Author's Notes: I haven't figured out where to toss in Justimon so bear with me. Also, I'm giving cameo appearances to two fictional characters me and my friend came up with in Grade 12 English. If you want, you can skip down below to when the Wong family gets a shock concerning the youngest member of the family.

Disclaimers: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban, Toei Animation and whoever else owns it. Trevor Goldberg and Maxwell Marshall belong to the creators of the somewhat utopian plane where the currency is Coca Cola and where the Catapult is part of the capital punishment system. InQuest Gamer magazine is published by Gareb Shamus Enterprises Incorporated. Magic belongs to Wizards of the Coast. I don't know who owns Apocalyptica (heavy metal combined with classical music). Star Trek belongs to Paramount. And I don't own Hamlet, Robot Wars, Godzilla or Coca Cola!!! Satisfied?!?

Beyond The Other Side - V 4.5

Doctor Trevor Goldberg leaned back in his chair as he waited for the printer to finish spewing out his report. "I'm telling you, Max...the best quotation from any InQuest magazine has to be the Colonel Klink quote!! 'Ve have vays of making you tap!'" The red haired man gave a chuckle.

His Chinese companion rolled his eyes. "You're nuts...I liked the one with Saint James on casting creatures. 'And they begat a Blastoderm. And it was damn good. And it did go forth and kicketh the ass of thine enemies. And it was good.' How's the report coming anyway?" Trevor got out of his chair to collect the papers. "Everything's right here. I tell ya...these are probably the most messed up patients we've had in our careers!!"

Maxwell raised an eyebrow before pushing up the rims of his glasses. "Are you sure? Remember the time we spent working in Canada with those so called...Hamlet clones? You interviewed Claudius while I had to work with Ophelia. But I have to admit...a group of Japanese people who are obsessed with creating a society where the currency is Coca Cola...that's a whopper of a case!! Heck, they've already built a catapult and aligned it directly with a Coca Cola factory miles away!! Maybe we should have just stayed in Canada."

"It was an opportunity of a lifetime. To work under one of the world's renowned psychologists...man, clinics will go to war to get us to work for them after we get back!! Cheer up, MacDaddy of Ryerson!! Hey, how about we play a bit of Magic? It's been a while with all the work that's been piled on top of us." Trevor walked over to the stereo system to insert an Apocalyptica CD.

A grin formed on Maxwell's face. "After I check some e-mail, I'll bring out my American way deck and nuke your squirrels!!" He quickly logged on to the internet. "Interesting...an old friend of mine said that the internet was primarily used to find two things: Star Trek and pornography. But now, it appears that Digimon has made its way to the top."

"Digimon? What are you talking about? Digimon was just a small time hobby for kids. It had its peaks but it wasn't a strong mainstream hobby like Magic." Maxwell clicked on a news hotlink. "According to this, real Digimon have been spotted in the West Shinjuku area...dude, that's pretty close to where we are!!"

Trevor shuffled his deck and drew his hand. "Hmmmm...should we check it out and increase our possibilities of getting caught in the crossfire or should we stay here where it's just the two of us, Apocalyptica music at a loud volume, several cases of Coca Cola, a carton full of Magic cards and decks...gee, tough choice but I'm obviously going to go for the latter. I don't want to go back to hell again..."

Maxwell rolled his eyes. "Here we go again...and you say that the catapult-obsessed Japanese need our help?!? Look who's talking!! You keep thinking that you went to hell when it was all some wacky dream where you thought we were giving medical testimonies based on the mental health of Hamlet to determine where he will go in the afterlife. Something happened, you got eternal damnation and boom!! You're awake."

"Oh, yeah? I remember specifically that I got a scar in my right arm!! Here it is!!" This earned only a shake of the head from his friend. "You moron...when we visited England, we went to the Robot Wars arena. You decided to be an idiot and get a close look at Dead Metal...the rest is history."

"Dude, if it was Dead Metal, my entire arm would have been cut off!! Besides, the only house robot I was interested in looking at was Sir Killalot-" He was interrupted by loud noises outside the window. They could see military vehicles soaring throughout the sky. The two men looked to see what was going on.

"What in the...?" A few moments later, they heard explosions as the vehicles were destroyed by some unknown force. The two men jumped back, startled, as they saw many weird looking creatures fly by. And it looked like that they were all connected to something with great power as a large shadow made it harder to see outside the window. The window crashed as one of the small creatures broke through. It appeared to scan them for a moment. "Human bio-signatures confirmed. Initiate termination sequence..." It shot out grappling hooks to tie up the two men.

Trevor gave a groan. "Ah, crap...this is one of those moments when running away a few seconds earlier would have been helpful. At least this is kind of a cool death...hey, if we go down to Hell and we see Hamlet there, you owe me a Coke!!" Maxwell rolled his eyes. "Please...for the love of God, shut up!!!"

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'He's here...I can feel it. But what are these other creatures?' Antylamon had hidden herself out of sight from the army that was slowly going into another part of the city. She glanced back to make sure that the humans were staying out of sight as well. The lights had been switched off but nobody knew for sure whether this would actually affect the ability of the army outside to see inside the apartment. The rabbit Digimon checked her arm. It had healed back nicely with a bit of time.

A creature had stopped. Aiming a small cannon, it fired to destroy an entire wall of the apartment to gain access as it was fairly big. Antylamon crouched by the sofa, ready to take it out if things got out of hand. "Digital anomaly confirmed. Initiating termination sequence." Tendrils from the creature shot out to grab Antylamon. She struggled to get free but the creature had a firm grip.

"Oh, no!!! Antylamon!!" Suzie started to get up but her father quickly pulled her back down again. "Daddy, let me go!!" Antylamon's arms quickly formed into axes. She hacked at the tendrils but they still wouldn't budge. Slowly, the creature aimed its cannon at the rabbit Digimon. Suzie was able to wriggle out of her father's arms and rushed over to her friend.

"Human bio-signature detected. Terminate..." The cannon turned slowly to aim at the little girl and fired. Antylamon felt a surge of strength flow through her. She ripped herself free of the tendrils and grabbed Suzie, using her back to shield her from the blast. The blast left her severely weakened, forcing her to go back to her rookie form. "Suzie, run!!!" The little girl didn't need to be told twice and grabbed Lopmon before moving. Another blast was fired from the cannon. The blast impact tossed Suzie and Lopmon through the large hole in the wall.

Her older sister felt tears well up in her eyes. "Suzie!!!" The creature turned its attention back onto the humans. Janyu tackled the creature. "Kids, get your mother out of here!!! Don't look back!!!" When their father spoke in that type of tone, there was no arguing. The children carried their unconscious mother out of the apartment.

The rabbit Digimon could see all sorts of those creatures soaring towards a general area as she and Suzie plummeted down to what appeared to be an inevitable meeting with death. But that didn't concern her...right now, Suzie and her family needed her help. "Don't worry!!! I've got you and I won't let you go!!" Lopmon stared at the girl in amazement. 'For a child so young, she has an incredibly brave heart...'

A powerful glow erupted from the child. "Lopmon bio-merged to..." Suzie's essence transferred straight into the rookie Digimon. She grew larger, with pink fur replacing her usual brown. A piece of cloth similar to a jester's neck ring appeared around her neck. A pair of brown rings appeared on her ears. "...Kerpymon!!!"

Suzie felt herself stop. She didn't know how...she just thought about stopping and she did. Panic gripped her as she noticed that she no longer had Lopmon in her arms. "Suzie!! Are you okay?" The girl gave a small sigh of relief. "Where did you go? I thought you were in my arms!"

"I think that I became part of you and you became part of me. But we can worry about that later. We better go back up to the apartment. That thing is still up there!!" Suzie felt herself fly up. She couldn't help but give a squeal of delight since flying is an exhilirating experience. As soon as she got up, she saw that the creature had aimed its cannon at her father. "You're not being nice!!" Words sprang to mind as she felt herself form something in her right hand. "Lightning Spear!!" Moments later, the spear was stuck right in the creature's head. The creature dissipated into red liquid before vanishing completely.

This attracted the attention of several more creatures. Before she knew it, about a dozen of them were aiming their cannons at her father. She held out her left hand. "Heaven's Judgement!!" A shockwave of holy energy spread out, destroying the creatures. But every time she destroyed them, more seemed to take their place.

Finally, an energy blast had started to cause the roof to collapse. "Daddy!!" Kerpymon dived to cover Janyu as several slabs of rock fell upon her. There was hardly anything left to be seen except for a pile of rocks. Satisfied, the creatures rejoined the army. They didn't even notice the pile begin to move.

Janyu burst free from underneath the rock. He quickly started to dig to find the rabbit who saved him. But all he found was his daughter, unconscious with a small brown rabbit in her arms. The rabbit opened her eyes for a moment. "Is Suzie okay?" She asked weakly. The man nodded and whispered a thank you. Lopmon drifted back to sleep, secure with the knowledge that the family was okay for now.

The man gently picked up his daughter when he noticed something in her hand. Gently prying it open, he was more than startled to see a white and pink Digivice. 'This looks like the Digivice that Henry...oh no...' He hugged Suzie to his chest with small tears on his face. 'Oh, God, what have I done? This is all my fault...now Henry and Suzie are involved...'

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'Great!! Now that they know they can't win, they switch to hit and run tactics!!' Omnimon was chasing Metalgarurumon when Blackwargreymon fired another Terra Destroyer. MagnaAngemon had attempted to subdue the dragon man Digimon but it did very little. Hawkmon and Armadillomon were knocked forced to retreat and recharge. And with only one other ultimate Digimon to try and slow them down, they won't be able to help their friends.

Omnimon dodged the ball of energy and quickly checked on Metalgarurumon. He was more than a little surprised to see that another Digimon had appeared on the battle. "Dragon Helix!!" Metalgarurumon gave a howl in pain. The holy knight wasted no time and went down for the kill. "Omega Sword!!" (AN: Personal preference over Grey Sword) The last thing that Metalgarurumon saw was the tip of the sword's blade.

"Terra Destroyer!!" Blackwargreymon was trying to take advantage of the situation. Suddenly, another Digimon popped out of nowhere and used his shield to deflect the attack. Omnimon aimed his right arm directly at the dragon man Digimon. "Garuru Cannon!!" A ball of energy headed straight towards Blackwargreymon. He barely had enough time to take the two halves of his shield from behind his back and place them together when the blast collided with him.

He could see the shield was cracking. It can't survive another blast like that. "Royal..." Blackwargreymon looked behind him to see that the tip of a white and red lance was pointed straight at his back. It was glowing which usually meant that the attack was charged and ready to go. "Oh, sh-" "...Sabre!!!" And with that, Blackwargreymon dissipated into nothing but data. Gallantmon gave a sigh before going down to land.

MagnaAngemon, Angewomon, Sakuyamon and Omnimon had already rejoined with the Digidestined. "So let me get this straight...you're Rika, right?" The shaman Digimon gave a sigh. "That's right, Davis. Now will you knock it off with the questions already?" The boy crossed his arms. 'Well, I guess this complicates Veemon's love life even more...I suppose that dating in mega form is out of the question.'

Yolei snapped her fingers. "Hey!! We should give Imperialdramon a hand!! That viral imposter won't last a minute with all of us!!" Sakuyamon shook her head. "If he needs our help, he'll ask for it. After all, Veemon did allow Renamon to finish her battle with Gigadramon. I should extend the same courtesy to him..."

Omnimon examined the other holy knight Digimon carefully. "A virus holy knight. Never thought I would see the day..." Gallantmon gave a tiny gulp. After all he was standing in front of Omnimon. The Omnimon! The one who saved the digital world and the real world from certain disaster when Diaboromon emerged! "Tell me...how is a life measured?"

Before he knew it, the words just flowed naturally to him. "A life is measured by the lives it saves." (AN: I borrowed that quote from Wizards of the Coast) Omnimon gently tapped his left hand on Gallantmon's right shoulder. "Spoken like a true holy knight. You'll do just fine..."

For a moment, Gallantmon remained silent. His girlfriend snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Hello? Earth to Takato, come in!" He blinked once before giving a small laugh of excitement. "I can't believe it!! Omnimon said I'll do just fine!! Omnimon!! The legendary holy knight from their world said that I'll do just fine!! This is...oh my God...this is so cool!!"

Before he could keep on ranting about how cool his encounter was, Sakuyamon grabbed him by his cape and put his face close to her own. "As much as I love you, if you don't shut up now, I will have to hurt you." The holy knight Digimon gave another tiny gulp. "Um...yes, madam..."

Terriermon gave a tiny giggle. "Oh, man!! They've only been a couple for a few minutes and he's already taking orders from her!! I guess that's love..." Henry didn't respond as he was still feeling guilty about what he had tried to do earlier. The vaccine Digimon gave a small sigh. "Come on, Henry. Momentai." He felt a gust of wind go past him. "What the...?"

TK recognized the vehicles and aircraft soaring towards them. "I think those are military tanks and aircraft coming right at us!!" Missiles were fired from the vehicles and aircraft at the Digimon. "They must think they're the enemy!!" exclaimed Cody. Ken placed an arm in front of his face to block some of the dust. "Everyone scatter!!"

The Digimon took off in different directions. "Remember, these are human beings who don't understand the entire situation. Don't destroy them!!" Right after Gallantmon issued his warning, an aircraft missile collided right into him and sent him flying into the park. He dug his hands into the dirt to slow himself down and landed in front of a park bench.

Before he could get up, an old lady started to hit him as he had chased away the pigeons she was feeding. "Take it easy, lady!! I'm the good guy!" He got up and took off into the sky. A few moments later, another figure took off, following the holy knight from a good distance. Shadowgallantmon carefully aimed his lance at his counterpart and was about to fire when a missile nearly caught him off guard.

By the time he had avoided being hit by the missile, Gallantmon had vanished from his sight. Shadowgallantmon gave a growl before flying off. 'Damn!! Now where did he go?' He only got a few hundred metres when he felt bullets bounce off his black armour. A helicopter was right behind him. "At least I can have a little fun..."

The Digimon were weaving in and out of the fire storm that came from the military vehicles. Sakuyamon noticed out of the corner of her eye that soldiers were preparing to take the children out of the area. Before she could move, she heard explosions and screams. The military vehicles and personnel were being destroyed by a variety of...creatures that didn't appear to be Digimon.

Ken was shaking uncontrollably as he saw the giant looming above him. "I-I-I've seen you b-before..." Sakuyamon gave a start when she saw Millenniumon. She quickly called up statistics. (AN: They can access their Digimon Analyzers by simply thinking about it) 'Millenniumon, mega level, synthetic virus Digimon. His Dimension Destroyer is a powerful attack which causes dimensions to implode upon themselves. But in this form, he needs twenty minutes to power up for the attack just for one dimension. However, his Temporal Eraser doesn't need that much powering up. With just one shot, he can erase a target from all of reality.'

Gallantmon had rejoined the group and got a good look at the Digimon in front. He could feel the fear settling in his stomach. "T-that's Millenniumon...this is not good. But he seems to be a bit different." The synthetic Digimon narrowed his red eyes on his targets. "Sorry, I'm late. I hope that my friends-" He was cut off when the two Imperialdramons crashed to the ground. The vaccine one was on top and prepared to deliver the finishing blow. "Mega Crusher!!"

"Oh, this is hardly fair." Millenniumon fired a small bit of energy at the virus Digimon. The viral Imperialdramon felt a new surge of strength as he morphed into Fighter Mode. "Ah, crap!!" The vaccine Imperialdramon felt himself get tossed by his viral counterpart. He attempted to fire an attack. "Positron Laser!!" The other Imperialdramon dodged the attack and flew in to deliver a series of punches and kicks.

Omnimon flew down to stop Imperialdramon when several creatures blocked his way. Kari looked over at Henry. "Henry!! What do we do?" The boy didn't respond as he was lost in his own thoughts. Sakuyamon landed next to the girl. "Since Gatomon and Patamon were the only ones other than Paildramon to benefit from the Digicore, they have a fair amount of Azulongmon's energy. Get them to release it towards Imperialdramon...hopefully, that will be enough to even things up."

The Digidestined child of Light focused her attention on Angewomon and MagnaAngemon. "You heard her!!" The two ultimates started to glow before releasing their energy towards the vaccine Imperialdramon. "Imperialdramon mode-changed to...Fighter Mode!!" Moments later, the ultimates changed back to their champion forms.

Just as the viral Imperialdramon went in for another kick, something blocked the attack. "Payback time!!" The viral Imperialdramon took off with the other one in pursuit. He quickly turned around to fire. "Positron Laser!!" In this form, it was easier to manoeuvre in the air so the vaccine mega had no problem dodging the blast

Armadillomon gave a small shiver as he looked at the amount of creatures that were before him. "Whatever these things are, they're giving me the willies!" A small drop of sweat rolled down Hawkmon's beak. "We should try and focus on digivolving to champion form before DNA digivolving to ultimate. Just think about that instead of thinking about how these things are scaring you." Armadillomon grunted. "Easy for you to say, Hawkmon."

Millenniumon noticed the amounts of confused faces staring at his little army. "I suppose you're wondering what these things are. You can say that I've had an interesting encounter with some sort of red matter. It tried to swallow me but I was able to slow it down. In fact, after having momentary contact, I was able to see its entire history. Apparently, it was a program created by humans called D Reaper. Quite a piece of work. Its primary function was to delete anything which had overstepped its limits. It turns out that it had mutated thanks to the amount of data it obtained by deleting Digimon. Had it continued, it would have destroyed the digital world."

He paused. "Since I was planning on doing that, it had to go but it was too unique just to be simply deleted. I settled on resetting it to the simple program it was before it mutated. By doing that, I accidentally gained some of its unique abilities...particularly the ability to create these creatures you see before you. Now if you excuse me, I have dimensions to destroy. If you wish, my friends here would be willing to entertain you." As he started concentrating, the creatures shot forward with their cannons ready. Gallantmon aimed his lance. "You guys better digivolve to ultimate!! We'll cover you!! Everyone else find shelter!!!"

"Henry! We have to go!!" The boy ignored the pleas of his partner. "You go then. I just want to think...think about how all this chaos could have been averted if only I had listened..." Terriermon was about to shout again when he saw one of the creatures heading towards them.

"Isn't this the moment where we run like mad?!? That thing is going to kill you if we don't hustle!!" Henry looked up. Whatever sparkle he had in his eyes was long gone. Instead, Terriermon saw only a deep sadness. "Let it kill me. I deserve to die after what I tried to make my friends do. They trusted me and I...I betrayed their trust. My sensei told me that treachery is the worst sin one can commit."

The creature on his right closed in fast. "Fox Drive!!" In an instant, the creature morphed back into red liquid before disappearing. Sakuyamon hovered just above of her friend. "What do you think you're doing here?!? You should be with the others!! Are you trying to get yourself killed?!?"

Before Terriermon could reply, more creatures started to swarm them. They fired energy shots towards Henry and Terriermon. Sakuyamon used her staff to deflect the shots. However, they were coming in faster than ever. Gallantmon quickly came to give her a hand. Henry looked at his two friends who were fighting with all their might to protect him. "You're fighting to protect me even after what I had done to you...why?" Gallantmon slashed another creature. "Because you're our friend. Sakuyamon, we better take this fight somewhere else." Both Digimon flew away, drawing the creatures towards them.

"I'm still their friend? How can they forgive me this easily?" Terriermon hopped off his head. "Isn't it obvious? They understand the fact that you're human and that you have limits. You put too much pressure on yourself. Yeah, they rely on you to come up with plans but if it doesn't work, they simply say 'no problem' and wing it. They care about you, Henry. They know you would never do something without a good reason. And considering the circumstances, you had good reason to make some assumptions about what happened earlier. Get this through your skull...we're all one big family. Sort of."

Some of Henry's guilt washed off as the boy started to believe that his friendship with Takato and Rika was not severely damaged. "I wasted so much time wallowing in self-pity that I totally forgot about everything else!! We need to find a way to help our friends!!" Terriermon crossed his tiny arms. "Well, it's not like I can turn into a walking fortress with giant bazookas or anything. What's the plan?"

Henry was about to reply when his Digivice started beeping. On the monitor, part of a yellow face appeared along with part of a picture of the earth. Henry's eyes widened at this new revelation. "Simple...we go out there and kick some butt!!" He raised his Digivice. "Biomerge Activate!!"

BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION.... "Terriermon bio-merged to..."

As Henry's essence transferred into Terriermon, the vaccine Digimon had a massive growth spurt. Green armor formed as well as several missile launchers and machine guns. Two giant rocket launchers appeared on his shoulders with yellow faces popping in as the missiles. The dog-like head popped up to finish off the look.

"...Megagargomon!!!"

Henry looked at himself for a moment. He had completely changed into a giant, walking machine. 'Okay...I can do this...' He quickly found his two friends, engaged in battle with several creatures. Bits of his armor opened up, revealing the missile launchers. "Mega Barrage!!" Green missiles shot out, destroying the creatures. Sakuyamon and Gallantmon were more than surprised to see a giant green Digimon.

The holy knight started to check out this new Digimon. "Megagargomon...that's Terriermon's mega form. It's Henry!!" Both megas flew towards their giant friend. "Man, talk about a whole new perspective!! You guys are kind of...never mind. Look, I'm really sorry about my whole suicidal mood and everything..." Sakuyamon just smiled. "Just glad you're back with us!"

Silphymon and Shakkoumon were busy combating some of the other creatures when they noticed green flashes of light. Both ultimates turned to see a giant green Digimon. Davis gave a small whistle. "Godzilla...eat your heart out!" Ken was trying to calm himself down but he had never been so afraid in his entire life.

Gallantmon blinked as a red Chinese character appeared on his lance. "What the...?" Sakuyamon also felt something on her right shoulder. A blue Chinese character was inscribed on it. Megagargomon looked down to see a green Chinese character appear on his chest. "What does this all mean?"

Megagargomon quickly started to scan the images of the characters to his memory. "It's times like these that I'm thankful that my parents forced me to go to Chinese school and learn how to read these characters. Let's see here...the blue character stands for heaven. The red character stands for man and the green one...earth." Sakuyamon crossed her arms impatiently. "Your point?"

"From what my dad told me, the Chinese believed that these are the three basic forces of nature. Maybe this is a sign. We may be able to combine our powers in one super shot or something!!" Gallantmon gave a shrug. "Let's give this a try." He hovered close to Megagargomon's head as did Sakuyamon.

Terriermon got a look at what was going on outside. "Henry!! Check it out...Sakuyamon has one unbelievably nice ass!! I mean, if you focus in, you can see-" The boy rolled his eyes. "Shut up already, you pervert!!" All this got was a demented giggle from his partner. "I think I just found a fun new way of tormenting you..."

The tamers found themselves focusing their energies. Soon, they were each glowing a different coloured aura with Gallantmon being red, Sakuyamon blue and Megagargomon green. They all slowly pulled back their right arms as the words for a new attack came to mind. "Triad Cyclone!!!!" (AN: Well, they did have a Trinity Burst in the fifth movie. And that was acheived only in ultimate form!)

They all thrust their right arms forward, each firing a different coloured energy blast. They combined together to form a powerful cyclone which started sucking in several of the creatures. (AN: It was moving like a Beyblade, spinning madly but retaining control) This took Millenniumon by surprise. He quickly fired a temporal ray at the cyclone, slowing it down until it dissipated. "Annoying pests..." His red eyes glowed blue.

"I don't know what he's doing but everyone split up!!" Sakuyamon and Gallantmon didn't need to be told twice. Millenniumon fired his beam. "Temporal Eraser!!" The beam was heading straight towards Gallantmon. He tried to fly away faster but slowly the beam inched closer to him. Then, out of nowhere, a beam of black energy collides with Millenniumon's beam, deflecting it to hit a building. It shimmered a bit before disappearing.

The synthetic Digimon gave a start. "What just happened? The beam was defying every temporal and dimensional mechanic that existed!! The only way that it could possibly be deflected was if a beam with an equal amount of power hit it!!" He looked at his target again. Right above him was a dark figure with a blue cape flying freely in the wind. "If Gallantmon is to be destroyed, then I and I alone will be the one to deliver his death!!"


Move over chapter 34...we have a new record for second longest chapter. I've divided what I want to happen between the remaining five chapters. Some quick news...yes there will be a sequel, which I can hopefully squeeze in during first year university. I was originally planning to have two but I decided just to combine things in one big forty chapter book. Yes, I'm insane. I've finally decided on a name for the second book. "Beyond The Other Side - Ascension". Keep an eye out for it after I wrap up this book.