AnT:
I agree with you about the starters from a variety perspective and prefer to see more variety in teams. In my opinion, Legendaries don't necessarily represent the most powerful Pokemon. Rather, they are Pokemon with special roles in the Pokemon World. I don't mind if trainers have many evolved Pokemon on their team.



Ninetalesuk:
Hey, thanks for the Pokemon listing, Ninetalesuk. Right now, I'm leaning towards putting Brendan in and not Edward. For Brendan, I know about Aggron & Shiftry so they're going in. I'm not sure about the veracity of the Absol & Mudkip rumours, but I'm adding them anyways.

I'm going to keep the name as Ancient Irismon, since I'm more familiar with that name. Frankly, when I look at her, she resembles Zephyrmon more closely than Kazemon. I have no idea why they called her Ancient Kazemon.



Luis:
I can't really cover anything from any movie after Spell of the Unown. I might get a little of the Orange Islands in, but my focus will be strictly on Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn.



Disclaimer:
Toei and Bandai own Digimon, and Nintendo owns Pokemon.







The Stones of Doom
By: RB3



Chapter 21: The Eighth Doom







In the deserts of Server Continent, explosions continued to shake the very earth. The Gigadramon continued to pound the area around a Team Rocket base, as the grunts and Pokemon peeked out of windows to return pot shots. The Gigadramon's bombing rendered it impossible for Team Rocket to leave their base for fear of death. Beneath the ground, a boulder-like Pokemon tossed loosened dirt aside as it tunnelled its way to Team Rocket's base.


====================Pokedex====================
Name: Golem
Type: Rock/Ground
Evolved From: Graveller

Golem, the Megaton Pokemon, has a body that is strong enough to withstand dynamite blasts without suffering harm. Despite being fairly slow, it can move extremely fast by curling into a ball and rolling.

This Pokemon, Golem, was nothing more than a living boulder, a mass of rock with a life of its own. This Golem was one of Gary's Pokemon, and was creating an entry tunnel for sneaking into the base. After several minutes of digging, Golem cracked through the floor of the base's mess hall. One of the team members released an Alakazam, who leapt out of the hole and put up a barrier. The team poured into the room and took defensive positions.

No one was in the room, since the Team Rocket grunts were preoccupied with the Gigadramon. The team traversed each hallway, scanning each room until they were discovered by a Team Rocket grunt. A battle erupted as the grunt released a Pokemon to confront the intruders. In a flicker of crimson light, a blue-skinned alligator appeared, and Gary's Golem stepped forward to confront him. Gary recognized his opponent as a Feraligator.


====================Pokedex====================
Name: Feraligator
Type: Water
Evolved From: Croconaw

Feraligator, the Big Jaw Pokemon, can swim with great speed despite its great size. Its powerful hind legs give it deceptively great speed even while on land.

"Feraligator, Hydro Pump!" ordered Feraligator's Team Rocket trainer.

"Golem, Defence Curl!" cried Gary in response.

A stream of highly pressurized water gushed out of Feraligator's mouth. Golem curled his body into a tight ball and braced himself. The Hydro Pump struck Golem with full force, gradually rolling him towards his trainer. Since his attack wasn't causing any damage, Feraligator cancelled it. Gary called for a counter by issuing a command for a Rollout attack. Still curled in a ball, Golem rolled himself forward with great velocity.

Feraligator dug his feet into the ground as he pushed back against Golem's advance. "I can take care of him! Go on ahead!"

"Okay!" replied Whitney, who went off with the others to secure the base.

The entry team swept through the hallways, eliminating any Team Rocket grunt or Pokemon that barred their way. The booming was so loud that it could be heard within a laboratory deep in the base. The lab was a complex with enough stalls for a dozen Digimon of Greymon's size. Several Hagurumon tended to the stalls, each of which held a Digimon wearing a black ring. These Digimon had vacant expressions and eyes that glowed with unholy crimson light.

The noise interrupted a working Datamon technician who was observing a ring of black metal through a microscope. "What's going on?" he asked. The phone rang and Datamon answered. "Hello, this is Datamon."

The voice at the other end turned out to be the base's director. "Our base is under attack! Cops are pouring into our base! Send out the Dark Ring Digimon immediately!"

"...But sir, the rings haven't been perfected yet!"

"I don't care what you think! Send them out now!"

Datamon decided not to protest any further and commanded his Hagurumon to release the Dark Ring Digimon. The twelve Digimon marched out of their stalls and eventually, the leader of the pack, a Greymon, encountered Whitney, Ritchie, and the rest of their team. At the time, they were investigating another laboratory several doors down the hallway. Greymon began the attack by spitting a ball of flame at them, which they dodged by scattering in different directions.

"Milty, go!" In a burst of crimson energy, Whitney's Miltank entered the scene. "Rollout!"

Milty curled into a ball and bowled Greymon over with her Rollout attack. However, it was a hollow victory as a Togemon stepped in to replace her fallen comrade. Ritchie intervened by releasing his Charmeleon, Zippo, and ordered him to torch Togemon with Flamethrower. Roaring flames burst out of Zippo's mouth, engulfing Togemon and sending her onto the ground. However, the two Digimon weren't going to go down so easily and began to get up.

The members of Whitney's team began to retreat into the room. "We're being surrounded!" cried a female team member.

Her Blastoise fired water jets at an unseen enemy outside to cover her team mates' entry into the room. The Digimon forced the team back, herding them into the lab as they swarmed in. As the two sides fought, it was clear the good guys were in deep trouble. It seemed hopeless until something most unusual happened... Just as Togemon prepared to shoot a Needle Spray, Greymon unexpectedly blindsided her with a fireball. Upon recovery, Togemon immediately retaliated by socking Greymon hard on the jaw.

Whitney was surprised. "What's going on?"

Ritchie looked behind. Every Digimon that had been chasing them were now pounding on each other instead. "Why are they fighting each other?" he wondered.

The Digimon continued to battle, their attacks rocking Team Rocket's base hard. Whitney ducked a stray fireball that flew out of the mob. "They're out of control!" cried Whitney.

Their fighting began to threaten the stability of the base. The roof gave out, nearly crushing Ritchie underneath. "Let's get out of here!" he cried.

After recalling all their Pokemon, the entry team fled the scene, leaving the Digimon to fight amongst themselves. The team eventually bumped into Gary. "Gary, we've got to get out of here! The base is going to come down any minute!" cried Whitney.

Some dust dropped from above, drawing Gary's attention to the wobbling roof. Gary made no argument and followed the entry team out. Moments after fleeing the base, it caved in upon itself catastrophically. All that remained was a pile of rubble and the team's mission ended in a bittersweet success. Though they wanted to shut the place down, they also wanted Team Rocket's files. Those files would have contained valuable information, but it was now lost forever.

Feeling somewhat disappointed, everybody returned to Oak's place Silph Town. Gennai was there and eagerly awaited the news. "How did it go?" he asked.

"Awful," replied Ritchie.

"What happened?" asked Gennai.

"The base collapsed before we could take control of it," replied Whitney. "I just don't understand why those Digimon turned on each other..."

Gennai was curious about Whitney's mention of the Digimon. "Digimon turned on each other?" asked Gennai.

"Yeah," replied Whitney. "We were fighting some of Team Rocket's Digimon when they suddenly started attacking each other for no reason. They were so out of control that they tore the whole base apart."

"Hmm..." mumbled Gennai. "That's strange. Did you notice anything else unusual about these Digimon?"

"Is it just me, or didn't all those Digimon have a funny black ring?" asked Ritchie.

Whitney thought back to the battle and realized that Ritchie was correct. "Come to think of it, yeah, every one of them wore a strange black ring."

"This is not good..." commented Gennai under his breath.

"What's not good?" asked Whitney.

"I think Team Rocket was trying to develop new technology that can enslave Digimon, like the Black Gears."

"Black Gears?" asked Gary. Gennai told Gary, Ritchie, and Whitney about the Digidestined's early battle versus the Black Gears, gears made from black stone. The Black Gears lodged themselves in the body of Digimon and enslave them to the owner, Devimon.

"You're telling me that Team Rocket was trying to find a way to control Digimon against their will?" asked Gary.

"Yeah, or at least they were, until you guys disrupted their research," replied Gennai. "From what you told me, Team Rocket hadn't perfected the rings yet. That must be why the Digimon turned on each other."

"Could these black rings be used to control a Pokemon too?" asked Ritchie.

"I don't know," admitted Gennai.

"Well, Pokemon and Digimon are different, both physically and metaphysically," noted Oak. "There's no telling what might happen if one of these rings got on a Pokemon."

"I don't think we need to worry about it since you destroyed their lab and disrupted their research," dismissed Gennai. "Professor, have you finished testing the bracer?"

"Yeah, it works fine," replied Oak.

Gennai received Anubismon's bracer from Professor Oak. "Thanks a lot. I'm delivering it to the others. They will need all the help they can get to battle Mephistomon."

"Wait!" cried Gary. "Ash will need every bit of help he can get, so take me too!"

"Me too!" continued Ritchie.

"Me three!" finished Whitney.

"No problem," replied Gennai. He waved goodbye to Professor Oak and the four vanished in a burst of iridescent light.



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The Johto Team returned to the Vermillion City base on the back of Phoenixmon after having disposed of the Stone of Hypocrisy. Though they made certain to avoid the main battle at the Kanto-Johto border, it was still dangerous. The risk of being attacked, whether purposely by Kanto, or accidentally by Johto, was high. Fortunately, the team made it back without any entanglements with either side of the war.

Upon their arrival, they were greeted warmly by the Kanto Team's members. "Hey guys, you made it back!" exclaimed Brock.

"Yeah, we got rid of the Stones in Johto," said Sora. She noted that the Kanto Team had acquired two new members. "Who are they?"

"These were the two new people I told you about," replied Casey. "Meet Kenji and Yuki." The three exchanged introductions.

However, the meeting did not go as well for Team Rocket. "Team Rocket?" asked Brock accusingly. "What are you doing here?"

"Yeah, I'll bet you came here to steal our Pokemon!" accused Tracey.

"We're not here to take your Pokemon! Honest!" replied an apologetic Meowth.

"Yeah! We're here to help you guys stop Mephistomon!"

"Don't worry guys," vouched TK. "They really do want to help. They helped us back in Johto."

Team Rocket nodded repeatedly in agreement with TK. "Alright, I guess it's okay then," agreed a somewhat reluctant Brock.

The two teams were highly successful, having disposed of seven of the eight Stones of Doom. Only one remained, the Stone of Darkness. Mephistomon was the Eighth Doom, the incarnation of Darkness, and would surely be guarding it. The only thing left was to get the stone and victory was theirs. Conveniently, the Liberators already had that information and held a briefing the next day for the final battle.

"Okay guys, this is the big one," began Surge. "Today is the day we free Kanto!"

The Liberators broke out in cheers before Electra called for order. "We have found the last Stone of Doom."

Electra pressed some buttons on a remote control and a distant picture of the Stone of Darkness flickered into sight. Unlike the other Stones of Doom, the Omen of Darkness was a mountain, rather than the smaller statues that the heroes were used to. It was a dark, foreboding place with lightning erupting from the black storm clouds overhead. Ash immediately recognized the town in front of the mountain. It was Indigo Town, where Indigo League competition was held.

"It is to the northeast of Indigo Plateau in the mountainous regions of northwest Kanto."

"Why didn't we see it before? How can anyone miss something so big?" asked Tai.

"I guess it's because the power of the other Stones of Doom hid it from sight," replied Izzy.

"Whatever the reason, we know Mephistomon will be there and guarding it with his life," continued Electra. "He'll likely have others, Digimon, Pokemon, or some abominations with him."

"However, we know that Ash and friends will have to be the ones to face him," continued Surge. "Just concentrate on Mephistomon. Don't worry about Mephistomon's troops. Our boys have got that covered. To help you, a familiar friend has come bearing a gift."

The door to the meeting room opened and the Digidestined were surprised by who entered the room. "Gennai?" asked the Digidestined.

"Yep," replied the Digidestined's guide.

Gennai was not alone, and Ash was surprised by his companions. "Gary, you're here too? Ritchie?"

"That's right! A second-rate trainer like you wouldn't even last one second against Mephistomon, so I'm giving you a hand," boasted Gary. Ash was irritated by Gary's boasting, but welcomed the help from Gary.

"I have come with a gift for the Pokemon trainers," announced Gennai, as he held up the Anubismon's golden bracer. "This bracer belonged to Anubismon, the Sovereign of the Dead. Any Pokemon that wears it will become a giant version of himself. They will be more powerful and have their attacks empowered by Holy energy! I only have one so you have to decide who will get it."

"That's an easy choice," said Brock. "Let Ash have it." The other Pokemon trainers agreed unanimously.

"Me?" asked Ash.

"Yeah," replied Brock.

"You're the one who can hit the homerun for us, Ash!" exclaimed Casey.

May agreed. "Yeah, a newbie trainer like me wouldn't do any good. You're the one who has the best chance against Mephistomon!"

Ash was emboldened by his friends' encouraging words. "Thanks guys, I won't let you down!"

"Okay, Ash and Pikachu are going to fight Mephistomon, but they will not be enough. Who else is going to help them?" asked Electra.

"Also, keep in mind that Mephistomon has statues that seal Digivolution to Mega level," reminded Gennai. "He will try to send someone to stop you down, and it's possible that this someone could include Mega level Digimon."

"How about we send Phoenixmon? She's a Mega and has Holy powers too," noted Sora.

"Yeah, but our most experienced Megas are War Greymon and Metal Garurumon," countered Matt. "If it gets bad, they can always form Omnimon who has Holy powers too. I vote that we send them instead."

The others debated their strategy and decided to go with Matt's idea. The rest of the heroes would run interference to ensure that Pikachu, War Greymon, and Metal Garurumon were at their best for Mephistomon. For the second part, the Liberators would split into two teams and launch a coup against Kanto. If successful, this coup would divide the army of Kanto and may even convert its generals over to the Liberators' side.

The first team had the goal of capturing the President of Kanto. Since the war had reached Kanto's soil, the President would be hiding in his bunker by now. Unfortunately, the Liberators knew the location of this bunker so he was not safe there. The bunker assault team had Surge, Kenji, and Yuki as members, and would secure the bunker and capture the President. They were bringing heavy firepower in the form of the Army Ant, which the Liberators had modified.

The second team had the goal of capturing the Presidential Mansion. This act was to seal the coup and remove Kanto from Mephistomon's control. Since the war had reached Kanto, the military would be tied up, and unable to spare reinforcements. The second team was to take advantage of this, capture the Presidential Mansion, and announce the coup by radio. With their planning session behind them, the resistance set out for the final battle against Mephistomon.



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The heroes sped to the Omen of Darkness one of the Liberators' transport trucks. The trees and grassy fields went by and disappeared into the horizon behind them. In the distance before them, the mountainous Stone of Darkness edged closer and closer. It looked almost like a spearhead of obsidian in the light of the day. As they neared the black monolith, they noticed an unusual discontinuity between the light and the darkness that surrounded the mountain.

"Why's it dark there and bright here?" asked May.

"It's probably Mephistomon," replied TK. "There's no way it could be natural."

This discontinuity was a wall-like boundary separating the light and the dark. At a certain point in the ground, everything beyond was dark, while everything before it was light. It seemed to mark the Stone of Darkness' area of influence. This zone of darkness was centred on the Omen of Darkness itself, and seemed to gradually expand away from the mountain. It was as though the darkness was claiming more and more territory with its advance.

"I have a bad feeling about this..." muttered Gatomon.

The truck breached the threshold and it was night time instantly. "No sunset, just darkness," commented Brock as he looked at the unnaturally darkened land.

Mimi pointed to a battle happening some distance left of the Stone of Darkness. "Hey look at the fireworks!"

The others followed her finger to a clash between Kanto and Hoenn Alliance forces. As Surge promised, the Liberators would take care of everything. Every few seconds, they could hear sporadic muffled banging coming from that direction. The sky was lighted by the tracers from firing anti-aircraft guns. A trail of fiery plumes erupted like geysers as jets bombed enemy lines. Though the fighting was exciting to watch, the voyage was uneventful otherwise.

James scanned the skies and noted something flying in the air. "What is that thing?"

Tai pulled out his miniature telescope and looked in the direction James pointed. It turned out to be a fearsome insect monster on patrol. Its mandibles twitched open and closed and its orangey fly-like wings flapped rapidly as it scanned below. Its chitinous body was dark green, almost black to the eye. The creature had two limbs which functioned like hands and four that acted like legs. At the end of each of his limbs was a trio of long sharp claws. This monster turned out to be a Digimon, Grand Kuwagamon, when scanned with the Digimon Analyzer.


====================Digimon Analyzer====================
Name: Grand Kuwagamon
Attribute: Virus
Level: Mega
Attacks: Dimension Scissor, Catastrophe

Grand Kuwagamon is a potential Mega form for the Kuwagamon line of Digimon. He is a vicious insect Digimon who goes berserk upon sensing combat.

"Has he seen us yet?" asked Meowth.

Grand Kuwagamon turned his head towards the heroes' truck and immediately moved to intercept. "He has now!" cried Tai.

"Hold on tight!" cried the driver. The driver made a hard right turn just as Grand Kuwagamon's energy attack exploded behind them.

"Let me out!" cried Sora to the driver of the truck. "You guys go on ahead. Biyomon and I can handle him. You ready, Biyomon?"

"Yeah! I'll squash that bug!" replied Biyomon.

"Alright," replied Tai. "Just be careful, okay?" Sora nodded in assurance.

Vast amounts of energy surged through Biyomon's body. "Biyomon, Warp Digivolve to... Phoenixmon!"

Phoenixmon took to the skies and met Grand Kuwagamon face to face. A battle ensued the moment Grand Kuwagamon began his attack. He slashed through the air, cutting open a dimensional tear which sped towards his opponent. Phoenixmon evaded the Dimension Scissors and rammed into Grand Kuwagamon head first. The others sped away as Phoenixmon's Crimson Flame, and Grand Kuwagamon's Dimension Scissors collided in a brilliant explosion.

"I hope Sora's okay without us..." said May, watching the two Digimon battle.

The heroes continued on their way until spotted six enemy monsters occupying the road ahead. Five of these creatures were Orcs, and each of them carried a different distinguishing weapon. The sixth was the giant floating skull of an Alakazam Lich. The skull and its eye sockets burned with unholy violet flames as it sensed the approach of his enemies. Izzy dubbed this bodiless monstrosity a Demi Lich, after a similar creature from his role playing computer games.

The truck stopped some distance and everyone but Ash, Tai, Matt, Kari, and TK got out. "We're almost at the mountain. Keep going and beat Mephistomon for us!" said Joe.

"Okay, I'll have Pikachu zap him good just for you," said Ash.

"Pikachu! (Yeah!)" exclaimed Pikachu.

Ash retreated back to the truck before it sped away, leaving the others behind. At once, the Digimon ascended to the Ultimate level, and the trainers released Pokemon to confront the Orcs and Demi Lich. May's Torchic and Lillymon went head to head with the Orc wielding a battleaxe. Lillymon nailed the Battleaxe Orc in the face with a ball of solar energy from her Flower Cannon. The attack infuriated the Battleaxe Orc into blowing her into the ground with an Icy Wind.

Brock's Machamp and Mega Kabuterimon charged at the Demi Lich. Mega Kabuterimon made the first move and fired a bolt of lighting forward; his Horn Buster attack. In response, the Demi Lich responded with his own lightning, Thunderbolt. Upon striking each other, the two attacks cancelled each other out with a crackle. Using the exchange as a diversion, Machamp moved in close and rattled the Demi Lich with a clean palm strike to the side of his skull.

The heroes still in the truck watched as their comrades both struggled and prospered against the enemy. They reached the Omen of Darkness and glanced all the way up to the top of the mountain. Storm clouds blotted out the stars, and lightning arced towards the peak. The electricity lit up the mountain, revealing to be darkly translucent and glossy. As they gazed upon this symbol of evil, Tai noticed something sliding down its slopes at a rapid pace.

He watched as the figure descended and ran towards them, revealing itself to be Mephistomon. "Get ready, Mephistomon's coming our way!"


====================Digimon Analyzer====================
Name: Mephistomon
Attribute: Virus
Level: Ultimate
Attacks: Death Cloud, Black Sabbath

This unholy Digimon was created from Apocalymon's data and can be considered the "Son of Apocalymon." His reign will bring everlasting darkness to the world.

"I'm impressed," began Mephistomon. "You were able to make it this far and destroy seven of my Stones of Doom."

"Yeah, and we're going to make it eight now!" cried Ash defiantly.

"Oh, but I beg to differ! You were lucky up until this point, but this is where your luck runs out. Since you brought some friends along, it's only fitting that I bring some of my own."

Suddenly, a shrill screech pierced through the air! The heroes looked up and scattered as the source of the screech blasted the ground with scalding flames. Once they regained their composure, the heroes got a clear look at their assailant. It turned out that their assailant was a reanimated bird skeleton, one of a trio which hovered in the air. Ash noticed that these birds were oddly familiar...

"The Legendary Birds of Kanto?" wondered Ash out loud.

Indeed, Ash was right about the identity of his attacker. The three bird skeletons were the three Legendary Birds of Kanto. The first, Articuno, had a layer of hardened ice covering its bones. The second bird had electricity arcing through the bones of his body. It was clear this one used to Zapdos. The last was engulfed in flames, and was clearly Moltres at one time. It was "Necro-Moltres" who had attacked them earlier.

"That's right! It was a shame to waste such powerful Pokemon. Like they say, waste not, want not," replied Mephistomon.

"You're twisted!" decried Ash, but Mephistomon only chuckled.

"Let us take care of them!" said Patamon. "Ash, Tai, Matt, go after Mephistomon instead."

The others nodded affirmatively. Patamon and Gatomon Digivolved to their Ultimate forms of Magna Angemon and Angewomon respectively. The two angel Digimon took to the air and clashed with the undead Legendary Birds. The sky became a lit with the light of fiery, icy, electrical, and Holy blasts. Tai, Matt, and Ash returned their focus to Mephistomon.

"So you're going to gang on me then? Well anytime you're ready, we can begin. I don't have all day you know..." mocked Mephistomon.

Immediately, Agumon and Gabumon ascended to Mega level. War Greymon made the first move and lobbed a Terra Force. As a counter, Mephistomon exhaled Death Cloud; a fog of noxious, jet black vapour. The attacks met midway and ignited a massive explosion upon contact. The force of this explosion blew War Greymon back, who landed on his feet safely. Mephistomon had blocked the blast with his arms, and unshielded his body.

"Was that your best? You're going to have to do better than that if you want to beat me!" taunted Mephistomon.

Metal Garurumon's weapon bays opened and a massive salvo of missiles swooshed out. Mephistomon channelled his power for a Black Sabbath attack, eventually releasing the energy as a wave of darkness. The wave overtook the missiles and destroyed each of them. Metal Garurumon followed by launching a Giga Missile, whose explosion knocked the demon down. However, he immediately leapt back onto his feet, no worse for wear.

"Okay Pikachu, your turn now!" said Ash.

"Pikachu! (Alright!)"

Pikachu stepped forward and activated Anubismon's bracer. A surge of power coursed through his body, as though he had been struck by lightning. He grew to massive proportions, becoming larger that a three story building. Once his transformation was complete, Ash ordered a Thunderbolt attack on Mephistomon. Since he was preoccupied with War Greymon and Metal Garurumon, he was unable to defend himself.

The bracer added positive energy to the attack, heightening its effect on the demon. "Gaaaaaah! Damn, the Powers of Light!" cursed Mephistomon, who eventually gazed at Giant Pikachu. "So Anubismon gave you his bracer, did he?"

Mephistomon expelled a Death Cloud on the gust of his breath. The fog of negative energy wracked Pikachu's body with pain before he collapsed. War Greymon renewed his attack, catching Mephistomon with a Terra Force. The powerful sphere of energy hurtled Mephistomon onto his back just in time for Metal Garurumon's follow up. The cybernetic wolf launched a Giga Missile into the demon's chest, kicking up a huge cloud of dust in its explosion.

Once the smoke cleared, Mephistomon leapt back onto his feet. "That was a pretty good warm up. Now let's get serious!"

Mephistomon held out his hand and bolts of lightning leapt out of his fingertips. War Greymon raised his arms in defence, but the electricity overpowered him and he collapsed onto the ground. More lightning arced out of Mephistomon's fingertips, but Metal Garurumon and Pikachu darted away safely. A blast of flame gushed from Mephistomon's mouth, consuming Metal Garurumon whole and causing him to crash.

For his final move, Mephistomon stomped the ground, touching off a massive earthquake which levelled Pikachu, Ash, Tai, and Matt. Ash was shocked by what he witnessed. "That was a Thunderbolt, a Flamethrower, and an Earthquake attack!

Matt was equally shocked. "Those were Pokemon abilities?"

Tai couldn't believe what he just saw either. "He can use Pokemon abilities too?"

"How do we beat a Digimon who can use virtually any Pokemon attack as well as his own attacks?" asked Matt.

"We'll find a way!" replied War Greymon, as he picked himself off the ground.

War Greymon clasped his hands above his head, spinning rapidly like a drill bit. As he sped towards Mephistomon for a Brave Tornado attack, Pikachu empowered it with Holy electricity. The combination proved most effective against its victim. The electricity crackled dangerously and surged into Mephistomon's body as War Greymon collided with Mephistomon and took him off his feet. However, in a great show of fortitude, Mephistomon leapt back onto his feet to continue the fight.

Darkness oozed from Mephistomon's body and formed into a pair of shoulder mounted cannons. They began to spew out a massive volley of yellow fireballs which levelled Pikachu. Mephistomon turned his fire onto the two Mega Digimon, who immediately dodged the attack. The Son of Apocalymon kept his focus on War Greymon, spewing more and more energy until he finally overwhelmed the Mega. The cannons continued their relentless assault and eventually felled Metal Garurumon as well.

This unusual attack surprised Ash. "I've never seen that attack before..."

However, Tai recognized this attack to his horror. "No, it couldn't be!

"What is it Tai? Why are you so shocked?"

"He's using Giga Cannon!"

"Giga Cannon?"

"It's the special attack of Machinedramon, a Digimon!" asked Matt.

Ash gasped at the realization of what this meant. "He can use any Digimon attack too?"

Mephistomon simply chuckled. "Now do you understand why you are no match for me? I have the power of all Pokemon and all Digimon all my disposal!"