The

The

DigiDestined

Now that they've escaped, Pondmon

and Sparkmon must reunited with the others.

In Search of the Others

Jay Barial

Chapter One: Back to the Alpha Moon

Pondmon and Sparkmon slowly walked over to the nearby town. As the duo of Digimon slowly walked towards the town, a sign welcomed them.

"What does it say?" asked Pondmon.

"Welcome to Carrier Village of the Alpha Moon," replied Sparkmon. "It's a replica of the Carrier Village on the Digital World and the Beta Moon. It's a Digimon port where Digimon fly in front the different worlds."

Pondmon nodded. "Well, if we're going to meet up with the other Digimon and the Light DigiDestined at any time on this moon, it's most likely going to be here." Pondmon glanced back. "But we can't stop for too long, because Sectomon and the other Digimon are after us."

Sparkmon nodded. "Let's go."

* * * *

Crossmon flew past the Beta Moon and towards the Alpha Moon carrying Taylor, Bugmon, Michael, Cubmon, and Derek, while AeroVeedramon carried Sasha, Pupmon, Summer, Monomon, and Alley. The two Digimon were using their powers to harness the Light DigiDestined in a protective bubble as they flew towards the Alpha Moon.

"When we reach the Alpha Moon," said Crossmon, "we'll reach the Carrier Village there. It's relatively near the Dark DigiDestined's base. I'm sure if your friends escaped they'll be heading there."

"Will there be any of the Dark DigiDestined's troops there?" asked Pupmon.

"Well, that's nothing for you to be worrying about Pupmon," replied Sasha, holding the In-Training form of Tripupmon close to her chest. "You're still too weak from being forcefully Digivolved into Dark Cerberusmon. And . . . it's my fault your Digivolved into Dark Cerberusmon"

Derek shook his head. "No it's not. If we all hadn't tried to cheat by using the Dark DigiDestined's chip," said Derek, "Tripupmon wouldn't have Digivolved."

"A Digimon can only Digivolve like that if it's been corrupted," replied Monomon. "So, in a way, I suppose it would be some of Sasha's fault."

Sasha glared at the Digimon and began ringing its neck. "Why you rotten little monkey! You take that back!"

Pupmon calmed down Sasha so she would release Monomon. Then, he repeated, "Will there be any of the Dark DigiDestined's troops there?"

"Most likely," said AeroVeedramon. "If they controlled the Carrier Village on the Digital World, they'll want to control the Carrier Villages on the Beta and Alpha Moons."

"Then I have an idea," said Pupmon. "We should land outside of Carrier Village so we aren't attacked right when we arrived. Besides, that gives us a better chance of running into Pondmon and Sparkmon there."

"Yes," said Bugmon, "and they Pondmon can use its Aquatic Teleport to teleport us back to the Digital World. It'll be ten times faster than flying there."

"Good plan Pupmon," said Crossmon. "I'll change our destination. I just hope Pondmon and Sparkmon aren't captured before we get there. Or else it'll make our job a whole lot harder . . ."

Chapter Two: Misleading

As Sparkmon and Pondmon slowly walked into the village, they were stopped by two sets of bird/plan Digimon.

"You're Deramon, aren't you?" asked Pondmon.

The four Deramon all bowed to Pondmon and Sparkmon. "Our lords, we're sorry that your captives have escaped."

Sparkmon glanced at Pondmon. "Our lords?"

The two Digimon stepped backwards, out of Deramon's hearing range. "They think that we're the Dark DigiDestined's Sparkmon and Pondmon," explained Pondmon. "If we continue to mislead them, then we'll be able to easily get a Digimon to fly us back to the Digital World."

The two Digimon slid right back to the four peacock Digimon with the bush for their back tail feathers. Sparkmon explained that he and Pondmon were heading down to the Digital World for a mission.

"But you'll be doing your inspection first right?" asked the leader Deramon.

The two Digimon slowly turned towards each other.

"The inspection," said the Deramon. "Searching for any Digimon that could be linked to your little Light DigiDestined friends."

"Oh!" said Pondmon. "Oh, of course. And how long do you think this will take?"

"A half an hour probably," said the Deramon.

Sparkmon shrugged. "That's fine."

As the Deramon began walking off, Pondmon whispered, "Why is this fine! What if the Dark DigiDestined come after us!"

"The Dark DigiDestined's Digimon need their partner's Digivices to Digivolve," explained Sparkmon. "If Pondmon does use Aquatic Teleport, we'll trick the Deramon into thinking that they're the Light DigiDestined's Digimon."

"Perfect," said Pondmon.

The two Digimon started following after the Deramon.

* * * *

The portal opened up and revealed Jason, Jessie, Bob, Lily, James, Erik, Henry, and Karen stepping out of the portal. They all glanced around and found their home empty and in turmoil.

"What the hell happened?" asked James slowly.

Jason glanced around and glared as he saw the empty cage. "It seems that those Light DigiDestined's Digimon aren't as weak as they appear, even without their partners to help them Digivolve."

"Pi-pi pivo!"

"Mo yo mo!"

Pivomon and Moyomon quickly crawled towards their partners.

Jason turned towards Henry and Karen. "Use your Digivices to force them to Digivolve into Maremon and Vipmon!"

Both Henry and Karen hesitated just as Sectomon and the other five Digimon emerged through the door.

"Um, Jason, we have a small problem," said Sectomon. "Pondmon and Sparkmon managed to escape using a Nitegramon. And . . ." Sectomon sighed. "Pondmon and Sparkmon were able to discover their Absorb abilities." Sectomon glared at Jason. "Why were you gone so long anyway!"

James nodded. "Excellent, we've been able to warp the time dilation."

"What's that mean?" asked Spider Lemon.

"It means that time goes by in much faster in this world than in our world. In other words, a much larger amount of time will go by in the Digital World than in our world," explained James. "The test we just took correctly states my theory."

"In the mean time," growled Jason, trying to steer things back to the problem at hand, "we need to recapture Pondmon and Sparkmon!" Jason slowly walked over to the monitors. "It seems that there are two groups of the Light DigiDestined on this moon. One is in the Carrier Village while the other signal is coming from outside of Carrier Village."

"The other Light DigiDestined must be trying to rescue Pondmon and Sparkmon, so they landed outside of the Carrier Village," said Tripupmon.

Karen moaned. "Great. All right, Henry and I will stay here and guard our base, while James, Pondmon, Erik, and Sparkmon head to Carrie Village, and the rest of you attack the remaining DigiDestined."

"Right," said Jason. "Everybody, Digivolve."

Chapter Three: Failed Plan

After searching up and down, Pondmon and Sparkmon's inspection search was almost complete. Of course, it had been over a half an hour, so now the two Digimon were beginning to get worried.

"And that's the last area," said the leading Deramon. "The inspection's finished."

Sparkmon sighed. "All right, what Digimon can transport us back fastest to the Digital World?"

"Simple," said Deramon, "that Digimon would be-"

"Deramon!" A Woodmon came running up to Deramon. "Deramon! We have located the Light DigiDestined outside of this village!"

"Did you unleash the Dark Tyrannomon, the Monochromon, and the other Digimon?" asked Deramon.

"As soon as we saw we sent them after the Light DigiDestined," said the Woodmon. "Also, it seems that two of the Champion Light DigiDestined are heading from the Dark DigiDestined's base."

"Which Digimon?" asked Pondmon.

"Of the two Digimon we've been able to identify Joltmon, so we suspect it's the escaped Digimon," said Woodmon. "They're coming towards the entrance of the village."

"So um," said Sparkmon, "which Digimon can transport us back to the Digital World?"

"You have to take care of these captive Digimon first," said Woodmon.

Pondmon glanced towards Sparkmon and replied, "Didn't really want to do this. You Deramon and this Woodmon seem kinda nice for the enemies. But, oh well! Aquatic Teleport!" Pondmon shot five bubbles at the four Deramon and the fifth bubble for the Woodmon and they were teleported away from them.

"Time to get out of here!" cried Sparkmon.

* * * *

Joltmon and Oceanmon slowly stopped outside of Carrier Village and let Erik and James off their back. The two Digimon then slowly Digivolved back to Sparkmon and Pondmon.

"These two Digimon are going to get what they deserve," growled Sparkmon. "But, might as well have some irony to it. We'll take the Light DigiDestined's Sparkmon and Pondmon in our Sparkmon and Pondmon forms. Not only will we not let them go back to the other Light DigiDestined, we'll prove that the virus version of those Digimon are stronger than the data version."

Pondmon chuckled evilly. "They'll never know what hit them."

Chapter Four: The Digimon's Attack

AeroVeedramon and Crossmon landed outside of Carrier Village, about two miles away out of viewing distance from the village.

"So, if you just continue straight from here," said Crossmon, "you'll hit Carrier Village. There, you'll get to Carrier Village where your friends probably are."

"Great," said Alley. "Sparkmon and Pondmon will be back."

Taylor nodded. "And once they're back, I have a plan. Using our combined strength, we would probably be able to destroy the Dark DigiDestined's base."

"But in the meantime," murmured Pupmon, "we have another problem." Pupmon pointed up ahead. "It seems that there's a large number of Digimon are approaching us!"

The six humans and six Digimon all turned towards Carrier Village, and there was a giant herd of Digimon heading their way.

Taylor, Michael, Sasha, and Summer's DigiGems and Digivices began reacting and their Digimon began to glow.

"Bugmon Digivolved to . . . Spidmon!"

"Cubmon Digivolved to . . . Grizzlymon!"

"Pupmon Digivolved to . . . Tripupmon!"

"Monomon Digivolved to . . . Primemon!"

The three, Champion Digimon, one Rookie Digimon, one Ultimate Digimon, and the one Mega Digimon all waited as the enemy Digimon came into clear view. Rushing towards them were two Monochromon and two Dark Tyrannomon. Behind them was a SkullMeramon and a MetalSeadramon.

"This should be fun," growled Tripupmon. "Aquamon would be the most helpful Digimon right now, since its water attacks could take out everyone except MetalSeadramon, but Crossmon could handle that."

"Improvise," said Spidmon. "Web Wall!" Spidmon shot up a wall of webbing for shielding form any incoming attacks. "All right everyone, long range attacks! Spider Fang Rockets!" Spidmon shot twin rockets towards the Digimon.

"Grizzly Quake!" Grizzlymon created a giant earthquake that headed towards the enemy Digimon.

"Banana Club!" Primemon hurled its banana club head-on towards one of the incoming Dark Tyrannomon.

"V-Wing Blade!" AeroVeedramon shot a V shaped blast of energy towards the incoming SkullMeramon.

"Mystic Beak!" Crossmon opened its mouth and shot a beam of energy at the incoming MetalSeadramon.

The five attacks all hit the incoming Digimon, but oddly enough . . .

"They're still coming," murmured Derek.

"We'll have to fight them head on!" said Taylor. "Everyone, get ready."

Spidmon, Grizzlymon, Cerberusmon, Primemon, AeroVeedramon, and Crossmon all prepared for the incoming attacks. But as they continued forward, Grizzlymon finally noticed:

"We have more company," growled Grizzlymon. "IronWeb Sectomon, Grizzlymon, Cerberusmon, and Baboomon aren't too far behind!"

"Well, let's get going!" AeroVeedramon and Crossmon took to the sky, while the Light DigiDestined's Digimon rushed towards Dark Tyrannomon, Monochromon, SkullMeramon, and MetalSeadramon.

Taylor turned towards Derek and Alley. "While they're battling against the other Digimon, you can get to Carrier Village to find Pondmon and Sparkmon."

"That's like two miles away!" cried Alley and Derek.

"And that's why you get a head start now!" Taylor pushed the two and they started running towards Carrier Village.

Chapter Five: Escape from the Village

Within minutes the Digimon of the village signaled for the Dark Tyrannomon and Monochromon to be released from their cages and track down Pondmon and Sparkmon. So, the two Digimon quickly went into hiding.

"Arg!" growled Dark Tyrannomon, smashing down one of the buildings in the Carrier Village.

"We can't just let those Digimon destroy the village looking for us," murmured Sparkmon.

"I don't see why not," replied Pondmon.

Sparkmon glared at Pondmon. "If we let Monochromon and Dark Tyrannomon destroy Carrier Village, they may end up killing helpless Digimon or destroying the homes of others. Besides-" Sparkmon smirked at Pondmon "-your Rushing Waters attack could come in handy."

Pondmon nodded and emerged from the building they were hiding in. "Rushing Waters!"

"Static Burst!" growled Sparkmon, jumped out of its hiding place.

The electricity hit the water and it started flowing with Pondmon's attack. The ball of electrified water was about to hit the Dark Tyrannomon when suddenly . . .

"Aquatic Teleport!" From a building above, a bubble hit the two Digimon's attack combo. The bubble popped and the two attacks were suddenly teleported above Sparkmon and Pondmon. The attack fell down and hit both Digimon, but the shock caused more pain to Pondmon.

"You," growled Sparkmon to the enemy Pondmon.

The aquatic Digimon shrugged. "I thought this would be fun! Rushing Waters!" Pondmon released a powerful blast of water that when right towards Sparkmon.

"Static Ball!" Sparkmon hurled a ball of electricity at the Rushing Waters attack and the ball spread the water, forming almost a star-like formation. "Static Burst!" Sparkmon then hurled a blast of electricity at its Static Ball and it caused an explosion that deadened the water attack. When the steam from the water cleared, Pondmon had disappeared.

"Aquatic Teleport!" From behind Sparkmon, a giant bubble hit the Light DigiDestined's Digimon and concealed it within the bubble. When the bubble suddenly popped, Sparkmon was transported up high into the sky and began to fall towards the ground below. When Sparkmon finally hit the ground, he had discovered that he had been tossed across the village and was out of contact with allying Pondmon.

* * * *

Pondmon, who was recovering from the shock, slowly arose. There, standing in front of the Digimon, was the shockingly deadly Sparkmon of the Dark DigiDestined.

"Static Ball!" growled Sparkmon hurling a ball of electricity at Pondmon.

"Aquatic Teleport!" cried Pondmon, quickly shooting a bubble and teleporting away Sparkmon's attack.

"Static Burst!" growled Sparkmon again, releasing a blast of electricity.

"Ah!" Pondmon lifted itself up and leaped out of the water. Pondmon quickly found a close enough exit and used its Aquatic Teleport on itself.

Sparkmon snickered. "Not getting away that easily! Static Ball!" Sparkmon created a ball of electricity and hurled it towards the back exit of Carrier Village.

As Pondmon slowly emerged from its Aquatic Teleport attack, and blast of electricity hit its back and the Light DigiDestined's Sparkmon fell to the ground.

Chapter Six: The Arrival

"Volcanic Strike!" growled one of the Monochromon, shooting a blast of fire at Primemon.

Primemon quickly deadened the attack with its club. Then jumped into the air.

"Volcanic Strike!"

"Banana Club!" As the fire slowly escaped Monochromon's mouth, Primemon's club slammed the fire back into Monochromon.

"Slamming Attack!" growled the second Monochromon leaping at Primemon.

"Grizzly Claw!" Grizzlymon leaped at the Monochromon and slammed into it and knocked it to the side.

The Monochromon quickly rose again and charged at Grizzlymon again. "Grizzly Quake!" Grizzlymon slammed its fist onto the ground and created a giant earthquake. The blast from the quake sent Monochromon flying upward.

"Monkey Rage!" Primemon began to get steamed up and lifted its Monochromon up above him. Primemon hurled its Monochromon up at the other airborne Monochromon. The two Digimon collided and collapsed on the ground.

"Spider Claw!" Spidmon lunged at Dark Tyrannomon claw first, but . . .

"Iron Tail!" Dark Tyrannomon swung around and whacked Spidmon with its hard tail, knocking Spidmon to the ground.

The second Dark Tyrannomon stepped up next to the other Digimon and they both growled in unison, "Fire Blast!" The two Dark Tyrannomon shot blasts of fire at the injured Spidmon.

"They need me help!" cried Tripupmon, who was beginning to glow and grow. "Tripupmon Digivolved to . . . Cerberusmon!"

Luckily, Cerberusmon leaped in the way to protect Spidmon. "Tail Twister!" Cerberusmon's tail began to spin and the attack was caught in the twister. The Fire Blast attacks spun around and ended up slamming into the Dark Tyrannomon.

"Spider Fang Rockets!" Spidmon leaped above Cerberusmon and shot the twin rockets at the Dark Tyrannomon. Caught off guard, the two attacks severally hurt the Digimon.

"Underworld Wrath!" growled Cerberusmon, as it's claw dug underground and suddenly a giant claw shot up below the two injured Dark Tyrannomon. The Digimon went flying up into the air and landed on the pile of Monochromon.

"Flame Chain!" growled the SkullMeramon.

"V-Wing Blade!" growled AeroVeedramon.

The two attacks collided and formed an explosion.

"Giga Ice Blast!" MetalSeadramon's mouth opened up and it released a blast of furious ice energy energy. The blast sent Crossmon, AeroVeedramon, and SkullMeramon flying backwards away from the Light DigiDestined.

"We can help you!" shouted Spidmon to Crossmon.

"It's all right," replied AeroVeedramon. "You have your own battle to fight!"

"And that fact is true." IronWeb Sectomon, with Jason on his back, slowly approached the Light DigiDestined with the other Dark DigiDestined children and Digimon behind him. "Now, time for us to play, huh? Iron Web Ball!" IronWeb Sectomon launched three giant balls of iron at Spidmon.

"Spider Fang Rockets!"

"Banana Club!"

While Spidmon's twin missiles took out IronWeb Sectomon's first two balls of iron-webbing, Primemon leaped at the second ball and smashed it with its giant club.

"Monkey Bash!" Before Primemon could land on the ground, Baboomon slammed into Primemon forcing it to the ground. "Baboo Roar!" Baboomon released a mighty roar that sent Primemon flying backwards.

"Underworld Wrath!" Cerberusmon's claw shot out from under Baboomon and it went flying up into the air. The Light DigiDestined's Cerberusmon darted under where Baboomon would land and its tail began spinning around. "Tail Twister!" Cerberusmon's tail created a giant twister that made Baboomon continue spinning up into the air.

"Tri Doggy Treat!" The Dark DigiDestined's Cerberusmon hit the other Cerberusmon with the deadly attack, causing Cerberusmon to stop its Tail Twister and Baboomon ended up landing on the Light DigiDestined's Cerberusmon.

"Don't think you can beat them that easily!" growled Grizzlymon. "Stun Fur!" Grizzlymon bashed into Cerberusmon and Baboomon, causing them to be paralyzed. "You can't treat my Digimon friends like-"

"Grizzly Claw!" The other Grizzlymon slammed the Light DigiDestined's Grizzlymon in the back; right in the spine. That was Grizzlymon's weak point and it fell to the ground.

Chapter Seven: Hunted

The Dark DigiDestined's Sparkmon walked slowly and confidently towards the injured Pondmon.

"Say good-bye, Pondmon," growled Sparkmon, as it created a ball of electricity.

"Beak Buster!" From on top of a building, a Deramon fluttered down- or more like fell down- onto the ground shot a blast of energy from its beak. The blast hit Sparkmon, and the ball of energy exploded in Sparkmon's face.

Sparkmon glared angrily at Deramon. "What are you doing!"

"I'm defending our master," growled the Deramon. "Prepare to be destroy Sparkmon, like the rest of your Light DigiDestined will be!"

"Fool! Static Burst!" Sparkmon released a blast of electricity at Deramon, shocking the Digimon. "I'm the Sparkmon of the Dark DigiDestined!"

"Aquatic Teleport!" Pondmon, who had reenergize himself, jumped up and shot two giant bubbles at Deramon and Sparkmon, and quickly teleported away. Pondmon glanced around. "Now's my chance to run."

* * * *

Sparkmon moaned and slowly got up. He glanced around, hoping the Dark DigiDestined's Pondmon wouldn't find him.

The little electric Digimon glanced around, when suddenly, a mighty roar filled the village. There, in front of Sparkmon, was a Monochromon.

"Volcanic Strike!" growled Monochromon, shot a blast of fire at Sparkmon.

"Ah!" cried Sparkmon, jumping out of the way. "Static Ball!" Sparkmon shot a ball of electricity at Monochromon, but it wasn't affected.

"Please, let me. Rushing Waters!" From on top of the building, a Pondmon released a blast of water that knocked badly hurt the Monochromon, causing it to shatter into millions of pieces. The Pondmon leaped down. "You think you can beat me, Sparkmon?"

"You're the Dark DigiDestined's Pondmon, right?" Sparkmon began to glow as it charged up with electricity. "Then try this on for size. Static Burst!" Sparkmon charged up and released a blast of electricity at Pondmon.

But, Pondmon was quick and evaded the blasts. Sparkmon kept the shocks coming, but it eventually tired out the electric Digimon. And when it did . . .

"Perfect," said Pondmon, landing on the top of a building. "Rushing Waters!" Pondmon released a large current of water. The attack slammed Sparkmon into the side of another building.

"Can't win like that, Pondmon," growled Sparkmon. "Static Ball!"

"I never said I would," replied Pondmon. "Aquatic Teleport!"

As the ball of electricity hurled towards Pondmon, the water Digimon shot a bubble at the ball and the electricity was teleported elsewhere. Then, from above, the static ball fell and hit Sparkmon over the head.

"Rushing Waters!" Pondmon again shot a large current of water that shoved Sparkmon down an alleyway, towards the exit of Carrier Village.

"The . . . exit," murmured Sparkmon slowly. Sparkmon slowly limped towards the exit, but he could hear Pondmon approaching.

"You're not getting away Sparkmon!" shouted Pondmon. "Aquatic Teleport!"

Sparkmon began to glow from the effect of the electricity again. It used all of its power in a Static Burst attack and popped the bubble and shocked Pondmon. Sparkmon collapsed on the ground, but Pondmon wasn't done yet . . .

* * * *

As Pondmon rushed towards the exit, a line of Deramon appeared.

"No!" cried Pondmon, slowly stopping.

"You need to learn how to teleport or accurately," said Sparkmon, slowly stepping out from behind the Deramon line. "Static Ball!" Sparkmon threw the ball of electricity and hit Pondmon with it. "Static Ball!" Sparkmon threw another ball of electricity, and again, and again, and again. Sparkmon wasn't finished until Pondmon was destroyed.

Chapter Eight: Miracles

Derek and Alley continued running towards Carrier Village, which was in plain sight now. And as they continued running, they could see flashes of electricity and the faint sound of water.

"Sparkmon and Pondmon must be there," said Alley.

"But why would they be using their attacks?" wondered Derek. "Maybe the other Dark DigiDestined's Digimon went after them!"

"That would be their Sparkmon and Pondmon," murmured Alley. As she continued running, she felt something shimmer and there was a flash of light from her ring. The beam of light shot towards a part of the Carrier Village.

The same thing was happening to Derek. The crystal in his glasses had began to glow and shot a beam of light towards another part of Carrier Village.

"They must be in trouble," murmured Derek. He held up his Digivices. "Do you think we're close enough?"

"Worth a shot," said Alley.

The two DigiDestined held up their Digivices, and together they shouted, "Digivolve!"

The beam of light shot towards both Sparkmon and Pondmon. The DigiGems were able to power them up. Then, the signals from the Digivices were carried through the beams of light to the two Digimon.

* * * *

"Pondmon Digivolved to . . . Aquamon!"

"Wah!" cried Sparkmon in horror, as the larger Digimon loomed above the little Rookie Digimon. "You still can't beat me! Static Burst!"

"Oh, really? Bubble Wall!" A large wall made up of bubble appeared in front of Aquamon, and the Static Burst attack was phased out by the wall. Aquamon smirked and said. "Time for a little push!" Aquamon pushed the Bubble Wall forward and it went straight towards Sparkmon and the Deramon. Lucky for him, Sparkmon jumped out of the way, and the bubbles all popped on Deramon, knocking them out.

"Static Ball!" growled Sparkmon, throwing a ball of electricity at Aquamon.

"Frost Fist!" Aquamon punched the incoming Static Ball, and it froze over. "Catch!" Aquamon threw the Static Ball at Sparkmon and pegged it right in the face. And, as soon as the ice cracked, it released a blast of electricity.

"The pain," moaned Sparkmon.

"Now, time for you to leave," said Aquamon. "Mystic Cyclone!" Aquamon created a giant cyclone and it sent Sparkmon flying off.

* * * *

"Sparkmon Digivolved to . . . Joltmon!"

Pondmon cried out in terror. "I suddenly, don't fell so good." Pondmon began to slip away, but Joltmon wasn't going to give in that easily.

"Thunder Blade!" Joltmon created a sword made of pure electricity. Joltmon then used its speed to dart in front of Pondmon. The electric Digimon whacked Pondmon with it, also giving off a blast of electricity.

"Can't beat me," mumbled Pondmon, slowly getting up. "Aquatic Teleport!"

Joltmon chuckled. "An Aquatic Teleport attack can't stand up against this! Static Convey!" Joltmon shot a blast of electricity and it quickly deadened Pondmon's Aquatic Teleport bubble. The Static Convey attack continued and shocked Pondmon. In the end, Pondmon was teleported back to its partner.

Chapter Nine: To the Rescue

"Iron Ropes!" IronWeb Sectomon swung its iron-webbing ropes at Spidmon, slamming it aside. "Iron Web Ball!" IronWeb Sectomon then chucked balls of iron at Spidmon repeatedly. Until . . .

"Talk about taking the fun out of things," moaned Spidmon. Spidmon began to glow and Digivolved back to Bugmon.

"Stun Fur!" The enemy Grizzlymon bashed into the Light DigiDestined's Grizzlymon. The Stun Fur attack paralyzed Grizzlymon. "Grizzly Claw!" Again, the enemy Grizzlymon hit the other Grizzlymon in the spine, which was Grizzlymon's weak point.

"No pain no game, right?" Grizzlymon began to glow and Digivolved back into Cubmon.

The two Cerberusmon were fighting each other head to head. They were using pure strength against pure strength.

"Underworld Wrath!" growled the enemy Cerberusmon, shooting its claw underground and then up at the Light DigiDestined's Cerberusmon. Then, the enemy Cerberusmon bashed into the other Cerberusmon full on. Still weak from being forced to Digivolve to Dark Cerberusmon, the Digimon began to glow.

"Oy." Cerberusmon began to glow and Digivolved back to Pupmon again.

"Baboo Roar!" Baboomon gave another mighty roar and sent Primemon flying backwards.

"Can't beat me that easily," growled Primemon, slowly rising up again. "Banana Club!" Primemon rushed towards Baboomon, raising his club above his head.

"Banana Slip!" Baboomon threw a banana peal to the ground, and Primemon slid up it. When Primemon did fall, it accidentally lost control of its Banana Club and it slammed into his face. "The pain . . ." Primemon began to glow and Digivolved back to Monomon.

"Hand over the DigiGems, and we'll spare your Digimon's lives," said Jason, approaching Taylor.

"Never," growled Taylor. "Especially since we aren't beat yet!"

Jason eyed Taylor for a second. "What are you talking about?"

Taylor pointed behind Jason, and the Dark DigiDestined turned around. There was Aquamon and Joltmon approaching them, carrying Derek and Alley on their shoulders.

"Everyone, get ready to attack!" shouted Taylor.

IronWeb Sectomon nodded. "Iron Spider Rocket!"

"Grizzly Quake!" growled Grizzlymon.

Aquamon and Joltmon both stopped, letting Derek and Alley off their shoulders.

"Mystic Cyclone!"

"Thunder Blade!"

The tower of water headed towards the Dark DigiDestined. The blade of electricity merged with the cyclone and created a giant, electrified, cyclone of energy. The cyclone easily took out the missiles and stopped the quake. The two attacks hit IronWeb Sectomon hard and it began to glow and Digivolve back to Sectomon.

"Tail Twister!"

"Baboo Roar!"

"Grizzly Quake!"

Aquamon and Joltmon turned towards each other and nodded. "Absorb!" They created a wall of electricity and water. The wall absorbed the three attacks, and the energy went straight to the two Digimon.

"Frost Fist!"

"Electro Punch!"

Aquamon headed straight towards Baboomon and punched it right in the gut. Baboomon began to freeze over as an affect of Aquamon's Frost Fist. Inside the giant frozen statue, Baboomon Digivolved back to Spider Lemon.

Joltmon's Electro Punch hit Grizzlymon right in the spin. Besides being hit in its weak spot, the jolt charged throughout Grizzlymon's body. The blast forced Grizzlymon to Digivolve back to Cubmon.

"You two idiotic Digimon can't possibly defeat me," growled Cerberusmon.

Joltmon and Aquamon's fist began to glow brightly. "Duel Hit!" Side by side, Joltmon and Aquamon lunged at Cerberusmon. Joltmon used its Electro Punch in one hand, Aquamon used its Frost Fist in one hand, and in the two hands closest together, their fist had a current of electricity and ice running through them. The Duel Hit slammed into Cerberusmon causing a giant explosion. After the blast cleared, Cerberusmon had already Digivolved back to Tripupmon.

Chapter Ten: Unanswered Questions

"Kaizer Phoenix!"

"Magnum Crusher!"

Crossmon and AeroVeedramon finished off the MetalSeadramon and the SkullMeramon, as they shattered into little bits of pieces.

Crossmon and AeroVeedramon walked over to Aquamon and Joltmon.

"Looks like the Dark DigiDestined have lost," said Derek.

Jason quickly picked up Sectomon and so did the rest of the Dark DigiDestined. From Carrier Village, a Devidramon flew over head carrying James, Erik, Sparkmon, and Pondmon.

"When we meet again," shouted Jason, "they outcome will not be the same!"

Devidramon took flight and started flying them back towards their base.

Aquamon and Joltmon began to glow and Digivolved back to Pondmon and Sparkmon. They rushed over to Derek and Alley, giving them a welcome-back hug.

"Uh." But, Bugmon, Cubmon, Pupmon, and Monomon were all looking pretty bent out of shape. They looked weaker than ever.

"Bugmon," murmured Taylor. Suddenly, he felt something shimmer and he pulled out his DigiGem from his pocket. "Huh?" The DigiGem shot a beam of light at Bugmon, and his eyes suddenly shot wide open.

"I have my strength back!" cried Bugmon happily.

The same thing happened to Michael and Summer, their DigiGems sent beams of light and re-powered up their Digimon.

Sasha's DigiGem in her friendship bracelet began to glow and shot a beam of light at Pupmon. Then, her Digivices began reacting and sent a signal through the beam of light to Pupmon.

"Pupmon Digivolved to . . . Tripupmon!"

"What just happened?" wondered Taylor.

"The same thing happened to us," said Derek. "We were running towards the city and our Digivice and DigiGems reacted. Then, Pondmon and Sparkmon were able to Digivolve."

Taylor held up his DigiGem and looked at it. "What are these things?"

"They're some sort of power source," said Derek. "But what it's powered up on, I don't know."

"You know," said Crossmon, "I may be able to help. Legend has it that the DigiGems hit part of this moon, and it crystallized and turned into the Crystal Cave. It is a possibility that your question will be answered there."

"And we'll stand guard," said AeroVeedramon, "in case the Dark DigiDestined decide to strike again."

"Well, we're off to the Crystal Cave," said Taylor.

"Is it just me," said Bugmon, "or have we been going off to a lot of caves since you guys got here?"

In order to clearly understand their destiny, the Light DigiDestined head to the Crystal Cave to learn more about their DigiGems. But, it will be there where their Digimon will become strong enough- psychically and knowledgeably. And this will prepare them when it is their time to strike. Find out what will happen in Foreseen.