Winds of Change
By: Zero

Words from the author:
This is my first attempt at actually writing out an idea for a FanFic that has popped into my head.
When I chose to write Winds of Change, I had a hard time trying to figure out where to place my story in the Digimon time line. After looking at all the major plot points that I wanted to cover and events that would have needed to happen, I really couldn't find a spot to fit it in. So instead, Winds of Change became an "Alternate Universe". Winds of Change follows the story of the entire 1st season of Digimon, and up through Episode 37 (Kyoto Dragon) of the 2nd season.
I introduce two new main characters into the Digimon universe, Alex Jansen and Marcus Reichert. You'll learn more about them as the story progresses obviously.
It's my sincerest wish that I'll be able to write this story well enough to take you on the roller coaster of action, intrigue, and emotion that I envision it to be.
Thank you for your time, attention, and most of all, thank you for choosing to read Winds of Change. Enjoy!
-Zero

Chapter 1: The Digi-Wrecking Crew!

"Where is Davis? I wanna get going!"
Cody, Upamon, T.K., Patamon, Kari, Gatomon, Yolei, and Poramon were all sitting in the computer room, waiting for Davis and Demi-Veemon to show up so they could go to the Digital World to continue their clean up of all the Control Spires.
"You're a little more anxious to get going than usual, what's wrong Yolei?" asked Kari.
"Just had a bad day in class. Nothing that knocking down a couple hundred Control Spires won't cure though."
"Speaking of, what area are we cleaning out today?" inquired T.K.
"As I recall, we were planning on cleaning out the Northern zone of the Angic desert today." replied Cody.
"Another desert zone? Can't we pick anywhere more scenic?" pouted T.K.
"I'm as tired of these desert areas as you are T.K., but the Angic desert also has the highest concentration of Control Spires right now, and the more Spires we destroy, the better of the Digital World will be." replied Kari.
"You're right Kari, I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it T.K..." Kari walked over to T.K. and whispered, "Besides, it gives us a chance to spend some quality time together."
T.K. blushed, "Uh, Kari?"
"Yes, T.K.?"
"I was.. Uh.. wondering if..." Kari's D-Terminal suddenly chirped to life, interrupting him.
Kari quickly pulled her D-Terminal from her pocket., "Hey, it's an e-mail from Ken. He says he already in the Angic desert and wants to know where we are."
Just as Yolei was about to speak up, the door to the computer room slammed open and Davis came charging in.
"Well it's about bloody time you got here!" scolded Yolei
"I'm sorry, soccer practice ran late. Are we all ready to go?" Davis asked between gasps.
"Yeah, we're all set and Ken is waiting for us in the Angic desert." replied Cody.
"Hey Davis, where's Demi-Veemon?" asked Patamon
"Oh shoot!" Davis quickly opened up his gym bag. Demi-Veemon's head immediately popped out of the opening.
"DAVIS!! DON'T YOU EVER PUT ME IN THERE WITH YOUR GYM SOCKS AGAIN!!"
"Sorry buddy! I promise that it won't happen again."
"Ok, so is everyone ready to go?" asked Yolei
Everyone else replied in unison "READY!"
"Well then," Yolei turned to face the computer monitor "DIGI-PORT OPEN!"
A blue light flooded the computer room as the digidestined and their digimon were pulled through the Digi-port into the Digital World.

They arrived in the Digital World, everyone dressed in their usual clothing.
The team quickly surveyed the area to make sure there was nothing around that would interrupt their work. They all saw the same thing...desert, miles and miles of desert as far as the eye could see, and whole hoard of Control Spires.
Ken and Stingmon came zipping over to where the others had zoned in.
"Well it's about time you guys got here. I almost started the fun without ya." said Ken.
"Thanks for waiting. We would have been here sooner, but Davis took his sweet time getting to the computer room." Yolei said.
Wanting to take the attention off of himself Davis quickly spoke up, "Common everyone, let's party!"
"RIGHT!" the other five responded.
"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGISE!"
"Veemon armor-digivolve to... Flamedramon, the fire of courage!"
"Patamon armor-digivolve to... Pegasusmon, flying hope!"
"Armadillomon armor-digivolve to...Digmon, the drill of knowledge!"
"Hawkmon armor-digivolve to... Halsemon, the wings of love!"
"Gatomon armor-digivolve to... Nefertimon, the angel of light!"
"Ok, let's partner up and get started." said Davis
"Sounds good, T.K; and I will start here and head east" said Kari
Before Davis had a chance to object, T.K. and Kari flew off on Pegasusmon and Nefertimon to begin destroying Control Spires.
"Ken and I will start here and head north." said Yolei as she grabbed Ken.
Again, not giving Davis a change to object, Yolei and Ken made a quick get away on Halsemon's back.
"Guess that leaves you and me Davis. We should start here and head south." Cody said.
Davis hung his head in defeat and sighed "Yeah, whatever. Common Flamedramon, we have work to do." He then turned and started to walk off.
"Hey, Davis, wait up!" cried Flamedramon as he ran after Davis to catch up with him.
"Hey Cody, what's eating Davis?" asked Digmon
"I dunno Digmon, he seemed in a pretty good mood in the computer room. I'm kinda worried about him." answered Cody.
"Maybe some mindless destruction will cheer him up."
"I dunno, I've never seen him like this before."
Cody and Digmon looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders in unison, and then ran after their friends.

"Just look at them. Knocking over our Control Spires like they were toys to be played with. They have no respect for how much work it took to put up all those up." Mummymon whined.
Mummymon and Arukenimon were sitting in their jeep, watching the digidestined hard at work from the top of a sand dune.
"I'm not sure which is hurting my ears more right now, the sound of the Spires being knocked down or your incessant whining." complained Arukenimon.
"Well, aren't we going to do anything about it?"
"Of course we are you nit-wit! I just need to figure out..."
Arukenimon was interrupted by her cell phone ringing.
"Yes...Yes...You're sure?...I understand...We're on our way."
"So, what's the plan?" enquired Mummymon
"The boss has already sent someone to take care of the digidestined, we're to report back to get out new instructions. Seems there's a couple of new players in our little game of light verses dark."
Mummymon and Arukenimon sped off in their jeep, leaving the digidestined to have free reign on the Control Spires...for now.

Seeking shade in the ruins of a couple mutilated Control Spires, T.K., Kari, Pegasusmon and Nefertimon decided to take a much needed break.
Worn out by the all the work, Pegasusmon and Nefertimon reverted back to Patamon and Gatomon.
"How long have we been out here T.K.?"
T.K. pulled out his D-Terminal and checked the display.
"About three hours. Have you heard anything from the others yet?"
"I got a message Yolei about twenty minutes ago saying that she and Ken were having a great time and everything was going smoothly."
"Anything from Davis and Cody?"
"Nope. Not a thing."
T.K. reached into his backpack and pulled out four bottles of water.
"Here ya go guys, drink up." T.K. said as he handed Patamon and Gatomon each a bottle of water.
"Thanks T.K.!!" said Patamon.
"This is just what I needed." said Gatomon.
T.K. walked over to where Kari was sitting and sat down next to her.
"And for the lady." T.K. said as he offered Kari a bottle.
"Why thank you kind sir." Kari said as she accepted the bottle from T.K.
Both T.K. and Kari were quiet as they drank their water.
"Hey T.K." Kari whispered.
"What Kari."
"Look." Kari gestured over to where Patamon and Gatomon were sitting.
Both of the digimon had made short work of their water and were napping, curled up together like kittens..
"Heh, that's cute." T.K. responded.
"Hmm.. I think they have the right idea." Kari said as she snuggled up to T.K.
"Uh... Um... Kari..." It was too late, Kari was already out like a light.
T.K. slipped his arm around Kari's shoulders; she responded by wrapping her arms around his chest.
"Sweet dreams."
T.K. reached into his pocket, grabbed his D-Terminal, and set the alarm to go off in an hour. He then let his head rest against the ruins, pulled his hat down over his eyes, and fell asleep.

Ken, Yolei, Hawkmon and Wormmon were also taking a break in the shade of control spires.
"This heat is almost unbearable." Ken complained as he unbuttoned the top three buttons of his uniform.
"Well, maybe if you opted to wear something a little cooler other than that dark gray school uniform the heat might not be so hard to deal with." replied Yolei
"I can't imagine Davis is doing much better than me with that bomber jacket of his."
Yolei chuckled a little, "You'll think the idea to take the jacket off will cross his mind?"
"Knowing him, probably not."
Ken and Yolei both started laughing.
"Yolei?"
"Yes Ken?"
"Why'd you choose to partner up with me? Usually when we do things like this, you and Kari run off together."
"Well, that's kinda the reason. She and I have spent a lot of girl time together lately."
"That's it?"
"Well, that and she had other plans for her an T.K."
"She and T.K.? They aren't..."
"Dating? No, not yet. However, if Kari has things her way, that'll change soon."
"Oiy. Life around here is gonna get pretty interesting."
"What makes you say that Ken?"
"Well if you hadn't noticed, Davis kinda has a crush on Kari."
Yolei sighed, "Yeah, both Kari and I are aware of that. Thing is, I'm actually going to feel more sorry for you than I am Davis?"
"Why's that?"
"Well, you do realize that Davis will most likely turn to you to for a friend to talk to about this."
Ken's face lost a little color, "Oh crap."
"Yeah, I'd be saying that too if I were in your shoes."
"No, Davis I can deal with. THAT'S what I was saying oh crap to." Ken gestured in the direction he was looking.
Yolei looked in the direction Ken pointed; her face paled, "Oh crap."

Cody supervised Flamedramon and Digmon as they knocked down Control Spires. Cody looked over his shoulder at Davis, who, lost in his own world, sat moping amongst some debris.
"He looks so sad Digmon, I wish there was something I could do."
"Well, why don't you go over there and ask him what wrong?"
"You think that'll help?"
"Never know until you try"
Cody walked over to where Davis was seated.
"Davis, you've been completely silent for the last three hours. What's on your mind?" enquired Cody.
"Nothing, there's nothing wrong, alright!" Davis replied sharply.
Cody held up both hands, taken back by Davis aggressiveness, "Okay, Okay I'm just worried about you, that's all."
"I'm sorry I snapped at you Cody. It's nothing to do with you. I'm just frustrated." Davis said in a much calmer tone, "You wouldn't understand."
"It's about Kari isn't it? The fact that you like her, but she seems to be more interested in T.K.."
Davis drew back in surprise. "Um, yeah... That's part of it."
"Just part?" Cody's face lost some color as he glanced behind his friend, "Uh, Davis, I think we have a problem."
Davis looked over his shoulder to see what had Cody so frightened.
About a hundred yards out, there were seven large black insect shaped figures moving toward them.
"Judging by the size of the dust cloud behind them, they're moving pretty fast." Cody observed.
Davis reached into his pocket and pulled out a small spyglass to get a better look.
"They look kinda like gigantic scorpions, except they have two stinger tails and four pincer arms. And wait, what's that? It looks like they have a white skull tattooed on their back."
"DIGMON, FLAMEDRAMON!!" Cody yelled at the top of his lungs.
The two digimon came running as fast as they could move.
"What are they, Davis?" Flamedramon asked.
"I have no idea buddy, but I think you and Digmon should digivolve to Champion."
"Don't you think we should try and run?" Cody asked.
"I don't think we could out run them, even on Raidramon." Davis replied, shaking his head.
"And there's really no where around here to hide." Digmon added.
"So, we make our stand here." Flamedramon stated.
Digmon and Flamedramon de-evolved to Armadillomon and Veemon.
Davis and Cody both pulled out their D3's.
"Veemon digivolve to... ExVeemon!"
"Armadillomon digivolve to... Ankylomon!"
The first of the black Digimon approached and wasted no time establishing their intentions, "Terror Beam!" A stream of energy arced between the two stingers of the digimon's tails, and then a crimson colored energy beam lanced forth toward ExVeemon, just missing him.
"Well, at least they're not being subtle about their intentions." ExVeemon quipped as he dodged.
Ankylomon charged the first black digimon; "Tail Hammer!"
The black digimon's two left arms grabbed Ankylomon's tail, and then the right two arms flipped Ankylomon on his back.
"Ankylomon look out!" cried Cody, but it was too late; the black digimon sunk its pair of stingers into Ankylomon's underbelly and then used all four arms to toss Ankylomon back toward Cody.
As Ankylomon landed with a thud, he de-evolved back to Armadillomon.
"Well that wasn't very nice. Let's see how you like this, V-Laser!" the X shaped energy lanced out from ExVeemon's chest, and struck the black digimon cleanly. The black digimon put its four thickly armored pincer arms up to shield itself. The blast seemed to have little effect.
"Terror Beam!" a second black digimon fired a crimson colored energy beam at ExVeemon. This beam, unlike the first, found its mark and sent ExVeemon flying through the air, he landed a few feet from Armadillomon and de-evolved to Veemon.
Davis and Cody rushed to the aid of their fallen companions.
"I'm sorry Davis, I tried my best." whimpered Veemon.
"Don't worry buddy, we'll figure out something." Soothed Davis.
The seven black digimon encircled the digidestined and their fallen digimon.
"Who are you? What do you want from us?" Cody asked the black digimon directly in front of him.
The black digimon replied in a haunting, almost whisper; "Die."
Davis, Cody, Veemon and Armadillomon huddled close together.
"You boys look like you could use a hand."
Davis, Cody, Veemon and Armadillomon all looked in the direction of the strange voice.
Perched on the top of a near by pile downed Control Spires stood a figure, clad in dark blue and purple tinted armor. His helmet was opened faced with a tinted visor that covered his eyes.
"Who are you?" asked Cody.
"A friend." The figure's hands began to glow with pure white energy, "Veemon, Armadillomon, catch!"
The spheres of energy flew towards the fallen digimon, hitting them square in the chest.
Both Veemon and Armadillomon immediately perked up upon being struck.
"Now this is an odd feeling." stated Veemon.
"Yeah, I feel kinda fuzzy inside." replied Armadillomon.
"Veemon digivolve to... ExVeemon...digivolve to... CYBER DRAMON!"
"Armadillomon digivolve to... Ankylomon... digivolve to …ANDROMON!"
"What in the world!?!" Davis exclaimed.
"Veemon and Armadillomon, they digivolved to Ultimate." Cody replied awestruck.

So, you've probably got a few questions on your mind by now. Who are these black digimon? And who is this stranger in the armor that has somehow granted Veemon and Armadillomon the power to evolve to their Ultimate forms, Cyber Dramon and Andromon. You'll just have to wait to read the second chapter of Winds of Change entitled "The Gentle breeze of Remembrance."