Digimon: The Digital War Chapter 24: The War Down Under, Part I, a digimon fanfic

"Digimon: The Digital War"

Malcolm Yuy

"The War Down Under, Part I"

Episode 24

Synopsis: Last time where we left our heroes, they made their way to the last prisoner stronghold of Austrailia, the capital city of Canberra. Once there, they made their plan of attack, with Ken, Elisa and Lan going into the central tower while Cody was distracting the Guardromon. Once inside, the three Digi-Destined searched the floors until Ken told them to split up. Eventually, they found the prisoners' digivices, but ran into some unexpected company. Ken tried to get Wormmon to Net Digivolve, but it didn't work. But luckily, Deltamon saved the day and now the group is leaving the tower to lead the prisoners to their digivices and help them evacuate.

But, someone, or something is watching them. What will happen next?

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"Not so fast Digi-Destined," a voice replied behind the the group of rebel Digi-Destined. Cody and the others turned their heads to meet the voice. It was none other than DarkGarurumon.

"What do you want?" Elisa asked, in an annoyed tone. DarkGarurumon growled at her. The girl then cowered in fear behind Cody. "Okay, down doggie…"

"You want to know what I want? I want all of you destroyed, for what you have done to this facility. It had top security!!!" DarkGarurumon exclaimed. Cody and the others just laughed. DarkGarurumon glared at them. "What's so funny?"

"If your base was so top notch…then why…could we sneak past…your guards so easily?" Lan asked, still laughing. The others joined in, until DarkGarurumon howled a vicious growl. This shut the others up.

"So what if you were able to sneak past my guards? You won't be able to get past me," DarkGarurumon replied, smirking. Cody just smirked right back at him.

"Wanna bet? You ready Armadillomon?" Cody asked.

"As ready as a sweet potato pie," Armadillomon answered. Cody then unclipped his D-3 and aimed the LCD screen at Armadillomon. A white beam then emerged and flew through the air, until it collided with Armadillomon's body. Armadillomon then began to Net Digivolve.

"NET DIGIVOLUTION…"

"Armadillomon net digivolve to-" Armadillomon's body ripped as binary code entered his body, and it expanded to be about the size of a huge dinosaur. He had blue scales, with a white belly and machine cannon arms. He then opened his green eyes, and growled as his transformation was complete.

"Deltamon!!!"

"Let's see if you take this! Serpent Bite!!!" Deltamon shouted, as he chomped his teeth at the wolf digimon. DarkGarurumon easily dodged the attack, before charging in to headbutt Deltamon's chest, sending the dinosaur digimon backwards and colliding with the ground, causing dirt and dust to be wound up into the air. Cody looked at Lan and Elisa.

"Lan, Elisa, you and your digimon help get everyone to their digivices and also help them to evacuate. Ken and I will handle DarkGarurumon," Cody commanded. The other two nodded as they made to the way to the prisoners who were already trying to evacuate, getting their attention to come to the central tower. Meanwhile, Cody turned his attention towards the other Chosen Digi-Destined. "Ken, I need your help. Can you get Wormmon to Net Digivolve?" Cody asked, seeing what happened the last time Ken tried to attempt the procedure. Ken nervously nodded.

"I'll try Cody. Okay Wormmon, are you ready?" Ken asked, setting his partner upon the ground. Wormmon looked back up at him.

"Ready as I'll ever be. I just hope that it works this time," Wormmon replied. Ken nodded in agreement.

"Me too Wormmon, me too…"

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Meanwhile, Lan and Elisa were escorting the former prisoners to their digivices, making their way up the steps. The tower shook as Deltamon collided into the tower wall. The people trembled as the dinosaur digimon made contact with the wall. Elisa looked back at everyone.

"Is everyone okay?" Elisa asked. Once everyone nodded, she and Lan continued their journey up the steps. Finally, they made it to the room with the digivices. They stood outside with their digimon while the other people went in to grab their digivices. Piles came in and out, and Lan turned his attention towards the girl standing nearby him.

"Do you think Cody and Ken will be alright?" Lan asked. Elisa nodded with a confident smile on her face.

"Of course I do. They're the Chosen, they can handle themselves," Elisa answered. Right as she finished her sentence, the tower shook again, this time with DarkGarurumon being the one who was sent into the wall. Elisa and Lan, along with their digimon, trembled again.

"Well, it looks like they're having trouble right now, don't ya think?" Lan asked. Elisa said nothing. Lan then smiled, as another question was created within his mind. "So Elisa, what do you think about Cody?" Lan asked.

"What do you mean 'What do I think about Cody'? I think he's okay," Elisa replied. Lan just shook his head.

"No Elisa, not as a person. I mean 'What do you think about him'?" Lan asked. Elisa just blushed.

"Well, I think he's cute, even though he's commanding at times, but it's alright 'cause he's the leader of our group. But I don't like him like that!" Elisa exclaimed. Lan shook his head again.

"Then you must be in that river again. Ah, what was it? Oh yes…Denial…" Lan trailed off. Elisa was starting to get angry.

"What do you mean 'denial'? I'm not in denial!" Elisa shouted.

"Yeah, well I just wanted to start an interesting conversation while everyone else is getting their digivices and getting the hell outta here. I see every time you look at him. You have that sparkle in your eyes, and you smile every time he looks at you. If that doesn't prove you like him, I don't know what will," Lan replied. Elisa just sighed.

"Fine, I like him, okay? Happy now?" Elisa asked. Lan just smiled.

"Yeah. Now, why don't you tell him, when all of this is over?" Lan asked.

"I guess I could. I might, or I might not. I don't know. Besides, he might be too caught up in this war to notice me," Elisa stated. Lan just smirked.

"Riiiiight…."

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Back to the battle, it was basically an even score, as each digimon was trying to pummel one another in the wall. Ken then aimed his D-3 at Wormmon, and concentrated on the power inside. But, in the deep reaches of his heart, the boy felt nervous again. Cody and Wormmon noticed this as they looked at him.

"Ken, what's wrong? Why can't you get me to Net Digivolve?" Wormmon asked.

"I…I don't know. I feel nervous, all of a sudden…Maybe…maybe I don't want you to fight," Ken muttered. This made the other boy angry.

"But Ken, Deltamon needs help out there! He can't fight DarkGarurumon by himself! I really need your help right now," Cody replied. Ken just cringed, and suddenly started sobbing.

"But I…but I can't…something inside me won't allow me to get Wormmon to Net Digivolve…" Ken replied slowly. Cody and Wormmon then turned their attention toward the battle. Deltamon punched DarkGarurumon in the face, having the wolf digimon fall backwards to meet the ground. Cody then smiled.

"Deltamon, finish him!" Cody exclaimed. Deltamon then opened up his arm cannons, and his mouth.

"Right! Triplex Force!!!" Deltamon then released a triangle blast towards his enemy. Right when it looked like it was going to connect, DarkGarurumon got up and dodged the attack, teleporting out of the way.

"Uh oh. Where is he?" Cody and the others looked around, and didn't notice as DarkGarurumon reappeared in the sky above them. He smirked as he started to fall.

"Up here Digi-Doomed!" he got Cody and the others to look up at his position.

"Oh crap, we're in trouble…" Deltamon trailed off. DarkGarurumon smirked.

"Trouble is right. Dark Howling Blaster!!!" DarkGarurumon shouted, as a dark wave of energy emerged from his mouth, making its way toward Deltamon. Deltamon blocked the blast with his left arm, causing smoke to form. But as he blocked the blast, he didn't notice as DarkGarurumon landed behind him and charged into his back. Deltamon roared in pain as he fell forward to collide with the ground. After doing so, the tired dinosaur digimon reverted back to his Rookie form. Cody turned his head back to Ken.

"Ken, you have to do something, now! If you don't, Armadillomon is going to die! Don't you understand?" Cody stated. Ken seemed to have gone in a trance at the words, replaying the moment when Wormmon had died because of his foolish and selfishness. He never wanted that to happen, ever again. He then snapped back to reality.

"Yes, yes I do Cody. I'll try," Ken replied. He then concentrated within his heart, as he tried to find the inner light. Come on, come on!!! Ken thought. As he was concentrating, DarkGarurumon was making his way toward the fallen Armadillomon. DarkGarurumon stopped as he smirked upon the heavily bruised rodent digimon.

"Well, it looks like this battle's over…and I'm the victor. Time for your demise…" DarkGarurumon then opened his mouth as he concentrated on his attack, energy gathering within his mouth. Cody looked from DarkGarurumon to Ken.

"Ken, hurry!" Cody exclaimed.

"I'm trying! Come on!!!" Ken exclaimed, still concentrating to find the power within himself. Come on Kami, don't give up on me now!!! As Ken ended that thought, his D-3's screen finally glowed, as a beam of light emerged from it and traveled through the air, until it collided with Wormmon's body. Ken and Cody smiled as Wormmon finally began to transform.

"NET DIGIVOLUTION…"

"Wormmon net digivolve to-" Wormmon's body ripped as binary code made its way into his body. His body expanded into a huge spider. Orange hair emered upon his head, with eight green eyes and a mouth full of fangs. He then emerged with a yellow and black body, and his transformation was complete.

"Dokugumon!!!"

"Poison Cobweb!!!" Dokugumon shouted as he launched a web of sticky spider-thread into the air. The web then collided with DarkGarurumon's body, causing the wolf digimon to get stuck. He struggled within the web, trying to get out. Ken smiled as his digimon partner went to work.

"I did it. I got Wormmon to Net Digivolve," Ken replied.

"And you did it just in time too. I thought Armadillomon was going to be a goner," Cody said. The two then did a sigh of relief, before turning their attention back onto the battle. Dokugumon was advancing rapidly towards his foe.

"Take this DarkGarurumon! YUHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Dokugumon launched himself at DarkGarurumon, breaking the web and causing DarkGarurumon to get tangled in it even more as the evil digimon collided into the ground. Cody ran to be by his partner's side.

"Armadillomon, are you okay? Please, speak to me Armadillomon!" Cody exclaimed, shaking his partner. Finally, Armadillomon awoke.

"Do you have any cherry pies?" Armadillomon asked. Cody smiled as he embraced his partner.

"You're okay!" Cody shouted, as he smiled at his partner. Armadillomon smiled back.

"Why wouldn't I be? Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to help Dokugumon," Armadillomon replied, extricating himself out of Cody's hug. Armadillomon then felt a tug, and looked back at Cody.

"No Armadillomon, you need the rest. This is Dokugumon's battle now," Cody replied. Armadillomon nodded, as he then just stayed standing there, watching the battle. Cody got up and stood, watching the battle as well. DarkGarurumon was enraged as he tried to escape the battered web, but to no avail. Dokugumon could only grin as he made his way to him.

"Well DarkGarurumon, it seems that you have come to a sticky end. It is now time to end your evil life. Poison Thread!!!" Dokugumon exclaimed, as he launched a green acid spit into the air. Tried as he might, DarkGarurumon couldn't escape what was coming to him, and finally, the acid attack collided with his body. The dark wolf digimon howled in pain as his body started to dissolve into data. He looked at Dokugumon and Ken tiredly.

"You may have defeated me Digi-Destined…but you won't be prepared for what's coming next…You won't be able to survive the Austrailian Omega's wrath…" DarkGarurumon muttered, before completely transforming into data. Cody just smirked as Dokugumon dedigivolved back into Wormmon.

"That's what you think DarkGarurumon, that's what you think…"

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Meanwhile, back in the central tower, Lan and Elisa, along with their digimon, were evacuating the last of the prisoners with their digivices. Finally, after what seemed like hours, but was only minutes, all of the digivices were gone. Lan sighed tiredly as he leaned against the wall.

"Finally, we're done. Now we can see how Cody and Ken are doing," Lan replied. Elisa nodded in agreement as they went their way down towards the exit. But, right as they approached it, they felt something coming. The earth shook with every step the creature took. The two and their digimon trembled.

"What was that?" Biyomon asked.

"Can you sense its power? It must be the Austrailian Omega!" Agumon exclaimed, making their two human partners worried. Lan and Elisa's eyes widened as they looked at each other.

"Well, if it is him, we have to evacuate the prisoners and their digimon! Come on," Elisa replied. The other three nodded in agreement as they left the tower, and saw the prisoners leaving. Most of them were going in the wrong direction, as a dark creature with glowing yellow eyes was coming their way. "Everyone, go to the opposite direction!!!" Elisa shouted. The prisoners and their digimon then changed direction as they went the other way. Elisa and Lan followed them as their digimon created attacks with others to break down the wall.

"Hurry, come on, let's go, we don't have all day!!!" Lan exclaimed, ushering the people out. Lan and Elisa looked up as they saw the creature crush part of the base wall. Lan's mouth stood agape. "Oh crap, he's heading toward Ken and Cody! We gotta help them!!!" Lan exclaimed, about to run off. But Elisa held him back, shaking her head.

"No Lan, no. We got to stay here and help the people evacuate. As you said, Ken and Cody can handle themselves," Elisa said. Lan sighed as he stayed where he was, looking towards the direction the huge creature was going in.

"I hope you're right Elisa, I hope you're right…"

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"Do you feel that?" Armadillomon asked, looking at Cody. Cody nodded, as he felt the earth quake at each of the creature's movements. Ken looked to the other boy.

"There's no denying it. It's the Austrailian Omega," Ken replied. Cody nodded.

"Do you think we have a chance of defeating him?" Cody asked. Ken could only guess.

"We might have a slim chance. Then again, we may not," Ken replied.

"But we might as well try," Cody said, as he readied his digivice. Finally, the creature made its way in front of the two Chosen. It was the Austrailian Omega after all. The sun then dawned upon him, revealing the form of the Ultimate level digimon.

"Scorpiomon, we meet at last," Ken said, as he looked into the eyes of evil. Scorpiomon only chuckled at the statement made by the Chosen of Kindness.

"Yes Kaizer, we do indeed. And it's now time to begin your destruction. I've heard of your great power, which somehow allows your digimon to digivolve. And I want to see it for myself. But, not before I try to kill them," Scorpiomon replied. Cody and Ken then aimed their digivices at their digimon partners.

"Ready guys?" the two said in unison. The two digimon nodded in unision. "Net Digivolve!!!" the two exclaimed in unison again. Two beams of light emerged from their digivices as it flew through the air and collided with their digimons' bodies. The two digimon then glowed as their transformations began.

"NET DIGIVOLUTION…"

"Armadillomon net digivolve to Deltamon!!!"

"Wormmon net digivolve to Dokugumon!!!"

The two Champion level digimon emerged, complete with their digivolutions. They then rushed towards their oppenent.

"Take this Scorpiomon!!! Poison Cobweb!!!" Dokugumon shouted, releasing his sticky web into the air again. Scorpiomon dodged it as he burrowed into the ground. The two Champions looked around in confusion.

"Now where is he?" Deltamon asked. Right as he finished his sentence, a pincer emerged from the ground, catching him by the legs. Deltamon roared in alarm as Scorpiomon emerged from underground.

"Do you think it would be that easy, hmm? Well then, you surely have underestimated me. Tail Blade!!!" Scorpiomon shouted, as his tail rapidly moved forward and stabbed Deltamon in the leg. Deltamon growled in pain, before aiming his cannon at him.

"Take this! Triplex-" Deltamon was cutoff though as Scorpiomon collided with his body, causing the Champion level digimon fall back and hit the ground. Scorpiomon then chuckled as the dinosaur digimon was struggling to get up.

"Foolish dinosaur. Do you think you had even the sliver of a chance against me? You wish. Now, it's time for your demise. Twin-"

"Poison Thread!!!" Acid struck Scorpiomon's back, knocking the Omega off-guard, and he shrieked in pain. Dokugumon rushed to grip the Omega with his legs. Deltamon then finally managed to get up. "Deltamon, you have the chance. Finish him!!!" Dokugumon shouted. Deltamon widened his eyes.

"Don't worry about me. As long as Ken's safe, that's all that really matters. Now do it," Dokugumon answered. Deltamon nodded as he aimed his cannons at Scorpiomon, who was struggling to break free from Dokugumon's grasp. He tried to sink his tail into Dokugumon, but the spider digimon dodged its attacks. "Attack, now!!!" Dokugumon exclaimed.

"Right. It's your demise, not ours now Scorpiomon. Triplex Force!!!" Deltamon shouted, opening his mouth and having blasts form on his two cannons and mouth. Once concentrated, he released them, having them combine to form a triangular blast. It accelerated through the air until it made contact with its target. Dust and dirt made its way into the air, clouding the result. Cody and Ken looked at it from afar.

"Did they do it? Did they beat him?" Ken asked. The dust and dirt then cleared, revealing the end result. And Dokugumon was injured, with a missing Scorpiomon. "Dokugumon!!!" Ken shouted in alarm. He wanted to run to him, but Cody held him back.

"No Ken, don't go. The battle isn't over yet," Cody replied. Ken sighed as he stayed in position, and Cody released his hold from the boy. The two looked on as the two digimon were looking around.

"Then if Scorpiomon's not dead, then where is he?" Dokugumon asked. Scorpiomon suddenly appeared from behind the spider digimon.

"Behind you. Twin Sword!!!" Scorpiomon exclaimed, thrashing his pincers at Dokugumon, striking their target. Dokugumon quivered in pain, and finally, he fell unconscious, dedigivolving back into Wormmon.

"No! It can't end this way!!!" Ken exclaimed. Scorpiomon chuckled as he advanced towards Deltamon slowly. He then stopped where he was, and looked at Deltamon, face-to-face.

"It can, and it will…"

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Will Deltamon be able to take on Scorpiomon, now that Dokugumon (or should I say Wormmon) is unconscious? And will the prisoners be fully evacuated? Find out the exciting conclusion on the next Digimon: Digital Monsters!!!

Well guys, that's the end of Episode 24. Again, sorry for taking so long to update this fic. It's just I haven't had the drive to write it until now. I do want to finish it though, since it has the most readers. Well, until the next chapter, ja ne!!!- Malcolm Yuy