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Story Three: Embodiment of Fire


The Digi-destined were all pretty edgy with the arrival of Dark Alex. Davis was bent on revenge, which the others did not encourage. A similar etiquette had enveloped Tai, and they both wanted to battle Dark Alex at his hideout in the Digital world. This desire became so great, the Digi-destined soon found themselves restraining their hot-headed leaders.

"Do I have to come over there?" Cerac asked through the computer. "Or will you two finally learn to play nice with the evil villains?"

"Let me at him! LET ME AT HIM!" Davis cried as he kicked around crazily.

"Davis, stop, you'll give yourself a headache!" DemiVeemon told him.

Davis continued to brutally attack the air, as the other Digi-destined witnessed the display.

"Is it any wonder Kari chose T.K. over him?" Yolei asked.

"Yolei, I wish you wouldn't talk about him like that." Ken requested. "He may be dumber than the world's dumbest Bakemon, but he is my DNA Digi-volve partner."

"Maybe you can DNA Digi-volve to defeat Dark Alex." T.K. suggested.

Ken shook his head. "From what you guys tell me, I wouldn't get within ten feet of that guy."

"We may have to pretty soon." Cerac told them. He then shifted his gaze. "Wait a second…"

"What is it, Cerac?" T.K. asked.

"Is Izzy over there?" Cerac asked.

The red-haired genius appeared from underneath a desk. "Yeah, I'm here."

"Izzy, there's trouble in the Digital world…" Cerac told him. "I can't seem to put my finger on it, but…just take a look."

Izzy nodded, and activated a map of the Digital world…and was shocked to see a circle of dark squares around a massive area. "What? Someone's set up new control spires!"

"That's impossible!" Ken replied. "We destroyed all of them back when Neomon first appeared!"

"I know." Izzy told him. "But, somehow, I believe Dark Alex has set them up."

"I guess we'll have to go into the Digital world and stop him." T.K. replied, as he turned to Cerac. "You coming for this one?"

Cerac nodded. "Wouldn't miss it."

"Let's go!" Yolei declared, readying her Digi-vice.

Upon hearing this, Davis and Tai headed towards the computer like ants to sugar.

"Oh, no, guys." Izzy told Tai and Davis. "You're in no mental condition to battle."

"We'll destroy Dark Alex." Tai told him. "So, let us go!"

"I'm afraid not." Kari told him. "Forgive me for this, big brother…" she then smacked Tai upside the head with her D-Terminal, and he fell to the ground, unconscious. T.K. repeated the process with Davis, and they tied the two down to their seats.

"Now that that's out of the way…" Yolei again pointed her Digi-vice forward. "Digi-port, open!"

As the Digi-destined enter the Digital world, two new figures dropped from the computer.

"Ha, those fools." Dark Alex said to himself. "They'll never guess how I pulled that one off."

As the two sneaked evilly away, a semi-conscious Davis watched them leave.

"No…he whispered, and rolled his chair over to the computer. "I've gotta' get Agumon, and DemiVeemon…"

"I'm right here, Davis." DemiVeemon told him.

"Oh…right…"

In the Digital world, Izzy and Kabuterimon arrived at the first 'control spire', which, was indeed, a tall, dark pyramid, but appeared to be giving off no energy whatsoever.

"This is unusual." Izzy said to himself. "The control spire doesn't seem to be controlling anything. It's almost like it isn't here at all."

"I'll prove whether it's here or not." Kabuterimon reassured him, before drawing arms across its chest, gaining energy. "Electro Shocker!" Kabuterimon then flung a ball of electricity at the spire, watching as it passed right through.

"I guess that answers our question." Izzy then pulled out a D-Terminal. "T.K., Kari, have you reached the control spire?"

"Yes." T.K. replied. "It's fake, and so are all the others. It seem as though there's some kind of image projector that gives off the appearance of a control spire. I think Dark Alex is playing games with us."

"Wait, does Dark Alex have a Digi-vice?" Izzy asked.

"Yes, why?" T.K. responded.

"It's possible that Dark Alex lured us here in order to do damage in the real world!" Izzy realized. "C'mon! We've got to get to the Digi-port!"

At a small park in Odaiba, a massive, cybernetic Digimon towered over the green land, which was currently uninhabited, except for the occasional squirrel or pigeon, neither of which lived very long.

"Cyberdramon," Dark Alex told his Digimon, "Destroy…everything. Leave no one alive. Without those Digi-fools guarding the city, we can annihilate."

Cyberdramon nodded. "Nothing shall stand in our way."

"Nothing, except us!" at that point, Tai, Davis, Agumon and Veemon ran in, all of them prepped for battle.

"Oh, look, the Digi-destined leaders." Dark Alex mocked. "To what do we owe this unpleasant surprise?"

"We're here to stop you." Tai told Dark Alex simply. "We can not allow you to destroy Odaiba."

"And how do you propose to stop me?" Dark Alex asked. "My Digimon is more powerful than either of yours. And, even if you somehow managed to defeat Cyberdramon, your Digimon would not be able to defeat me."

"We don't care how strong you are!" Davis proclaimed. "We'll beat you, no matter the cost!"

Dark Alex smiled, as he unsheathed his sword. "Bring it on."

"You know what to do." Tai told Agumon, who nodded, as he leapt forward.

"Agumon, Digi-volve to…" Agumon shifted from its miniature dinosaur appearance, into a massive, rampaging, fire-breathing, long-horned, sharp-clawed digital monster who was still colored orange. "Greymon!"

"Digi-Armor, Energize!" Davis called to Veemon.

"Veemon, Armor-Digivolve to…" Veemon then melded with the Digi-Egg of Courage, as parts of the egg became reminiscent on his body, including knee and shoulder pads, as well as large flaming gauntlets on each hand, and a massive horn atop his helmet. His skin was still blue, but that didn't mean he wasn't: "Flamedramon!"

The two fiery Digimon took a battle stance as Cyberdramon stepped forward.

"Destroy them." Dark Alex commanded simply.

"Cyber Strike!" Cyberdramon charged forward, energy blades sticking out from each wrist.

"Nova Blast!" Greymon unleashed a large ball of fire from its mouth, which slammed into Cyberdramon's chest, knocking the massive creature to one knee.

"Fire Rocket!" Flamedramon then ignited its own body, as it slammed Cyberdramon against one of the larger park trees.

Dark Alex looked to Davis. "Do you two wish to fight as well? If so, I will annihilate you and be done with it." He tossed his sword aside.

"Let's get him." Davis and Tai then charged Dark Alex, who leapt at them with almost superhuman speed.

"Cyberdramon, Synchronization!" Dark Alex told his Digimon. The two then began performing the same moves at the same time, pummeling the two Digi-destined and their Digimon.

"Great Horn Attack!" Greymon slammed its nasal horn into Cyberdramon's knee, causing the massive creature to hold the would in pain.

"Flaming Fist!" Flamedramon then came in, and walloped Cyberdramon with a fiery hand, knocking it down, hard.

"Enough of this!" Dark Alex kicked Tai away and back-handed Davis.

Cyberdramon nodded as it lifted itself. "Pulse Laser!" it then launched a beam of purple and white energy from its mouth, which struck Greymon, slamming the massive dinosaur through a few picnic tables. The sheer force of the attack caused him to de-Digivolve into Agumon.

Tai looked to his Digi-vice. "Time to call in the heavy artillery…Agumon!"

Agumon nodded, as he gathered strength. In a blast of raw power that followed, Agumon emerged in its armored Mega form, the mighty WarGreymon.

"Get him, WarGreymon!" Tai commanded.

"TeraForce!" WarGreymon flung the massive sphere of energy forward, only to discover Cyberdramon holding the attack in one clawed hand.

"You can not defeat me." Cyberdramon promised them.

"Wanna' bet? Fire Rocket!" Flamedramon ignited its body once again, and shot at Cyberdramon's hand. The force of the attack engulfed the TeraForce in flame, and it exploded in a massive burst of energy.

But, when the dust cleared, Flamedramon was lying unconscious on the ground, and Cyberdramon stood over his fallen body.

"No…" Davis whispered as he lay prone on the ground.

"You have to beat him on your own." Tai told his Digimon.

"$%%^." WarGreymon muttered to himself.

Dark Alex then tackled Tai, as the two began wrestling on the ground, as Cyberdramon and WarGreymon locked arms above. WarGreymon was clearly smaller than the cybernetic creature, and easily overpowered, when a Pulse Laser slammed straight into his face, leveling him.

Dark Alex stood above the fallen remains of his enemies. "We have defeated the leaders of the Digi-destined! This clearly shows our superiority."

"Superiority this!" came a new voice. Dark Alex and Cyberdramon turned, in time to see Matt and MetalGarurumon enter.

"Great…another foolish Digi-dodo." Dark Alex muttered to himself.

"Tai?" Matt asked his friend. "Tai, are you okay?"

Tai's eyes slid open. "Matt…we have to stop him…we have to…"

"I know." Matt nodded, and turned to their two Digimon. "Are you guys ready?" As they nodded, he smiled, and said: "Let's do this."

"WARGREYMON!" WarGreymon called, transforming into energy.

"METALGARURUMON!" MetalGarurumon repeated WarGreymon's process, as the two Digimon's DNA began to mix together.

Then, together, they proclaimed: "DNA Digi-volve to…" Their massive bodies soon became only pieces of the design, as their entire bodies merely became the massive creature's arms. The rest of his skin was white, and very armor like. Despite his thin appearance, his size was immense, as much so as Cyberdramon, except, wrapped under the red cloak cape, emerged the most powerful Digimon ever seen: "Omnimon!"

Dark Alex looked up in surprise, and took a step back. "No, it can't be possible!"

"It is." Tai told him. "And Omnimon will finish you once and for all!"

Next Time: The Earth rumbles as the two powerful Digimon duke it out through the city of Odaiba, both sides unaware of another return…