NOTE: Minute Christian content.

Chapter 63: It's Out!

"Frankly, I'm disappointed with this thing's vulnerabilities," The Unnamed Figure said, looking at Putty Cat.

"Admittedly, it is a poor combat tor. However, it was not designed for combat."

"Then…what was it designed for?"

"Stealth assassination. You are to locate their base and send our elgo-tor-silef in."

"They're too smart to lead me to it. And they know that elgo-tor-silef exists: if they don't see it again, they might think something is up."

"You won't need to let them lead you to it: we have obtained the location of the building, already…"

******

"I can't believe I did something that stupid!" June whined.

"We all do stupid things, June!" Tina shot back.

"Especially you," Youngdramon cut in. It wasn't altogether clear who she'd said that to.

"Besides, staying in the water for three hours isn't the dumbest thing you can do."

June moaned. "I just wish that he and I could get together! I mean, every time I come near him, my brain shuts down and I do stupid things! I'm sick of it! I just want to be able to talk to him…"

June, Tina, Ash, Izzy, Joe, Pixie, and Big Blue were all on seek patrol, together. June was obviously still in a craze over Matt, but this craze was mixed with disappointment.

"We have been searching for hours with no sign of anything worth our time," Big Blue cut in. "Mr. Izumi, I believe turning back would be prudent."

"Maybe…we're just as likely to find something on the way back as out here."

"I would not say that," Big Blue cautioned.

"I know what he means," Ash agreed. "I mean, we've kind of already searched the area the way we came. We should take a different route back."

"You're probably right," Izzy agreed. Izzy took up the lead as they walked back towards the college, but he motioned for a halt as he jumped back behind a corner: he saw that The Unnamed Figure was on his Trojan, riding towards the college, too. "It's Terrance!" he whispered.

"What do we do?" Big Blue asked.

"We've got a few options…considering that the Myotismon clone is history, we could use pretty much anything to attack him. Kamnadramon can only mode-change with the Diaboromon clone or the Metalgarurumon clone…maybe Blackwargreymon, but we're not sure."

"We've got over two hundred people counting on us back at the college!" Tina cut in. "If he knows where we are, we need to relocate, now!!"

"He's probably getting every menace machine within a 50-mile radius to come along with him," Joe reasoned aloud.

"Then we're looking at the biggest fight yet?" Ash asked.

"Looks like it," Izzy sighed.

Ash turned his cap 180°. "And-if-not," he said with a gulp.

"Big Blue, module-evolve to…Iceborg!"

"Pixie, module-evolve to…Mole Sprite!"

"Youngdramon, digivolve to…Ikudramon!"

"Tibemon, digivolve to…Savamon!"

"Ikudramon!"

"Savamon!"

"DNA digivolve to…Mermon!"

"Mermon, mega-digivolve to…WarMermon!"

"Tentomon, digivolve to…Kabuterimon!"

"Gomamon, digivolve to…Ikkakumon!"

"Kabuterimon, digivolve to…Megakabuterimon!"

"Ikkakumon, digivolve to…Zudomon!"

Ash clutched his sun stone and the moon stone he'd borrowed from Gary. "It's time for us to get this guy, once-and-for-all!"

Megakabuterimon picked up Iceborg and the humans, and off they flew after The Unnamed Figure.

Ewemon II looked back at the approaching contingent. "Looks like we have company!" it said.

"Great…this plan would work out better if they didn't know that we were going to attack!"

"So what do we do?" Maggotmon asked.

"We lose them…Digi-modify! Warp digivolution, activate!"

"Ewemon II, warp-digivolve to…Borggarurumon! …But if I'm not going to fight them, what am I going to do?"

"You're going to tow this air-bike!" The Unnamed Figure shot out the Trojan's harpoon, and Borggarurumon caught it in its mouth. "Fasten your seatbelts…this is going to be a bumpy ride!" Borggarurumon flew around a corner and hit warp speed.

"Whoa…what's he up to?" Tina asked. "He has the power to fight us; why doesn't he?"

"He probably wants to take us by surprise," Izzy thought aloud.

"Do we have any hope of catching up to him?" Megakabuterimon asked.

"I do," WarMermon said. She streamlined her body and held her axe behind her back. "Here goes nothing…" Her thruster-jets roared, and she hit warp speed, too: she was even catching up to Borggarurumon. She flew above it and began firing green rays of energy down on him.

"Parasite Beam!" Borggarurumon answered. A purple laser hit WarMermon, and she could feel her energy being sapped with the hit. It didn't take long for her to fly out of the beam, but she knew she wouldn't last long in her present form…she had to make quick work of them. She shot the cord that tied the Trojan to Borggarurumon, and the Trojan was now coasting through the air, pretty much out-of-control. She flew back to the others and regressed back to Youngdramon and Tibemon.

"Well?" Izzy asked.

"That didn't go as well as we had hoped," Youngdramon sighed. "But at least we got 'em."

"You mean you killed him?"

"We wish...Terrance was essentially surfing behind Borggarurumon," Tibemon explained. "We cut his cord, and he spun out of control."

"Is he dead?"

"We didn't have time to find out."

Izzy sighed. "Let's get back to base and warn them that he's planning something."

******

To the orphans, this was just another adventure. The huge, blue, red-winged dragon was nothing but another enchanted creature from a fairy tale, and he would only bring them to more adventure. But Tina and the fighters knew that this was dangerous…and, if they were attacked, there would be little room for failure in defending themselves. Also, since they couldn't make Imperialdramon Paladin mode, anymore, they would be in trouble if The Unnamed Figure decided to try to make Kamnadramon Necrid mode.

Natasha asked, "Do they know where we are, again?"

"Yeah…they do," Tina answered.

"It never ends, does it?"

Tina shook her head. "But I know this isn't the way the world ends: The Bible says that life will be business-as-usual right up until the apocalypse…and this is anything but."

"Hmm," Natasha answered. "I just wish this would end…I wish I were a digidestined, so that I could help you and the pokémon trainers and the Monsters fight."

"I'm afraid not," Tina answered. "Cleaver checked your DNA---and everyone else's, for that matter---for the digivice gene…you don't have it."

It was depressing for just about everyone old enough to understand why they had to leave: the college had provided the refugees each with a room of their own, and now there was no telling where they would be next. For all they knew, a four-star hotel was next. Then again, it might be the town dump…

******

"They're not here?!" The Unnamed Figure snarled. "Ugh! I brought these menace machines and all my clones out here for nothing!!!"

"There's more to it than---"

"Shut up, Ewemon! The sub-major will have my head for this!"

"I can smell Imperialdramon," Borggarurumon said. "I can tell where the scent trail leads, too."

"Then follow it, already! I won't go back to the sub-major empty-handed!"

******

"Company!" Imperialdramon shouted, dodging a beam of purple light.

"Hare, module-evolve to…Firabbit!"

"Moochi, module-evolve to…Turtledove!"

"Suezo, module-evolve to…Saw-grass!"

"This doesn't look good," Misty gulped.

"Relax. Saw-grass's vision is unbelievable, and he'll be able to snipe Borggarurumon out of the sky in one shot! Gary, thanks for giving me your leaf stone!"

"No…problem…" Gary still appeared more than a little broken by his experience outside the protection of the heroes…

"Ready?" Ash asked.

"Aimed," Saw-grass answered.

"Fire!" Ash touched the leaf stone to Saw-grass…and nothing happened.

"Um…what was that?" Saw-grass asked.

"I don't know…is there a control spire around that's blocking this?" Ash asked.

"You wish!" Gary answered. He dropped the façade of being broken, stood up, and held up a spherical device. "That stone was a fake. And this is a cold fusion bomb strong enough to annihilate even Imperialdramon! If any one of you makes a false move, it's all over!"