DISCLAIMER: The Master Virimon is mine. Comprende? Oh, did I mention that I don't own Matt, DemiAngemon, DemiSatamon, or any of their forms? I don't think so… KingCodeBoy also was the one who mentioned the attack, Claw Crusher, or some 'ut along those lines. Arigato! ^_^

Note: In case you didn't know, didn't care to find out, or just didn't plain pay attention, RD and Omen both take place between the seventh Tamers episode and Hypnos' crash and burn. Exactly where, I can't say. As for any of my other Digimon fics, they take place whenever you damn well please. BTW, just as in Azure Flame, whenever I change perspectives, viewpoints, etc., I'm going to separate it with a single tilde ( ~ ). And any comments or side notes I added are in brackets ( [] ). Okeys?

~:~:~

The giant, black beast snapped a pincer. Anne cringed and scanned its data. "Virimon…type, Virus, attacks, unknown…level, Ultimate? It's only an Ultimate?!"

Kamemon looked up at the thing with fearful eyes. "No…the Digivice is confused. Normally, a Virimon is a very weak and simple Digimon created from the fragments of destroyed computer viruses. They're usually either Champion or Ultimate levels, and they also look closer to Godzilla than…that. But he…he's different." He swallowed nervously. "He was made up from the fragments of many different, deadly viruses and deletion programs alike. At first, instead of being a Digimon, he was a being of the Cyber. When I was Dracomon, he stole part of the data I received and compounded it to make a form for himself. And that's all I know."

So. Dracomon wasn't the mutant. The Virimon was.

"I am afraid you have made one mistake," cut in the giant beast. "I am not just a Virimon. I am the Master Virimon." He opened up a pincer slowly, energy crackling between the claws. "It is time for you to go.

"Andromeda!"

~

"Sir, something's happening!"

"What?!" Yamaki had assumed that the Threadfall had just disappeared, for some reason, but now it was picking something up…and it wasn't a Digimon. "What is that?!"

"I don't know, sir…it's not an anomaly."

"I can see that," he growled. The signal seemed to be rather faint, though… "Where is it coming from?"

"Wha—I don't believe it! It's…it's Threadfall! It's trying to breach!"

"What?!"

"It's coming from the Digital World!"

"That's not possible! How did it get there?"

"I don't know, sir, but it's there!"

This wasn't good. Threadfall was basically a pure deletion program. Generally, the Digital World was what carried the entire Internet…and if it destroyed everything in existence that would not be good.

"Sir, it's going to breach!"

"How long?"

"I…I don't know."

~

Kurodramon just barely missed the attack. He could feel the heat as it zoomed past, destroying anything it touched. Anne, on the other hand, was alarmed. Wasn't Andromeda the name of a computer virus? She hoped not…

"Swift, I see." Master Virimon smiled. "But don't you worry, I'll catch you yet. Now, wouldn't that be nice? Think of it…your ordeal with Dracomon must've left you in a lot of pain. I can cure what ails you with one stroke…wouldn't you like that?"

"Don't listen to him!" Anne yelled up to Kurodramon. But it was easy to see that Kurodramon was seriously wounded. He couldn't carry on much longer…

"Claw Crusher!"

Kurodramon just barely managed to duck the swift strike, but it still clipped him. He didn't cry out, but it was easy to see he was in a lot of pain.

"Anne," said Kamemon, "please, let me try."

"What? You can't!"

"Don't do this to me like you almost did to him!" There was a mad glint in his eye. "I heard you! And I don't want to have to Digivolve to Dracomon again to prove my point! Kurodramon is badly beaten up; there has to be another one of those cards!"

"There…there is." In reluctant defeat, Anne pulled out the other silver card with the yin on it. "Go ahead."

Kamemon nodded back at her, then turned to face the Master Virimon.

"DigiModify! Silver card, activate!"

"Kamemon, Warp Digivolve to…Shirodramon!"

Anne was stunned at what she saw. It was another Kurodramon…only, completely white. Only then did she realize that both Kyomon and Kamemon were her partner Digimon. Shirodramon held his gauntlets together, gathering a blue fire.

"Yin Force!"

It spread out in the same way that Kurodramon's attack did. The attack seemed to be next to useless, though; it merely slammed into and discharged against Master Virimon.

"Is that the best you can do? Honestly…" This time, the black beast gathered energy in both of his pincers.

"Melissa!"

~

"Sir! It's picking up another signal!"

The first one had faded away…now, it was replaced with a much stronger one. It definitely wasn't a Digimon. The signal for Threadfall was also growing stronger…and it was advancing toward the unnatural anomaly like a ravenous wolf toward prey.

It seemed completely out of control.

"How long until the Threadfall breaches?"

"About…about ten minutes, sir."

~

At first, Anne was confused…but then, as the massive wave of anti-data energy just barely missed Shirodramon and Kurodramon, Anne realized something. The Melissa virus. One of the deadliest computer viruses ever created.

"We're doomed." If he tried another attack like that, then…

"Hmm…very nice. I see that both of you are gifted with speed. But no amount of speed,"—he then pointed a pincer directly at Anne—"is going to save your partners."

Anne paled as energy started crackling between the outspread claws. She was going to die. This thing cared about fair fights about as much as Dracomon did. She was going to die. It wasn't a question of ransom; they had nothing that the Master Virimon wanted. She was going to die.

"Claw Crusher!"

"Dragon Drill!"

She shut her eyes, anticipating the massive amount of energy; but it never came. Shirodramon had used an attack similar to Kurodramon's Black Flash to slice through the energy, disrupting the attack. Amazingly, he wasn't hurt at all. He turned on Master Virimon, who was not, in the least, impressed.

"Interesting. Of course, I should've expected you would try to protect her." The stinger arched back. He was going to try another attack. "Melissa!"

But the wave wasn't as strong. Shirodramon easily dodged it.

~

"It's happening again!"

The Threadfall signal had been growing stronger than ever. It was advancing rapidly toward the target. Six minutes to breach…

~

So far, none of the attacks were doing anything. Even if the two Megas could dodge the attacks, they couldn't keep it up for long. Anne was beginning to worry.

"Anne!" called Penmon. At first, she was shocked; she had almost forgotten about the others, but now she remembered. "Use the gold card!"

"The…the what…?"

"Do it!"

She suddenly remembered about the fourth card and dived into her rucksack to pull it out. "Wait a minute…how do you know—?"

"Hurry! Or he's going to get them!!"

All right… She slashed the card, hoping for the best.

"DigiModify! Gold card activate!"

Both Shirodramon and Kurodramon began to glow white. A crazy thought flashed across Anne's mind: Are they going to Digivolve?!

Actually, it wasn't all that crazy.

DNA DIGIVOLUTION

ACTIVATE_

~

"Four and a half minutes to breach, sir…"

I know that, he growled silently. This was beginning to get out of hand.

~

"…Chouwamon!"

The Digimon that hovered in Kurodramon and Shirodramon's place seemed to be a mixture of both Digimon. He basically had the same figure as either one, but there seemed to be some sort of a split going down the middle; on his upper body, he was both black and white, but on his lower body, it was reversed to form some sort of a checker pattern. The helmet was split in the same way as his lower body. The claw-gauntlets also went backwards, revealing clawed, reptilian hands. He had two feathered wings; one black, the other white. There was also a large sword at his side, and a shield attached to his left arm bearing the tai chi symbol [yin/yang symbol]. The Master Virimon was visibly alarmed.

"Well, well, well," said Master Virimon. "Interesting trick. But I do not fear a Guardian."

A Guardian? Anne thought wildly. Kyomon and Kamemon are Guardians?!

Chouwamon didn't flinch, nor say anything. He merely drew the sword and held it out in front of him. "You will pay for the balance, mutant."

"I? But was it not you who did my dirty deeds?"

"Was it I who chose to do those deeds in the first place?" Chouwamon replied, with a bit of a sneer to his voice.

Master Virimon had nothing to say to that—except to attack. "Andromeda!"

Chouwamon swung back and immediately raised his shield, dispelling the anti-data energy aimed at him everywhere. He then held the sword out in front of him again, which began humming with energy. "Harmony Blade!"

The attack slammed into the Master Virimon, doing visible damage; but not much. He then sheathed the sword.

"Claw—"

"Tai Chi Force!"

Chouwamon's last attack was in the same manner of Yin or Yang force, but instead, it was a combination of the blue and crimson fire. It spread out over the Master Virimon's body, his face contorting in pain. But he still did not cry out.

A heavy silence followed.

~

"Two minutes to breach…"

~

Anne thought she heard a humming sound. Jonathan heard it too, but closer. He suddenly remembered the tiny glass needle he picked up when they found Jacquelyn. He quickly pulled it out. It was vibrating madly, and glowing whitish silver.

"Jonathan," Anne called back to him, "what's that?"

"I don't know…" It suddenly shot out of his hand and straight at Master Virimon. It…burrowed through the black mutant's arm, causing him to scream out in pain. It then emerged from the other side and clattered on the floor, harmless. Anne wondered why the process seemed so familiar…then she realized where she'd heard of it before.

That was a Thread. It had to be. The silver color, the burrowing…everything. But why would there be a Thread in the Digital—

Project Threadfall.

Oh no.

~

"One and a half minute to breach!"

It was obvious, now. The Threadfall was going seriously out of control.

~:~:~

The only reason I put the DNA Digivolution thingy in that format was because…uhm…I felt like it. I can't give you any better reason. ^_^()

COMING: EPILOGUE! Yay!!