Chapter 12- Battle of Courage

"Go get him, Flamedramon!" Davis shouted.

"Melt that creep in his tracks, Greymon!" Tai commanded.

"Show him fire's the boss, Birdramon!" Sora yelled.

"Be careful!" cried TK and Kari.

The Digimon raced off to fight IceDevimon with shouts from their partners ringing in their ears.

"So, ganging up one me, eh?" IceDevimon chuckled evilly. "Well, what a waste of time for you!"

IceDevimon then released a cold, icy wind the group of charging Digimon. Flamedramon, Stingmon, Halsemon, and Nefertimon were quick enough to escape the icy blast. But the others weren't as lucky. As the 'mist' cleared away, the DigiDestined saw that their Digimon were frozen in a huge block of ice.

"Oh, that's just great!" Davis grumbled. "Now what do we do?"

Ken had an idea. "Davis!" he yelled. "Let's DNA-Digivolve! I'm sure with our Digimon's combined powers he can be defeated!"

Davis nodded. "Yeah!" he agreed. "I'm reading you load and clear. Flamedramon!"

"You got it!"

Veemon let go of his armored power of Flamedramon, so that he could digivolve to his champion level.

"Veemon digivolve to... Ex-Veemon!"

'Let's do it, Ken!" Davis cried.

"Right!"

Both boys held up their D3's. The little devices glowed a bright blue and then joined together into a great beam of light, combing Ex-Veemon and Stingmon's powers.

"What's going on?' shouted IceDevimon. "This can't be happening!"

"Oh, but it is!" Davis called back. "You're witnessing the awesome power of DNA-Digivolving. Hope you like it!"

"Ex-Veemon DNA-Digivolve to..."

"Stingmon DNA-Digivolve to..."

"Paildramon!!"

"Now that's more like it! Yeah!" Ken said admirably.

"You bet!" Davis agreed. "Our Digimon rock! Paildramon, go get him!"

"My pleasure!" Paildramon answered, and he charged at IceDvimon with a load battle cry.

Yolei snorted in disgust as she watched Paildramon's blasts collide with IceDevimon in big bangs. But still, IceDevimon stood strong refusing to be defeated. So did Paildramon.

"Ken can take all credit for this if he wants," Yolei thought a load, "but Davis can just forget about it!"

Kari giggled. "Yeah right. He'd take credit for anything, maybe even the invention of the wheel!"

"I heard that!" Davis scoffed back at them.

"When you three have finished," Ken interrupted urgently, "in case you hadn't noticed our Digimon could do with some help over here."

Kari and Yolei blushed guiltily before regaining themselves. Nefertimon and Halsemon caught on, and they let go of their armored power so to DNA-Digivolve.

"Hawkmon digivolve to... Aquilamon!"

"You ready?" Yolei asked Kari.

Kari nodded firmly. "You bet I am! Let's melt that creep!"

Both girls hold up their D3's. The devices soon began to work their magic. They glowed a strong red and then combined into a large light beam.

"Aquilamon DNA-Digivolve to..."

"Gatomon DNA-digivolve to..."

"Sphilymon!"

"Yeah!" Kari and Yolei cheered. "We are in business!"

As Paildramon and Sphilymon battled it out with IceDevimon, Davis, Ken, Yolei, and Kari tried to help the others free their Digimon, who were still frozen in that huge block ice. IceDevimon laughed at their efforts.

"Try all you want you little fools," he sniggered under his breath as he fought, "For you'll never get your Digimon free. They'll be like that forever! It's over! I have won, children!"

The DigiDestined all let out a terrified gasp.

"NO!!" TK cried. "It can't be true! It's just can't!"

"Oh, but it is true, nothing can escape from my ice!" IceDevimon replied, as he avoided another blast from Paildramon. He was quite pleased with the surprised and horrified looks on the kids' faces.

"Oh no? Who says, creep?" Sphilymon yelled. "Hang on guys, I'm coming!"

Sphilymon let loose her attack at the oversized ice cube. Her efforts were proving successful as the ice block started to crack up. She gave one final kick and it smashed to nothing but chips of ice.

"Oh yeah, that's much better," said Pegasusmon, stretching his wings. "And now I'm ready for some pay back! How about you guys?"

"Sure. You know it!" "Uh-oh!" IceDevimon seemed to know that his plan to destroy the DigiDestined had gone badly astray. He looked down at the fearless band of Digimon and kids. He seemed to guess by now that he was about to be defeated; but that still didn't stop him from trying to win anyway.

Davis shook his head pitifully and let go a sigh. "When will they ever learn?" he asked himself a load. "That no matter how hard they try, evil Digimon always lose!"

"Yeah!" TK agreed. "Now let's get him!"

Birdramon went first. IceDevimon tried to stop her, to no avail. She locked him in her strong talons and lifted him to the very height of the cavern. Then, with all the strength she could muster, Birdramon drove him into the cavern ceiling. IceDevimon struggled and kicked but he was well and truly stuck.

"NOW!" Davis demanded. "STRIKE NOW!!"

All the Digimon needed no second bidding, they let loose their attacks. IceDevimon never knew what hit him, and he was destroyed. At last, the battle was over!