Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of its characters. The storyline of Dragonball Z is not a property of mine. It belongs to Akira Toriyama. However, the character Burizalor is mine. Lady Myotismon, Iceladydevimon, Elfmon and Funkymon are characters made by Dark Warrior. I also don't own the characters and ideas known as X, Keke, and Max, because Max Acorn created them and I got his permission to use them.
SSJ4T: Hey, guys! Sorry for the lack of updates but I've had to study for exams. Anyway, we're back on schedule.
Coral: Thank god I don't have to go to school. I just hate studying. It strains my head.
SSJ4T: Studying is not a part of a saiyan's lifestyle.
Coral: Hell yeah! We're a warrior race and don't you forget that.
SSJ4T: Just don't use me as you're punching bag. Why don't you train with the other Z-Warriors?
Coral: Cause you're a lot funnier. Speaking of which, I could use a little warm up right about now.
SSJ4T: Shit! You guys enjoy the fic! I'm getting the fuck out of here!
Coral: There's no escaping me!
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[Digimon Zero Two opening theme "Target Akai Shougeki" plays during the opening sequence]
New Terror on the Horizon! The Nightmare Becomes Reality: The True Artificials Awaken!
The Digi-Destined looked over to Dimitri with shocked looks on their faces. They couldn't believe at what he just said. Was it possible? They didn't believe at first but were starting to become just a little more worried. Even the digimon were quite shocked to hear the bad news. There were more artificials along the way and which ones are the real ones?
"What? What do you mean these aren't the real artificials?" asked TK.
"I know for sure that these two here are not one of the three artificials that killed millions of people in my time," Dimitri said, "As you can see, these things have absorbers on them. The artificials that I battled had no hand absorbers."
"So, are you telling us that these aren't the artificials from your time?" asked Davis, "This sucks the big one!"
"Damn you, boy! You told us nothing but a pack of lies! Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Metalla X asked angrily.
"Hey. Give him a break, maybe in this time the appearance of the artificoals changed. After all, we did face three artificials right? I know I'm right," Yolei said.
"But do we know for sure if these are the true artificials that Dimitri was speaking of," Ken said.
"Well, wherever they are, those two down there know about and we will get their answers from them," said Kari.
They all turned down to face Ice Ladydevimon and Funkymon. They looked back at them with nervous looks on their faces.
"Curses! They onto me! I better make my hasty escape out of this predicament!"Funkymon thought.
"So, what shall we do, Funkymon?" asked Ice Ladydevimon.
A smile came across the face of Funkymon as he turned to face Ice Ladydevimon.
"That smile! I know that smile when I see it! You do have a plan right? Please, what is your plan in destroying the Digi-Destined?"
"My plan? You want to know my plan?"
"Yes! Please, you can tell me! Please!"
"I'm afraid I can't tell you now."
"Huh? Look, even if they know, it still won't make any difference."
"Yes, but there's just one small problem."
Ice Ladydevimon was getting very concerned and was about to question Funkymon's motives, but she chose not to. Funkymon speaks up again after a moment of slience.
"Because, I won't be needing your help anymore, Ice Ladydevimon. You are no use to me anymore."
"Huh?! You're not serious! I've been your royal servant, Funkymon! Please, let me have another shot at those ungrateful children!"
"No. They have gotten a lot stronger than the both of us. And if there's anybody that should leave this situation unharmed, it should be me. Since I have all of the plans back at the lab. My final plan in destroying the Digi-Destined shall come into fruition! And you are of no use to me and I bid my farewell to you, insubordinate."
"No! Don't!"
Funkymon held out his hand and a ball of energy formed in his hand. Ice Ladydevimon gasped at what she saw before her and decided to fly away in attempts to escape the energy blast that could possibly send her to her very own eternal rest.
"Escape is futile. May you rest in pieces!"
With that being said, Funkymon shoots out an energy ball and sends it flying towards Ice Ladydevimon. She attempts to fly faster but the energy blast comes within inches of reaching her. All she could do was let out a horrifying scream as the energy blast went right through her. Her screams sent chills down the spines of the Digi-Destined. They witnessed her destruction as she exploded into millions of pieces.
"Oh my god… He… He killed his own ally!" Dimitri exclaimed.
"But why? What is his motive?" pondered Ken.
"I don't care! I say we take him down before he tries to blow up somebody else! He must be stopped," cried out Davis.
Funkymon looked up and a smile came across his face. The Digi-Destined could only look down with shock across their faces. They couldn't believe what they just saw a while ago. Funkymon just destroyed Ice Ladydevimon with no regrets.
"Ha! You are now warned, Digi-Destined!! Now I shall unleash my advanced artificial models, Jax and Sonja, to kill you all, once and for all!!"
"Jax?!" Leomon exclaimed.
"And Sonja?!," TK said.
"Man! What does he think this is?! Mortal Kombat?!" Yolei cried out.
"What? You mean they were hidden this whole time without us knowing about it? Hmm, this is a lot more confusing than I first thought. And there's no doubt that Funkymon is none other than…"Dimitri thought to himself until he was cut off by the other Digi-Destined.
"You know what? Why don't you just release them," Metalla X said, "Go ahead. I dare you. More challenges is nice enough for us to show you our full fusion potential."
"No! Matt! What are you trying to get us into?" asked Kari angrily.
"Shut up. Go on! Go unleash your artificials. I'll just by my time. However, if you do not release them within a few hours, I will hunt you down and track you down myself. No funny business, monkey boy."
"Oh none whatsoever. And trust me, this will be the end for you Digi-Destined! I can fully guarantee you that!"
With that being said, Funkymon goes beam crazy as he starts blasting away at his surroundings in order to create a large amount of smoke clouds to easily blind the Digi-Destined for the moment being while he decides to make his escape getaway.
The maniacal Funkymon was firing blasts away and a huge cloud of smoke was beginning to build up during the scene. The Digi-Destined couldn't see through the thick cloud and were helpless to see right through it. Even the digimon had trouble, since they were now unable to see their enemy. They couldn't even sense his energy level during the whole fiasco.
"Damn! I can't even see through this thick cloud," said TK, "You guys, he's going to get away!"
"No, let him go! I want him to unleash those things. I want to see what they look like. From what I heard, they're supposed to very strong," Metalla X said.
"No! What you are doing, Matt, is very wrong," replied Dimitri, "You must not fight these things."
"Who asked you? Those two other artificials were fakes! I want the real deal," Metalla X angrily replied.
"Matt! Shut up! Your attitude is out of control," Kari said, "And I'm sick of it."
"Then do something about it. Unlike you guys, Gabumon and I have reached the level of fusion! And we will not rest there, we will exploit our full potential once we fight those artificials."
As the smoke cleared away, the Digi-Destined all looked down to expect Funkymon to be gone and not so surprisingly, he was indeed gone.
"He's gone! We have to find him as soon as possible," Leomon said.
"He's a long way from here," Ken said, "It will be almost impossible to find him any further from here. These mountains and forests could easily be hiding grounds for him."
"C'mon you guys! We have to track him down," Kari said.
"Hello! Don't you see that he's already gone! So there's no purpose in finding him anymore! So I say we just sit here and let him bring those artificials on over here," Metalla X said, "Then I'll be the one that puts them out for good."
"No! You can't underestimate their power! Please just listen," Dimitri said as he approached Metalla X.
"And weren't you the one who warned us about these things. And what I saw from them, I wasn't impressed. I had my way with those phonies. Now tell us, why didn't you tell us what the real artificials looked like."
"I'm just about fed up with Matt's new attitude. Ever since he fused with Gabumon, he's been a total egomaniac. I remember him being all calm and quiet back years ago. But this is getting ridiculous,"TK said to himself.
"Well, what? Are you just going to stand there all day?!"
"Hmmm. From what I seen, everything seems to be slipping out of proportion. I mean, let's face it. The three artificials that you guys were facing weren't the real ones after all."
"Then what do they look like and are you sure there were really three artificials?" asked Kari.
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Elsewhere, and many miles from the location of the Digi-Destined, Funkymon was running down a long trail in the mountain ridges. He was now making his escape getaway into the far off island forest. And there he would find the location that he has been speaking of earlier ago. Yes his lab was within the forest and isolated from human reach.
"Ha! Those fools have no idea what I'm cooking up in my laboratory! It will be a matter of time before I unleash my two precious creations on them! And that idiot Metalla X will realize their true potential and the challenge will backfire right in his face! Yes! It is only a matter of time before I destroy this world! Ha! Ha!"
Funkymon jumped over several ridges in order to reach his location a lot quicker without any hesitations.
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Metalla X looked out towards a long trail and noticed some footprints that were made earlier by Funkymon during the huge smoke cloud fiasco.
"Perfect. I just found where he may have headed to," he replied.
"Where? How do you even know? We can't even trace these artificial's power levels," Aquillamon said.
"There's no way you can trace their energy," Stingmon said, "Its impossible. Even if you have reached the fusion level."
"Oh yeah. Ever use your eyes? They weren't there as decorations after all, we use them for a purpose. Look down that trail."
Metalla X pointed down the mountain trail way that leads down into a far off pathway into the island's forest valley.
"Well that's pretty obvious. I guess we should thank ya," Xveemon said.
"I don't need any thanks. We will follow his trail in just a minute, but just one question. Tell us who is the brains behind this whole artificial operation?" asked Metalla X.
"I'll tell you. I'll let you know on everything," replied Dimitri.
"I'm listening."
Dimitri began to look back to several memories in his mind and looks to use some sort of explanation to tell Metalla X. There is one thing that he doesn't know about and that is the artificial's true appearance and their creator.
"Alright. As everybody knows by now, the creator of these monsters is none other than Datamon."
"Ha. So it's Datamon. That scheming little piece of scrap metal managed to create some pretty strong fighters from mechanical parts."
"Yes, but that's not the full story."
"Alright, since we know the creator. Fill us in on the description of these artificials. In fact, we afford to make anymore mistakes as far as these monsters are concerned," Leomon said.
"Yes. I can tell you what they look like. I should have told you when I first met ya'll just three years ago. In case you're wondering, these two artific'als look like human beings."
"They're human beings?" Yolei asked frantically.
"Yes. But do not be fooled by their appearances. They may look harmless but their powers are very destructive and they seek nothing but chaos."
"Enough with the dramatic tales. Descriptions now," Metalla X said.
"Now there are two of them that look human. And to be honest, I have never seen the third one. The one named Jax looks like a young man with long, dark hair and a bandana around his neck. He looks almost like you, Ken. But it's his eyes that are different from yours."
"Different from mine? How so?"
"His eyes are cold and calculating. Just by looking into them, they will strike fear into your very soul. And he possesses no soul, which makes him even more deadly."
"And the other one?" asked Kari.
"Yes and the other one is just as evil. The Sonja model looks like a beautiful, young girl with long, raven-colored hair. She wears a vest with long pants. She's just as powerful and her eyes are just as soulless and cold as Jax's. And there's no mistake about it, they are very powerful and their power should not be underestimated. Not even the strongest of your digimon stands a chance whatsoever."
"Well that sucks!" Xveemon exclaimed.
"Ok, another question. Do these things absorb energy like those two other, Elfmon and Ice Ladydevimon? And do they carry the D-Virus?"
"As far as carrying the D-Virus, they do carry it but they rather use their destructive powers to kill whatever comes their way. But as far as absorbers go, they don't need it. They have an infinite power supply, which is unheard of from any kind of fighters."
"That's nothing but a pack of lies! Your telling us that these things can't run out of power!" Metalla X exclaimed.
"That's right and that's why I suggest that we don't attack until… Wait… Where's Tai? Agumon?"
"They were infected by one of those artificials. But I thought you knew," said TK.
"Hmmm. So they're still alive? For some reason, time is going by a lot more slowly here than in my time. This just doesn't sound right."
"He should be over at Kyoto by now. Sora took him and Agumon over to get the antidote for them."
"Yeah. I was just at the scene at Kyoto. Those things left a big mess. And I'm willing to bet that they were able to spread the D-Virus," Dimitri said.
"Then we are we doing standing around here for? Shouldn't we like go back and help those people," Davis asked frantically.
"Nonsense! I say, we go after those artificials. And if you want to know why I have so much confidence is the fact that Izzy was able to duplicate the antidote and the others are able to spread the antidote through some sort of chemical that spreads in a form of a cloud."
"Who told you all this?" asked Yolei.
"Izzy. He sent me an email before I came here. Now, we should be more focused on those artificials! So what do you say?!"
"But you just heard what Dimitri just said. Those things are like totally indestructible," TK said.
"Maybe so, little bro. But who said that we couldn't attack them. I say we gun for the new challenge and accept it along the way. We may have died in the battle against these things in Dimitri's time. But we, including myself, have gotten a lot stronger during these three years. And with me as the strongest, we can take on these new super powers!"
The Digi-Destined could only look at Metalla X with concerned looks on their faces. Leomon was getting pretty infuriated with his new attitude and wanted to tell him off in his face.
"But knowing I can handle these new challenges, I demand you all to stay out my way. I will fight these artificials and break them with my bare hands!"
Metalla X smiles and goes flying up into the air. He decides to fly over the mountain trail and follow the footprints left behind by Funkymon, so that way he could easily trace the secret laboratory.
"Now you said the secret laboratory would be on this island? Perfect, now I can find them and wait for them to face me."
Just as soon as he said that, Metalla X was about to fly away but then Dimitri ordered Pegasusmon to fly him up. The boy from the future confronted Metalla X.
"No! Don't go out there! We need Tai and Agumon for this! If you go and face them now, there is a good chance that you might not survive! Please! Get it through your thick head!"
"You know he's right, Matt. Maybe your overlooking the situation here,"Gabumon said to Matt in inner thought.
"Nonsense! I can handle this by myself! Now out of my way!!"
Metalla X flies off following the trail left by Funkymon. Dimitri could only look on and sigh.
"You are being too difficult."
"Ugh! Man, how could Matt have changed this much," TK said, "The last time I checked he was on our side."
"I must admit though, ever since he fused with Gabumon to become Metalla X, Matt has been able to defeat one of the first artificials. Maybe he does stand a chance against the real artificials that are soon to be activated."
"No you're wrong," replied Dimitri, "He's not strong enough and if you want to know why. Its because, during my time, the artificials were able to kill him and Gabumon."
"Man, what you're telling from your own perspective, these artificials are a lot stronger than the phonies that we faced just earlier ago," Ken said.
"Yes and I just realized something as well. Something about that one artificial that managed to get away."
"What is it, Dimitri?" Kari asked.
Dimitri looked to the other Digi-Destined. They all stared at him and were about to ask another set of questions. They wanted answers. This situation has become more and more mysterious, which is making the Digi-Destined want to ask more concerning the artificials.
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Meanwhile, back at Kyoto, the other Digi-Destined were all gathered into one area within the city limits in the countryside. Tai and Agumon were lying on the ground, while Sora and Biyomon looked upon them with worried looks on their faces. Joe was looking through Izzy's laptop and scanning some information concerning the D-Virus by collecting some blood samples from Tai.
"So what did you find out?" asked Izzy.
"Its worse than I thought. The D-Virus is actually eating away Tai's cells, which is making him and his body functions weaker," Izzy explained, "However, the antidote is actually helping a lot. It is creating new cells that will kill of the D-Virus and those new cells will replace those cells that were eaten away by the D-Virus."
"Umm…"
"Let me put it this way: the bugs are eating away the exterminators of Tai's system. Then the antidotes are a new pair of stronger exterminators that will kill off these bugs. Simple?"
"Yeah and your observations was quite understandable. Good work, Joe."
"Well thanks to your technology, we were able to duplicate the antidote."
Suddenly, Mimi and Michael came running back from Kyoto. They were panting along the way as if they saw something terrible.
"What happened?" asked Joe.
"You won't believe but people are getting sick in Kyoto but not only that but they are dying as we speak," Michael said.
"The D-Virus is having its effect on the people in Kyoto," Mimi muttered.
"Oh no! We better think of a way to spread the antidote. But it needs to be in a form of a cloud of some sort," replied Izzy.
"Don't worry Izzy. You can leave that to me," Tentomon, "However, I will need some help to load the antidote and spread it out."
"I'll be more than happy to help," Biyomon said.
"Perfect. We'll use our wings to spread them like wildfire. The antidote should be airborne and those infected people should also be cured within a few hours," Tentomon replied.
"Then, what are we waiting for? Lets go for it," Sora said, "And we better feed Tai and Agumon some more of that antidote. They're not looking good at the moment."
"Here," Izzy said as she handed a bottle of the antidote.
Sora took it and opened it. She pulled out a pill and placed it into Tai's mouth. Since he wasn't able to swallow it due to the loss of energy he has in his body, Sora pushed it down his mouth and made sure he swallowed it. She then placed another in Agumon's mouth and made sure he swallowed it. Then, she got into a praying position.
"Please get better, guys. We're going to need you to help beat these monsters. This world depends on us," Sora said in inner thought.
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Dimitri broke out of silence as he was ready to tell the Digi-Destined the identity of Funkymon. He turned to face them and cleared his throat.
"The artificial that you all encountered that is named model-Funkymon. Well, I just realized that it's none other than Datamon himself."
"Are you sure?" asked TK.
"Positive. I just have a feeling that it is he. I should have seen this coming. But I never knew that he would take the form of an artificial but it was pretty obvious. I thought for sure that the artificials had done him in."
"So, he would be heading towards his laboratory," replied Yolei.
"And that's why we should be going after him at this very moment," said Kari.
"Yes. I will go and follow my father. He went ahead first and I won't allow him to go into this battle alone. No, I will fight at his side! I won't let my father get killed!"
Dimitri's Pegasusmon de-evolved back to Patamon. Dimitri held out his D-3 and it gave Patamon the power to evolve into his champion leveled form.
[Digimon Adventure "Evolution" theme plays]
"Patamon shinka!! Angemon!"
Then Dimitri's symbol of the crest of hope appeared glowing on his chest. It gave Angemon even more energy to evolve once again.
"Angemon shinka!! Magna Angemon!!"
"Magna Angemon! Fusion Evolve!!" Dimitri cried out.
Dimitri and Magna Angemon faced each other as their bodies began to glow and connect with each other by some force of energy. This caused them to fuse together and transform into a new form. It was Angemon X.
"Angemon X!!"
Angemon X flew up as he headed towards Metalla X's direction and towards the forest section on the other side of the island.
The other Digi-Destined looked up and they were clueless at what Dimitri just said. They were clueless at the fact that he mentioned to somebody as "father".
"Father? What? Did he say father? Who was he referring to," pondered Yolei.
"Ahhh! Now it's becoming a little more clear! Its obvious," exclaimed TK.
"Theres something you all should know," Leomon said, "That boy happens to be the son of Matt. And his mother is none other than Mimi Tachikawa."
The Digi-Destined fell backwards and gasped at what they just heard. TK and Kari were the most surprised.
"My… My brother gets married to Mimi?!" TK exclaimed as his eyes widened.
"Mimi and Matt's son is Dimitri… How cool!" Yolei said with stars in her eyes.
"Wow and I'm surprised to how their son turned out to be. He's not whiny like Mimi or self-centered like Matt. He's just right," Kari said.
"Plus. He was able to perform the fusion with his digimon partner," Davis said, "And I have yet to fuse with Xveemon. I wonder what we'll become."
"Don't forget about us, Davis," replied Ken.
"Yeah, a fusion between Aquillamon and I wouldn't be that bad. We be one, butt-kicking super hawk," Yolei said.
"Well now, don't get too excited," replied Aquillamon.
"I'm looking forward to fusing with you Davis," Xveemon said.
"Same here."
"You guys. Now is not the time to discuss this fusion theory," TK said, "Ok, so we got to follow those two. Plus, we can be able to find the secret laboratory."
"TK is right. There is no time to waste," Leomon said.
Just as they were about to make their move and begin their search for the getaway monkey 'bot, TK turned to see Kari staying behind. This concerned the young boy as he walked up to her.
"Kari? Whats wrong? Aren't you coming with us?" asked TK.
"Not with my brother in serious condition. I just don't feel right just leaving him. Besides, I owe him big time while he was looking after me while I was sick many years ago. He did it for me. Now it's my turn to look after him. Please, try to understand, TK. I won't go."
"I understand completely. Don't worry, whatever your heart feels, just go with it."
"Thank you, TK."
Kari pats her hand on TK's shoulder. She looked up at the boy's blue sparkling eyes and a smile forms on her beautiful face.
"Now, go get those artificials for me! Do it for me. Not to mention, for Tai."
"You have my word."
TK nods to Kari and walks off towards the others as he hopped onto Pegasusmon. They all headed off towards the direction where Angemon X and Metalla X were heading.
"Becareful, TK. Ha. You better come back, sweets."
"Kari? Should we be heading back to Kyoto," asked Nefertimon.
"Yeah. We're going to see my brother."
Kari hopped onto Nerfertimon and they headed off back towards Kyoto. Kari pulls out her D-Terminal and begins to type a message.
"I better email Izzy and let him know that I'm on my way over."
"Its best that way, Kari. So that we won't worry anybody for your departure from the mission."
"Tai will understand. He watched out for me while I was sick. Now I will do the same for my brother in this situation."
"That's why I call a true brother-sister bond."
"I just hope TK and the others will be okay when they do find the artificials. I'm sure they'll make it out al right. After all we have two fused warriors leading the team for now. Matt better not let his ego get the best of him."
Just after those thoughts, Kari finished writing her email and began to focus on pointing out directions for Nefertimon to fly towards Kyoto.
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Elsewhere, Metalla X was flying off across an ocean. Thoughts began to replay in his mind. He could hear Dimitri's warnings replay in his mind over and over again. They were angering him much further.
"Matt, why can't you listen to them? They are just trying to help,"Gabumon said in thought.
"I can handle this. Those fake artificials were weaklings. Soon I will get some better challenges. This way, I can fully show my true fusion potential that I'm looking to unleash,"Matt replied.
"But what if the artificials are just too much for even our combined powers to handle?"
"I won't allow ourselves to lose. I can't afford that!"
Metalla X began to focus more on the artificials as he shook all of those thoughts out of his head. Soon, Angemon X was flying right behind him.
"I can't believe that my young father is so stubborn and self-centered. How could Gabumon even put up with him sometimes?! My father is supposed to use friendship as his source of power. He was able to use the friendship of himself and Gabumon to become Metalla X. But he won't share his friendship with others! Is he so hell bent on being even better than Tai?! I just don't get him! But he's strong just like my mother said."
"What's the matter boy? Can't keep up far enough? Well your going to have to catch up a lot faster if you plan to reach the secret laboratory in time," Metalla X replied as he flew off with tremendous speed.
Angemon X growled as he powered up and flew right after Metalla X using the same kind of speed. They were now long gone heading towards their destination across the beautiful, blue oceans.
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Funkymon ran across the forests while he was heading towards his destination. He was on his way to reach to his secret laboratory. He was hell bent on making sure that nobody was following him, but when he looked up, he saw Metalla X and Angemon X flying by across the sky. Luckily, they were unable to see him.
"Shoot! They're within my area! But how?! There's no way that they would know the location of my laboratory! No it must be a coincidence!"
Just as soon as he said that, he looked up to see the other Digi-Destined, their digimon and Leomon flying by. A look of shock came across his face.
"Ugh! They are heading for my laboratory! Grr! I shouldn't have told them about Jax and Sonja! I must get there as soon as possible if I am to be successful. I must activate them as soon as possible! I can't allow myself to be defeated this easily! Sorry children, but you're not making it to my lab. You have absolutely no idea what I have in store for each and every one of you."
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Metalla X was flying over the great forest that covered the other section half of the whole island. He was on his way over to track down Funkymon, a.k.a. Datamon, and to find his secret laboratory immediately. He was hell bent on finding it before Datamon could get there first.
"Now if I were a monkey boy. Where would I hide my secret laboratory?"
Just then, he felt a tremendous energy following him from behind. A smile came across his face as Angemon X was not too far away from him. Angemon X could just remember everything that his young father had just said back at the mountain region. He was so angered by Matt's arrogant attitude.
Flashback
"Nonsense! I say, we go after those artificials. And if you want to know why I have so much confidence is the fact that Izzy was able to duplicate the antidote and the others are able to spread the antidote through some sort of chemical that spreads in a form of a cloud."
"Who told you all this?" asked Yolei.
"Izzy. He sent me an email before I came here. Now, we should be more focused on those artificials! So what do you say?!"
"But you just heard what Dimitri just said. Those things are like totally indestructible," TK said.
"Maybe so, little bro. But who said that we couldn't attack them. I say we gun for the new challenge and accept it along the way. We may have died in the battle against these things in Dimitri's time. But we, including myself, have gotten a lot stronger during these three years. And with me as the strongest, we can take on these new super powers!"
The Digi-Destined could only look at Metalla X with concerned looks on their faces. Leomon was getting pretty infuriated with his new attitude and wanted to tell him off in his face.
"But knowing I can handle these new challenges, I demand you all to stay out my way. I will fight these artificials and break them with my bare hands!"
Metalla X smiles and goes flying up into the air. He decides to fly over the mountain trail and follow the footprints left behind by Funkymon, so that way he could easily trace the secret laboratory.
"Now you said the secret laboratory would be on this island? Perfect, now I can find them and wait for them to face me."
Just as soon as he said that, Metalla X was about to fly away but then Dimitri ordered Pegasusmon to fly him up. The boy from the future confronted Metalla X.
"No! Don't go out there! We need Tai and Agumon for this! If you go and face them now, there is a good chance that you might not survive! Please! Get it through your thick head!"
"You know he's right, Matt. Maybe you're overlooking the situation here," Gabumon said to Matt in inner thought.
"Nonsense! I can handle this by myself! Now out of my way!!"
Metalla X flies off following the trail left by Funkymon. Dimitri could only look on and sigh.
"Ugh! Man, how could Matt have changed this much," TK said, "The last time I checked he was on our side."
"I must admit though, ever since he fused with Gabumon to become Metalla X, Matt has been able to defeat one of the first artificials. Maybe he does stand a chance against the real artificials that are soon to be activated."
"No you're wrong," replied Dimitri, "He's not strong enough and if you want to know why. Its because, during my time, the artificials were able to kill him and Gabumon."
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Angemon X was visibly very upset with the way Matt handled the situation. To him, it was nothing but a game. He has absolutely no idea what he's going up against, in Dimitri's view.
"What's wrong, boy? Am I getting a little too fast for you? Should I slow down a bit?"
"No. But I'm going to do what it takes to stop you no matter what. You're under-estimating the enemy."
"No I'm not. I just simply want to get a good look at these things and possibly get a decent challenge from there. Besides, don't you want to see my exploit the full potential of our fusion powers? I never got a chance to try it out and now it is the perfect time."
"But your turning this into some like a game! This isn't fun and games!"
"Who said that it had to be a game? All I want is a little competition. Is that so much to ask?"
Angemon X was silent for the moment. He couldn't get through to Metalla X mentally. He was so thick headed that he is just simply letting words go into one ear and out the other.
"Suite yourself, boy. But I'm going to find that laboratory. You're more than welcome to come but I won't need your help. I'll fight them alone."
With that said, Metalla X flies off to the forest to get a better view. Angemon X goes to follow him to stop him at all costs from finding the secret laboratory.
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The other Digi-Destined were following along as the digimon were picking up two powerful energies heading towards the forests.
"Can you find them yet, Pegasusmon?"
"Yes. They are heading into the forest. We may not be able to catch up with them but we can easily pinpoint their locations."
"Ok, time out. Lets thinks this whole ordeal over," Yolei said.
The group stopped as they all gathered around. Yolei was now going to speak up again, the others stayed to listen to what she has in mind.
"I say we split up into let's see here. There are four of us. We split up into two. Ken and I will go into one direction, right over towards those neighboring mountains. TK, you and Davis look over towards the forest areas."
"Ugh. Why did you leave me with TP?!"
"And the name is TK," replied Yolei, "Besides, Ken and I are the brains in this little operation."
"Well I think Ken should go with me. After all, we're friends," said Davis.
"Well too bad. So are we going to stop arguing and proceed with the plan?" asked Yolei.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Don't worry, Davis. We'll find that laboratory. Its a synch," TK said.
Davis could only sigh and think about Kari at the moment.
"So what are we waiting for?" asked Ken, "Lead the way."
"Right. Make sure you two email us in case you find the laboratory or banana breath along the way," Yolei said.
The two boys nodded as they headed off towards the forest region. Yolei and Ken went over to their new destination towards the mountain regions in the west section.
"So, you think we'll be able to find that secret laboratory?" asked Ken.
"I'm not quite sure. I've never been on these islands before. But we will try our best. This island should be exact one where the laboratory may have been hidden."
"But how can we be sure that this is the exact island that Datamon hid his laboratory."
"Like I said, I don't know. We're going to have to keep our eyes peeled for anything."
"Aquillamon, I'm beginning to detect two power levels from here."
"Those powers must belong to Metalla X and Angemon X! Its pretty obvious and they shouldn't be too far behind."
"I hope Davis and TK will have much better luck than we will."
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Meanwhile, TK and Davis were looking around the forest in search for any footprints left behind by Funkymon.
"Ok, you see any footprints?"
"No because I've never seen monkey footprints before, TO"
"Um, its TK. Well, he can't be too far away. Monkeys tend to hide out in the forest. So we have to look much further."
Xveemon and Pegasusmon went to go look through the forest. Since, they couldn't pick up any energy levels from an artificial, they were forced to find the enemy the old fashioned way, with their eyes.
"Ugh! I'm getting pooped out for this! Man, I need to take a break," Xveemon said.
"But we to continue our search. Besides you don't want the others to know that you have been sleeping on the job."
"Um, no. Davis would seriously be upset if he heard me doing so. But, on the other hand, I bet you he's thinking the same thing too."
"Get your act together."
"Right. So it's a monkey they want. Well it's a monkey they will get."
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Elsewhere, Funkymon was running through the forests like a mad monkey. He ran as fast as he could to avoid being seen by the Digi-Destined.
"Yes. I am getting pretty close to the laboratory. It shouldn't be far from here."
Suddenly, Funkymon turned around and his eyes widened in shock. He could see Xveemon and Pegasusmon searching the forest. He hid behind a tree and was catching his breath. He couldn't believe his own eyes.
"Ugh! No! They're here! Well, this has gotten a little more interesting than I first anticipated. I should create a little distraction so I can lure them in and make my next attack."
Funkymon held out a hand and shot out a small ki-blast. He shoots and blasts away a nearby boulder. This easily caught the attention of the two digimon.
"I felt a tremendous force over that way!"
"Where?"
"Something just exploded just up ahead!"
"That's got to be monkey boy!"
"Come! We must find him and alert the others!"
"Right!"
They started out into the forest as Pegasusmon flew up to scout the area by air. Xveemon pushed through thick brushes in order to find the enemy. He looked up to see Pegasusmon flying around. As he looked back down, he saw a fist come out of nowhere and nail him right in the face. Xveemon goes flying back but he still managed to stop himself as he flipped over. Funkymon phases out right above him. He holds out a hand and begins to blast away several blasts at Xveemon. However, Xveemon was able to maneuver away and fold his arms into his chest. He then releases a large ray of powerful energy.
"V-Laser!!"
Xveemon sends the blast right at Funkymon as it barely nailed him. Funkymon phases right behind Xveemon and deliver an elbow shot to the side of Xveemon's ribs. The dragon digimon went flying back and crashing into the ground. Funkymon knees him right in the gut and flips over onto a tree branch. A cruel smile came across the face of Funkymon as he looked down at Xveemon.
"Pathetic weakling. Did you really think you could catch up with me? Fool, don't you realize that my power far surpasses yours! Well, I've just about seen enough of you. So I'm going to put you out of your-"
Funkymon was then cut off as a boy's voice was shouting out in the forest. It was Davis and he was nearby.
"Ugh! That boy has come back! I better get to the laboratory as soon as possible! I will spare you your life, Xveemon, but only for this moment. Soon my artificials will destroy you all!"
Funkymon quickly flies off towards the forest in search of his laboratory. Xveemon was slowly getting to his feet.
"No. I have to tell Davis. He needs to know about this…"
Xveemon used the last of his strength to send a telepathic message but he stopped for a moment and looked out towards the forest.
"No! First, I got to find his lab! Then I'll let the others know!"
Xveemon headed off towards the forest in order to find Funkymon and let the others know about his location.
Funkymon found himself near a cliff ledge and he looked to a secret passage door just ahead of him. A smile came across his face as he fazed right towards it.
"Yes. I have won this little race. And now I shall activate my beautiful creations."
Just as he was about to open the door, Funkymon turned around and could see Xveemon in a far off distance. Xveemon could only look on as he found the location.
"Yes! I found the location! I better let the others know about this!"
"Ha! You are too late, Xveemon! I am about to unleash the artificials upon you all!"
"You guys! I found it! I'm right over in the center of the forest, right where the mountain shaped like a cloud is. I'm right over here and I found the secret lab!"
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Aquillamon and Stingmon were the first to receive Xveemon's telepathic message. They turned around and flew towards the location where Xveemon was. They didn't need to search since they were able to pick up his energy level.
"What is it, Stingmon?"
"Xveemon just sent us a message and said that he found the location of the lab!"
"Ah! Then Datamon must not be too far from it," Yolei said.
"We better get there as soon as possible. So I suggest everybody hang on tight," said Aquillamon.
The two flying digimon boosted their flying speed and went over towards their destined location within a matter of minutes.
Pegasusmon looked up and turned towards TK.
"Lets go. I just received a telepathic message from Xveemon. He found the location of the lab."
"Then that must be where the others are heading," TK said, "Lets go Pegasusmon."
"Hey are you forgetting somebody, dude?" Davis asked frantically.
TK and Davis hopped onto Pegasusmon as he flew up and headed towards the same location where the others are heading.
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Meanwhile, back in the secret laboratory, Funkymon rips off his mask and reveals his true identity as Datamon. He picks up a remote control and flicks on a switch. The lights turn on and he looks over towards two closed capsules. Datamon walks over towards them.
"Ah. At last, the time has come to unleash my two most diabolical creations. I was afraid to do this but those Digi-Destined leave me no other choice. Now they have pushed me too far. Digi-Destined, behold your doom has come!"
Datamon pushes the activation button on one capsule and watched as it opened up. Two hairs of hands came popping out which caught Datamon by surprise. Then, a young-looking boy sits up out of the capsule. He has long, black hair and a bandana around his forehead. He also had a pair of jeans and a t-shirt with a vest over it. This was the Jax model.
Jax looked over towards Datamon and nodded.
"Hello, Datamon. How are you?"
"Good. So your still functional?"
"Yes. You're my creator. I've never let you down."
"Excellent. Jax seems to be in perfect working order. Now for my Sonja model."
Datamon walked over towards the other capsule and pushed the activation button to open it up. Another pair of hands came out and a young, girl with long, raven hair began sitting up. She too was wearing jeans and a shirt with a vest over it. She looked over towards Jax and then to Datamon with a smile across her face.
"Good afternoon, Datamon. How have you been?"
"Good. Even during a long sleep in your capsule, you are still able to remember me."
"Why would I forget about you? You gave me and Jax life."
"Perfect! Oh this is so perfect! Now it is time to unleash them upon those wretched children!"
"So why is it that you released us from our long sleep?" asked Jax.
"Oh yes. You two have a mission assigned for you. Now listen closely. Several of Taichi's friends are outside the laboratory at this very moment. I want you two to take care of them immediately as soon as they get in here."
"Yes," replied Sonja.
"We understand," Jax said.
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Xveemon looked up to see Stingmon, Aquillamon and Pegasusmon arrive on the scene.
"Hey! What took you guys so long and where's Leomon?!"
"He flew off and went on ahead of us when we stopped to split up," said TK.
"You forgetting about me already?" said a voice.
The Digi-Destined all turned to see Leomon looking down from above. He hovered down and looked towards the secret passage door.
"So where did you go, Leomon," asked Yolei.
"I tried to catch up to Metalla X and Angemon X but they were much too fast for me to even catch up to," he replied, "So you all found the lab?"
"Yeah thanks to me!" said Xveemon.
"Nice work, Xveemon," commended Stingmon.
"You can all pat each other on the back later. Now we must go in and stop Datamon from unleashing the artificials," Leomon said.
The digimon went on ahead as they went in to attack but Xveemon called out to them.
"Hey guys! Wait!! Don't go in!" cried out Xveemon.
"Ugh?! What's the matter now?" asked Aquillamon.
"Ummm. Before I got here, I found Datamon and he beat me here to it."
They all gasped in shock and couldn't believe that Xveemon didn't tell them earlier as he was supposed to. Leomon was visibly upset at what Xveemon did for not telling them ahead of time.
"You should have told us before, Xveemon," Davis said.
Leomon held back his fist and shot out his Fist of the Beast King into the iron door in order to knock it down since he couldn't blast a hole right through it.
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Datamon felt tremendous energy trying to break through the door and turned towards his two artificials. They looked back to him, as they were ready to take orders from their creator.
"There they are. They possibly think that they are going to break through that easily. They have absolutely no idea what I have in store for them," Datamon said, "Oh but they will. Heh. Heh. They will."
Sonja and Jax looked down at the remote control in Datamon's hand. They looked over towards each other as if they had their own agenda in mind.
Leomon was about to break down the door along with the help of Stingmon and Xveemon. But their combined force wasn't enough to bring the steel door down.
"Its sealed shut. I say we blast it down," replied TK.
"Oh if it's a door needed to be broken down then leave that opportunity to me!" a familiar voice said.
The Digi-Destined turned to see Metalla X and Angemon X right behind them.
"Back away and let me knock that damn door down," Metalla X said coolly.
Leomon growled as he held out a hand and was beginning to power up a blast to destroy the steel door. Metalla X was visibly getting impatient as he watched Leomon.
Datamon turned to face Sonja and Jax as he was about to give out orders to them.
"Now you two go out there and finish them off!"
But as soon as he said that, Jax came up from behind him and quickly snatched the remote control out of his hand. This caught Datamon by surprise as he turned to face him with an angry look across his face. His eyes were boiling over.
"Jax?! What in the hell are you doing?!"
"So this is the remote that you used to seal us away? Well how about I hold onto this for you? What? Is there something wrong, Datamon? Maybe we should go directly to a more different approach."
As soon as Jax said that, he crushed the remote control with one hand. Datamon could only look on with shock as Jax threw the smashed up remote control on the ground.
"What?! What have you done?! You dare defy me?! Damn you to hell!"
"Heh. I won't let you do that again to us, insubordinate."
Leomon was ready to blast the door down but then Metalla X was yelling at him to hurry it up.
"Leomon! You better hurry up and blast that door! Or else I'll have to step in and get the job done myself!"
"Leomon! Don't listen to him! He just wants to fight those artificials for his own selfish desire!" Angemon X cried out.
"And you better shut up, boy!" Metalla X angrily cried out to Angemon X.
Leomon stopped as he heard Datamon's rambling from behind the door. The other digimon could hear as well. They even heard other unfamiliar voices replying back to him.
"Ugh! Oh no, you guys! He's activated those artificals," Xveemon stuttered nervously.
"Get out of my way, you idiots," Metalla X said angrily.
"No damn it! You don't know what you're doing, Matt! Stop it, you don't realize how powerful they really are!"
"I think it's too late for that, boy. I'll get what I want and what I want is a decent fight and these artificials may be the one challenge that I have been seeking forever since the fusion took place! So stand aside and let me realize my goal!"
With that being said, Metalla X shot a large blast towards the steel door and its tremendous force knocked it down to the ground. The two artificials watched as the door came falling down.
"Its them! The Digi-Destined," Datamon said.
Jax and Sonja walked through the smoke that was building up. They seemed ineffective from the blast that Metalla X had made. They turned to face the digimon with their cold, lifeless eyes.
"Well. Isn't this convenient?! Two humans! Two humans! A boy and a girl! So I take it that these are the scary artificials that you were mentioning about? Right? Well am I right?" asked Metalla X.
Angemon X nodded in agreement.
"Ha! I expected something a lot scarier than this."
"No! It's them al right! Matt, now you're going to realize your own mistake by under estimating these things. I just hope you're as powerful as you say you are. Because this maybe you're biggest challenge to date. Now its time to back up those words," Dimitri thought.
At last, the Digi-Destined and their digimon come face to face with the two artificials, Jax and Sonja. But are they as powerful as Dimitri thinks they are? And will even Metalla X be able to defeat them?
[Digimon Zero Two first ending theme "Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku" plays]
[Preview]
Datamon: Jax! Sonja! You will destroy the Digi-Destined! Then I want you to find and eliminate Taichi!
Jax: We're not following your orders anymore, Datamon… It's time to put you to rest for good.
Angemon X: I can't believe this! They've just slaughtered their own creator!
Davis: Now they're releasing another artificial?! We've got… three to handle?
Xveemon: Somebody cancel my vacation plans… This is going to be a long fight…
Sonja: Well, good morning to you…
Mysterious Artificial: RAA!!!
Metalla X: Two artificials? Three artificials? What's the difference? They'll be grinded into smear when I'm through with them. I'll take the bitch.
Sonja: Let's go, little man.
Yolei: Next time on Digimon Fusion Zero Two, episode seventeen!
Taichi's Deadly Assassin: The Dark Mega, Black War Greymon! Sonja, the Deadly Beauty!
TK: Don't miss it!
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Coral: Did you guys enjoy the fic? We're getting down to the suspense of the Artificial Saga! So Black War Greymon shows up? I was kind of expecting him to show up. So, want to go for another round?
[The author is left a bloody mess with bumps covering his entire body.]
Coral: Heh. You don't look so good. Besides, I was only teasing with you there. You would have been dead if I didn't hold back.
[The author twitches like a squashed insect.]
Coral: Ok, we'll stop for today. But you better be ready next time. You guys be sure to check out the latest Tamer chapter! The team faces the boar deva! Until then, peace!
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