Dislcaimer: I don't own Digimon, Pokemon, or most of these characters.

Notes: this chapter is amazingly short, but has a GIANT twist!!! Be happy I broke my writer's block. Before this chapter, I was thinking about abandoning it.

Yukari: Eheh… I know I make mistakes, and it bugs the heck outa me. Thanks for offering, if you still want to, I'll be very greatful. ^_^

Cherry: Ya… him being ok *whistles and twiddles fingers* *small, evil snicker* It's undecided, like the ending is. Also, thanks for reviewing Eve105's stupid little poem. It means a lot. All of you who did, it really means a lot!!!!

Shiari: Thanks so much! I totally agree with you on the Rockerbaby thing. The stupid hypocrite… But the reason she flamed EVERY one of my stories without reading them was because I criticized her story. Bitch, huh?

Quantum Weather Butterfly: Thanks so much for reviewing that Rockerbaby's poem. It means a lot, it really, really does.

And thank you all for coming back. I was afraid that after a month you all lost interest.

Operation, Digidestined.

An old man studied the barren land around him. The ground was covered in ash from the fire, the small lake that once held water was now empty. There weren't any fish splashing, there weren't any birds swooping down, trying to catch them. His once beautiful home was reduced to rubble.

A small tear welled up in his caring eyes. He had seen many things through his life, but nothing like this. He never saw so much pain and torture.

How could the Dark Masters do this? He wondered. How could they kill these digimon? They never did anything. He exhaled, loudly. How could the group abandon us? They were smart. They could have made it through the digital gate. It was all a simple code. The man would have gone himself if he could have. But he was too old; he couldn't help anymore. If the children had gotten through the gate, they could have destroyed Myotismon. Then those damn Dark Masters wouldn't have been able to kill so much so easily.

"Was I wrong?" he asked the small figure in his arms. A small, red, baby-like creature. "Should I have sent them? Should they have stayed here? Myotismon was only a few seconds ahead of them if the real world. If he had waited a few days, even a few months they would have been ready. Myotismon would have had, what? Ten minutes at the most. Even for a monster that power, it was impossible for him to destroy the world in that amount of time. "Maybe I should have just told them the truth" he whispered. "Maybe then they would have realized why they were chosen"

The Digidestined hardly knew why they were chosen. Izzy had figured that it was because they all witness the incident at Heighten View Terrace. Didn't they ever wonder why that bird came and why they only witnessed it? The bird was coming for them! At one time, an evil digimon named Trellamon had tried taking over the world. That's when the first set of Digidestined had been sent. They were chosen at random. And while they beat Trellamon, he beat them as well. They faded into bits of data, never to be seen again.

But these Digidestined were the real thing. They were chosen before they were born- before their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents were born. At the beginning of time, a cult of Digimon named Dragonmon had created a prophecy. They had studied the stars and found that one day two worlds would collide. They found that a boy named Courage and a boy named Friendship would one day find each other. The prophecy was unclear after that. It went on to say something about "skies of coal and ground of limestone" then "beams of gold" and finally "a world of death" Of course the closing line was "Never wear Plaid with Horizontal Stripes"

"Bo" the small digimon broke the man's thought.

Gennai smiled.

"At least I could save you" he sighed once again. The area he was in once held all types of baby digimon and small digi-eggs. But not anymore. They were all destroyed.

Of course, you cannot destroy data. It is simply transferred to another area. Where, he did not know.

He started down the long road that would lead him to a hidden cave. There, a machine stood. It had the power to do the worst thing imaginable. When the Digidestined had been gone a week, Gennai had banished the thought if using it. But those weeks turned into months, and those months had finally totaled a year. He now bowed his head in defeat. The feeble old man continued down the road; he continued to walk towards the secret machine.

The machine that would get rid of the digivices.

~*~*~*~

Sora Takenouchi, Mimi Tachikawa, and Liv Valle had started down the road towards Pallet Town, home of the world famous Professor Oak. They had met up with Alex again, and he was chasing a Bulasaur, trying to catch it. They hadn't seen him in about an hour.

"Where do you think he went?" Mimi asked.

"Cinnabar Island?" Liv suggested, slightly joking.

"I got it!" the tall, dirty blonde haired boy yelled. He caught up with the girls and held up a small Pokeball.

"Cool" the group chorused.

"Hey, what happens if they aren't in Pallet Town?" Sora questioned, slightly worried.

"Then… I guess we'll have to start over" Liv considered the options. "Or we can see if those digivices of yours can detect anything on Cinnabar"

"Ok" the redhead nodded, and glanced at her digivice. Her eyes widened a little, and she yanked it off her bag. "Mimi, our signal isn't working anymore"

"Huh?" the blonde glanced at hers. "Maybe we're in a zone where it can't detect anything. Like a cell phone"

"Mimi, this isn't a cell phone. Gennai programmed these so this won't happen-"

"In the digital world. Don't get so worked up, I'm sure it will start working soon" Just as those words left Mimi's mouth, both devices started beeping rapidly.

"See"

"Sora!" a perky voice came.

"Biyomon!" Sora yelled as the pink bird ran out of the bushes.

"Palmon?" Mimi cautiously called.

"Mimi?" the plant creature wandered out. "Mimi!" the digimon were soon being held tightly in their Master's arms.

"You guys… there are others!" Liv screamed and hid behind Alex. She was correct, for after she yelled that, five other creatures poured out of the bushes.

~*~*~*~*~

The old man continued typing, gloves fingers flying over the keys. He was whispering something under his breath.

"Courage… no. Love… no. Hope… hope?" He continued searching the computer's files, eyes widening. "Oh no. TK"

"Bobo?" the red digimon tilted its head/body to the side, confused.

"Well lil guy, TK's device seems to be acting different. All the others are missing, I can't find the location. But they are all powered up. But his seems to have lost all its energy. Which means" He sighed, not wanting to say it. "He's dying. The other devices…the Digidestined must have been deleted before going through the vortex. But TK is… or was fine. He was our only hope"

"Isn't there any chance the other devices are just acting up?" a new voice came. Leomon.

"No. I'm sorry"

"What about their crests?" Gennai sighed, shaking his head.

"Whatever was on the other side must have taken the crests. Izzy's laptop also. I can't contact him"

"Does it have to end like this?" Leomon asked. The strong lion-type digimon never wanted to accept defeat. "Can't you give the Digidestined time to at least find the divices?"

"Leomon, if these digivices fall into the wrong hands, they can cause a lot of damage"

The man with a blonde mane hung his head.

"What do you think would happen if they did fall into the wrong hands?" Instead of answering him, Gennai turned in his chair, and pressed the enter key. Three words appeared on the screen.

~~~Operation Digidestined; Terminated~~~

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This is NOT the end of the fic!!!! It might be the middle. I haven't decided. If you're confused, e-mail me. I might be able to explain it more. Well, please review, and thanks for reading!