[All right, looks like I'm finally on a roll. I'm going to try to get this fic as done with as soon as is humanly possible, so hang on, because we're in for a bumpy ride. Hope you enjoy this chapter, and don't forget to review…]

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"Everyone know what they're doing?" asked Mimi in a sudden take-charge tone of voice.

The digimon all nodded in assent.

"Alright then!" said Mimi. "Let's do this!"

Valkyrimon and Rosemon charged forward with a great yell at the same moment that Diaboromon unleashed his Cable Crusher attack against NightmareOmnimon, shoving the dark knight back against the infested skyscraper and holding him there just long enough for Rosemon and Valkyrimon to make their move.

"Rose Rapier!" shouted Rosemon as her vines, one in each hand, stiffend to become hard as steel.

"Fenrir Sword!" shouted Valkyrimon, drawing his glowing golden blade.

Valkyrimon struck first, burying his sword in NightmareOmnimon's chestplate up to the hilt and then dragging it up and out to increase the damage. Rosemon came immediately after, thrusting the blade in her right hand deep into NightmareOmnimon's body cavity and then spinning completely around, her right blade slicing its way out and the left one slicing its way in.

"Move!" shouted Diaboromon.

Valkyrimon and Rosemon bounded off NightmareOmnimon's chest, Valkyrimon going right and Rosemon going left. Once they were clear, Diaboromon fired his Web Wrecker twice into the damaged areas of NightmareOmnimon's armor. Yet despite the force of the blasts, NightmareOmnimon's armor was not pierced, and he went on the offensive. Breaking free of Diaboromon's grip, NightmareOmnimon slugged Valkyrimon with his left hand and extended the blade on his right, using it to make a broad slash at Diaboromon. Diaboromon lept to avoid the attack, but the wind it generated nearly blew the humans from their precarious position atop the roof. As Diaboromon sailed farther into the air, he fired his Web Wrecker at NightmareOmnimon again, but the metal monstrosity sidestepped it and the attack was only successful in levelling a few offices in the side of the building.

Meanwhile, Guardromon and Metalgarurumon had their hands full. It would have been hard enough to search for their partners from outside the massive structure under normal circumstances, but apparently the D-Reaper had no intention of letting them just fly by peacefully. They had to dodge gobs of red fluid being flung from the building while still trying to find those still trapped within.

"I say Metalgarurumon," said Guardromon. "Aren't you equipped with thermal sensors?"

"Yes, but unfortunately they're useless," said Metalgarurumon. "With all the heat being put out by the D-Reaper, I can't isolate any humans or other digimon inside. At the very least, we should try to find an open entrance."

"Well, when one doesn't present itself…" said Guardromon, taking aim with his armaments. "Make one. Guardian Barrage!"

Guardromon fired a pair of missiles directly into the side of the building, opening up a large hole that was unfortunately filled with the D-Reaper.

"Oh drat!" said Guardromon.

"Where could they be?" asked Metalgarurumon. "We're running out of time!"

Suddenly, a large figure flew in low of their heads and immediately turned on its back to face them once it was in front of them. It was Bahadramon.

"Bahadramon!" said Metalgarurumon. "You escaped too?"

"Yes," said Bahadramon. "But Jack is still trapped, andthat other one, Michael, is with him."

"We've got to find Kazu before it's too late!" said Guardromon.

"And I have to locate Matt," said Metalgarurumon.

"Don't worry, I think that we can save them all by working together," said Bahadramon. "Just follow me!"

Bahadramon sped up and the other two kicked in their afterburners to follow. Back at the main battle, things were getting pretty intense. Rosemon came charging toward NightmareOmnimon from above at full speed, but he saw her approach and immediately twisted his body to face her. He lifted his left hand, armed his cannon, and fired. Rosemon came to a sudden stop, crossing her Rose Rapiers in front of her just in time to stop the bolt, but just because she had stopped it didn't mean it was no longer a threat. The thing had caught on her blades and was still pushing toward her. She had to fight with all her strength to keep it at bay. She dared not move, as even the slightest slip could cost her her life. Then, just when she thought she could hold on no longer, Valkyrimon stepped in with an awesome punch that sent the projectile skyward, away from its intended target.

"Thanks!" Rosemon gasped.

"Don't worry about it!" said Valkyrimon. "Just be ready to return the favor."

At that moment, Diaboromon took advantage of NightmareOmnimon's distraction and flung himself into the behemoth's torso, jabbing him as hard as he could with his elbow. NightmareOmnimon was was shoved back into the nearby building, but as he fell backwards he also made a counterattack, cracking Diaboromon across the face with an impressive kick. Diaboromon began to fall toward the street below, which was by then completely flooded with the D-Reaper. Acting quickly, Diaboromon held his arms straight out at his sides and launched his Cable Crusher, burying his claws in buildings on opposite sides of the street. Diaboromon came to an immediate halt and just hung there for a few moments. Seeing a rare chance, Valkyrimon moved in on NightmareOmnimon.

"Fenrir Sword!" shouted Valkyrimon as his sword once again began to radiate with a golden light.

NightmareOmnimon tried to move out of the way, but he just couldn't dodge quickly enough. Valkyrimon plunged his sword into NightmareOmnimon's armored chest, releasing the stored energy in his blade in a single explosion that seared NightmareOmnimon's internal structure and blew away entire sections from his metallic body. Clearly enraged, NightmareOmnimon sent out a wave of immense dark energy, catapulting Valkyrimon across the street and into another building. Valkyrimon was stunned upon smacking into the building and began to drop out of control to the teeming street below. Down he fell, faster and faster with every moment. Just seconds away from plunging into the red mass though, a red figure swooped in and plucked Valkyrimon from the snapping jaws of doom. Valkyrimon regained his composure a few seconds later and looked up at his savior to find that it was none other than Rosemon.

"Well you certainly didn't waste any time calling in that favor," said Rosemon.

"Hey, you know me," said Valkyrimon. "Punctual to a fault."

"You're gonna' have to fly on your own now," said Rosemon. "Diaboromon looks like he could use a hand."

"Right," said Valkyrimon, dropping free of Rosemon's grasp. "I'll keep him busy. You get Diaboromon."

Valkyrimon reached for his sword, but found it to be missing.

"What?!" Valkyrimon gasped. "Where did I—"

Valkyrimon quickly realized what had happened. He could vaguely recall seeing himself drop his sword after the blow from NightmareOmnimon. He could remember seeing his blade drop straight down into the writhing mass below.

"Well that's just great!" said Valkyrimon.

"Do you want me to handle NightmareOmnimon while you help Diaboromon?" Rosemon asked.

"No, I've got it covered," said Valkyrimon.

"Alright then," said Rosemon.

Rosemon sped off toward Diaboromon, who was still unable to extracate himself from his precarious hovering over the flowing river of D-Reaper. Unfortunately, Rosemon had to pass right by NightmareOmnimon, who was wading through the D-Reaper unharmed.

"You go nowhere…" NightmareOmnimon snarled as he saw Rosemon's approach.

"Hey NightmareOmnimon!" shouted Valkyrimon from up above.

NightmareOmnimon shifted his head to see his opponent, but he was met with a surprise when he did so as some kind of dart pierced his right eye, causing him to cry out in pain and take a step back. Rosemon whizzed right past him in that second.

"Aurvandil's Arrow!" shouted Valkyrimon, taking aim with his crossbow again.

Another shimmering bolt split the air, hurtling toward NightmareOmnimon and tearing into his left shoulder. NightmareOmnimon once again grimaced in pain. A stream of nearly black blood that poured from his wounded eye had stained his facemask.

"Aurvandil's Arrow!" Valkyrimon shouted again.

Valkyrimon fired again and again, each bolt driving itself into NightmareOmnimon's vile body, but not one of them seemed to have a true impact on him.

"Web Wrecker!"

"Rose Rapier!"

Two more attacks struck NightmareOmnimon from behind. Diaboromon had his claws dug tenaciously into NightmareOmnimon's back and was firing his Web Wrecker at point-blank range. Rosemon hacked and slashed at NightmareOmnimon for everything she was worth.

"Insects…" NightmareOmnimon grumbled. "Nothing more than INSECTS!"

NightmareOmnimon released another massive surge of energy, this one much more powerful than the last. All three attacking digimon were flung away from him, and even the red mass at his feet was repelled. A wave of distortion coursed up and down the vile creature's body, resealing his wounds as though they were nothing at all.

"Ready?!" called Bahadramon.

"Go for it!" Metalgarurumon shouted back.

Floating near the very top of the domineering skscraper, Bahadramon looked at his two allies far below, and then back at the side of the building. Even though all this was his plan, Bahadramon had serious doubts as to whether or not it would work.

"Here we go…" said Bahadramon. "Dragon Claw!"

Bahadramon grabbed ahold of the roof ledge with both claws and spread his wings wide and taut. With a mighty pull he began to drop like a stone, tearing away a strip the external wall as he dropped. This in turn caused much of the surrounding srurface to cave in on itself. Bahadramon dropped farther and faster, shaking more violently with every level that passed him by. Finally, after dropping nearly twenty stories, Bahadramon dug both of his feet into the wall, gradually slowing himself down for a further five stories before finally having slowed enough to push himself free of the building and back out into the open air just as the entire surface on that side of the building for the top twenty-five stories caved in on itself, revealing a solid wall of D-Reaper.

"Now, Metalgarurumon!" shouted Bahadramon.

"Metal Wolf Claw!" shouted Metalgarurumon, unleashing a stream of super-cold air and ice from his mouth.

The attack struck the surging red mass that had all but absorbed the skyscraper, freezing a vast amount of it totally solid.

"Guardian Barrage!" shouted Guardomon, firing off a few more missiles.

The missiles detonated upon contact with the frozen mass, shattering a great deal of it hurtling into the D-Reaper river in the street below. The ice that wasn't torn away was left in sharp, crystalline forms up and down the interior of the sructure. Though the effort had dealt with a significant amount of the D-Reaper, the building was still roughly seventy percent consumed in the body of the D-Reaper, and that amount was growing to fill in the gaps.

"Let's move in!" said Bahadramon.

Metalgarurumon, Bahadramon and Guardromon swooped in and quickly began to search different sections of the building with a great urgency. While rooting through the frozen remains of an office, Bahadramon picked up on a familiar smell. There was no doubt in his mind that Jack was nearby, so he quickly followed the scent, tearing his way through several walls to move as directly as possible. He followed the smell right up to a wall of red goo.

"Jack!" shouted Bahadramon. "Jack! Can you hear me?! Are you back there?!"

Bahadramon strained to hear something—anything. After a few tense moments of waiting, he finally made out a muffled reply.

"Hang on! I'll be right there!" Bahadramon shouted.

Bahadramon spread his wings, pulling them as far back as possible as he began charging himself with power. Beads of sweat began to run down his body as his muscles expanded and his tendons tightened. He dug his clawed feet into the ground and his fingers and tail began to twitch.

"Stand back!" Bahadramon yelled.

Sparks of energy began to appear around Bahadramon's limbs, and he knew that it was now or never. With one mighty unleashing of his energies, Bahadramon slammed his wings forward, pouring his accumulated power into a gale-force wind that hammered through not only the red mass, but also through every wall from where he stood to the outside of the building. A circular path of devastation left a clear view through which one could see the night skyline. Without wasting a second, Bahadramon dashed forward into the first room beyond where the D-Reaper wall had stood.

"Wow," said a familiar voice from off to the right. "I gotta' hand it to you, buddy. You sure know how to make an entrance."

"Jack!" said Bahadramon, turning to the right.

"Who else?" asked Jack, standing there in that self-confident way of his.

"What am I, chopped liver?" asked Michael, who stood beside him.

"Come on, we'd better move it," said Bahadramon. "We don't want to get trapped by the D-Reaper again."

"Right," said Jack with a nod.

"Lead the way," said Michael.

Meanwhile, NightmareOmnimon had Valkyrimon, Rosemon and Diaboromon up against the ropes. The three weary warriors landed on the roof of a nearby building to try to get a momentary breather, but their rest was cut short when NightmareOmnimon came at them with his Infernal Sword. With a heavy, vertical slice, NightmareOmnimon cleaved the structure in two. Diaboromon, Rosemon, and Valkyrimon had been lucky enough to dodge away from the attack, but now they were separated from each other and exhausted from the fight. NightmareOmnimon quickly set his sights on Rosemon as his first target. NightmareOmnimon lifted his Cataclysm Gun and aimed directly at her as she tried to fly up and away.

"Now you die!" NightmareOmnimon said with sadistic glee.

"Digi-Modify!" shouted a male voice from some unseen origin. "Hyper speed activate!"

Just as NightmareOmnimon squeezed off a shot a gray blur bolted through his line of fire and disappeared again with Rosemon. The figure reappeared on the roof of another building where Diaboromon and Valkyrimon had sat down to rest. The figure was none other than Cyberdramon. He gently helped Rosemon to sit down before releasing her and standing at ettention. NightmareOmnimon spun around and aimed his gun again, firing without hesitation at the group of four digimon. Just as the bolt was about to hit though, a mysterious fifth digimon appeared on the ledge in front of the digimon and with a single wave of her hand, a shield in a yin-yang pattern materialized before the digimon, deflecting NightmareOmnimon's attack, albeit with great difficulty. After absorbing the attack, the shield dissipated and the mysterious digimon collapsed onto one knee.

"Such power…" said the digimon. "I had no idea…"

"Who are you?" asked Valkyrimon.

"I am the Ultimate form of Renamon," said the digimon as she panted heavily. "You may call me Taomon."

"Your shield may have saved you once, but not again!" NightmareOmnimon snarled, preparing to fire again.

"Metal Wolf Claw!" yelled a familiar gruff voice.

A stream of ice raked across NightmareOmnimon's left hand, freezing his gun solid and rendering it inoperable. All eyes turned to Metalgarurumon, who had just arrived with Kenta, Joe, and Yamaki on his back, Guardromon with Kazu on one side, and Wargreymon carrying Henry, Suzie, Terriermon and Lopmon on the other. At about the same time, the shining figures of Seraphimon and Magnadramon made it onto the scene, with Magnadramon carrying Tai, Matt, Kari, TK, and Sora on her back. Bahadramon also showed up, carrying Jack and Michael on his back. Finally, the other digimon showed up almost simultaneously, led by Imperialdramon on whose back rode Davis, Ken, Ryo, and Rika. HerculesKabuterimon and GrandKuwagamon came in from the east. Preciomon and Metalseadramon came from the south. Phoenixmon and Vikemon came from the west, while MegaGargomon and Kerpymon rounded it off, coming from the north.

"NightmareOmnimon!" shouted Seraphimon. "The time for your sentencing is come at last! Now we shall all stop you together!"