemon." Brock said.

"That's okay. We can handle a bunch of pokemon." Tai said. "The digimon will just digivolve to their highest levels."

"Tai, I don't think WarGreymon can fight a thousand smaller, faster pokemon." Agumon said.

"More like millions of smaller, faster pokemon..." Tentomon added.

"...who each possess more abilities than you." Mewtwo finished. "Your power and strength won't mean anything in a battle against countless numbers of opponents who can alter their battle strategies instantaneously, thanks to training and natural instinct."

"Can't the signal be blocked?" Kari asked.

"If I don't know the source's true location, I can't block it. The satellite Seth and his 'masters' use has disconnected from my computer, so I can't locate it." Mewtwo said. "However, I can give your pokemon little devices to block the signal just for them."

"Do it! We've got no time to waste!" Matt said.

Mewtwo held his hands up, and a horde of little rings flew out from caches in the lab. Each ring approached the pokemon trainers, shrinking into their pokeballs, and apparently attaching to the pokemon stored within. Pikachu's ring hooked up with his Marco Collar, and activated almost instantaneously.

"Again with the dark ring look-alikes..." Yolei muttered.

"Makes you wonder where Mewtwo shops." Mimi said.

Pikachu breathed a sigh of relief. "Ahh...that noise is gone now."

Mewtwo lifted his arm, and one final ring slammed around his wrist and activated. The others looked at him with surprise. He looked back at them, noticing their confusion. "You didn't think I'd let you go by yourself. Seth will no doubt throw his strongest protectors at us. We'll all need to fight."

"Who will guard your island?" Sora asked, knowing how much Mewtwo values his home.

"Dragonite and the Super Pokemon should be able to handle it." Mewtwo answered. "As long as they stay within the boundaries of the static barrier, they won't be affected by the signal." Mewtwo floated into the air, charging up as if to stretch out his mental muscles in anticipation of a tough fight. "Now...are we ready?"

"Yeah!" cheered the others.

"Then let's go!" ordered Mewtwo, lifting his hand towards the ceiling. A massive pathway through the ceiling formed, and Mewtwo shot up into the sky with incredible speed.

"Let's go!" Tai said. "Everyone digivolve!"

The digimon glowed with power as they felt the power flow through them. Each digivolved to their strongest form, taking some time to reach their higher levels, much to Mewtwo's interest.

"Mental Note: Digimon take a VERY long time to get through digivolution with all the time spent saying their names." Mewtwo said, dashing towards the wormhole several miles away.

When the digimon had finished digi-volving, those that could fly gathered up those who couldn't and they all flew out of the hole above, while those that swam dove into the ocean bordering the island and followed just below the flyers. They charged after Mewtwo, and inwardly psyched themselves up to be ready for the battle up ahead.

****

Seth floated next to the massive blue portal, which crackled with lightning and thunder as the power flowing through it forced it to move down closer to sea level. The young man looked down and admired the flocks and herds of pokemon that travelled to his portal, seeking out the invaders they felt were ready to destroy their world.

"Hmm...worked better than I thought." Seth thought. "I guess this won't be too difficult. Once they get within range, the pokemon can enter the rift easily."

Seth heard the sound of laughing, and looked up to see Bahamon dashing through the clouds like a child at a playground. Seth smiled and watched Bahamon's smiling face zoom by, and reminisced on his own youth, when he didn't have the inhibitions he struggled under now. No worries about being liked...about having friends.

"Kids have all the fun." Seth said, sighing. "Oh well. I suppose organizing a massive army of pokemon to test against the digimon is fun enough."

/Warning. Warning. Pre-identified intruder within one mile of current position, and closing...followed by the 14 pre-identified human life signs, and several nonhuman life forms./

Seth looked at his Watch, growling. "Damn it Mewtwo. I knew you would do this..." Seth sighed, and called out to Bahamon as loud as he could. "I guess the little guy will have to cut his fun a little short..."

Bahamon flew to Seth, his face covered in rainwater from the clouds. "Hey Seth, what's up?!" he said quickly.

"We have trouble. Mewtwo and the kids are here." Seth said. Bahamon frowned, not in the mood to hurt anything, not even a fly.

"So you want me to keep them away?" Bahamon asked.

Seth nodded. "Yeah, but you'll need help. Even you can't take on all of them."

"Who's helping me?" asked Bahamon. "That big Gengar you caught?"

Seth shook his head no. "That guy is my last resort. To help you out, I've borrowed some...friends, of Ash's." Seth held up his Watch to his mouth, and contacted his computer system. "Computer, activate Napster File named 'Lugia's Song, Modified'.

"Lugia's Song? What does that do?" Bahamon asked.

"It tames the heart of the three legendary beasts, and calls the fourth out of its slumber. And, I might add, it makes it much easier to manipulate them all when I play it in synch with my signal.

"Hence, 'modified'?" Bahamon said.

"Exactly." answered Seth, as the song began to play.

****

The soft, soothing music floated over the skies, touching the ears of everyone on Planet Earth. The sound wasn't loud, but it could be heard by everyone, as if it were being played by a flute only feet away. Everyone found it odd, but weren't affected by it.

Only four beings were affected by it. The song touched their hearts, loosening the grip their consciousness had on them. The four legendary pokemon felt their minds drifting into a dream...yet their bodies remained awake.

Lugia, the beast of the sea, struggled to resist. "...What is happening? My song...it's been corrupted somehow...I...can't...fight it...." The calls of the three other legendary birds soared through the air, in response to the dark call of this new song. "We... must... fight.... but.... I can't..."

Soon, the beast of the sea surged above the waves, showing his full power to the world. Lugia and the three legendary birds were caught, yet they were never touched by a pokeball.

****

/Pre-identified targets will arrive in 30 seconds./, Seth's computer said through its link to his Watch. /Lugia, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are approaching from the south./

"Okay Bahamon. Your turn." Seth said, clicking some buttons on his Watch.

"Ready." Bahamon said, hovering before Seth.

High above the atmosphere of the planet, farther away than any other satellite orbitting the planet, an invisible satellite launched a blast of power towards Earth. The beam travelled quickly through the atmosphere, swirling in a downward spiral towards Bahamon, until eventually enclosing the little digimon.

"Bahamon, warp digivolve to... Neuromon!" the little dragon digimon instantly grew into a powerful looking humanoid dragon. His scales became a deep gold, and his wings grew to a wingspan nearing fifty feet. The dragon's body was covered in strange looking armor with a reddish color, and his body hummed with power. Soon, the massive digimon was joined by the four legendary pokemon of Water, Fire, Ice, and Lightning. Each held a look much different than their normal look. Rather than the distant, somewhat cocky appearance they normally held, the four looked as if they were nothing but trained dogs ready to attack at their master's next command.

Seth smiled at his creation, and pointed in the direction of the approaching Mewtwo and the kids. "They'll be over there. All of you do your best to keep them away from the portal until all the pokemon are on the other side."

"You got it Seth." Neuromon said, flying over with the four birds in a V-pattern, with Neuromon leading the flock.

As the first of the pokemon began to enter the wormhole, Seth smiled. "Yes...it's working! The subjects will enter the Digital World, and the preparations for the second satellite will be finished. Once I've hacked into the Digital World, my signal will start a battle on a scale higher than ever thought possible. And then, the mystery will finally be solved..."

****

CHANNEL 45 NEWS
"This is an emergency broadcast, on all stations. We have an emergency. For the last few minutes, pokemon all over the world have been flocking towards the Pacific Ocean, where the massive blue anomaly in the sky formed only a day before. As if in response to a call just like the weather disaster that occured a few months ago, the pokemon are entering the massive anomaly against the wills of their trainers. Scientists estimate that within ten minutes, all the pokemon on the planet will have migrated into the anomaly to places unknown. Researchers from all over the globe are working feverishly to find out how to reverse the process ."

"This is horrible!" Mrs. Ketchum said. "What'll happen if all the pokemon disappear, Professor?"

Professor Oak looked at the newscast with deep concern. "I'm afraid we humans won't be able to survive without the pokemon. Without their intervention in nature's various processes, the global ecology won't be able to continue. Plants will die out, and soon we will follow."

Mrs. Ketchum clutched her hands tightly as she thought of her son being out there, somewhere- most likely trying to stop this disaster with his friends. "Do you think there is a way to stop this?"

Professor Oak nodded. "I hope there is. Otherwise we're all in big trouble."

"...Good luck, Ash. I know you can do it."

****

Mewtwo caught sight of several beings up ahead. Squinting just to make sure that he wasn't imagining anything, Mewtwo confirmed what he saw with Garudamon. Her bird-like vision would be more than match for his advanced senses.

"Garudamon. What do you see up ahead?"

Looking ahead, and trying to avoid the glare of the massive blue portal and the sun just now rising in the east, Garudamon answered. "Well, if you must know, I see four weird looking birds, and a big dragon that is wearing armor."

"Well, at least I'm not seeing things." Mewtwo said.

"Who are they?!" shouted Sora from Garudamon's hand. "Are they pokemon?!"

"The four birds are the legendary pokemon. Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Lugia."

"Lugia?! Why is he there?!" yelled Ash from the same hand. "How come the legendary pokemon are there?!"

"They should still be asleep. The signal couldn't have reached them, and they have enough will to resist it, just like Mewtwo could." Pikachu shouted, again from the same hand.

"It must have been Lugia's song. The one that we heard on the way here." Misty said. "That must be why Seth was playing it."

"The song stripped away their mental defenses, and opened their hearts up to Seth's hypnotic signal." Mewtwo said. "That is how we were going to capture them before...when we were just starting the experiment."

"Then you knew he would do this?!" Sora shouted.

"I wasn't sure. I didn't think Seth would go so far as to risk the lives of these creatures." Mewtwo answered.

"I don't think the Legendary birds are worried about getting hurt by us!" Ash yelled.

"If they get in my way, they'll have a lot to be worried about..." Mewtwo said ominously as they quickly approached the point where the five stood.

The evolved digimon floated quietly , with their digidestined partners in their hands or on their backs. Ash and Pikachu remained in Garudamon's hand, while Misty rode with Matt on MetalGarurumon, and Brock sat on Zudomon with Joe just below. Mewtwo floated in front of all of them, staring icily at the armored dragon that he didn't recognize.

"Who are you..." asked WarGreymon.

"You can call me Neuromon." said the mysterious digimon. "I'm here to make sure you don't mess up Seth's experiment."

"You're actually helping that lunatic?" MetalGarurumon asked, growling as if to punctuate his sentence.

Neuromon growled as well. "He isn't a lunatic. He's just misunderstood. He's doing this for those he calls 'master'."

"So he's risking all the pokemons' and digimons' lives just for his experiment?!" MagnaAngemon said angrily.

"You'd better turn back now, or else you'll suffer the consequences." Neuromon said, clenching his fists.

"You don't scare us!" Ash yelled, pulling out Charizard's pokeball.

"Yeah, you're just a bully!" Misty shouted, finding Staryu's pokeball.

"Right!" Brock added, taking out Zubat's ball.

Neuromon smiled from under the face plate covering his draconian snout, snorting in anger. "I don't want to hurt any of you, but if you don't go away now, you're asking for trouble."

Mewtwo's fists clenched, and his fists powered up with energy. "I was just about to say the same thing to you and your 'friends'."

Neuromon smiled and floated scant feet away from Mewtwo, who was a fourth his height, and perhaps a twelth his weight. Mewtwo's eyes glowed with blue energy, as if to show that he wasn't intimidated.

"You know you can't win, Mewtwo. These birds are equal to Mega-digimon even without their powers, and I am specially built to take you on. This battle will end with your deaths if you don't back off."

Mewtwo's eyes focused with rage, and the psychic pokemon lashed out with a mighty blast of mental force that sent the unprepared Neuromon flying through the clouds. The legendary birds rushed into action, surrounding their targets as the digimon flew into action, and Mewtwo pursued the massive dragon.

"I choose you, Charizard!" shouted Ash, leaping into the air as Charizard left his pokeball. Landing on Charizard's back, the two charged Articuno, knowing the ice being would have a weakness to fire. "Flamethrower!" As Charizard launched his attack, WarGreymon powered up his Terra Force attack, and unleashed it at the Ice bird, who flew past it with incredible speed.

"Come out, Staryu!" yelled Misty. "Give it your all against Moltres!" The large, purple starfish appeared, and sprayed water attacks at Moltres as soon as it flew close enough. Zudomon and Submarimon attacked with their special attacks as well, missing the agile Moltres. The Legendary bird of Fire shot a huge wave of fiery energy at Zudomon, who felt the full force of the attack since he was too big and slow to dodge. The digimon's shell protected him and his partner Joe, but he didn't escape unscathed.

"Go, Zubat! Use Super sonic to confuse the birds!" shouted Brock. The bat pokemon Zubat zoomed out of his pokeball, flying quickly around the nearest bird, Zapdos. The Lightning bird seemed to lose control for a moment, and instinctively retaliated with a blast of electricity. The shot went wild, and rather than hitting Zubat, the stray blast zoomed towards Garudamon, who was busy trying to get a clean hit on Lugia.

"Garudamon! 9 o'clock!" Sora shouted.

"I got it! Thunder Shock!!" shouted Pikachu, leaping into the air towards the stray lightning. Although the Thunder Shock was too weak to fully counter the blast, Pikachu's body handled the rest. Pikachu screamed in pain as his body's energy overloaded. The nearest combatants were forced to shield their eyes, until finally Pikachu fell back to where Sora was. Catching Pikachu, she quickly checked his pulse as Garudamon launched a Wing Blade attack at Lugia, knocking him into a spiral towards the water below.

"Pikachu?! Pikachu!" Sora said, shaking the little pokemon. "Please be okay!"

Pikachu coughed and opened his eyes, looking around. "You okay?"

Sora smiled. "Yeah. Good job."

"Thank me later, we've gotta keep fighting!" Pikachu said, pointing down to the newly enraged Lugia, who unleashed a powerful Hyper Beam attack directly at Garudamon's back. The digimon cried out in pain, and nearly dropped the two in her hands, but managed to hang on to them. Turning around to face Lugia, the two continued to battle.

****

"Dreams of God!!" shouted Neuromon, unleashing what looked like a wave of psychic power on an incredible magnitude. The wave focused in on Mewtwo, who was slammed by the incredible telekinetic force that could decimate a large city. The powerful energies exploded on impact, shaking the surrounding air with sonic booms and incredible fireworks that knocked all the other combatants off course momentarily.

Neuromon smiled, but as the smoke cleared, his smile quickly changed to a frown when he saw that Mewtwo remained. The pokemon's arms were folded in front of his face in an 'X', and his body was surrounded by a purple, glowing bubble of energy, which quickly disappeared after its energy was expended.

Neuromon growled angrily. "You think you're so tough, huh?! Well, take this!!!" shouted the digimon, slamming his massive claws into the smaller pokemon repeatedly. Mewtwo was knocked side to side as the claws tore into him. With three giant gash marks across his body, Mewtwo lost his focus and failed to notice a massive fist flying at him. Neuromon's fist slammed into Mewtwo from above, smashing the pokemon towards the clouds below.

"That'll show him." said the angry Neuromon.

An onrush of air behind Neuromon. "What the...." said Neuromon as a sound of a steadily increasing hum appeared as well. Turning rapidly, Neuromon saw the face of a really pissed-off Mewtwo just before the pokemon launched a full-force telekinesis blast right at Neuromon. The armored mega-digimon screamed as his chest plate actually cracked under the force of the blast, and felt the first taste of fear he had ever known. Neuromon took quick solace in the fact that if pokemon attacks were anything like digimon attacks, they wouldn't be able to do another attack for a while, leaving Mewtwo vulnerable.

Neuromon smiled. "That attack of yours had some sting to it, but even at full power, you couldn't break my armor entirely." Neuromon rammed his shoulder into Mewtwo, managing to hit the quick, but weakened target. As Mewtwo fell, Neuromon powered up and shouted "Dreams of God!!". Again, the force exploded from Neuromon, focusing in on Mewtwo as several beams of psychic energy. The stunned Mewtwo was slammed towards the ocean by the dozens of beams, and below the water exploded as the energies reacted.

"Heh heh. Too simple." said Neuromon, who flapped his wings and zipped to the remaining battle.

****

"They aren't coming back up!" shouted Tai. "The birds are getting too weak to continue the fight!"

"But so are we, Tai!" WarGreymon said. "The armor digimon are hanging on by a thread, and the ultimates are exhausted. Even MetalGarurumon and I are feeling the burn..."

"We can't give up yet!" Ash said from Charizard's back. "As long as the birds are flying, they're dangerous. Anytime now, they may return to full strength if we're not careful. As much as it pains me to say it...we have to make sure Lugia can't fight anymore."

"Then let's finish the job!" Tai yelled. "You up for it Matt?" he said to the other boy several yards away on MetalGarurumon's back.

"No problem!" Matt answered. "You ready MetalGarurumon?"

The mega-digimon growled in affirmation.

"Then let's go!" Tai yelled.

SLAM!!!! A huge wave of force swept through the lines of digimon and pokemon, sending the weakened armor digimon into the sea, and knocking the ultimate and mega digimon off balance. Ash and Charizard managed to avoid the full force of the blast, but they couldn't say the same for the others, who fell into the water. Luckily, Zudomon and Submarimon were there to gather the Rookie digimon and their partners up.

"What was that?!" yelled Lillymon.

"I don't know!" shouted MegaKabuterimon.

Neuromon flew in between the two digimon and quickly powered up. "Why don't you find out for yourself?!" Neuromon unleashed a blast of energy that slammed into Lillymon's and MegaKabuterimon's chest, sending them down to the sea as Palmon and Tentomon. Mimi and Izzy jumped from Zudomon's back and swam out to rescue there friends, while the remaining fighters Tai, Sora, Ash and Matt attacked Neuromon.

"Charizard, use Dragon Rage, then Tackle!" shouted Ash. Charizard's body became enveloped in a red aura, and the pokemon zoomed at the slower Neuromon. As Charizard collided with the mega-digimon, Neuromon lost his balance, but was unharmed. That was all that the others needed. "Now guys!" Ash shouted.

"TERRA FORCE!"

"METAL WOLF CLAW!"

"WING BLADE!"

Pikachu finished it up with the strongest Thunder shock he could muster. Neuromon shouted in anger and pain as the mega-digimon was slammed with several attacks. His armored plate shattered, revealing red dragon scales with scorch marks, but no damage. Neuromon growled and slashed at Charizard, who easily avoided the attacks from the bigger, but slower opponent.

"Grrrr....hit them!" shouted Neuromon. Soon, the four weakened legendary birds unleashed their attacks as one massive elemental assault that slammed into MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon. The two mega-digimon shouted in pain, and finally couldn't handle the strain anymore. With no energy left in their bodies, they fell to the water below, leaving Ash and Sora.

"Ash, we've gotta give the others time to retreat!" Sora yelled.

Ash nodded. "Right! Pikachu, Thunder Shock! Charizard, Ember!" The electric rodent created another massive surge of power, managing to damage the lead bird Lugia, while Charizard's pumped-up Ember attack swirled around the weakened birds. Garudamon followed it up with another Wing Blade, which exploded within the Ember as it spun like a tornado. The birds' charred but living bodies fell to the water below, barely concious.

Neuromon growled. "You'll pay for that!" The massive dragon swooped up to Garudamon, grabbing the wings of Sora's digimon. Garudamon punched Neuromon and tried to force him away, but Garudamon was not strong enough to take on a mega-digimon...even though he was weakened.

"Sora!! Get out of there!" shouted Tai as loud as he could. "SORA!!" Sora looked around from her spot on Garudamon, but she couldn't let go. She didn't want to leave her friend.

Charizard tackled the back of Neuromon, forcing him away from Garudamon, but only damaging him a little. Neuromon swung his balled fist behind him, managing to slam into Charizard. Ash knew that the water would mean Charizard's death, so he quickly had Charizard return to his pokeball. Ash slammed into the water, and lost conciousness as Submarimon came to his aid.

Neuromon turned to Garudamon, saying "And then there was one." Neuromon started to power up for his attack, while Garudamon slammed her fists futilely at the mega-digimon's thick hide.

"SORA! NO!!!" Tai shouted. "Garudamon, get out of there, before-"

"Dream of God!!!" shouted Neuromon, unleashing the full force of the attack at Garudamon. Sora screamed and held onto Garudamon, hoping that she wouldn't let go even if she were to die, as a sudden rush of air sounded in her ears.

"NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Tai, falling to his knees as the attack left Neuromon's body.

"Wait, Tai, look!!" Agumon shouted, pointing up. Tai's gaze fell up as the energies of the attack seemed to freeze in front of Garudamon.

"What the...it can't be!" Neuromon shouted, as the energies of his own attack were seemingly stopped dead in its tracks. Neuromon stared in horror as the sillohuette of Mewtwo became apparent in front of Garudamon (who had assumed a defensive position around Sora). Mewtwo lifted his wounded arm, and the massive energy wave did the same, swirling around his outstretched hand.

"Let's see how you fair against your own attack at double strength." Mewtwo said simply. A quick burst of blue flame surged around Mewtwo, and the power of the attack doubled as it was launched back at Neuromon.

"AGGHHHH!!!" shouted Neuromon as his own attack exploded around him. The roar of the explosion was deafening, and the blinding light made the sun look like a cheap lamp. Neuromon fell to the water as a smoking, partly charred Bahamon, who quickly flew as fast as his little wings could carry him towards the direction where Seth was, as did the four legendary birds.

As they flew away, the remaining warriors watched in awe as the massive blue portal seemed to close in a brilliant flash of light and sound. Mewtwo floated forward weakly, looking at the place where the wormhole was. His head sagging and his hands clenched into tight fists, the pokemon let out his rage in a hellish scream that echoed across the skies. It was stopped only by the white clouds that lazily crawled over the ocean.