Previously....
Tai, T.K, Cody, and their Digimon slowly made their way out of the rolling waves of the Dark Ocean. "So," Armadillomon,"Does any one know where Daemon's hideout is suppose to be?"
"I'm not sure," Patamon said,"But, maybe it could be that lighthouse."
"Which one?" T.K. asked.
"The one that has all those Devidramon coming from it."
The three Digidestined nodded to each other. "Look," Cody said,"Matt, Davis, and Ken are being chased by them. They're escaping!"
Tai strained his eyes and saw that their three friends were ridding on top of the Devidramons. "I don't think that they're escaping!"
Matt grinned sinisterly to himself as he pulled his hand back, then shot it forward, pointing at the Digidestined. "Attack!"
Years of Preparation: Part 4
Tai, Cody, and T.K. watched in nervous anticipation, as Matt, Davis, and Ken charged towards them. The scowl and darkness on their faces perfectly matched the Devidramon they were riding on top of. Tai's eyes were looked with the black jewels of Matt's eyes, as he sped closer. "Guys," Tai said, mentioning to T.K. and Cody,"Get ready."
"What?" T.K. asked,"We're not seriously going to fight them, are we?"
"He's right," Cody said,"They're our friends." He turned towards the others, and saw the dark scowl that Ken was giving him. "Although," he said,"They aren't looking like themselves."
Tai stepped forward and tighten his fists. "They're going to attack us, I can tell! We've got to be ready to defend ourselves!" He watched as the three Digidestined jumped off of the Devidramon and ran towards them,"Agumon..."
His Digimon partner nodded. "Right. Agumon digivolve to Greymon! Greymon digivolve to Metalgreymon!"
"Well," Matt said with a sneer,"It looks like they're ready for the battle. Gabumon..."
"Gabumon digivolve to Garurumon! Garurumon digivolve to Weregarurumon!"
T.K. stared at Davis's dark eyes, as Veemon and Wormmon digivolved. "Cody," he said softly to him,"I think Tai may be right. They're ready to kill us, we've got to defend ourselves."
"T.K.!" Cody exclaimed,"W-we can't..! It's murder!"
"We're not going to kill them," T.K. said,"Just stop them, right Patamon?"
His Digimon hovered off of T.K.'s hat and nodded. "Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"
"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!"
Davis laughed. "Don't stop there, we're going all the way!"
"Exveemon...."
"Stingmon....."
"....DNA digivolve to...Paildramon!"
"Ankylomon..."
"Angemon..."
"...DNa digivolve to...Shakkoumon!"
Metalgreymon slashed his claw down, but Weregarurumon jumped out of the way, causing the metal claw to smash into the beach, throwing up a geyser of sand. He quickly moved his head and caught a blue blur zoom by him. He spun around and caught it blur by him again. "Damn!" he thought to himself,"He's too fast for me!" He turned to Tai for advice, but found that he was on the ground, wrestling with Matt.
"Why are you doing this?" Tai asked, as Matt tackled him to the ground.
"Because I hate you!" he said, holding Tai to the ground with his legs. He raised his fist to pound Tai in the head, but Tai moved it quickly. "You've always had everything so easy! Your younger sibling was always with you, you were always stronger than me, you even have Sora moving towards you! I hate you!"
Tai brought his knee up and slammed Matt in the gut. He fell over, clutching his stomach. Tai shot up, and turned to see how the others were doing. Shakkoumon was losing against Paildramon, and Metalgreymon couldn't even hit Weregarurumon. He turned back around and saw that Matt was charging at him. He ducked, and Matt's punch caused him to go off balance, and Tai easily pushed him over. "Luckily, I could always beat you in a fist fight!" he gloated.
Matt quickly got up and slammed him in the stomach. "Don't bet on it!"
Daemon laughed from lighthouse as he watched the battle from an image screen. "So," he said, turning to where Miriya stood, supported on both sides by Michael and Kari,"It seems that the Dark Ocean has claimed more victims. Ha!"
Kari glared at him. "My brother will never die! He'll always be here to stop the likes of you!"
Daemon laughed again. "I was not talking about your brother, or his two allies."
"What?" Miriya asked, weakly.
"Oh, don't pretend you don't know," Daemon said.
"Why would I know?" Miriya asked.
"You were here before, Child of the First."
"Child of the First?" Miriya asked, "What are you talking about?"
"You were one of the First Digidestined, called into the Digital World to combat a foe similar to that of Apocalymon, while there, you hid many devices and mythical artifacts, before you were destroyed in your final battle. However, through reasons I do not know, you were deposited on earth, de-age to that of a five-year-old, and completely stripped of your memories. How you came to earth, or how you came to look exactly like Sora Takenouchi, I do not know."
"I look this way, because I went for plastic surgerory," Miriya said,"But, I really don't believe any thing else you just said."
"Come now," Daemon said,"You know I'm right. Think back, what is your earliest memory?"
"My earliest memory...? That would be when..when....around my seventh birthday..." she said, trailing off,"I...I can't remember anything before that..."
"That is why you are here, Miriya,"Daemon said,"Where is the location of the Black Digivice?"
"The what?" Michael asked.
"The Black Digivice," Daemon said,"The First Digidestined found it, crafted from the darkest fires of the Digital World. Where is it?"
"I...I don't know," Miriya said, starting to lose consciousness. Michael and Kari felt her body go limp and lean forward. They caught her before she hit the ground.
Daemon just growled to himself as he got up. "Where are you going?" Michael demanded.
"To Dragomon's throne room. I'll find the exit to this realm, I will not be trapped here any longer!"
Ken slammed his fist down, almost shattering Cody's nose. "Cut it out Ken!" Cody shouted,"I don't know what's wrong with you, but please stop it! I don't want to fight you."
"Well, too bad," Ken said, grinning,"If you don't fight me, you're never going to survive!"
He charged forward to, intending to pound Cody with a flurry of punches, but, Cody ducked out of the way and tripped Ken over. "I don't need to fight you," Cody said,"to beat you."
Shakkoumon was trying to move out of the way, but he was too slow. Paildramon blasted him with simple ease. T.K. and Cody's Digimon moaned as he fell into the sand of the dark beach. Paildramon hovered above him, ready to deliver the final blow, when Shakkoumon shot his Bombs at Pialdramon's arms, blasting the twin guns to opposite sides.
Davis laughed as he threw T.K. into the ground. "Your Digimon is starting to move a bit faster, but, he's still not fast enough!"
T.K. rolled out of the way before Davis could slam his fist into T.K.'s stomach. Before Davis could pull himself back up, T.K. brought his fist under and into Davis's stomach, crashing him into the sand.
"No..." Yolei said, shaking her head,"This can't be happening. I won't let it happen! I won't!"
"Yolei," Sora said, comforting her friend as she knelt beside her,"It is happening, and if you fight it, you might kill yourself."
Yolei shook fiercely as she lay on the ground. "This can't be happening! I can't be giving birth, I can't! I'm not due for another two weeks!"
"I'm right here," Sora said, squeezing her hand tightly. She then moved over and lifted up Yolei's skirt. "I'm not a doctor," she said,"But, I think you should start pushing.."
"No!" Yolei shouted,"No! I refuse to give birth in this hellhole!"
"Yolei," Biyomon said, paionetly,"I want to be able to tell Ken that his child is okay, not that both his child and his girlfriend died because she was being too damn stubborn! I'm not going to tell you again, Yolei, start pushing!"
Yoeli didn't have the spare strength to argue with her. All of her strength was focused on pushing. She pushed, and pushed, and finally screamed, then collapsed. "S-Sora," she said, breathing very heavily,"H-how is my child?"
Sora was about to tell Yolei that she had a healthy daughter, when a dark shadow fell over them. "Ahh!" a gurgling voice said,"I see that the child has been born. Excellent, now, give it here."
"W-what?" Yolei asked,"Oh God, I'm delierous...I thought Dragomon just said that he wanted my child."
The massive Ultimate chuckled deeply. "Yes, I am just a hallucination." He whipped his right tentacle at the child in Sora's arms and flicked her away,"And this just did not happen. Now, go to sleep, you are very tired."
"Give me back my child!," Yolei shouted, trying to get up, but found that all her energy was gone..
"Where are you taking her?!" Sora shouted, pointing at the child wrapped in Dragomon's tentacle.
"Do not worry, " Dragomon said,"I will return her shortly."
"I don't care!" Sora said"Biyomon, stop-!" she was cut off when a sharp harpoon was thrusted in front of her face.
"If they move," Dragomon told the Divermon surrounding Yolei, Sora and Biyomon,"Remove their heads from they're bodies."
A few seconds after Dragomon left, there was a massive explosion they blew a hole in the dark room. Sora and Biyomon were thrown back into the Divermon, crushing them. Yolei laid on the floor, and could only watch in horror, as a figure in a metal robe with large metal wings walked in through the gapping hole. "D-Daemon..."Yolei said.
Matt raised his hand and slammed it down, but Tai was faster than he was. He moved out of the way, missing Matt's fist entirely. Tai then brought his foot up and connected with Matt's face, sending his head flying back with a spray of blood. Tai quickly charged up and threw Matt to the ground.
"I don't know what's going on here," he said, punching Matt in the face,"I don't know what's going on with you, but, if you really want to do this, then I have no choice but to go along with you!"
He slammed Matt again, shooting his head back into the sand. Matt brought his foot up and kicked Tai in the back. Tai didn't move. Matt brought both of his feet up and slammed Tai in the back. This time Tai lurched forward slightly. Matt took his opportunity and slithered out of Tai's grasp. When he was back on his feet, he kicked Tai in the face, flipping Kamiya over and onto his back.
Dragomon could only stare at the child that was laid out in front of him on his throne room floor. He couldn't help but chuckle at the newborn child. "My darling future bride," he said,"My darling Digimon Empress, how vulnerable you are now, how easy it would be for me to take you as you are now, but, no. No, I must allow time to play out, you must realize your destiny on your own, and to that end..."
He turned to the right and walked over to where his giant clam lay. He smiled at the giant, glowing pearl on the inside. "Ahh," he said,"Aquatreft, the Center of all the Oceans, give me power, a gift for my future bride, give me a Digivice of Darkness!"
The pearl started glowing brightly, lifting up the entire room, then, as quickly as it started, it was over and the room was dark once more. Dragomon smile as he picked up the small device that had appeared at the side of the Aquatreft. He examined the device. It was a D-3, almost identical to Ken's Dark Digivice, except it was a much blacker shade. He flipped it over and his grin deepened. There was a set of small lights covering the back on the Digivice. "Excellent."
Dragomon walked back over to where Yolei's daughter lay. He held the Digivice over the newborn's stomach. It glowed for a second then stopped. Dragomon's smiled again. "Good, the Digivice is now yours. When you come of age, and your Digimon is ready, this Digivice will come to you. Every time you use this Digivice, a light on the back will glow, and, when all the lights are lit, your glorious destiny will be achieved, my Digimon Empress, and you will join me, as my Dark Bride!"
Suddenly, Dragomon heard a massive sound blast, and the entire room began to shake. He shot his tentacle arm at a computer console and flicked it on. A Divermon appeared a second later. "What is going on here?!" he shouted.
"We are under attack!" the Divermon said.
"Who?"
"It was Daemon."
"What do you mean, 'was'?"
"He left," the Divermon said, saluting Dragomon,"He broke it, accessed our computer systems, then left."
"What was he looking for?"
"We are not sure, but, we believe that it was the location of the exit portal to the Dark Ocean."
"Hmm," Dragomon said,"Good riddance, but, is that all?"
"Um," the Divermon said, bowing slightly,"He-ah, did take Sora Takenouchi with him."
Davis jumped up into the air, higher than T.K.. Then he slammed down on T.K's shoulder, sending him onto one knee. He then punched Davis in his stomach. He staggered for a moment, then T.K. struck again. Putting both his hands together he nailed Davis in the face.
After he recovered, Davis slammed his fists on both side of T.K.'s head. He fell to the ground and did a spin, hitting Davis's legs and knocking him over.
Over to the right, Ken and Cody's fight was continuing. Ken grabbed Cody's feet with his legs, and pulled back which caused Cody to fall on his back. Ken quickly jumped up and let his elbow land in a small section of Cody's stomach. He breathed in quickly, as Ken quickly spun around and brought his foot into Cody's chin.. He yelped in pain and fell over backwards. Ken was about to jump up and bring his knee into Cody's stomach, when, they both heard a fierce beeping sound.
"What is that?" Ken asked.
"My-my D-terminal," Cody said, reaching into his pocket. He opened the cover and read the message. "Its from Yolei.."
"Yolei?!" Ken shouted, knocking Cody out of the way, and grabbing his D-terminal. "Yolei says that she's in Dragomon's base, and that Daemon just took Sora!"
"What?" Davis asked, as he and T.K. joined them,"Dragomon's got Yolei."
"Tai!" Cody called out,"We've got a problem!"
"Did you hear that?" Tai asked, as he continued to punch Matt into the face,"Sora's missing now. Are we ready to work together, or, are we going to continue to attack each other?"
"Sora?" Matt asked,"Sora's missing? I'll kill whoever took her!"
"And I want Dragomon's head for taking Yolei!" Ken shouted, clutching his fist so tightly he almost drew blood.
"Okay," Tai said,"We need to split up, and get our members back. Cody, use Submarimon and get to Dragomon's castle, free Yolei, and get back up here."
"I'm going with you!" Ken shouted.
"Ken," Tai said,"You can't, Submarimon is the only one who can..."
"You idiot!" Matt shouted,"We come to a dimension that is mostly water, of course we're going to bring some scuba gear! Its in our backpacks!"
"Fine!" Tai said, keeping his temper under control,"Get the gear on, Ken, then join Cody in the search for Yolei! While your in Dragomon's castle, find out the location of the exit portal, and e-mail me as soon as you find out. The rest of us are going to free Kari and Miriya from Daemon, then we'll move towards the exit gate and hold our position there."
"Good," Matt said, cracking his nuckles,"As long as I get some action, the better!"
"Are you sure this is such a good idea?" T.K. whispered to Tai,"Something is wrong with them."
"I know," Cody whispered also,"But, they seem okay now."
"I think that as soon as we get them out of the Dark Ocean, the better they'll be," Tai whispered back,"Something about this place, is bringing out the darkness in those with troubled souls, but, why wasn't I affected? I've got the most inner demons out of everyone."
"Maybe you've got more Holy Power then you realize," T.K. said.
"What happened here?" Dragomon demanded as he walked into the room where Yoeli was lying on the ground.
"Daemon came here," Yolei said,"He started accessing your computers. Sora tried to fight him, but, he took her and left. Where's my child?!"
"Here," Dragomon said, handing her the newborn, wrapped in a black blanket,"I took the liberty of bathing her."
"Her?" Yolei asked, moving the blanket slightly,"Yeah, a girl. Won't Ken be disa-........" She turned and looked at Dragomon,"How did....you know that she was going to be a girl?"
Dragomon just smiled. He turned and started to walk away,"Your friends are here, you might want to move towards the dock area, and make it easier for them."
"W-what?" Yolei asked, when Dragomon pointed towards the computer screen. On the bottom screen was an image of the dock area, with Ken and Submarimon were emerging. "Y-you're just going to let me go?" Yolei asked.
"Yes," Dragomon said,"I've got what I want."
Yolei stared at him for a couple of seconds. She was extremely worried, when, her desire to be with Ken, to be free of this horrible place over came her. Clutching her child tightly, she ran down the hall.
Dragomon chuckled. "Run all you like, you can never escape my reach. Your child will be mine!"
Ken broke through the water and jumped up onto the hard floor of the dock, followed shortly by Submarimon. "Let's hurry and get Yolei!" Ken said, gritting his teeth,"Then let's get the f-#%$ out of this hell!"
"Sure," Cody said, a little nervous about being teamed up with the person that just tried to kill him. Submarimon jumped back into the water, saying that he'd wait for them. Cody and Ken walked down the halls of Dragomon's palace, cautiously looking at the halls, when they past a screen and keyboard mounted onto the walls.
"A terminal," Ken said, moving over to it. He started typing,"Soon, we'll have the location of the way out of here."
"Just hurry up," Cody said, looking around,"This place gives me the creeps."
"I agree," Ken said, as he stopped typing,"Bingo! I've got the way out."
"What?" Cody asked,"Already?"
Ken nodded. "Yeah, its a waterfall a bit down stream. Tell Tai, then let's get Yolei."
Cody took out his D-terminal and started typing. "How could you have found the exit portal so quickly?"
"I..I don't know," Ken said,"As soon as I logged on, the location was just there. It was like someone else had looked it up, or...that file was there, waiting for me."
"Okay," Cody said, nodding to the D-terminal,"Tai's on his way to the waterfall. Let's find Yolei, and..."
"Ken! Cody!"
They spun around and saw Yolei running towards them, something in her hands. She ran right to Ken's outstretched arms. "Yolei," he asked,"y-you look horrible. W-what happened to you?"
"Later," she said, as they started walking to the dock,"But first, here's your daughter."
"M-my....you gave birth?" Ken said, a smile starting to cross his face,"I...I'm a father?"
"That's right," Yolei said, smiling,"We're parents."
Cody couldn't help but smile along with them. Whatever the Dark Ocean did to Ken, seemed to have disappeared, as soon as he saw Yolei. He seemed completely back to normal as Yolei and their daughter climbed into Submarimon's cabin. Cody attached his scuba gear then grabbed onto Submarimon's fin, and Ken grabbed the other one. They dived into the water, and sped towards the exit gate.
Miriya's eyes shot open, when she heard Kari call out her brother's name. Her vision was a bit fuzzy, but, she knew that the bars of the cage were gone. She stepped out of the cage and almost fell onto the ground, but she was caught by someone. Thinking it was Tai, she reached up and kissed the person on the lips. "Ahh!" she said, pushing away when she saw who she was kissing.
"Thank you," Davis said, smiling,"But, let's not tell Amanda, okay?"
Her vision completely came back and was able to see everything in the room. Kari and her son were standing by T.K. and Patamon, while Michael and Betamon were examining Daemon's throne. She found Tai and Matt running into the room at the same time, both covered by bruises and blood. "Sora's not here!" Tai said,"I thought that Daemon would have brought Sora back here!"
"Now what do we do?" Matt shouted, grabbing Tai's shirt,"You promised me that we would be able to finish Daemon, but, now Sora's not even here!"
"Uh, guys," T.K. said, holding up his D-terminal,"Ken found the exit portal."
"That doesn't matter now!" Matt said, staring right into Tai's eyes,"Once again, you're stupid plan gets Sora captured, just like with Datamon!"
Tai pushed Matt's arms away from him. "Listen to me!" he shouted,"Never, ever, bring that up again! Its over, got it?!"
"Guys," Michael said, stepping between them,"We need to think of something."
"Okay," Tai said,"Let's think about this. Daemon invades Dragomon's base, then takes Sora, but, why didn't he take Yolei too? And why didn't Barker take Sora when he had the chance? Why would Daemon have gone to Dragomon, despite the danger? What did Dragomon have, that Daemon didn't. Maybe Daemon didn't want Sora."
"What are you saying?" Kari asked.
"I think that Daemon went to Dragomon's to get the location of the exit portal, but, Sora probably tried to fight him..."
"Yeah," Matt said, crossing his arms,"She learned that from you."
"You were saying, Tai?" T.K. asked, giving Matt an annoyed looked.
"I think that Daemon went to Dragomon's to find the location of the exit portal, but Sora started to fight him. He took her then, because she wanted to fight him. So, he knows the location of the exit portal, so..if we go to the exit portal, eventually, he'll show up there."
"No!" Matt said,"We need to find Sora now!"
"Listen to me!" Tai shouted,"We need to wait there! We have no idea how big the Dark Ocean is, Daemon could be anywhere now, we need to wait there!"
"No..." Matt said.
Tai sighed. "I'm not going to explain it to you again. You want to search for her, fine, go! I'm going to the portal. Do whatever the hell you want."
Tai exited the room followed by Miriya and Kari. Then Davis and Michael left. "Fine, who needs them," Matt said,"Come on T.K., let's go.."
"No Matt," T.K. said,"Tai's right. Something's wrong with you, something about the Dark Ocean is making you crazy. I'm going with Tai."
He turned and walked out. Matt just stared at them for a couple of seconds, then grumbled to himself and followed them out.
Cody had his hand wrapped tightly around the handle of the rope that was connected to Submarimon as he and Ken zoomed through the water. Despite everything that was happening, he couldn't help but feel very content. Everything was so peaceful. He was just thinking how everything was so beautiful, when he felt something fly past him. He spun around. "Oh crud," he said. There were a dozen or so Divermon attacking them. He got Ken's attention and pointed towards them. Ken nodded, and yanked twice on Submarimon's fin, giving him the signal to go faster. The Digimon started zooming very quickly through the water, and Ken turned to see them start to disappear into the background. He then caught a very large large shadow, behind the Divermon. "Oh great!" he thought,"That's a Zudomon! If only Wormmon could fight in the water, but, he's inside of Submarimon's cabin. Great!"
"Well," Tai said, missing an energy blast,"It's still a good idea, so keep quite, Matt!"
Matt didn't say anything as he watched his Digimon battle a group of Devidramons. They had reached the top of the waterfall where the exit portal was, when Daemon's forces started to attack them. Now, they were trying to stay alive while waiting for Daemon and Sora to show up, and also Cody, Yolei, and the only one who could open the exit portal, Ken.
Metalgreymon fired his Giga Blasters ripping through a group of Devidramons. Weregarurumon attacked with an array of jumps and kicks. Both of them were the only Digimon that were fighting, the rest were out of energy, and they didn't want to get between Matt and Tai's rivalry.
Metalgreymon slashed down, destroying a Devidramon. "Okay, I think that's all of them."
Tai tried to tell his Digimon to look out, but, before he could, a Devidramon slashed deep into Metalgreymon's back, regressing him to Agumon. The Devidramon raised his claw, ready to slash into Agumon, when something pelted into his back. Tai looked around, and saw Submarimon jumping out of the water, blasting his Oxygen Torpedoes into the Devidramon's back. While he was stunned, Weregarurumon ended the battle with a quick swipe of his claws, before he returned to Gabumon.
"Okay," Tai said, as Submarimon landed on the shore, and Yolei and Wormmon were getting out, and Cody and Ken were emerging from the water,"Now we've got to wait here for.."
"We've got a bigger problem," Cody said,"We're being chased by Dragomon's armies."
Everyone looked at the waters of the lake as dark creatures were beginning to rise from it. "Shoot," Davis said,"Ken, the gate to get back to Earth is right here, open it for us."
"You've got it," Ken said. He walked over to the edge of the cliff, and something dawned on him. "Hey, where's the t.v.?" he asked, looking around.
"Just call out to open the portal," Davis said, watching the Divermon and the Zudomon's moving closer to them,"And hurry."
"Alright," Ken said, holding out his Digivice,"DarkPortal Open!"
At the bottom of the water fall, deep under the river, a beam of light shot up to the middle of the waterfall, creating a glowing circle. "Oh great!" Matt said, looking over,"What do we do now? And Sora's still not here!"
The Divermon started to attack, throwing their harpoons at them. Every one missed the Digidestined. One hit the ground right beneath Matt and Gabumon. It exploded, sending Matt and Gabumon over the edge of the cliff and into the portal.
"Well, they're back on Earth," Ken said,"What about the rest of us?"
"All of you, go!" Tai ordered, dodging energy blasts, "Except for you Ken. If the portal closes before we're all throw, you'll need to open it again."
"Gotcha," Ken said, watching as T.K., Cody, Davis and their Digimon jumped over and into the portal.
"Kari, Miriya, go!" Tai ordered.
"What about you?" Miriya asked,"Come on. Our child can't grow up without a father!"
"Our child will always have a father," Tai said,"But, if you don't leave, our child won't even be born. Go!"
"Come on," Kari said, lightly grabbing Miriya's arm,"We need to go."
"O-okay," Miriya said, looking over the edge of the cliff. She took a deep breath, and jumped, followed by Kari.
"Okay," Ken said, ducking to avoid a harpoon,"That's everyone except us."
"No," Tai said,"We're still missing..."
"Her?"
Tai looked up to where Ken was pointing. In the air, Daemon was hovering above them, gripping Sora and Biyomon tightly. "Let her go!" Tai demanded.
"No," Daemon said. He moved his right hand out. Tai looked on in horror as Daemon's metal hand slowly transformed into a sharp blade, which he rested against Sora's neck. "Oh, don't look so surprised,"Daemon said,"I've been infected with the Cyberdyne Virus, remember?"
Tai hesitated for a long moment. "Okay," he said,"The gate to get back to Earth is right below us. When I say three, we all jump, got it?"
"No!" Sora shouted,"Tai, don't let him back onto earth! Don't do it!"
"Sora," Tai said,"I...you mean too much to me. I can't let you die. Are you ready, Daemon?"
"Yes," Daemon said, hovering over the edge of the cliff.
"Okay," Tai said, looking at Ken,"One.....two.....three!"
Tai, Agumon, Ken, and Wormmon jumped over the cliff, and Daemon retracted his wings, taking Sora and Biyomon into the portal with him. When they were all throw, the portal flickered for a second, then disappeared.
Tai felt himself crash into the water, and he through that they somehow missed the portal, and landed into the lake at the base of the waterfall, when he noticed that the water was a clear blue, instead of a murky black. He shot his head up throw the surface of the water and looked around. He saw the rest of the Digidestined on the shore, and he swan over to join them.
"Where are we?" he asked, when he got onto the shore,"Wait, I know this place. I-its in the mountains of Japan. We're really close to home."
"That's right," Miriya said, kissing him lightly on the cheek.
"Sora!" Matt said, running to where she was slowly climbing out of the water,"Are you okay?"
"Yes," she said, spitting out water,"I-I'm okay." She turned and looked towards Tai,"H-he..wait, where's Daemon?"
A figure shot up out of the water. "Yes!" Daemon screamed,"Free. I'm free, at last!"
Tai pushed himself off of the ground and stared at him. "Daemon, you might be free, but, you're not going anywhere!"
"Are you really going to fight now?" a new voice asked,"Your Digimon are incredible low on energy, you'd never make it to the Champion level."
The Digidestined turned and saw a young man standing on the top of the waterfall. "Barker!" Tai said, as Daemon landed next to Barker.
"But," Barker said,"If you really want to fight, then, so be it. My..associates, and myself, will be more than happy to fight you, or, what do you say, we call it even now?"
Tai looked at his forces. Every Digimon was on the ground, barely able to keep their eyes open. "Fine," Tai said,"But, we'll be watching for you."
"I can't wait," Daemon said, laughing as he and Barker turned and started walking away,"I can't wait!"
"Tai," Sora said, walking over to him,"Y-you freed Daemon, just to free me?"
"Y-yeah," Tai said, looking at the gound,"I did."
Sora lightly kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you. Do you, ah, want to get dinner later?"
"Ah," he said, turning to where Miriya was fussing over Yolei's new baby with Kari,"Sure."
Tai, T.K, Cody, and their Digimon slowly made their way out of the rolling waves of the Dark Ocean. "So," Armadillomon,"Does any one know where Daemon's hideout is suppose to be?"
"I'm not sure," Patamon said,"But, maybe it could be that lighthouse."
"Which one?" T.K. asked.
"The one that has all those Devidramon coming from it."
The three Digidestined nodded to each other. "Look," Cody said,"Matt, Davis, and Ken are being chased by them. They're escaping!"
Tai strained his eyes and saw that their three friends were ridding on top of the Devidramons. "I don't think that they're escaping!"
Matt grinned sinisterly to himself as he pulled his hand back, then shot it forward, pointing at the Digidestined. "Attack!"
Years of Preparation: Part 4
Tai, Cody, and T.K. watched in nervous anticipation, as Matt, Davis, and Ken charged towards them. The scowl and darkness on their faces perfectly matched the Devidramon they were riding on top of. Tai's eyes were looked with the black jewels of Matt's eyes, as he sped closer. "Guys," Tai said, mentioning to T.K. and Cody,"Get ready."
"What?" T.K. asked,"We're not seriously going to fight them, are we?"
"He's right," Cody said,"They're our friends." He turned towards the others, and saw the dark scowl that Ken was giving him. "Although," he said,"They aren't looking like themselves."
Tai stepped forward and tighten his fists. "They're going to attack us, I can tell! We've got to be ready to defend ourselves!" He watched as the three Digidestined jumped off of the Devidramon and ran towards them,"Agumon..."
His Digimon partner nodded. "Right. Agumon digivolve to Greymon! Greymon digivolve to Metalgreymon!"
"Well," Matt said with a sneer,"It looks like they're ready for the battle. Gabumon..."
"Gabumon digivolve to Garurumon! Garurumon digivolve to Weregarurumon!"
T.K. stared at Davis's dark eyes, as Veemon and Wormmon digivolved. "Cody," he said softly to him,"I think Tai may be right. They're ready to kill us, we've got to defend ourselves."
"T.K.!" Cody exclaimed,"W-we can't..! It's murder!"
"We're not going to kill them," T.K. said,"Just stop them, right Patamon?"
His Digimon hovered off of T.K.'s hat and nodded. "Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"
"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!"
Davis laughed. "Don't stop there, we're going all the way!"
"Exveemon...."
"Stingmon....."
"....DNA digivolve to...Paildramon!"
"Ankylomon..."
"Angemon..."
"...DNa digivolve to...Shakkoumon!"
Metalgreymon slashed his claw down, but Weregarurumon jumped out of the way, causing the metal claw to smash into the beach, throwing up a geyser of sand. He quickly moved his head and caught a blue blur zoom by him. He spun around and caught it blur by him again. "Damn!" he thought to himself,"He's too fast for me!" He turned to Tai for advice, but found that he was on the ground, wrestling with Matt.
"Why are you doing this?" Tai asked, as Matt tackled him to the ground.
"Because I hate you!" he said, holding Tai to the ground with his legs. He raised his fist to pound Tai in the head, but Tai moved it quickly. "You've always had everything so easy! Your younger sibling was always with you, you were always stronger than me, you even have Sora moving towards you! I hate you!"
Tai brought his knee up and slammed Matt in the gut. He fell over, clutching his stomach. Tai shot up, and turned to see how the others were doing. Shakkoumon was losing against Paildramon, and Metalgreymon couldn't even hit Weregarurumon. He turned back around and saw that Matt was charging at him. He ducked, and Matt's punch caused him to go off balance, and Tai easily pushed him over. "Luckily, I could always beat you in a fist fight!" he gloated.
Matt quickly got up and slammed him in the stomach. "Don't bet on it!"
Daemon laughed from lighthouse as he watched the battle from an image screen. "So," he said, turning to where Miriya stood, supported on both sides by Michael and Kari,"It seems that the Dark Ocean has claimed more victims. Ha!"
Kari glared at him. "My brother will never die! He'll always be here to stop the likes of you!"
Daemon laughed again. "I was not talking about your brother, or his two allies."
"What?" Miriya asked, weakly.
"Oh, don't pretend you don't know," Daemon said.
"Why would I know?" Miriya asked.
"You were here before, Child of the First."
"Child of the First?" Miriya asked, "What are you talking about?"
"You were one of the First Digidestined, called into the Digital World to combat a foe similar to that of Apocalymon, while there, you hid many devices and mythical artifacts, before you were destroyed in your final battle. However, through reasons I do not know, you were deposited on earth, de-age to that of a five-year-old, and completely stripped of your memories. How you came to earth, or how you came to look exactly like Sora Takenouchi, I do not know."
"I look this way, because I went for plastic surgerory," Miriya said,"But, I really don't believe any thing else you just said."
"Come now," Daemon said,"You know I'm right. Think back, what is your earliest memory?"
"My earliest memory...? That would be when..when....around my seventh birthday..." she said, trailing off,"I...I can't remember anything before that..."
"That is why you are here, Miriya,"Daemon said,"Where is the location of the Black Digivice?"
"The what?" Michael asked.
"The Black Digivice," Daemon said,"The First Digidestined found it, crafted from the darkest fires of the Digital World. Where is it?"
"I...I don't know," Miriya said, starting to lose consciousness. Michael and Kari felt her body go limp and lean forward. They caught her before she hit the ground.
Daemon just growled to himself as he got up. "Where are you going?" Michael demanded.
"To Dragomon's throne room. I'll find the exit to this realm, I will not be trapped here any longer!"
Ken slammed his fist down, almost shattering Cody's nose. "Cut it out Ken!" Cody shouted,"I don't know what's wrong with you, but please stop it! I don't want to fight you."
"Well, too bad," Ken said, grinning,"If you don't fight me, you're never going to survive!"
He charged forward to, intending to pound Cody with a flurry of punches, but, Cody ducked out of the way and tripped Ken over. "I don't need to fight you," Cody said,"to beat you."
Shakkoumon was trying to move out of the way, but he was too slow. Paildramon blasted him with simple ease. T.K. and Cody's Digimon moaned as he fell into the sand of the dark beach. Paildramon hovered above him, ready to deliver the final blow, when Shakkoumon shot his Bombs at Pialdramon's arms, blasting the twin guns to opposite sides.
Davis laughed as he threw T.K. into the ground. "Your Digimon is starting to move a bit faster, but, he's still not fast enough!"
T.K. rolled out of the way before Davis could slam his fist into T.K.'s stomach. Before Davis could pull himself back up, T.K. brought his fist under and into Davis's stomach, crashing him into the sand.
"No..." Yolei said, shaking her head,"This can't be happening. I won't let it happen! I won't!"
"Yolei," Sora said, comforting her friend as she knelt beside her,"It is happening, and if you fight it, you might kill yourself."
Yolei shook fiercely as she lay on the ground. "This can't be happening! I can't be giving birth, I can't! I'm not due for another two weeks!"
"I'm right here," Sora said, squeezing her hand tightly. She then moved over and lifted up Yolei's skirt. "I'm not a doctor," she said,"But, I think you should start pushing.."
"No!" Yolei shouted,"No! I refuse to give birth in this hellhole!"
"Yolei," Biyomon said, paionetly,"I want to be able to tell Ken that his child is okay, not that both his child and his girlfriend died because she was being too damn stubborn! I'm not going to tell you again, Yolei, start pushing!"
Yoeli didn't have the spare strength to argue with her. All of her strength was focused on pushing. She pushed, and pushed, and finally screamed, then collapsed. "S-Sora," she said, breathing very heavily,"H-how is my child?"
Sora was about to tell Yolei that she had a healthy daughter, when a dark shadow fell over them. "Ahh!" a gurgling voice said,"I see that the child has been born. Excellent, now, give it here."
"W-what?" Yolei asked,"Oh God, I'm delierous...I thought Dragomon just said that he wanted my child."
The massive Ultimate chuckled deeply. "Yes, I am just a hallucination." He whipped his right tentacle at the child in Sora's arms and flicked her away,"And this just did not happen. Now, go to sleep, you are very tired."
"Give me back my child!," Yolei shouted, trying to get up, but found that all her energy was gone..
"Where are you taking her?!" Sora shouted, pointing at the child wrapped in Dragomon's tentacle.
"Do not worry, " Dragomon said,"I will return her shortly."
"I don't care!" Sora said"Biyomon, stop-!" she was cut off when a sharp harpoon was thrusted in front of her face.
"If they move," Dragomon told the Divermon surrounding Yolei, Sora and Biyomon,"Remove their heads from they're bodies."
A few seconds after Dragomon left, there was a massive explosion they blew a hole in the dark room. Sora and Biyomon were thrown back into the Divermon, crushing them. Yolei laid on the floor, and could only watch in horror, as a figure in a metal robe with large metal wings walked in through the gapping hole. "D-Daemon..."Yolei said.
Matt raised his hand and slammed it down, but Tai was faster than he was. He moved out of the way, missing Matt's fist entirely. Tai then brought his foot up and connected with Matt's face, sending his head flying back with a spray of blood. Tai quickly charged up and threw Matt to the ground.
"I don't know what's going on here," he said, punching Matt in the face,"I don't know what's going on with you, but, if you really want to do this, then I have no choice but to go along with you!"
He slammed Matt again, shooting his head back into the sand. Matt brought his foot up and kicked Tai in the back. Tai didn't move. Matt brought both of his feet up and slammed Tai in the back. This time Tai lurched forward slightly. Matt took his opportunity and slithered out of Tai's grasp. When he was back on his feet, he kicked Tai in the face, flipping Kamiya over and onto his back.
Dragomon could only stare at the child that was laid out in front of him on his throne room floor. He couldn't help but chuckle at the newborn child. "My darling future bride," he said,"My darling Digimon Empress, how vulnerable you are now, how easy it would be for me to take you as you are now, but, no. No, I must allow time to play out, you must realize your destiny on your own, and to that end..."
He turned to the right and walked over to where his giant clam lay. He smiled at the giant, glowing pearl on the inside. "Ahh," he said,"Aquatreft, the Center of all the Oceans, give me power, a gift for my future bride, give me a Digivice of Darkness!"
The pearl started glowing brightly, lifting up the entire room, then, as quickly as it started, it was over and the room was dark once more. Dragomon smile as he picked up the small device that had appeared at the side of the Aquatreft. He examined the device. It was a D-3, almost identical to Ken's Dark Digivice, except it was a much blacker shade. He flipped it over and his grin deepened. There was a set of small lights covering the back on the Digivice. "Excellent."
Dragomon walked back over to where Yolei's daughter lay. He held the Digivice over the newborn's stomach. It glowed for a second then stopped. Dragomon's smiled again. "Good, the Digivice is now yours. When you come of age, and your Digimon is ready, this Digivice will come to you. Every time you use this Digivice, a light on the back will glow, and, when all the lights are lit, your glorious destiny will be achieved, my Digimon Empress, and you will join me, as my Dark Bride!"
Suddenly, Dragomon heard a massive sound blast, and the entire room began to shake. He shot his tentacle arm at a computer console and flicked it on. A Divermon appeared a second later. "What is going on here?!" he shouted.
"We are under attack!" the Divermon said.
"Who?"
"It was Daemon."
"What do you mean, 'was'?"
"He left," the Divermon said, saluting Dragomon,"He broke it, accessed our computer systems, then left."
"What was he looking for?"
"We are not sure, but, we believe that it was the location of the exit portal to the Dark Ocean."
"Hmm," Dragomon said,"Good riddance, but, is that all?"
"Um," the Divermon said, bowing slightly,"He-ah, did take Sora Takenouchi with him."
Davis jumped up into the air, higher than T.K.. Then he slammed down on T.K's shoulder, sending him onto one knee. He then punched Davis in his stomach. He staggered for a moment, then T.K. struck again. Putting both his hands together he nailed Davis in the face.
After he recovered, Davis slammed his fists on both side of T.K.'s head. He fell to the ground and did a spin, hitting Davis's legs and knocking him over.
Over to the right, Ken and Cody's fight was continuing. Ken grabbed Cody's feet with his legs, and pulled back which caused Cody to fall on his back. Ken quickly jumped up and let his elbow land in a small section of Cody's stomach. He breathed in quickly, as Ken quickly spun around and brought his foot into Cody's chin.. He yelped in pain and fell over backwards. Ken was about to jump up and bring his knee into Cody's stomach, when, they both heard a fierce beeping sound.
"What is that?" Ken asked.
"My-my D-terminal," Cody said, reaching into his pocket. He opened the cover and read the message. "Its from Yolei.."
"Yolei?!" Ken shouted, knocking Cody out of the way, and grabbing his D-terminal. "Yolei says that she's in Dragomon's base, and that Daemon just took Sora!"
"What?" Davis asked, as he and T.K. joined them,"Dragomon's got Yolei."
"Tai!" Cody called out,"We've got a problem!"
"Did you hear that?" Tai asked, as he continued to punch Matt into the face,"Sora's missing now. Are we ready to work together, or, are we going to continue to attack each other?"
"Sora?" Matt asked,"Sora's missing? I'll kill whoever took her!"
"And I want Dragomon's head for taking Yolei!" Ken shouted, clutching his fist so tightly he almost drew blood.
"Okay," Tai said,"We need to split up, and get our members back. Cody, use Submarimon and get to Dragomon's castle, free Yolei, and get back up here."
"I'm going with you!" Ken shouted.
"Ken," Tai said,"You can't, Submarimon is the only one who can..."
"You idiot!" Matt shouted,"We come to a dimension that is mostly water, of course we're going to bring some scuba gear! Its in our backpacks!"
"Fine!" Tai said, keeping his temper under control,"Get the gear on, Ken, then join Cody in the search for Yolei! While your in Dragomon's castle, find out the location of the exit portal, and e-mail me as soon as you find out. The rest of us are going to free Kari and Miriya from Daemon, then we'll move towards the exit gate and hold our position there."
"Good," Matt said, cracking his nuckles,"As long as I get some action, the better!"
"Are you sure this is such a good idea?" T.K. whispered to Tai,"Something is wrong with them."
"I know," Cody whispered also,"But, they seem okay now."
"I think that as soon as we get them out of the Dark Ocean, the better they'll be," Tai whispered back,"Something about this place, is bringing out the darkness in those with troubled souls, but, why wasn't I affected? I've got the most inner demons out of everyone."
"Maybe you've got more Holy Power then you realize," T.K. said.
"What happened here?" Dragomon demanded as he walked into the room where Yoeli was lying on the ground.
"Daemon came here," Yolei said,"He started accessing your computers. Sora tried to fight him, but, he took her and left. Where's my child?!"
"Here," Dragomon said, handing her the newborn, wrapped in a black blanket,"I took the liberty of bathing her."
"Her?" Yolei asked, moving the blanket slightly,"Yeah, a girl. Won't Ken be disa-........" She turned and looked at Dragomon,"How did....you know that she was going to be a girl?"
Dragomon just smiled. He turned and started to walk away,"Your friends are here, you might want to move towards the dock area, and make it easier for them."
"W-what?" Yolei asked, when Dragomon pointed towards the computer screen. On the bottom screen was an image of the dock area, with Ken and Submarimon were emerging. "Y-you're just going to let me go?" Yolei asked.
"Yes," Dragomon said,"I've got what I want."
Yolei stared at him for a couple of seconds. She was extremely worried, when, her desire to be with Ken, to be free of this horrible place over came her. Clutching her child tightly, she ran down the hall.
Dragomon chuckled. "Run all you like, you can never escape my reach. Your child will be mine!"
Ken broke through the water and jumped up onto the hard floor of the dock, followed shortly by Submarimon. "Let's hurry and get Yolei!" Ken said, gritting his teeth,"Then let's get the f-#%$ out of this hell!"
"Sure," Cody said, a little nervous about being teamed up with the person that just tried to kill him. Submarimon jumped back into the water, saying that he'd wait for them. Cody and Ken walked down the halls of Dragomon's palace, cautiously looking at the halls, when they past a screen and keyboard mounted onto the walls.
"A terminal," Ken said, moving over to it. He started typing,"Soon, we'll have the location of the way out of here."
"Just hurry up," Cody said, looking around,"This place gives me the creeps."
"I agree," Ken said, as he stopped typing,"Bingo! I've got the way out."
"What?" Cody asked,"Already?"
Ken nodded. "Yeah, its a waterfall a bit down stream. Tell Tai, then let's get Yolei."
Cody took out his D-terminal and started typing. "How could you have found the exit portal so quickly?"
"I..I don't know," Ken said,"As soon as I logged on, the location was just there. It was like someone else had looked it up, or...that file was there, waiting for me."
"Okay," Cody said, nodding to the D-terminal,"Tai's on his way to the waterfall. Let's find Yolei, and..."
"Ken! Cody!"
They spun around and saw Yolei running towards them, something in her hands. She ran right to Ken's outstretched arms. "Yolei," he asked,"y-you look horrible. W-what happened to you?"
"Later," she said, as they started walking to the dock,"But first, here's your daughter."
"M-my....you gave birth?" Ken said, a smile starting to cross his face,"I...I'm a father?"
"That's right," Yolei said, smiling,"We're parents."
Cody couldn't help but smile along with them. Whatever the Dark Ocean did to Ken, seemed to have disappeared, as soon as he saw Yolei. He seemed completely back to normal as Yolei and their daughter climbed into Submarimon's cabin. Cody attached his scuba gear then grabbed onto Submarimon's fin, and Ken grabbed the other one. They dived into the water, and sped towards the exit gate.
Miriya's eyes shot open, when she heard Kari call out her brother's name. Her vision was a bit fuzzy, but, she knew that the bars of the cage were gone. She stepped out of the cage and almost fell onto the ground, but she was caught by someone. Thinking it was Tai, she reached up and kissed the person on the lips. "Ahh!" she said, pushing away when she saw who she was kissing.
"Thank you," Davis said, smiling,"But, let's not tell Amanda, okay?"
Her vision completely came back and was able to see everything in the room. Kari and her son were standing by T.K. and Patamon, while Michael and Betamon were examining Daemon's throne. She found Tai and Matt running into the room at the same time, both covered by bruises and blood. "Sora's not here!" Tai said,"I thought that Daemon would have brought Sora back here!"
"Now what do we do?" Matt shouted, grabbing Tai's shirt,"You promised me that we would be able to finish Daemon, but, now Sora's not even here!"
"Uh, guys," T.K. said, holding up his D-terminal,"Ken found the exit portal."
"That doesn't matter now!" Matt said, staring right into Tai's eyes,"Once again, you're stupid plan gets Sora captured, just like with Datamon!"
Tai pushed Matt's arms away from him. "Listen to me!" he shouted,"Never, ever, bring that up again! Its over, got it?!"
"Guys," Michael said, stepping between them,"We need to think of something."
"Okay," Tai said,"Let's think about this. Daemon invades Dragomon's base, then takes Sora, but, why didn't he take Yolei too? And why didn't Barker take Sora when he had the chance? Why would Daemon have gone to Dragomon, despite the danger? What did Dragomon have, that Daemon didn't. Maybe Daemon didn't want Sora."
"What are you saying?" Kari asked.
"I think that Daemon went to Dragomon's to get the location of the exit portal, but, Sora probably tried to fight him..."
"Yeah," Matt said, crossing his arms,"She learned that from you."
"You were saying, Tai?" T.K. asked, giving Matt an annoyed looked.
"I think that Daemon went to Dragomon's to find the location of the exit portal, but Sora started to fight him. He took her then, because she wanted to fight him. So, he knows the location of the exit portal, so..if we go to the exit portal, eventually, he'll show up there."
"No!" Matt said,"We need to find Sora now!"
"Listen to me!" Tai shouted,"We need to wait there! We have no idea how big the Dark Ocean is, Daemon could be anywhere now, we need to wait there!"
"No..." Matt said.
Tai sighed. "I'm not going to explain it to you again. You want to search for her, fine, go! I'm going to the portal. Do whatever the hell you want."
Tai exited the room followed by Miriya and Kari. Then Davis and Michael left. "Fine, who needs them," Matt said,"Come on T.K., let's go.."
"No Matt," T.K. said,"Tai's right. Something's wrong with you, something about the Dark Ocean is making you crazy. I'm going with Tai."
He turned and walked out. Matt just stared at them for a couple of seconds, then grumbled to himself and followed them out.
Cody had his hand wrapped tightly around the handle of the rope that was connected to Submarimon as he and Ken zoomed through the water. Despite everything that was happening, he couldn't help but feel very content. Everything was so peaceful. He was just thinking how everything was so beautiful, when he felt something fly past him. He spun around. "Oh crud," he said. There were a dozen or so Divermon attacking them. He got Ken's attention and pointed towards them. Ken nodded, and yanked twice on Submarimon's fin, giving him the signal to go faster. The Digimon started zooming very quickly through the water, and Ken turned to see them start to disappear into the background. He then caught a very large large shadow, behind the Divermon. "Oh great!" he thought,"That's a Zudomon! If only Wormmon could fight in the water, but, he's inside of Submarimon's cabin. Great!"
"Well," Tai said, missing an energy blast,"It's still a good idea, so keep quite, Matt!"
Matt didn't say anything as he watched his Digimon battle a group of Devidramons. They had reached the top of the waterfall where the exit portal was, when Daemon's forces started to attack them. Now, they were trying to stay alive while waiting for Daemon and Sora to show up, and also Cody, Yolei, and the only one who could open the exit portal, Ken.
Metalgreymon fired his Giga Blasters ripping through a group of Devidramons. Weregarurumon attacked with an array of jumps and kicks. Both of them were the only Digimon that were fighting, the rest were out of energy, and they didn't want to get between Matt and Tai's rivalry.
Metalgreymon slashed down, destroying a Devidramon. "Okay, I think that's all of them."
Tai tried to tell his Digimon to look out, but, before he could, a Devidramon slashed deep into Metalgreymon's back, regressing him to Agumon. The Devidramon raised his claw, ready to slash into Agumon, when something pelted into his back. Tai looked around, and saw Submarimon jumping out of the water, blasting his Oxygen Torpedoes into the Devidramon's back. While he was stunned, Weregarurumon ended the battle with a quick swipe of his claws, before he returned to Gabumon.
"Okay," Tai said, as Submarimon landed on the shore, and Yolei and Wormmon were getting out, and Cody and Ken were emerging from the water,"Now we've got to wait here for.."
"We've got a bigger problem," Cody said,"We're being chased by Dragomon's armies."
Everyone looked at the waters of the lake as dark creatures were beginning to rise from it. "Shoot," Davis said,"Ken, the gate to get back to Earth is right here, open it for us."
"You've got it," Ken said. He walked over to the edge of the cliff, and something dawned on him. "Hey, where's the t.v.?" he asked, looking around.
"Just call out to open the portal," Davis said, watching the Divermon and the Zudomon's moving closer to them,"And hurry."
"Alright," Ken said, holding out his Digivice,"DarkPortal Open!"
At the bottom of the water fall, deep under the river, a beam of light shot up to the middle of the waterfall, creating a glowing circle. "Oh great!" Matt said, looking over,"What do we do now? And Sora's still not here!"
The Divermon started to attack, throwing their harpoons at them. Every one missed the Digidestined. One hit the ground right beneath Matt and Gabumon. It exploded, sending Matt and Gabumon over the edge of the cliff and into the portal.
"Well, they're back on Earth," Ken said,"What about the rest of us?"
"All of you, go!" Tai ordered, dodging energy blasts, "Except for you Ken. If the portal closes before we're all throw, you'll need to open it again."
"Gotcha," Ken said, watching as T.K., Cody, Davis and their Digimon jumped over and into the portal.
"Kari, Miriya, go!" Tai ordered.
"What about you?" Miriya asked,"Come on. Our child can't grow up without a father!"
"Our child will always have a father," Tai said,"But, if you don't leave, our child won't even be born. Go!"
"Come on," Kari said, lightly grabbing Miriya's arm,"We need to go."
"O-okay," Miriya said, looking over the edge of the cliff. She took a deep breath, and jumped, followed by Kari.
"Okay," Ken said, ducking to avoid a harpoon,"That's everyone except us."
"No," Tai said,"We're still missing..."
"Her?"
Tai looked up to where Ken was pointing. In the air, Daemon was hovering above them, gripping Sora and Biyomon tightly. "Let her go!" Tai demanded.
"No," Daemon said. He moved his right hand out. Tai looked on in horror as Daemon's metal hand slowly transformed into a sharp blade, which he rested against Sora's neck. "Oh, don't look so surprised,"Daemon said,"I've been infected with the Cyberdyne Virus, remember?"
Tai hesitated for a long moment. "Okay," he said,"The gate to get back to Earth is right below us. When I say three, we all jump, got it?"
"No!" Sora shouted,"Tai, don't let him back onto earth! Don't do it!"
"Sora," Tai said,"I...you mean too much to me. I can't let you die. Are you ready, Daemon?"
"Yes," Daemon said, hovering over the edge of the cliff.
"Okay," Tai said, looking at Ken,"One.....two.....three!"
Tai, Agumon, Ken, and Wormmon jumped over the cliff, and Daemon retracted his wings, taking Sora and Biyomon into the portal with him. When they were all throw, the portal flickered for a second, then disappeared.
Tai felt himself crash into the water, and he through that they somehow missed the portal, and landed into the lake at the base of the waterfall, when he noticed that the water was a clear blue, instead of a murky black. He shot his head up throw the surface of the water and looked around. He saw the rest of the Digidestined on the shore, and he swan over to join them.
"Where are we?" he asked, when he got onto the shore,"Wait, I know this place. I-its in the mountains of Japan. We're really close to home."
"That's right," Miriya said, kissing him lightly on the cheek.
"Sora!" Matt said, running to where she was slowly climbing out of the water,"Are you okay?"
"Yes," she said, spitting out water,"I-I'm okay." She turned and looked towards Tai,"H-he..wait, where's Daemon?"
A figure shot up out of the water. "Yes!" Daemon screamed,"Free. I'm free, at last!"
Tai pushed himself off of the ground and stared at him. "Daemon, you might be free, but, you're not going anywhere!"
"Are you really going to fight now?" a new voice asked,"Your Digimon are incredible low on energy, you'd never make it to the Champion level."
The Digidestined turned and saw a young man standing on the top of the waterfall. "Barker!" Tai said, as Daemon landed next to Barker.
"But," Barker said,"If you really want to fight, then, so be it. My..associates, and myself, will be more than happy to fight you, or, what do you say, we call it even now?"
Tai looked at his forces. Every Digimon was on the ground, barely able to keep their eyes open. "Fine," Tai said,"But, we'll be watching for you."
"I can't wait," Daemon said, laughing as he and Barker turned and started walking away,"I can't wait!"
"Tai," Sora said, walking over to him,"Y-you freed Daemon, just to free me?"
"Y-yeah," Tai said, looking at the gound,"I did."
Sora lightly kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you. Do you, ah, want to get dinner later?"
"Ah," he said, turning to where Miriya was fussing over Yolei's new baby with Kari,"Sure."