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Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire

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A third explosion, this one considerably closer, shook the house even more. The children gave either shouts or gasps. The parents snatched for the closest child near them.

"This way," Gennai stood and picked up Datirimon. "There is a tunnel that leads under the lake it will take us to the mainland." He pulled on a large sliding fragment of the wall of the kitchen. "I had hoped I'd never have to open this…it has a nasty mildew…"

The children and parents walked through the doorway and were followed by Gennai. It was dark and dank and the muffled sound of explosions rumbled up and down the length of the tunnel. The walls were slick and drops of water fell on everyones' head. There were a number of grumbles coming from Yolei about always being stuck in caves.

They came onto a flight of stairs. Gennai hurriedly ushered the groups up the stairs and out the door into the open air.

"Deszzzert Wind!" a blast of abrasive wind swept around them.

"Sand Yanmamon!" yelped the purple Hawkmon.

"And Yanmamon," reported the red Hawkmon standing by Yolei and pointed up to the two digimon that were flying low over the lake. One was a deep grey and the other was golden, both were large dragonflies.

"Thzuuunder Rrrray…" The golden digimon fired a blast of yellow lightning thatrode the water's surface. The electrical blast exploded into the shore. The kids fell backwards.

"They're possessed," growled Gennai. He looked at Datirimon.

"Oikawa says there is nothing left of their old soul, now they are just extensions of Lucemon…" replied Datirimon to the silent question.

"What's that mean?" asked Sumi.

"It means they're better off deleted then as they are…" replied TK his fists were clenched.

"Thzunderrr Raaaay!" Another blast of lightning slammed into the ground in front of Yolei.

"That's it I'm sick of getting pushed around!" Yolei leapt forward. "Do it Hawkmon, let's get these guys…"

"Hawkmon, digivolve tooo, Aquilamon," the large, horned, red eagle glided forward. "Blast Rings!" rings of energy slammed the two Yanmamon back.

"Nemesis Ivy!" streams of vines wrapped around Aquilamon.

"What's this?" growled the eagle.

The humans looked at the point of origin of the vines and a group of digimon that looked like the darker version of Palmon.

"Those are Alraumon," said Patamon. "They are like the evil cousins to Palmon…their Nemesis Ivy will tie you up and their Gloom Dust will leave you out cold!"

"Boom Bubble!" Kitai's Patamon puffed up and blasted a shot of air at the gang of plants.

"Boom Bubble!" TK's Patamon joined his protégé.

"Lightning…" Gatomon leapt up but yellow ropes wrapped around her paws and slammed her to the ground.

"Stamen Rope!" several Floramon stepped from the bushes. They held down Gatomon.

"Pepper Breath!" the red Agumon shot bursts of flame at the flower lizard digimon.

"Rock Fist!" a flock of rocks rained down from the forest.

"Gear Stinger!" several spinning blades shot from the stinger of FanBeemon.

"Tempus Fugit!" a blast of energy ripped down between the digi-destined. They looked up at the clock bodied creature with the frumpy little human torso attached to the clock body.

"Clockmon!" Datirimon and Gennai breathed.

"V Head butt!" The purple Veemon leapt forward. He slammed his forehead into the clock body of the mechanical digimon the stout little man carrying a staff attached to the top chuckled and slammed the purple dinosaur against a tree. The blue Veemon of Davis's leapt forward and tried his luck with his head butt unfortunately he was dispatched with like the first Veemon.

"Boiling Bubble!" Yelped Otamamon as he she leapt forward.

"Chrono Breaker!" the strike of energy nailed the tadpole sending it careening backwards.

"Puppy Howling!" a pink streamer struck the flesh part of the clock digimon in the head. The creature turned and looked down at Salamon.

"Stinky Net!" a blast of silk rained down onto of Clockmon.

"Feather Slash!" The purple Hawkmon leapt forward.

"Tempus Fugit!" the energy of wrapping time slammed the two digimon backwards.

"Diamond Shell!" The grey Armadillomon rolled forward and bounced off of Clockmon.

Aquilamon struggled against the wrappings around him, but the Alraumon held fast. Clockmon easily fended off the rookies as a group of Gotsumon kept TK's Patamon and Izzy's Tentomon entertained.

"THzzunderrrr Ray!" a shot from the sky exploded on the ground in front of the children.

"Isamu!" the red Agumon turned but Clockmon positioned himself between the digimon and the children.

"Hehe, where are you going?" laughed the clock.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon fired a shot off, but Clockmon slapped the attack aside with his staff.

"Deszzert Wind!" Sand Yanmamon dove down.

"No!" shrieked Agumon. His eyes changed and became stern. "Agumon digivolve to Tyranomon!" The red Agumon morphed into a large red tyrannosaurus with green diamond plates on his back. The large red digimon overstepped Clockmon and put his hand between the wind and Isamu.

"More guys are coming to the party!" shouted Kougi and he pointed up at the sky. A large black form of Birdramon and several yellow and brown stripedFlymon were roaring forward.

"Saberdramon!" shouted Gennai.

"Black Saber!" the bird rose up and unleashed a shadow blade that sliced into the ground around the children.

"Brrrrowwwn Stingerrrrr," The large stingersshot down in a downpour of poison and exoskeleton.

"Aya!" Ai yelped as one of the stingers zinged passed her ear.

"AI!" Hawkmon leapt up. "Hawkmon digivolve to…Airdramon!"

Ai looked up at the large snake like dragon with large blue wings. Tyranomon started scuffling with Clockmon and another group of Floramon were trying to tie up his arms.

"Thzuuunderrr Rrrray!" another blast of lightning rammed the ground around the children this time Noriko was targeted. Armadillomon shouted in dismay and leapt forward.

"Diamond Shell!" shouted the armadillo but the large dragonfly dodged the ball of armadillo and made for Noriko its mandibles twitching hungrily. Armadillomon screamed in horror and leapt forward. "Armadillomon digivolve to Thunderballmon!"

The smoke colored Armadillomon shifted and morphed into a little blue ball with arms and legs; its fists had little lightning emblems on them and a lightning bolt on his forehead. He leapt forward and dropped down with his foot extended and kicked the dragonfly down to the ground. He propelled upwards and turned, landing in front of Ai.

There was a savage roar from the forest and the sound of Sumi screaming the parents turned and saw a large, purple bear looming above Sumi.

"No you don't!" yelped Otamamon. He leapt forward, "Otamamon digivolve to Seadramon!" the tadpole metamorphosed into a large blue sea serpent and slammed the bear back into the forest.

"This is getting really bad," said Izzy he looked at the other parents. "We can't hold them….there are too many…"

"We can't run…" said TK. He looked around them in all direction. "More Flymonare coming…from everywhere we'd only get captured…"

"That's it!" roared Aquilamon. "Blast Rings!" the Alraumon bore the brunt of the strike and dispersed into data.

"Mega Bone Stick!" roared an orange ape. It leapt forward towards Akeno; its large knobbed bone rose over its head preparing to smite the child.

"Akeno!" Isamu and Kari shouted in fear. Gatomon tried to struggle free of the Floramon that held her but it was no use.

"Salamon, digivolve to…." Everyone watched in anticipation… "Nefertimon…"

"No, that can't be…" whispered Izzy. "Nefertimon is Gatomon's armored form…"

"It is true, but Nefertimon is also one of Salamon's alternate champion digivolutions…and this Nefertimon is a true Champion …" explained Gennai quietly.

The large sphinx pounced on the ape driving it to the ground. Akeno looked on as the sphinx and the ape fought. Kougi shouted in surprise the others turned. A large white Gotsumon stood in front of Kougi his fist rose up.

"Icemon!" yelped TK's Patamon.

"Veemon digivolve to Veedramon!" the purpled Veemon leapt forward and turned into a mix between ExVeemon and Greymon. He walked like Greymon but his body was like ExVeemon sans the wings. His chest sported a V shaped design. The large purple dragon tackled the white, stone digimon.

Kiyoshi and Hiroshi were blocked in by a group of Gotsumon. Sand Yanmamon was closing in on them. Wormmon was being carried by FanBeemon as they tried to catch the large, grey dragonfly.

"Sticky Net!" Wormmon shot a blast of silk over the dragonfly.

The dragonfly would not be deterred though and dropped down and snatched the two children up kicking and screaming.

"No!" yelped the two rookie insects. "FanBeemon, Wormmon, Digivolve to, Waspmon…Stingmon!"

A large yellow and black, armored wasp with a spiked abdomen buzzed forward as an azure insect warrior shot forward its wings invisible due to their speed. A pink energy blade was unsheathed from the azure wasp's forearm's armor.

"I'll free them," called the azure insect warrior to the large yellow wasp. "You catch them, Waspmon."

"Sounds like a plan," replied the yellow hornet.

TK was searching for his son; in the melee they had become separated. He heard his son's scream. He ran around looking for him.

"I've found him!" shouted TK's Patamon and he dove down and lead the disgruntled parent forward through the clashing weapons and limbs and claws.

A Devidramon had come out of the forest. Its claws were grabbing for Kitai. The boy was leaping and running and rolling trying to get away from the large black dragon.

"BOOM BUBBLE!" it was Kitai's Patamon. The bursts struck the dragon in the face and the claws to no avail. "Boom Bubble, Boom Bubble, BOOOM BUBBBLLLE!"

"Red Eyes!" growled the dragon and shot a blast at the little hamster slamming it into the ground. Kitai screamed and ran for the small crater that was created by the attack.

"No, Kitai!" shouted TK.

"Come on little buddy," came Kitai's voice.

"Run, Kitai," replied the Patamon. "It's too late, I can't protect you…"

"No, you can't give up hope yet!" shouted the boy. The Devidramon raised its claws and slammed his palm down on Kitai and his Patamon.

"KITAI!" screamed TK. The world ceased to move as TK's heart stopped.

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"Broadway is dark tonight," called a reporter on the television. "Digimon have invaded our world and as such all shows on the famous theatrical Mecca have been canceled for the night."

Mimi looked up. "That's what they are reporting on?"

She looked intently at the TV. She saw the city's streets from her window. The streets, which were usually teeming with people, were eerily quiet. She was lucky her part of the city was left almost completely ignored by the digimon. The camera panned around and then stopped.

"Wait, Frank, what's that up there on the top of that theatre sign?" called the reporter. The camera veered upwards and caught a thin lank form. It had incredibly long arms and large long horns. Two large tattered wings unfurled against the neon light.

Mimi gasped, "D-Devimon…."

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Davis was weaving in and out of the streets. The cars had long been abandoned and the people evacuated to safety. His wife must have been with them.

Two familiar forms appeared out of the alley. Davis ran up to them. "Ken, Wormmon…thank god…where's Yolei and your kids…?"

"I don't know; she left a note about going to the Digital World," said Ken quietly.

"I know how you feel, buddy," said Davis quietly, "I sent Kougi ahead of me, I'm looking for my wife…."

"Where was she?" Wormmon asked quietly.

"She had gone to the mall to get some early Christmas shopping done…" replied Davis; he looked at Wormmon. "Why?"

"We just came from a shelter," replied Ken. "Anyone that was at the malls or stores or any place of business have been put into shelters, we saw Cody there…he also had sent his daughter ahead…."

"I just don't understand," Davis said softly, "the digimon just went berserk and then the human attack planes…."

"That's not all…" said Ken. "Now there are rogues all over the place, and what reports we could fish from the officials say most of the Anti-digimon weapons have spontaneously exploded….some one wanted this to happen…." His eyes went soft. "Kari sent a message. Not too long ago. TK and Izzy and her are fighting some nasty digimon or something and wanted to know if we could help."

"If there is a big fight…" said Davis with a little frustration, "then why haven't the Harmonious Ones stopped it?"

"Maybe they can't," replied Ken.

"Ken…" Wormmon tugged softly on the man's pants. "We have problems…"

"Huh…" Ken and Davis looked down at the bug digimon.

"Tail Blade!" energy blades sliced into the street. Ken grabbed Davis by the jacket and pulled him into the alley.

"Scorpiomon…" Ken's teeth gritted.

"I can try and fend him off…"whispered Wormmon.

"It wouldn't do much good…" growled Ken he looked up. "Scorpiomon is an Ultimate…we'd need Paildramon…."

"Stinger Surprise!" a laser sliced through the wall they were leaning against and shot into the alley's pavement. The two men leapt forward and looked back. A pinhole where the laser had cut through the wall was all the damage that was evident. "Tail Blade!" Blades of energy swept through the building causing it to collapse on itself. Dust and debris erupted into the air. The shadowy figure of Scorpiomon rose over the rubble. Its tail rose up and a pinpoint of energy formed on the stinger.

"Wormmon Digivolve to Stingmon!" Wormmon's Champion form shot into the sky. "Hey,arachnid breath, I'm up here! Spiking Finish!" A pink blade shot out of Stingmon's arm and the insect dove down.

"Come on," Ken grabbed Davis's arm and pulled him into the street, "We have to get out of here, Stingmon won't be able to keep Scorpiomon entertained for long…"

"Where to?" Davis was running behind Ken.

"A digi-port station," said Ken. He looked back at Davis, "Send a message on your D-3…tell Yolei we need Veemon as fast as we can…I don't know if Kari and the others made it…"

"Don't speak like that…" shouted Davis. He grabbed his D-3 angrily and typed in the message and sent it.

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AN: The worlds are under attack, has Kitai survived? Will the digi-destined by victorious?

I don't know if people would like how I sort of mass digivolved everyone to champions. Oh well, for this adventure it's kind of needed I guess...plus it gets hard to find original ideas for this kind of stuff when you're doing another story parallel to this one...