"Hey, it's Megaman!"cheered some kids.

It was about the 5th or 6th time that day kids have stormed to see him. Mimi was

resting at home with Palmon so she wasn't around to help him.

"Go for it!"ordered Darkman.

2 missle like bombs landed right in front of the crowd of children.

Davis stopped, spinning around quickly.

"Whoa, you kids okay?"asked Davis, who couldn't see them through the smoke.

Davis was about to go check on them, however was blasted down by another bomb.

It felt like he was having a heart attack, his chest threatening to explode. While Davis tried to

ignore the pain, Drillman popped up from the ground below him, and tossed him at a building.

Davis slid down the wall, and was leaft sprawled face down. He opened his eyes, and painfuly stood himself up.

He felt sick to his stomach, and his focus was fading. He quickly shook his head and saw Crashman

and Drillman preparing for another assault.

"I'll finish this Drillman"said Crashman launching 2 more bombs.

Davis leaped out towards Crashman, landing right on top of him. Drillman launched a Drill, which

Davis quickly blasted with his blaster. He dropped his emblem on Crashman, stealing his power.

He switched to Crashman's power and blasted Drillman in half.

Watching was a very displeased Darkman.

"I'm growing very tired of this. Is there no one who can crush Megaman?

"That Blue Bomber's virtualy unbeatable, especialy with those other twits to help out

when he needs it"said Elecman.

"Darkman, everyone, come see this!"gasped Dr Wily.

They all dashed over to see what the big deal was. A large hole was emiting from the computer screen,

showing a large base on an open field, a moble base.

"It's somekind of portal. I was able to open it somehow with this thing"said Dr Wily tossing Darkman the Digivice.

"Where did you find this?"asked Darkman.

"On the streets, outside my former labratory"said Dr Wily.

"A portal, eh? Elecman, Ringman, go through that portal and see what's there. Wily, repair

Drillman immidiately. The rest of you, come meet my new assistant. Come on out Shadowmoan!"

Elecman and Ringman had allready gone through the portal before seeing Shadowman. He was human

like, wearing a mix of light blue and dark blue armor, and a star shaped blade on his forehead.

"I created him myself. This new bot will act as general to all of you inferiors, and will lead you into

battle. Shadowman, lead Hardman, Gutsman, and Crashman to tearing Megaman apart, slowly and

painfuly"said Darkman.

"I'll do it with pleasure. I know just how to start to, by brining suffering to the ones

he charishes most"

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Elecman and Ringman blasted through the doors, which were leaft ungarded.

"Too easy, let's see what's in this place"said Elecman.

"Um, master"said Wormon.

"What!"barked Ken.

"We have some visitors, take a look"said Wormon.

"Finally, Davis shows up at last"thought Ken, however was quickly dissapointed

at what he saw.

"Who are they? No matter, Vegiemon, destroy the intruders near the gate!"ordered Ken.

"You think anyone lives here?"asked Ringman.

"Obviously, someone went through a lot of trouble to make this so I would think

someone lives here"said Elecman.

"Attack!"yelled RedVegiemon.

A bunch of Vegiemon charged towards them.

"Isn't that cute, a welcoming commity"said Ringman.

"Let's show our appreciation"said Elecman blasting them back with an electric charge.

"I get the ugly red one"said Ringman.

"Who are you calling ugly!"said Redvegiemon.

Ringman sliced Redveigemon in half with his ring, turning the overgrown vegetable

to dust.

"No, they're heading for the main dungeon where the DigiDestined are!"gasped Ken.

"This is bad"said Wormon.

Elecman and Ringman decided to try the central elevator first, which lead straight to the maikn Dungeon.

"A dungeon huh? Whoever's in charge here must be really something"said Ringman.

"Oh like that isn't obvious Ringman"said Elecman.

Elecman sent a small circuit into the elevator, opening it for them. They stepped in and the

elevator took them down.

"Who are they! They can't be Digimon, can they? It dosen't make sense Wormon, every Digimon

out there should have a Dark Ring or Spiral on them"said Ken.

"They don't look like any Digimon I've ever heared of"said Wormon.

Wormon saw the Digimon on the monitor returning to normal, the spirals and rings broken.

"Um master, we just lost control of the Digimon"said Wormon.

Ken shoved Wormon aside and watched in horror as every Digimon slave in the facility was free.

"Our computers are breaking down, all of our spires are disinegrating, that circuit

just wiped out our control"said Wormon.

"No, this can't be! I have to do something, I will NOT lose my power!"said Ken dashing out.

Meanwhile in the dungeon, Kari gave out. She collapsed to the floor, the burrier vanishing.

"It's a miracle, the Digimon are free. We're free!"cheered Yolie.

"Who did it though?"asked Cody.

As though on que, Elecman and Ringman stepped out of the elevator door.

"Ah give me a break, there's nothing worthwhile here"said Elecman.

"We've acomplished absoloutely nothing. We better report back to Darkman"said Ringman.

They vanished, not even noticed by the DD.

"That was awesome Kari, you held out long enough to keep us safe"said T.K.

"But I'm afraid we aren't out of the woods yet. Look on the floor"said Yolie.

Pieces of their Digivices were spread all over the floor.

"The Digivices were shattered somehow, we're trapped in the digital world!"gasped Yolie.

"Let's calm down"said Kari standing herself up"Now that the emperor's out of buisness, we just have to

wait for Davis to come by with HIS digivice and bring us back"said Kari.

"Whoa, I don't feel so good"said Veemon rubbing his head,staggering into the room.

"It's Veemon"said Kari.

"Veemon, where's Davis?"asked Cody.

"I don't know. We were coming through the portal and I blacked out. Eventualy the Digimon emperor caught me and

slapped the dark ring on me. Davis wasn't around anywhere"said Veemon.

"If Davis isn't here, then where could he be? Is he in the real world?"asked Yolie.

"Let's just get out of here first"said T.K.

"None of you are going anywhere"said Ken, with a gun in his hand.

"The emperor"gasped the kids.

"One falsemove is all it will take for me to pull the trigger. I can assure you this

IS loaded. Now then, all of you back up against the wall. I haven't lost yet, with you as my

captives I still have a chance to return to power"said Ken.

"You wouldn't dare!"said Yolie.

Ken quickly pulled the trigger, the bullet going straight for Yolie's heart.

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"Hey Tai, how you doing?"asked Mimi on the phone.

"Not so good, we can't seem to reach any of our Digimon. I'll call back when there's better news"said Tai.

"Allright, see you soon Tai"said Mimi.

"I hope so"said Tai before haning up.

Mimi nearly slammed her phone back on the hook.

"Whoa Mimi"said Palmon in awe.

"I'm sorry Palmon, I guess this whole thing has me stressed out"said Mimi.

The door was broken down by Gutsman, Hardman, Crashman, the repaired Drillman, and Shadowman right behind him.

"Back of, I'm warning you"said Palmon.

"Move aside, or rather, blast aside"said Crashman bombing Palmon.

"Palmon, are you all-

Gutsman grabbed Mimi, and squeezed her with his arms.

"That's it, squeeze the life out of her"said Hardman.

"Don't kill her Gutsman, leave her a step behind death. I want you to give Megaman a message doll face. Tell him

that Shadowman's got his number, and that he'll be dialing it very soon"

Mimi struggled to keep her breath, however it was escaping her body. Her body fel weaker and weaker, blood running down

Gutsman's arms.

"That's enough Gutsman, drop her"said Shadowman.

"Whatever you say man"said Gutsman dropping Mimi to the ground. She layed sprawled out in a puddle of her own blood, trembiling

from the shock.

"Hardman, Gutsman, tear the place apart"ordered Shadowman.

"Sure thing. Let's go Hardman"said Gutsman.

"You rock Shadowman"said Crashman.

"Just wait until I do battle with Megaman. I'll have him out of Darkman's way in no time, then

we'll have problem free fun with the humans"said Shadowman.

They could hear the sounds upstairs of Gutsman and Hardman tearing everything they could find to pieces.

Shadowman walked over to Mimi and kneeled down beside her.

He turned Mimi over, her eyes were barely open.

"He-help me, please"said Mimi weakly, grabbing onto Shadowman's shoulder.

It was unlikely Shadowman would show any sympathy, but Mimi was in pain she never thought

possible. She had read about things like the Holocaust and could only imagine the pain.

Now she was experiencing about a fraction of it. She was desperate, she wanted the pain gone,

she wanted to live.

"I just wanna give you a little reminder, in case you forget my name"said Shadowman.

Shadowman took the blade off of his forehead and used the edges to engrave his name into Mimi's arm.

Mimi winced, not having the strength to scream. Shadowman felt pride at the tears coming from Mimi's eyes.

"That's it baby, feel that pain,fear that pain. I want to leave a strong message for the Blue Bomber"said Shadowman.

"We're done upstairs"said Gutsman.

"Everything worht breaking was broken, and some more too"said Hardman.

"Nice work. Crashman, blast the other side of the room, but make sure not to hit the girl. I

need her alive, I want Megaman to see her suffer, and then we'll go for the kill"said Shadowman.

Crashman launched his bombs at the other side of the house, blowing up the TV and couch.

"I wish we had you before. Then we wouldn't have to worry about Megaman now"said Crashman.

"Let's go, I'd prefer to see this on screen, not up close, when Megaman arrives"said Shadowman.

They quickly vanished.

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"Still no sign of Megaman, I guess he really isn't coming back"said Roll.

"We'll find him. You stay here"

"Just try not to get into a hassle with Wily's bots. It's obvious you aren't a match for them"said Roll.

"C'mon Rush, we gotta Megaman to find"said Protoman.

He leaped on and they took off.

"Just be careful"yelled Roll, though she wasn't sure if they heared her.

"Megaman better be okay"thought Roll.

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Davis was on the inside of a dumpster, making sure to avoid his fangroup. And to think he actualy dreamed of having one

once. Of course, all he wanted was Kari. But the realazation hit him. Now that he was Megaman, a cyborg, he couldn't have her.

Machines and Humans weren't meant to be together. He could never have Kari now. He couldn't

physicaly cry, however on the inside he was crying. He felt himself whimpering. He tried to

get Kari off of his mind, however she kept coming back, haunting him like a ghost.

Despite what Mimi had said may be true, he could never feel like a true DigiDestined.

He imagined himself standing, or even running with the others. He just didn't fit in, he could

never fit in with his old friends anymore.

The only thing he had to look forward to was another battle with the robot masters.

He couldn't even smell anymore, though that was a benefit inside of a dumpster.

Sorrow ruled over him, the memories instead of brining joy was striking him

like a hammer.

He peeked outside at the people walking on the streets.

"I used to be one of them. I'll never have that luxury again"said Davis.

He sighed, stepping out of the dumpster, forgetting about his fans.

"Maybe I should see Mimi about this"said Davis.

Mimi's house wasn't very far away fourtanately for him. He kept himself as hidden as possible as

he leaped onto buildings.

The roof was still very intact so Davis didn't notice anything yet.

However when he landed, he saw the door was broken down.

Mimi!"

Davis dashed in, and saw Palmon trying to nurse a badly injured Mimi. Davis charged up quickly.

"Mimi, are you allright? Palmon, what happened?"asked Davis.

"Those bots came here and attacked us. I wasn't hurt that much, however

they slaughtered Mimi. Without me, she was defenseless. Then they tore up the house.

The bot leading them even engraved his nakme on Mimi's arm. I was too weak to do anything"said

Palmon.

"It's okay Palmon, you did what you could"said Davis reading the name.

"Shadowman? He must be a new one. We need to get Mimi to a hospital"said Davis.

The phones were all destroyed and if we took her out in public, we would be held up for too long.

We need to do something"said Palmon.

"What happened here?"asked protoman walking in.

"Protoman!"gasped Davis.

"Bro"

"Is Rush out there?"asked Davis.

"Who? And who's this guy?"asked Palmon.

Davis picked up Mimi and handed her to Protoman.

Get her to a hospital fast. Those robot masters did this, they were lead by some bot

named Shadowman. I wasn't even there to stop them"said Davis.

"Allright, but after I get her there you'll have some explaining to do"said Protoman.

Protoman ran out.

"Let's fly rush, to the hospital, and move it!"said Protoman.

Watching from the shadows was Shadowman(no pun intended)

"Allright, now for the next step. Crashman, Drillman, Elecman, destroy that hospital"ordered Shadowman

by communicator.

"You got it"said Elecman.

Drillman drilled into the ground, making it shake a little.

Crashman blasted at the bottom of the hospital at the otherside.

Elecman send a circuit taking out all the electricity in the hospital.

"This is taking too long. I know, Crashman, blast that telephone poll"said Elecman,

sending a charge to it.

Crashman did as he was told, and the charge from Elecman caused the Hospital to be comepletely destroyed.

"All those innocent people!"gasped a cop as they were driving to the scene.

"Let's go"said Elecman.

Protoman gasped at what he saw, with Mimi in his arms.

"Those bots are sedistic. All those people dead"said Protoman"They did this just to

make sure Mimi didn't make it. Killing all of them for one person, and I we don't do something,

she'll be the next one to go"

TBC

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