Part 12:
Tai walked into the War room of the Dark Castle. Unlike the War room in Piedmon's Dark Castle, this one was just a large, conference table with monitors on every wall. He didn't say anything as he sat down in the largest chair at the table. The people seated around the table were Arukennimon, Jundramon, and Kido.
"Now," Tai began,"I want to know what happened at the Manhattan Prison Complex."
Jundramon coughed. As the Dark Master of War, it was her job to maintain the prisons, and also, when something went terribly wrong, she was the one that was reprimanded. "Well, sir, reports state that a group of humans and Digimon broke into the complex and stage the greatest break out in the Age of Darkness."
"A group of humans and Digimon?" Tai asked.
"Uh, yes sir, and we all know that there is only one group of humans and Digimon that would be foolish enough to challenge us. "
"The Digital Warriors, lead by the thief Sora Kamiya," Tai said, leaning back in his chair,"She is far more resourceful than I original gave her credit for. She still alludes my capture, even after the Massacre. Kido, how about the Key Cards?"
Dr. Kido cleared his throat. While he wasn't a Dark Master, he was still a very important member of the Empire. He was the head of the medical and science departments. "I have, um, some bad news, my lord, it appears that one of the cards, is, well, a fake."
"What?" Tai demanded.
Kido bowed, sweat pouring down his face,"Yes, the Agumon card is a fake. I believe that the Digital Warriors still possess the real card."
"So," Tai said," I bet that Izzy has it. We're going to need to find the Digital Warriors base in order to steal back that other card."
"We, have no leads on the location, sire," Arukennimon said.
"However," Jundramon said, holding up her finger,"We believe that it is near Atlantis, which we..."
"....have no location on either," Tai finished for her,"This planet is mostly water, Atlantis could be anywhere."
"Perhaps a global search..."
"Would be a waste of time!" Tai snapped,"The amount of money and time we put into searching this entire planet would only hurt us in the long run. No, we need to capture one of them. If we could get our hands on Sora Kamiya, we would be able to find the location of Atlantis, but how? She is rarely ever seen, even with all the pictures that we've posted of her and the rest of the Digital Warriors."
"Well," Arukennimon said,"The Digimon are hard, there are hundreds of Agumons, Tentomons, Betamons in the world, but it shouldn't be hard to find a girl in her late teens wearing goggles."
"For all we know," Kido said,"she could be a master of disguise. There have been reports of missing subjects from the Proteus laboratory."
"What ever the case," Tai said,"I want her found as soon as possible. We need that Key Card. We are on the cusp of total world domination, I do not want her to stand in our way, understood?"
"Fully."
Tai nodded. "Good, this meeting has ended."
At the edge of the city, a formatable array of forces were gathered. An entire army comprised of hundreds of Digidestined, and even more powerful unpartnered Digimon. Everyone was ready to attack, they were just waiting for their leaders orders. At the front of the army, stood Sora Kamiya. She was standing unemotionally as she stared at the dark castle in front of her. "Okay," Sora said,"We are storming the castle, and we're not going to stop until Tai is dead. He's caused too much damage to this world."
She turned around to face them, the wind blowing through her red hair. "Kari, Arukennimon is yours, Ken, I want you to handle Jundramon."
The three nodded. "What about you?" Kari asked.
"Tai is mine," she simply said,"Now...attack!"
The Dark Master of Evil was seated upstairs in his throne room. Laid out in front of him on a pedestal were eight cards, faced down. "These cards are truly amazing," Tai said, running his hand over them,"With these cards, I can travel to the reaches of every reality. Every reality will be mine. After this world falls before my might, all reality, all words, all that is will be mine!"
Suddenly, he heard a fierce alarm sound throughout the room. He ran over to a small console on the wall. "Diaboramon," he said,"Report."
"We are under attack," he said,"The Digital Warriors have brought in reinforcements."
"What?" Tai asked.
"Quite possibly ever free Digimon and Digidestined in both worlds."
"Status," Tai said.
"They are quickly over coming our forces and making their way into the castle, but Jundramon and Arukennimon are moving to combat them."
Arukennimon, Jundramon, and a small force of soldiers, ran into the main hall. "They're not here yet," Arukennimon said.
"But they will be soon," Jundramon said. She and Arukennimon ran into the middle of the hall. They watched the far wall, their eyes never leaving the metal door. "They should be coming through at any minute..."
As if on cue, the door started to open. "Now!" Jundramon said,"Darkside Attack!"
"Spider's Web!"
The door was a monstrous wreck, as was the wall, and a large portion of the ceiling. Smoke and debris was was everywhere, but, there was no humans or Digimon.
"They're not here," Arukennimon said.
"But," Jundramon said,"What was that nose?"
"We call it a distraction!"
The two Dark Masters turned to the right and saw the Digital Warriors crashing through the wall. "Leomon, Izzy, you're with me," Sora shouted,"The rest of you stay here!"
Arukennimon and Jundramon stared at Ken and Kari. "You two traitors are going to finally be destroyed," Arukennimon said.
"My brother longed for your death so much," Jundramon said,"Its a pity he changed sides at the end."
"Enough talk," Ken said,"We finish this now!"
"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"
"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Exveemon...."
"Stingmon...."
"....DNA Digivolve to Paildramon!"
"Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"
Sora slammed her foot into the door, breaking it down. "Well," she said,"This is no doubt the throne room, but, where's Tai?"
"I am here, my dear Sora," Tai said, appearing from behind the massive throne,"As I always have been."
"I don't want to hurt you," she said, walking forward,"Izzy, get the cards ready."
Izzy and Leomon ran over to the table where the cards were resting, when they were suddenly kicked back. "What the?" Tentomon asked.
"Its Diaboramon," Agumon said,"Sora, I need to Digivovle."
"You've got it," Sora said, holding onto her Digivice,"Go!"
"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
Wargreymon walked forward, and was repeatedly kicked and punched by an entity he could not see. "Its like trying to take our Pixemon," he said.
"Wait," Izzy said, flipping around his laptop,"if I can break into Diaboramon's code, I can get him to appear."
"Why Tai?" Sora asked, approaching the person she once loved dearly,"Why are you doing this? You're not evil."
"I am evil," he said with a grin,"This is my true person! The one I was destined to be! You made me this way, Sora. You stole my life!"
"It just happened," Sora said,"You were important in destiny, so important that I was chosen to replace you, the person you were meant to be!"
"This is the way I was meant to be!" Tai shouted. He charged with a sword gleaming in his hand. He slashed down, but Sora jumped back, narrowly missing his attack. It did, however, destroy the arm rest of the throne. He stabbed again, but Sora fell to the ground, Tai's sword moving over her. She kicked up and slammed Tai in the stomach. She quickly jumped up and ran to the wall.
"She's like a perfect duplicate of me," Tai said, getting up,"How can this be?"
"Got it!" Izzy said, pressing the button. Instantly, Wargreymon could make out Diaboramon's features.
"I've got him now!" Wargreymon said. "Terra Force!"
Diaboramon brought his arm up and deflected Wargreymon's blast. It blew apart the ceiling, exposing them to the black morning sky. Wargreymon knew that Izzy and Leomon had to get to the cards that Diaboramon was guarding. He flew forward and grabbed Diaboramon. He brought the evil virus Digimon into the air, giving Izzy and Leomon full access to the cards.
"Good," Izzy said, reaching inside his pockets. He pulled out the missing key card. "Now, once I place it with the rest, you'll be able to head back in time and prevent this, Leomon."
"I am ready," Leomon said.
"Are you sure that you'll be able to defeat Spacemon and stop Tai from being buried."
"I will do whatever I have to," Leomon said.
"Fair enough," Izzy said. He dropped the card in the upper left corner. The nine key cards were once again complete. Izzy typed in a program on his laptop and the cards came to life. They began to glow and sparkle with life. A beam of pure light shot up from the cards, becoming wider as it reach the sky.
"How were you able to do that?" Leomon asked.
"The program that Geni gave me," Izzy said,"Now, there is no time to..."
He didn't get to finish his sentence before he was hit with an energy bolt that sent him crashing into Leomon and Tentomon. The three of them smashed into the far wall, leaving Izzy' laptop sitting by the cards.
"Excellent," Tai said, holding up the laptop,"as always Izzy, you have been most helpful. Now I have the exact coordinates for the realm of time itself. I will be able to conquer every reality!"
"No you won't!" Sora shouted from across the room. She was standing knee deep in the fog that resulted from Wargerymon's explosion of the ceiling. She breathed heavily, her eyes staring at Tai with such...coldness that it sent a shiver up Tai's spine.
"And what?" Tai said, dropping the laptop,"Are you going to stop me?"
"No," Sora said,"You are going to stop yourself. You're not evil, Tai. You used Piedmon as a ruler, why? Why didn't you just rule yourself? Why did you resort to a puppet ruler?"
"I was still recuperating from the injuries that you gave me when you fought me in the Digital World, without knowing that it was me," Tai said.
Sora didn't move.
"Give it up!" Tai said,"Its over! You lost! I now have every Key card, I now have a way into the realm of time itself! You're fighting for a lost cause, Sora. This is the way the earth was suppose to turn out! Humanity has been crushed under this world, my world, the ultimate Age of Darkness!"
"You're wrong!" Sora said,"This is not the way the world was suppose to be! Earth and the Digital World can choose their own destiny! I speak for them, and I choose the better world!"
She reached down into the fog and pulled out a sword identical to the one Tai had. Tai turned around and saw that she had taken the sword off of its place on the wall. "Very well then," Tai said,"Engard!"
"Leomon, " Izzy said, untangling himself from the human and Digimon pretzel,"Now's your chance. Go back in time and stop this world before it turns out like this!"
"I want you to know that I won't ever forget you," Leomon said,"You guys were cool!"
The lion Digimon smiled and charged forward. Taking a deep breath, he jumped into the light from the cards, closing his eyes, he waited for the unknown.
When he opened them, he found himself in the middle of a battle that he had relived many times in his memory, almost like a dream. In the sky was a Digimon with jet black hair wearing a white cloak. And as he watched Spacemon drop Matt and Garurumon, then blast the other Digimon, causing them to fall, he knew it was a nightmare. A nightmare that would lead to a greater nightmare. A nightmare of everyone from the world he was sent back to prevent. A nightmare he had enough of.
He knew what would happen next. He turned to his right and saw Tai run to the main cabin. A second later he came back out and ran over to where his large partner was slowly getting up from the ground.
"Greymon!" he yelled,"You said you came to help me right? Then help!"
Greymon lowered his head, and Tai jumped on his head. "Get me close enough to Spacemon," he said,"I'm going to end this!"
Greymon got him close enough behind Spacemon, that he didn't notice him. "Spacemon!" Tai yelled,"You come here, ready to kill my friends, to destroy the future, and I won't allow it!"
Leomon knew what would happen next. Tai would destroy Spacemon, but it would leave him catatonic, so much so that Matt and Sora would think him dead and bury him. The experience of being buried alive would scare Tai forever, turning him into the monster that would destroy the future. He wouldn't allow it. There was only one course of action that he knew would work. "Fist of the Beast King!"
His attack flew across the snowy field of the camp and nailed Greymon in the side of the head, causing him to fall over with Tai. In his shock, Tai dropped the sword, Spacemon didn't know what happened, he just knew that he could take more time clamping a dark ring around Tai. He dropped to the ground and made his way over to where Tai was laying, which was going according to Leomon's plan.
Spacemon, as well as the Digidestined, and Leomon were suddenly aware of another presence. Leomon watched as the cloaked figure ran across the field to where Tai and Greymon had fallen. "Another Leomon?"
The Leomon from the Age of Darkness grabbed the sword and stared at Spacemon. "Who are you?" Spacemon asked.
"I am a casualty of your existence!" he said,"You're are the main cause of everything's that will go wrong in the world! Its your fault the Age of Darkness passed! I came back to prevent it, and that's what I'm going to do!"
Spacemon was too shock to move out of the way, or even defend himself. Leomon brought the blade deep into Spacemon's chest. Currents of electricity sweped up the blade of the sword. Leomon felt pain like he never had before, but he kept pressing the sword deeper and deeper in Spacemon's chest. It was never a choice for him. A being came back to destroy the future, a future he knew would become hell on earth. As Leomon pushed the sword into Spacemon, his mind wandered back to the day that the Digital Warriors saved him from Devimon. He had a feeling that day that he couldn't name, he knows that feeling now. It is hope.
Leomon gave the sword one last push, and Spacemon exploded. Leomon was sent flying backwards and slammed into a pile of snow. "The world," he said, with a smile," is saved." He vanished as his Digital Information scatter to the winds.
The time displaced Digidestined stared with their mouths open wide. "Did we..just win?" Davis asked.
"I think that the battle was fought somewhere we don't know about," T.K. said.
Suddenly, they felt themselves being pulled towards the sky. "Well," Ken said,"Without Spacemon here to anchor us, we're being pulled back to our present!"
The world around them was glowing with light. Tai and Matt were lifted into the air. "Tai," Matt said,"What's happening? I feel like I'm being pulled backwards!"
"The time stream is rebuilding itself!" Tai said,"Spacemon was not suppose to be here, thus, with him gone, everything will return to the way it was before he arrived! Matt..."
The door to the cabin opened up and a young boy with a blue shirt, brown shorts, and goggles with a nest of black hair. He raised a gloved hand over his eyes and looked out across the field. "Its beautiful out here!" he said, yelling back inside the cabin,"Come on, it finally stopped raining! We've got stuff to do!"
A young blond haired boy with a green shirt joined him. "I'm sorry, Tai," he said,"but I can't just wake up."
Tai smiled,"What do you mean by that, Matt?"
"Oh, never mind," he said, following Tai out of the cabin.
The two boys stopped. "Do you feel....weird?" Matt asked.
"Yeah," Tai said,"like, we were just somewhere else...but its fading now."
"Yeah," Matt said,"w-what were we just talking about?"
"Soccer!" Tai said.
"That's all you ever talk about," Matt said, shaking his head.
Sora Kamiya griped the sword tightly in her hand. Across the throne room, Tai had his sword tight in his hand. They didn't say anything as they charged forward. They met in the middle of the room. There was a great clank of metal against metal, and the two fighters found themselves on the opposite sides of the room.
Sora was the first to turn around. She held the sword tightly in her hands as she stared at the unmoving back of the Dark Master of Evil. Tai looked over his shoulder at Sora. When he did, he briefly saw her as she looked when they were at camp, when everything started. "Well, Sora," he said, weakly,"Looks like I've lost again."
He feel to his knees and dropped the sword, he gave one last breath, then slammed into the brick floor of the throne room, his body disappearing in a burst of black smoke.
Sora breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally over. She dropped the sword on the ground, suddenly horrified at herself. She had killed him, she had killed Tai. He was dead, and it was her fault. Of course, part of her said, he didn't give you any choice. Sora didn't feel reassured, she just felt very alone.
That didn't last long. Soon, the remaining Digital Warriors joined her on the floor, as did Wargreymon.
"Well," Michael said, looking around at the wreckage,"This party sure died fast."
"What about my brother?" Kari asked,
"No," Sora said, shaking her head,"This was never our world, not really."
"I'm receiving odd energy signals from the cards," Izzy said,"Leomon has completed his mission. Soon, we will all be nothing."
"As you should be!" a voice boomed through the sky. Looking up, the Digital Warriors noticed a Digital Gate opening, much bigger than they had ever seen before. A large yellow cube passed through the gate.
"What's that?" Wargreymon asked.
"This is just as I feared," Sora said,"Geni's prophecy has come to pass. Apocalymon is here."
"Stop him!" Izzy said,"He's heading for the cards!"
The Digital Warriors couldn't do anything but watch as Apocalymon zoomed into the cylinder of light. "Izzy," Sora said,"Where did he go?"
"As far as I can determine," Izzy said, typing on his laptop,"When Leomon completed his mission, the gate to that time vanished. Without an exit door, I'd say Apocalymon has entered the Gateway of Time itself! He can invade every reality!"
"We have to stop him," Sora said, clenching her gloved hand,"It looks like the Digital Warriors are going on one final mission. Let's go!"
Sora and Wargreymon jumped into the cylinder of light first, followed by Izzy and Megakabuterimon, Michael and Megaseadramon, Yolei and Aquillamon, Kari and Gatomon, T.K. and Magna Angemon, Ken and Paildramon, and Mimi and Lillymon. Once they entered the light, the Age of Darkness was destroyed. The world that never should have been, was returned to nothing.
The Digital Warriors floated in a void of darkness, the light of the cards behind them. "Where are we?" Paildramon asked.
"This is the realm of time," Izzy said,"The Gateway of all Realities. This is the place Geni showed us, from here, you can reach any world, any time."
"And that is what I plan to do!"
"Where did that come from?" Michael asked.
"It sounds to me likes its coming from every direction," Angewomon said.
"Look!" Mimi pointed,"There!"
In the center of the darkness, a small yellow cube appeared. It grew in size, twisting and turning, sprouting claws on every side, and a black, cape wearing figure on the top.
"I am the ultimate evil," it said,"Complete with hot and cold running water."
"What are you?" Yolei asked.
"I am Apocalymon, a mutant Digimon! My Darkness Zone attack will turn my enemies into nothingness! Perhaps I'll start with earth, every earth, in every reality in existence!"
"Tai tried to do that," Sora said,"we stopped him, and we'll stop you!"
"You can't stop me!" Apocalymon said,"anymore than you can eliminate my sadness! I am all that is left over from the failed Digivolutions."
"You're entirely made up of grief and sorrow?" Yolei asked,"How sad for you."
"Sure, rub it in," Apocalymon said," but I am tired of being ignored, tired of being forgotten. Why do you get the light, when I get the darkness? Why do you get to laugh, when I am forced to cry? Why do you get the best life has to offer, while all I get is its leftover? Answer me this, why do you get the pizza, while I get the crust!"
"Oh," Mimi said, burying her face in her hands,"I can't take all these metaphors!"
"Boy," Izzy said,"This guy really holds a grudge."
"But now," Apocalymon said,"I will bring all the worlds under my control, then I won't have to be alone in my misery!" He started laughing,"Wait a minute, what am I laughing at? I'm supposed to be depressed!"
One of his claws clamped together and changed into a familiar Digimon. "Giga Cannon!" Apocalymon shouted.
The changed claw fired energy blasts from his two cannons. "Kari!" Sora said,"Look out!"
Kari tried to move out of the way, but Angewomon jumped in front, taking the blast in her back. "Oh, Angewomon no!" Kari cried.
"That was Machinedramon with his classic, Giga Cannon," Apocalymon said,"Now, here's Myotismon with his number one hit, Crimson Lighting!"
Machinedramon changed into a statue of Myotismon, which blasted a stream of red from his hand that zoomed towards Mimi. "Mimi!" Lillymon cried, jumping in front of her, taking the blast.
"Lillymon!" Mimi cried.
"Next," Apocalymon said,"Piedmon!"
Myotismon turned into a figure of Piedmon that fired his swords. "Trump Sword!"
Aquillamon took the attack in his back, saving Yolei.
"Inconceivable!" Izzy said, grabbing hold of his head,"He has the power of all the evil Digimon we've defeated before!"
"What?" Michael said,"You mean we have to fight them all over again?"
"We beat them before," Yolei said,"And we can do it again."
"Yolei's right," Sora said,"We did beat them, and we can do it again."
"We just have to fight together as a team," T.K. said.
The Digital Warriors nodded their agreement. Apocalymon chuckled, "You fools haven't even seen my true power yet, Reverse Digivolve!"
All of his claws shot out, heading straight for them. The Digimon pushed their human partners out of the way, but they were grabbed by the claws instead. "Now you'll know how it feels to be one step closer to extinction," Apocalymon laughed.
He opened the claws, revealing the Digimon, all much smaller. "They're rookies," Ken said.
"He changed them back so easily," T.K. said.
"Great," Kari said,"Now, we're finished."
"I'm sorry," Patamon said, floating over to T.K.
"Start from scratch," Michael said,"Digivolve all over again."
"We'd need to eat something first," Betamon said.
"Forget food," Agumon said,"We have the power within us."
"He's right," Sora said,"Everyone, get your crests ready."
"Death Claw!" Apocalymon shouted. One of his claws opened to reveal hundreds of black hands that shot forward and grabbed the crests. Bringing them back to Apocalymon, he crushed them all.
"Our Crests and Tags!" Sora said.
"They won't be able to Digivolve with out them!" Yolei cried.
"We can't defeat an enemy that has all the power of the past Digimon?" Izzy asked.
"How can you be so sure?" Sora asked.
Apocalymon chuckled to himself. He held out his two hands and began moving his fingers up and down. "I'll take these children and use their fears, to make them digital and disappear! Ha ha ha!"
Michael was the first one to notice it. He felt his body start to feel lighter. Looking down, he noticed that his feet were disapearing."Ah!" he said.
Yolei spun around. "Michael!" she said, then noticed it was happening to her too.
"Fascinating," Izzy said, deeply interested,"Our bodies are being broken down, into tiny bits of information."
"Fascinating?" Sora asked.
"Let's stay calm everyone," Hawkmon said,"Don't fall to pieces."
"Too late!" Agumon said.
Apocalymon laughed as he watched the last of the Digital Warriors disappear.
"Where are we?" Sora asked, looking around. The darkness was completely gone, replaced by a brilliant white light.
"This is the world of Data," Izzy said,"We're digital information now."
"Can we get back?" Kari asked.
"I don't think so," Yolei said.
"Have we lost?" Sora asked.
"I'd say that a fair assumption," Ken said.
"Come on guys," Agumon said,"You can't give up now!"
"He's right," Tentomon said,"Apocalymon is going to invade all realities. We're the only ones that can stop him!"
"But, without our Tags and Crests, its useless," Mimi said.
"Hey," Betamon said,"You guys didn't know how all your other battles were going to turn out, but you fought them anyway."
"He's right," Michael said,"We did fight them. Like the time we almost lost Yolei. It was when we were fighting Kido in the Digital Desert. Yolei had fallen in the water. I knew that jumping in there with Zudomon meant almost certain death, but I didn't think about myself. I pushed forward and saved her!"
"I remember when I just wanted to give up and cry, "Mimi said.
"But you didn't," Palmon said.
"Like the time in Machinedramon's prison, when Michael thought he was useless. He had given up, I couldn't. I need to be strong, and I convinced him that he was needed. I didn't give in to my fears, and I helped him save himself."
"Before I met you, Patamon," T.K. said,"I really didn't believe in fighting for myself. I always figured that someone else would do it. But, when Myotismon entered Earth and the whole war began, I knew that I had to believe in myself. And if I hadn't Magna Angemon would never have appeared, and Metalgarurumon wouldn't have either."
"You've completely changed my life, Hawkmon,"Yolei said,"I never had a best friend before I met you. You were always there for me, like the time when Datamon captured us. He grabbed me, but you stuck by me and was pulled into his lab too. He experimented on us, but the jokes on him, because it worked! Now you can Digivolve to Ultimate without a Gatomon! You were always my best friend. When you were hurt when the Dark Masters invaded our camp base, I didn't know what to do, but you're here now, and that what matters."
"When I first me you Izzy," Tentomon said,"I thought you were just a computer geek, but I'm glad you are, because where would the rest of us be without you? We certainly would be here. If it hadn't been for you knowledge, we never would have even figured out the prophecy on the day Myotismon invaded and Metalgarurumon was born. If it hadn't of been for you, we never would have been able to reverse the world and change it back to the way it was. Your understanding of the Key Cards saved time!"
"As for you Wormmon," Ken said,"It was the time when I was still the Dark Master of Cruelty. Remember Kimeramon?"
"How could I ever forget him?" Wormmon asked,"I nearly died to save you from your creation when he betrayed you."
"And if you hadn't have done that, I never would have left the Dark Masters. You too, Veemon," Ken said,"You've changed me too. When Davis handed you over to me before he died, I felt something, a great feeling I never felt before. A feeling of true friendship. Thank you."
"I've waited my whole life to met you Gatomon and find my purpose, "Kari said,"I was the Dark Master of Sorcery, I didn't know who I really was. I caused so much damage but Davis rescued me and brought me to you."
"You know I would do anything for you," Gatomon said,"Even if it meant facing Machinedramon's Giga Cannon, or face losing Davis. You know, I will always be here for you."
"Even though you're not my original partner," Sora said,"You've quickly become my best friend."
"Really?" Agumon asked.
"Yes," Sora said,"Your friendship gave me the strength to face Datamon's evil gas. I knew that the Tai I was seeing was just my own fears, but I overcame them, and we took care of Datamon together."
"Wow," Kari said,"If I had never met you Gatomon..."
"...and if we hadn't have met at all...." Michael said.
"..then we wouldn't be who we are today." Izzy said.
"The odds are against us," Ken said.
"But we have to do this," Sora said,"Every reality is counting on us."
"Its going to be hard without our crests," Mimi said.
"We don't need our crests!" T.K. said,"We can do it!"
Suddenly, the Digital Warriors noticed that their chests were glowing. "Wh-?" T.K. said,"My heart?"
"Its your crests," Agumon said,"You don't need to wear them, because they're power has been inside you all along."
"Of course," Izzy said,"If your traits are inside of you, you don't need the crests, because their power is inside you as well. Like my knowledge and Michael's sense of responsibility."
"You're wrong!" Sora said,"It wasn't my courage that made my crest glow, it was the courage I felt from everyone else."
"So," Ken said,"each person's crest isn't powered by themselves, its power by the faith we have in each other."
"So," Kari said,"The Light inside me is for everyone!"
"Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"
"And everyone's Hopes are my hopes!" T.K. said.
"Patamon digivolve to Angemon!" Angemon digivolve to Magna Angemon!"
"Knowledge!" Izzy said.
"Tentomon digivolve to Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon digivolve to Megakabuterimon!"
"Sincerity!" Mimi said.
"Palmon digivolve to Togemon! Togemon digivolve to Lillymon!"
"Reliability!" Michael said.
"Betamon digivolve to Seadramon! Seadramon digivolve to Megaseadramon!"
"Mine's Love!" Yolei said.
"Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon! Aquillamon digivolve to Silphymon!"
"Kindness," Ken said.
"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"
"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Exveemon..."
"Stingmon..."
"...DNA Digivolve to Paildramon!"
"Paildramon mega digivolve to Imperial Dramon!"
"Courage!" Sora said.
"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
Apocalymon watched in awe as he saw splinters of light pull together into sixteen forms in from of him. "We're back!" Sora said.
"What?" Apocalymon asked,"How did you digivolve without your crests? Well, no matter, you are going down, Digital Warriors."
"Wrong," Sora said, as she and everyone else clenched their firsts,"We are the Digidestined!"
TO BE CONCLUDED.....
Tai walked into the War room of the Dark Castle. Unlike the War room in Piedmon's Dark Castle, this one was just a large, conference table with monitors on every wall. He didn't say anything as he sat down in the largest chair at the table. The people seated around the table were Arukennimon, Jundramon, and Kido.
"Now," Tai began,"I want to know what happened at the Manhattan Prison Complex."
Jundramon coughed. As the Dark Master of War, it was her job to maintain the prisons, and also, when something went terribly wrong, she was the one that was reprimanded. "Well, sir, reports state that a group of humans and Digimon broke into the complex and stage the greatest break out in the Age of Darkness."
"A group of humans and Digimon?" Tai asked.
"Uh, yes sir, and we all know that there is only one group of humans and Digimon that would be foolish enough to challenge us. "
"The Digital Warriors, lead by the thief Sora Kamiya," Tai said, leaning back in his chair,"She is far more resourceful than I original gave her credit for. She still alludes my capture, even after the Massacre. Kido, how about the Key Cards?"
Dr. Kido cleared his throat. While he wasn't a Dark Master, he was still a very important member of the Empire. He was the head of the medical and science departments. "I have, um, some bad news, my lord, it appears that one of the cards, is, well, a fake."
"What?" Tai demanded.
Kido bowed, sweat pouring down his face,"Yes, the Agumon card is a fake. I believe that the Digital Warriors still possess the real card."
"So," Tai said," I bet that Izzy has it. We're going to need to find the Digital Warriors base in order to steal back that other card."
"We, have no leads on the location, sire," Arukennimon said.
"However," Jundramon said, holding up her finger,"We believe that it is near Atlantis, which we..."
"....have no location on either," Tai finished for her,"This planet is mostly water, Atlantis could be anywhere."
"Perhaps a global search..."
"Would be a waste of time!" Tai snapped,"The amount of money and time we put into searching this entire planet would only hurt us in the long run. No, we need to capture one of them. If we could get our hands on Sora Kamiya, we would be able to find the location of Atlantis, but how? She is rarely ever seen, even with all the pictures that we've posted of her and the rest of the Digital Warriors."
"Well," Arukennimon said,"The Digimon are hard, there are hundreds of Agumons, Tentomons, Betamons in the world, but it shouldn't be hard to find a girl in her late teens wearing goggles."
"For all we know," Kido said,"she could be a master of disguise. There have been reports of missing subjects from the Proteus laboratory."
"What ever the case," Tai said,"I want her found as soon as possible. We need that Key Card. We are on the cusp of total world domination, I do not want her to stand in our way, understood?"
"Fully."
Tai nodded. "Good, this meeting has ended."
At the edge of the city, a formatable array of forces were gathered. An entire army comprised of hundreds of Digidestined, and even more powerful unpartnered Digimon. Everyone was ready to attack, they were just waiting for their leaders orders. At the front of the army, stood Sora Kamiya. She was standing unemotionally as she stared at the dark castle in front of her. "Okay," Sora said,"We are storming the castle, and we're not going to stop until Tai is dead. He's caused too much damage to this world."
She turned around to face them, the wind blowing through her red hair. "Kari, Arukennimon is yours, Ken, I want you to handle Jundramon."
The three nodded. "What about you?" Kari asked.
"Tai is mine," she simply said,"Now...attack!"
The Dark Master of Evil was seated upstairs in his throne room. Laid out in front of him on a pedestal were eight cards, faced down. "These cards are truly amazing," Tai said, running his hand over them,"With these cards, I can travel to the reaches of every reality. Every reality will be mine. After this world falls before my might, all reality, all words, all that is will be mine!"
Suddenly, he heard a fierce alarm sound throughout the room. He ran over to a small console on the wall. "Diaboramon," he said,"Report."
"We are under attack," he said,"The Digital Warriors have brought in reinforcements."
"What?" Tai asked.
"Quite possibly ever free Digimon and Digidestined in both worlds."
"Status," Tai said.
"They are quickly over coming our forces and making their way into the castle, but Jundramon and Arukennimon are moving to combat them."
Arukennimon, Jundramon, and a small force of soldiers, ran into the main hall. "They're not here yet," Arukennimon said.
"But they will be soon," Jundramon said. She and Arukennimon ran into the middle of the hall. They watched the far wall, their eyes never leaving the metal door. "They should be coming through at any minute..."
As if on cue, the door started to open. "Now!" Jundramon said,"Darkside Attack!"
"Spider's Web!"
The door was a monstrous wreck, as was the wall, and a large portion of the ceiling. Smoke and debris was was everywhere, but, there was no humans or Digimon.
"They're not here," Arukennimon said.
"But," Jundramon said,"What was that nose?"
"We call it a distraction!"
The two Dark Masters turned to the right and saw the Digital Warriors crashing through the wall. "Leomon, Izzy, you're with me," Sora shouted,"The rest of you stay here!"
Arukennimon and Jundramon stared at Ken and Kari. "You two traitors are going to finally be destroyed," Arukennimon said.
"My brother longed for your death so much," Jundramon said,"Its a pity he changed sides at the end."
"Enough talk," Ken said,"We finish this now!"
"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"
"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Exveemon...."
"Stingmon...."
"....DNA Digivolve to Paildramon!"
"Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"
Sora slammed her foot into the door, breaking it down. "Well," she said,"This is no doubt the throne room, but, where's Tai?"
"I am here, my dear Sora," Tai said, appearing from behind the massive throne,"As I always have been."
"I don't want to hurt you," she said, walking forward,"Izzy, get the cards ready."
Izzy and Leomon ran over to the table where the cards were resting, when they were suddenly kicked back. "What the?" Tentomon asked.
"Its Diaboramon," Agumon said,"Sora, I need to Digivovle."
"You've got it," Sora said, holding onto her Digivice,"Go!"
"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
Wargreymon walked forward, and was repeatedly kicked and punched by an entity he could not see. "Its like trying to take our Pixemon," he said.
"Wait," Izzy said, flipping around his laptop,"if I can break into Diaboramon's code, I can get him to appear."
"Why Tai?" Sora asked, approaching the person she once loved dearly,"Why are you doing this? You're not evil."
"I am evil," he said with a grin,"This is my true person! The one I was destined to be! You made me this way, Sora. You stole my life!"
"It just happened," Sora said,"You were important in destiny, so important that I was chosen to replace you, the person you were meant to be!"
"This is the way I was meant to be!" Tai shouted. He charged with a sword gleaming in his hand. He slashed down, but Sora jumped back, narrowly missing his attack. It did, however, destroy the arm rest of the throne. He stabbed again, but Sora fell to the ground, Tai's sword moving over her. She kicked up and slammed Tai in the stomach. She quickly jumped up and ran to the wall.
"She's like a perfect duplicate of me," Tai said, getting up,"How can this be?"
"Got it!" Izzy said, pressing the button. Instantly, Wargreymon could make out Diaboramon's features.
"I've got him now!" Wargreymon said. "Terra Force!"
Diaboramon brought his arm up and deflected Wargreymon's blast. It blew apart the ceiling, exposing them to the black morning sky. Wargreymon knew that Izzy and Leomon had to get to the cards that Diaboramon was guarding. He flew forward and grabbed Diaboramon. He brought the evil virus Digimon into the air, giving Izzy and Leomon full access to the cards.
"Good," Izzy said, reaching inside his pockets. He pulled out the missing key card. "Now, once I place it with the rest, you'll be able to head back in time and prevent this, Leomon."
"I am ready," Leomon said.
"Are you sure that you'll be able to defeat Spacemon and stop Tai from being buried."
"I will do whatever I have to," Leomon said.
"Fair enough," Izzy said. He dropped the card in the upper left corner. The nine key cards were once again complete. Izzy typed in a program on his laptop and the cards came to life. They began to glow and sparkle with life. A beam of pure light shot up from the cards, becoming wider as it reach the sky.
"How were you able to do that?" Leomon asked.
"The program that Geni gave me," Izzy said,"Now, there is no time to..."
He didn't get to finish his sentence before he was hit with an energy bolt that sent him crashing into Leomon and Tentomon. The three of them smashed into the far wall, leaving Izzy' laptop sitting by the cards.
"Excellent," Tai said, holding up the laptop,"as always Izzy, you have been most helpful. Now I have the exact coordinates for the realm of time itself. I will be able to conquer every reality!"
"No you won't!" Sora shouted from across the room. She was standing knee deep in the fog that resulted from Wargerymon's explosion of the ceiling. She breathed heavily, her eyes staring at Tai with such...coldness that it sent a shiver up Tai's spine.
"And what?" Tai said, dropping the laptop,"Are you going to stop me?"
"No," Sora said,"You are going to stop yourself. You're not evil, Tai. You used Piedmon as a ruler, why? Why didn't you just rule yourself? Why did you resort to a puppet ruler?"
"I was still recuperating from the injuries that you gave me when you fought me in the Digital World, without knowing that it was me," Tai said.
Sora didn't move.
"Give it up!" Tai said,"Its over! You lost! I now have every Key card, I now have a way into the realm of time itself! You're fighting for a lost cause, Sora. This is the way the earth was suppose to turn out! Humanity has been crushed under this world, my world, the ultimate Age of Darkness!"
"You're wrong!" Sora said,"This is not the way the world was suppose to be! Earth and the Digital World can choose their own destiny! I speak for them, and I choose the better world!"
She reached down into the fog and pulled out a sword identical to the one Tai had. Tai turned around and saw that she had taken the sword off of its place on the wall. "Very well then," Tai said,"Engard!"
"Leomon, " Izzy said, untangling himself from the human and Digimon pretzel,"Now's your chance. Go back in time and stop this world before it turns out like this!"
"I want you to know that I won't ever forget you," Leomon said,"You guys were cool!"
The lion Digimon smiled and charged forward. Taking a deep breath, he jumped into the light from the cards, closing his eyes, he waited for the unknown.
When he opened them, he found himself in the middle of a battle that he had relived many times in his memory, almost like a dream. In the sky was a Digimon with jet black hair wearing a white cloak. And as he watched Spacemon drop Matt and Garurumon, then blast the other Digimon, causing them to fall, he knew it was a nightmare. A nightmare that would lead to a greater nightmare. A nightmare of everyone from the world he was sent back to prevent. A nightmare he had enough of.
He knew what would happen next. He turned to his right and saw Tai run to the main cabin. A second later he came back out and ran over to where his large partner was slowly getting up from the ground.
"Greymon!" he yelled,"You said you came to help me right? Then help!"
Greymon lowered his head, and Tai jumped on his head. "Get me close enough to Spacemon," he said,"I'm going to end this!"
Greymon got him close enough behind Spacemon, that he didn't notice him. "Spacemon!" Tai yelled,"You come here, ready to kill my friends, to destroy the future, and I won't allow it!"
Leomon knew what would happen next. Tai would destroy Spacemon, but it would leave him catatonic, so much so that Matt and Sora would think him dead and bury him. The experience of being buried alive would scare Tai forever, turning him into the monster that would destroy the future. He wouldn't allow it. There was only one course of action that he knew would work. "Fist of the Beast King!"
His attack flew across the snowy field of the camp and nailed Greymon in the side of the head, causing him to fall over with Tai. In his shock, Tai dropped the sword, Spacemon didn't know what happened, he just knew that he could take more time clamping a dark ring around Tai. He dropped to the ground and made his way over to where Tai was laying, which was going according to Leomon's plan.
Spacemon, as well as the Digidestined, and Leomon were suddenly aware of another presence. Leomon watched as the cloaked figure ran across the field to where Tai and Greymon had fallen. "Another Leomon?"
The Leomon from the Age of Darkness grabbed the sword and stared at Spacemon. "Who are you?" Spacemon asked.
"I am a casualty of your existence!" he said,"You're are the main cause of everything's that will go wrong in the world! Its your fault the Age of Darkness passed! I came back to prevent it, and that's what I'm going to do!"
Spacemon was too shock to move out of the way, or even defend himself. Leomon brought the blade deep into Spacemon's chest. Currents of electricity sweped up the blade of the sword. Leomon felt pain like he never had before, but he kept pressing the sword deeper and deeper in Spacemon's chest. It was never a choice for him. A being came back to destroy the future, a future he knew would become hell on earth. As Leomon pushed the sword into Spacemon, his mind wandered back to the day that the Digital Warriors saved him from Devimon. He had a feeling that day that he couldn't name, he knows that feeling now. It is hope.
Leomon gave the sword one last push, and Spacemon exploded. Leomon was sent flying backwards and slammed into a pile of snow. "The world," he said, with a smile," is saved." He vanished as his Digital Information scatter to the winds.
The time displaced Digidestined stared with their mouths open wide. "Did we..just win?" Davis asked.
"I think that the battle was fought somewhere we don't know about," T.K. said.
Suddenly, they felt themselves being pulled towards the sky. "Well," Ken said,"Without Spacemon here to anchor us, we're being pulled back to our present!"
The world around them was glowing with light. Tai and Matt were lifted into the air. "Tai," Matt said,"What's happening? I feel like I'm being pulled backwards!"
"The time stream is rebuilding itself!" Tai said,"Spacemon was not suppose to be here, thus, with him gone, everything will return to the way it was before he arrived! Matt..."
The door to the cabin opened up and a young boy with a blue shirt, brown shorts, and goggles with a nest of black hair. He raised a gloved hand over his eyes and looked out across the field. "Its beautiful out here!" he said, yelling back inside the cabin,"Come on, it finally stopped raining! We've got stuff to do!"
A young blond haired boy with a green shirt joined him. "I'm sorry, Tai," he said,"but I can't just wake up."
Tai smiled,"What do you mean by that, Matt?"
"Oh, never mind," he said, following Tai out of the cabin.
The two boys stopped. "Do you feel....weird?" Matt asked.
"Yeah," Tai said,"like, we were just somewhere else...but its fading now."
"Yeah," Matt said,"w-what were we just talking about?"
"Soccer!" Tai said.
"That's all you ever talk about," Matt said, shaking his head.
Sora Kamiya griped the sword tightly in her hand. Across the throne room, Tai had his sword tight in his hand. They didn't say anything as they charged forward. They met in the middle of the room. There was a great clank of metal against metal, and the two fighters found themselves on the opposite sides of the room.
Sora was the first to turn around. She held the sword tightly in her hands as she stared at the unmoving back of the Dark Master of Evil. Tai looked over his shoulder at Sora. When he did, he briefly saw her as she looked when they were at camp, when everything started. "Well, Sora," he said, weakly,"Looks like I've lost again."
He feel to his knees and dropped the sword, he gave one last breath, then slammed into the brick floor of the throne room, his body disappearing in a burst of black smoke.
Sora breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally over. She dropped the sword on the ground, suddenly horrified at herself. She had killed him, she had killed Tai. He was dead, and it was her fault. Of course, part of her said, he didn't give you any choice. Sora didn't feel reassured, she just felt very alone.
That didn't last long. Soon, the remaining Digital Warriors joined her on the floor, as did Wargreymon.
"Well," Michael said, looking around at the wreckage,"This party sure died fast."
"What about my brother?" Kari asked,
"No," Sora said, shaking her head,"This was never our world, not really."
"I'm receiving odd energy signals from the cards," Izzy said,"Leomon has completed his mission. Soon, we will all be nothing."
"As you should be!" a voice boomed through the sky. Looking up, the Digital Warriors noticed a Digital Gate opening, much bigger than they had ever seen before. A large yellow cube passed through the gate.
"What's that?" Wargreymon asked.
"This is just as I feared," Sora said,"Geni's prophecy has come to pass. Apocalymon is here."
"Stop him!" Izzy said,"He's heading for the cards!"
The Digital Warriors couldn't do anything but watch as Apocalymon zoomed into the cylinder of light. "Izzy," Sora said,"Where did he go?"
"As far as I can determine," Izzy said, typing on his laptop,"When Leomon completed his mission, the gate to that time vanished. Without an exit door, I'd say Apocalymon has entered the Gateway of Time itself! He can invade every reality!"
"We have to stop him," Sora said, clenching her gloved hand,"It looks like the Digital Warriors are going on one final mission. Let's go!"
Sora and Wargreymon jumped into the cylinder of light first, followed by Izzy and Megakabuterimon, Michael and Megaseadramon, Yolei and Aquillamon, Kari and Gatomon, T.K. and Magna Angemon, Ken and Paildramon, and Mimi and Lillymon. Once they entered the light, the Age of Darkness was destroyed. The world that never should have been, was returned to nothing.
The Digital Warriors floated in a void of darkness, the light of the cards behind them. "Where are we?" Paildramon asked.
"This is the realm of time," Izzy said,"The Gateway of all Realities. This is the place Geni showed us, from here, you can reach any world, any time."
"And that is what I plan to do!"
"Where did that come from?" Michael asked.
"It sounds to me likes its coming from every direction," Angewomon said.
"Look!" Mimi pointed,"There!"
In the center of the darkness, a small yellow cube appeared. It grew in size, twisting and turning, sprouting claws on every side, and a black, cape wearing figure on the top.
"I am the ultimate evil," it said,"Complete with hot and cold running water."
"What are you?" Yolei asked.
"I am Apocalymon, a mutant Digimon! My Darkness Zone attack will turn my enemies into nothingness! Perhaps I'll start with earth, every earth, in every reality in existence!"
"Tai tried to do that," Sora said,"we stopped him, and we'll stop you!"
"You can't stop me!" Apocalymon said,"anymore than you can eliminate my sadness! I am all that is left over from the failed Digivolutions."
"You're entirely made up of grief and sorrow?" Yolei asked,"How sad for you."
"Sure, rub it in," Apocalymon said," but I am tired of being ignored, tired of being forgotten. Why do you get the light, when I get the darkness? Why do you get to laugh, when I am forced to cry? Why do you get the best life has to offer, while all I get is its leftover? Answer me this, why do you get the pizza, while I get the crust!"
"Oh," Mimi said, burying her face in her hands,"I can't take all these metaphors!"
"Boy," Izzy said,"This guy really holds a grudge."
"But now," Apocalymon said,"I will bring all the worlds under my control, then I won't have to be alone in my misery!" He started laughing,"Wait a minute, what am I laughing at? I'm supposed to be depressed!"
One of his claws clamped together and changed into a familiar Digimon. "Giga Cannon!" Apocalymon shouted.
The changed claw fired energy blasts from his two cannons. "Kari!" Sora said,"Look out!"
Kari tried to move out of the way, but Angewomon jumped in front, taking the blast in her back. "Oh, Angewomon no!" Kari cried.
"That was Machinedramon with his classic, Giga Cannon," Apocalymon said,"Now, here's Myotismon with his number one hit, Crimson Lighting!"
Machinedramon changed into a statue of Myotismon, which blasted a stream of red from his hand that zoomed towards Mimi. "Mimi!" Lillymon cried, jumping in front of her, taking the blast.
"Lillymon!" Mimi cried.
"Next," Apocalymon said,"Piedmon!"
Myotismon turned into a figure of Piedmon that fired his swords. "Trump Sword!"
Aquillamon took the attack in his back, saving Yolei.
"Inconceivable!" Izzy said, grabbing hold of his head,"He has the power of all the evil Digimon we've defeated before!"
"What?" Michael said,"You mean we have to fight them all over again?"
"We beat them before," Yolei said,"And we can do it again."
"Yolei's right," Sora said,"We did beat them, and we can do it again."
"We just have to fight together as a team," T.K. said.
The Digital Warriors nodded their agreement. Apocalymon chuckled, "You fools haven't even seen my true power yet, Reverse Digivolve!"
All of his claws shot out, heading straight for them. The Digimon pushed their human partners out of the way, but they were grabbed by the claws instead. "Now you'll know how it feels to be one step closer to extinction," Apocalymon laughed.
He opened the claws, revealing the Digimon, all much smaller. "They're rookies," Ken said.
"He changed them back so easily," T.K. said.
"Great," Kari said,"Now, we're finished."
"I'm sorry," Patamon said, floating over to T.K.
"Start from scratch," Michael said,"Digivolve all over again."
"We'd need to eat something first," Betamon said.
"Forget food," Agumon said,"We have the power within us."
"He's right," Sora said,"Everyone, get your crests ready."
"Death Claw!" Apocalymon shouted. One of his claws opened to reveal hundreds of black hands that shot forward and grabbed the crests. Bringing them back to Apocalymon, he crushed them all.
"Our Crests and Tags!" Sora said.
"They won't be able to Digivolve with out them!" Yolei cried.
"We can't defeat an enemy that has all the power of the past Digimon?" Izzy asked.
"How can you be so sure?" Sora asked.
Apocalymon chuckled to himself. He held out his two hands and began moving his fingers up and down. "I'll take these children and use their fears, to make them digital and disappear! Ha ha ha!"
Michael was the first one to notice it. He felt his body start to feel lighter. Looking down, he noticed that his feet were disapearing."Ah!" he said.
Yolei spun around. "Michael!" she said, then noticed it was happening to her too.
"Fascinating," Izzy said, deeply interested,"Our bodies are being broken down, into tiny bits of information."
"Fascinating?" Sora asked.
"Let's stay calm everyone," Hawkmon said,"Don't fall to pieces."
"Too late!" Agumon said.
Apocalymon laughed as he watched the last of the Digital Warriors disappear.
"Where are we?" Sora asked, looking around. The darkness was completely gone, replaced by a brilliant white light.
"This is the world of Data," Izzy said,"We're digital information now."
"Can we get back?" Kari asked.
"I don't think so," Yolei said.
"Have we lost?" Sora asked.
"I'd say that a fair assumption," Ken said.
"Come on guys," Agumon said,"You can't give up now!"
"He's right," Tentomon said,"Apocalymon is going to invade all realities. We're the only ones that can stop him!"
"But, without our Tags and Crests, its useless," Mimi said.
"Hey," Betamon said,"You guys didn't know how all your other battles were going to turn out, but you fought them anyway."
"He's right," Michael said,"We did fight them. Like the time we almost lost Yolei. It was when we were fighting Kido in the Digital Desert. Yolei had fallen in the water. I knew that jumping in there with Zudomon meant almost certain death, but I didn't think about myself. I pushed forward and saved her!"
"I remember when I just wanted to give up and cry, "Mimi said.
"But you didn't," Palmon said.
"Like the time in Machinedramon's prison, when Michael thought he was useless. He had given up, I couldn't. I need to be strong, and I convinced him that he was needed. I didn't give in to my fears, and I helped him save himself."
"Before I met you, Patamon," T.K. said,"I really didn't believe in fighting for myself. I always figured that someone else would do it. But, when Myotismon entered Earth and the whole war began, I knew that I had to believe in myself. And if I hadn't Magna Angemon would never have appeared, and Metalgarurumon wouldn't have either."
"You've completely changed my life, Hawkmon,"Yolei said,"I never had a best friend before I met you. You were always there for me, like the time when Datamon captured us. He grabbed me, but you stuck by me and was pulled into his lab too. He experimented on us, but the jokes on him, because it worked! Now you can Digivolve to Ultimate without a Gatomon! You were always my best friend. When you were hurt when the Dark Masters invaded our camp base, I didn't know what to do, but you're here now, and that what matters."
"When I first me you Izzy," Tentomon said,"I thought you were just a computer geek, but I'm glad you are, because where would the rest of us be without you? We certainly would be here. If it hadn't been for you knowledge, we never would have even figured out the prophecy on the day Myotismon invaded and Metalgarurumon was born. If it hadn't of been for you, we never would have been able to reverse the world and change it back to the way it was. Your understanding of the Key Cards saved time!"
"As for you Wormmon," Ken said,"It was the time when I was still the Dark Master of Cruelty. Remember Kimeramon?"
"How could I ever forget him?" Wormmon asked,"I nearly died to save you from your creation when he betrayed you."
"And if you hadn't have done that, I never would have left the Dark Masters. You too, Veemon," Ken said,"You've changed me too. When Davis handed you over to me before he died, I felt something, a great feeling I never felt before. A feeling of true friendship. Thank you."
"I've waited my whole life to met you Gatomon and find my purpose, "Kari said,"I was the Dark Master of Sorcery, I didn't know who I really was. I caused so much damage but Davis rescued me and brought me to you."
"You know I would do anything for you," Gatomon said,"Even if it meant facing Machinedramon's Giga Cannon, or face losing Davis. You know, I will always be here for you."
"Even though you're not my original partner," Sora said,"You've quickly become my best friend."
"Really?" Agumon asked.
"Yes," Sora said,"Your friendship gave me the strength to face Datamon's evil gas. I knew that the Tai I was seeing was just my own fears, but I overcame them, and we took care of Datamon together."
"Wow," Kari said,"If I had never met you Gatomon..."
"...and if we hadn't have met at all...." Michael said.
"..then we wouldn't be who we are today." Izzy said.
"The odds are against us," Ken said.
"But we have to do this," Sora said,"Every reality is counting on us."
"Its going to be hard without our crests," Mimi said.
"We don't need our crests!" T.K. said,"We can do it!"
Suddenly, the Digital Warriors noticed that their chests were glowing. "Wh-?" T.K. said,"My heart?"
"Its your crests," Agumon said,"You don't need to wear them, because they're power has been inside you all along."
"Of course," Izzy said,"If your traits are inside of you, you don't need the crests, because their power is inside you as well. Like my knowledge and Michael's sense of responsibility."
"You're wrong!" Sora said,"It wasn't my courage that made my crest glow, it was the courage I felt from everyone else."
"So," Ken said,"each person's crest isn't powered by themselves, its power by the faith we have in each other."
"So," Kari said,"The Light inside me is for everyone!"
"Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"
"And everyone's Hopes are my hopes!" T.K. said.
"Patamon digivolve to Angemon!" Angemon digivolve to Magna Angemon!"
"Knowledge!" Izzy said.
"Tentomon digivolve to Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon digivolve to Megakabuterimon!"
"Sincerity!" Mimi said.
"Palmon digivolve to Togemon! Togemon digivolve to Lillymon!"
"Reliability!" Michael said.
"Betamon digivolve to Seadramon! Seadramon digivolve to Megaseadramon!"
"Mine's Love!" Yolei said.
"Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon! Aquillamon digivolve to Silphymon!"
"Kindness," Ken said.
"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"
"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Exveemon..."
"Stingmon..."
"...DNA Digivolve to Paildramon!"
"Paildramon mega digivolve to Imperial Dramon!"
"Courage!" Sora said.
"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
Apocalymon watched in awe as he saw splinters of light pull together into sixteen forms in from of him. "We're back!" Sora said.
"What?" Apocalymon asked,"How did you digivolve without your crests? Well, no matter, you are going down, Digital Warriors."
"Wrong," Sora said, as she and everyone else clenched their firsts,"We are the Digidestined!"
TO BE CONCLUDED.....
