THE NEXT DIGIDESTINY
PART 2
HISTORY REVIELED

Intro-
Hello again. I'm hoping this part will be as good as the first and the ones following it as well. At some point in the course of this series, I will introduce new digimon. I will do my best to describe them. If I had both the talent and the equipment, I would draw a picture of them. I invite anyone that does have talent and a scanner to do the best you can in drawing them if you wish. Again, if you like this or have any ideas as how to improve the story, e-mail me at ssj3ghan@hotmail.com. As usual, I don't own Digimon or have anything to do with its production. With that over with, let's begin.

The digidestined gather around Agumon. He is slightly shaking and his breathing sporadic. There are cuts and bruises all over his body. He is even wearing an Eye patch over his left eye. He looks much older than he did when they saw him just a few hours ago. They gently move his body closer to the fire and wait for him to wake up.
"What could have happened to him in a few hours that could have done so much damage?" questions Cody. "I don't know," replies TK, "but it had to be horrible. Look at how old he looks. Is it even possible for a digimon to make someone age like that? He looks older than us."
Suddenly Agumon sits up screaming. "The Dark Guardians are attacking!" he yells out. The digidestined quickly rush to his side.
"Calm down Agumon!" pleads Kari. "What happened? Where are Tai and the others?" she asks.
"It's the Dark Guardians. They are the most powerful digimon around there is no stopping them. I still can't believe you're still alive! Where have you been all this time?" he asks.
"What do you mean all this time?" asks Yolie. " We were knocked through the digiport a couple of hours ago." "No you weren't." says Agumon, "You went through that twelve years ago."
"WHAT?" they all scream in unison. "Yeah. We all searched for all of you for two years before everyone but Matt and Tai gave up. They kept looking for you until they came."
"Who is they?" asked Ken. "They are the Dark Guardians. They came through the strange digiport you were sucked into." explains Agumon. "They said that they were sucked from the past by a strange light. They caused mass destruction. Whipped out the better part of the Earths population in mere weeks. Humanity went form a people of six billion, to a people of six million. It was horrible. We fought as hard as wee could, but to no avail. Most of the digi destined died that day."
They all gasped in shock. Shakily Kari asks, "Who survived?" "You won't want to hear this. Are you sure you want to know?" asked Agumon. "Tell us," insisted TK. "Fine," replied Agumon. "but remember, I warned you. I think It might be easier to show you the results of the battle that to retell them. It's not to far away from here. Follow me."
Agumon slowly got to his feet. With the help of Gatomon and Veemon, they set out for the sight of the first battle between good and the Dark Guardians. They walked in silence for about an hour. Finally Ken spoke up.
" What were you doing in the forest Agumon?" he asks. "Well, we spotted a strange light coming from the forest. I came to check it out. We thought it could have been more Dark Guardians. Thankfully it was you guys."
Agumon pauses for a moment. "It's just beyond these trees. Anyone that doesn't want to see this, turn away."
As they step out of the forest, they see a city in ruin. There are fires everywhere, destruction all around them. The few buildings still standing are mostly ruble.
Agumon points to a small cluster of stones. " Over there. Your answer is over there."
They slowly approach the stones. As they near them, they see that they are actually grave markers. The children gasp as they read the stones. There are seven in all. Cody reads them carefully. "Taichi "Tai" Kamiya, Gabumon, Mimi Tachikawa, Palmon, Joe Kido, and Gomamon." The stones also read "they died defending both their world and the Digiworld. They were true heroes to the end. They will be remembered."
Kari starts to cry and grabs TK's arm and starts to cry right into his shoulder. Gatomon hugs her leg saying, "It will be ok Kari." Kari just keeps repeating the same fraise over and over again. "He can't be dead. Tai can't die. He just can't!" She continues to weep. Davis just stares at the ground, fighting back the tears. He always thought of Tai like the big brother he never had. They were all in shock. Veemon looked at them confused.
"Why are you all so sad. They can all be reformatted, can't they?" he asked sheepishly.
Davis looks down at his little blue friend with tears welling up in his eyes. "It's not like that for humans Veemon. When we die, there is no coming back, unless you believe in reincarnation." he explains.
Yolie suddenly speaks up. "Wait a second, there are some names missing." "I know," says Agumon. "There are some remaining digidestined. We can head there next."
They head back into the forest. They walk for over an hour when they reach a lake. "This place looks eerily familiar." says TK. "It should," says Agumon. He walks over to a tree and lifts up a section of bark to reveal a small keypad. He punches in a code and the lake parts. "This is where Gennai used to live," explains Agumon.
They walk down the stairs to the house underneath the lake. "What do you mean 'used to live'?" asks Cody. Agumon stares at him and says, "He died in a horrible battle with Megapiedmon." "MEGAPIEDMON!" both Kari and TK blurt out at the same time. "But how is that possible?" asks Kari. "Magnangemon locked him into the Gate of Destiny. How could he escape?" she asks.
"An extremely dark force even greater than Malomyotusmon opened o rift in space time kind of like the one that Etemon went through went Metelgreymon beat him. Piedmon came out as Megapiedmon and started to wreak havoc. He even destroyed the Evil digimon that set him free," explains Agumon. They arrive at the door. Agumon turns around and says, "He soon found an ally in Serpentdevimon. Demidevimon was also released from that gate. They are the ones that did all this. They soon amassed an army and took control of both worlds. Serpentdevimon rules in the Digiworld and Megapiedmon rules over Earth. Now, this is the last strong hold in the digiworld. Willis and Michael lead the resistance in the real world. We are the only ones left."
With that, Agumon opened the door and led them inside. They found themselves surrounded by dozens of rookie digimon and some ten or twelve smaller champions. There were only three small ultimates there though. Agumon raises his hands high and shouts, "It's okay, they're with me." With that, they all return to their work. As the digidestined look around they see that the digimon are writing up battle plans and strategies. They head deeper into the house, into a back room. It's barley big enough for all of them to fit into it. It has no windows and a single light bulb hangs from the ceiling.
"Wait here," says Agumon. He steps through the small door in the back of the room. Moments later the single bulb in the room goes out. They hear a door open, and then a blinding light hits them. They see a shadowy figure standing 5'6". They can't make out any kind of feature.
"WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT DO YOU WANT?" a voice booms.

Who is this mysterious figure, and what does he have to do with the resistance? Find out in THE NEXT DIGIDESTINY PART 3, OLD FRIENDS RETURN.