Digimon.EXE 3

By Wolf O'Donnell

Author's Note: The final act is about to begin. I have decided against creating the fourth Digimon.EXE fanfic as I promised, however, fans of this series will receive a Digimon.EXE timeline featuring information on the Digimon.EXE Universe, events that occur in between the fanfics and info on what would have happened in the fourth fanfic. Only fans that have reviewed all three Digimon.EXE fanfics will receive the timeline. I hope you enjoyed the Digimon.EXE Series.

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File 16: Three Primary Colours

Takato pulled his D-Tector out of the now dormant tank, its drills now stuck in the metallic wall.
"Are you all right, Takato?" asked Gallantmon curiously.
"I'm fine," replied Takato, as he hooked his D-Tector to the waistband of his trousers. "What about you, Gallantmon?"
"A bit tired, but I'm okay," was Gallantmon's abrupt reply.
"That was some nice work, kid," praised the soldier, as he patted Takato on the back. "You disabled that thing like a pro."
Takato felt a little bit smug with himself. He was getting quite good and all the praise was starting to get to his head. The only thing that prevented his head from inflating with his ego was Ruki's bitingly sardonic comments.
"Thanks," he said gratefully. That was when he heard a cry of help from his D-Tector. It didn't come from Gallantmon. It sounded more like... "Jenrya's in trouble!" he exclaimed.

"Don't you come any closer," warned the UN soldier, as he pointed the gun at Jenrya's head. He was the very same soldier that had accompanied Reiko, but now he was with Jenrya and glaring threateningly at his former companion. "Come any closer and I put a hole in this kid's head."
"What's Hypnos paying you?" asked Jenrya scathingly. "Well? What's Hypnos paying you that makes you betray your own comrades?"
"Shut up!" shouted the UN soldier, as he pressed the gun closer to Jenrya's forehead. "And don't you even think of going through that door," added the UN soldier and secret Hypnos Agent. "If you do, this kid won't live to see another day."
Takato was closer to Jenrya than Ruki and so had arrived sooner than her. However, he had remained silent as he approached Jenrya. He didn't make a noise and so the Hypnos Agent and former UN soldier did not hear him coming. A thought occurred to Takato.
"Don't," he said, as he put an arm in front of the UN soldier that accompanied him. "I've got an idea. Gallantmon, you're going to help us get that guy."
"Huh? How?" asked Gallantmon in a confused tone of voice.
A devious smile spread across Takato's face and if Gallantmon saw it, he would not have liked it. Takato just hoped that his plan was good enough.
"Now! Gallantmon, attack!" he cried, before throwing his D-Tector through the air.
The shout did the trick. The soldier turned round, but not quickly enough. The D-Tector flew through the air and smacked him in the head. Seconds later, the Hypnos Agent crashed to the floor unconscious and was followed by Takato's D-Tector.
"Urgh, that was not a good idea," moaned Gallantmon, who felt as if he had just been on a roller coaster that had travelled at the speed of light. He had turned a slight shade of green underneath that helmet, but seeing as Digimon didn't eat, he didn't barf.
Jenrya looked behind him and kicked the gun away from the unconscious Hypnos agent's hands.
"Thanks, Takato," he said, as he bent down and picked up Takato's D-Tector. "Gallantmon, you all right?"
"I'll be fine once the spinning stops," was Gallantmon's reply.
That was when the entire base began to shake violently, making them all look around. The groan of strained metal echoed all around them, as they stood there.
"Primary defence breached," announced a feminine voice over the PA System, as klaxons screamed all around them. "Initiating secondary defence. All Hypnos personnel evacuate Floors 3 to 6. Repeat, all Hypnos personnel evacuate Floors 3 to 6." There was suddenly a terrifying sound as of metal buckling and being torn to shreds.
"I don't like the sound of that," stated Takato, as he looked around him. "We'd better get going."
The floor suddenly shook and opened up straight down the middle, to reveal that it could slide away. They looked down the crack and saw that the floors below were also opening up. Those that looked over the crack also felt a slight suction. Hypnos was opening up the base to the environment outside, possibly in an attempt to suck them out of the base and into oblivion.
"Run for it!" cried Jenrya.
The two soldiers grabbed the unconscious traitor and lifted him up between the two of them. They then ran after the kids.
All over the lower sectors of the Hypnos Base, walls, ceilings and floors were opening up slowly and methodically. Even though it seemed that the base was opening up randomly, it was doing so in a methodical manner. How they were doing so was another matter altogether, but the fact remained that they were opening up. If they didn't hurry, they would be caught up in the ensuing vacuum that would suck them out. Without space suits, they would surely die.
Behind them, the floor was beginning to open up. Panels were sliding away, some incredibly quickly.
One such panel slid away with such speed, it left a one metre gap in front of Takato, nearly tricking him into falling through. He almost fell through, had he not leapt at the very last minute. The part of the floor he was standing on suddenly began to slide slowly towards the wall. He quickly made a dash forward, as Jenrya performed a running leap and clear the gap and the sliding floor panel in one jump.
Jenrya turned back round and saw that the soldiers couldn't follow.
"Takato, we've got to go back and help them!" he shouted at the brown-haired youth, who was already quite a ways down the corridor.
"No, forget about us, kid!" shouted one of the soldiers. "We can handle ourselves. You just carry on! Stop them from upgrading DAEMON! Go!"
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" asked MegaGargomon from Jenrya's D-Tector. The Digimon had been digivolved the night before to ensure that he could handle anything that Hypnos threw at him. "Aren't you going to help them?"
"They're right, MegaGargomon," he told his Digimon. "I can't do anything to help them. I might as well carry on." Jenrya suddenly passed the stationary Takato, grabbing him by the arm. "Come on!" he cried, dragging Takato along with him before the brown-haired youth could protest at his action.
The floor in front of them suddenly began to open up, widening the gap between them and the part of the corridor in front of them.
"This reminds me of Takeshi's Castle," stated Takato, as he thought about the show which was like a platformer videogame turned game show. He took a couple step backs and then ran full tilt at the widening gap. At the last moment, he leapt with all his might, clearing the gap. He landed on the other side and turned round to see Jenrya leap over with the same grace. "So, any idea where to from here?"
"Ruki!" exclaimed Jenrya in sudden realisation.
In all the tumultous confusion, they had completely forgotten about her. Takato, especially.
"Quick, over here!" called out a feminine voice that they recognised instantly.
Ruki was standing on the other side of the corridor, next to an elevator. She was all alone, having been separated from the soldier that had accompanied her by the moving floors and opening walls.
"Hurry!" she called out and then gestured towards the ceiling, pointing towards a wall that was descending downwards.
There was no need to tell them twice. They ran... no, they sprinted towards Ruki, knowing that if they didn't hurry, they'd be sealed out of the base. With no space suits, that would be a very fatal end to their mission. Yet the wall was closing down quite quickly and the individual metallic panels that made up the floor were sliding away to reveal the rapidly enlarging abyss below.
The wall was now quite low, low enough for Takato to bang his head if he tried walking underneath it.
Jenrya leapt on to the last piece of stable ground before the wall and then leapt. He missed and nearly fell down the gap, had he not grabbed the edge of the floor on which Ruki stood. Quickly, he pulled himself up and scrambled back on to solid ground.
"Come on," he called out to Takato. "Jump!"
Takato looked around him. The part of the floor he was on was sliding backwards, taking him further and further away from Jenrya and Ruki.
"All right," he muttered to himself, as he braced himself. "Here goes." He stepped back and then he rushed forwards, leaping into the air. Takato missed.
Jenrya and Ruki lunged forwards and grabbed Takato's arms. Together, they attempted pulling him back on to the solid floor, as the wall slowly descended. With one final tug, they pulled and Takato slid right underneath the wall, just before it slammed shut.
Ruki's breath was shallow, as she lay on the metallic floor.
"That was a close one," panted Takato, who was exhausted from leaping gaps and struggling to get to Ruki. "Why don't we just lie here for a while and catch our breaths, before we go up?" he suggested.
"No," panted Jenrya, as he got back up to his feet. "We've got a mission to do." He then walked over to the elevator and pressed the button. "Oh, no!" he cried. "Don't say it's locked!"
"I've been trying to get it open for quite some time now, but Sakuyamon can't do it alone," stated Ruki calmly. "I need your help, all of you. With three Digimon, I'm sure we can get this thing working."
Takato stood up and pulled his D-Tector out from his pocket.
"Okay, then, let's do it," he said sternly. "Gallantmon.EXE. Log in!"

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Three data streams transported Gallantmon, Sakuyamon and MegaGargomon inside the elevator's computer. (Remember, due to size restrictions, MegaGargomon can only slightly larger than Gallantmon and Sakuyamon. Any Digimon that was larger became too large to be able to manoeuvre through the Digital World properly). They landed on the ground gracefully and looked around them. It was just like the rest of HypnosNet with its floors made out of metallic grilles and with a black screensaver with the Hypnos symbol floating in it.
"Right, here's the deal," said Sakuyamon sternly. "There are three different paths, each with several switches. For us to progress, we each must take a path and turn on the switches in a set pattern. If we don't, we won't be able to get to the control panel."
"That's right," stated Ruki in agreement. "Now, you've got to listen carefully to our instructions. Only activate a switch when we tell you to. Right, Sakuyamon, you take the blue path. MegaGargomon, green. Gallantmon, red. Sakuyamon, you go first. Go right up to the first yellow glowing orb."
Sakuyamon nodded in acknowledgement.
"Right, Ruki," she agreed and ran up to the path up to the first glowing sphere, which was one of the switches. She stepped through the sphere.
In response, the path in front of her suddenly disappeared and two paths appeared in front of Gallantmon and MegaGargomon. One was red. The second one was green. Viruses suddenly came charging at them from the two paths and hurtled at them.
Two of them were a Brain.F Virus, a virus that looked like a black brain. The other two were a Bumble.250 Virus and a Bumble.251 Virus, both of which looked like bumble bees. The 250 Version was yellow and dark blue, while the 251 Version was dark yellow and black. They were all electric-style viruses.
"Right, I'm loading your wood-style," announced Takato. "DigiModify– Wood Digivolution activate!"
Gallantmon's cape became green and his armour took on a slightly green shade to it. Even the little Guilmon head on the top of his helmet became green. His special attacks became Bamboo Sword and Leaf Shield, the latter of which was actually a defensive manoeuvre more than an attack.
"Wait a minute, aren't electric viruses supposed to be weak to earth-styles and not wood-styles?" asked Gallantmon curiously.
"Hey, close enough," was Takato's reply.
The Bumble.250 suddenly flew straight at him, its stinger aimed at Gallantmon. The knight Digimon ducked underneath it and as it passed over head, he raised his sword and sliced the Bumble.250 virus in half. It burst apart into bits of digital data, as he stood up and then rushed straight towards the other Bumble Virus.
One of the Brain.F Viruses crackled violently with electricity and smashed on to the floor, sending shockwaves running through the floor.
MegaGargomon leapt over it and dived down at the Brain.F Virus, kicking out at it. He landed on top of the Brain.F with such force that he deleted it instantly. He then turned his attention to the other Brain.F which was spinning wildly towards him, its tentacle-like neurones flailing round and round like whips.
"Oh, so you want to play, huh?" he exclaimed. "Well, try this! Gargo Missile!" He fired two missiles straight at the Brain.F Virus, striking it and deleting it in mere seconds. "Easy!"
It dropped a data packet. He bent down and picked it up and found that it contained an Elecwave DMD. That would be useful later on. MegaGargomon turned to face Gallantmon and watched as the knight Digimon sliced the Bumble.251 in half and reducing it to bits of digital data.
"Good work, guys," praised Takato. "Okay, so who goes next?"
"I would have thought it was obvious," stated Jenrya. "It's the only other path with the a switch on it, the green path. MegaGargomon, go up to it."
The armoured Digimon nodded in acknowledgement.
"Righto," he agreed and ran up straight to the switch. He placed a hand through it and activated it. "Whoa!" he cried, as his floor shook and broke apart from the platform that Gallantmon was on. He turned back round and saw that his path was moving forwards. "Hey, where is this crazy thing going?"
"Relax," said Ruki calmly. "It's just moving forward, that's all."
"Okay, Gallantmon, your turn," said Takato, as he noticed a switch had appeared on the red path.
Gallantmon didn't need anymore persuasion. He went up to the switch and stepped through it. A new path appeared in front of him. It was yellow and had a yellow switch on it.
"Sakuyamon," he said to her, but suddenly realised what had happened. Her path had suddenly been isolated, like MegaGargomon's had. "Hm, guess it's up to me." He ran ahead and activated the next switch.
At that point, MegaGargomon's path joined up with Sakuyamon's.
"Man, this is some complicated network," sighed Takato.
"You're telling me," said Jenrya. "Come on, guys! Pick up the pace!"
A few more switches later and a narrow path appeared, connecting up the now straight and singular path to the platform on which the console panel lay.
"That looks pretty narrow," said MegaGargomon, as he looked down at it. "I don't think I can travel across it."
"Nor can I," sighed Sakuyamon with a shake of her head.
"Now what?" asked Jenrya.
"You know, I didn't get this far," admitted Ruki.
Gallantmon suddenly remembered what program Dr. Merzuno had installed in him.
"Takato, do I still have the DataPress Program installed?" he asked his Operator.
"Yep!"
A smile sprad across Gallantmon's face. He ran forward and shrank to fit on the narrow path. As soon as he stepped off the narrow path, he expanded back to his normal size.
"Okay, I'm through!" he announced. "Tell me what to do and I'll..."
A data stream suddenly appeared and struck the floor in front of him. When the light subsided, it revealed Uranekimon. There was a smug smile on her face as she stood in front of Gallantmon with her arms crossed.
"I'm afraid that I cannot let you go any further," said Uranekimon, as another data stream appeared and transported someone beside her.
"Reiko?" exclaimed all three Digimon and all three of their Operators at once.
Reiko smiled, as she brushed her hair back. She glowed with a silver aura unlike Dr. Merzuno had.
"No, my name is actually Reiley," she announced. "I am Dr. Yamaki's assistant. I have always been Dr. Yamaki's assistant." She then gestured to her Digimon. "And this is Arukenimon, my Digimon. Arukenimon, show them your true form."
Arukenimon nodded.
"With pleasure, Ms. Reiley," agreed the Digimon with a nod of her head. She then changed. Her hat and her sunglasses disappeared. Her arms elongated and the bottom of her body became that of a red spider with eight spidery legs.
"And now, let us try the BioMergance technique," suggested Reiley, as she extended her hand sideways. Her Digimon did the same.
Gallantmon watched as the two slowly slid together and merged into one. In the end, Arukenimon didn't look any different, but she was far more powerful. He could sense it.
"Brace yourself, Gallantmon," said Takato. "Looks as if we're going to have a fight on our hands."

To be continued...