"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied
sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

Chapter 9: We Are the Champions

The Hacker watched Geddonmon's progress through a GPS. Suddenly, an alarm went off. The Hacker
checked it out.

"This can't be," he gasped. "There's an abnormal energy coming from here. It's stronger than
Geddonmon. This is not good. I have to divert more power to Geddonmon before they come after
him."
Everybody held out his or her digivice. They were glowing radiant colors. Their digivice seemed
to have received some extra power. Maybe it was from the energy rift, or maybe it was the fire
inside each Digidestined, the fire of justice, the fire of heroes, the fire that they will use to
avenge the death of their friend.

The fire to digivolve.

"Agumon, digivolve to... Greymon!"

"Gabumon, digivolve to... Garurumon!"

"Tentomon, digivolve to... Kabuterimon!"

"Gomamon, digivolve to... Ikkakumon!"

"Palmon, digivolve to... Togemon!"

"Patamon, digivolve to... Angemon!"

"Veemon, digivolve to... Exveemon!"

"Hawkmon, digivolve to... Aquilamon!"

"Armadillomon, digivolve to... Ankylomon!"

"Wormmon, digivolve to... Stingmon!"

"Betamon, digivolve to... Seadramon!"

"Terriermon, digivolve to... Gargomon!"

"Lopmon, digivolve to... Endigomon!"

The forces charged towards each other and engaged in battle.

Angemon, Aquilamon, and Exveemon took on Feratumon in the air. Exveemon launched a left hook,
which Feratumon ducked. Angemon thrust his staff at the virus' back, which caused a tail slap
from Feratumon. Aquilamon gripped him with his talons, which Feratumon twisted to get out of.
Aquilamon attacked again with his horns and this time, succeeded. Angemon got in a hit with his
staff. Exveemon landed a kick to his head.

"All together, now," Aquilamon called. "Blast Rings!"

"Hand of Fate!"

"V-laser!" The attacks came at him from all sides. Feratumon rolled into a ball.

"Pandemonium Flare!" The three Digimon dodged it.

"One more time!" Exveemon sounded like he was requesting his favorite song to play again.
"V-laser!"

"Hand of Fate!"

"Blast Rings!" This time, Feratumon wasn't prepared and he was destroyed.

Greymon, Ankylomon, and Garurumon were fighting Sagittarimon. Sagittarimon's horse-like body
made it difficult for them to try to knock him down.

"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon's attack didn't even phase him.

"Justice's Arrow!" Sagittarimon's attack did phase Garurumon.

"Skull Bash!"

"Tail Hammer!" Greymon and Ankylomon rammed Sagittarimon from behind. Sagittarimon fell on his
side.

"Are you all right, Garurumon?" Ankylomon asked.

"I'll be fine once we send horse-face back to the farm." The other two nodded in agreement.

"Nova Blast!"

"Howling Blaster!"

"Megaton Press!" Because he couldn't get up, Sagittarimon was wounded and he dissolved.

"Hey Lion-O, why don't you stand still?" Togemon asked as she tried to jab him.

"Yeah, right," Panjyamon replied.

"Harpoon Torpedo!"

"Electro Shocker!" Panjyamon flipped and the two attacks collided with one another.

"Ice Beast Fist!" The attack was similar to Leomon's Fist of the Beast King but it freez its
targets instead of just hitting them, as the three Digimon found out when he froze Togemon's arm,
Ikkakumon's horn, and Kabuterimon's wings.

"We need to get him," Kabuterimon noted as he staggered towards Panjamon.

"We need to get free first," Togemon commented.

"All right. Togemon, stand still. Electro Shocker!" Kabuterimon's blast freed Togemon's.

"Thanks. Lightspeed Jab!" Togemon rapidly punched at Ikkakumon's horn and freed it from its icy
prison.

"Harpoon Torpedo!" The missile broke the ice from Kabuterimon's wings. Ikkakumon, Togemon, and
Kabuterimon turned to face Panjyamon. Kabuterimon lead off with an upper cut.

"Needle Spray!" Togemon sprayed thousands of needles, which made Panjyamon cover his eyes.

"Harpoon Torpedo!" Ikkakumon shot Panjyamon in the back.

"Electro Shocker!" Kabuterimon attacked from the air. The three champions combined their
attacks and they destroyed Panjyamon.

Lynxmon was having troubles of his own, mainly Endigomon, Gargomon, and Stingmon. The Digimon
were running around him, performing their attacks.

"Koko Crusher!"

"Bunny Pummel!"

"Spiking Strike!"

"Inferno!" Flames shot out of Lynxmon's coat and made the Digimon fly backwards.

"Howling Destroyer!" Endigomon roared at the top of his lungs. The emission of sonic energy
forced Lynxmon into Gargomon who smacked him with his machine gun arms.

"Stingmon, finish him off," Endigomon called.

"You got it. Double Spiking Strike!" Two energy needles popped out and Stingmon dove at
Lynxmon. He hit his target and Lynxmon disintegrated.

The Digimon landed by his or her respected Digidestined partner.

"Good job, guys," Tai congratulated. "But we're not out of the woods yet. There's still
Geddonmon to deal with."

"Then let's do it," Davis said. The Digidestined got on their Digimon and began to take off
after Geddonmon.

"Davis!" Exveemon jerked to a stop. It was Jun. "Davis, what are you doing?"

"Jun, this isn't the time."

"Davis, I want you to come back right away."

"I can't. I might be the only one who can stop this."

"Jesus, Davis, this isn't pretend. You could get hurt. People have already gotten killed from
the weather and from this creature."

"No."

"Davis, you are coming back, no..."

"DAMN IT, JUN, SHUT UP!" This stunned all the original Digidestined along with Yolei, Cody, and
Ken. Davis had just mouthed off to Jun. Even in a bad mood, Davis wouldn't mouth off like that,
nor would he swear.

Davis continued, "Jun, believe it or not, I've been doing this longer than you might think. Too
many people have died because of this. I am making sure that nobody else dies."
{T.K. risked himself to save Kari,} Davis mentally reminded himself. {But she died. I am going
to make sure nobody receives the same fate as Kari, so that nobody can suffer the way T.K. did.}

"Davis, you're just a kid. What can you do?" Jun asked.

"No, Jun, I'm not just a kid. I'm a Digidestined. Let's go, Exveemon." The Digidestined left
leaving a very bewildered Jun.