DISCLAIMER: I own Amonæmon and all three of the oracles, the latter whose names I got from Cirque du Soleil…ever heard of it? It's a French circus that uses NO animals; also the only circus in the world that has half-nekked jugglers and imitations of their own…sequence-thingies. ^ ^()

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Why, God, why?

She couldn't believe it. Here she was, going BACK into the building, just to get a lousy piece of metal. If that guy just caught SIGHT of her, she'd be gone for good. That was a no-brainer. But it was the Master's wish. And what about that dragon, PetitDracomon? Why did he just let him go, instead of properly dealing with him? It was all too strange. But now she had to risk her life over a simple machine. One that she no longer had use for. She just couldn't believe it.

"What the…"

"What is it, Tally?"

"Something's appeared on my radar. But…it's not a normal reading."

"What are you talking about?"

"It looks like a wild one…but the signal is too faint. Weird."

"I'm willing to bet it's just a glitch. Don't worry about it."

"Whatever you say, Riley…" Something wasn't right. Tally could clearly remember that some sort of wild one was detected on the night of the theft, inside the building. That one was also very faint. Just like this one… She kept an eye on it. It appeared to be heading directly for this floor. And that could only leave one explanation… Then there was some sort of beeping noise. "What's that?"

"I dunno," Riley said. "It sounds like it's coming from outside…hang on, I'll go check it out."

"I have a bad feeling about this," Tally muttered as Riley slid out of the chair. Tally followed suit, and stayed outside of the room.

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"What is this place?"

Anne voiced all of their thoughts after they'd landed in the Digital World. She could no longer see the portal; something appeared to have destroyed it. But what? Odd…

"It looks like some sort of desert," said Jonathan.

"Tell us something we DON'T know."

"Yeah," said Kyomon. "Like what's a desert?"

Anne rolled her eyes at him and took a look around the place. No Kamemon in sight. Oh well. She hadn't really expected to have success this early, but…

"What's that noise?" said Kyomon suddenly.

"What noise?"

"That thing…it sounds like something's screaming…"

"I can't hear anything. Are you sure you're not imagining it?"

"Yeah, why would I lie to you?"

He had a point. Then…she heard it. It was like some sort of roar…it sounded like a tiger, almost. Strange. Then it died away. "C'mon," she said cautiously. "Let's move."

"Aye aye, but how are we going to get out of here?" asked Jonathan. "I don't see any cars—" Then his gaze fell on Penmon. "Oh."

"All right, all right," said Penmon, irritably.

About a few minutes later they were all riding on the back of Sabirdramon. Kyomon tried to fly on his own, but couldn't keep up as fast. Then Anne saw something glitter on the ground.

"What's that?"

"What's what?" asked Jonathan.

"That stuff on the ground."

"Oh, it's probably just some water or something."

"It looks a lot more like glass…"

"Nonsense, where'd you find glass anywhere around here?"

"I get the bloody point…"

After another few minutes, something caught her eye. There was a large, black shadow on the ground. And it didn't belong to Sabirdramon.

"What the frig—?!" exclaimed Jonathan, his eyes widening at it. Then both of their D-Powers went off. Jonathan checked his. "I'm not getting any data on that thing."

"Neither am I," said Anne, glancing at the D-Power. There was something deadly wrong about that creature. It didn't belong here. Then it snapped out straight as a board. It was some sort of black lizard. With wings. And blades. And it was looking right at them.

"Hello there," said a voice that must've belonged to the lizard, even though it didn't move its mouth. "Why don't you come down?"

Sabirdramon circled cautiously. "Why should I?" he said.

"Because it is only polite."

Sabirdramon had no response. "Stand your ground," warned Jonathan.

"Oh, come off it, why be afraid of little old me?"

Why be not afraid? It was covered in blades from head to…uh, tail! She just noticed it had no hind legs.

"Hm, fine then. I might as well absorb your data. Baihumon was a nice treat, but why not give it a boost?"

Baihumon?! Wasn't that one of the four Digital Gods?! Then she realized those things she saw on the ground might've been shards from the Digicores. She had a nasty feeling about this.

"Silent Night!"

Sabirdramon had to wheel violently around in the air to dodge the attack, a black ball of fiery energy. "Don't attack!" yelled Anne.

"Why not?!"

"He killed a Digital God, you don't stand a chance!"

Sabirdramon was about to protest when suddenly a giant ball of light flashed several times in front of them. The lizard screamed out in pain and quickly slithered away, like fluid. The light was blinding and Anne almost lost her grip when it stopped. "Ow," said Kyomon. "What was that?"

Then a figure clad in purple armor and a cape with an eagle's head appeared in front of them. On closer sight, Anne noticed the eye of Horus was emblazoned on its chest. "Who are you?" she asked.

"Why don't you look it up on your Digivice?" it replied calmly.

Anne did so. Amonæmon, Mega level, Data type, Egyptian Spirit Digimon. His attacks were Sacred Light, Eye Of Horus, and Amon's Blade. "Is he dead?" she asked.

"I believe you are asking about PetitDracomon," Amonæmon said. "No, not quite. I only blinded him to stop him from killing you. I saw him murder Baihumon, and I must say, he has far too much power to be an ordinary Ultimate. He possesses some hidden power. I'd hate to see him as Mega."

"Which is?"

"I don't know. Normally I would, but he is an unclassified species. I believe he is an artificially created species, possibly from the fragments of some very powerful Megas."

"Oh…thanks anyway." Then she thought. "Wait, have you seen a Digimon called Kamemon around here?"

"Kamemon?" he said quizzically. "No, not necessarily. The only ones who would are most likely the oracles. But they might not know either."

"Who are they?"

"Three wise Mega Digimon; Allegriamon, Draliomon, and Qidamon. However, if you want to get anything from them, you must pass a test—which is, as I'm led to believe, is quite near impossible."

"I don't care. Where are they?"

"Allow me to take you to them. Just follow me. You're in too much danger from PetitDracomon to go alone, besides. He hates sunlight."

"Ah…"

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"Oh, please, where is it?"

She was frantically hurrying down the halls, looking for the control room. She just had this feeling it was there, but she wasn't sure how. She remembered it was up on the fourteenth floor, that was all. And she still couldn't find it! But maybe…

There. She saw the steps leading up into the control room. Now she just had to find the communicator.

"C'mon, you louse…c'monnnnnn…"

She took a quick peek inside it. No one. Good. She walked inside and spotted it on the counter. What was it doing, lying there? She didn't feel right. Nevertheless, she walked over and picked it up. It clicked on. Everything was working correctly. No fake. She tried to send a message to the Master. But…

Recipient Unknown

Recipient unknown? What the frig—?! She quickly looked on the back of the communicator. There was a tiny note attached.

"I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT YOU'D FALL FOR THIS, BUT LOOKS LIKE I WAS WRONG."

Oh no.

Suddenly, there was a metallic slam. The door! She dashed over to it and tried opening it. Frig! It was locked! Now she was trapped in here. And she was dead.

Tally could hear the frustrated yells of the intruder in the locked room. Yes! She fell for it! Now she just had to go tell Yamaki. Of course, the real communicator was being studied at this moment.