Can't give anything away with this title, now can I? Hehe.



~In the Digital World~

Pixiemon had said it was only a two day walk through the tunnel but the trip ended up taking four days due to the fast that Pixiemon had forgotten how to turn on the lights in the cave.

"We're finally here!" Pixiemon proclaims when they come across a door underground.

"Thank goodness," Samantha says, "my feet were beginning to hurt from all of this walking and the cave is too small for Biyomon to digivolve."

Samantha looks over at Apemon and Daniel. Apemon was carrying Patamon piggy-back. Tapirmon had digivolved into Apemon so Daniel wouldn't slow them down since he tired easily. Tamamon had done the same for James. Wizardmon was too small to carry Brian. Samantha took some perverse pleasure that at least she wasn't the only human having to walk too much.

"Shall we knock?" Pixiemon asks just before hitting the door a few times with his staff. The door slowly begins to open. When their eyes adjust to the light inside of what was behind the door, they are shocked. Figures in robes were everywhere. Samantha was fairly sure they were human, or at least had a human appearance.

"Welcome to the place where your Digivices were made," Pixiemon says as he indicates the entire room with his left arm.


~In the Dark Ocean~


"How do we keep getting into these messes?" Jesse demands as he and Warriormon are hiding behind a rock. A group of Cyclonemon and a Megadramon had come across them and attacked them. Their combined firepower was too much for even Warriormon to handle on his own.

"I wish the others were here," Warriormon says, "we need help.

"They probably think we're dead," Jesse says glumly as he flinches as another Dark Side Attack shatters part of the rock they were hiding behind.

"Maybe so, but I do wish they were here all the same," Warriormon says as he leaps up from behind the rock and quickly fires a Warrior Beam from his sword. The attack hits one of the Cyclonemon and knocks it out for a little while.

"Hyper Heat!" the 23 remaining Cyclonemon called out, launching their intense fire attacks at the rock. Jesse could feel the rock beginning to melt through his back.

"If only I could figure out how you can digivolve again!" Jesse says as Warriormon hides beside him once again.

"Jesse, I don't know how much longer we can count on this rock protecting us in between our attacks on them," Warriormon says as he notices the rock beginning to glow from the intense heat it was holding.

"And there's nothing else we can use as a shield," Jesse says as he quickly scans the area visually. He draws the crest Weapon of Honor.

"Jesse, what are you thinking?" Warriormon demands.

"Since he can't hide, then we should attack them head on!" Jesse says as he prepares to launch himself over the rock.

"No Jesse!" Warriormon says, grabbing Jesse's left arm.

"You play the decoy," Jesse says as he shrugs off Warriormon's grip, "go for Megadramon."

"Fine, since we're dead anyway," Warriormon says with a smirk. He leaps atop the rock.

"Warrior Beam!" he calls out as he sends a powerful Warrior Beam attack at Megadramon. The attack knocks Megadramon back a bit, but it doesn't appear to faze him that much.

"Keep Megadramon busy!" Jesse yells as he leaps from behind the rock and goes for the nearest Cyclonemon.

He leaps out of the way as the Cyclonemon attacks with its Hyper Heat attack. Other nearby Cyclonemon do the same. Jesse zigs and zags through the oncoming Hyper Heat attacks until he is able to strike at the Cyclonemon that he was aiming for. He slices through its gut and follows up with a stab at its head. Another Cyclonemon fires a Hyper Heat at Jesse, who dodges it and causing the attack to hit the Cyclonemon that he had just attacked and destroy it.

The other Cyclonemon were now closing in for close range combat.

Meanwhile, Warriormon was dodging Megadramon's Dark Side Attack and firing off a Warrior Beam from his left hand while attacking with his Warrior Sword attack with the sword in his right hand.

The attacks were beginning to have an effect on Megadramon, but it wasn't the kind of effect that Warriormon was wanting. The attacks were making Megadramon very mad. Megadramon begins charging up for a big attack.

"Warrior Beam!" Warrior calls out as he fires a highly focused Warrior Beam at Megadramon through his sword. The attack slams into Megadramon's head, but it does minimal damage.

"Dark Side Attack!" Megadramon yells as he fires from the cannon on each arm.

~In the Digital World~

"This is where our Digivices were made?" James asks as he looks at the robed figures, "who are they?"

"They are the people who made your Digivices," Pixiemon says, "and they are the people who made the Tags and Crests."

"Actually, we haven't finished making the Crests yet," one of the hooded figures says as they approach them. He pulls back the hood. "Hello, my name is Gennai, and I'm glad you all made it here safely."

"My name is Brian," Brian says, "and this is my partner Wizardmon."

"Hello," Wizardmon says.

"My name is James," James says with a bow, "and this is… Eggmon." Tamamon de-digivolves in Eggmon right as James is introducing him.

"Hiya dude," Eggmon says.

"My name is Daniel, and this is Tapirmon!" Daniel says enthusiastically. Apemon de-digivolved as they walked through the door. Tapirmon bows.

"And this is my big sister Samantha and her partner Biyomon," Daniel says indicating Samantha and Biyomon.

"Hi," Biyomon says with a small bow.

"Wasn't there a fifth DigiDestined?" Gennai asks.

The humans and Digimon are silent.

"What happened?" Gennai asks gravely.

"Dragomon attacked while we were coming to Server," Pixiemon says, "he tried to pull us into the Dark Whirlpool. But Jesse somehow got Heromon to digivolve to his Ultimate form of MagnaWarriormon and the two of them sacrificed themselves pushing him through the Dark Whirlpool. I'm afraid he may be gone for good."

"I see," Gennai says gravely, his face obviously troubled, "this is very important. The Beast of Darkness wouldn't have sent Dragomon after you if he felt you weren't a threat to him. Dragomon is one of his most powerful and loyal servants. For the Beast to use Dragomon and risk him like that, then that means he's worried because you defeated Vilemon so easily. Frankly, we're all surprised you did so well."

"It's all thanks to the training that Jesse put our Digimon through before facing him," Brian says, "e wouldn't have made it this far without him."

"None of you would have made it this far without each other," Gennai says, "we must check to see if he's still alive. There are several worlds besides your and the Digital World, and the Dark Ocean is such a world. Few are able to create a portal to any of these other worlds, and we're the only ones who can create a portal toy our world at the moment. We can't send you home because we haven't gotten that far, but we were able to bring you here. We also had instructions on how to get you here, but not how to send you back."

"So we're stuck?" Samantha demands rudely.

"Pretty much," Gennai says unhappily, "at least until the Beast of darkness is defeated."

"Is the Beast of Darkness a Digimon, or what?" Brian asks.

"To tell the truth, we're not sure," Gennai says, "it can take the form of a Digimon and fight as a Digimon, but it is not a Digimon like other Digimon. Other Digimon aren't as pure evil as the Beast of Darkness is."

"Can we fight it like a Digimon?" Samantha demands.

"We believe it can be fought and defeated like a digimon, but you are nowhere near strong enough to defeat it as you are now," Gennai explains, "to defeat him, you need your Digimon to achieve the Ultimate level, maybe even the Mega level."

"So how do we do that?" Brian asks, "Jesse got Heromon to digivolve to his Ultimate level. How do we do it?"

"The Crest Weapon of Honor somehow responded to Jesse and gave Warriormon the power to digivolve to MagnaWarriormon," Gennai says thoughtfully, "but we have no idea how the Crest Weapons work. However, we have designed the Crests and the Tags that hold them to take the place of the Crest Weapons. They have defined properties and will respond to you if you look within yourselves to unleash their power."

"That explains nothing," Brian says.

"Nothing you can understand, at least," James mutters.

"Gennai, we have discovered an anomaly in the World of Dark Waters!" one of the other hooded figures say.

"What is it?" Gennai demands.

"There are two Digimon there that don't belong!" the figure says, "and something else but we don't know what it is."

"Bring it up on the screen," Gennai says.

A large screen lights up and a picture takes shape.

"Dragomon," Gennai mutters in shock.

Dragomon was slaughtering sea Digimon.

"Sir, we have now located the other two anomalies," the figure says, "they are in the same place. Bringing them up on screen."

The picture changes. It was Jesse and Warriormon fighting the Megadramon and the Cyclonemon!

"Jesse!" the humans gasp.

"I can't believe it," James says in total shock, "he's still alive. The odds that he would survive the Dark Whirlpool were astronomical!"

"Good thing you didn't tell Jesse that," Wizardmon says sarcastically.

"I don't think he would have listened," Tapirmon laughs, "same goes for Warriormon. Those two are too much alike."

"Which is what makes them such great partners," Gennai says, a concerned and exasperated look on his face, "try and find a way to get them back!"

"We can't sir!" the hooded figure says, "we don't have any connections there!"

"Darn it!" Gennai yells, "there is nothing we can do. They are on their own."

The groups watches helplessly as the see Warriormon and Jesse fight what was obviously a losing battle. Samantha shuts her eyes as Megadramon fires the attack that would surely destroy Warriormon and the Cyclonemon attack Jesse with their finishing blows.



Oooh, a cliffhanger. I thought it would be much later in the story when I would have one of these. Guess I was wrong. What will happen? Keep an eye out for the next chapter of 'Tale of the Original DigiDestined' to find out. Oh, and please review. I like reviews.