Chapter 10:

"Sora," Matt said, smiling, when he saw the red head walk into his base,"You're back. Are you okay?"

"Yeah," she said, smiling,"We beat Skull Satanmon and we got all the Digi-armors."

"And we have signed a treaty with Ladydevimon," Matt said,"Which gives up a boosts to our ranks. And the plus side is, Ladydevimon knows where Arukennimon's base is!"

Sora smiled. "Maybe we can finish this war and get back to some semblance of a normal life, huh?"

"We could," Matt said, trailing off,"We could."

"Well," Sora said,"I'm going to see my mother before we move against Arukennimon."

"Sora," Matt said, running over to her,"Wait up. Do you, um..would you like to ah, go-go out some time?"

Sora smiled. "I would love to." She reached over and lightly kissed him on the cheeck."I've got to go now, but, I'll see you later, okay?"

"Sure," Matt said, hardly unable to contain his joy,"I'll call you when we're ready."


"Okay," Tai said, walking into his computer room,"Are they ready?"

Izzy nodded. "Yes," he said, typing on the keyboard,"I'm setting up the chat room right now. We should have visual in one moment..."

"Good," Tai said, as the rest of his team walked into the room,"Our forces around the world are starting to tire, they've been defending against the invading Digimon since early this morning. We need to stop Arukennimon's employer, and save both Earth and the Digital World."

"We're connected, Tai," Izzy said.

"Good," Tai said, turning back to the three panel computer screen. On the right side appeared two smaller boxes. One had an image of Joe, with the Ishida team behind him, and the other had Phantomon, with Ladydevimon behind him.

"We're all ready," Matt said,"you may begin, Ladydevimon."

"Thank you," Ladydevimon said, bowing slightly,"Now, as you might know, our alliance is planning on invading Arukennimon's base in the hope that we may get some answers. Myotismon's intelligence has discovered the location, and we will be moving against the base soon. As you can see on the picture behind me, the base is a large, octagon shaped structure. There are guard towers at every vortex of the building, but, they will be easy to take out with an air attack. We are not absolutely sure of the number of forces inside the base, but there appears to be only Mekanorimon inside the base."

Matt nodded."A rather simple strike with the right numbers. From my team, I will send everyone except for Sora, Yolei and Joe."

"My team will go except for Kari, Mimi, Izzy, and Davis," Tai said, eying the members behind him. They nodded.

"Phantomon will transmit the coordinates to you," Ladydevimon said,"Devimon and a number of Myotismon's army will meet you there."

"I'm opening the gate for you," Izzy said,"Go head guys."

The light from the gate filled the room, and when it faded, only Tai, Izzy, Kari, Mimi, Davis, and their Digimon remained.

Izzy," Tai said,"Where is the location of Infermon?"

"He's in America now," Izzy said.

"Okay," Tai said, walking towards the door,"Keep me informed."

"Where are you going?" Kari asked.

"I'm just going to get something to eat."

"Oh," Mimi said, running over and clinging to his arm,"I'm a little hungry myself."

After the couple walked out of the room, Davis went to follow them. "Where are you going?" Kari asked.

"I need something to eat, too," he said.

"Don't you understand?" Kari asked,"My brother and Mimi want to spend some time alone."

"Oh," Davis said, realization dawning on his face,"I get it. They really like each other, huh?"

"Yeah," Kari said,"I've never seen my brother so happy then when he's with Mimi. It would be great if they got married later, I would love having Mimi as a sister."

"Yeah," Davis said, smiling,"And I can be the best man!"



"Oh Tai!" Mimi said, hugging him tightly, as they sat on the couch,"I'm so glad to be back on Earth, back home..." She smiled slightly,"...and more importantly, back in your arms."

Tai couldn't help but laugh as Mimi's hand wrapped around the back of his neck. She kissed him lightly. "What did I ever do to deserve a girl like you?"

"Oh, I don't know," Mimi said, resting her head in Tai's chest, "You're determined, you're courageous, you'll fight for others to the very end, and those are just the tip of the list."

Tai started laughing harder. "And you're beautiful, caring, truthful."

Mimi lifted her head and look Tai in the eyes. "And..?"

"Well, " he said,"If I went through all of your positive traits, we'd be here till the end of time."

"You sure know how to make a girl happy," Mimi said, placing her head back on Tai's chest,"How did I manage to steal you for my very own?"

Tai placed his hands around his girlfriend's resting body," You'll have to ask all the other girls in the world."

Mimi's eyes started to droop. "How much longer can we stay here?"

"Why?"

"I just want to stay here in your arms forever," she said, drifting off to sleep.

Tai smiled broadly as he watched his sleeping girlfriend. "I love you so much," he said,"I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you."

Kari walked into the living room, then stopped in the doorway when she saw her brother and his girlfriend. She coughed slightly, and Tai turned his head to the door. "I..I'm sorry," Kari said,"But, we've got a problem in America."

Tai sighed. He went to gently move Mimi off of him, when, she surprised him by opening her eyes. "Its okay," she said, sighing,"Maybe someday."

"I'll make it up to you," Tai said, getting up,"I promise."

Mimi smiled and lightly kissed him on the cheek,"I know you will."


Tai waked back into the computer room and was surprised to find that Phantomon and Ladydevimon and Matt and Joe were still in their chat boxes.,"What's the problem?"

"We've found Arukennimon," Izzy said,"She's in America."

"What?" Tai asked.

"That's right,"Joe said,"Between covering the Digimon army invading New York, new reports indicate that there is a strange woman dressed like a red witch, climbing the Empire State Building."

"So?" Tai asked,"That could just be some nut.."

"She fell from the floor near the top and slammed into the ground. She then got up without a scratch and continued climbing..."

"Okay," Tai said, nodding,"That's got to be her." He turned around,"Mimi, Kari, Davis, go after her. See if you can capture her for questioning."

Kari nodded.

"Sora and Yolei will be joining you," Matt said.

"Do you require aditional aid?" Ladydevimon asked.

"We'll see," Tai said,"Izzy, call Steve and tell him I don't want to take any of his forces, but, if the need comes, tell him to be ready."

"Right," Izzy said, nodding.

"Okay," Matt said,"Sora and Yolei will meet your group, then they'll head towards America."

Tai nodded."Okay, good luck guys."


T.K. licked his lips as he studied the guard towers through his binoculars. "There's about five Mekanorimon in each tower," he said,"Maybe more."

Devimon crossed his arms. "Hmm, I thought this would be a challenge."

"Careful," Willis said,"Those guys may be stronger than they look."

"What I don't understand is, if we can take this base, why don't we?" Michael asked.

"Because Tai, Matt, and Ladydevimon don't want us to attack the base while they're dealing with Arukennimon on Earth," Ken said"I just hope they'll be okay."


Arukennimon stretched her neck back as she scanned the top of the large machine on the top of the Empire State Building. The machine was a large, square metallic box with a satellite dish on the top. Arukennimon smiled to herself as she watched the Mekanorimon add the final plate to the machine. "It is complete, my lady," one of the Mekanorimon said.

"Good," Arukennimon said, attaching a headset to her ear. She tapped the ear piece once,"Arukennimon calling, come in.."

"I hear you," a voice snapped over the reciver,"What have you to report?"

"Uh, yes sir," Arukennimon said,"The machine is complete. Infermon is in place for the final attack. Soon, you will be able to enter the Internet."

"Good," the voice said,"I am in place, prepare to initiate the procedure."

Arukennimon nodded, even though her boss couldn't see,"Yes sir, Lord Piedmon."

"Piedmon, huh?" Kari asked as she and the others rose up to the roof,"So, the big bad boss, finally has a name!"

"Just because you know who my employer is, doesn't mean you can beat me!" Arukennimon said,"Get them!"

The Mekanorimon hovered up from the roof and began attacking the Digidestined. They fired their energy attacks, which blasted into the Digidestined. Palmon threw her vine arms towards Nefertimon's neck, shielding Kari, Davis, and Mimi from falling off when Nefertimon spun in the air. Yolei and Sora clung tight to Holsemon as he dodged the energy blasts.

"Biyomon and Palmon need to join the fight," Sora said,"We need to get rid of the Dark Towers in the immediate area."

"Hmm," Davis said, looking to the four towers creating a square perimeter around the Empire State Building. "We can do it. You're up, Veemon."

"Gotcha!" Veemon said, jumping from off of Nefertimon's back,""Veemon armor digivolve to Flamedramon, the Fires of Courage!"

Flamedramon slammed into the ground, and proceeded to destroy the Dark Towers. Meanwhile, the battle continued above. The two armor Digimon could not fight as well with passengers on their backs. Nefertimon could only fire her Rosetta Stones, while Holsemon fired optic blasts. They weren't doing well. They would have to attack the Mekanorimon two or three times before doing any damage at all. "We're losing," Kari said, to Mimi,"Call Tai for help. We can't even get through the Mekanorimon, I don't want to think about what will happen when we fight Arukennimon."

"Right," Mimi said, taking out her D-terminal,"I'm calling for help now."

"How can they get here in time to make a difference?" Yolei asked.

"Through the Digital World," Kari said,"They just need a Digital Gate to open here, and that's what the D-terminal is for."

Nefertimon and Holsemon suddenly shot away from each other as a black obelisk fell between them. The Dark Tower vanished before it could crash into the ground. "That's the last of them," Flamedramon said, jumping up the side of the Empire State Building,"You guys can Digivolve now."

"Great," Mimi said as Palmon recoiled her vines,"Let's show these clowns what a real Digimon can do."

"Right," Palmon said, jumping off of Nefertimon's back. "Palmon digivolve to Togemon! Togemon digivolve to Lillymon!"

"Darn it!" Arukennimon said,"She has an Ultimate Digimon!"

Mimi's Ultimate Digimon placed her hands together and formed it into a blooming flower. "Flower Cannon!"

The energy ball blasted into a Mekanorimon, crashing him into two more. Flamedramon then blasted them with his fire rocket, blowing them apart.

"I can fight too," Biyomon said,"Right, Sora?"

"Yeah, get them!"

"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"

"Meteor Wing!" A group of Meakornimon were hit, sending them soaring over to where Lillymon delivered the final blow. With the addition of Birdramon and Lillymon, the Digidestined quickly turned the tide and defeated the Mekanorimon.

"It's over, Arukennimon," Nefertimon said, hovering down so Kari and Mimi could jump onto the roof.

"Give it up now," Sora said, jumping off of Holsemon and onto the roof.

"There's no way you can beat us," Lillymon said.

Arukennimon started laughing. "All you see of me is the facade. The thin, weakling woman facade, but, I am much, much more!"

The Digidestined gasped as Arukennimon started changing before their eyes. Her legs merged together and grew into a large circle, which eight legs emerged from the bottom. Her fingers grew longer and claw-like. Her hat turned into two horns and formed a half mask over her face. Where once stood a human woman, stood a giant spider.

"Now," she said in a raspy voice,"Let's see if there's a way I can beat you."

She flew forward and slammed Flamedramon with her fist, crashing him into a satellite dish on the top of the building. She then went after Mimi, but Lillymon blocked in front of Mimi, placing her hands together. "Flower Cannon!"

Arukennimon was hit in the stomach, but quickly recovered. She then jumped up and head-butted Birdramon in the neck, causing her to moan back in pain. Nefertimon and Holsemon fired their projectiles at Arukennimon. The spider-woman flicked them away with her hand.

"You can't beat me," she said, laughing,"This is too easy."

Mimi was beginning to lose hope, when her D-terminal started beeping. She pulled it out of her purse and flipped it open. A bright cylinder of light shot up from the screen, lighting up the afternoon sky. Two figures emerged from the light before it faded. "Tai!" Mimi cried, happily,"You're here."

Tai nodded. His eyes bulged out when he saw the giant spider. "Is that Arukennimon?"

His girlfriend nodded. "Yeah, be careful, she's strong."

"Agumon," Tai said, turning to his side,"Quick, warp-digivolve."

His Digimon nodded. Agumon ran towards Arukennimon,"Agumon, warp digivolve to.."

Arukennimon grabbed him before he could finish Digivolving, and flung him over her head, landing on the roof behind the giant machine. Arukennimon then flicked Tai aside. He crashed into the wall of the ledge. He moaned as he slid onto the roof. "Tai," Mimi cried, turning around,"Are you okay?"

Arukennimon smiled wickedly. "Spider Thread!"

Lillymon flew in front of Arukennimon, to try and stop her before the spider-woman's attack found its target, but, the sharp staff rammed through Lillymon as it continued on its way to its target.

Tai could only watch as Mimi's body suddenly stiffened, and her head shot back, as Arukennimon's Spider Thread shot through Mimi's back and out her chest. Time stood still as Lillymon slowly faded, but Mimi still hung on Arukennimon's thread. The evil Digimon smiled as she with drew her weapon, and Mimi collapses into the roof floor.

Tai ran over to her. He held her tightly. "Mimi," he asked, shaking her,"Mimi.....please...Mimi...wake up...please wake up."

Tears started to fall down his cheeks and he started shaking. "Mimi...Mimi..."

He looked up through tears streamed vision at the grinning Arukennimon. "You..you..." he said,"You..you killed her..."

"So?" Arukennimon asked,"She's dead! Leave her at that!"

"Shut up!" Tai shouted,"You don't care at all who you hurt, you will damage. Mimi....I'll never hear her laugh again, never see her smile...never hear her tell me that she loves me......"

He gently placed Mimi on the ground, resting against the ledge of the roof and ran at Arukennimon. She flicked him aside as she did before. The evil spider then laughed as she reached over and flipped a switch on the machine. The satellite dish started to course with electricity. It glowed brightly, then shot a beam of blue light into the sky.

"Yes!" Arukennimon laughed,"I have successfully sent Infermon into the satellite system where he and my employer, Lord Piedmon, will be able to smash through the defenses of the.....AAAHHHH!"

She screamed in pain as Wargreymon shot through her, blowing her into a million pieces. The Dinosaur Digimon landed next to his partner and returned to Agumon. Tai got up and walked over to where Mimi's body was laying. Davis and Kari walked over to comfort him. Davis walked in front of Mimi's body. He bowed slightly, then turned to Tai. He placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, patting Tai on the shoulders.

Kari knelt down at Mimi's side. She reached over and moved a strand of hair away from Mimi's face placing it with the rest. Kari then smoothed the wrinkles away on Mimi's dress. Suddenly, she couldn't take it anymore. She got up, placing both hands around her mouth as she ran off. Tai walked over and picked Mimi up. He walked towards the elevator, carrying the body of his dead girlfriend in his arms.

END OF PART 10