Chapter ten: A New Ultimate
As Sora was about to answer Piedmon, in a fiery flash, the box suddenly disappeared out of Piedmon's hand.
"What?!" He shouted wondering where the box had went. He then noticed that his hand was scorched. Sora saw that the ground had a streak of fire. Piedmon loosened his grip on Mara's jacket and soon she vanished as well. Piedmon stared at his hands.
"Where'd they go?!" The other children had disappeared too. Sora was confused but then heard a familiar voice.
"I got it!" Yelled TK as he ran off with the box. Piedmon glared at the boy. Sora smiled with relief and ran off with him. Piedmon stood there dumbfounded. He was about to run after them when two missiles made contact with the ground before him, causing thick smoke to rise. TK and Sora had reached a cave where they found Kari, Mara, and the other children, but they were still in their jackets.
"So you weren't captured after all!"
"Nope!" Kari said. TK sat down and attempted to open the box. Sora was still puzzled.
"How were you able to take the box and the kids without being seen?" TK smiled up at her.
"We had a little help!" He pointed to the other side of the cave. Sora followed his finger and rejoiced. She saw Meramon, Ogremon, Frigimon, Unimon, Elecmon, Andromon, and a hundred Gekomon and Otamamon. Meramon had quickly ran past Piedmon and grabbed the box while the Gekomon and Otamamon quietly gathered the children that were still lying on the ground. They only guessed the jackets lying on the ground were the kids. Unimon swooped down and grabbed Mara's jacket, carrying her off. Andromon used his attack to stop Piedmon from following after TK and Sora.
"Yeah well we thought you guys would need our help beating the Dark Masters." Said Ogremon.
"TK and Kari asked for our help, we thought you guys were nuts but when we saw how the jackets were moving by themselves we found out that we made a mistake." Meramon explained.
"So we're trying to make up for it by helping you get your friends back to normal and help give Piedmon the beating of his life!" One of the Gekomon said.
"Yeah!" All the digimon agreed. Sora smiled warmly at them. She then looked down at TK who was still struggling with the box. She took it into her hands and noticed that there was a keyhole in the small door.
"Bad news, I think we need a key to open this thing." She said sadly. Ogremon grabbed it out of Sora's hands and examined it. He set it down on the ground gently and held his club in the air. Sora saw what he was about to do and tried to stop him but he had already smashed the box leaving a huge dent. The sound of tiny screams were heard. She quickly picked up the box and kept it up to her ear.
"Is everyone alright?" She asked. She then heard Tai's voice.
"Yeah but could you give us a little warning next time?!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. He sounded like he had taken in helium to Sora, but then again he was the size of a bug. She sighed with relief and then heard Izzy's small voice.
"Look, Ogremon was able to puncture an opening!" Sora looked at the dent and saw a tiny hole.
"Can you get out through it?" She asked.
"We're not small enough but Patamon is!" Cried Joe. Sora smiled and set the box on the ground. Inside, the digidestined climbed on top of each other forming a knoll reaching the top. Patamon, still wrapped in his jacket and not able to walk or fly, inched his way to the top of the mound. He crouched and sprung up towards the hole but didn't make it. He tried several times until he finally was able to poke his head out of the hole. As gravity pulled him down, he clenched onto the rim of the hole with his teeth. He wriggled his way up but found that his jacket was stopping him. Patamon fidgeted around, then finally the jacket ripped loosening it's grip on Patamon. Patamon flew into the air as he returned to his original size.
"Freedom!" He cried. TK ran towards his little digimon and pulled him into an embrace.
"Alright Patamon you did it!" Sora, Kari, and the digimon cheered.
"Great job!" Kari yelled. Their happiness ended as they heard Piedmon's menacing voice.
"There's no use trying to hide, especially when you know that I'll find you!" Kari whimpered, Sora trembled, the digimon prepared themselves, and TK stood his ground. The sound of Piedmon passing the cave relaxed everyone and they headed outside. Little did they know that Piedmon was waiting for them. He was sitting on top of the cave watching them exit. He then let out his twisted laugh. They all turned to see him land on the ground.
"See? I told you I'd find you!" Patamon grew angry.
"Patamon digivolve to Angemon!" Angemon flew towards Piedmon.
"Hand of fate!" His attack hit Piedmon but Piedmon shrugged it off like it was nothing. Soon all the other digimon attacked him as well but none of them could even make him flinch. He laughed at their attempts.
"Oh no nothing's working!" Cried Kari. The children watched from inside of the cave. Angemon tried his attack again but was countered by Piedmon.
"Trump sword!" Piedmon sent Angemon flying as his attack hit him.
"Angemon!" TK was in fear now.
"What do we do now? Angemon couldn't beat him, we've lost." TK said on the verge of tears. Then he heard an encouraging voice.
"Don't say that Dad!" Hiroshi yelled out from inside the cave.
"If you were able to help save the world in my time you can surely do it now!" TK let his words sink in. He wiped away any tears that managed to escape. 'Hiroshi's right, as long as I'm still breathing, I'll make sure that Piedmon is stopped!' Just then his crest started to glow. Angemon soon felt himself getting stronger.
"Angemon digivolve to MagnaAngemon!"