Disclaimer: I don't own digimon, I do own Jason Johnson, and yamatos.girl, who knows – more to the point, Ralph Wiggum, Demon Spawn, firewall0, Iltatahti and Sara-chan have been kind enough to let me use their characters.

The Completed Team

Meddie's rescue went out without a hitch…but they seemed to pick up two extra members…is this the last digidestined and her partner? The other group had their hands full taking care of Echomon's minions, which was a daunting task considering they were all their digimon friends. Three of them knocked out their opponents but Pumamon was nowhere to be seen.

"Midnight Blast," Echomon yelled. Twin black beams shot out from his wings. They flew towards the teens.

Twin voices yelled, "STOP!"

Kabuterimon and Serenemon flew in the path of the attack. "Electro Shocker," "Fire Wave" they yelled. Their two attacks flew and intercepted the dark energy. They met in a great explosion, sending out a shockwave.

The dust cleared. Jason, Sarah, Savannah, and Michael picked themselves off the ground. The attack that had narrowly missed them left a gaping crater right in front of them. On the plus side the shockwave had smothered most of the flames.

"That was powerful," Sarah commented.

"You insignificant worms," Echomon yelled. "You're merely delaying the inevitable."

Daggermon had stood to the side getting Echomon in his sights. "Dark Shot," He cried. The black energy leapt off his staff towards the bat. Echomon turned to see the energy ball; he merely flew a few meters to the side. The dark ball exploded harmlessly in the sky. Echomon let out an "Echo Screech" to momentarily paralyze the three champions. Instead of pressing the attack he turned and began flying away.

"What is he doing?" Medusa asked.

"It looks like he's retreating," Savannah said.

"He's finished. Go in for the kill," Michael instructed the digimon.

"Wait. Why does he give up his advantage? He had our digimon right where he wanted them…could he have a plan of some sort?" Jason said.

"We can't let him out of our sights," Daggermon said running after the bat. The two flyers followed in the air. They see Echomon fly into a large opening in a mountain…most definitely a cave. The three digimon waited just outside the gaping entrance.

"Should we go in?" Kabuterimon asked.

"I don't like it. What if there's another way out?" Serenemon asked. "He could come out right on top of us and we wouldn't even realize it."

"I don't enjoy the prospect of him getting the jump on us any more than the rest of you," Daggermon said. "But if we can stop him or even trap him in this cave I'm willing to risk almost anything."

He stepped into the darkness of the cave with the other two hot on his heels. As soon as visibility was compromised, Serenemon let loose her attack which lit up the area around them. They stopped a ways inside the cavern and waited. They could find no traces of the bat or his minions.

"Where is he?" Serenemon asked.

"Did you try everywhere?" Echomon asked. His voice was coming from every corner of the cavern.

"Where is that echo coming from?" Daggermon demanded and began looking around furiously.

"Right behind you," the voices informed them. As they turned around they all saw nothing but then as they looked upwards and saw the giant bat hanging upside down, shielding his eyes.

"There he is," Kabuterimon said. He began to fly upwards but then Echomon fired his "Echo Screech" not at the digimon but at the ceiling of the cave. This caused a massive rockslide to fall on the insect, as well as Serenemon. This extinguished the flame, the only source of light in the cave. Daggermon had leapt out of the way of the tumbling boulders only to discover that if Echomon attacked, he would be fighting blind. He hears a crack. Something went by him rapidly. He stepped backwards to feel the rush of air as something big whizzed right where his head used to be. In the darkness he could see more movement. Quickly Daggermon raised his staff and blocked the object flying towards him. He desperately needed light to help him fight…but it seemed that he was on his own. Relying on his other senses, Daggermon dodged and parried numerous attacks. He could not understand what was the source of these assaults.

*rumble*

"What's that?" Echomon's voice echoed inside the vast cavern.

Just then the mass of rock began to shift. A large boulder towards the top was hurled to the bottom of the pile. Kabuterimon and Serenemon both emerged from the top of the rubble.

"Fire Wave" Serenemon yelled illuminating the cave once more.

Echomon was taken aback by the sudden brightness. And he dropped the stalactite that he was using to attack Daggermon. The light was so intense that he fled the cavern entirely. Upon his exit he heard three attacks. He turned to see a green eagle, a white jeweled bird and a sprite.

"Burning Feathers"

"Ruby Charade"

"Heat Wave"

He merely flew out of the way of the first two and fired his "Echo Screech" to cancel the wave attack. While he was facing the three, he was overcome by immense pain in his back.

He turned to see the winged tiger, Daizetmon with a claw outstretched.

"You!" Echomon exclaimed. "I would have thought that you would have been the one to destroy these brats! How DARE you turn against me!"

"I dare to protect the one that lifted the curse you placed upon me," Daizetmon began. "My partner, the one I call friend. I oppose you to defend that which I care about."

"How quaint…Midnight Blast," Echomon cried. His twin beams of darkness shot towards the formerly infected tiger. Daizetmon avoided the brunt of the attack, but some clipped one of his wings sending him earthward.

Before the other six champions could come and attack, Echomon had a thought, 'If these Digidestined can cure infected digimon, they must be eliminated at all costs.'

He flew towards the area in which the teens were watching the battle. "You pests must be eliminated," He said.

"Not so fast," Blazemon said flying in between the menacing bat and the humans below.

"Stop right there," Raptormon exclaimed as he flew next to the oversized fairy.

"We will not let you harm our friends," Garosumon yelled at the bat as she too placed herself in the line of fire.

"Suit yourself. Echo Screech," Echomon yelled. The sound waves left his mouth at an alarming rate and struck the three flyers knocking them out of his way. "Now for the pathetic humans Midnight Blast."

"Electro Shocker"

"Fire Wave"

"Sonic scythe"

The three attacks met the beams of dark energy while they were still in the air. Echomon turned to see the three rapidly approaching digimon.

"You have meddled for the last time…Echo Screech," Echomon cried using his sonic attack once more. This caused Daggermon to stop in his tracks, and Kabuterimon and Serenemon to drop to the ground. "I see that you pathetic worms no longer have any protection. Midnight Blast."

The twin beams rapidly approached the spot where the Jason and the others were situated.

"Scatter," Michael warned.

Before anyone could move, Daizetmon flew in the path of the attack, using his own attack to try and stop the beams.

"Shadow Claw"

The energy coming from the outstretched paws met the twin beams but was soon overcome by the vast strength of Echomon's onslaught. Daizetmon had no time to fly out of the way. He was hit with the vast strength of the attack and immediately began to glow and then shrink. The immense power of the black energy was enough to make Daizetmon revert to his rookie form. His form soon plummeted to the ground.

"What's that?" Savannah asked pointing to the falling figure.

Medusa pointed her watch at the plummeting figure. "It says that it's Dazemon," Medusa informed her.

Lauren was in tears, "DAZEMON!!!" she cried as she began to move forward.

Pixie grabbed her arm and shook her head. "It's too dangerous," She informed the pre-teen. Tears accumulated in the 11-year-old's ice blue eyes. Her blond hair waved as she tried to free herself from Pixie's grasp.

"Hold her," Jason instructed Pixie as he broke into a run. He sprinted in the direction of the tumbling form.

"JASON! Don't be stupid," Jay called after him but Jason didn't stop. Instead Jason merely replied "Just doing what you do."

As soon as Jason approached the fallen rookie, he could make out the cat- like features of the form. It appeared to be more the size of Kakumon though with a gold and blue colored coat.

He rushed to the lying digimon's side and examined him in order to determine if he could risk moving him. His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of beating wings…Echomon was approaching.

"Now you have no protection. You will be the first to fall at my hands," Echomon boasted. "Midnight…"

Suddenly a figure burst out of the trees, "Aren't you forgetting someone?" he cried as he collided with the giant bat's flying form forcing him to the ground.

"Pumamon," Jason said. "Boy am I glad to see you."

"How can this be? I saw Tuskmon destroy you," Echomon said flabbergasted.

"You saw no such thing," Pumamon said as he pinned the evil digimon to the ground. "ATTACK NOW!"

"Burning Feathers"

"Ruby Charade"

"Fire Wave"

"Electro Shocker"

"Sonic Scythe"

"Heat Wave"

The six attacks all hit the downed bat but he still survived.

"Your pitiful attacks cannot harm me!" Echomon cried triumphantly.

"My turn…Earth Pounce" Pumamon said as he leapt upwards and then brought his entire weight on his front two paws. Instead of hitting the ground, his target was Echomon. As he hit his foe, the force of the attack caused the bat to begin to break up.

"NO!" He cried. "You may have defeated me but there are three more carriers and they are much more powerful then you could even imagine. You have no hope to prevail…" Those were his last words as his data finally scattered.

Jason returned to his seven companions with Dazemon in his arms. He gently handed the digimon to Lauren who was still crying, though these were tears of joy, her partner was safe.

"That was very reckless," Pixie said. Then she playfully hit Jason with her hat.

"Personally I thought it was a stupid thing to do," Jay pointed out.

Lauren pulled out a giant paper fan and whacked Jay on the head. "Hey he saved Dazemon and that's all that matters."

"It looks like we're down at least one enemy," Sarah observed.

"Yeah but something more powerful will take his place," Savannah said.

"We'll just have to be prepared for anything," Michael said.

"Where to now?" Medusa questioned.

"Let's return to the ruins," Jason said. "Maybe we'll be able to unlock its mystery."

Without a word the 16 made there way to the ruins, unaware of the danger that lurks around every corner. Tune in next time to … The New Digital World.

Sorry it took so long to get up…I've had exams, and finals are coming up…Well tell me how crappy the big fight is. *lowers voice to be diabolical* NOW!!

Sorry I don't know what came over me…but review ok…that's all I have to say…and in spirit of my sister returning from college, If you fail to review…I'll send you my sister…(That's a bad thing)