Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, not even for a single day…. Isn't that cruel?!
A/N: Sorry for the delay in the update… ff.net was down… computer was in repair...
Dark Wargreymon for example will mean the Digi-clone of Tai's Wargreymon, etc…since they are working for the Empress
Warnings: Scene changes; angst and violence, and a very evil villain
Chapter 34: A Bittersweet Reunion
"Digi-clones! Digivolve!" Wishmon ordered on the sidelines. The clones of the Digidestines' Digimon mimicked them in their digivolutions. Davis and his friends gasped as they stopped their charges towards the digivolving clones.
"Good luck, Guys!" Uraina rooted vociferously, waving her hands at the Digidestines. Some of them waved back at her smiling, grateful for her support.
"You'll need it," Sam added immediately, but only Uraina heard it.
"I'm sorry, Davis, Ken. I can't let you do that," Uraina mumbled when she noticed that some of the Digimon were in the process of DNA-digivolving. She was about to conjure up a spell to prevent any DNA-digivolutions when she saw that the newer Digidestines' Digimon weren't able to. 'Probably low on energy. Good thing though; if they succeeded, their powers could destroy this entire place, especially when the Digi-clones will also be forced to transform.'
Frustration and disappointment filled the air surrounding the new Digidestines.
"UGH! Forget DNA-digivolving! We can still handle those phonies!" Davis yelled egotistically.
"Ow!" Uraina moaned as she continued to bare pain from her injured leg. It was a horrible burning sensation, and she felt as though she was still bleeding.
"What's the matter?" Wishmon asked her nervously.
"Nothing. I just felt a little twinge. Don't worry, it's temporary," Uraina answered, trying to reassure her former Digimon partner. 'I hope,' she thought after taking a quick glance down at the bloodstain on her pants, then next to her injured leg was blood smeared on the grass and dirt.
'Something's wrong,' Sam told himself as he glimpsed at Uraina's grave face. "Uraina. You don't look so good. Maybe you should return and see a doctor."
"Don't worry yourself about me, Sam. I just returned from the dead; of course, I might look a little pale. But I'm fine, and my leg is healing. I shouldn't worry Wishmon or the others about this matter now," Uraina told Sam telepathically.
"If you don't listen to me, you'll end up like the last time—dead."
"Won't that be a good thing then? I'll be able to be with you again," Uraina joked telepathically with a smirk.
"I'm not amused by that remark, Uraina."
"I was just joking."
"I hope so. I don't want you committing suicide just to be with me," Sam said sternly and a shy smile formed on her face out knowing that Ken's brother truly cared for her. "Promise me that."
"I promise," Uraina said aloud.
"Good, I think," Sam commented. 'But why doesn't that make me feel better.'
"Ah… just talking to myself again," she stuttered when she saw Wishmon looking at her strangely, and Wishmon shrugged.
"Tell me, where's Willis other Digimon?" Uraina asked quickly.
"Oh, that. Willis didn't bring Kokomon. Kokomon is running an errand for Gennai, at least that's what Mariana told me," Wishmon replied.
"Oh. I see," was all Uraina managed to say when her mind wandered to ponder what errand could be more important than helping his own partner in the battle.
The test of mental and physical strength commenced. Each Digidestine with their partners took on his or her own Digi-clone.
"Terra Force!" Wargreymon bellowed and unleashed his attack upon his digi-clone. With his quick reflexes, the dark Wargreymon dodged it, and then copied Wargreymon with a Terra Force attack targeted at Tai and Wargreymon. [A/N: it's not Blackwargreymon since it's an exact duplicate of Wargreymon; the word 'dark' is only to imply that the Digimon is in league with the Empress.] In almost the blink of an eye, Wargreymon leapt out of the way with Tai hanging on tightly. After eluding the digi-clone's attack, Wargreymon told Tai to stay on the ground, away from danger. Grudgingly, Tai obeyed, but continued to watch intently in hopes of helping Wargreymon in any way he could. The other Digimon followed Wargreymon's example to keep their human partners aside, safe from danger, so they wouldn't have to worry about their safety every time they attack the clones and the clones strike back or vice versa.
"Metal Wolf Claw," both Metalgarurumons yelled fiercely as they each exchanged successful and unsuccessful blows against the other.
"Use something else, Metalgarurumon!" Matt shrieked from the sidelines with the other kids, on the other side from Wishmon, Uraina and Sam. Each Digidestine [taking the test] was now paying close attention to his or her Digimon and battle.
"Flower Cannon!" the dark Lilymon assaulted while Mimi's partner evaded it only to counter with her flower wreath attack.
"Take that! Now you'll be [nicer]—" Mimi cheered until the dark Lilymon ripped the wreath from her own neck. Lilymon and Mimi gasped as the Digi-clone began bombarding flower petals at Lilymon again.
"Wing Blade!" Sora's firebird shouted, targeting her fiery attack at the other Garudamon. The clone absorbed the attack, adding the fire to her own. Then both birds began pursuing each other, tackling each other, and then sending fire attacks at each other in the sky as Sora watched worriedly from below. She was starting to lose sight of her own partner, and couldn't tell which Garudamon was her friend.
"Horn Buster!"
"Electro Shocker!"
"Mega Tail Whip!" both Megasnakedramons hissed angrily, tail whipping everything and anything in their way of hurting each other.
'Oh my. This is very chaotic,' Uraina thought as she noticed how the battle grounds were getting destroyed. "Everyone, back away!" she commanded everyone who wasn't physically fighting. Hearing Uraina, they slowly take several steps away from the regions of where their own Digimon were battling. As for the flying and dueling Digimon, the human partners made certain they weren't right below.
"Heaven's Charm!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Glide Horn!"
"Blast Laser!"
"Gatling Arm!" both Gargomon shouted. [A/N: Sorry if I spelt the names of the attacks incorrectly.]
* * *
Dawna remained deep in her sleep. Uninterrupted, she was observing the battles in her dream. It looked as if these battles would linger until all the Digimon run out of energy. "Armour-digivolve," Dawna mumbled continuously. She tried to wake herself up, but she wasn't strong enough to bring herself about to arouse. She felt her heart racing while the digital battles raged on fruitlessly.
* * *
"Vulcan's Hammer!" one Zudomon assaulted while the other shielded himself and then returned the attack with the same amount of force. Likewise, one Ankylomon would attack, and the other would dart out of the way and then return the same attack to plague the other.
"Spiking Strike!" Ken's Stingmon yelled as he assailed the clone, that in turned used the same attack against him while both Magnaangemons were sword-fighting against each other.
"V-Laser!" both Ex-veemons attacked and darted away from the approaching danger. Next, they used their V-Punch attack. Nevertheless, it was getting neither of them anywhere, for each of them took almost the same number of blows and amount of damage, and was being weakened with every assault and counter. Each battle was getting tiring and annoying.
'When will this end?!' Uraina screamed in her head after glancing at each battle.
"This is a total stalemate," Sam declared.
'This certainly is getting us nowhere,' Wishmon thought, aggravated. "Armour [digivolve]—"
"Wishmon! Shhh!" Uraina immediately silenced Wishmon.
Although Izzy didn't hear Wishmon's sudden outburst, he was pondering if there was a secret to defeating the clones. 'I still see no dark rings. Well, that won't matter much; the pyramids are already out of commission. If they are, they sure are obedient. Could all of them [the clones] be of Mariana's creations? Did the Empress specially design them to mimic our Digimon in their digivolutions and attacks? If so, can they armour-digivolve without digi-eggs? I'm willing to bet that they can't, that is if I wanted to bet.'
"What is it, Izzy?" Joe asked out of concern for his friend who spaced out.
"Huh? Oh. Sorry. I was just pondering about something."
"Oh? What is it, Izzy?" Von queried and the Digidestines gazed curiously at Izzy.
"Listen up, Guys. Armour-digivolve immediately," Izzy ordered as he looked at the Digidestines that possess digi-eggs.
"Why?" T.K. asked.
"They can't copy that ability. They don't have the digi-eggs to do so. And it won't need as much energy as your Digimon would need to DNA—," Izzy rationalized before he was interrupted.
"And then we can try to DNA-digivolve when our Digimon regain their energy," Davis blurted out excitingly.
"That's right! Surely, if they cannot copy our Digimon's armour-digivolution, they cannot take it from there to DNA-digivolving like our Digimon."
"What we need is to buy our Digimon time so they can rest in order to be able to armour-digivolve and then fuse together," Ken stated right after Yolei.
"Leave that to us," Matt answered and the Digidestines without digi-eggs nodded in agreement.
"Alright! Call back your Digimon," Sora told Davis, T.K., Ken, Kari, Yolei, Cody and Willis.
"Got it! Ex-veemon, return!" Davis screamed.
"What is it, Davis?!" his Ex-veemon grunted. "Don't you realize… that I'm a little… busy!"
"Yea, yea, yea. Just leave the battlefield for a while! I've got something to tell you!" Davis hollered.
"Return! Acquillamon!"
"Angewomon!"
"Magnaangemon!"
"Stingmon!"
"Ankylomon!"
"Gargomon! You too!"
"What about them [the Digi-clones]?" Davis' Ex-veemon protested when Tai's Wargreymon interrupted the battle between both Ex-veemons. At the same time, Matt's Metalgarurumon launched Giga Missiles at the Empress' Metalgarurumon and dark Magnaangemon; Garudamon used her Wing Blade attacks upon the dark Garudamon and dark Angewomon while Zudomon, Megakabuterimon, Lilymon and Megasnakedramon distracted their own clones as well as the clones of Ankylomon, Stingmon, Acquillamon and Gargomon.
"Go! NOW!" they bellowed to the Digimon that are able to armour-digivolve, and they obeyed, leaving the battlefield to join their human partners in their usual states to conserve energy.
'What are they up to now?' Uraina asked herself as she watched all of them attentively from the other side.
"Why do you supposed they're calling back some of their Digimon?" Wishmon asked Uraina.
'I'm not sure. But I do hope they've figured out the flaw of this level,' Uraina thought, and then gave Wishmon a shrug.
* * *
'Why did it take so long for me to cast my spell and for it to work?' the Empress mused while she relentlessly typed instructions for the computers to follow. 'Has something gone terribly wrong? Why was it so hard for me to close the gate to the world of fears after I opened it just for this test? Ugh! Never mind. The computers are updated with the new programming. Now, just to check on the Digidestines—' she managed before she noticed two strangers roaming about in one area of the Digital World on one of her monitors. Mariana zoomed in on the image and realized one of the image was a Gabumon while the other was human. She couldn't tell who the human was until she programmed the computer to change the perspective to front view in order to see the face of a man. "Daddy?!" she shrieked and then gaped. 'What's he doing here? I thought he lost his Digivice. Shouldn't he be at work? Is that his Gabumon with him? Hm. He'll have to wait, I need to get back down to ready Wishmon,' she urged when she discovered that the Digidestines had figured out the flaw to the Digi-clones; her clones couldn't replicated their Digimon's armour-digivolutions, and when they tried, they had returned to their rookie forms. That was another glitch to her programming; she had programmed the clones to copy whichever digivolutions their originals went for; but since the Digi-clones didn't possess any digi-eggs, they couldn't armour-digivolve, and so they returned to their default states, which she set as the rookie forms. 'Ugh! I should have brainwashed Ken, and make him help to construct a flawless program instead of using my magic to brainwash Von into being the decoy emperor,' was her final thought before she did a double check on the programs and the machinery. Afterwards, she beamed herself out of the fortress and onto the battlefield where Uraina, Sam and Wishmon were, only to witness that the Digidestines followed through with their plans of armour-digivolutions and then DNA-digivolutions which allowed all of the Digidestines' Digimon to thrash the Digi-clones when the Digi-clones ran low on energy. All of the clones were now unconscious.
"YAY! We did it!" Davis and Demiveemon gloated.
"We WON!" Yolei cheered, laughing.
"Not quite," Mariana retorted as she handed Uraina her grey D-3 and D-terminal.
"What's this for?" Uraina questioned, hesitating to take the devices.
"Just take it," Mariana urged as she abruptly placed them into Uraina's hands. Uraina watched her, puzzled. "The last battle, the test of perseverance. It shall be fought between Uraina with Wishmon and the rest of you," Mariana explained.
"One Digimon versus ours? That doesn't sound right," Cody said, pitying Wishmon.
"Wishmon will be crushed," Ken stated the obvious.
"Have you gone daft since I left, Maria? Don't you care when Wishmon gets thrashed by our team?"
"Why aren't you leading Wishmon?" Uraina asked, scanning Mariana's gloomy face.
Mariana did not answer right away. Instead, she turned to look Wishmon in the eye, and gently rubbed her hands against Wishmon's head. Wishmon purred, and with a weak smile, Mariana explained softly, "Be valiant, Wishmon. Uraina can assist you to armour-digivolve. It's her crest. I haven't my own to aid you. I'll be here though."
'How thoughtful. She's still as sweet and caring,' Davis mumbled in his head as his cheeks started to glow slightly pink. 'Why am I thinking this again? Ugh… Think Kari thoughts—'
"Don't worry. We'll do our best!" Uraina exclaimed boldly, winking to Mariana.
"Are you blushing, Davis? Or having a fever?" Tai murmured to Davis and then nudged him when he noticed that Davis was looked straight at Mariana continued to stroke Wishmon's head.
"Ouch!" Davis yelped. "Tai!"
"Is everyone ready?" Mariana inquired as she stopped stroking Wishmon and glimpsed at everyone around her. Davis had quickly regained his composure. They gave thumbs-ups.
"Digivolve!" all of the Digidestines, except Mariana, screamed.
"Wishmon… digivolved… to… Tykylomon!" Everyone watched closely as the Digimon transformed into their strongest levels so far with the remaining energy they had. The Digidestines' Digimon were only able to digivolve to their champion forms while Wishmon was able to change into an ultimate.
'Fourteen weary champions versus one charged-up ultimate. That should be fair enough,' Mariana reassured herself mentally.
* * *
"Where are you taking me, Gabumon?" Kamari's dad questioned as he trailed behind a Gabumon.
"It's been a long time since we've seen each other. And you wondered where I was. Well, I was guarding something for your daughter."
"My daughter?" Mr. Chaikary repeated curiously. 'Which one?'
"That's correct, Partner. It's for Kamari."
"How do you know all this?"
"Well, that's a little secret I can't share with you yet."
"Oh? Then, what are you guarding for my Mariana?"
"Um… you'll see soon enough."
* * *
"UGH!" Tykylomon grunted when she was hit by Greymon's Nova Blast, followed by Birdramon's Meteor Wing, Angemon's Hand of Fate, and Ex-veemon's V-Laser. Instantly, she became a victim to Stingmon's Spiking Strike. And not given enough time to recover, Tykylomon wasn't able to defend against Gargomon's Gatling Arm. Severely injured, Tykylomon collapsed to the ground.
"Tykylomon! GET UP!" Mariana commanded rigorously but Tykylomon made several attempts to get up, she quickly fell back down onto the grass, almost motionless.
"How about you pass us, Mariana? Tykylomon won't be able to take anymore of our attacks," Gatomon recommended sympathetically.
"Call it quits, Sis," Von uttered as he glanced at Uraina.
'I still don't recall Von being my brother.'
"Don't listen to your brother, Uraina. This battle isn't over. Tykylomon! Get up and WIN! For crying out loud, you can do better than this, Tykylomon. You just can't surrender to these weaklings!"
"Hey! I resent that," Ex-Veemon complained against Mariana's remark when Tykylomon struggled to get up again.
'You're right. I can do way better than this,' Tykylomon reminded herself, willing herself back on her paws with all her strength.
"Use your special ability!" Uraina suggested.
"Are you certain?" Mariana posed, looking at Uraina worriedly. "You look kinda pale."
"Not to concern yourself. I'm just fine. Tykylomon. Do it now!"
"Multiplication Activation!" Tykylomon shouted, and instantly, the number of Tykylmon multiplied to produce a total of seven Tykylomons. Each Tykylomon challenged two of the Digidestines' Digimon. And again, the bitter battles resumed so that the worthiness of each Digidestine and each Digidestine's Digimon can be measured and be determined to be superior to others.
"Tell me, Mariana. Why can't Uraina remember me? Did you cast a forgetfulness spell on her?" Von asked suspiciously, but Uraina paid no attention to his question concerning her. Instead, she watched the battles attentively.
"No. I didn't. She had probably blocked it from herself. Maybe I can unblock it," Mariana replied, and then closed her eyes and conjured up a spell to help Uraina remember Von and her family (foster).
"Aaahhh!" Uraina shrieked, and began to hyperventilate as memories of her past with Von and her (foster) family rapidly replayed in her mind. The Digidestines' Digimon continued to fight tiredly. "Von?" Uraina murmured as she advanced towards Von, who was only several steps away.
"I won't want to intrude on your reunion, but how about a little help here, Uraina?" Mariana interrupted as the Tykylomons were being plummeted by the other Digimons. In obedience, Uraina stopped her advance towards her forgotten (foster) brother to activate the Digi-egg of Forgiveness. She beamed a smile and then shrugged at Von, implying to him that their moment will have to wait until after the battle.
All of the Tykylomons regrouped to combine back into one, and then to de-digivolve into Wishmon. Next, Uraina hollered, "Digi-armor Energize!"
"Wishmon… armour-digivolved to… Anamon. Cosmic Wings of Chaos!" Anamon flew higher and spun around; her grey wings shot out grey rays towards her rival Digimons. Greymon and the others began dodging the streaks of grey light as more of them were launched by Anamon in her continuous rotation.
* * *
"So, this is what you've been safeguarding for my daughter?" Mr. Chaikary questioned rhetorically as he stared at a blue shaded digi-egg buried under a small pool of water. There were six points poking upwards—three sets of two points with the same height. On the digital egg, two wavy lines ran across horizontally like a river while four contours lines in the shape of raindrops overlapped the lines two times.
"It's a digi-egg to help Wishmon to armour-digivolve," Gabumon revealed.
"Oh. That's new. Back in those days, you and I never heard of this. Tell me, is this what was taking up all your time."
"Practically yes. I'm bounded as a Digimon to serve the four guardians of the Digital World; I accepted their offer of protecting this special digi-egg until the right Digidestine comes to claim it again."
Eyes still affixed on the digi-egg, he stooped down to lift it out of the water, but couldn't. He gave up, letting out a tired sigh. "It's so heavy, Gabumon. How is Mariana going to pick it up?"
"Bring your daughter here. It is time for her to obtain it. It is predicted that today will be my last day to safeguard this treasure."
"Oh? Do you know where [she is]—" Mr. Chaikary began to asked when a flock of Biyomons flew out nosily from a forest of trees in madness.
"She must be over there, in the other sector. Bring your daughter here now, please. Before the dark storm comes," Gabumon requested desperately as Gabumon stared straight up, looking at the grey clouds that were beginning to shroud over the region. 'Before she is lost in the storm of darkness. She must be saved before the digi-egg rejects her. She must reclaim her digi-egg before the darkness taints her.' Mr. Chaikary looked up at the darkening skies, and then at Gabumon to see the worried expression he wore. Mr. Chaikary nodded obediently, waved a temporary goodbye and then left in the direction of where the Biyomons fled from; his instincts told him that there was something his Digimon was too frightened to reveal to him.
Gradually, Mr. Chaikary picked up his pace. The noises of the battles the Digidestines' Digimon were engaged in guided him, guided him till he walked out of a forest and into a clearing, an open field where the last level of Empress' test was being held. "Sweetie!" he jovially greeted her as he ran to embrace his second daughter.
"Dadddy?" Mariana mumbled, stunned by his presence and by his hug. "What are you doing here? Uraina and I are kinda busy. The test isn't over yet."
"Uraina?! Is she Uraina?" Mr. Chaikary asked as he walked closer to Uraina and studied her physical appearance. Uraina was a little bit shaky, and Anamon sensed her uneasiness. 'Long, wavy, green hair and green eyes. Is she who I've been looking for? Is she the one who Dawna claimed to be my Uraina?'
"What's the matter?" Anamon yelled back as she made multiple copies of herself with her special ability, Multiplication Activation.
"Don't worry! Pay attention to the battle!" the young Empress commanded. Seven Anamon shrugged and then a set of bow and arrow shaped like a lightning bolt materialized into existence in each Anamon's hands. Skillfully, each Anamon released an arrow of lightning that paralyzes any Digimon on contact, and let out a scream of 'Lightning Arrow!'
Mariana turned to look at her dad, who was acting stranger than ever. "Daddy? You're scaring Von's sister."
"Sir?" Von asked as Uraina darted behind him for safety. Davis and his friends paid attention to both the battles and the situation, but decided it was best not to get into someone else's personal business. Instead, they would watch how things would play out for Uraina.
"Daddy?" Mariana asked again.
"When's your birthday, Uraina?" Mr. Chaikary asked with his eyes transfixed on her face as Uraina peered from Von's left shoulders.
Uraina's mouth went dry. She had never really met Kamari's dad face to face, and this first encounter was scaring the life out of her. "Um… November… 12th, Sir…. The same as your daughter." she stammered, her voice sounding a bit shaky.
"Uraina," Sam muttered as he backed her up. Uraina looked behind her, and saw Sam, who smiled reassuringly.
"November 12th? Are you two years younger than Kamari?" Mr. Chaikary continued to ask. Interrupted, Uraina turned to face them, nodding and shrugging.
"Why do you ask, Daddy?" Mariana injured, puzzled.
Mr. Chaikary glanced at Mariana, beaming a smile. "I have a surprise for you."
"Oh?"
"You see, a long long long time ago—"
"Just, cut to the chase, Daddy."
"Alright, Sweetie. You see, before you, your mom and I had a daughter. Her name—"
"You don't suspect it's Uraina?! Do you? She's Von's sister. Right, Von?"
'Oh my gosh. The day I've feared have come to pass. He may be her biological father.' "Um…" Von stuttered. "You need to be more specific."
"Huh? Von!" Mariana scolded.
"Alright, alright! I think it's time for me to share with you a little secret, Uraina," Von started to say as he turned to face Uraina. Her heart pounded faster, and she held her breath; Sam hopelessly tried to hold her hands in anticipation of anything that would traumatize her. "You should sit down first," Von advised but Uraina stood firmly, either too paralyzed or in strength. "Okay then. This is what I know. I'm not— I'm not your real brother. We aren't… blood-related," he faltered, and abruptly Uraina jumped out from behind him.
'What madness is this?! First, Von told me I'm his sister. Then I believed him, and now he tells me I'm not his biological sister!' Uraina's head began to hurt.
Without warning, Mr. Chaikary went to hug her tightly, whispering in her ears, 'You're Uraina, Uraina Chaikary. I remembered your mother naming you Uraina."
"Daddy! This is a serious matter. Although Von may not be her biological brother, that doesn't make that she's a Chaikary," Mariana reasoned and her dad released his hug to face his younger daughter.
"I can prove it," Mr. Chaikary asserted as he walked closer to Kamari.
"Oh?"
"Remember that birthmark on your upper back near your left shoulder, well, your older sister, was born with the same birthmark; your older sister has the same mark on the same area on her body," he whispered into Kamari's ears.
'The same scar? The same puny justice scale weighing a star on each side?' Mariana asked herself in disbelief. 'I still can't figure out why I would have such a bizarre scar.'
"Go see if she has it," her dad suggested softly, and Mariana nodded absent-mindedly.
Mariana walked towards Uraina, and mumbled something into her ears, probably asking Uraina for permission to see the upper portion on her back near her left shoulder, for Uraina allowed Mariana to peek under her shirt from the neck opening to determine if there was such a birthmark on Uraina. Mariana gasped when she spotted the scar—the same scar her body bore. All human eyes paid attention to her next actions. She remained silent as she absorbed all the information she was shown. Out of the blue, tears shed from the Empress' eyes. Mariana hugged Uraina, crying out happily in Uraina's eyes, "Sister. You are my sister. What Daddy said about you was true."
'Remarkable,' Izzy thought to himself.
'Sister?! Kamari's got the same birthmark as me?! Does this mean I'm truly blood-related to the Chaikary family?' Uraina thought, shocked. Sam and Von stood behind her, watching Mariana and Uraina in bewilderment with the other humans. "Sister," Uraina muttered into Mariana's ears and returned Mariana's embrace. Tears ran down from her own eyes, and the pain resulting from her head slowly faded.
"Ah-hem. I hate to barge in, but your Digimon has become outnumbered," a voice said weakly. The two sisters looked around, and realized that there was only one Anamon left, and she was too exhausted to continue.
"Anamon," Uraina mumbled solemnly and Anamon de-digivolved into her rookie form as Gurumon, who was a smaller version of Wishmon with several exceptions including larger paws.
"She's out of juice, I'm afraid," Mariana told the Digidestines, smirking. "I hereby declare all of you a pass."
"Mission complete, Sis. Now you have a real social life," Uraina said and winked at her, who blushed slightly and rolled her eyes as she transformed her Empress attire into normal clothes using her disguise pen.
* * *
Meanwhile, Dawna finally woke up in a panic. Her dream had already informed her about the battles and the results, but why did it stop when the mission was fulfilled? That plagued her mind, but not as much the well being of the two sisters. 'It's about to—' she thought until the computer projected a small figure in front of her. "Gennai?!"
"Almost in the flesh," he commented. "It's time for you to come with me."
Dawna tilted her head, puzzled by his words. "To the Digital World? Why?"
"The last part of the prophecy is coming to pass. You must follow me promptly," he urged on.
"Um… okay. But what proph—" Dawna stuttered until a bright white light embodied her and transported her into somewhere of the digital realm.
* * *
The Digidestines' Digimon also de-digvolved into their in-training forms, tired from the continuous battles while their human partners noisily rejoiced about their victory. Uraina stared at all of them proudly with a smile, and then turned to face the invisible Sam. "Um… Are… Um…" she stammered and then finally stopped to stare into his eyes with sadness. 'I guess—" she started to say until Sam faded out. 'Sam?!' she cried out mentally when she was unable to see him.
"HEY! Janoiry!!!" bellowed a Gabumon emerging out from the trees with something in his paws.
"Gabumon?" Mr. Chaikary uttered excitingly. All of them focused their attention on the approaching Gabumon with what appeared to be a digi-egg in his paws.
"What's—" Mariana was about to ask when there was loud rustling of the leaves coming from the forest behind Uraina and her.
"Shhh." All of them heard the noise also. Quickly, they pinpointed the area of the sound. The Digimons tried to digivolve, but failed. They were too exhausted. At least, hopefully, they won't be outnumbered by whatever hidden danger that may erupt without notice. The rustling had stopped and a cold wind, coming from the area where Mr. Chaikary's Gabumon exited, brushed against them. Some of them flinched.
"It's the storm. It's—" Mr. Chaikary's Gabumon started to say when the noise of heavy precipitation from the other sector could be heard.
"How—" started Mariana as a scream broke out from her older sister who was merely a few metres behind her.
"URAINA!" all of them hollered at the realization that she was being held captive at the mercy of an old enemy. Uraina's hands were forced back. Grunting, she struggled to escape; but the grip of the stranger behind her was too strong for her weak body.
"It's Daemon!" Motimon exclaimed, shocked like the rest of his friends as Daemon tied Uraina's hands together with a rope.
* * *
To be continued….
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter, despite the little cliffhanger… *Sorry*… Next chapter, which should be last, will include Azulongmon… If it turns out to be too long, I may split it into two chapters… Thanks for reading and reviewing. Special thanks to heath 999 for reading and reviewing this story and the story preceding this.
