Tai, Agumon, TK and Gomamon ran down the winding halls as fast as they could. Puppetmon's cackling could be heard coming from behind. The group quickly hid in a darkened corner, and the wooden virus ran past them, his squeaking footsteps heading down the hallway. No one moved for several minutes until they were sure the Mega digimon had left.
Finally Tai spoke. "Is everyone here?"
The group weakly confirmed, but Tai realized someone was missing. "Palmon? Palmon, where are you?!" He shouted.
Agumon and Gomamon each quickly placed a hand over Tai's mouth. "Be quiet." Agumon whispered. "We can't help anybody else if we get captured ourselves."
Tai knew his digimon was right. But he had abandoned Palmon again, and he felt guilty about it. She was the one that helped them escape from the cell in the first place, even though she was angry with Tai. "You're right Agumon, but we can't leave yet. Not till we find the rest of our friends."
Gomamon sighed, "You're right, but this place is huge!" A quick shhhh from everybody made Gomamon lowered his voice. "All right. We can split up quickly and search. Most of Gatomon's forces are still hunting outside, so they're aren't too many guards."
"Ok," Tai took charge of the situation. "Gomamon, head downstairs. Agumon, you take the upstairs. TK and me will stay here and search this level. We meet back here in two hours. Agreed?"
"Agreed!" They chorused in unison. Everyone took off in different directions down the dark corridors.
Palmon had woken up to discover she was in the another cell, along with Patamon. The black gear had worn off, but she was still angry with both Tai and now Gatomon. Palmon immediately tried to force her vines through the keyhole again, but without success. She retracted her vines and screamed in frustration.
"No luck?" Patamon asked, walking up beside Palmon.
"What do you think?" She snapped. She calmed herself down though; it was not Patamon she was angry with. "She must have done something to the key hole, I can't force my vine through." She sat back down on the bunk, defeated. Luckily, fate saved him from having to answer when a loud clang outside echoed through the corridor. They both shushed each other. "Let's see who it is." Patamon whispered. He flew up to the thick glass window, just in time to see a green helmet poke out from the bottom of the window. "TK!" Patamon excitedly exclaimed.
"Patamon!" TK cried out happily; he hadn't had seen Patamon since Gatomon's betrayal. "Palmon, you're here too."
"TK, I'm glad you're here!" Palmon announced. Both digimon pushed their faces to the thick glass window. "Who's there with you" Her voice trailed off as she spotted Tai. Tai just kept quiet, he was still too embarrassed being around Palmon, especially after all what happened. Palmon, on the other was still enraged at Tai, even without the black gear in her system. "YOU! You son of a Cocketorimon."
Patamon put a paw over Palmon's mouth. "You two can fight later. Now, can you get us out of here?"
Tai bent and grabbed a bolt hinge like Palmon did before. Unfortunately, Tai wasn't strong enough to pull the bolts out. His fingers where starting to bleed he was pulling so hard. "Eyauugh! Tai fell over on his butt. "I need something to pry the nails out." A metal pick was dropped into his hand. "Thanks TK. This should work."
"Huh?" TK asked, turning around. He had been talking to Patamon through the window.
Tai noticed TK was in front of him. "But if you're there" Tai turned around as well, into Gatomon's smirking face. Puppetmon was to her left twirling his mallet in his hand. Metaletemon was to her right, cracking his metallic knuckles. Devimon lorded behind the three of them his arms crossed. All four of them were smiling. Gatomon was the first to speak. "Aren't you going to thank me for the pick?" She laughed. "I knew that if we waited next to their cell, you'd show up. It's much easier then hunting you down."
Metaletemon rushed forward grabbing Tai by the collar. TK fell down, his helmet rolling to the ground. Puppetmon's yarn ball flew from his hand, entwining TK, and forcing him to the ground. "Hi TK, we're going to have fun you and I." He picked TK up. "I have some new games for us to play." TK couldn't even talk, but he was about to cry.
"NO!" Patamon threw himself against the window. "You leave him alone!" Suddenly, a glow filled the cavern. Everyone's gaze turned to Tai. The digivice on him began to glow brightly. Patamon felt the power flow through him. "Patamon digivolve to ANGEMON!" Angemon appeared in a burst of light. "Hand of Fate!" A burst of energy surged from his hand, but splashed harmlessly against the door.
"Awwww" Gatomon mocked. "Is the little guardian angel not strong enough to help his friend?" She traced a claw across TK's forehead; a thin wisp of hair fell of to the ground.
Anger welled up in Angemon, and more power flowed through him. "Angemon digivolve to MAGNANGEMON!" Magnangemon's helmet touched the ceiling as he fully formed. "You will not hurt my friend." His voice echoed through the cavern. His sword formed on his hand. Four quick strokes and the entire front section of the wall caved in as the four villainous digimon jumped back. Magnangemon walked forward, with Palmon escaping behind him. Magnangemon quickly freed TK and turned towards the wall in the corridor, and quickly slashed another door before the viruses could regroup. Turning towards his friends, he motioned to the hole. "Escape, I cannot fight them with you in danger." He turned and faced their captors.
TK grabbed Magnangemon hand, having to reach high up to do it. "No, come on!"
Not turning away from the advancing viruses, Magnangemon addressed TK. "I am in no danger, I battled Piedmon, and he was more powerful than any of these four. Now run, I will follow shortly." Magnangemon advanced towards their attackers. Tai latched on to TK's arm, and with Palmon they ran out the newly formed door.
Gatomon made a magic gesture, and slipped a black gear out of her glove. "Very noble of you, we have to change that attitude." She quickly tossed the gear, nailing Magnangemon in the chest.
Magnangemon fell to his knees, clutching his heart as the gear burrowed in him. Just before the gear exerted its control, Magnangemon pointed his wings in towards him. "Mega antidote." He choked out. His body shone with rainbow colours, eradicating the black gear's effects inside him. He stood up revitalized. "Your gears have no effect on me. Surrender, you saw me battle Piedmon, you know my power."
"Not to dampen your spirits, but you defeated Piedmon with the help of your friends, including yours truly." Gatomon motioned to her virus allies. "Now you're outnumbered, and you are still only an ultimate."
"Good will always triumph over evil." Magnangemon's energy sword extended from his left hand.
"How cliché." Gatomon pointed to Magnangemon. "Take angel boy down."
Puppetmon lead the assault, firing a Puppet Pummel. Magnangemon's shield on his left hand expanded, deflecting the blasts back towards his attacker. The four jumped out of the way. Metaletemon jumped forward, tackling the angel full force. The two landed on the ground, but Magnangemon kicked up, sending the monkey into the ceiling. Magnangemon jumped to his feet, and was grabbed from behind by Devimon.
"You are no match for me devil. I defeated you on File Island, and I will do so here." Magnangemon twirled around, throwing Devimon off. Devimon flew back just in time to avoid Magnangemon sword.
Magnangemon moved around. All off a sudden, everything seemed to move in slow motion.
Gatomon leapt up, landing on Magnangemon's chest. Her claws raked across his exposed chin, drawing three deep cuts across his face. She raised her left paw to strike again.
Magnangemon, with all his power, still felt pain and reacted instantly to it. He instinctively batted at the object tearing at his face with his right hand. His sword hand.
Magnangemon's sword met no resistance as it swung through the air, but met very slight resistance as it hit its unintended target. A searing sound filled the room as Magnangemon's sword passed fully by Gatomon.
A thump, barely audible, but seemed to fill the room as Gatomon's paw fell do the ground. It quickly burst apart, sending the atoms spiraling into nothingness.
Gatomon and Magnangemon both stared at the stump briefly on her left hand. Surprisingly, there was no blood. Magnangemon's sword instantly cauterized the wound as it passed through. Gatomon fell to the ground, clutching the stump tightly to her chest.
Horror passed through Magnangemon as he realized what he did. His normal closed mouth was wide open. "What have I done?" He bent down, afraid to touch her. "I am sorry, I never meant to harm you, I only wish to let my friends escape."
Gatomon looked weakly up at her assaulter. "I know." She barely replied; her face grimaced in pain. Magnangemon didn't have time to reply, for a large metal hammer was brought down on the back of his head. He fell over and got up weakly, just in time to see Metaletemon's fist searing towards him. Magnangemon fell down again, and did not rise. Gatomon, even in all her pain, smiled. "But I want to harm you."
Devimon walked foreword. "You two, take him and lock him the special cell. Now!" Puppetmon and Metaletemon each grabbed a leg and started dragging the unconscious angel off. Devimon stayed behind and picked up the barley alive Gatomon. "Come now, we can't have you leaving us." He started running to Datamon's lab, "Not when we have a guest arriving shortly."
Finally Tai spoke. "Is everyone here?"
The group weakly confirmed, but Tai realized someone was missing. "Palmon? Palmon, where are you?!" He shouted.
Agumon and Gomamon each quickly placed a hand over Tai's mouth. "Be quiet." Agumon whispered. "We can't help anybody else if we get captured ourselves."
Tai knew his digimon was right. But he had abandoned Palmon again, and he felt guilty about it. She was the one that helped them escape from the cell in the first place, even though she was angry with Tai. "You're right Agumon, but we can't leave yet. Not till we find the rest of our friends."
Gomamon sighed, "You're right, but this place is huge!" A quick shhhh from everybody made Gomamon lowered his voice. "All right. We can split up quickly and search. Most of Gatomon's forces are still hunting outside, so they're aren't too many guards."
"Ok," Tai took charge of the situation. "Gomamon, head downstairs. Agumon, you take the upstairs. TK and me will stay here and search this level. We meet back here in two hours. Agreed?"
"Agreed!" They chorused in unison. Everyone took off in different directions down the dark corridors.
Palmon had woken up to discover she was in the another cell, along with Patamon. The black gear had worn off, but she was still angry with both Tai and now Gatomon. Palmon immediately tried to force her vines through the keyhole again, but without success. She retracted her vines and screamed in frustration.
"No luck?" Patamon asked, walking up beside Palmon.
"What do you think?" She snapped. She calmed herself down though; it was not Patamon she was angry with. "She must have done something to the key hole, I can't force my vine through." She sat back down on the bunk, defeated. Luckily, fate saved him from having to answer when a loud clang outside echoed through the corridor. They both shushed each other. "Let's see who it is." Patamon whispered. He flew up to the thick glass window, just in time to see a green helmet poke out from the bottom of the window. "TK!" Patamon excitedly exclaimed.
"Patamon!" TK cried out happily; he hadn't had seen Patamon since Gatomon's betrayal. "Palmon, you're here too."
"TK, I'm glad you're here!" Palmon announced. Both digimon pushed their faces to the thick glass window. "Who's there with you" Her voice trailed off as she spotted Tai. Tai just kept quiet, he was still too embarrassed being around Palmon, especially after all what happened. Palmon, on the other was still enraged at Tai, even without the black gear in her system. "YOU! You son of a Cocketorimon."
Patamon put a paw over Palmon's mouth. "You two can fight later. Now, can you get us out of here?"
Tai bent and grabbed a bolt hinge like Palmon did before. Unfortunately, Tai wasn't strong enough to pull the bolts out. His fingers where starting to bleed he was pulling so hard. "Eyauugh! Tai fell over on his butt. "I need something to pry the nails out." A metal pick was dropped into his hand. "Thanks TK. This should work."
"Huh?" TK asked, turning around. He had been talking to Patamon through the window.
Tai noticed TK was in front of him. "But if you're there" Tai turned around as well, into Gatomon's smirking face. Puppetmon was to her left twirling his mallet in his hand. Metaletemon was to her right, cracking his metallic knuckles. Devimon lorded behind the three of them his arms crossed. All four of them were smiling. Gatomon was the first to speak. "Aren't you going to thank me for the pick?" She laughed. "I knew that if we waited next to their cell, you'd show up. It's much easier then hunting you down."
Metaletemon rushed forward grabbing Tai by the collar. TK fell down, his helmet rolling to the ground. Puppetmon's yarn ball flew from his hand, entwining TK, and forcing him to the ground. "Hi TK, we're going to have fun you and I." He picked TK up. "I have some new games for us to play." TK couldn't even talk, but he was about to cry.
"NO!" Patamon threw himself against the window. "You leave him alone!" Suddenly, a glow filled the cavern. Everyone's gaze turned to Tai. The digivice on him began to glow brightly. Patamon felt the power flow through him. "Patamon digivolve to ANGEMON!" Angemon appeared in a burst of light. "Hand of Fate!" A burst of energy surged from his hand, but splashed harmlessly against the door.
"Awwww" Gatomon mocked. "Is the little guardian angel not strong enough to help his friend?" She traced a claw across TK's forehead; a thin wisp of hair fell of to the ground.
Anger welled up in Angemon, and more power flowed through him. "Angemon digivolve to MAGNANGEMON!" Magnangemon's helmet touched the ceiling as he fully formed. "You will not hurt my friend." His voice echoed through the cavern. His sword formed on his hand. Four quick strokes and the entire front section of the wall caved in as the four villainous digimon jumped back. Magnangemon walked forward, with Palmon escaping behind him. Magnangemon quickly freed TK and turned towards the wall in the corridor, and quickly slashed another door before the viruses could regroup. Turning towards his friends, he motioned to the hole. "Escape, I cannot fight them with you in danger." He turned and faced their captors.
TK grabbed Magnangemon hand, having to reach high up to do it. "No, come on!"
Not turning away from the advancing viruses, Magnangemon addressed TK. "I am in no danger, I battled Piedmon, and he was more powerful than any of these four. Now run, I will follow shortly." Magnangemon advanced towards their attackers. Tai latched on to TK's arm, and with Palmon they ran out the newly formed door.
Gatomon made a magic gesture, and slipped a black gear out of her glove. "Very noble of you, we have to change that attitude." She quickly tossed the gear, nailing Magnangemon in the chest.
Magnangemon fell to his knees, clutching his heart as the gear burrowed in him. Just before the gear exerted its control, Magnangemon pointed his wings in towards him. "Mega antidote." He choked out. His body shone with rainbow colours, eradicating the black gear's effects inside him. He stood up revitalized. "Your gears have no effect on me. Surrender, you saw me battle Piedmon, you know my power."
"Not to dampen your spirits, but you defeated Piedmon with the help of your friends, including yours truly." Gatomon motioned to her virus allies. "Now you're outnumbered, and you are still only an ultimate."
"Good will always triumph over evil." Magnangemon's energy sword extended from his left hand.
"How cliché." Gatomon pointed to Magnangemon. "Take angel boy down."
Puppetmon lead the assault, firing a Puppet Pummel. Magnangemon's shield on his left hand expanded, deflecting the blasts back towards his attacker. The four jumped out of the way. Metaletemon jumped forward, tackling the angel full force. The two landed on the ground, but Magnangemon kicked up, sending the monkey into the ceiling. Magnangemon jumped to his feet, and was grabbed from behind by Devimon.
"You are no match for me devil. I defeated you on File Island, and I will do so here." Magnangemon twirled around, throwing Devimon off. Devimon flew back just in time to avoid Magnangemon sword.
Magnangemon moved around. All off a sudden, everything seemed to move in slow motion.
Gatomon leapt up, landing on Magnangemon's chest. Her claws raked across his exposed chin, drawing three deep cuts across his face. She raised her left paw to strike again.
Magnangemon, with all his power, still felt pain and reacted instantly to it. He instinctively batted at the object tearing at his face with his right hand. His sword hand.
Magnangemon's sword met no resistance as it swung through the air, but met very slight resistance as it hit its unintended target. A searing sound filled the room as Magnangemon's sword passed fully by Gatomon.
A thump, barely audible, but seemed to fill the room as Gatomon's paw fell do the ground. It quickly burst apart, sending the atoms spiraling into nothingness.
Gatomon and Magnangemon both stared at the stump briefly on her left hand. Surprisingly, there was no blood. Magnangemon's sword instantly cauterized the wound as it passed through. Gatomon fell to the ground, clutching the stump tightly to her chest.
Horror passed through Magnangemon as he realized what he did. His normal closed mouth was wide open. "What have I done?" He bent down, afraid to touch her. "I am sorry, I never meant to harm you, I only wish to let my friends escape."
Gatomon looked weakly up at her assaulter. "I know." She barely replied; her face grimaced in pain. Magnangemon didn't have time to reply, for a large metal hammer was brought down on the back of his head. He fell over and got up weakly, just in time to see Metaletemon's fist searing towards him. Magnangemon fell down again, and did not rise. Gatomon, even in all her pain, smiled. "But I want to harm you."
Devimon walked foreword. "You two, take him and lock him the special cell. Now!" Puppetmon and Metaletemon each grabbed a leg and started dragging the unconscious angel off. Devimon stayed behind and picked up the barley alive Gatomon. "Come now, we can't have you leaving us." He started running to Datamon's lab, "Not when we have a guest arriving shortly."