"Tail Blade!"
"Double Stars!
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Positron Laser!"
"Cat's eye beam!"
"Garuru Kick!"
"Terra Destroyer!"
"Aqus Beam!"
"Gold Rush!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Ninja Wind!"
14 massive digimon fought hard on the field, pitting their abilities against the most powerful foes they had faced. Digmon again faced off against Gekomon, Imperialdramon against SkullSatamon, Shurimon against Ninjamon.
And all the while, Ken sat with his head between his hands, unmoving.
"Ken, get up, we need you!" Imperialdramon roared as he finished off SkullSatamon. Ken remained unresponsive.
Cy kicked a huge Seadramon towards Ken accidentally, nearly hitting him, but even when Garudamon buzzed overhead to catch the seadramon, he didn't move. It was Yolie, of course, who snapped at him first.
She stalked up to Ken, ignoring the earth-shaking fireballs, ice blasts, and tornadoes whirling around her, and slapped him hard across the face. "Stop sitting there like a dazed cow and get up and fight! It's just an illusion!"
Ken looked up at her, deep despair written in his eyes. He obeyed, however, and stood beside his wife, trying to look away from the Emperor.
Slowly, ever so slowly, the thousands of evil digimon pushed the digidestined backwards, and their digimon began to lose strength. Eventually, Imperialdramon couldn't hold up the DNA digivolution and devolved back into Wormmon and Veemon, who didn't have the strength to get back up to fight. Next, Gatomon and Patamon fell, nearly getting trampled by Mammothmon in the process. Then Armadillomon, Palmon, Hawkmon, Gomamon, Tentomon, Biyomon, and finally, Agumon, Gabumon, Cy, Zergling, and Savior. As the evil hordes rushed in to finish the job, Izzy had just enough time to scream "Digiport open!" saving the thirteen humans and their digimon from slavery and death at the hands of the returned Kaizer.
The next day, Sarie, Sora, Ken, Yolie, Matt, T.K. and Tai gathered in a small pizza place out of the way of general public. Tai arrived late, having to put huge amounts of paperwork through to temporary close public access to the digital world. Kari couldn't come because she couldn't get a sub to teach her class. Mimi was in L.A., filming a special addition of her show, so she couldn't get to Japan to meet the others. Joe was in surgery on a SabreLeomon with a collapsed lung, a victim of the recent violence in the digital world. Cody was in court, arguing a case, Izzy was working on a downed hard drive, and Davis was filling a large order of noodles for a business. Sarie, although she lived in California, was able to get to Japan by following Matt home through the digiport.
"It's always this way lately," Matt said morosely. "We're always separate."
"It's not like before, where all we had to worry about was school. The digital world is in-sync according to time with the real world now, so we can't spend weeks there anymore." Tai tapped his fingers on the table, thinking. "If only there was some way to change the time ratios."
"Izzy told me that was impossible," Sarie said quietly.
Tai nodded, sighing. "You know, I don't even understand computers very well. I remember once," He laughed, "Izzy said his laptop wasn't working, so I hit it for him."
"If I remember correctly, you hit that poor laptop more times than you hit me," Matt laughed.
"Remember Diaboramon, and Izzy tried to explain a satellite modem to me? I had no clue what he was talking about, and I still don't."
"He tried to drink those veggie shakes your Mom made, remember?" Sora giggled. "I bet he never touched a milkshake again."
"And you guys, fighting over a hair clip?" Matt said. "Now that was funny."
"This is all good, this reminiscing, but we're not defeating the illusion any faster," Ken broke in.
"We need to keep up our spirits, Ken. Laughter is usually the best medicine." T.K. ran his fingers though his blond hair, his blue eyes troubled. "But you're right, we're not getting anywhere."
"Why does this bug you so much, Ken," Sarie said, "If it's just an illusion?"
"Because, I don't know if I is. What if I caused him to return? Remember, I killed thousands of Digimon, enslaved thousands more, and ruined lives. It's not easy to forget that sort of thing."
"But it seems you're forgiven, and that was more than ten years ago. You've proven you didn't mean to cause so much pain."
"It's still hard, to watch what I did, like a movie of my life."
"The sooner we defeat this illusion, the sooner you can realize it's not your fault," Sora said firmly.
"The real problem we're facing is a problem of numbers. When we faced him... sorry Ken..." T.K. cast a guilty look in Ken's direction.
"No, it's ok. The problem is, when I tried to conquer the digital world, my troops were spread out. You could defeat a few at a time to keep the numbers down. Now, it seems like the whole army was there, and we only defeated about 30 of them. I remember, I had at least 2,000 separate digimon. 500 Megas, 1,000 Ultimants, 500 champions, and at least 500 rookies. His forces are concentrated," Ken said slowly, keeping his face neutral.
"We need to discover the force behind this. If we can neutralize that, the rest should be easy," Tai said.
"It's the skeleton, isn't it?" Sora asked.
"Maybe. If h can summon digimon, can he summon people as well?"
"It would make sense," Sarie said.
"Let's go back to the digital world, just a few of us, and see what we can find. I don't have much to do now, since the public access is closed. You don't have school, right Sarie?"
"Yeah, it's summer break until August, and I don't have anywhere to go."
"T.K., are you free for a few days?"
"Yeah, I'm just a writer. I can suspend the books for a week or so."
"Ken and Yolie, how about you?"
"Well," Ken said slowly, "Since this is a case involving the digital world, I think I should be able to work in it..."
"I should stay home and watch the children."
"Matt?"
"I've got to start training for a new mission in a few weeks, but I'm good for this week."
"I think we should take Izzy along, too, since he's the expert on computers," Tai said. "Everyone, go home and pack some cloths. We're taking a camping trip to the digital world."
"Double Stars!
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Positron Laser!"
"Cat's eye beam!"
"Garuru Kick!"
"Terra Destroyer!"
"Aqus Beam!"
"Gold Rush!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Ninja Wind!"
14 massive digimon fought hard on the field, pitting their abilities against the most powerful foes they had faced. Digmon again faced off against Gekomon, Imperialdramon against SkullSatamon, Shurimon against Ninjamon.
And all the while, Ken sat with his head between his hands, unmoving.
"Ken, get up, we need you!" Imperialdramon roared as he finished off SkullSatamon. Ken remained unresponsive.
Cy kicked a huge Seadramon towards Ken accidentally, nearly hitting him, but even when Garudamon buzzed overhead to catch the seadramon, he didn't move. It was Yolie, of course, who snapped at him first.
She stalked up to Ken, ignoring the earth-shaking fireballs, ice blasts, and tornadoes whirling around her, and slapped him hard across the face. "Stop sitting there like a dazed cow and get up and fight! It's just an illusion!"
Ken looked up at her, deep despair written in his eyes. He obeyed, however, and stood beside his wife, trying to look away from the Emperor.
Slowly, ever so slowly, the thousands of evil digimon pushed the digidestined backwards, and their digimon began to lose strength. Eventually, Imperialdramon couldn't hold up the DNA digivolution and devolved back into Wormmon and Veemon, who didn't have the strength to get back up to fight. Next, Gatomon and Patamon fell, nearly getting trampled by Mammothmon in the process. Then Armadillomon, Palmon, Hawkmon, Gomamon, Tentomon, Biyomon, and finally, Agumon, Gabumon, Cy, Zergling, and Savior. As the evil hordes rushed in to finish the job, Izzy had just enough time to scream "Digiport open!" saving the thirteen humans and their digimon from slavery and death at the hands of the returned Kaizer.
The next day, Sarie, Sora, Ken, Yolie, Matt, T.K. and Tai gathered in a small pizza place out of the way of general public. Tai arrived late, having to put huge amounts of paperwork through to temporary close public access to the digital world. Kari couldn't come because she couldn't get a sub to teach her class. Mimi was in L.A., filming a special addition of her show, so she couldn't get to Japan to meet the others. Joe was in surgery on a SabreLeomon with a collapsed lung, a victim of the recent violence in the digital world. Cody was in court, arguing a case, Izzy was working on a downed hard drive, and Davis was filling a large order of noodles for a business. Sarie, although she lived in California, was able to get to Japan by following Matt home through the digiport.
"It's always this way lately," Matt said morosely. "We're always separate."
"It's not like before, where all we had to worry about was school. The digital world is in-sync according to time with the real world now, so we can't spend weeks there anymore." Tai tapped his fingers on the table, thinking. "If only there was some way to change the time ratios."
"Izzy told me that was impossible," Sarie said quietly.
Tai nodded, sighing. "You know, I don't even understand computers very well. I remember once," He laughed, "Izzy said his laptop wasn't working, so I hit it for him."
"If I remember correctly, you hit that poor laptop more times than you hit me," Matt laughed.
"Remember Diaboramon, and Izzy tried to explain a satellite modem to me? I had no clue what he was talking about, and I still don't."
"He tried to drink those veggie shakes your Mom made, remember?" Sora giggled. "I bet he never touched a milkshake again."
"And you guys, fighting over a hair clip?" Matt said. "Now that was funny."
"This is all good, this reminiscing, but we're not defeating the illusion any faster," Ken broke in.
"We need to keep up our spirits, Ken. Laughter is usually the best medicine." T.K. ran his fingers though his blond hair, his blue eyes troubled. "But you're right, we're not getting anywhere."
"Why does this bug you so much, Ken," Sarie said, "If it's just an illusion?"
"Because, I don't know if I is. What if I caused him to return? Remember, I killed thousands of Digimon, enslaved thousands more, and ruined lives. It's not easy to forget that sort of thing."
"But it seems you're forgiven, and that was more than ten years ago. You've proven you didn't mean to cause so much pain."
"It's still hard, to watch what I did, like a movie of my life."
"The sooner we defeat this illusion, the sooner you can realize it's not your fault," Sora said firmly.
"The real problem we're facing is a problem of numbers. When we faced him... sorry Ken..." T.K. cast a guilty look in Ken's direction.
"No, it's ok. The problem is, when I tried to conquer the digital world, my troops were spread out. You could defeat a few at a time to keep the numbers down. Now, it seems like the whole army was there, and we only defeated about 30 of them. I remember, I had at least 2,000 separate digimon. 500 Megas, 1,000 Ultimants, 500 champions, and at least 500 rookies. His forces are concentrated," Ken said slowly, keeping his face neutral.
"We need to discover the force behind this. If we can neutralize that, the rest should be easy," Tai said.
"It's the skeleton, isn't it?" Sora asked.
"Maybe. If h can summon digimon, can he summon people as well?"
"It would make sense," Sarie said.
"Let's go back to the digital world, just a few of us, and see what we can find. I don't have much to do now, since the public access is closed. You don't have school, right Sarie?"
"Yeah, it's summer break until August, and I don't have anywhere to go."
"T.K., are you free for a few days?"
"Yeah, I'm just a writer. I can suspend the books for a week or so."
"Ken and Yolie, how about you?"
"Well," Ken said slowly, "Since this is a case involving the digital world, I think I should be able to work in it..."
"I should stay home and watch the children."
"Matt?"
"I've got to start training for a new mission in a few weeks, but I'm good for this week."
"I think we should take Izzy along, too, since he's the expert on computers," Tai said. "Everyone, go home and pack some cloths. We're taking a camping trip to the digital world."