"The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends."- Cicero; De Amicitia, XVII.
Chapter 6: The Rising Storm
Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Nicholas was on duty at the Pentagon, although he didn't know why.
Nothing exciting has ever happened here in the U.S. The last exciting thing to happen is when a
computer virus in Japan launched two nuclear missiles at them and itself. Even now, the United
Nations is investigating to what has happened and they're still no closer to finding out then
they were when they started.
Suddenly an alarm sounded. Nicholas quickly checked his consol, and let out a few swear words.
He picked up a phone and dialed a four-digit number.
"Captain Reynolds? This is Nicholas down in radar control. I'm picking up something unusual..."
A few hours later, the control room of the Pentagon was filled with technicians, scientists, and
soldiers. Captain John Renalds was the shift commander and anything even remotely unusual was
immediately reported to him.
"Bennett, get Washington on the line, tell them to turn everything they have towards whatever the
hell that thing is. Sarah, contact the Japanese Government and the United Nations, I've got a
bad feeling about this. Nicholas, if that thing so much as winks, I want to know every single
detail about it. And someone get me some damn coffee!"
"Sir," a technician called. "I'm able to get a visual."
"Let's see it," Reynolds commanded.
"It's coming on now," one technician called. Over on a television monitor, the sky above Tokyo
came into view. There was a rainbow-colored stream of energy in the air.
"Sir, reports are coming in from New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. They're seeing the same
thing we're seeing. It's encompassing the world!"
"Damn," Renalds moaned. "Go to Defcon Two."
Paul Ishida has seemed some pretty unusual stuff in his days as Chief Producer of the Odaiba
Television Network, but this was the most unusual. He was helping Mark and Luke on a tourist
video for the Odaiba District when he looked up and saw the weird energy rift.
"What the hell is that?" Paul asked.
"Looks like space has a butt crack," Luke commented. Mark hit him in the back of his head.
"Not again," Paul moaned. It felt like a repeat of when Myotismon took over the television
station and that fog blocked them in. And like then, Paul knew that only Matt, T.K. and the
other Digidestined could repair this rip in space.
Davis had just about finished his hut when a strong wind picked up and blew it over.
"What the..." Veemon came running in from the forest.
"Davis, there's something wrong with the sky!" Veemon pointed up. Davis followed his gesture to
see a rainbow energy rip appearing.
"This is not good," Davis moaned.
The Hacker leaped up in joy. He did it; He found access to the power source of the creature that
defeated Diaboromon. Now he could use it to power up his macrovirus. On his monitor, he saw his
mainframe with a rainbow-colored streak running across it.
Gennai's sixth sense was tingling again. Something was way past off. He got onto his computer
and called up a satellite photo of the Digital World. There was a red line running across it.
"This is not good," he moaned.
Dark clouds began gathering in the Digital World. A monsoon began but this was worse. Lightning
struck in several places, knocking down a few trees. It caused Digimon to scatter in all
directions.
In Little Edo, Floramon, Otamamon and Musroomon gathered in Shogun Geckomon's castle for
protection from the harsh storm.
At Primary Village, Elecmon was struggling to get the baby Digimon to safety, but he knew he
couldn't do it alone. But help came in the forms of Centarumon, Andromon, and Monzaemon.
Monzaemon offered to take everybody to Toy Town where they would be safe in the buildings there.
In the deep forest, Leomon and Ogremon were having an intense battle. But the storm interrupted
that. They agreed to put aside their differences until they were in safety. They both ran for
cover, countering lightning blasts with their energy attacks.
In the arctic region of File Island, Frigimon and Mojyamon fought to protect the Gizamon from the
fierce lightning assault. Ikkakumon helped them.
Davis and Veemon huddled underneath a tree.
"We have to get a message to the real world!" Davis shouted over the wind that had begun to kick
up.
"How do we do that when we don't have a D-terminal?" Veemon asked.
"I don't know," Davis replied.
Davis looked up as Gennai's lake parting and the old man coming up.
"Davis, what are you doing here?" Gennai asked.
"Yolei left me in here for survival training," Davis replied cynically. He then outlined their
argument in detail.
"This isn't good. The Digital World could be destroyed any moment now. If we had a D-3, we
could've evacuated to Earth."
"Gennai is there any way for me to get back to my world without a D-3."
"I'm afraid not. Unless..."
"What? Tell me!" Gennai pointed up to the energy rift.
"The energy rift appears to be dimensional like the Digiport. Perhaps if you were to go through
it, you would come out on Earth."
"Or?"
"Or you would end up a bloody mess in the time-space continuum," Gennai said casually. Davis
moaned.
"Gennai, I want you to get Agumon and the other original Digimon over here quickly. Hopefully,
we'll be able to figure out what to do then."
"Right." Davis looked up at the energy rift and hoped that the others were all right.
Earth was not doing much better. Weather patterns became random and erratic all over the place.
Lightning started knocking down trees and some were strong enough to tear holes through
buildings.
The American Red Cross struggled to save the lives but even they couldn't be
everywhere. In fifteen minutes, over five hundred people in the United States were dead.
The Japanese Defense Force had set up camp just outside Kyoto. They had decided to risk it and
fire ICBMs at the energy rift. But before the missiles could reach their target, lightning blew
them into dust. It was like the energy rip was defending itself.
The Hacker heard lightning outside his window. He parted one of the blinds and saw the energy
rift. It looked just like the one on his computer. He then realized what was happening. While
he was gathering energy from wherever those monsters came from, an energy rift was forming
between his mainframe and Earth (he did not know about the Digital World). The Hacker took in
all that he saw.
"Cool," he commented excitedly and closed the blinds.
Izzy and Cody were back at Izzy's house after a while. Izzy received an email from Joe
containing the satellite images. Cody who merely looked out of Izzy's bedroom window confirmed
the energy rifts that Jim discovered.
"I was afraid this would happen again," Izzy said as he typed frantically at his keyboard. "The
barrier between the Digital World and Earth is breaking down again. It's just like what happened
three years ago when the Dark Masters took control of the Digital World."
"How can we stop it?" Cody asked.
"We can't stop it until we find out what's causing it. In the mean time, get on the horn and
warn everybody. Tell them to help out in whatever way they can."
Joe was very eager to become a doctor, so it would take nothing short of the end of the world to
make him give up his studying.
Unfortunately, that's exactly what was happening.
Joe read the email from Cody and threw down his textbook. He grabbed his digivice and ran out.
"Where are you going?" His father called after him.
"Break," Joe replied as he disappeared into the elevator. No sense in telling his father the
truth, at least not yet. Besides, this would be a good chance to put the skills he learned to
work.
Matt received Cody's email while he was at band practice.
"Hey, what is it, Ishida?" One of the other band members asked. "Is it from that Jun-chic
again?"
"No," Matt frowned. "Get everybody down to the cellar now."
"What about you?"
"I have to check on T.K.," Matt replied as he ran out.
"I've got to hand it to him," the band member said. "He's certainly protective over his
brother."
Izzy had taught Sora a lot about computers since they came back from the Digital World. That,
along with her good interacting skills made her the perfect candidate to teach the Junior
Computer Club. Now, if only the students could learn such skills. One of the students, Marcy
Nikamoto, was still late.
But at the moment, Sora was only halfway concentrating on the class. She was still thinking
about Tai. For one thing, there was that phone call she received earlier today. Maybe she
overreacted. Kari lived there too; maybe it was her who was calling. Maybe Mrs. Kamiya was
calling up her own mother.
Sora shook her head. It was primarily Tai's fault this happened, him acting so shallow and
ignorant, giving her a hair clip of all things. But her rational mind had a question: if she
hated Tai for giving her that tacky hair clip, why was she still carrying it around? Sora tried
telling herself that she just didn't have time to throw it away, but not even she believed
herself.
Sora sighed again as she heard thunder. She looked out the window and saw storm clouds. She
closed the window and drew the shades. If she looked a little higher, she could've seen a
rainbow-colored energy rift in the air.
The energy rift was causing worldwide panic. Darkness was in all parts of the globe.
Earthquakes were happening on the southern coast and torrential rain falls inNorth Africa.
Even in America, there were disasters. Mimi and Michael received Cody's email. They were
both too wound up to sleep and the energy rip and lightning storms weren't helping.
Especially since a tidal wave big enough to wipe out all of Manhattan was heading right for them.
Only one thing could stop it.
"Betamon, warp-digivolve to... Metal Seadramon!"
{Metal Seadramon is a mega-level Digimon,} Mimi reminded herself. {His river of power attack can
part the ocean itself and his tidal wave is the most powerful water attack a Digimon has. He
used to be our worst enemy. Is this him reformatted? Or is this a different one?} Metal
Seadramon dove into the water and using his jet thrusters, propelled himself towards the tidal
wave.
"River of power!" An intense blue energy beam shot out of Metal Seadramon's nose. The beam
struck right in front of the tidal wave causing another tidal wave to meet it. The two waves
mingled and counteracted each other. But some of the water was heading straight for Mimi and
Michael. Metal Seadramon quickly hurried back and encompassed his body around the two teenagers.
The waters rushed by them but his body was able to keep them from being sent to an early and
watery grave.
"Thanks, Metal Seadramon," Mimi said, petting the big snake-Digimon's underside. Metal Seadramon
dedigivolved to Demibetamon and landed in Michael's arms.
"Come on," Mimi said. "We need to find a computer and warn the others." Mimi nodded and hurried
with him, but she couldn't help but wonder if this was the end.
The Hacker was working on a project on his computer. He was applying the energies he was
retrieving from wherever the monsters came from to a program he was creating. Slowly, it began
to take shape. A huge half-bat, half-human creature, his body was a violet color with a strange
symbol on his chest. His legs were a metallic blue. Two bullhorns stuck up from his head. He
carried several weapons including mallet and arm blasters.
"Yes, a new virus program. Now, what should I call you?"
"I am Geddonmon," the creature introduced. "I was created from the energies of the Digital
World. As a result, I can summon Digimon and am impossible to destroy. Basically, I am God."
The Hacker chuckled. "Yes, with this, I'll get my revenge. Listen, Geddonmon, I want you to do
something for me."
"And that is?"
"I want you to destroy a company from the inside out."
"I'll do more than destroy them. I'll obliterate all trace of it."
"Good, here's the plan..."
Yolei had also received Joe's email containing the satellite photographs. She couldn't believe
this was happening. The death counts from the weather phenomenon was rising. Slowly, but it was
rising.
{I guess it is a good thing I left Davis in the Digital World,} she thought. {At least there
he'll be safe from all this chaos. I'm sure he'll thank me when this is all over.}
A beeping sound told her she had email. She opened the message and read it:
Yolei,
The Digital World is under siege by some unusual energy rip. It is causing Digimon to be
deleted faster than you can say 'Digi-doo-doo.' Davis is with us, but there is a chance
we won't survive if the energy rip remains open. Gennai wants you and the others to try
to figure out what's been going on and stop it from your end. We'll do whatever we can.
Oh, and Digitamamon says hi.
Tentomon
Yolei gasped at the email. The same thing was happening in the Digital World. Davis is no safer
there than he would be here. In fact, he's probably in mortal danger by being there. And she
has removed any hope he had of escaping to Earth.
Suddenly feeling nauseous, Yolei collapsed onto her bed and turned onto her front. If someone
had very good hearing, they would've heard crying.
"It's horrible, Izzy," Mimi said. "This rip is everywhere and it's causing global disasters.
Do you know what's causing it?" Mimi and Michael were on a direct computer video link to Izzy.
"I'm not exactly sure, Mimi," the redhead told her. "It's kind of like the time the Dark Masters
warped the Digital World."
The screens with Mimi and Michael on them then minimized and a new video screen appeared. This
time, it was Gennai.
"Izzy, listen up," Gennai said. "There's a strange energy rift encircling the Digital World."
"Oh no! The same thing is happening on Earth."
"What?" For once, Gennai was genuinely surprised, and scared. "This isn't good. It means all
our hard work is becoming undone!"
"Gennai," Mimi spoke up. Her video window maximized to the same size as Gennai's. "We've been
trying our best to cut down the losses but the disasters are overwhelming! At the last count,
there were over sixty-five deaths and over two hundred injuries!"
"There's only one way to stop the weather disasters," Gennai told the three. "It is to find the
Hacker and shut him down right now."
Cody then came running in. "Izzy, turn on the news!" Izzy accessed the television station's web
site and downloaded a streaming video.
"As you can see," a bodiless announcer said. "The creature has ignored everything and has been
heading for the Odaiba district. It has made no stop to explore other areas, which makes
military officials conclude that it has some sort of purpose. Some analysts have come to the
conclusion that the creature is possibly sentient. While it's unsure what goals this creature
has, it has left nothing but a path of destruction in its wake." The image the camera was
showing was of Geddonmon.
Mimi and Michael had seen the transmission as well. "This is horrible," Michael commented. "If
I was over there, I would personally see that the creature and the Hacker was brought to
justice!"
"Please, Michael, calm down," Demibetamon said as he stuck his face onto the screen.
"Yeah, Michael, calm down," Mimi agreed. "Being upset over it isn't going to make the situation
any better."
"I was afraid that something like this would happen," Gennai said solemnly. "The Hacker has
tapped into the very essence of the Digital World into creating this monster. If the creature
isn't destroyed, the essence will not return to the Digital World, the rifts will continue to
gain power and both worlds will be destroyed."
Suddenly, Mimi snapped her fingers. "I just remembered something! A few weeks ago, we were
doing current events in my social studies class. One of the articles we studied was about a
company that received a threatening letter."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Izzy asked.
"The sender of the letter warned the company that he or she will take his or her revenge on them
and the entire Net-Surfing community, in other words, everybody, by infecting their systems with
a powerful macrovirus when they least expect it."
"The Hacker," Michael realized.
"Mimi, this is important," Izzy said calmly. "What was the name of the company that the letter
was sent to?"
"I'm trying to remember, but I can't. Wait, the article was in International News so that means
that it didn't happen in America." Mimi gasped. "The origin of the article was from a Press
Service in Tokyo!"
Cody stared at Michael and Mimi and suddenly recalled Gennai's Digidestined Prophecy.
{'Sincerity relies on knowledge.' Mimi was the original bearer of the Crest of Sincerity, and
she's relying on her knowledge of the article to help us find out the Hacker's motives. The
prophecy is coming true!}
"Let's contact the other Digidestined and arrange a meeting," Izzy suggested. "And let's hope
T.K. comes out of his depression soon, otherwise we could all be in trouble."
Chapter 6: The Rising Storm
Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Nicholas was on duty at the Pentagon, although he didn't know why.
Nothing exciting has ever happened here in the U.S. The last exciting thing to happen is when a
computer virus in Japan launched two nuclear missiles at them and itself. Even now, the United
Nations is investigating to what has happened and they're still no closer to finding out then
they were when they started.
Suddenly an alarm sounded. Nicholas quickly checked his consol, and let out a few swear words.
He picked up a phone and dialed a four-digit number.
"Captain Reynolds? This is Nicholas down in radar control. I'm picking up something unusual..."
A few hours later, the control room of the Pentagon was filled with technicians, scientists, and
soldiers. Captain John Renalds was the shift commander and anything even remotely unusual was
immediately reported to him.
"Bennett, get Washington on the line, tell them to turn everything they have towards whatever the
hell that thing is. Sarah, contact the Japanese Government and the United Nations, I've got a
bad feeling about this. Nicholas, if that thing so much as winks, I want to know every single
detail about it. And someone get me some damn coffee!"
"Sir," a technician called. "I'm able to get a visual."
"Let's see it," Reynolds commanded.
"It's coming on now," one technician called. Over on a television monitor, the sky above Tokyo
came into view. There was a rainbow-colored stream of energy in the air.
"Sir, reports are coming in from New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. They're seeing the same
thing we're seeing. It's encompassing the world!"
"Damn," Renalds moaned. "Go to Defcon Two."
Paul Ishida has seemed some pretty unusual stuff in his days as Chief Producer of the Odaiba
Television Network, but this was the most unusual. He was helping Mark and Luke on a tourist
video for the Odaiba District when he looked up and saw the weird energy rift.
"What the hell is that?" Paul asked.
"Looks like space has a butt crack," Luke commented. Mark hit him in the back of his head.
"Not again," Paul moaned. It felt like a repeat of when Myotismon took over the television
station and that fog blocked them in. And like then, Paul knew that only Matt, T.K. and the
other Digidestined could repair this rip in space.
Davis had just about finished his hut when a strong wind picked up and blew it over.
"What the..." Veemon came running in from the forest.
"Davis, there's something wrong with the sky!" Veemon pointed up. Davis followed his gesture to
see a rainbow energy rip appearing.
"This is not good," Davis moaned.
The Hacker leaped up in joy. He did it; He found access to the power source of the creature that
defeated Diaboromon. Now he could use it to power up his macrovirus. On his monitor, he saw his
mainframe with a rainbow-colored streak running across it.
Gennai's sixth sense was tingling again. Something was way past off. He got onto his computer
and called up a satellite photo of the Digital World. There was a red line running across it.
"This is not good," he moaned.
Dark clouds began gathering in the Digital World. A monsoon began but this was worse. Lightning
struck in several places, knocking down a few trees. It caused Digimon to scatter in all
directions.
In Little Edo, Floramon, Otamamon and Musroomon gathered in Shogun Geckomon's castle for
protection from the harsh storm.
At Primary Village, Elecmon was struggling to get the baby Digimon to safety, but he knew he
couldn't do it alone. But help came in the forms of Centarumon, Andromon, and Monzaemon.
Monzaemon offered to take everybody to Toy Town where they would be safe in the buildings there.
In the deep forest, Leomon and Ogremon were having an intense battle. But the storm interrupted
that. They agreed to put aside their differences until they were in safety. They both ran for
cover, countering lightning blasts with their energy attacks.
In the arctic region of File Island, Frigimon and Mojyamon fought to protect the Gizamon from the
fierce lightning assault. Ikkakumon helped them.
Davis and Veemon huddled underneath a tree.
"We have to get a message to the real world!" Davis shouted over the wind that had begun to kick
up.
"How do we do that when we don't have a D-terminal?" Veemon asked.
"I don't know," Davis replied.
Davis looked up as Gennai's lake parting and the old man coming up.
"Davis, what are you doing here?" Gennai asked.
"Yolei left me in here for survival training," Davis replied cynically. He then outlined their
argument in detail.
"This isn't good. The Digital World could be destroyed any moment now. If we had a D-3, we
could've evacuated to Earth."
"Gennai is there any way for me to get back to my world without a D-3."
"I'm afraid not. Unless..."
"What? Tell me!" Gennai pointed up to the energy rift.
"The energy rift appears to be dimensional like the Digiport. Perhaps if you were to go through
it, you would come out on Earth."
"Or?"
"Or you would end up a bloody mess in the time-space continuum," Gennai said casually. Davis
moaned.
"Gennai, I want you to get Agumon and the other original Digimon over here quickly. Hopefully,
we'll be able to figure out what to do then."
"Right." Davis looked up at the energy rift and hoped that the others were all right.
Earth was not doing much better. Weather patterns became random and erratic all over the place.
Lightning started knocking down trees and some were strong enough to tear holes through
buildings.
The American Red Cross struggled to save the lives but even they couldn't be
everywhere. In fifteen minutes, over five hundred people in the United States were dead.
The Japanese Defense Force had set up camp just outside Kyoto. They had decided to risk it and
fire ICBMs at the energy rift. But before the missiles could reach their target, lightning blew
them into dust. It was like the energy rip was defending itself.
The Hacker heard lightning outside his window. He parted one of the blinds and saw the energy
rift. It looked just like the one on his computer. He then realized what was happening. While
he was gathering energy from wherever those monsters came from, an energy rift was forming
between his mainframe and Earth (he did not know about the Digital World). The Hacker took in
all that he saw.
"Cool," he commented excitedly and closed the blinds.
Izzy and Cody were back at Izzy's house after a while. Izzy received an email from Joe
containing the satellite images. Cody who merely looked out of Izzy's bedroom window confirmed
the energy rifts that Jim discovered.
"I was afraid this would happen again," Izzy said as he typed frantically at his keyboard. "The
barrier between the Digital World and Earth is breaking down again. It's just like what happened
three years ago when the Dark Masters took control of the Digital World."
"How can we stop it?" Cody asked.
"We can't stop it until we find out what's causing it. In the mean time, get on the horn and
warn everybody. Tell them to help out in whatever way they can."
Joe was very eager to become a doctor, so it would take nothing short of the end of the world to
make him give up his studying.
Unfortunately, that's exactly what was happening.
Joe read the email from Cody and threw down his textbook. He grabbed his digivice and ran out.
"Where are you going?" His father called after him.
"Break," Joe replied as he disappeared into the elevator. No sense in telling his father the
truth, at least not yet. Besides, this would be a good chance to put the skills he learned to
work.
Matt received Cody's email while he was at band practice.
"Hey, what is it, Ishida?" One of the other band members asked. "Is it from that Jun-chic
again?"
"No," Matt frowned. "Get everybody down to the cellar now."
"What about you?"
"I have to check on T.K.," Matt replied as he ran out.
"I've got to hand it to him," the band member said. "He's certainly protective over his
brother."
Izzy had taught Sora a lot about computers since they came back from the Digital World. That,
along with her good interacting skills made her the perfect candidate to teach the Junior
Computer Club. Now, if only the students could learn such skills. One of the students, Marcy
Nikamoto, was still late.
But at the moment, Sora was only halfway concentrating on the class. She was still thinking
about Tai. For one thing, there was that phone call she received earlier today. Maybe she
overreacted. Kari lived there too; maybe it was her who was calling. Maybe Mrs. Kamiya was
calling up her own mother.
Sora shook her head. It was primarily Tai's fault this happened, him acting so shallow and
ignorant, giving her a hair clip of all things. But her rational mind had a question: if she
hated Tai for giving her that tacky hair clip, why was she still carrying it around? Sora tried
telling herself that she just didn't have time to throw it away, but not even she believed
herself.
Sora sighed again as she heard thunder. She looked out the window and saw storm clouds. She
closed the window and drew the shades. If she looked a little higher, she could've seen a
rainbow-colored energy rift in the air.
The energy rift was causing worldwide panic. Darkness was in all parts of the globe.
Earthquakes were happening on the southern coast and torrential rain falls inNorth Africa.
Even in America, there were disasters. Mimi and Michael received Cody's email. They were
both too wound up to sleep and the energy rip and lightning storms weren't helping.
Especially since a tidal wave big enough to wipe out all of Manhattan was heading right for them.
Only one thing could stop it.
"Betamon, warp-digivolve to... Metal Seadramon!"
{Metal Seadramon is a mega-level Digimon,} Mimi reminded herself. {His river of power attack can
part the ocean itself and his tidal wave is the most powerful water attack a Digimon has. He
used to be our worst enemy. Is this him reformatted? Or is this a different one?} Metal
Seadramon dove into the water and using his jet thrusters, propelled himself towards the tidal
wave.
"River of power!" An intense blue energy beam shot out of Metal Seadramon's nose. The beam
struck right in front of the tidal wave causing another tidal wave to meet it. The two waves
mingled and counteracted each other. But some of the water was heading straight for Mimi and
Michael. Metal Seadramon quickly hurried back and encompassed his body around the two teenagers.
The waters rushed by them but his body was able to keep them from being sent to an early and
watery grave.
"Thanks, Metal Seadramon," Mimi said, petting the big snake-Digimon's underside. Metal Seadramon
dedigivolved to Demibetamon and landed in Michael's arms.
"Come on," Mimi said. "We need to find a computer and warn the others." Mimi nodded and hurried
with him, but she couldn't help but wonder if this was the end.
The Hacker was working on a project on his computer. He was applying the energies he was
retrieving from wherever the monsters came from to a program he was creating. Slowly, it began
to take shape. A huge half-bat, half-human creature, his body was a violet color with a strange
symbol on his chest. His legs were a metallic blue. Two bullhorns stuck up from his head. He
carried several weapons including mallet and arm blasters.
"Yes, a new virus program. Now, what should I call you?"
"I am Geddonmon," the creature introduced. "I was created from the energies of the Digital
World. As a result, I can summon Digimon and am impossible to destroy. Basically, I am God."
The Hacker chuckled. "Yes, with this, I'll get my revenge. Listen, Geddonmon, I want you to do
something for me."
"And that is?"
"I want you to destroy a company from the inside out."
"I'll do more than destroy them. I'll obliterate all trace of it."
"Good, here's the plan..."
Yolei had also received Joe's email containing the satellite photographs. She couldn't believe
this was happening. The death counts from the weather phenomenon was rising. Slowly, but it was
rising.
{I guess it is a good thing I left Davis in the Digital World,} she thought. {At least there
he'll be safe from all this chaos. I'm sure he'll thank me when this is all over.}
A beeping sound told her she had email. She opened the message and read it:
Yolei,
The Digital World is under siege by some unusual energy rip. It is causing Digimon to be
deleted faster than you can say 'Digi-doo-doo.' Davis is with us, but there is a chance
we won't survive if the energy rip remains open. Gennai wants you and the others to try
to figure out what's been going on and stop it from your end. We'll do whatever we can.
Oh, and Digitamamon says hi.
Tentomon
Yolei gasped at the email. The same thing was happening in the Digital World. Davis is no safer
there than he would be here. In fact, he's probably in mortal danger by being there. And she
has removed any hope he had of escaping to Earth.
Suddenly feeling nauseous, Yolei collapsed onto her bed and turned onto her front. If someone
had very good hearing, they would've heard crying.
"It's horrible, Izzy," Mimi said. "This rip is everywhere and it's causing global disasters.
Do you know what's causing it?" Mimi and Michael were on a direct computer video link to Izzy.
"I'm not exactly sure, Mimi," the redhead told her. "It's kind of like the time the Dark Masters
warped the Digital World."
The screens with Mimi and Michael on them then minimized and a new video screen appeared. This
time, it was Gennai.
"Izzy, listen up," Gennai said. "There's a strange energy rift encircling the Digital World."
"Oh no! The same thing is happening on Earth."
"What?" For once, Gennai was genuinely surprised, and scared. "This isn't good. It means all
our hard work is becoming undone!"
"Gennai," Mimi spoke up. Her video window maximized to the same size as Gennai's. "We've been
trying our best to cut down the losses but the disasters are overwhelming! At the last count,
there were over sixty-five deaths and over two hundred injuries!"
"There's only one way to stop the weather disasters," Gennai told the three. "It is to find the
Hacker and shut him down right now."
Cody then came running in. "Izzy, turn on the news!" Izzy accessed the television station's web
site and downloaded a streaming video.
"As you can see," a bodiless announcer said. "The creature has ignored everything and has been
heading for the Odaiba district. It has made no stop to explore other areas, which makes
military officials conclude that it has some sort of purpose. Some analysts have come to the
conclusion that the creature is possibly sentient. While it's unsure what goals this creature
has, it has left nothing but a path of destruction in its wake." The image the camera was
showing was of Geddonmon.
Mimi and Michael had seen the transmission as well. "This is horrible," Michael commented. "If
I was over there, I would personally see that the creature and the Hacker was brought to
justice!"
"Please, Michael, calm down," Demibetamon said as he stuck his face onto the screen.
"Yeah, Michael, calm down," Mimi agreed. "Being upset over it isn't going to make the situation
any better."
"I was afraid that something like this would happen," Gennai said solemnly. "The Hacker has
tapped into the very essence of the Digital World into creating this monster. If the creature
isn't destroyed, the essence will not return to the Digital World, the rifts will continue to
gain power and both worlds will be destroyed."
Suddenly, Mimi snapped her fingers. "I just remembered something! A few weeks ago, we were
doing current events in my social studies class. One of the articles we studied was about a
company that received a threatening letter."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Izzy asked.
"The sender of the letter warned the company that he or she will take his or her revenge on them
and the entire Net-Surfing community, in other words, everybody, by infecting their systems with
a powerful macrovirus when they least expect it."
"The Hacker," Michael realized.
"Mimi, this is important," Izzy said calmly. "What was the name of the company that the letter
was sent to?"
"I'm trying to remember, but I can't. Wait, the article was in International News so that means
that it didn't happen in America." Mimi gasped. "The origin of the article was from a Press
Service in Tokyo!"
Cody stared at Michael and Mimi and suddenly recalled Gennai's Digidestined Prophecy.
{'Sincerity relies on knowledge.' Mimi was the original bearer of the Crest of Sincerity, and
she's relying on her knowledge of the article to help us find out the Hacker's motives. The
prophecy is coming true!}
"Let's contact the other Digidestined and arrange a meeting," Izzy suggested. "And let's hope
T.K. comes out of his depression soon, otherwise we could all be in trouble."