Part 9:
Tai nervously jerked the steering wheel to the right, throwing his passenger to the left. "Maybe I should drive, no?"
"No, no, "Tai said, taking a deep breath,"That's alright, Catherine, I'll be fine."
The French girl laughed slightly as she turned her head away from him. "It iz not you I am worried about."
"Sorry," Tai said,"I've never negotiated with an evil Digimon before."
"You will do fine," Catherine said, as Tai's car rolled into the driveway of his family's house.
"I hope so," Tai said, shutting off the car. He popped the trunk and grabbed the keys from out of the ignition. He walked to the back and opened the trunk all the way. He reached inside and pulled out a packaged attached to a hanger, and Catherine did the same.
"It haz been zome time zince I got a new outfit zis nice," Catherine said, holding the large, arrow shaped package in her hands.
"Yeah," Tai said," I just hope Mimi doesn't get jealous."
"Zhe iz in ze Digital World," Catherine said, as they walked inside the house,"Zhe will not find out."
"I hope not," Tai said,"She gets jealous. That's why Kari is the only girl on the team."
Catherine thought for a moment. "Do you love her?"
"Kari or Mimi?" he asked.
"Your girlfriend."
"Of course I love her," Tai said,"I wouldn't still be with her if I didn't."
Catherine smiled as she nodded."Zen, do not worry. You will work zings out."
"Thanks," Tai said,"Um, you can change in Kari's room. I'll be in the base when you are ready."
She nodded, walking up the stairs,"I will be right down."
Izzy was staring at the large screen when Tai walked into the computer room. "I'm back, Izzy," he said, removing the paper from his package. Underneath was a three piece gray suit.
"Okay," Izzy said,"Matt called. He said he's ready whenever you are."
Tai pulled off his shirt and pants. "Good," he said, pulling on the button shirt,"Catherine's upstairs getting changed, we'll be leaving shortly. What's the progress of Infermon?"
"He's gaining ground," Izzy said,"He appears to be moving towards America."
"Wait," Tai's said, pulling on his pants,"Why is he moving so slowly? He could be in America in the blink of an eye using the Internet, why hasn't he?"
"I assume its because he's chowing down on the buffet line," Izzy said, turning around,"And each time he eats, he gets stronger. Snappy suit, by the way."
"Thanks," Tai said, putting on his jacket," Keep an eye on Infermon."
"Everyone is," Izzy said.
"How's the progress of the invading Digimon army."
Izzy sighed and swung his chair back around and started typing in the computer. "We've received notices from your agents in America, France, and China. They're reporting that so far they are able to keep the Digimon army from running amok throughout their countries, but they're not gaining any headway with sending them home."
"Hopefully, we'll be able to send help soon."
The door to the room opened and Catherine walked in. She was wearing a gray skirt with a white shirt and gray jacket. She was carrying a briefcase as was wearing glasses. Tai nodded, approvingly. "You look nice, very professional."
"Zank you," Catherine smiled,"Your publicist is not an easy job. I have to lie many times about you in order to get any rezponzes at all."
"Hey," Tai said, holding up his index finger,"I can still fire you, you know."
"And do everyzing yourzelf, I doubt it."
"Guys," Izzy said,"Time is of the essense."
"Right," Tai said,"Open a gate for us Izzy, and let's go!"
"So, are you sure you're okay?" Mimi asked.
"Yes," Kari said,"I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes! Infermon didn't hurt us that bad, I'm fine!"
"Okay, okay," Mimi said, holding up her hands.
The combined Digidestined teams kept walking through the forest of the Digital World. Davis and T.K. were in front of the teams. Scince they were the only ones with Digimon that could digivolve, Veemon and Patamon were elected to be the team's protectors. Gennai had contacted them shortly after Kari's team returned from the Internet with information on the location of the remaining armors. The Digidestined were eager to find the armors and return home to save earth.
"By the way," Mimi asked Kari,"Why did Catherine leave go back to earth?"
"She's my brother's publicist," Kari said,"and he'll need her for the meeting he has."
"Alone?" Mimi asked.
"Don't worry," Kari said,"My brother cares about you very much. He's not going to cheat on you."
Mimi crossed her arms. "I hope so, but, I would still feel better if he wasn't alone with her."
Kari just nodded and slowly walked away from her brother's girlfriend. "What was that about?" T.K. whispered.
"Mimi get jealous when Tai is around other girls," Kari whispered back,"Does Sora ever do that with Matt?"
"No," T.K. said,"She and Matt really aren't dating."
"Oh," Kari said,"I thought that..."
T.K. shook his head.
On the other side of the crowd, Sora's ears opened up. "Mimi gets really jealous?" she asked herself,"Then...maybe that's why when I asked Tai about Biyomon, he said no, because Mimi was there!" She started throwing her arms into the air.
"What's up with Sara?" Mimi asked herself, turning to Yolei,"Does she always act like this?"
"What are you asking me for?" Yolei asked,"You've known her longer."
Mimi shrugged. "I guess so, but, we never really talked, you know? Anyway, do you have a boyfriend?"
Yolei smiled slightly, then shook her head. "No, I don't."
"Well," Mimi said, placing a finger to her chin,"Tai does know some very eligible bachelors."
"How are the two of you?" Yolei asked.
"Oh, perfect," Mimi said,"I really can't complain. Tai's perfect for me. We're deeply in love. You know, just the other day...."
"Does she ever shut up?" Davis asked.
"No," Michael said, shaking his head,"That girl loves to talk. When she and Tai use to visit me in America, I could never get a world in. She just keeps going on and on, and on! But, its a good thing we're friends."
Davis shrugged. "Tell me Michael," he said,"Do you ever worry about the mortality rate of this job?"
"Do you mean, am I afraid of dying? Of course I am."
"Then what keeps you going?" Davis asked,"How would your parents feel if you died?"
"I imagine that they'd be heartbroken," he said,"But, if I die, I hope it will be defending the earth."
"So, you'd like to die a hero?" Davis asked.
Michael nodded. "Yeah, that would be how I would like to go, saving someone else."
"Don't you think this is kind of spooky that we're here talking about death?" Davis asked.
Michael laughed slightly. "Yeah, don't you just hate irony? HA!"
Tai nervously tapped his foot against the stone floor. "Would you please stop that, mate?" Derek asked,"You're driving me crazy!"
Tai looked up from where he was leaning against the castle wall. Derek and Matt were standing on the other side of the room, both dressed in black suits, and leaning against the wall. "Sorry," Tai said,"I'm just nervous."
"Yeah," Matt agreed,"If we can get their support, we'll have an even playing field."
"How long are they going to keep us here anyway?" Derek asked.
"I still don't see why they only brought one chair in," Tai said, eying Catherine.
"Zey obviously know how to treat a lady," Catherine said,"Not like you."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Tai asked.
"You know, Mousier Kamiya," Catherine said.
"And stop calling me that," Tai said,"You make it sound like I'm a hundred years old!"
Then only door in the room swung open. "She'll see you now," a voice said,"Please follow me."
Catherine stood up and smoothed her skirt. She grabbed her briefcase, and followed Tai out of the room. Derek took a deep breath. "Here we go, mates."
The foursome followed their guide through the twisting hallways of the castle to a large conference room. Tai and the rest sat down on the left side of the table. A second later, three figures walked in from another door and sat down on the right side of the table, facing Tai and
the rest. The one in the middle nodded. "Now," Ladydevimon said," What can I do for you?"
Tai cleared his throat."Let me get straight to the point. I do not know if you are aware of it or not, but someone has invaded earth. This being has erected Dark Tower which emit the Dark Light technology, and has opened hundreds of Digi-ports all around the earth, sending an entire army through. And if that is not bad enough, something is eating the Internet."
Matt continued,"Whoever is behind the problems on earth, has attacked you and the rest of the Digital World as well. Myotismon has been captured by them."
"So?" Ladydevimon asked,"Myotismon may be captured, but, I am in charge of his armies and land."
"We propose an alliance," Tai said,"All three of us working together, to defeat this new threat."
"I do not know," Ladydevimon said.
"Well," Izzy said,"At least he's taking a rest."
The right side of the Kamiya Team's computer screen had a small chat room box with an image of Joe on it. The member of the Ishida Team nodded. "Yeah, I guess Infermon got full, huh?"
"I don't think we're that lucky," Izzy said,"He seems to be moving along a definite of the phone and cable connections. What I don't understand is, why he's moving towards America. He's moving slowly because he wants to eat everything in his path, but, why America?"
Joe shrugged. "I'm not a criminologists, I haven't the faintest idea."
Izzy smiled slightly as he turned to the screen in the middle. "I wish that at least one of the people tracking this virus too knew what Infermon was after-shoot! I lost him!"
"Darn," Joe said, typing,"I've lost him too. I'll send out an e-mail to all the others tracking him, maybe they know where he is."
Once Joe's e-mail was sent out, everyone tracking Infermon instantly went to work. A high school computer class in America quickly crowded around one of the computers in the room, watching as that member typed away on the keyboard. In Europe, a grade school was also trying valiantly to find the rouge Digimon. A girl in a hospital room was tracking the virus on her laptop while her roommate was looking on. Buddhist monks, campers in the woods, people from all over the world were searching for Infermon.
"We've found him," Joe said,"A girl in China located him and is transmitted his location now."
Izzy read the whereabouts and typed that into the computer. A second later an image of Infermon appeared on the left screen. Izzy breathed a sigh of relief. "That was a close one."
"Next time, don't lose him."
"Hey, you didn't know where he was either!"
Catherine reached inside her briefcase and pulled out a stack of papers. She handed Ladydevimon one, then gave one to Phantomon then Devimon. "Zis iz ze Terms of Agreement," Catherine said,"Zee Treaty of Versi."
Tai stared at her with an annoyed look on her face. "Okay, okay!" Catherine said,"We will zink of a name latter, but, for right now, let us go over the agreement, no?"
Ladydevimon nodded.
"Okay," Catherine said,"First, we have no need for land in ze Digital World, thus, any land zat our enemy holds will be given to you."
Ladydevimon nodded. "That seems reasonable."
"Provided you do not initiate any acts of aggression towards other Digimon empires or land," Catherine added.
Ladydevimon made a face,"I do not agree with that. Empires grow by attacking and invading others."
"Not necessarily," Derek said.
"Well," Yolei said, looking at the cave in front of them,"That's where the rest of the Digital Armors are."
"Good," Kari said, walking in front of the other Digidestined,"Let's get them!"
"Wait," Ken said,"There may be danger."
"Come on!" Kari said, running towards the cave,"We need those armors!"
"Kari!" Michael cried, stepping in front of her,"What's with you? You're never like this."
"Infermon made a fool of me!" Kari said, trying to get out of Michael's grip,"And if he chewed us up and spit us out, there's no way any Ultimate Digimon on Earth can beat Arukennimon's boss. The only chance we have is with my brother's Digimon, and he can't digivolve while the earth is covered with the Dark Towers!"
"I understand," Michael said,"But, Tai's not going to like it if you get killed!"
Kari took a deep breath."Okay, fine, but, we still need those armors."
"Of course," Ken said,"But, let's take this with a little more caution, okay?"
Kari smiled slightly. "Yeah, come on."
Kari, Yolei, Cody, and Ken were in the lead, followed closely by the rest. The four in the front had just stepped inside the cave entrance, when something blasted into the area just above the hole in the rock mountain, covering the entrance behind a small landslide. The rest of the Digidestined turned around to find Skull Satanmon laughing wickedly.
"It looks like I finally found you," he laughed.
"Get him!" Michael shouted.
Betamon, Terriermon, Palmon, Biyomon jumped forward ready to Digivolve, when they were stopped.
"What's going on, Sora?" Biyomon asked,"I can't digivolve."
"There are Dark Towers here!" Mimi said, looking on the top of the mountain. On the tip of the giant mountain was the black obelisk,"And none of us can get us there!"
"I can," Patamon said, turning to T.K.,"Right?"
T.K. nodded. "Yeah, do it."
"Patamon armor digivolve to Pegasusmon, Flying Hope!"
Pegasusmon flapped his wings and hovered into the air, but was blasted to the ground by Skull Satanmon. Pegasusmon crashed into the mountain side first, then slammed into the ground. Skull Satanmon was over him in an instant, his staff pointing towards Pegasusmon's head. Davis turned to Veemon. "Help him out."
Veemon nodded. "Right. Veemon armor digivolve to Flamedramon, the Fires of Courage!"
Flamedramon tackled Skull Satanmon to the ground. He raised his clawed arm, ready to slash Skull Satanmon across the face, when Skull Satanmon slammed Flamedramon in the underside of his chin. Flamedramon stumbled back, when Skull Satanmon spun around quickly, slamming Flamedramon in the face, throwing him to the ground next to Pegasusmon.
Skull Satanmon laughed as he stood over the two fallen Armor Digimon. "Now," he said,"To destroy you..."
Suddenly, the landslide of rock that covered the entrance to the cave blew apart. Kari, Cody, Ken, and Yolei stood in the entrance, with new Digimon behind them. "No!" Skull Satanmon said,"They found the Digi-armors!"
"That's right!" Kari said,"And you're number is up! Get him! Nefertimon!" A Digimon slightly resembling a giant cat with wings flew out from behind Kari.
"You too, Holsemon!" Yolei cried. A Griffin type creature jumped out from behind her.
"Submarimon," Cody cried as his new Digimon hovered out from behind him.
"Help them out, Searchmon!" Ken cried as a armored cockroach with a flat disk on his back scurried out from behind him.
"Ha!" Skull Satanmon laughed as he jumped back. He clutched his staff tightly and brought it up to his chest,"Bring it on!"
Ladydevimon put down the treaty. "I will not sign this unless I am able to claim some Earth land.."
"Not even an option," Catherine said,"We are not claiming any lands in ze Digital World, you cannot claim any lands on Earth."
"Ladydevimon," Tai said, leaning forward on the table,"Whoever is behind all of this, has set his sights on conquering Earth, and destroying you. You cannot defeat them on your own, and neither can we. Are you really going to give up this chance to defeat him, and getting Myotismon back, because you are so greedy, that you can't be satisfied with a large portion of land in the Digital World, bigger than any other Digital Empire?"
Ladydevimon stared at Tai for a long moment, before laughing slightly. "Where do I sign?"
Steve grimaced when he watched his Frigimon get slammed in his face. Frigimon tried to attack back, but, the Skullgreymon head butted him, sending the giant snowman into the ground. Steve turned slightly and watched as Maria's Centarumon was backhanded by Skullgreymon, then Lou's Tortomon was whipped aside by the Ultimate's tail.
"This isn't good," Steve said,"They're losing, badly. They've been fighting nonstop for six hours now, since nine this morning. They were barely holding their own against Champions now, they can't handle an Ultimate."
"What do we now?" Maria asked.
The Skullgreymon lurched towards the humans. He growled in delight as he raised his claw in the air. Steve covered Maria as he waited for the end, but, suddenly, the Skullgreymon's arm was wrapped around by a white tentacle. The Ultimate was pulled over their heads and into the waters of the Hudson River.
Maria and Steve stared at each other for a second, and then turned around. They saw the Skullgreymon float to the surface of the river before he disappeared. A second later, a giant figure emerged from the river. It was clearly a Digimon, one with two white tentacles dropping from his shoulders, the rest of his body was black. The Digimon scanned the area, then stared down at the humans. "Oh," Steve said,"I get it, its our turn now, huh?"
The Digimon stared at them for a second longer. "Are you the one called Steve?"
Steve nodded slightly.
"I am called Marine Devimon," the Digimon said,"Under the terms of the Treaty of Digital Alliance signed by Ladydevimon, Tai Kamiya, and Matt Ishida, I am to aid the Digidestined in America fighting against the Invading Army."
Steve hesitated for a second, then smiled slightly. "Glad to have your help."
Holsemon attacked first. He fired two red arrows from the metal wings on his head. Skull Satanmon raised his staff and blocked it. Searchmon scurried along the ground and head-butted Skull Satanmon in the stomach. Submarimon fired his torpedoes at the evil Digimon, throwing him off-balance. Nefertimon fired her Rosetta Stone that cracked over Skull Satanmon's head. While he was stumbling around, Flamedramon quickly slashed his chest, and Pegasusmon kicked him. Skull Satanmon stumbled around for another second, then fell to the ground.
"I think we beat him," Davis said.
"Think again!" Skull Satanmon said, jumping back up.
"You can't beat him alone!" Mimi said,"He beat Myotismon by himself. You've got to destroy the Dark Tower!"
"I'm on in!" Nefertimon said, shooting to the top of the mountain. "Rosetta Stone!" The Dark Tower cracked in the center, then shattered apart.
"Now?" Palmon asked.
Mimi nodded. "Now."
"Palmon digivolve to Togemon!"
"Betamon digivolve to Seadramon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
"Seadramon digivolve to Megaseadramon!"
"Terriermon armor digivolve to Rapidmon!"
"Needle Spray!"
Skull Satanmon raised his staff and blocked the needles. "That didn't work the last time, remember?"
Birdramon flapped her massive wings. "Meteor Wing!"
Skull Satanmon jumped out of the way. Rapidmon fired his missiles. They hit Skull Satanmon in the chest, throwing him back. Megaseadramon shot his head forward. "Thunder Javelin!"
Skull Satanmon became paralyzed as the electricity coursed throw his body. "Now!" T.K. commanded,"Everyone, attack!"
"Star Shower!"
"Rosetta Stone!"
"Fire Rocket!"
"Oxygen Torpedo!"
"Tempest Wing!"
"Meteor Wing!"
"Needle Spray!"
"Thunder Javelin!"
"Rapid Fire!"
All attacks slammed into Skull Satanmon, blowing him into millions of small shards.
"We did it!" Mimi cheered. She turned and hug Sora tightly. "We did it Sara!"
Davis and T.K. gave each other a hi five, Michael shook Ken's hand, and Kari and Yolei smiled at each other. "Let's give word to Tai and Matt as soon as possible," Kari said,"They need to know the good news."
Tai whipped the sweat from his forehead as he undid the tie around his neck. "Well, " he said, turning to where Catherine was sitting,"We did it."
From where she was sitting in the computer room of the Kamiya base, Catherine nodded. "We sure did."
"Guys," Izzy said, turning around in his chair,"We've got an e-mail from Kari. They found all the Digital Armors, and they have defeated Skull Satanmon."
"Yes!" Tai said, throwing his hand up into the air,"We've got an alliance with Ladydevimon that will help relive our forces fighting the invading Digimon army, and now we have the armors to destroy the Dark Towers! Things are really looking up! Nothing can go wrong now."
END OF PART 9
Tai nervously jerked the steering wheel to the right, throwing his passenger to the left. "Maybe I should drive, no?"
"No, no, "Tai said, taking a deep breath,"That's alright, Catherine, I'll be fine."
The French girl laughed slightly as she turned her head away from him. "It iz not you I am worried about."
"Sorry," Tai said,"I've never negotiated with an evil Digimon before."
"You will do fine," Catherine said, as Tai's car rolled into the driveway of his family's house.
"I hope so," Tai said, shutting off the car. He popped the trunk and grabbed the keys from out of the ignition. He walked to the back and opened the trunk all the way. He reached inside and pulled out a packaged attached to a hanger, and Catherine did the same.
"It haz been zome time zince I got a new outfit zis nice," Catherine said, holding the large, arrow shaped package in her hands.
"Yeah," Tai said," I just hope Mimi doesn't get jealous."
"Zhe iz in ze Digital World," Catherine said, as they walked inside the house,"Zhe will not find out."
"I hope not," Tai said,"She gets jealous. That's why Kari is the only girl on the team."
Catherine thought for a moment. "Do you love her?"
"Kari or Mimi?" he asked.
"Your girlfriend."
"Of course I love her," Tai said,"I wouldn't still be with her if I didn't."
Catherine smiled as she nodded."Zen, do not worry. You will work zings out."
"Thanks," Tai said,"Um, you can change in Kari's room. I'll be in the base when you are ready."
She nodded, walking up the stairs,"I will be right down."
Izzy was staring at the large screen when Tai walked into the computer room. "I'm back, Izzy," he said, removing the paper from his package. Underneath was a three piece gray suit.
"Okay," Izzy said,"Matt called. He said he's ready whenever you are."
Tai pulled off his shirt and pants. "Good," he said, pulling on the button shirt,"Catherine's upstairs getting changed, we'll be leaving shortly. What's the progress of Infermon?"
"He's gaining ground," Izzy said,"He appears to be moving towards America."
"Wait," Tai's said, pulling on his pants,"Why is he moving so slowly? He could be in America in the blink of an eye using the Internet, why hasn't he?"
"I assume its because he's chowing down on the buffet line," Izzy said, turning around,"And each time he eats, he gets stronger. Snappy suit, by the way."
"Thanks," Tai said, putting on his jacket," Keep an eye on Infermon."
"Everyone is," Izzy said.
"How's the progress of the invading Digimon army."
Izzy sighed and swung his chair back around and started typing in the computer. "We've received notices from your agents in America, France, and China. They're reporting that so far they are able to keep the Digimon army from running amok throughout their countries, but they're not gaining any headway with sending them home."
"Hopefully, we'll be able to send help soon."
The door to the room opened and Catherine walked in. She was wearing a gray skirt with a white shirt and gray jacket. She was carrying a briefcase as was wearing glasses. Tai nodded, approvingly. "You look nice, very professional."
"Zank you," Catherine smiled,"Your publicist is not an easy job. I have to lie many times about you in order to get any rezponzes at all."
"Hey," Tai said, holding up his index finger,"I can still fire you, you know."
"And do everyzing yourzelf, I doubt it."
"Guys," Izzy said,"Time is of the essense."
"Right," Tai said,"Open a gate for us Izzy, and let's go!"
"So, are you sure you're okay?" Mimi asked.
"Yes," Kari said,"I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes! Infermon didn't hurt us that bad, I'm fine!"
"Okay, okay," Mimi said, holding up her hands.
The combined Digidestined teams kept walking through the forest of the Digital World. Davis and T.K. were in front of the teams. Scince they were the only ones with Digimon that could digivolve, Veemon and Patamon were elected to be the team's protectors. Gennai had contacted them shortly after Kari's team returned from the Internet with information on the location of the remaining armors. The Digidestined were eager to find the armors and return home to save earth.
"By the way," Mimi asked Kari,"Why did Catherine leave go back to earth?"
"She's my brother's publicist," Kari said,"and he'll need her for the meeting he has."
"Alone?" Mimi asked.
"Don't worry," Kari said,"My brother cares about you very much. He's not going to cheat on you."
Mimi crossed her arms. "I hope so, but, I would still feel better if he wasn't alone with her."
Kari just nodded and slowly walked away from her brother's girlfriend. "What was that about?" T.K. whispered.
"Mimi get jealous when Tai is around other girls," Kari whispered back,"Does Sora ever do that with Matt?"
"No," T.K. said,"She and Matt really aren't dating."
"Oh," Kari said,"I thought that..."
T.K. shook his head.
On the other side of the crowd, Sora's ears opened up. "Mimi gets really jealous?" she asked herself,"Then...maybe that's why when I asked Tai about Biyomon, he said no, because Mimi was there!" She started throwing her arms into the air.
"What's up with Sara?" Mimi asked herself, turning to Yolei,"Does she always act like this?"
"What are you asking me for?" Yolei asked,"You've known her longer."
Mimi shrugged. "I guess so, but, we never really talked, you know? Anyway, do you have a boyfriend?"
Yolei smiled slightly, then shook her head. "No, I don't."
"Well," Mimi said, placing a finger to her chin,"Tai does know some very eligible bachelors."
"How are the two of you?" Yolei asked.
"Oh, perfect," Mimi said,"I really can't complain. Tai's perfect for me. We're deeply in love. You know, just the other day...."
"Does she ever shut up?" Davis asked.
"No," Michael said, shaking his head,"That girl loves to talk. When she and Tai use to visit me in America, I could never get a world in. She just keeps going on and on, and on! But, its a good thing we're friends."
Davis shrugged. "Tell me Michael," he said,"Do you ever worry about the mortality rate of this job?"
"Do you mean, am I afraid of dying? Of course I am."
"Then what keeps you going?" Davis asked,"How would your parents feel if you died?"
"I imagine that they'd be heartbroken," he said,"But, if I die, I hope it will be defending the earth."
"So, you'd like to die a hero?" Davis asked.
Michael nodded. "Yeah, that would be how I would like to go, saving someone else."
"Don't you think this is kind of spooky that we're here talking about death?" Davis asked.
Michael laughed slightly. "Yeah, don't you just hate irony? HA!"
Tai nervously tapped his foot against the stone floor. "Would you please stop that, mate?" Derek asked,"You're driving me crazy!"
Tai looked up from where he was leaning against the castle wall. Derek and Matt were standing on the other side of the room, both dressed in black suits, and leaning against the wall. "Sorry," Tai said,"I'm just nervous."
"Yeah," Matt agreed,"If we can get their support, we'll have an even playing field."
"How long are they going to keep us here anyway?" Derek asked.
"I still don't see why they only brought one chair in," Tai said, eying Catherine.
"Zey obviously know how to treat a lady," Catherine said,"Not like you."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Tai asked.
"You know, Mousier Kamiya," Catherine said.
"And stop calling me that," Tai said,"You make it sound like I'm a hundred years old!"
Then only door in the room swung open. "She'll see you now," a voice said,"Please follow me."
Catherine stood up and smoothed her skirt. She grabbed her briefcase, and followed Tai out of the room. Derek took a deep breath. "Here we go, mates."
The foursome followed their guide through the twisting hallways of the castle to a large conference room. Tai and the rest sat down on the left side of the table. A second later, three figures walked in from another door and sat down on the right side of the table, facing Tai and
the rest. The one in the middle nodded. "Now," Ladydevimon said," What can I do for you?"
Tai cleared his throat."Let me get straight to the point. I do not know if you are aware of it or not, but someone has invaded earth. This being has erected Dark Tower which emit the Dark Light technology, and has opened hundreds of Digi-ports all around the earth, sending an entire army through. And if that is not bad enough, something is eating the Internet."
Matt continued,"Whoever is behind the problems on earth, has attacked you and the rest of the Digital World as well. Myotismon has been captured by them."
"So?" Ladydevimon asked,"Myotismon may be captured, but, I am in charge of his armies and land."
"We propose an alliance," Tai said,"All three of us working together, to defeat this new threat."
"I do not know," Ladydevimon said.
"Well," Izzy said,"At least he's taking a rest."
The right side of the Kamiya Team's computer screen had a small chat room box with an image of Joe on it. The member of the Ishida Team nodded. "Yeah, I guess Infermon got full, huh?"
"I don't think we're that lucky," Izzy said,"He seems to be moving along a definite of the phone and cable connections. What I don't understand is, why he's moving towards America. He's moving slowly because he wants to eat everything in his path, but, why America?"
Joe shrugged. "I'm not a criminologists, I haven't the faintest idea."
Izzy smiled slightly as he turned to the screen in the middle. "I wish that at least one of the people tracking this virus too knew what Infermon was after-shoot! I lost him!"
"Darn," Joe said, typing,"I've lost him too. I'll send out an e-mail to all the others tracking him, maybe they know where he is."
Once Joe's e-mail was sent out, everyone tracking Infermon instantly went to work. A high school computer class in America quickly crowded around one of the computers in the room, watching as that member typed away on the keyboard. In Europe, a grade school was also trying valiantly to find the rouge Digimon. A girl in a hospital room was tracking the virus on her laptop while her roommate was looking on. Buddhist monks, campers in the woods, people from all over the world were searching for Infermon.
"We've found him," Joe said,"A girl in China located him and is transmitted his location now."
Izzy read the whereabouts and typed that into the computer. A second later an image of Infermon appeared on the left screen. Izzy breathed a sigh of relief. "That was a close one."
"Next time, don't lose him."
"Hey, you didn't know where he was either!"
Catherine reached inside her briefcase and pulled out a stack of papers. She handed Ladydevimon one, then gave one to Phantomon then Devimon. "Zis iz ze Terms of Agreement," Catherine said,"Zee Treaty of Versi."
Tai stared at her with an annoyed look on her face. "Okay, okay!" Catherine said,"We will zink of a name latter, but, for right now, let us go over the agreement, no?"
Ladydevimon nodded.
"Okay," Catherine said,"First, we have no need for land in ze Digital World, thus, any land zat our enemy holds will be given to you."
Ladydevimon nodded. "That seems reasonable."
"Provided you do not initiate any acts of aggression towards other Digimon empires or land," Catherine added.
Ladydevimon made a face,"I do not agree with that. Empires grow by attacking and invading others."
"Not necessarily," Derek said.
"Well," Yolei said, looking at the cave in front of them,"That's where the rest of the Digital Armors are."
"Good," Kari said, walking in front of the other Digidestined,"Let's get them!"
"Wait," Ken said,"There may be danger."
"Come on!" Kari said, running towards the cave,"We need those armors!"
"Kari!" Michael cried, stepping in front of her,"What's with you? You're never like this."
"Infermon made a fool of me!" Kari said, trying to get out of Michael's grip,"And if he chewed us up and spit us out, there's no way any Ultimate Digimon on Earth can beat Arukennimon's boss. The only chance we have is with my brother's Digimon, and he can't digivolve while the earth is covered with the Dark Towers!"
"I understand," Michael said,"But, Tai's not going to like it if you get killed!"
Kari took a deep breath."Okay, fine, but, we still need those armors."
"Of course," Ken said,"But, let's take this with a little more caution, okay?"
Kari smiled slightly. "Yeah, come on."
Kari, Yolei, Cody, and Ken were in the lead, followed closely by the rest. The four in the front had just stepped inside the cave entrance, when something blasted into the area just above the hole in the rock mountain, covering the entrance behind a small landslide. The rest of the Digidestined turned around to find Skull Satanmon laughing wickedly.
"It looks like I finally found you," he laughed.
"Get him!" Michael shouted.
Betamon, Terriermon, Palmon, Biyomon jumped forward ready to Digivolve, when they were stopped.
"What's going on, Sora?" Biyomon asked,"I can't digivolve."
"There are Dark Towers here!" Mimi said, looking on the top of the mountain. On the tip of the giant mountain was the black obelisk,"And none of us can get us there!"
"I can," Patamon said, turning to T.K.,"Right?"
T.K. nodded. "Yeah, do it."
"Patamon armor digivolve to Pegasusmon, Flying Hope!"
Pegasusmon flapped his wings and hovered into the air, but was blasted to the ground by Skull Satanmon. Pegasusmon crashed into the mountain side first, then slammed into the ground. Skull Satanmon was over him in an instant, his staff pointing towards Pegasusmon's head. Davis turned to Veemon. "Help him out."
Veemon nodded. "Right. Veemon armor digivolve to Flamedramon, the Fires of Courage!"
Flamedramon tackled Skull Satanmon to the ground. He raised his clawed arm, ready to slash Skull Satanmon across the face, when Skull Satanmon slammed Flamedramon in the underside of his chin. Flamedramon stumbled back, when Skull Satanmon spun around quickly, slamming Flamedramon in the face, throwing him to the ground next to Pegasusmon.
Skull Satanmon laughed as he stood over the two fallen Armor Digimon. "Now," he said,"To destroy you..."
Suddenly, the landslide of rock that covered the entrance to the cave blew apart. Kari, Cody, Ken, and Yolei stood in the entrance, with new Digimon behind them. "No!" Skull Satanmon said,"They found the Digi-armors!"
"That's right!" Kari said,"And you're number is up! Get him! Nefertimon!" A Digimon slightly resembling a giant cat with wings flew out from behind Kari.
"You too, Holsemon!" Yolei cried. A Griffin type creature jumped out from behind her.
"Submarimon," Cody cried as his new Digimon hovered out from behind him.
"Help them out, Searchmon!" Ken cried as a armored cockroach with a flat disk on his back scurried out from behind him.
"Ha!" Skull Satanmon laughed as he jumped back. He clutched his staff tightly and brought it up to his chest,"Bring it on!"
Ladydevimon put down the treaty. "I will not sign this unless I am able to claim some Earth land.."
"Not even an option," Catherine said,"We are not claiming any lands in ze Digital World, you cannot claim any lands on Earth."
"Ladydevimon," Tai said, leaning forward on the table,"Whoever is behind all of this, has set his sights on conquering Earth, and destroying you. You cannot defeat them on your own, and neither can we. Are you really going to give up this chance to defeat him, and getting Myotismon back, because you are so greedy, that you can't be satisfied with a large portion of land in the Digital World, bigger than any other Digital Empire?"
Ladydevimon stared at Tai for a long moment, before laughing slightly. "Where do I sign?"
Steve grimaced when he watched his Frigimon get slammed in his face. Frigimon tried to attack back, but, the Skullgreymon head butted him, sending the giant snowman into the ground. Steve turned slightly and watched as Maria's Centarumon was backhanded by Skullgreymon, then Lou's Tortomon was whipped aside by the Ultimate's tail.
"This isn't good," Steve said,"They're losing, badly. They've been fighting nonstop for six hours now, since nine this morning. They were barely holding their own against Champions now, they can't handle an Ultimate."
"What do we now?" Maria asked.
The Skullgreymon lurched towards the humans. He growled in delight as he raised his claw in the air. Steve covered Maria as he waited for the end, but, suddenly, the Skullgreymon's arm was wrapped around by a white tentacle. The Ultimate was pulled over their heads and into the waters of the Hudson River.
Maria and Steve stared at each other for a second, and then turned around. They saw the Skullgreymon float to the surface of the river before he disappeared. A second later, a giant figure emerged from the river. It was clearly a Digimon, one with two white tentacles dropping from his shoulders, the rest of his body was black. The Digimon scanned the area, then stared down at the humans. "Oh," Steve said,"I get it, its our turn now, huh?"
The Digimon stared at them for a second longer. "Are you the one called Steve?"
Steve nodded slightly.
"I am called Marine Devimon," the Digimon said,"Under the terms of the Treaty of Digital Alliance signed by Ladydevimon, Tai Kamiya, and Matt Ishida, I am to aid the Digidestined in America fighting against the Invading Army."
Steve hesitated for a second, then smiled slightly. "Glad to have your help."
Holsemon attacked first. He fired two red arrows from the metal wings on his head. Skull Satanmon raised his staff and blocked it. Searchmon scurried along the ground and head-butted Skull Satanmon in the stomach. Submarimon fired his torpedoes at the evil Digimon, throwing him off-balance. Nefertimon fired her Rosetta Stone that cracked over Skull Satanmon's head. While he was stumbling around, Flamedramon quickly slashed his chest, and Pegasusmon kicked him. Skull Satanmon stumbled around for another second, then fell to the ground.
"I think we beat him," Davis said.
"Think again!" Skull Satanmon said, jumping back up.
"You can't beat him alone!" Mimi said,"He beat Myotismon by himself. You've got to destroy the Dark Tower!"
"I'm on in!" Nefertimon said, shooting to the top of the mountain. "Rosetta Stone!" The Dark Tower cracked in the center, then shattered apart.
"Now?" Palmon asked.
Mimi nodded. "Now."
"Palmon digivolve to Togemon!"
"Betamon digivolve to Seadramon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
"Seadramon digivolve to Megaseadramon!"
"Terriermon armor digivolve to Rapidmon!"
"Needle Spray!"
Skull Satanmon raised his staff and blocked the needles. "That didn't work the last time, remember?"
Birdramon flapped her massive wings. "Meteor Wing!"
Skull Satanmon jumped out of the way. Rapidmon fired his missiles. They hit Skull Satanmon in the chest, throwing him back. Megaseadramon shot his head forward. "Thunder Javelin!"
Skull Satanmon became paralyzed as the electricity coursed throw his body. "Now!" T.K. commanded,"Everyone, attack!"
"Star Shower!"
"Rosetta Stone!"
"Fire Rocket!"
"Oxygen Torpedo!"
"Tempest Wing!"
"Meteor Wing!"
"Needle Spray!"
"Thunder Javelin!"
"Rapid Fire!"
All attacks slammed into Skull Satanmon, blowing him into millions of small shards.
"We did it!" Mimi cheered. She turned and hug Sora tightly. "We did it Sara!"
Davis and T.K. gave each other a hi five, Michael shook Ken's hand, and Kari and Yolei smiled at each other. "Let's give word to Tai and Matt as soon as possible," Kari said,"They need to know the good news."
Tai whipped the sweat from his forehead as he undid the tie around his neck. "Well, " he said, turning to where Catherine was sitting,"We did it."
From where she was sitting in the computer room of the Kamiya base, Catherine nodded. "We sure did."
"Guys," Izzy said, turning around in his chair,"We've got an e-mail from Kari. They found all the Digital Armors, and they have defeated Skull Satanmon."
"Yes!" Tai said, throwing his hand up into the air,"We've got an alliance with Ladydevimon that will help relive our forces fighting the invading Digimon army, and now we have the armors to destroy the Dark Towers! Things are really looking up! Nothing can go wrong now."
END OF PART 9