Chapter 7
"You don't scare me, pal!" Tai informed the giant digimon. Wargreymon hovered over his partner, and the other Digi-destined gathered together. Amber and Joe pulled Matt to his feet, and the digi-human stood next to her new friends.
"You might have defeated Piedmon and the other Dark Masters, but I am more powerful than all of them. I hold within me the power of all evil digimon. There is no way you can defeat me."
"We'll just see about that," Sora replied.
"River of Power!" Apocalymon shouted as one of his many tentacles formed into the head of Metalseadramon. The former Dark Master's attack hit Zudomon full on, but the large digimon refused to go down.
"Volpin's hammer!" His attack raced towards Apocalymon, but the evil digimon unleashed yet another attack.
"Crimson Lightning!" Myotismon's whip-like attack hit Zudomon, and then Lillymon when she went to help him.
"He's got the powers of all the digimon we've ever beaten," Izzy told them, typing furiously on his laptop. "It appears he's somehow integrated their powers into his own body. He can use any attack at any time."
"So what can we do?" Joe demanded.
"I don't know. This completely throws off all of my theories about digimon," the redhead answered.
"Don't worry everyone, we'll protect you," Garudamon promised, hovering in front of the Digi-destined. The others gathered around her.
"Fools!" Apocalymon shouted. "I have yet to show you my true power. Reverse digi-volve!" The claws that were attached to the upside-down pyramid device suddenly shot out and snared all the digimon.
"Mimi!" Lillymon cried, pushing her partner out of the way as a claw ensnared the plant-like digimon. One claw even managed to snag Amber, and she screamed as it closed around her. One by one the claws let the digimon go, only now they were in their Rookie states, except for Gatomon. Amber was seemingly unaffected, though she appeared a bit dazed.
"What happened?" Tai asked Agumon.
"He shrank us back to Rookies!" the dino digimon exclaimed.
"But can't you guys just digi-volve again?" Kari asked.
"Of course we can. We just need food," Biyomon told her.
"Well, there isn't any food here right now," Sora reminded them.
"Besides, the fate of both our worlds is at stake. You guys can digi-volve. All you need is the power of our crests," Tai stated.
"That's right. If you believe in yourselves, you can digi-volve," Matt added. All the digimon nodded.
"Let's do it!" they shouted.
"Everyone get your crests and tags ready!" Tai told the others.
"Oh no you don't," Apocalymon said. "Death Claw!" Arms that looked like Devimon's came shooting out from his body, yanking the crests and tags away from the Digi-destined. "Lose something?" the evil digimon wondered as he vaporized the devices right in front of their faces! "Next time, always save the receipts."
"Our crests!" Mimi wailed.
"Now we'll never beat him!" Joe whined.
"Izzy, we could use a plan right now," Tai yelled.
"I wish I had one."
"Wonderful. I'll use these children's fears against them. Soon they won't be able to complain at all." Waving his hands, Apocalymon started chuckling to himself. Suddenly Joe looked down at his feet and realized they were dematerializing!
"AAAHH!" he screamed as the others looked over.
"What's going on?" Amber demanded, looking down at her own legs. To her horror, she saw that they were vanishing as well.
"We're being converted into data bytes. Fascinating!" Izzy exclaimed.
"Fascinating is not the word I'd choose!" Tentomon argued as he and the other digimon began to be erased as well.
"Tai!" Agumon called out as he completely disappeared.
"Agumon! Kari!" the brunette boy yelled as his sister and TK vanished.
"TK!" Matt screamed as everyone was slowly turned into tiny bits of data. Soon, none of them were left in the dark sky. They found themselves in a land of white, where numbers raced by at incredible speeds.
"Where are we?" Sora wondered.
"We've become bits of data in a data stream. This is a remarkable breakthrough," Izzy explained.
"That's great, Izzy. But how do we get back?" Tai asked.
"I'm not sure."
"We're doomed," Joe prophesied.
"I can't believe Apocalymon beat us," Kari said forlornly.
"You better drop that attitude, Kari. We're not beaten yet," Gatomon told her, a determined look in her eyes.
"But there's no way out of here," Palmon reminded her.
"There has to be a way out," Amber stated.
"Right. We just have to find it," Tai added.
"But Tai, what do we do once we get back? Apocalymon took our crests. We can't beat him without them," Matt pointed out.
"So we're stuck here?" Mimi asked softly.
"Looks that way," Gomamon replied.
"No, I refuse to give up! We might not have our tags and crests, but we do have each other," Tai reminded them.
"And we've faced a lot of evil digimon and still come out on top," Agumon brought up.
"That was because we all worked as a team. No one person can make it on their own," Gabumon said as he looked right at Matt.
"We've got to have hope," TK told them. "When Matt got hurt and fell down the mountain, all I could do was hope that he was all right. And when Magnaangemon took on Piedmon, I was hoping that he would beat him." Matt patted his younger brother's head and smiled.
"I think you've got enough hope for everyone here," he teased.
"I know I have enough light for everyone. When I first got sick here, I wasn't sure what was gonna happen. But I knew that Tai and you guys wouldn't want me to be sick, and that was when the light came and made me feel better. So my light is the light of everyone else!" Kari exclaimed.
"That's the spirit, Kari!" Gatomon cheered. Suddenly, Kari gasped as a faint pink glow appeared beneath her shirt. It was in the shape of her crest!
"Kari, your crest! How did you get it back?" Tai wondered.
"But it's not my crest. I just knew that in my heart, my light is the light of all of the Digi-destined."
"So maybe I do have enough hope for everyone!" TK said. When he looked down, he saw that a golden light in the shape of his crest was glowing directly over his heart.
"That's it! We don't need the crests and tags to tell us who we are. We had these traits from the very beginning. The crests are just a physical representation of our own inner thoughts!" Izzy concluded.
"So that means you can use the power inside of you to help the digimon digi-volve," Amber realized.
"But it's more than that. Our crests stem from the feelings we get from everyone else. Like the friendship I get from all of you," Matt stated as his inner crest began glowing a brilliant blue.
"And my sincerity is from everyone too!" Mimi looked down after she said that to see a green crest glowing beneath her clothes.
"And my love is the love from everyone," Sora said as her red crest lit up. Joe looked around at his friends.
"And I'm reliable because everyone here is reliable." His white crest began glowing brightly.
"So my knowledge is greater because of everyone's knowledge," Izzy noted as his purple crest lit up brightly.
"And everyone's courage is what makes me so brave!" Tai looked down to see that his orange crest was glowing along with the others.
"We have the power within us!" the Digi-destined shouted. Suddenly:
"Agumon warp digi-volve to… Wargreymon!"
"Gabumon warp digi-volve to… Metalgarrurumon!"
"Biyomon digi-volve to… Birdramon! Birdramon digi-volve to… Garudamon!"
"Gomamon digi-volve to… Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon digi-volve to… Zudomon!"
"Palmon digi-volve to… Togemon! Togemon digi-volve to… Lillymon!"
"Tentomon digi-volve to… Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon digi-volve to… Megakabuterimon!"
"Patamon digi-volve to... Angemon! Angemon digi-volve to… Magnaangemon!"
"Gatomon digi-volve to… Angewomon!" When all the digimon were fully digi-volved, Tai went into a fighting pose.
"Now let's get back there and defeat Apocalymon once and for all!" At his words, the white space of the data stream shattered, and they found themselves once again facing Apocalymon.
"How can this be? You should have been destroyed!" he yelled.
"Sorry, but we're not that easy to get rid of!" Matt shot back, sitting astride Metalgarrurumon. The others climbed onto their digimon as well. Amber shifted herself into battle mode.
"Attack!" the Digi-destined shouted together as everyone charged forward towards the evil digimon.
"You won't defeat me! Death Claw!"
"Stop those arms of his! We have to attack his body!" Izzy shouted.
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon yelled as her attack vaporized two of the Devimon-like arms. Lillymon and Zudomon were right behind her.
"Flower Cannon!"
"Volpin's Hammer!"
"We'll attack Apocalymon's body," Tai told the others. Suddenly, one of the Death Claws came right at him!
"TAI!" Matt yelled as Metalgarrurumon tried to get to him.
"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon's attack shattered the arm before it got too close to Tai and Wargreymon.
"We'll protect you guys!" TK called.
"Save some for us!" Izzy teased.
"Horn Buster!"
"Matt, on the count of three, we attack together!" Tai ordered.
"Right!"
"1, 2, 3!"
"Terra Force!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!" The two powerful attacks raced towards Apocalymon, but he merely laughed.
"Clown Trick! Puppet Pummel!" Piedmon and Puppetmon's attacks collided with Wargreymon and Metalgarrurumon's. Everyone covered their eyes as the light exploded around them.
"We need everyone to attack at once!" Matt realized.
"No problem. You can count on us," Joe assured him. Amber took a step back, making room for the more powerful digimon.
"Amber, we need you too," Tai told her.
"Tai, my attack won't even make a dent. He's too powerful for me," she replied. All the Digi-destined turned to face her.
"Amber, we need everyone's help," Sora argued gently.
"You've come this far, you can't quit now," Matt said.
"We believe in you, Amber. Please help us," Kari whispered.
"But I'm only at the Champion level. How-"
"Just hope for the best," TK pleaded. The other digimon nodded at her, and Amber felt confidence welling up inside her. Here was the most evil of all the evil digimon, the one who had controlled the Dark Masters. Piedmon had killed her mother, and many of her friends as well. If she couldn't have revenge on him, she would take it out on Piedmon's master.
"Are you with us, Amber?" Tai wondered.
"All the way," she replied.
"ATTACK!" the Digi-destined shouted together.
"Horn Buster!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Volpin's Hammer!"
"Gate of Destiny!"
"Heaven's Charm!"
"Terra Force!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!" Amber closed her eyes and concentrated on the spark within her, the power that gave rise to her attacks. Suddenly she flashed on the first time seeing the Digi-destined, and then meeting Matt. She remembered all those lessons with her father, and her mother too. She fought back tears at the memory of her mother's death, and how the Dark Masters had almost destroyed the Digital World. Apocalymon would not get that chance, no matter what the cost. Just then, Izzy stared down at his digivice, which was glowing and shaking.
"Tai-" he managed to yell before light shot from their digivices and enveloped Amber. She gasped as she felt the power, and heard her mother's voice calling to her from across the years.
"You are a digimon, my daughter. Be proud of who you are and what you can do. And someday, you too will know the power of digi-volving." Then as everyone watched, Amber began to digi-volve!
"Amber digi-volve to…" She dropped to all fours as her arms and legs thickened and grew larger. Claws sprouted on her back legs too, while black fur covered her body. Red fur grew in zigzag patterns like small lightning bolts, and two red, bat-like wings erupted from her back. Her tail flailed angrily, and she let out a loud roar. "Hell Cat!"
"What is that?" Joe demanded.
"I think… I think that's Amber Ultimate form," Matt answered. The newly-formed Ultimate unleashed her attack to join with the others.
"Inferno Fury!" A tornado of fire shot from her mouth and twisted its way towards Apocalymon.
"Prodigious!" Izzy exclaimed. The nine attacks struck Apocalymon full force, and he cried out in pain. But as he started to vaporize, he merely smiled. That worried the Digi-destined.
"You foolish children. Think you've beaten me? Not by a long shot. Now it's time to unleash my full power. Total Annihilation!" A bright light formed where Apocalymon had once been, and the light began expanding.
"He'll destroy the Digital World!" Izzy realized.
"Not to mention ours!" Mimi cried.
"No, I won't let that happen!" Tai argued. He focused on his inner courage, hoping that his crest might hold the answer. The digimon all looked at the Digi-destined.
"It's all up to them now," Hell Cat told the two angels.
"If anyone can do it, they can," Angewomon brought up. One by one, each Digi-destined focused on the feelings of their crest. Their digivices began glowing, and beams of light shot from them and encased the ever-growing ball of explosive light.
"We're not beaten yet!" Matt called out.
"We've come too far to quit," Sora added.
"I won't let this world be destroyed," Joe said.
"We'll save the Digital World," Kari told them.
"And we'll save our world," TK yelled.
"After all, we're the Digi-destined!" they all shouted as their digivices completely encased the ball and shrank it down to nothingness. For a while they all stood there in the darkness.
"We did it!" Tai screamed, pumping his fist into the air. He ran over and hugged Matt, then picked up Sora and swung her around.
"We won!" Kari and TK exclaimed, laughing and dancing. The digimon all reformed to their rookie states, except Gatomon and Amber. The digi-human stood up and brushed herself off, then smiled at her friends.
"That was fun. Let's do it again," she teased.
"Let's not. I think I'm gonna throw up as it is," Joe informed them as everyone began chuckling. Just then they looked down and saw that the Digital World was returning to normal. File Island appeared first, and then the sea, and then the continent of Server. Everyone found themselves on solid ground again, and Gennai walked up to greet them.
"Well done, Digi-destined. You've saved not only the Digital World, but your own. Apocalymon has been defeated, thanks to you."
"Does that mean that Primary Village has been restored too?" Mimi wondered. She remembered seeing it all gray and devoid of all the digi- eggs. With the Dark Masters still controlling everything, no digimon had been able to be reborn.
"Of course, Mimi. And once Elecmon hatches, he'll get right to work caring for the other babies," Gennai explained. The Digi-destined all bowed their heads for a moment as they remembered Elecmon and his bravery in fighting Piedmon. But since he would be reborn, they weren't as sad as before. Just then, Kari and TK look up to see thousands of digi-eggs dropping from the sky! They landed on the soft ground and sparkled in the light of the sun. They were every color of the rainbow, and each had a different pattern on its shell. Laughing, TK, Patamon, Kari, and Gatomon raced out into the mass of digi-eggs.
"Father, will Mother also be reborn?" Amber asked.
"Yes my dear, she will be. But it will take time for her to hatch and then digi-volve to where she was when we knew her. But don't worry, once she's her old self, I'm sure she'll come find you." Tears slipped down Amber's cheek, and Matt lightly patted her arm. Sora and Mimi hugged her.
"Come on everyone, let's go see how the rest of the Digital World is doing!" Tai shouted as they all followed him.
"You don't scare me, pal!" Tai informed the giant digimon. Wargreymon hovered over his partner, and the other Digi-destined gathered together. Amber and Joe pulled Matt to his feet, and the digi-human stood next to her new friends.
"You might have defeated Piedmon and the other Dark Masters, but I am more powerful than all of them. I hold within me the power of all evil digimon. There is no way you can defeat me."
"We'll just see about that," Sora replied.
"River of Power!" Apocalymon shouted as one of his many tentacles formed into the head of Metalseadramon. The former Dark Master's attack hit Zudomon full on, but the large digimon refused to go down.
"Volpin's hammer!" His attack raced towards Apocalymon, but the evil digimon unleashed yet another attack.
"Crimson Lightning!" Myotismon's whip-like attack hit Zudomon, and then Lillymon when she went to help him.
"He's got the powers of all the digimon we've ever beaten," Izzy told them, typing furiously on his laptop. "It appears he's somehow integrated their powers into his own body. He can use any attack at any time."
"So what can we do?" Joe demanded.
"I don't know. This completely throws off all of my theories about digimon," the redhead answered.
"Don't worry everyone, we'll protect you," Garudamon promised, hovering in front of the Digi-destined. The others gathered around her.
"Fools!" Apocalymon shouted. "I have yet to show you my true power. Reverse digi-volve!" The claws that were attached to the upside-down pyramid device suddenly shot out and snared all the digimon.
"Mimi!" Lillymon cried, pushing her partner out of the way as a claw ensnared the plant-like digimon. One claw even managed to snag Amber, and she screamed as it closed around her. One by one the claws let the digimon go, only now they were in their Rookie states, except for Gatomon. Amber was seemingly unaffected, though she appeared a bit dazed.
"What happened?" Tai asked Agumon.
"He shrank us back to Rookies!" the dino digimon exclaimed.
"But can't you guys just digi-volve again?" Kari asked.
"Of course we can. We just need food," Biyomon told her.
"Well, there isn't any food here right now," Sora reminded them.
"Besides, the fate of both our worlds is at stake. You guys can digi-volve. All you need is the power of our crests," Tai stated.
"That's right. If you believe in yourselves, you can digi-volve," Matt added. All the digimon nodded.
"Let's do it!" they shouted.
"Everyone get your crests and tags ready!" Tai told the others.
"Oh no you don't," Apocalymon said. "Death Claw!" Arms that looked like Devimon's came shooting out from his body, yanking the crests and tags away from the Digi-destined. "Lose something?" the evil digimon wondered as he vaporized the devices right in front of their faces! "Next time, always save the receipts."
"Our crests!" Mimi wailed.
"Now we'll never beat him!" Joe whined.
"Izzy, we could use a plan right now," Tai yelled.
"I wish I had one."
"Wonderful. I'll use these children's fears against them. Soon they won't be able to complain at all." Waving his hands, Apocalymon started chuckling to himself. Suddenly Joe looked down at his feet and realized they were dematerializing!
"AAAHH!" he screamed as the others looked over.
"What's going on?" Amber demanded, looking down at her own legs. To her horror, she saw that they were vanishing as well.
"We're being converted into data bytes. Fascinating!" Izzy exclaimed.
"Fascinating is not the word I'd choose!" Tentomon argued as he and the other digimon began to be erased as well.
"Tai!" Agumon called out as he completely disappeared.
"Agumon! Kari!" the brunette boy yelled as his sister and TK vanished.
"TK!" Matt screamed as everyone was slowly turned into tiny bits of data. Soon, none of them were left in the dark sky. They found themselves in a land of white, where numbers raced by at incredible speeds.
"Where are we?" Sora wondered.
"We've become bits of data in a data stream. This is a remarkable breakthrough," Izzy explained.
"That's great, Izzy. But how do we get back?" Tai asked.
"I'm not sure."
"We're doomed," Joe prophesied.
"I can't believe Apocalymon beat us," Kari said forlornly.
"You better drop that attitude, Kari. We're not beaten yet," Gatomon told her, a determined look in her eyes.
"But there's no way out of here," Palmon reminded her.
"There has to be a way out," Amber stated.
"Right. We just have to find it," Tai added.
"But Tai, what do we do once we get back? Apocalymon took our crests. We can't beat him without them," Matt pointed out.
"So we're stuck here?" Mimi asked softly.
"Looks that way," Gomamon replied.
"No, I refuse to give up! We might not have our tags and crests, but we do have each other," Tai reminded them.
"And we've faced a lot of evil digimon and still come out on top," Agumon brought up.
"That was because we all worked as a team. No one person can make it on their own," Gabumon said as he looked right at Matt.
"We've got to have hope," TK told them. "When Matt got hurt and fell down the mountain, all I could do was hope that he was all right. And when Magnaangemon took on Piedmon, I was hoping that he would beat him." Matt patted his younger brother's head and smiled.
"I think you've got enough hope for everyone here," he teased.
"I know I have enough light for everyone. When I first got sick here, I wasn't sure what was gonna happen. But I knew that Tai and you guys wouldn't want me to be sick, and that was when the light came and made me feel better. So my light is the light of everyone else!" Kari exclaimed.
"That's the spirit, Kari!" Gatomon cheered. Suddenly, Kari gasped as a faint pink glow appeared beneath her shirt. It was in the shape of her crest!
"Kari, your crest! How did you get it back?" Tai wondered.
"But it's not my crest. I just knew that in my heart, my light is the light of all of the Digi-destined."
"So maybe I do have enough hope for everyone!" TK said. When he looked down, he saw that a golden light in the shape of his crest was glowing directly over his heart.
"That's it! We don't need the crests and tags to tell us who we are. We had these traits from the very beginning. The crests are just a physical representation of our own inner thoughts!" Izzy concluded.
"So that means you can use the power inside of you to help the digimon digi-volve," Amber realized.
"But it's more than that. Our crests stem from the feelings we get from everyone else. Like the friendship I get from all of you," Matt stated as his inner crest began glowing a brilliant blue.
"And my sincerity is from everyone too!" Mimi looked down after she said that to see a green crest glowing beneath her clothes.
"And my love is the love from everyone," Sora said as her red crest lit up. Joe looked around at his friends.
"And I'm reliable because everyone here is reliable." His white crest began glowing brightly.
"So my knowledge is greater because of everyone's knowledge," Izzy noted as his purple crest lit up brightly.
"And everyone's courage is what makes me so brave!" Tai looked down to see that his orange crest was glowing along with the others.
"We have the power within us!" the Digi-destined shouted. Suddenly:
"Agumon warp digi-volve to… Wargreymon!"
"Gabumon warp digi-volve to… Metalgarrurumon!"
"Biyomon digi-volve to… Birdramon! Birdramon digi-volve to… Garudamon!"
"Gomamon digi-volve to… Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon digi-volve to… Zudomon!"
"Palmon digi-volve to… Togemon! Togemon digi-volve to… Lillymon!"
"Tentomon digi-volve to… Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon digi-volve to… Megakabuterimon!"
"Patamon digi-volve to... Angemon! Angemon digi-volve to… Magnaangemon!"
"Gatomon digi-volve to… Angewomon!" When all the digimon were fully digi-volved, Tai went into a fighting pose.
"Now let's get back there and defeat Apocalymon once and for all!" At his words, the white space of the data stream shattered, and they found themselves once again facing Apocalymon.
"How can this be? You should have been destroyed!" he yelled.
"Sorry, but we're not that easy to get rid of!" Matt shot back, sitting astride Metalgarrurumon. The others climbed onto their digimon as well. Amber shifted herself into battle mode.
"Attack!" the Digi-destined shouted together as everyone charged forward towards the evil digimon.
"You won't defeat me! Death Claw!"
"Stop those arms of his! We have to attack his body!" Izzy shouted.
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon yelled as her attack vaporized two of the Devimon-like arms. Lillymon and Zudomon were right behind her.
"Flower Cannon!"
"Volpin's Hammer!"
"We'll attack Apocalymon's body," Tai told the others. Suddenly, one of the Death Claws came right at him!
"TAI!" Matt yelled as Metalgarrurumon tried to get to him.
"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon's attack shattered the arm before it got too close to Tai and Wargreymon.
"We'll protect you guys!" TK called.
"Save some for us!" Izzy teased.
"Horn Buster!"
"Matt, on the count of three, we attack together!" Tai ordered.
"Right!"
"1, 2, 3!"
"Terra Force!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!" The two powerful attacks raced towards Apocalymon, but he merely laughed.
"Clown Trick! Puppet Pummel!" Piedmon and Puppetmon's attacks collided with Wargreymon and Metalgarrurumon's. Everyone covered their eyes as the light exploded around them.
"We need everyone to attack at once!" Matt realized.
"No problem. You can count on us," Joe assured him. Amber took a step back, making room for the more powerful digimon.
"Amber, we need you too," Tai told her.
"Tai, my attack won't even make a dent. He's too powerful for me," she replied. All the Digi-destined turned to face her.
"Amber, we need everyone's help," Sora argued gently.
"You've come this far, you can't quit now," Matt said.
"We believe in you, Amber. Please help us," Kari whispered.
"But I'm only at the Champion level. How-"
"Just hope for the best," TK pleaded. The other digimon nodded at her, and Amber felt confidence welling up inside her. Here was the most evil of all the evil digimon, the one who had controlled the Dark Masters. Piedmon had killed her mother, and many of her friends as well. If she couldn't have revenge on him, she would take it out on Piedmon's master.
"Are you with us, Amber?" Tai wondered.
"All the way," she replied.
"ATTACK!" the Digi-destined shouted together.
"Horn Buster!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Volpin's Hammer!"
"Gate of Destiny!"
"Heaven's Charm!"
"Terra Force!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!" Amber closed her eyes and concentrated on the spark within her, the power that gave rise to her attacks. Suddenly she flashed on the first time seeing the Digi-destined, and then meeting Matt. She remembered all those lessons with her father, and her mother too. She fought back tears at the memory of her mother's death, and how the Dark Masters had almost destroyed the Digital World. Apocalymon would not get that chance, no matter what the cost. Just then, Izzy stared down at his digivice, which was glowing and shaking.
"Tai-" he managed to yell before light shot from their digivices and enveloped Amber. She gasped as she felt the power, and heard her mother's voice calling to her from across the years.
"You are a digimon, my daughter. Be proud of who you are and what you can do. And someday, you too will know the power of digi-volving." Then as everyone watched, Amber began to digi-volve!
"Amber digi-volve to…" She dropped to all fours as her arms and legs thickened and grew larger. Claws sprouted on her back legs too, while black fur covered her body. Red fur grew in zigzag patterns like small lightning bolts, and two red, bat-like wings erupted from her back. Her tail flailed angrily, and she let out a loud roar. "Hell Cat!"
"What is that?" Joe demanded.
"I think… I think that's Amber Ultimate form," Matt answered. The newly-formed Ultimate unleashed her attack to join with the others.
"Inferno Fury!" A tornado of fire shot from her mouth and twisted its way towards Apocalymon.
"Prodigious!" Izzy exclaimed. The nine attacks struck Apocalymon full force, and he cried out in pain. But as he started to vaporize, he merely smiled. That worried the Digi-destined.
"You foolish children. Think you've beaten me? Not by a long shot. Now it's time to unleash my full power. Total Annihilation!" A bright light formed where Apocalymon had once been, and the light began expanding.
"He'll destroy the Digital World!" Izzy realized.
"Not to mention ours!" Mimi cried.
"No, I won't let that happen!" Tai argued. He focused on his inner courage, hoping that his crest might hold the answer. The digimon all looked at the Digi-destined.
"It's all up to them now," Hell Cat told the two angels.
"If anyone can do it, they can," Angewomon brought up. One by one, each Digi-destined focused on the feelings of their crest. Their digivices began glowing, and beams of light shot from them and encased the ever-growing ball of explosive light.
"We're not beaten yet!" Matt called out.
"We've come too far to quit," Sora added.
"I won't let this world be destroyed," Joe said.
"We'll save the Digital World," Kari told them.
"And we'll save our world," TK yelled.
"After all, we're the Digi-destined!" they all shouted as their digivices completely encased the ball and shrank it down to nothingness. For a while they all stood there in the darkness.
"We did it!" Tai screamed, pumping his fist into the air. He ran over and hugged Matt, then picked up Sora and swung her around.
"We won!" Kari and TK exclaimed, laughing and dancing. The digimon all reformed to their rookie states, except Gatomon and Amber. The digi-human stood up and brushed herself off, then smiled at her friends.
"That was fun. Let's do it again," she teased.
"Let's not. I think I'm gonna throw up as it is," Joe informed them as everyone began chuckling. Just then they looked down and saw that the Digital World was returning to normal. File Island appeared first, and then the sea, and then the continent of Server. Everyone found themselves on solid ground again, and Gennai walked up to greet them.
"Well done, Digi-destined. You've saved not only the Digital World, but your own. Apocalymon has been defeated, thanks to you."
"Does that mean that Primary Village has been restored too?" Mimi wondered. She remembered seeing it all gray and devoid of all the digi- eggs. With the Dark Masters still controlling everything, no digimon had been able to be reborn.
"Of course, Mimi. And once Elecmon hatches, he'll get right to work caring for the other babies," Gennai explained. The Digi-destined all bowed their heads for a moment as they remembered Elecmon and his bravery in fighting Piedmon. But since he would be reborn, they weren't as sad as before. Just then, Kari and TK look up to see thousands of digi-eggs dropping from the sky! They landed on the soft ground and sparkled in the light of the sun. They were every color of the rainbow, and each had a different pattern on its shell. Laughing, TK, Patamon, Kari, and Gatomon raced out into the mass of digi-eggs.
"Father, will Mother also be reborn?" Amber asked.
"Yes my dear, she will be. But it will take time for her to hatch and then digi-volve to where she was when we knew her. But don't worry, once she's her old self, I'm sure she'll come find you." Tears slipped down Amber's cheek, and Matt lightly patted her arm. Sora and Mimi hugged her.
"Come on everyone, let's go see how the rest of the Digital World is doing!" Tai shouted as they all followed him.