"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."- New Testament.
Chapter 10: Coming to the Rescue
Geddonmon slowly approached the Noriyama Power Plant. Soon, his master's program would be
complete and then he would be free to do whatever he wants.
"Nova Blast!" A fireball slammed into his spine and he fell to his knees. Geddonmon got up and
turned around. Greymon and Garurumon were coming at him like a pair of incoming trains.
"Nova Blast!"
"Howling Blaster!"
"Energy Blaster!" A shaft of energy emitted from each of Geddonmon's hands and the two were
blown back.
Togemon and Ikkakumon were the next assault.
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
"Needle Spray!" Geddonmon dug his hands into the ground and threw up a slab of granite and
cement as a shield. He then threw it at the two. The slab was dead on target and Ikkakumon and
Togemon were knocked out.
Tai took out his D-terminal and typed a message to Davis, who was in the air along with T.K.,
Izzy, and Yolei.
"That's our cue, guys," Davis said. "Let's go." The air Digimon dove towards Geddonmon.
"Electro Shocker!"
"V-Laser!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Grand Horn!" Surprisingly, Geddonmon sent all the attacks hurtling back towards their
respective sources. They fell to the ground taking their Digidestined partner with them.
Ankylomon, Endigomon, Gargomon, and Seadramon were next. Seadramon attempted to crush Geddonmon
by wrapping its body around Geddonmon's. But Geddonmon didn't even budge. Seadramon gave up and
Gargomon gave it a try.
"Gargo Pellets!" Gargomon pummeled him with bullets. Geddonmon's wings came together to
protect him.
"Lightning Storm!" A lightning bolt came out of the sky and struck Gargomon down.
"It's just like the anti-virus program the Hacker sent against us," Cody mused.
"Less talking, more fighting," Endigomon said.
"I agree," Ankylomon put in. Endigomon got onto Ankylomon and rode him like a horse. Once they
were close enough, they separated and attacked. Endigomon attacked from the air and Ankylomon
attacked from the ground.
"Lightning Storm! Energy Blaster!" Geddonmon was able to pull off both of his attacks. The
lightning struck down Endigomon and Ankylomon was knocked around by the energy blast.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon dug his needle into Geddonmon's back. Geddonmon screamed in pain.
"Good shot," Ken congratulated. Geddonmon got up and turned to face Stingmon. He gripped the
insect-type Digimon by the neck. Stingmon began choking. Geddonmon finally threw him aside like
he was nothing.
"Stingmon! This can't be happening!"
Tai and Matt turned to see Agumon and Gabumon come into frame. They were bruised, but okay. The
force of the blast made them dedigivolve.
"Guys, think you have enough energy to warp-digivolve?" Tai asked.
"Just try and stop us," Agumon said making fists. Gabumon nodded.
"Agumon, warp-digivolve to... War Greymon!"
"Gabumon, warp-digivolve to... Metal Garurumon!" The two mega Digimon blitzed Geddonmon. The
monster Digimon was taken by surprise and they actually got a hit in.
"Giga missile!" A rocket came out of Metal Garurumon's chest. Geddonmon grabbed the missile
before it struck him and redirected it upward.
"Nova Force!" War Greymon went into a tornado and attempted to plow through Geddonmon but he
dodged him.
"Energy Blaster!" The beam of energy knocked War Greymon out of his spin.
Biyomon and Gatomon watched all this from the side.
"If I could digivolve, this guy would be my new scratching post."
"Same here. I wonder where Sora is."
"You'd think she would know something's up if her digivice goes off." Metal Garurumon was
slammed into a building. It began crumbling.
"Gatomon, look!" Biyomon pointed to a young girl that was going to be crushed by the falling
rubble. Gatomon rushed to save the girl but War Greymon intervened, putting his body between the
rubble and the girl.
"Get out of here," War Greymon told the girl. The girl nodded and ran off towards Odaiba
Elementary.
"Nice save, War Greymon," Tai called. By this time, Endigomon and Seadramon were back in the
fight. They began grappling with Geddonmon.
Sora sat back as she took a sip of her soda. She never knew teaching a class was so tough, even
a weekly class. This must've been what Mr. Fujiyama felt like when he used to teach them. Right
now, the class was having lunch and playing video games on the school's computers.
The doors opened and Marcy stepped through looking like she just been spelunking. Her dress was
wrinkled and torn in two places. Her hair was disheveled.
"Marcy, are you all right?" Sora asked. Marcy nodded.
"I'm fine, Miss Sora." Sora smiled. Marcy was one of those kids who were always nice to people
no matter what the circumstances.
"Miss Sora, may I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"What's a War Greymon?"
Marcy would later comment to her mother how she saw her first live spit take courtesy of Sora
Takenouchi.
Sora coughed into a napkin and pounded on her chest to get the blood circulating. Once she got
her breath back, she then turned to Marcy.
"Where did you hear that?"
"There's one outside."
"Outside?" Sora reached into her jacket and took out her digivice. It was beeping like crazy.
She didn't hear it because it was in her coat pocket and she hasn't worn her coat all day.
{According to this, it's like a Digimon convention here. Ten... twelve... fifteen Digimon! How
could I have not seen this earlier?} Just then that Mr. Fujiyama came in.
"Hey, Sora, how's it going?"
"Mr. Fujiyama, I have to go, can you monitor the class for me?"
"Sora, you know that you can't leave in the middle of a day."
"I know, but..." Sora paused. She didn't want to lie to her former teacher, but she couldn't
exactly tell him what's been going on. "Something came up, an emergency."
"Is it a matter of life and death?"
"Yes!" Sora almost shouted.
"Oh, well, okay. But you should take an umbrella."
"An umbrella?"
"Yeah, with all the freaky weather out there..." Before Mr. Fujiyama could finish, Sora was out
the door and down the hall.
{I can't believe that there's a Digimon sighting and I haven't known about it. Why didn't
Tai...} Sora then remembered the call she received earlier. {He did try to call me! And I
didn't know because I thought he wanted to talk about the hair clip. Damn, how could I have been
so ignorant?}
Sora left Odaiba Elementary and ran down the street, adrenaline pumping through her veins. She
stopped when she realized that she couldn't help because Biyomon wasn't with her.
Suddenly her digivice started to shriek. Sora recognized that shriek, it was a shriek played
every time somebody digivolves.
"Biyomon, digivolve to... Birdramon!" Everybody watched, as the small Biyomon became the
gigantic Birdramon. "Meteor Wings!" Birdramon fired a barrage of fireballs down on Geddonmon.
The gigantic Digimon leaped into the air and tried to grab Birdramon but she dodged.
"Birdramon!" Sora called. Birdramon came down and picked Sora up.
"Sora, I was so worried about you," Birdramon said as they dodged another energy blast from
Geddonmon.
"Birdramon, you have to believe me, the moment I heard my digivice beeping, I came right here."
"I'm just glad you're here so that we can now fight."
"Terra Force!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!" Geddonmon dodged War Greymon and Metal Garurumon's attacks.
"Ice Blaster!"
"Koko Crusher!"
"Shockwave!" Geddonmon released a sonic wave that sent the attacks doubling back to Endigomon
and Seadramon.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" Tai and Matt turned to see Ikkakumon, Togemon, Gargomon, and Ankylomon
running right towards Geddonmon. From the sky came Kabuterimon, Angemon, Exveemon, Aquilamon,
and Stingmon.
"Come forth, Stegomon!" Geddonmon called. A stegosaurus-like Digimon appeared.
"Allomon!" This Digimon looked like Greymon but his colors were blue with orange stripes rather
than orange with blue stripes.
"Brachimon! Pteranamon!" The dinosaur Digimon charged the ground Digimon.
Geddonmon then turned to the flying Digimon. "I haven't forgotten about you. Saberdramon!
Harpymon! Owlmon! Piddomon, attack!"
"Gatomon, what can you tell us about them?" Tai asked.
"All right, let me see. Stegomon is an armored Digimon. He can cut through anything with
his Guillotine Wheel.
"Allomon is about as powerful as Tyrannomon. No need to worry about him.
"Brachimon may look weak, but his Brachio Bubble will pop you.
"Pteranamon is master of the skies. We give him that title because if we didn't, he would use
his Side Winders to blow us to kitty heaven."
"And the flying ones?" Matt questioned.
"Saberdramon is like Birdramon's twin brother. His attack is Mach Shadow.
"Harpymon can control people's mind with his Silent Symphony."
"Piddomon looks kind of like Angemon," Willis commented.
"Sure does, but his attacks are different. They're Fire Feather." Endigomon tried to jump onto
Pteranamon's back but Pteranamon banked.
"Side Winders!" Pteranamon fired a bunch of missiles at Endigomon.
"Koko Crusher!" The two attacks collided and neutralized each other.
"Howling Destroyer!" Endigomon's scream brought Pteranamon to the ground.
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
"Needle Spray!"
"Dino Burst!" Allomon launched an energy sphere at Ikkakumon and Togemon who quickly dodged it.
Ikkakumon leaped onto Allomon and pushed him to the ground.
"Hit him," Ikkakumon called. Togemon began jabbing him in the face. After about twenty punches,
Allomon fell.
Stegomon and Ankylomon were bouncing off each other like a couple of pool balls.
"Megaton Press!"
"Guillotine Wheel!" The two kept bouncing off each other. Suddenly Ankylomon leaped into the
air and attempted to crush Stegomon. He succeeded.
"Brachio Bubble!" Gargomon dodged the blast and fired a blast from his gataling arm. Brachimon
dodged that. The two grappled for a while before Gargomon managed to get in close and touch his
gataling gun arm to Brachimon's skin.
"Gargo Pellets!" Brachimon was able to get one last grunt as he was disintegrated.
A dogfight raged in the air. Piddomon and Angemon were
fencing with their staffs. Angemon flew back and released a beam of energy. "Hand of Fate!"
"Fire Feathers!" Feather-shaped energy blasts came out of Piddomon's feathers. Angemon banked
to avoid them. Angemon came in with a right hook. Piddomon counter-attacked with an uppercut.
Angemon jabbed his staff right in Piddomon's head.
"V-Laser!" Exveemon's attack slammed into Piddomon's back and he dissolved.
"Thanks," Angemon said.
"I know that hitting someone in the back is low, but we're in a hurry."
"Good point. Hand of Fate!" Angemon's laser beam struck Owlmon and he dissolved as well.
Birdramon and Saberdramon were fighting talon to talon. For Birdramon, it was much more
difficult since she had Sora on her back.
"Mach Shadow!" A beam of black energy hit Birdramon but she spread her wings to stop herself
from falling.
"Meteor Wings!" Saberdramon thought he could dive through the fireballs but he underestimated
the power and he dissolved.
Birdramon turned to head down to Geddonmon but Harpymon stood in her way.
"Silent Symphony!" Harpymon began to emit a melody. Birdramon suddenly felt herself growing
tired.
"No, Birdramon, don't fall asleep now," Sora argued but it was no use. Birdramon's eyes fell
shut and she fell from the sky. Sora was now freefalling. Birdramon had dedigivolved to
Biyomon.
"Sora!" Tai ran out to catch her. He did, but it wasn't in his arms, it was on his back. Sora
moaned and rubbed her bruised butt. She then saw who she was sitting on.
"Tai!" Sora quickly got off of him and helped him into a sitting position.
{Oh man, why do I have to talk to him now when I'm still mad at him for the hair clip? Get a
grip, Sora. The duty of a Digidestined comes before anything personal.} "Are... Are you all
right?"
"Nothing broken," Tai replied. "Bruised on the other hand..." Tai then looked up and saw whom he
was talking to. "Hey, Sora, what took you?"
"Traffic on the Highway," Sora replied, sounding a little like Matt. She smiled to show she was
joking. Tai actually chuckled.
"How sweet, but now you should prepare to fall under my spell," Harpymon said as he appeared
before the two. "Silent..." Kabuterimon tackled him and sent him to the ground.
"This is one time I do NOT want easy listening," Kabuterimon cracked. Harpymon growled and shot
into the air. "Wind Seeker!" He shot a gust of wind at Kabuterimon. Kabuterimon was forced
back.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon appeared from out of nowhere and stabbed him with his energy stinger.
"Grand Horn!"
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon and Aquilamon began hitting Harpymon back and forth. Kabuterimon got
back into the fight and kicked Harpymon.
"Electro Shocker!" The ball of electricity struck him and he dissolved before the Digimon's
eyes.
Izzy, Davis, Yolei, T.K., Ken, Michael and Willis came running up to the group of Tai, Sora,
Matt, Cody, Mimi, and Joe.
"Sorry we're late, Geddonmon wanted us to play with some more of his friends," Davis commented.
"Wow, the whole team's here," Sora commented. Then she frowned. "Why didn't you guys tried to
contact me about this, I would've gladly helped?"
"We tried," Matt said. "Why do you think Tai was trying to call you earlier?" Sora blushed at
the comment. It was lost on Mimi, Michael, Willis, and the new Digidestined except for T.K.
"Look!" Yolei shouted. She pointed to Geddonmon who seemed to be winning his battle against War
Greymon and Metal Garurumon.
War Greymon attempted to slice Geddonmon with his claws. Geddonmon blocked and mule-kicked War
Greymon. The mega-Digimon was thrust back but pushed off a building and shot towards Geddonmon.
"Nova Force!" War Greymon spun around and around at Geddonmon. Geddonmon spun in response and
the two tornados neutralized each other.
"Terra Force!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!" Geddonmon flew straight up and the blasts destroyed the ground he was once
standing on.
Metal Garurumon attempted to pounce on Geddonmon but Geddonmon was out of there in less than a
second.
"Shockwave!" The shockwave forced War Greymon and Metal Garurumon into separate directions on
either side of Geddonmon. Cracks began appearing in War Greymon's armor. Orange liquid began
gushing out of him. He dropped to one knee.
One of Metal Garurumon's wings was broken so he couldn't fly. But he could still fight.
"Our Digimon are loosing," Matt said with fright.
"I don't get it, isn't he a mega level Digimon?" Cody asked.
"I'm not sure," Izzy replied. "He doesn't even appear on my Digimon Analyzer."
"Just like Diaboromon," Tai observed.
"Dia-who?" Michael asked.
"Tell you later."
"Wait a minute," Izzy said. He began typing on his laptop. "What if Geddonmon isn't a mega at
all? What if he's at a higher level than a mega?"
"That's impossible," Davis said. "A mega is the highest level a Digimon can achieve, what can be
higher?"
"Davis' right," Ken agreed. "Paildramon is the combination of two champions. And even then,
it's still only categorized as an ultimate."
Willis watched as each of the champion Digimon performed their respected attacks at Geddonmon.
Geddonmon was able to beat all of them back. The others continued their discussion.
"I'm beginning to think Geddonmon isn't a normal Digimon at all," Izzy explained. "Gennai told
me that the Hacker is drawing upon the energies that make up the barrier between our world and
the Digital World."
"Hey, that's right," Mimi said. "The Hacker must have applied those energies to create
Geddonmon."
"Just like when Diaboromon was created," T.K. said softly.
"And Kimeramon as well," Ken said in the same tone.
"So what level is Geddonmon?" Joe questioned.
"He is a powerful Digimon." Tai held his hand to his chin like he was pondering something (which
he was). "So why don't we categorize him as a power level Digimon. At least until we can get
this information to Gennai."
"Prodigious idea, Tai," Izzy said. He began making a profile for Geddonmon.
"Do it later," Sora said. "Our Digimon are failing." Everybody turned to see Geddonmon clobber
Seadramon and Gargomon together like a pair of cymbals.
"It seems I have underestimated you Digidestined," Geddonmon commented. "That was a mistake on
my part. But it will be the only mistake." He began to approach the Digidestined, swatting
Digimon along the way. "Lightning Storm!"
Time seemed to freeze for Davis. He recalled his argument with Yolei earlier. 'Veemon
sacrificed himself for you millions of times for you and how many times have you sacrificed
yourself for him or anyone? None! You don't know the meaning of the word sacrifice! You are
nothing but a self-centered jealous blowhard!'
{She was right,} Davis thought. {I didn't know anything about sacrifice. But I do now.} Davis
stared at T.K. {I should've realized it the moment I saw T.K. try to save Kari back in the
Internet. Sacrifice doesn't just mean giving something up. Sacrifice is risking everything to
make sure others achieve their goals, even if that risk is life. I've been so busy worrying
about what would happen to me that I didn't account for others. It was just like when Patamon
was captured by Ken when he was the Digimon Emperor. Some friend I am. But I seriously promise
to start being a friend now. To everybody, even T.K., even Yolei.}
Yolei.
Davis saw that a single lightning bolt was about to hit her. He pushed her out of the way just
as the lightning bolt struck him.
"Davis!" Tai shouted. Yolei turned around and saw Davis on his stomach, smoke emitting from his
back where the lightning bolt struck. Sora ran by and scooped him up just as another lightning
bolt struck his former location.
The Digidestined gathered around Sora and Davis. Yolei quickly knelt by his head.
"Davis, speak to me, are you all right?" Sora asked.
Davis coughed and looked at her. "I've been better."
"You stupid jerk, why did you do something like that?" Yolei asked.
"I guess it was the same reason T.K. tried to save Kari. Hey, guess I do know the meaning of
sacrifice after all."
"I didn't want you to learn it this way. Not at the risk of your life. Davis, I may hate you,
but I didn't want you to kill yourself."
"Come on, Yolei. You of all people should know it's not that easy to get rid of me."
"Hold on, Davis," Tai said. "You'll be all right."
"Come on, Tai, stop treating me like a kid. I know what's going to happen and to tell you the
truth, I'm not sad."
"Why?"
"Because now, I can actually call myself one of the Digidestined. Risking his life for the
safety of the Digital World, and our own."
Yolei closed her eyes. She couldn't show him the tears. "Thanks, Davis. Thanks for being a
true friend."
"You two run for it," Matt said. "We'll hold off Geddonmon the best we can."
"No, Matt," Yolei said. "If we're going down, we're all going down." It was like a repeat of
Piedmon, with the villain inching closer and closer.
Tai turned quickly to Sora. "Sora, look, I'm sorry about that whole hair clip e-mail thing."
"Tai, this isn't..."
"No, I have to say this. I never meant to hurt your feelings or insult you in any way. I really
value the friendship we had and I didn't want something like this to come in the way of it." The
others looked at Sora. The ball was in her court now.
"Tai, I'm sorry too."
"What do you have to be sorry about?"
"I was holding a grudge I shouldn't have been holding in the first place. I value the friendship
we have too. It really hurt me when we had that fight. Can you forgive me for treating you
unlike a friend?"
"Only if you forgive me."
Sora nodded and embraced her friend. "You're forgiven."
Suddenly both of them started glowing a combination orange-pink color. The other Digidestined
started glowing too.
A symbol appeared on Tai's chest. It was the Crest of Courage.
Chapter 10: Coming to the Rescue
Geddonmon slowly approached the Noriyama Power Plant. Soon, his master's program would be
complete and then he would be free to do whatever he wants.
"Nova Blast!" A fireball slammed into his spine and he fell to his knees. Geddonmon got up and
turned around. Greymon and Garurumon were coming at him like a pair of incoming trains.
"Nova Blast!"
"Howling Blaster!"
"Energy Blaster!" A shaft of energy emitted from each of Geddonmon's hands and the two were
blown back.
Togemon and Ikkakumon were the next assault.
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
"Needle Spray!" Geddonmon dug his hands into the ground and threw up a slab of granite and
cement as a shield. He then threw it at the two. The slab was dead on target and Ikkakumon and
Togemon were knocked out.
Tai took out his D-terminal and typed a message to Davis, who was in the air along with T.K.,
Izzy, and Yolei.
"That's our cue, guys," Davis said. "Let's go." The air Digimon dove towards Geddonmon.
"Electro Shocker!"
"V-Laser!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Grand Horn!" Surprisingly, Geddonmon sent all the attacks hurtling back towards their
respective sources. They fell to the ground taking their Digidestined partner with them.
Ankylomon, Endigomon, Gargomon, and Seadramon were next. Seadramon attempted to crush Geddonmon
by wrapping its body around Geddonmon's. But Geddonmon didn't even budge. Seadramon gave up and
Gargomon gave it a try.
"Gargo Pellets!" Gargomon pummeled him with bullets. Geddonmon's wings came together to
protect him.
"Lightning Storm!" A lightning bolt came out of the sky and struck Gargomon down.
"It's just like the anti-virus program the Hacker sent against us," Cody mused.
"Less talking, more fighting," Endigomon said.
"I agree," Ankylomon put in. Endigomon got onto Ankylomon and rode him like a horse. Once they
were close enough, they separated and attacked. Endigomon attacked from the air and Ankylomon
attacked from the ground.
"Lightning Storm! Energy Blaster!" Geddonmon was able to pull off both of his attacks. The
lightning struck down Endigomon and Ankylomon was knocked around by the energy blast.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon dug his needle into Geddonmon's back. Geddonmon screamed in pain.
"Good shot," Ken congratulated. Geddonmon got up and turned to face Stingmon. He gripped the
insect-type Digimon by the neck. Stingmon began choking. Geddonmon finally threw him aside like
he was nothing.
"Stingmon! This can't be happening!"
Tai and Matt turned to see Agumon and Gabumon come into frame. They were bruised, but okay. The
force of the blast made them dedigivolve.
"Guys, think you have enough energy to warp-digivolve?" Tai asked.
"Just try and stop us," Agumon said making fists. Gabumon nodded.
"Agumon, warp-digivolve to... War Greymon!"
"Gabumon, warp-digivolve to... Metal Garurumon!" The two mega Digimon blitzed Geddonmon. The
monster Digimon was taken by surprise and they actually got a hit in.
"Giga missile!" A rocket came out of Metal Garurumon's chest. Geddonmon grabbed the missile
before it struck him and redirected it upward.
"Nova Force!" War Greymon went into a tornado and attempted to plow through Geddonmon but he
dodged him.
"Energy Blaster!" The beam of energy knocked War Greymon out of his spin.
Biyomon and Gatomon watched all this from the side.
"If I could digivolve, this guy would be my new scratching post."
"Same here. I wonder where Sora is."
"You'd think she would know something's up if her digivice goes off." Metal Garurumon was
slammed into a building. It began crumbling.
"Gatomon, look!" Biyomon pointed to a young girl that was going to be crushed by the falling
rubble. Gatomon rushed to save the girl but War Greymon intervened, putting his body between the
rubble and the girl.
"Get out of here," War Greymon told the girl. The girl nodded and ran off towards Odaiba
Elementary.
"Nice save, War Greymon," Tai called. By this time, Endigomon and Seadramon were back in the
fight. They began grappling with Geddonmon.
Sora sat back as she took a sip of her soda. She never knew teaching a class was so tough, even
a weekly class. This must've been what Mr. Fujiyama felt like when he used to teach them. Right
now, the class was having lunch and playing video games on the school's computers.
The doors opened and Marcy stepped through looking like she just been spelunking. Her dress was
wrinkled and torn in two places. Her hair was disheveled.
"Marcy, are you all right?" Sora asked. Marcy nodded.
"I'm fine, Miss Sora." Sora smiled. Marcy was one of those kids who were always nice to people
no matter what the circumstances.
"Miss Sora, may I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"What's a War Greymon?"
Marcy would later comment to her mother how she saw her first live spit take courtesy of Sora
Takenouchi.
Sora coughed into a napkin and pounded on her chest to get the blood circulating. Once she got
her breath back, she then turned to Marcy.
"Where did you hear that?"
"There's one outside."
"Outside?" Sora reached into her jacket and took out her digivice. It was beeping like crazy.
She didn't hear it because it was in her coat pocket and she hasn't worn her coat all day.
{According to this, it's like a Digimon convention here. Ten... twelve... fifteen Digimon! How
could I have not seen this earlier?} Just then that Mr. Fujiyama came in.
"Hey, Sora, how's it going?"
"Mr. Fujiyama, I have to go, can you monitor the class for me?"
"Sora, you know that you can't leave in the middle of a day."
"I know, but..." Sora paused. She didn't want to lie to her former teacher, but she couldn't
exactly tell him what's been going on. "Something came up, an emergency."
"Is it a matter of life and death?"
"Yes!" Sora almost shouted.
"Oh, well, okay. But you should take an umbrella."
"An umbrella?"
"Yeah, with all the freaky weather out there..." Before Mr. Fujiyama could finish, Sora was out
the door and down the hall.
{I can't believe that there's a Digimon sighting and I haven't known about it. Why didn't
Tai...} Sora then remembered the call she received earlier. {He did try to call me! And I
didn't know because I thought he wanted to talk about the hair clip. Damn, how could I have been
so ignorant?}
Sora left Odaiba Elementary and ran down the street, adrenaline pumping through her veins. She
stopped when she realized that she couldn't help because Biyomon wasn't with her.
Suddenly her digivice started to shriek. Sora recognized that shriek, it was a shriek played
every time somebody digivolves.
"Biyomon, digivolve to... Birdramon!" Everybody watched, as the small Biyomon became the
gigantic Birdramon. "Meteor Wings!" Birdramon fired a barrage of fireballs down on Geddonmon.
The gigantic Digimon leaped into the air and tried to grab Birdramon but she dodged.
"Birdramon!" Sora called. Birdramon came down and picked Sora up.
"Sora, I was so worried about you," Birdramon said as they dodged another energy blast from
Geddonmon.
"Birdramon, you have to believe me, the moment I heard my digivice beeping, I came right here."
"I'm just glad you're here so that we can now fight."
"Terra Force!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!" Geddonmon dodged War Greymon and Metal Garurumon's attacks.
"Ice Blaster!"
"Koko Crusher!"
"Shockwave!" Geddonmon released a sonic wave that sent the attacks doubling back to Endigomon
and Seadramon.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" Tai and Matt turned to see Ikkakumon, Togemon, Gargomon, and Ankylomon
running right towards Geddonmon. From the sky came Kabuterimon, Angemon, Exveemon, Aquilamon,
and Stingmon.
"Come forth, Stegomon!" Geddonmon called. A stegosaurus-like Digimon appeared.
"Allomon!" This Digimon looked like Greymon but his colors were blue with orange stripes rather
than orange with blue stripes.
"Brachimon! Pteranamon!" The dinosaur Digimon charged the ground Digimon.
Geddonmon then turned to the flying Digimon. "I haven't forgotten about you. Saberdramon!
Harpymon! Owlmon! Piddomon, attack!"
"Gatomon, what can you tell us about them?" Tai asked.
"All right, let me see. Stegomon is an armored Digimon. He can cut through anything with
his Guillotine Wheel.
"Allomon is about as powerful as Tyrannomon. No need to worry about him.
"Brachimon may look weak, but his Brachio Bubble will pop you.
"Pteranamon is master of the skies. We give him that title because if we didn't, he would use
his Side Winders to blow us to kitty heaven."
"And the flying ones?" Matt questioned.
"Saberdramon is like Birdramon's twin brother. His attack is Mach Shadow.
"Harpymon can control people's mind with his Silent Symphony."
"Piddomon looks kind of like Angemon," Willis commented.
"Sure does, but his attacks are different. They're Fire Feather." Endigomon tried to jump onto
Pteranamon's back but Pteranamon banked.
"Side Winders!" Pteranamon fired a bunch of missiles at Endigomon.
"Koko Crusher!" The two attacks collided and neutralized each other.
"Howling Destroyer!" Endigomon's scream brought Pteranamon to the ground.
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
"Needle Spray!"
"Dino Burst!" Allomon launched an energy sphere at Ikkakumon and Togemon who quickly dodged it.
Ikkakumon leaped onto Allomon and pushed him to the ground.
"Hit him," Ikkakumon called. Togemon began jabbing him in the face. After about twenty punches,
Allomon fell.
Stegomon and Ankylomon were bouncing off each other like a couple of pool balls.
"Megaton Press!"
"Guillotine Wheel!" The two kept bouncing off each other. Suddenly Ankylomon leaped into the
air and attempted to crush Stegomon. He succeeded.
"Brachio Bubble!" Gargomon dodged the blast and fired a blast from his gataling arm. Brachimon
dodged that. The two grappled for a while before Gargomon managed to get in close and touch his
gataling gun arm to Brachimon's skin.
"Gargo Pellets!" Brachimon was able to get one last grunt as he was disintegrated.
A dogfight raged in the air. Piddomon and Angemon were
fencing with their staffs. Angemon flew back and released a beam of energy. "Hand of Fate!"
"Fire Feathers!" Feather-shaped energy blasts came out of Piddomon's feathers. Angemon banked
to avoid them. Angemon came in with a right hook. Piddomon counter-attacked with an uppercut.
Angemon jabbed his staff right in Piddomon's head.
"V-Laser!" Exveemon's attack slammed into Piddomon's back and he dissolved.
"Thanks," Angemon said.
"I know that hitting someone in the back is low, but we're in a hurry."
"Good point. Hand of Fate!" Angemon's laser beam struck Owlmon and he dissolved as well.
Birdramon and Saberdramon were fighting talon to talon. For Birdramon, it was much more
difficult since she had Sora on her back.
"Mach Shadow!" A beam of black energy hit Birdramon but she spread her wings to stop herself
from falling.
"Meteor Wings!" Saberdramon thought he could dive through the fireballs but he underestimated
the power and he dissolved.
Birdramon turned to head down to Geddonmon but Harpymon stood in her way.
"Silent Symphony!" Harpymon began to emit a melody. Birdramon suddenly felt herself growing
tired.
"No, Birdramon, don't fall asleep now," Sora argued but it was no use. Birdramon's eyes fell
shut and she fell from the sky. Sora was now freefalling. Birdramon had dedigivolved to
Biyomon.
"Sora!" Tai ran out to catch her. He did, but it wasn't in his arms, it was on his back. Sora
moaned and rubbed her bruised butt. She then saw who she was sitting on.
"Tai!" Sora quickly got off of him and helped him into a sitting position.
{Oh man, why do I have to talk to him now when I'm still mad at him for the hair clip? Get a
grip, Sora. The duty of a Digidestined comes before anything personal.} "Are... Are you all
right?"
"Nothing broken," Tai replied. "Bruised on the other hand..." Tai then looked up and saw whom he
was talking to. "Hey, Sora, what took you?"
"Traffic on the Highway," Sora replied, sounding a little like Matt. She smiled to show she was
joking. Tai actually chuckled.
"How sweet, but now you should prepare to fall under my spell," Harpymon said as he appeared
before the two. "Silent..." Kabuterimon tackled him and sent him to the ground.
"This is one time I do NOT want easy listening," Kabuterimon cracked. Harpymon growled and shot
into the air. "Wind Seeker!" He shot a gust of wind at Kabuterimon. Kabuterimon was forced
back.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon appeared from out of nowhere and stabbed him with his energy stinger.
"Grand Horn!"
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon and Aquilamon began hitting Harpymon back and forth. Kabuterimon got
back into the fight and kicked Harpymon.
"Electro Shocker!" The ball of electricity struck him and he dissolved before the Digimon's
eyes.
Izzy, Davis, Yolei, T.K., Ken, Michael and Willis came running up to the group of Tai, Sora,
Matt, Cody, Mimi, and Joe.
"Sorry we're late, Geddonmon wanted us to play with some more of his friends," Davis commented.
"Wow, the whole team's here," Sora commented. Then she frowned. "Why didn't you guys tried to
contact me about this, I would've gladly helped?"
"We tried," Matt said. "Why do you think Tai was trying to call you earlier?" Sora blushed at
the comment. It was lost on Mimi, Michael, Willis, and the new Digidestined except for T.K.
"Look!" Yolei shouted. She pointed to Geddonmon who seemed to be winning his battle against War
Greymon and Metal Garurumon.
War Greymon attempted to slice Geddonmon with his claws. Geddonmon blocked and mule-kicked War
Greymon. The mega-Digimon was thrust back but pushed off a building and shot towards Geddonmon.
"Nova Force!" War Greymon spun around and around at Geddonmon. Geddonmon spun in response and
the two tornados neutralized each other.
"Terra Force!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!" Geddonmon flew straight up and the blasts destroyed the ground he was once
standing on.
Metal Garurumon attempted to pounce on Geddonmon but Geddonmon was out of there in less than a
second.
"Shockwave!" The shockwave forced War Greymon and Metal Garurumon into separate directions on
either side of Geddonmon. Cracks began appearing in War Greymon's armor. Orange liquid began
gushing out of him. He dropped to one knee.
One of Metal Garurumon's wings was broken so he couldn't fly. But he could still fight.
"Our Digimon are loosing," Matt said with fright.
"I don't get it, isn't he a mega level Digimon?" Cody asked.
"I'm not sure," Izzy replied. "He doesn't even appear on my Digimon Analyzer."
"Just like Diaboromon," Tai observed.
"Dia-who?" Michael asked.
"Tell you later."
"Wait a minute," Izzy said. He began typing on his laptop. "What if Geddonmon isn't a mega at
all? What if he's at a higher level than a mega?"
"That's impossible," Davis said. "A mega is the highest level a Digimon can achieve, what can be
higher?"
"Davis' right," Ken agreed. "Paildramon is the combination of two champions. And even then,
it's still only categorized as an ultimate."
Willis watched as each of the champion Digimon performed their respected attacks at Geddonmon.
Geddonmon was able to beat all of them back. The others continued their discussion.
"I'm beginning to think Geddonmon isn't a normal Digimon at all," Izzy explained. "Gennai told
me that the Hacker is drawing upon the energies that make up the barrier between our world and
the Digital World."
"Hey, that's right," Mimi said. "The Hacker must have applied those energies to create
Geddonmon."
"Just like when Diaboromon was created," T.K. said softly.
"And Kimeramon as well," Ken said in the same tone.
"So what level is Geddonmon?" Joe questioned.
"He is a powerful Digimon." Tai held his hand to his chin like he was pondering something (which
he was). "So why don't we categorize him as a power level Digimon. At least until we can get
this information to Gennai."
"Prodigious idea, Tai," Izzy said. He began making a profile for Geddonmon.
"Do it later," Sora said. "Our Digimon are failing." Everybody turned to see Geddonmon clobber
Seadramon and Gargomon together like a pair of cymbals.
"It seems I have underestimated you Digidestined," Geddonmon commented. "That was a mistake on
my part. But it will be the only mistake." He began to approach the Digidestined, swatting
Digimon along the way. "Lightning Storm!"
Time seemed to freeze for Davis. He recalled his argument with Yolei earlier. 'Veemon
sacrificed himself for you millions of times for you and how many times have you sacrificed
yourself for him or anyone? None! You don't know the meaning of the word sacrifice! You are
nothing but a self-centered jealous blowhard!'
{She was right,} Davis thought. {I didn't know anything about sacrifice. But I do now.} Davis
stared at T.K. {I should've realized it the moment I saw T.K. try to save Kari back in the
Internet. Sacrifice doesn't just mean giving something up. Sacrifice is risking everything to
make sure others achieve their goals, even if that risk is life. I've been so busy worrying
about what would happen to me that I didn't account for others. It was just like when Patamon
was captured by Ken when he was the Digimon Emperor. Some friend I am. But I seriously promise
to start being a friend now. To everybody, even T.K., even Yolei.}
Yolei.
Davis saw that a single lightning bolt was about to hit her. He pushed her out of the way just
as the lightning bolt struck him.
"Davis!" Tai shouted. Yolei turned around and saw Davis on his stomach, smoke emitting from his
back where the lightning bolt struck. Sora ran by and scooped him up just as another lightning
bolt struck his former location.
The Digidestined gathered around Sora and Davis. Yolei quickly knelt by his head.
"Davis, speak to me, are you all right?" Sora asked.
Davis coughed and looked at her. "I've been better."
"You stupid jerk, why did you do something like that?" Yolei asked.
"I guess it was the same reason T.K. tried to save Kari. Hey, guess I do know the meaning of
sacrifice after all."
"I didn't want you to learn it this way. Not at the risk of your life. Davis, I may hate you,
but I didn't want you to kill yourself."
"Come on, Yolei. You of all people should know it's not that easy to get rid of me."
"Hold on, Davis," Tai said. "You'll be all right."
"Come on, Tai, stop treating me like a kid. I know what's going to happen and to tell you the
truth, I'm not sad."
"Why?"
"Because now, I can actually call myself one of the Digidestined. Risking his life for the
safety of the Digital World, and our own."
Yolei closed her eyes. She couldn't show him the tears. "Thanks, Davis. Thanks for being a
true friend."
"You two run for it," Matt said. "We'll hold off Geddonmon the best we can."
"No, Matt," Yolei said. "If we're going down, we're all going down." It was like a repeat of
Piedmon, with the villain inching closer and closer.
Tai turned quickly to Sora. "Sora, look, I'm sorry about that whole hair clip e-mail thing."
"Tai, this isn't..."
"No, I have to say this. I never meant to hurt your feelings or insult you in any way. I really
value the friendship we had and I didn't want something like this to come in the way of it." The
others looked at Sora. The ball was in her court now.
"Tai, I'm sorry too."
"What do you have to be sorry about?"
"I was holding a grudge I shouldn't have been holding in the first place. I value the friendship
we have too. It really hurt me when we had that fight. Can you forgive me for treating you
unlike a friend?"
"Only if you forgive me."
Sora nodded and embraced her friend. "You're forgiven."
Suddenly both of them started glowing a combination orange-pink color. The other Digidestined
started glowing too.
A symbol appeared on Tai's chest. It was the Crest of Courage.