Chapter 4 of Viral Liberation has just arrived! Well, it is time to give a little surprise. The surprise is actually in the story. I don't really have anything else to say so enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to whoever owned them, not me. I do own Helios, the D-merger, Catastrophe and Cyber Agumon. Don't sue me as I am damn poor,

"…"= Talking

'…'= Thinking

-…-= Action

Chapter 4: Breakout

Helios 'How the hell did I get into this situation?'

That was what Helios was thinking about as he dove the Catastrophe into an approaching Guardromon. His partner, Black Greymon, was having no problem fighting the champion digimons and was deleting his attackers one after another. At the same time, Black Greymon loaded their data, providing a power boost and health recovery to both himself and his partner. Helios could not help but smirk as he slashed and deleted three Guardromon that were getting too close to him.

Helios ' It is good that I learn that the D-merger can help boost my power and regain my health as Black Greymon loaded data. I don't know how I gain the same benefits from data loading but hell, I ain't going to complain.'

As Helios sliced through a group of Guardromon, he could not help but thanked the old man for giving him lessons on weapons. Without those lessons, he would not be able to wield the sword as well as he did now. Although he was not an expert on sword fighting, Helios had most of the basic skills right. Thrusting, slashing and slicing were actually most the attacks a sword could do actually. As another Guardromon burst into data as the Catastrophe went through it, Helios gave a frown. The sword was getting more and more powerful ever since he had received it. He did not know why and he was starting to get a little fed up. The reason was that he was not sure about many things and they all had to be related to him and his equipment. He knew that using stuff that he was not sure about the full potential was dangerous, but he did not have a choice anyway. He needed the stuff to survive in this ass of a world where all viruses were under constant attacks and abuse.

Kicking a Guardromon down the stairs, Helios started to think about the reason why he and Black Greymon were here in this place. Looking around, Helios concluded that this place was a laboratory of some sorts. He could see computers that were left unattended and that were still working. Many printers were seen everywhere around the place as well. From what he can tell, this place must be big as both him and Black Greymon got lost here. Slicing the Destruction Grenades that were fired towards him into half, Helios mentally slapped himself. There was no reason why both he and Black Greymon were here. They were wandering around the lands east of Shadow Seraphimon's destroyed shrine and stumbled onto this queer lab by chance.

Remembering the deletion of Shadow Seraphimon, Helios felt anger again. He was angry with himself actually, at how he could not help his friend when he was needed. Although the voice in his head managed to convince him from going into a self-wallowing trip, it did not prevent him to dispel the anger inside him. The anger at his own powerless. He grinned sadistically as he though how his frustration would be vent. With a mighty leap, Helios launched himself into the air and smashed the Catastrophe onto the approaching Guardromon. Signaling to Black Greymon, Helios summoned the Viral Boost Chip card and slashed it. Receiving a power boost, Black Greymon fired his Dark Nova and deleted all the Guardromon that were blocking the door. They went through the door and hid in a dark corner.

Telling Black Greymon to remain silent, Helios leaned onto the wall to recollect his thoughts. He was telling himself mentally to stay calm as being in anger would cloud his judgement and would cause the death of himself and the deletion of his partner. However, he was not sure what he could do as he did not know the place at all. He would not know where to go and where the exit was. The best thing to do now was to find a map of the place. This way, they would not be moving around without an actual destination. Then it struck Helios's as an important point flashed through his brain. Where to find a map? Muttering curses under his breath, he motioned to Black Greymon and asked him to move closer.

Helios-whisper- " Do you think you can locate where a computer would be?"

Black Greymon-whisper- " Are you joking? I can smell digimon, but no way I can smell a computer! Besides, if you want a computer, there are plenty of them in that room!"

Helios-whisper- " No time to check. As soon as we landed onto the floor in that room, those vending machines lookalike started attacking us remember?"

Black Greymon-whisper- " Damn! You're right! But there is nothing I can do!"

Helios-wry grin and whisper- " You can smell digimon that are not behind us and in that room. Maybe we can find a map or a computer that has a map."

Black Greymon-whisper- " Okay. Do you think I should dedigivolve?"

Helios-whisper- " No. We might be in even more fights than before we can find a map."

Black Greymon nodded reluctantly. Sniffing loudly using his nose, Black Greymon went left from the dark area that they were in. Following Black Greymon, Helios saw a change in the shape and designs on the Catastrophe. The length had been extended and the razor edge had been sharper. The handle became tougher and a weird symbol that had a black dragon inside a circle was formed on the blade. Even the sides of the blade had became sharper. Helios was not sure what caused the change, but he was sure that it had something to do with the loading of data. Maybe like digimon, the sword can evolve as well. Black Greymon came to a halt suddenly and was looking through a door with eyes that signified that there were digimon on the other side of the door. Nodding to Black Greymon, Helios opened the door using the traditional way. He slashed the door open.

Looking at the space where the door once was, Helios saw digimon. There were plenty of them and they were all Guardromon. Well, there were other digimon as well and using the D-merger, Helios identified the other digimon type inside the room was Thundermon. They were champion level data digimon. Its attack is Thunderbolt and Helios realized that it would hurt a lot if he was hit. He did not know about Black Greymon though. Black Greymon saw a computer in the room and he pointed to it using his claws. Helios then decided to take charge into the room to take a look at the computer and see whether if there were information worthy for them to take. Summoning the Speed Card, Viral Boost Chip card and the Triple Shot card, Helios slashed them through the slot in the D-merger and charged into the room after telling Black Greymon his plan.

Helios " Black Greymon, keep those guys busy and cover me! I will approach the computer and see if there is anything worth to take. Fire your Dark Nova and use your Death Gnaw if necessary. Those Thundermon might be able to dodge the Dark Nova due to their size."

Black Greymon " Roger! I will keep them very busy!"

Running towards the computer, Helios was immediately surrounded by the Guardromon and Thundermon. Before Helios could slash at them, a Dark Nova instantly deleted them. Feeling an increase in power, Helios continued his running but at an improved pace. Before he could reach the computer, a Guardromon grabbed him on the shoulder. Helios deleted that Guardromon by twisting the Catastrophe backwards and thrust the sword into the Guardromon's chest. However, a Thunderbolt attack fired at him by a Thundermon hit his back as the Guardromon was delaying him. Helios could feel a sharp pain spreading from his back to the rest of his body. The pain was unbearable and Helios managed to stop himself from screaming. Gritting his teeth, he deleted the offending Thundermon with a quick slash.

The rest of the Thundermon saw that and decided to attack him with their Thunderbolt attack. Grimacing slightly, Helios started to dodge the attacks launched at him. It was not an easy job as he was a little paralyzed by the first Thunderbolt attack. The sheer number of Thunderbolts fired at him was making it even harder. When Black Greymon saw that his partner was in trouble, he immediately stopped fighting the Guardromons to help him. Firing his three way Dark Nova, he deleted three-quarter of the Thundermon that were attacking Helios and loaded their data. Somehow, Black Greymon also knew that when he loaded data, his partner would be able to receive the same benefit as he would.

Helios felt much better after Black Greymon loaded the data. He was still a little winded from that attack, by now he was well enough to continue fighting. He mentally reminded himself that human are still sucker under electricity attacks. With that thought in mind, he arced his right arm which was holding Catastrophe and gave a wild swing to the left. All the Thundermon that were there were deleted instantly. Strange enough, Helios felt a little boost in power and was puzzled, as it was obvious that Black Greymon was not loading data. He decided that it would be better not to think of it as he dodged an attack. He concluded that he would do the thinking after he had finish the job. Giving a signal to Black Greymon, he went on his way to the computer. Black Greymon did his job as he kept deleting and loading the approaching digimon.

Kicking a Guardromon aside, Helios finally reached the computer. However, before he could even take a look at it, another Guardromon stepped up and took the fallen Guardromon's place. This was making Helios very frustrated but at the same time, he was noticing that they were guarding the computer so there must be something very important inside the computer. This hardens Helios's resolve to look at the information in the computer. Thrusting his sword forward, he deleted the Guardromon and again felt a small boost in his power. He groaned mentally as even more Guardromon came up to guard the computer. Glancing at his partner who was watching his back. He could tell that the number of digimon in the room were decreasing drastically.

Helios 'Another thing to keep in mind, do not underestimate Black Greymon and his strength. With him watching my back, I'm sure we can finish all these guys.' " Black Greymon, we have a little change of plans. Delete all digimon in this area."

Black Greymon " Okay!" ' Damn, I'm going to like this!'

After deleting the Guardromon that were blocking the computer with one clean swipe with Catastrophe, Helios jumped backwards and helped his partner to delete the digimon he was fighting against. Without having to watch his partner's back, Black Greymon fought with renewed fury, deleting one enemy after another. Although the speed card, triple shot card viral boost chip card's powers had disappeared due to time period, Black Greymon was still very powerful and the digimon in the room were no match for him. The two of them lost themselves in the fighting and after a few moments, all of the digimon were deleted and all their data were loaded. Helios and Black Greymon surveyed the damage done by them. The room was ruined and many holes and burns were visible. Mysteriously, the computer was not damaged at all. It did not even had a scratch on it after the intense fighting.

Black Greymon " I guess we overdid it. This place is a mess."

Helios " You said it…" 'At least the computer is still intact…'

Black Greymon " Well, the computer is in tact…"

Helios "…" ' True. But how and why is beyond me… I swear I slammed a Thundermon at the screen…'

As both of them walked towards the computer, Black Greymon dedigivolved back into Black Agumon. He did that because he was having problems looking at the small screen and that he wanted to reserve his energy. Helios was having some trouble with the computer as he was not an expert in operating computers. After fumbling with the buttons and moving the mouse rather clumsily, Helios finally managed to get a decent map of the lab they were in and even managed to print it out. How the printer was also not damaged was beyond Helios's knowledge and he decided that he would not want to think about it.

Motioning to Black Agumon, Helios took the map and started to turn away as he decided that there were nothing left for them to do in the room. It was then that Helios had accidentally hit a button on the keyboard and what displayed on the monitor later was a shock to them. They saw digimon. However, they were inside a gigantic tube that had green liquid in it. They had many cybernetic implants on them as well. Helios decided to press some of the buttons and with some dumb luck, he managed to open a file that had information about the digimon inside the tubes. After reading the document on the topic, both Helios and Black Agumon were in great anger. Whoever had wrote this was sick and heartless. At the same time, both of them destroyed the computer.

The document was a repot on the implantation of a virus that would increase a digimon's battle capabilities. As the virus was in test status, they decided to use viral digimon as genuine-pig to test out the virus. Not only that, the person writing this document mentioned about implanting machine parts on digimon to enhance their power as well. This was also did on viral digimon as the machine parts were still in test. It was stated clearly in the report that once the virus and the machine parts proved to be successful, the test subject would be eliminated. This was what made both Helios and Black Agumon angry. The total disregard for the viral digimon's life and the fact that they were treating viral digimons as tools.

Helios " We will go free those digimon, partner."

Black Agumon " Right. If I manage to get my hands on whoever wrote this…"

Helios and Black Agumon " I would kill him."

It was not quite a difficult task for Helios and Black Agumon to find the place where they saw on the computer screen just moments ago. With the printed map in their hands, navigating the lab was much easier. However, both of them were equally mad at what they had read from the computer. They deleted all the digimon that were attacking them without mercy. They did not bothered to knock them out. The two of them just deleted them. When they finally reached the room, they started looking for the switch that would unlock the tubes. During their search, Black Agumon found a screen with the conditions of the six digimon in the tubes in them. Calling to Helios about his find, both of them started looking at the screen and read the status.

Out of the six digimon, five of them had a deceased sign next to their name and picture. Only one had a unknown sign next to it. It looked like an Agumon. Looking at the tube that the Agumon was in. Helios felt the same feeling that he had when he first met Black Agumon. Deciding that it would be the right choice to break the prison, Helios gave a signal to Black Agumon and they broke the tube together. The green liquid flowed out of the broken hole of the tube and Helios cut off the cables that were holding the Agumon. He caught the Agumon as he fell and he realized that he was heavier then he looked. Gently placing him on the floor, Helios took a good look at the Agumon.

The Agumon looked not much different from a regular one. However, it had a mechanical right arm with razor sharp claws attached to it. A cybernetic cover half covered his head and he also had many mechanical implants on his chest. There were scars around his body as well. Helios wondered how the Agumon felt when undergoing the implant of mechanical parts. He could tell that Black Agumon was thinking about the same thing as he looked depressed. However, Helios reminded himself that whatever was on the floor would not want pity. He wanted equal treatment. That was just his opinion but he concluded that no one liked to be viewed differently. At least he himself doesn't. Giving a look at Black Agumon, Helios moved down to pick up the Agumon when he started stirring.

He was hurting. His whole body felt liked hell and his head was spinning in rounds. After finally being calmed, he saw something that he had thought not possible. A human man was standing together with a viral digimon. It was a Black Agumon actually. The two of them were just staring down at him. However, their eyes were different from those that had looked at him before. Those eyes that looked at him before were of no emotion, cruel and heartless. Those people treated him liked he was just a tool and nothing else. He hated those people. Not only that they had stolen his freedom, they had also modified him into a freak that was not supposed to exist. The two that were looking at him were not pitying him as well. They were looking at him as an equal and not as the way one would look at a freak. He was confused by that as they were supposed to fear and hate him. That was what most human and digimon do when they meet something unpleasant and out of nature.

Helios looked at the Agumon that was looking at him and his partner. His eyes expressed the Agumon's thoughts. He was in pain and in confusion. Well, he could understand pain but he could not understand confusion. Why would the Agumon be confused? There was nothing confusing in Helios's opinion. He noticed that the Agumon would not be willing to start a conversation. However, he did not really know how to start a conversation too. After all, Helios was anti-social due to his personality and lifestyle. Luckily, Black Agumon solved the problem for him.

Black Agumon " Are you okay?"

Agumon "…" 'He is even willing to talk to me?'

Black Agumon " Don't worry, we mean no harm! I'm Black Agumon and this is my partner Helios!"

Agumon "…" ' A human and a viral digimon as a partner? Never thought I would ever see this…But I never thought that I would be made into a genuine-pig…'

Helios " Are you coming with us?"

Agumon " …What?" ' What does he mean by 'coming with us'?'

Helios " You value your freedom don't you?"

Agumon " …Yes… I do."

Black Agumon " Then come with us! We are going to leave this place anyway."

Agumon "…" ' What should I do? They seems sincere about their offer… I can tell that they are not lying as well…'

Helios " Come on, we're leaving."

Agumon " Wait… I'm coming with you."

Black Agumon " Okay then. What do you want us to call you?"

Agumon "…Cyber Agumon would be fine."

Helios " Let's get moving then."

With a silent agreement, the trio walked out of the dreaded room and started to walk right. Following the map, the three of them were all making quick progress. They met some Guardromon and Thundermon on the way and they deleted all of them. Black Agumon used his Pepper Blast, Helios used Catastrophe and Cyber Agumon used his trademark attack, the Electro Breath. It was actually a ball of electricity that came out of Cyber Agumon's mouth and it was a powerful attack. Occasionally, Cyber Agumon would delete his enemies using his Mechanical Claw attack. Needless to say, the trio loaded the data of the defeated digimon. Both Helios and Black Agumon were impressed by the power Cyber Agumon possessed during the fight. Impressed, but really was not bothered much about it. After going through three columns, they finally reach something that looked like an exit. The exit was heavily guarded though. Not only there were Guardromon and Thundermon, the exit was guarded also by ultimate digimon. They were Andromon and Mamemon.

Realizing that this was going to be tough, Helios gave Black Agumon the signal to digivolve. As he was digivolving, Helios summoned a few cards that he hoped would help them. Slashing the speed card, viral boost chip card, triple shot card and finally the Wargreymon card, Helios took a deep breath and prepared himself for battle as well. He knew that they were in serious disadvantage due to the fact that he could not help Cyber Agumon by slashing cards and that Cyber Agumon could not digivolve. Not only that, they were also out numbered by Champion and Ultimate digimon. Before going into battle, Helios gave the battle instructions of some sort to the other two. He missed the impressed look on Cyber Agumon's face as he was too busy explaining.

Helios " Black Greymon, throw the Terra Force I gave you using the Wargreymon card at the Andromons and Guardromons. Then, fire your Dark Nova at those ultimate digimon. Keep them busy as long as you can. Cyber Agumon, we will team up to fight the champion digimons. Do you trust me?"

Cyber Agumon "…Yes…" ' I don't know why…but something tells me that I can trust him…'

Helios " Good. I will watch your back. I guess you two understand the plan. Move out!"

Cyber Agumon and Black Greymon " Understood!"

Without wasting anytime, Black Greymon tossed the Terra Force onto the group of ultimate digimon. Despite their ultimate level and for the Mamemons' type advantage, some still failed to withstand that one attack and got instant deletion. After that, Black Greymon started firing his Dark Nova attack and alternate his attacks from Dark Nova to Death Gnaw repetitively. Loading the data of the deleted ultimate digimon also allowed him to gain a power boost.

On the other side of the battlefield, Helios and Cyber Agumon started fighting as well. As they had done a good job in separating the ultimate digimon from champion digimon, they were not having much difficulty in fighting the digimon in that area. That was because Helios was more careful in fighting this time and was cautious in dodging the Thunderbolt attacks. On the other hand, Cyber Agumon was fighting with great ferocity and was deleting digimon one after another. He was also loading the data of defeated digimon. Helios was slicing and dicing the champion digimons until he was hit by a Gattling Missile from an Andromon. It broke the steady momentum he had built and he was assaulted by many attacks immediately after that.

Cyber Agumon watched in fascination as the human before him was pummeled by so many powerful attacks from their enemies. He was sure that there was no way he would have survived but he was wrong. Helios seemed only a little hurt after being hit by so many attacks at once. This was fascinating as he had never thought that a human could survive from a attack from a powerful digimon. He saw Helios leaping right back into battle like nothing had happened. He decided that he should do his fare share of work as well. He deleted a Thundermon that was flying too close to him with his Mechanical Claw attack. He was knocked back by a dozen of Destruction Grenade though and then he found himself flying into the air and he landed onto the ground with a load thud.

Helios and Black Greymon were now being surrounded by hostile digimon. Somehow, Cyber Agumon was knocked afar from battle and now, only two of them were fighting. As Helios fought the Andromon, he found out that they have electricity flowing through their armor. Helios got electrocuted slightly when he tried to knock an Andromon back with a uppercut. He noticed that Black Greymon was having trouble fighting three Andromons and five Mamemons. Their level were higher then Black Greymon and Andromon also had type advantage. He saw Black Greymon got knocked off his feet from a Smiley Bomb from a Mamemon. Suddenly, he found himself on the floor next to Black Greymon and Cyber Agumon. Not only that, his jaws were also in pain. He then realized that he was hit in the jaw by a Strike Upper from a Mamemon.

Cyber Agumon " Is this the end?"

Black Greymon " No way! I am not going down here!"

Helios " Damn right. This is far from over."

Cyber Agumon " I…don't want this to be over as well!"

Helios " …" ' What is he trying to say here?'

Cyber Agumon " I will not be denied from my freedom when it is just a few steps away!"

Helios "…" ' He values his freedom…'

Black Greymon " You value your freedom don't you?"

Cyber Agumon " That is the only thing I have left in this world."

Helios "…" ' What am I suppose to do now?'

Like answering his question, Helios's black D-merger was glowing again. It was glowing in black lights and this reminded Helios and Black Greymon the time where the D-merger first appeared. The light traveled to Cyber Agumon and Helios could hear in his mind a voice saying 'Partner Added'. He felt a power travel through his body and that was exactly what Cyber Agumon was feeling. Cyber Agumon felt power inside him. It was overwhelming and he felt liked burning. Helios saw that and reminded the time where Black Greymon first digivolved. Without giving it a second thought, Helios gave a simple command to Cyber Agumon.

Helios " Cyber Agumon, digivolve!"

Cyber Agumon complied and he felt the power inside his body began ripping through his body. A dark black light surrounded Cyber Agumon. He could feel his body growing bigger. His orange skin with cybernetic features turned black and the cybernetic features disappeared. His chest changed into white color and the muscles formed were very strong armor. He felt his tail growing longer. He grew scales on his black which were of green color. Stripes of red appeared around his body and the claws on his two feet grew long and sharp. His hands were made stronger and there were cloth wrapping both his wrists. His claws grew out long and there were cybernetic features on the razor sharp claw. The teeth inside his mouth grew as well. Feeling a new burst of power, he gave a feral roar and Cyber Agumon was no more.

" Cyber Agumon digivolve into…Dark Tyranomon!"

Helios and Black Greymon were impressed at the new Champion digimon in front of them. Helios did not really bothered to scan him with his D-merger. He could tell that Dark Tyranomon was a virus digimon due to the absolute ease he had at deleting Mamemon with his Fire Blast attack. As he loaded the data, Helios felt a boost in power as well. This concluded his suspicion. Dark Tyranomon was also his partner. Picking up the Catastrophe from the ground, both he and Black Greymon joined Dark Tyranomon in fighting the Andromons and Mamemons.

Although their enemies were of ultimate digimon, they were no match of the trio. They were deleted and both Black Greymon and Dark Tyranomon loaded their data. With a mighty slash, the door was separated into two equal halves neatly. Dark Tyranomon gave a roar of victory as he saw the sunlight and ran outside first with Helios and Black Greymon following him. It was obvious that Dark Tyranomon was enjoying his renewed freedom. After a while, he turned towards Helios.

Dark Tyranomon " Are you going to fight the Vaccine and Data Army?"

Helios " Yes."

Black Greymon " Come with us! After all, you are Helios's second partner."

Dark Tyranomon "…" ' What should I do…'

Helios " Do whatever you like. That is what freedom is for."

Dark Tyranomon "…I'm coming with you."

Black Greymon " That's great!"

Helios " No regrets?"

Dark Tyranomon" No. I want to destroy those who had once stolen my freedom."

Helios " Fine…" ' Another digimon traveling with me… Well, that is not too bad…I guess.'

As they turned and started walking, an Andromon slowly crawled up. He was not going to let this evildoers live this place alive. Running forwards, he aimed his Spiral Blade at the human. Without even turning, Helios twisted the Catastrophe and stabbed Andromon. Before he was completely deleted, Andromon shouted a ' Long live Lord Takeru!'. The trio stood there in silence for a few moments before continuing their journey. Helios was thinking about what the Andromon had just said.

Helios ' Long Live Lord Takeru? That Takeru guy might be the one leading this Vaccine army… If he really is the one, I cannot wait to get my hands on him. I want to know why he is doing this…'

Glancing at his two partners, Helios had a feeling that everything was only beginning now…

End of Chapter 4

That's all folks! This chapter seemed pretty rushed but I'm not very sure. Oh yeah, all you Takeru lovers out there don't flame me. I had seen how he had acted towards viral digimon and since my story is taking place in a different dimension, he is the perfect candidate for being the leader of the Vaccine Army. Actually, this is how I think he would end up if things have happen differently in Digimon Adventure 02. I will have a reason to justify his actions as well. R&R is welcome and that's it.