"Kindness is a language which the deaf man can hear and the blind man read." -Mark Twain
Chapter 8: Digidestined Assemble
"Yolei had no right," Davis told Agumon, Gomamon, Tentomon, and Gabumon. "I admit, I can be a
real dunderhead sometimes. All right, all the time, but still, she should've left me my D-3 and
D-terminal so that I would have some protection. Even though the Control Spires are no longer a
problem, there are still dangers here." Davis thought that by talking to the original Digimon
about it, they could help him discover why Yolei was such a dunderhead in isolating him there.
It had been a few hours since Davis was first left here. Since then, he was too busy trying to
help the Digimon into safe havens.
"The Digital World isn't as safe as one would think," Agumon said, partially agreeing with him.
"Survival of the fittest, eat or be eaten and all that jazz."
"Sometimes she makes me so mad that I..." To illustrate, Davis slammed his fist on the ground.
"What I want to know is why me?"
"Maybe because she likes you," Agumon suggested.
"Likes me! Ha, that's a laugh! She's an annoying, obnoxious, loud-mouthed, ego-centered..."
"Sounds more like you," Gomamon commented.
Davis was about to belt him one when he realized that he was right. That did describe him to a
'T.' Davis could recall what she said just before she left 'I have faith in you.' But if she did
like him, why would she put him through this?
As if he could sense his thought, Gabumon said, "she must like you otherwise she wouldn't have
done all this."
"Makes sense to me," Tentomon agreed.
"Do you like her?" Gomamon asked.
"No, I... well maybe a little... why should I like her, she put me through this! She's always
showing off her intelligence and commenting on how stupid I am. Why would I like her if she's
all that and a bag of chips?" Davis then remembered what Gennai said earlier: "sometimes, who
you're looking for is closer than you think." He did know who was Davis' type, Yolei. But he
wanted Davis to figure it out himself, accomplish something on his own. Now Davis kicked himself
for not realizing it earlier. Maybe he did... care about her, but he convinced himself that he
cared about her only in the same manner as he does for Cody, Ken, and even T.K. to a certain
extent.
{Yeah,} he thought. {It's nothing but a 'war buddies' type of relationship.} Somehow, that
argument didn't sound very convincing.
"Hey, Veemon and Biyomon are coming back and they have somebody with them," Gomamon
informed the group. His sensitive ears picked up wing flaps and footsteps. Everybody looked up
to see the two Digimon running (or in Biyomon's case, flying) towards them. With them
were Mimi, Michael, and Betamon.
"We're glad you're here," Agumon said to the humans. "Things have really intensified in Japan."
"We know, they aren't too good in America," Michael said. A bolt of lightning struck near them.
"Or here," added Tentomon.
"The only way to stop this is to defeat the Hacker's creation, Geddonmon," Gabumon briefed.
"Then let's get over there," Betamon said jumping up and down.
"Wait," Mimi halted. "We're still waiting for someone."
"Who?" Everybody asked.
"Me." Willis stepped into the clearing where they were, Terriermon on his head and Lopmon on
his shoulder.
Tai, Yolei, T.K., Ken, Poromon, Minomon, Patamon, and Gatomon met up with Cody, Izzy, Upamon,
Joe, and Matt.
"Hey, little bro, you okay?" Matt asked.
"I'll be fine once everything is back to normal," T.K. replied with a smile. "But we have a
problem, without Davis, we don't have Paildramon and without Angewomon, our strength is
definitely depleted." Yolei suddenly found something interesting on the ground. T.K.
immediately realized what he said. It sounded like he was accusing Yolei for what Davis was
going through. "Oh, Yolei, I'm sorry."
Yolei looked up and smiled. "It's all right, T.K. You didn't hurt me or anything." But
truthfully, Yolei was hurt. It was her fault Davis wasn't with them. If they were, maybe they
would be able to confront Geddonmon.
"I think we'll just have to rely on what we have. Davis will just have to join us when he can,"
Izzy said logically. "Let's go."
"Poromon, digivolve to... Hawkmon! Hawkmon, digivolve to... Aquilamon!"
"Upamon, digivolve to... Armadillomon! Armadillomon, digivolve to... Ankylomon!"
"Minomon, digivolve to... Wormmon! Wormmon, digivolve to... Stingmon!"
"Patamon, digivolve to... Angemon!" The champion Digimon stood in Geddonmon's path.
"Who dares disrupt my mission?" Geddonmon asked.
"We're the Digidestined," Tai announced. "And we're not going to let you destroy our world!"
"Your world is insignificant, only my goal is important."
"What is your goal?" Izzy asked out of curiosity.
"I must destroy the Noriyama Nuclear Power Plant."
"But by destroying that, over half of Tokyo will be without power!" Yolei protested.
"Not only that, but the explosion would wipe out half of Odaiba INCLUDING Highton View Terrace!" Tai added.
"That is my mission and I will succeed."
"Not if we have anything to say about it," Stingmon said. His shoulder spikes opened and an
energy needle popped out.
"Spiking Strike!" Geddonmon dodged and elbowed Stingmon in the back.
"Tail Hammer!" Ankylomon swung his tail, which Goddramon grabbed and flung back.
"Grand Horn!" Geddonmon jumped and landed on Aquilamon.
"Hand of Fate!" Geddonmon held up Aquilamon who took the blunt of the energy blast.
"I do not have time to waste playing games," Goddramon said. "I call upon the Digimon of
Destruction! Sagittarimon!" A cross between Flamedramon and Centarumon appeared holding a bow.
"Lynxmon!" A large cat on fire appeared from an alleyway.
"Panjyamon!" Panjyamon looked a lot like Leomon except his color was white.
"Feratumon!" A demon-looking creature with wings, horns, and one hand much bigger than the other
flew down from the sky.
"He can make Digimon out of thin air!" Tai gasped.
"No, those Digimon already exist," Gatomon explained. "He just pulled them from the Digital
World."
"Izzy, do you have your laptop?" Tai asked.
"Yeah, I don't go anywhere without it."
{Good old Izzy,} Tai thought. "Good. Look up these Digimon."
"I'm on it." Izzy placed his laptop down on a bench and began typing. Profiles of the Digimon
appeared on all four corners of the screen.
"All right, Sagittarimon is a horse Digimon similar to Centarumon. His weapon is his judgment
arrow made of chrome digizoid.
"Lynxmon is a cat Digimon whose fire powers are on par, if not succeeding Flamedramon.
"Panjyamon is an ultimate Digimon with an Ice Beast Fist attack.
"Feratumon is a demon Digimon with intense destructive powers."
Tai immediately took charge. "All right, have Angemon take on Feratumon, Stingmon take on
Panjamon, Aquilamon take on Lynxmon and Ankylomon take care of Sagittarimon."
"Tai, what about me?" Gatomon asked.
"Gatomon, you'll be called in if he pulls another Digimon out of subspace or wherever he pulls
them out of." Gatomon fumed. She knew the truth, without Kari, she's useless. Tai was trying
to protect her, but she didn't want to be protected, she wanted to do the protecting.
Angemon and Feratumon both sailed into the air.
"Your powers are nothing compared to mine," Feratumon declared. "Pandemonium Flare!" An intense
fire blast launched at Angemon who merely banked to avoid it.
"Hand of Fate!" Feratumon mimicked Angemon's movement.
"Melting Blood!" Feratumon's hand was energized with acid and he launched a punch at Angemon.
"Protection!" Angemon's wings came together to reflect the blast. Angemon flew in and tried to
punch Feratumon. Feratumon blocked the punch and backhanded Angemon. Angemon backed up and
moved in again. In mid-air, Feratumon judo-flipped Angemon and the Angel Digimon went down.
"Thermal Mane!" Flames emitted from Lynxmon's coat and encircled Aquilamon. Aquilamon flew up
to avoid the flames.
{I'm going to have to attack from afar,} Aquilamon thought. "Blast Rings!" Lynxmon just plowed
through it and pounced on Aquilamon.
"Ice Beast Fist!"
"Spiking Strike!" From afar, it looked like Stingmon and Panjyamon would punch each other's
fists. But in fact, Panjyamon was emitting an ice blast and Stingmon had a needle coming out of
his wrist. The two attacks struck one another and forced both warriors back. Panjyamon lunged at
Stingmon and grappled with the insect Digimon. Stingmon kicked Panjyamon back but Panjyamon
leaped at him again. Stingmon lifted into the air but a quick jump and grabbed of the leg pulled
him back down.
"Judgment Arrow!" Ankylomon barely dodged in time. He knew that Sagittarimon's arrow could hurt
him, even in his armored mode.
"Tai, I just realized something," Izzy called. "With the exception of Feratumon, none of the
Digimon attacking us are viruses! In fact, they are all vaccine!"
"That means... that means that we can't destroy them." Yolei paled. If they resulted to murder,
then they would sink to a low that not even Ken was at when he was the Digimon Emperor. They
would turn into viruses themselves!
"Evamon!" Geddonmon called. Out of the shadows an unusual Digimon stepped. He moved on several
tentacles and was clad in full body armor. Several tentacles were attached to a blaster, another
tentacle attached to a strange device.
"Izzy..."
"I'm on it! Evamon is a Cyborg Digimon, a fully-digivolved version of Vadermon. His attacks are
Brain Drain and Strata-Blaster."
"He's mine," Gatomon announced as she leaped at Evamon. "Lightning Paw!"
"Strata-Blaster!" Evamon fired his blaster and nailed Gatomon in the stomach. The cat was
thrown back but Yolei jumped up and caught her.
"Evamon is a mega-Digimon," Izzy informed her. "Gatomon is just a champion."
"Brain Drain!" Energy circles came out of Ebemon's device and struck Yolei. Yolei screamed and
then froze.
"Strata-Blaster!"
Tai had to think fast. He ran up and grabbed both Yolei and Gatomon and pulled them over to the
humans before the blasts could hit.
"Willis, good to see ya'," Davis said.
"Likewise, Davis. Hey, I'm sorry about Kari."
"Me too," Terriermon agreed. "She was nice to me after we freed Lopmon from that computer
virus."
"Thanks, guys. She would've liked to know that all her friends are standing together."
"And the friends that stand together ride together," Gennai quipped as he came up to everyone.
"It's ready, follow me." Mimi, Michael, Davis, Willis, and the Digimon followed Gennai down to
the lake where a trolley stood waiting for them.
"I never thought I'd see this again," Agumon said referring to the trolley car that the original
Digidestined used to go home during their first trip to the Digital World.
"I briefed Davis on how to use it," Gennai told. "Everybody inside." Everybody complied with
Gennai's instructions except for Biyomon.
"What's wrong, Biyomon?" Veemon asked.
"I'm just worried that Sora might not be there," the Digimon said sadly. "She wasn't here when
they came to get Davis and the others back from the Internet. I'm beginning to think she doesn't
like me any more."
"Biyomon, we need you," Palmon pleaded. "You're just as important as any one of us."
"And Sora does love you," Agumon added. "It was you who helped healed the gap between her mother
and herself. She's thankful to you for that."
"Please, Biyomon, come with us," Gomamon said. Because he was the shortest, it seemed like his
voice was coming from out of the blue but in fact, you couldn't see him from outside the trolley.
It would've been funny if this was any other situation.
"All right." Biyomon hopped into the trolley and took a seat between Agumon and Tentomon.
"Everybody ready?" Davis called from the driver's seat.
"Yes," the others chorused.
"Then here we go." Davis pulled a lever and the trolley started to move, gliding up as it went
along an invisible track. As the trolley approached the energy rift, it started to shake.
Lightning began hitting it. A small hole appeared in the back of the trolley. Lopmon quickly
covered it with his body.
"I don't think this trolley was meant for inter-dimensional travel," he commented.
"Tell me about it," Terriermon said as he covered up another hole in the floor. Some of the
other Digimon tried to repair holes that were appearing. Some of the other Digimon tried to
repair holes that were appearing.
"Guys, I don't think we're going to make it," Willis said.
"We have to," Davis said determinably. "If we don't, everybody could die!" The shaking got
worse and worse, it actually seemed like it would come apart at the seems. Then it did.
"Oh no!" Michael shouted as he felt the floor give away.
Mimi screamed.
"Yolei, are you all right?" Tai said. Yolei just stood there, eyes staring straight ahead, yet
not even staring. "Yolei, talk to me, say something, anything."
"Yolei, talk to us," Cody pleaded. He tugged at her sleeve. "Yolei, please talk to me." Still,
Yolei stood there, frozen stiff.
"Izzy, look up Evamon's Brain Drain on your Digimon Analyzer."
"Right." Izzy pulled up the profile and began reading the specifics on the attack. "This is
bad. Evamon's Brain Drain freezes up a person's advanced motor functions the same way a computer
screen would freeze from too much data. It causes severe doubt and fear in the target, whether
it be human or Digimon."
"We're dropping like flies," Matt commented. "Kari, Yolei, maybe even Davis."
"Davis..." That word escaped from Yolei's lips.
"Yolei, remember me?" Cody asked. "Come on, Yolei, you've known me since we were both kids.
It's me, Cody."
"Cody..."
"She remembers names, Evamon's attack must have not been as severe as we thought." Joe
commented.
"Not really," Izzy said. "It's like her brain's been wiped clean and is now storing new data."
"But she's still under the spell of Evamon's Brain Rape."
"Tai, Cody," Ken called. "Look." The others looked just in time to see Aquilamon, Ankylomon,
Angemon, and Stingmon fall from their battles with Geddonmon's flunkies. They became Hawkmon,
Armadillomon, Patamon, and Wormmon. Tai, Cody, Ken, and T.K. ran and picked up the Digimon and
quickly brought them back to the group.
"You okay, Patamon."
"Sorry I wasn't able to defeat him, T.K.," Patamon apologized.
"You tried your best. Besides, I would rather have you lose a battle than lose another best
friend."
"All of you tried your best," Tai agreed. Hawkmon looked at Yolei and quickly realized what
happened. He leaped from Tai's arms and ran over to Yolei.
"Yolei, speak to me. Yolei, wake up. Wake up! It's me, Hawkmon."
"Hawkmon..."
"Your time is up, Digidestined." It was from Feratumon who slowly approached him along with
Lynxmon, Evamon, Panjyamon, and Sagittarimon. "Our master has given us orders to destroy you.
And destroy you we will." The Digidestined back-stepped away from the hench-Digimon.
Yolei's pocket began to shine an indigo blue. It was coming from Davis' D-3. But then it
stopped.
"What was that all about?" Ken questioned.
"Something must have happened to Davis," Joe gasped. Nobody wanted to guess what, but they were
all thinking the same thing (except for Yolei who couldn't really think at the moment). Did
Davis join Kari in the afterlife?
"Davis..." Yolei repeated. It was like she was trying the name out. The evil Digimon were
getting closer and closer.
"Oh man, we're going to need a miracle to get out of this one," Matt voiced.
Suddenly four energy blasts struck the back of Panjamon's head and the lion Digimon went down to
one knee. Everybody turned to see two figures descend from the skies, or rather two figures that
were carrying two other figures. It was Lopmon and Terriermon, and they were carrying Agumon and
Gabumon. They were using their ears like parachutes, riding the thermals down to them.
"You did ask for a miracle," Tai told Matt as he waved his hands.
"Pepper Breath!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Bunny Blast!"
"Blazing Ice!" The four Digimon fired again and strafed the evil Digimon.
More figures began descending from the direction of the energy rift. Biyomon, who was carrying
Palmon and Tentomon who was carrying Gomamon. The flying Digimon dropped their cargo right into
the arms of their Digidestined partner.
"I can't believe you guys made it," Tai said as he hugged Agumon.
"We couldn't let you guys have all the fun," Agumon replied.
"How did you guys get here?" Joe asked.
"Let's just say we hitched a ride," Gomamon answered.
"A touching reunion," Lynxmon commented. "But it's still no good."
"Just try us," Agumon said as the Digimon stood in front of the Digidestined.
"Wait," Feratumon said. "Let them get off an attack and then kill them."
"Pepper Breath!"
"Spiral Twister!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Marching Fishes!"
"Poison Ivy!"
"Boom Bubble!"
"Hawk Beak!"
"Silk Thread!"
"Bunny Blast!"
"Blazng Ice!" The attacks hit them head on. The evil Digimon emerged with bruises but nothing
more.
"Hey, they're not bad," Panjyamon commented.
"Yeah, but it'll take more than that to stop us," Sagittarimon said.
"Evamon, turn them into mindless drones!"
"With pleasure." Ebemon took position at center of the group. "Brain..."
"River of Power!" A blue energy beam hit Evamon and he dissolved. Again, everybody looked up as
Metal Seadramon descended from the sky like an avenging angel. With him was Exveemon, who was
holding Michael, Mimi, Willis, and Davis.
"It's Davis!" Matt called excitedly. "And he bought reinforcements. Exveemon landed and
released the group.
"So that's why Davis' D-3 glowed," Izzy realized. "Veemon was close enough to it to digivolve.
I guess the energy rift extended the D-3's powers." Metal Seadramon also landed and became
Betamon.
"Davis, what happened to you?" Tai asked.
Davis explained, "Well we were suppose to ride here vie the trolley. But the travel made it fall
apart. At the last moment, Betamon warp-digivolved and carried us through the rift. Once we saw
you guys were in trouble, we sprang into action."
"Well, we're glad you're here." Davis then saw the group and Yolei. "Oh my God, Yolei! Joe,
what happened to her?"
"She was hit by Evamon's Brain Rape. She knows names, but nothing else." Davis grabbed Yolei's
shoulders and shook her hard.
"Yolei, snap out of it! Come on, Yolei, it's me, Davis."
"Davis..."
"We need to bring her out of it," Izzy said. "Something to jump-start her."
Davis thought for a moment.
"Maybe we could dump cold water on her," T.K. suggested.
"Good idea, know where we can get a bucket," Matt replied dryly.
"Want me to become Endigomon and shake her?" Lopmon offered.
"We don't want her head to fall off," Willis told his buddy.
"I have it," Davis said.
"What?" Everyone asked. Davis planted a big kiss on Yolei's lips. Everybody was awestruck.
For a second, they thought that Davis was replaced with a doppelganger or something. When Davis
pulled back, Yolei blinked her eyes and shook her head.
"Davis? Davis!" Yolei embraced him. "Davis, I'm sorry about leaving you in the Digital World.
When Tentomon told me what was going on, I feared the worse."
"Come on, Yolei. You of all people should know it's not that easy to get rid of me." Seeing
Yolei's facial expression, Davis said, "It's all right, Yolei, I'm fine, everyone's here."
"Everyone?" It was then that Yolei realized that Michael, Willis, Mimi, and the original Digimon
joined the group.
"Excuse me for a moment." Davis turned to T.K. For a moment, the others thought that he was
going to lash out at him again, then Davis held out his hand. T.K. looked confused.
"T.K., I want to apologize," Davis said. "I was so mad about losing Kari that I lashed out
aimlessly. In my rage, I figured you would be an easy target. I now realize that you really did
care about Kari and I'm not going to try to be such a jerk from now on, but a friend, in Kari's
memory. So, what do you say, T.K.? Do you accept my apology?"
T.K. looked at Davis' outstretched hand, then shook it. "Apology accepted."
"Now, I've seen everything," Terriermon commented.
"I'll say," Yolei chimed in. "Davis actually got T.K.'s name right."
"I guess there IS a first time for everything," Cody said.
Still shaking Davis' hand, T.K. gestured towards the evil Digimon. "Hey, Davis, what do you say
we teach these jokers a lesson? The two of us can avenge Kari's death."
Still smiling, Davis shook his head. "No, T.K. We ALL will." Tai joined his hand with T.K.'s
and Davis'.
"Yeah," he agreed. Matt nodded and placed his hand on top of Tai's, who were joined by Yolei,
Ken, Willis, Joe, Izzy, Mimi, Michael, and Cody.
"For Kari," Davis said.
"For Kari," T.K. repeated.
"For Kari," everyone joined in. Everybody's digivice began to glow.
Chapter 8: Digidestined Assemble
"Yolei had no right," Davis told Agumon, Gomamon, Tentomon, and Gabumon. "I admit, I can be a
real dunderhead sometimes. All right, all the time, but still, she should've left me my D-3 and
D-terminal so that I would have some protection. Even though the Control Spires are no longer a
problem, there are still dangers here." Davis thought that by talking to the original Digimon
about it, they could help him discover why Yolei was such a dunderhead in isolating him there.
It had been a few hours since Davis was first left here. Since then, he was too busy trying to
help the Digimon into safe havens.
"The Digital World isn't as safe as one would think," Agumon said, partially agreeing with him.
"Survival of the fittest, eat or be eaten and all that jazz."
"Sometimes she makes me so mad that I..." To illustrate, Davis slammed his fist on the ground.
"What I want to know is why me?"
"Maybe because she likes you," Agumon suggested.
"Likes me! Ha, that's a laugh! She's an annoying, obnoxious, loud-mouthed, ego-centered..."
"Sounds more like you," Gomamon commented.
Davis was about to belt him one when he realized that he was right. That did describe him to a
'T.' Davis could recall what she said just before she left 'I have faith in you.' But if she did
like him, why would she put him through this?
As if he could sense his thought, Gabumon said, "she must like you otherwise she wouldn't have
done all this."
"Makes sense to me," Tentomon agreed.
"Do you like her?" Gomamon asked.
"No, I... well maybe a little... why should I like her, she put me through this! She's always
showing off her intelligence and commenting on how stupid I am. Why would I like her if she's
all that and a bag of chips?" Davis then remembered what Gennai said earlier: "sometimes, who
you're looking for is closer than you think." He did know who was Davis' type, Yolei. But he
wanted Davis to figure it out himself, accomplish something on his own. Now Davis kicked himself
for not realizing it earlier. Maybe he did... care about her, but he convinced himself that he
cared about her only in the same manner as he does for Cody, Ken, and even T.K. to a certain
extent.
{Yeah,} he thought. {It's nothing but a 'war buddies' type of relationship.} Somehow, that
argument didn't sound very convincing.
"Hey, Veemon and Biyomon are coming back and they have somebody with them," Gomamon
informed the group. His sensitive ears picked up wing flaps and footsteps. Everybody looked up
to see the two Digimon running (or in Biyomon's case, flying) towards them. With them
were Mimi, Michael, and Betamon.
"We're glad you're here," Agumon said to the humans. "Things have really intensified in Japan."
"We know, they aren't too good in America," Michael said. A bolt of lightning struck near them.
"Or here," added Tentomon.
"The only way to stop this is to defeat the Hacker's creation, Geddonmon," Gabumon briefed.
"Then let's get over there," Betamon said jumping up and down.
"Wait," Mimi halted. "We're still waiting for someone."
"Who?" Everybody asked.
"Me." Willis stepped into the clearing where they were, Terriermon on his head and Lopmon on
his shoulder.
Tai, Yolei, T.K., Ken, Poromon, Minomon, Patamon, and Gatomon met up with Cody, Izzy, Upamon,
Joe, and Matt.
"Hey, little bro, you okay?" Matt asked.
"I'll be fine once everything is back to normal," T.K. replied with a smile. "But we have a
problem, without Davis, we don't have Paildramon and without Angewomon, our strength is
definitely depleted." Yolei suddenly found something interesting on the ground. T.K.
immediately realized what he said. It sounded like he was accusing Yolei for what Davis was
going through. "Oh, Yolei, I'm sorry."
Yolei looked up and smiled. "It's all right, T.K. You didn't hurt me or anything." But
truthfully, Yolei was hurt. It was her fault Davis wasn't with them. If they were, maybe they
would be able to confront Geddonmon.
"I think we'll just have to rely on what we have. Davis will just have to join us when he can,"
Izzy said logically. "Let's go."
"Poromon, digivolve to... Hawkmon! Hawkmon, digivolve to... Aquilamon!"
"Upamon, digivolve to... Armadillomon! Armadillomon, digivolve to... Ankylomon!"
"Minomon, digivolve to... Wormmon! Wormmon, digivolve to... Stingmon!"
"Patamon, digivolve to... Angemon!" The champion Digimon stood in Geddonmon's path.
"Who dares disrupt my mission?" Geddonmon asked.
"We're the Digidestined," Tai announced. "And we're not going to let you destroy our world!"
"Your world is insignificant, only my goal is important."
"What is your goal?" Izzy asked out of curiosity.
"I must destroy the Noriyama Nuclear Power Plant."
"But by destroying that, over half of Tokyo will be without power!" Yolei protested.
"Not only that, but the explosion would wipe out half of Odaiba INCLUDING Highton View Terrace!" Tai added.
"That is my mission and I will succeed."
"Not if we have anything to say about it," Stingmon said. His shoulder spikes opened and an
energy needle popped out.
"Spiking Strike!" Geddonmon dodged and elbowed Stingmon in the back.
"Tail Hammer!" Ankylomon swung his tail, which Goddramon grabbed and flung back.
"Grand Horn!" Geddonmon jumped and landed on Aquilamon.
"Hand of Fate!" Geddonmon held up Aquilamon who took the blunt of the energy blast.
"I do not have time to waste playing games," Goddramon said. "I call upon the Digimon of
Destruction! Sagittarimon!" A cross between Flamedramon and Centarumon appeared holding a bow.
"Lynxmon!" A large cat on fire appeared from an alleyway.
"Panjyamon!" Panjyamon looked a lot like Leomon except his color was white.
"Feratumon!" A demon-looking creature with wings, horns, and one hand much bigger than the other
flew down from the sky.
"He can make Digimon out of thin air!" Tai gasped.
"No, those Digimon already exist," Gatomon explained. "He just pulled them from the Digital
World."
"Izzy, do you have your laptop?" Tai asked.
"Yeah, I don't go anywhere without it."
{Good old Izzy,} Tai thought. "Good. Look up these Digimon."
"I'm on it." Izzy placed his laptop down on a bench and began typing. Profiles of the Digimon
appeared on all four corners of the screen.
"All right, Sagittarimon is a horse Digimon similar to Centarumon. His weapon is his judgment
arrow made of chrome digizoid.
"Lynxmon is a cat Digimon whose fire powers are on par, if not succeeding Flamedramon.
"Panjyamon is an ultimate Digimon with an Ice Beast Fist attack.
"Feratumon is a demon Digimon with intense destructive powers."
Tai immediately took charge. "All right, have Angemon take on Feratumon, Stingmon take on
Panjamon, Aquilamon take on Lynxmon and Ankylomon take care of Sagittarimon."
"Tai, what about me?" Gatomon asked.
"Gatomon, you'll be called in if he pulls another Digimon out of subspace or wherever he pulls
them out of." Gatomon fumed. She knew the truth, without Kari, she's useless. Tai was trying
to protect her, but she didn't want to be protected, she wanted to do the protecting.
Angemon and Feratumon both sailed into the air.
"Your powers are nothing compared to mine," Feratumon declared. "Pandemonium Flare!" An intense
fire blast launched at Angemon who merely banked to avoid it.
"Hand of Fate!" Feratumon mimicked Angemon's movement.
"Melting Blood!" Feratumon's hand was energized with acid and he launched a punch at Angemon.
"Protection!" Angemon's wings came together to reflect the blast. Angemon flew in and tried to
punch Feratumon. Feratumon blocked the punch and backhanded Angemon. Angemon backed up and
moved in again. In mid-air, Feratumon judo-flipped Angemon and the Angel Digimon went down.
"Thermal Mane!" Flames emitted from Lynxmon's coat and encircled Aquilamon. Aquilamon flew up
to avoid the flames.
{I'm going to have to attack from afar,} Aquilamon thought. "Blast Rings!" Lynxmon just plowed
through it and pounced on Aquilamon.
"Ice Beast Fist!"
"Spiking Strike!" From afar, it looked like Stingmon and Panjyamon would punch each other's
fists. But in fact, Panjyamon was emitting an ice blast and Stingmon had a needle coming out of
his wrist. The two attacks struck one another and forced both warriors back. Panjyamon lunged at
Stingmon and grappled with the insect Digimon. Stingmon kicked Panjyamon back but Panjyamon
leaped at him again. Stingmon lifted into the air but a quick jump and grabbed of the leg pulled
him back down.
"Judgment Arrow!" Ankylomon barely dodged in time. He knew that Sagittarimon's arrow could hurt
him, even in his armored mode.
"Tai, I just realized something," Izzy called. "With the exception of Feratumon, none of the
Digimon attacking us are viruses! In fact, they are all vaccine!"
"That means... that means that we can't destroy them." Yolei paled. If they resulted to murder,
then they would sink to a low that not even Ken was at when he was the Digimon Emperor. They
would turn into viruses themselves!
"Evamon!" Geddonmon called. Out of the shadows an unusual Digimon stepped. He moved on several
tentacles and was clad in full body armor. Several tentacles were attached to a blaster, another
tentacle attached to a strange device.
"Izzy..."
"I'm on it! Evamon is a Cyborg Digimon, a fully-digivolved version of Vadermon. His attacks are
Brain Drain and Strata-Blaster."
"He's mine," Gatomon announced as she leaped at Evamon. "Lightning Paw!"
"Strata-Blaster!" Evamon fired his blaster and nailed Gatomon in the stomach. The cat was
thrown back but Yolei jumped up and caught her.
"Evamon is a mega-Digimon," Izzy informed her. "Gatomon is just a champion."
"Brain Drain!" Energy circles came out of Ebemon's device and struck Yolei. Yolei screamed and
then froze.
"Strata-Blaster!"
Tai had to think fast. He ran up and grabbed both Yolei and Gatomon and pulled them over to the
humans before the blasts could hit.
"Willis, good to see ya'," Davis said.
"Likewise, Davis. Hey, I'm sorry about Kari."
"Me too," Terriermon agreed. "She was nice to me after we freed Lopmon from that computer
virus."
"Thanks, guys. She would've liked to know that all her friends are standing together."
"And the friends that stand together ride together," Gennai quipped as he came up to everyone.
"It's ready, follow me." Mimi, Michael, Davis, Willis, and the Digimon followed Gennai down to
the lake where a trolley stood waiting for them.
"I never thought I'd see this again," Agumon said referring to the trolley car that the original
Digidestined used to go home during their first trip to the Digital World.
"I briefed Davis on how to use it," Gennai told. "Everybody inside." Everybody complied with
Gennai's instructions except for Biyomon.
"What's wrong, Biyomon?" Veemon asked.
"I'm just worried that Sora might not be there," the Digimon said sadly. "She wasn't here when
they came to get Davis and the others back from the Internet. I'm beginning to think she doesn't
like me any more."
"Biyomon, we need you," Palmon pleaded. "You're just as important as any one of us."
"And Sora does love you," Agumon added. "It was you who helped healed the gap between her mother
and herself. She's thankful to you for that."
"Please, Biyomon, come with us," Gomamon said. Because he was the shortest, it seemed like his
voice was coming from out of the blue but in fact, you couldn't see him from outside the trolley.
It would've been funny if this was any other situation.
"All right." Biyomon hopped into the trolley and took a seat between Agumon and Tentomon.
"Everybody ready?" Davis called from the driver's seat.
"Yes," the others chorused.
"Then here we go." Davis pulled a lever and the trolley started to move, gliding up as it went
along an invisible track. As the trolley approached the energy rift, it started to shake.
Lightning began hitting it. A small hole appeared in the back of the trolley. Lopmon quickly
covered it with his body.
"I don't think this trolley was meant for inter-dimensional travel," he commented.
"Tell me about it," Terriermon said as he covered up another hole in the floor. Some of the
other Digimon tried to repair holes that were appearing. Some of the other Digimon tried to
repair holes that were appearing.
"Guys, I don't think we're going to make it," Willis said.
"We have to," Davis said determinably. "If we don't, everybody could die!" The shaking got
worse and worse, it actually seemed like it would come apart at the seems. Then it did.
"Oh no!" Michael shouted as he felt the floor give away.
Mimi screamed.
"Yolei, are you all right?" Tai said. Yolei just stood there, eyes staring straight ahead, yet
not even staring. "Yolei, talk to me, say something, anything."
"Yolei, talk to us," Cody pleaded. He tugged at her sleeve. "Yolei, please talk to me." Still,
Yolei stood there, frozen stiff.
"Izzy, look up Evamon's Brain Drain on your Digimon Analyzer."
"Right." Izzy pulled up the profile and began reading the specifics on the attack. "This is
bad. Evamon's Brain Drain freezes up a person's advanced motor functions the same way a computer
screen would freeze from too much data. It causes severe doubt and fear in the target, whether
it be human or Digimon."
"We're dropping like flies," Matt commented. "Kari, Yolei, maybe even Davis."
"Davis..." That word escaped from Yolei's lips.
"Yolei, remember me?" Cody asked. "Come on, Yolei, you've known me since we were both kids.
It's me, Cody."
"Cody..."
"She remembers names, Evamon's attack must have not been as severe as we thought." Joe
commented.
"Not really," Izzy said. "It's like her brain's been wiped clean and is now storing new data."
"But she's still under the spell of Evamon's Brain Rape."
"Tai, Cody," Ken called. "Look." The others looked just in time to see Aquilamon, Ankylomon,
Angemon, and Stingmon fall from their battles with Geddonmon's flunkies. They became Hawkmon,
Armadillomon, Patamon, and Wormmon. Tai, Cody, Ken, and T.K. ran and picked up the Digimon and
quickly brought them back to the group.
"You okay, Patamon."
"Sorry I wasn't able to defeat him, T.K.," Patamon apologized.
"You tried your best. Besides, I would rather have you lose a battle than lose another best
friend."
"All of you tried your best," Tai agreed. Hawkmon looked at Yolei and quickly realized what
happened. He leaped from Tai's arms and ran over to Yolei.
"Yolei, speak to me. Yolei, wake up. Wake up! It's me, Hawkmon."
"Hawkmon..."
"Your time is up, Digidestined." It was from Feratumon who slowly approached him along with
Lynxmon, Evamon, Panjyamon, and Sagittarimon. "Our master has given us orders to destroy you.
And destroy you we will." The Digidestined back-stepped away from the hench-Digimon.
Yolei's pocket began to shine an indigo blue. It was coming from Davis' D-3. But then it
stopped.
"What was that all about?" Ken questioned.
"Something must have happened to Davis," Joe gasped. Nobody wanted to guess what, but they were
all thinking the same thing (except for Yolei who couldn't really think at the moment). Did
Davis join Kari in the afterlife?
"Davis..." Yolei repeated. It was like she was trying the name out. The evil Digimon were
getting closer and closer.
"Oh man, we're going to need a miracle to get out of this one," Matt voiced.
Suddenly four energy blasts struck the back of Panjamon's head and the lion Digimon went down to
one knee. Everybody turned to see two figures descend from the skies, or rather two figures that
were carrying two other figures. It was Lopmon and Terriermon, and they were carrying Agumon and
Gabumon. They were using their ears like parachutes, riding the thermals down to them.
"You did ask for a miracle," Tai told Matt as he waved his hands.
"Pepper Breath!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Bunny Blast!"
"Blazing Ice!" The four Digimon fired again and strafed the evil Digimon.
More figures began descending from the direction of the energy rift. Biyomon, who was carrying
Palmon and Tentomon who was carrying Gomamon. The flying Digimon dropped their cargo right into
the arms of their Digidestined partner.
"I can't believe you guys made it," Tai said as he hugged Agumon.
"We couldn't let you guys have all the fun," Agumon replied.
"How did you guys get here?" Joe asked.
"Let's just say we hitched a ride," Gomamon answered.
"A touching reunion," Lynxmon commented. "But it's still no good."
"Just try us," Agumon said as the Digimon stood in front of the Digidestined.
"Wait," Feratumon said. "Let them get off an attack and then kill them."
"Pepper Breath!"
"Spiral Twister!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Marching Fishes!"
"Poison Ivy!"
"Boom Bubble!"
"Hawk Beak!"
"Silk Thread!"
"Bunny Blast!"
"Blazng Ice!" The attacks hit them head on. The evil Digimon emerged with bruises but nothing
more.
"Hey, they're not bad," Panjyamon commented.
"Yeah, but it'll take more than that to stop us," Sagittarimon said.
"Evamon, turn them into mindless drones!"
"With pleasure." Ebemon took position at center of the group. "Brain..."
"River of Power!" A blue energy beam hit Evamon and he dissolved. Again, everybody looked up as
Metal Seadramon descended from the sky like an avenging angel. With him was Exveemon, who was
holding Michael, Mimi, Willis, and Davis.
"It's Davis!" Matt called excitedly. "And he bought reinforcements. Exveemon landed and
released the group.
"So that's why Davis' D-3 glowed," Izzy realized. "Veemon was close enough to it to digivolve.
I guess the energy rift extended the D-3's powers." Metal Seadramon also landed and became
Betamon.
"Davis, what happened to you?" Tai asked.
Davis explained, "Well we were suppose to ride here vie the trolley. But the travel made it fall
apart. At the last moment, Betamon warp-digivolved and carried us through the rift. Once we saw
you guys were in trouble, we sprang into action."
"Well, we're glad you're here." Davis then saw the group and Yolei. "Oh my God, Yolei! Joe,
what happened to her?"
"She was hit by Evamon's Brain Rape. She knows names, but nothing else." Davis grabbed Yolei's
shoulders and shook her hard.
"Yolei, snap out of it! Come on, Yolei, it's me, Davis."
"Davis..."
"We need to bring her out of it," Izzy said. "Something to jump-start her."
Davis thought for a moment.
"Maybe we could dump cold water on her," T.K. suggested.
"Good idea, know where we can get a bucket," Matt replied dryly.
"Want me to become Endigomon and shake her?" Lopmon offered.
"We don't want her head to fall off," Willis told his buddy.
"I have it," Davis said.
"What?" Everyone asked. Davis planted a big kiss on Yolei's lips. Everybody was awestruck.
For a second, they thought that Davis was replaced with a doppelganger or something. When Davis
pulled back, Yolei blinked her eyes and shook her head.
"Davis? Davis!" Yolei embraced him. "Davis, I'm sorry about leaving you in the Digital World.
When Tentomon told me what was going on, I feared the worse."
"Come on, Yolei. You of all people should know it's not that easy to get rid of me." Seeing
Yolei's facial expression, Davis said, "It's all right, Yolei, I'm fine, everyone's here."
"Everyone?" It was then that Yolei realized that Michael, Willis, Mimi, and the original Digimon
joined the group.
"Excuse me for a moment." Davis turned to T.K. For a moment, the others thought that he was
going to lash out at him again, then Davis held out his hand. T.K. looked confused.
"T.K., I want to apologize," Davis said. "I was so mad about losing Kari that I lashed out
aimlessly. In my rage, I figured you would be an easy target. I now realize that you really did
care about Kari and I'm not going to try to be such a jerk from now on, but a friend, in Kari's
memory. So, what do you say, T.K.? Do you accept my apology?"
T.K. looked at Davis' outstretched hand, then shook it. "Apology accepted."
"Now, I've seen everything," Terriermon commented.
"I'll say," Yolei chimed in. "Davis actually got T.K.'s name right."
"I guess there IS a first time for everything," Cody said.
Still shaking Davis' hand, T.K. gestured towards the evil Digimon. "Hey, Davis, what do you say
we teach these jokers a lesson? The two of us can avenge Kari's death."
Still smiling, Davis shook his head. "No, T.K. We ALL will." Tai joined his hand with T.K.'s
and Davis'.
"Yeah," he agreed. Matt nodded and placed his hand on top of Tai's, who were joined by Yolei,
Ken, Willis, Joe, Izzy, Mimi, Michael, and Cody.
"For Kari," Davis said.
"For Kari," T.K. repeated.
"For Kari," everyone joined in. Everybody's digivice began to glow.