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CannonBeemon hummed through the hole in the roof. Hiroshi paled at the sight he saw. The huge city before him was in a blaze. Green and red flames intertwined. Black smoke flowed into the sky. A bulky beast was gliding over the flames. Bursts of green fire roared from its mouth.

"There he is!" growled CannonBeemon. The insect shot forward.

Screams of pain and anguish erupted from the flames below. The faint light of dawn was washing forward from the east.

"Get him!" growled Hiroshi.

The insect lifted its stinger. "Nitro Stinger!" Helixing beams of blue plasma shot forward from the stinger and slammed into the gliding beast's back. Chimeramon gave a howl of pain. The four armed beast dropped from the sky and crashed into the city below.

"Did we get it?" asked Datirimon from atop of CannonBeemon's missile launchers. He looked at Hiroshi, who was next to him.

"Howling Blaster!" a blast of icy fire slammed into the gut of CannonBeemon.

"No…" whispered Hiroshi through gritted teeth. He gripped the bee's launchers with one hand and held Datirimon with the other.

The bee swung around in time to miss a large black claw shoot past. Behind the claw was the beast they were hunting. The orange reptilian body merged with the furred, blue and white hindquarters of a tiger. Four arms, two black leather arms with long claws; one a long skeletal arm, and an orange arm like an insect, reached out for CannonBeemon. The insect drew back from the motley crew of beast parts. Its jaws opened. Streamers of lightning shot from one insectoid fang to the other.

"Bring it on," growled CannonBeemon.

"Electro Shocker!" a blaze of lightning slammed into CannonBeemon. A trickle of light flowed over the mountains to the east.

The black and yellow wasp was sent hurtling backwards. Hiroshi snagged one of the wing guards and grabbed Datirimon barely escaping being bucked off.

The sound of metal sliding rang from above Hiroshi. The boy looked up; the honey comb missile launchers were open. He looked over at Chimeramon. The beast was growling. A green glow escaped his mouth.

"Sky Rocker Infinity!" salvo after salvo of yellow and black missiles whistled forward into Chimeramon's orange chest. The smoke slowly cleared.

"Impossible…" whispered Datirimon. A black shadow was lurking in the smoke. It had four large wings.

"Heat Viper!" a green fire ball shot forward. CannonBeemon was sent spiraling.

"CannonBeemon!" shouted Hiroshi as he reached out an empty hand to the tumbling digimon. He pulled Datirimon in closer.

"It's nice you have me, but I don't think anyone's got you!" shouted Datirimon. The ground spiraled ahead of them. Suddenly there was a jolt and the ground moved by vertically. Datirimon looked around. They were in strong blue arms and being held against a thin but strong, white chest with a little 'V' tattoo on it.

"Don't worry I got you!" called the dragon man.

"Strike Dramon!" Datirimon looked up in shock, "Where'd you come from?"

"From the train tracks," said the digimon as he dropped down on the roof of one of the few houses not on fire. He then took another leap into the sky. "Reese and Isamu saw the flames and thought some one was in trouble. I didn't expect to run into Mr. Mix Master."

"Why were you…?" Datirimon was agape. "Isamu was supposed to be looking for Agumon, and…"

"We were heading back to a station in Alpha Omega 007," replied Strike Dramon, "The humans who found Palmon were there. That's the meeting place; they sent an email about a day ago…"

"I read it but I figured I'd tell you after we found the destined digimon," grumbled Hiroshi as he looked at a shocked Datirimon. He looked up to Strike Dramon, "Can you take us to that lab there on the hill, we have to find away to destroy Chimeramon."

"Yes, Chimeramon is far more powerful than the one the armored Digi-destined faced," said Datirimon.

"Nitro Stinger!" The blue beam shot past Strike Dramon scaring the heck out of Datirimon. Hiroshi looked back to see Chimeramon retreating backwards. CannonBeemon zoomed past. "Infinity Sky Rocker!" another blast of missiles flew into Chimeramon.

Strike Dramon continued on undaunted. Soon he alighted on a shredded laboratory hangar. Hiroshi and Datirimon dropped down and ran in. Datamon and Vademon were watching the battle on a large screen.

"What the heck have you done?" shouted Hiroshi.

"What?" the two looked back at the boy.

"Chimeramon is far stronger than he should be," replied Datirimon. He hopped forward. "What have you been doing?"

"Umm…" Datamon looked over at Vademon. The metal encased, pill shaped digimon looked down, "We may have infused some extra data into the hybrid…."

"What kind of data?" growled Hiroshi he took a dangerous step forward.

"Well we were searching through the Emperor's things…" gulped the flesh colored alien, Vademon.

"And well…" Datamon averted Hiroshi's eyes. "We found this book…" A slot opened up from Datamon's chest revealing a leather bound book.

Datirimon's eyes widened. He leapt forward and looked at the golden laced writing on the leather's surface. "This….this…."

"What's wrong? You look like you have seen a ghost…" asked Hiroshi as he walked forward. The writing was in some sort of Digi-code that Hiroshi couldn't even begin to comprehend.

"You have the…." Datirimon stopped. He looked back at Hiroshi. "Take this book. We have to hide it somewhere!"

"What is so important about this book?" shouted Hiroshi. He lifted the book up and looked at its insides. He was getting fed up.

"It's the Gospel of the Fallen Angel!" yelped Datirimon. "The very book Lucemon is ripping the Digital World apart to find!" The little green digimon looked at Datamon, "Let me guess you infused some of the mandalas into Chimeramon!"

Datamon nodded slowly. Datirimon turned slowly to the battle outside. CannonBeemon was frantically zapping Chimeramon, but the beast just took the blasts on the chin and continued forward.

"Don't tell me…" Hiroshi looked at Datirimon, "Don't say it…"

"The mudras, mantras and mandalas of this scripture focus the inherent powers of digital entities and allows them increase their strength," whispered Datirimon. "In Lucemon's case it will allow him to achieve mode changes, in Chimeramon's case it will bump his strength up from an Ultimate to that of a Mega."

"That is the last thing we need," growled Hiroshi. "A Mega Chimeramon…"

Hiroshi looked back. CannonBeemon was being pushed down by a relentless stream of green flame. CannonBeemon dropped from the sky. Chimeramon dropped down after the bee; flames flowing forward.

"He has the power of a Mega…" whispered Datirimon.

One of Chimeramon's elbows could be seen rising and falling in a punching motion.

"CANNONBEEMON!" Hiroshi ran forward. His D-3 shook. The boy grasped it and looked at it. Streaks of pink lightning were flowing over the tear drop.

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"Strike Dramon is taking too long," Reese turned around and looked at the grey clothed boy that was with Isamu. "You and Ryuudamon stay here with Isamu and Koromon. Someone should help protect Isamu and Koromon."

"HEY!" yelped Isamu.

"I don't think it was meant that way," said Koromon.

"I'm going to go see what's going on," said Reese as he ran off towards the green and orange glow.

He ran down the road. The smell of smoke filled his nose and burned his eyes. A group of digimon was sitting on the side of the road. They were Mikemon. They were small cat-like digimon with orange and black stripes. They looked just like Gatomon.

"What the heck is going on?" asked Reese as he came upon the Mikemon.

"Chi-Chimeramon…is attacking the city, a digi-destined is fighting him but things aren't going well, Chimeramon is using the digimon like a torch," yelped the felines. They jumped at an explosion.

"I have to get there; Strike Dramon could be hurt…" Reese ran past the cats.

"Hey…!" the cats hopped forward.

Reese slipped around them and started to run for the city but something stopped him, something big. There was a huge explosion of light, pink warm light that filled the dawning sky. Strike Dramon was suddenly in front of Reese. The dragon snatched the boy up by the waist and rocketed past the cats. He turned his head and growled something about 'run away'.

"What's going ON!?" shouted Reese as he was carried off.

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Hiroshi thrust his D-3 forwards. It was enveloped in an orb of pink light. A tear drop shaped beam shot to where CannonBeemon was pinned down. There was an explosion of pink light that expanded in pink dome; a tear drop was on each quadrant of the dome. Chimeramon was retreating slightly. The beast was in shock. The dome started to recede.

"CannonBeemon Mega Digivolve to…" CannonBeemon's voice bellowed. An orange and black sword shot through the pink dome. The energy swept around the blade and down the exoskeleton and armored arm of a large warrior hornet. It was humanoid like Stingmon, but this warrior was much bulkier. Its wings flicked out revealing golden laced membranes. The warrior took a step forward. Its chest plate's tiger stripes merged together and formed a tear drop shape on the armor, "Tiger Vespamon!"

"Tiger Vespamon the hive's mightiest knight, his Royal Master attack has been known to strike down a hundred enemies in one swipe, and his Mach Stinger V well lets just say a hive never had a better air to air missile," said Datirimon almost with glee. "Did I mention he's a Mega Digimon…?"

"He's the Mega form of FanBeemon…" gasped Hiroshi. The boy turned to Datirimon. "You said he could take out a hundred enemies with one strike…"

"Reese and the others won't be waiting long if they get in the way…," Strike Dramon realized what was on Hiroshi mind. "I will go and warn them." The dragon leapt away.

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Chimeramon looked down. The insect had changed. He could smell it. It was stronger than before; the question that ran through the beast's head was; was it stronger than him? Chimeramon decided to test this beast.

It opened its mouth. The fire was burning in its throat. "Heat Viper!" The green coppery fire shot down at Tiger Vespamon.

There was a chuckle and the fire faded. The bug was still there. Its orange and black blade pointed forward. The green fire was wrapped around the blade like an emerald python.

"Let's try this new body out…" said the insect as it drew the blade up. He swept the bladed down and the fire that was wrapped around it flowed down to the tip of the sword and condensed into a single green point, then a pink ball enveloped it. "Royal Master!" Four beams of light ballooned out. Each took their own arc upwards.

Chimeramon was scared, not surprised like before, but actually afraid of this new force. It put its arms up defensively but it was no use the four beams of light converged against his chest and he felt them intercross and explode into thousands of little beams that shot out of his body. Chimeramon could feel his body disintegrating into little particles of energy. He bellowed in fear and anger as his body exploded.

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"Uh…" Datirimon looked up at Hiroshi, "We won…"

"Yes we did," Hiroshi said as he looked at his D-3.

"I hate to break up your victory celebrations…" Datamon said. Datirimon and Hiroshi looked back. He was watching a radar screen intently, "but something is coming…fast!"

"What is it?" Hiroshi ran up.

"Let me see if I can get a visual," Datamon turned and pressed some buttons. A picture shot up. A humanoid in pink armor flew by. Golden ribbons trailed behind it.

"RhodoKnightmon!" yelped Datirimon. "She'll take the Gospel if she finds it!"

"Then we need to get out of here fast!" shouted Hiroshi. He looked up at Vademon and Datamon.

"We have a hovercraft," Datamon and Vademon ran for a large flat looking vehicle. "Get in, we'll go!"

Datirimon and Hiroshi looked at each other. "Umm ok…" The two scrambled for the vehicle. It lifted off. It was shaped like a thin mint. It was made of grey and white metal and had red stripes. It flew from the hangar.

"Use your D-3 just talk into it," said Datirimon.

"What for?" asked Hiroshi.

"To tell Tiger Vespamon about RhodoKnightmon!" yelped Datirimon in surprise.

"Oh…" Hiroshi held the D-3 up to his mouth, "like this?" the little plant digimon nodded. "Umm, Tiger Vespamon, this is Hiroshi, RhodoKnightmon is coming, and we're making a break for it…towards the railway tracks, we're going to regroup with that Strike Dramon and such. Ok?"

"I hear you," Tiger Vespamon's voice came through the D-3. The hornet was at their side suddenly. "I saw you leaving, I figured something was up."

"We found the Gospel!" hissed Datirimon. He looked back. A pink blur shot from the hill where the laboratory was. It then shot after the hovercraft.

"Spiral Masquerade!" a gold blade sliced through the metal craft cutting it in half. Tiger Vespamon snatched up the digimon and Hiroshi and shot down to the ground and put them on the ground. The thin shapely, pink digimon landed on the ground. Tiger Vespamon turned to look at RhodoKnightmon. The knight had a rose in its hand. "I thought I felt an upsurge in power, I didn't think I'd find a Mega digimon all ready to fight though…Ah…a little human, and do I spy the little partner of the Guardian named Oikawa? Lord Lucemon has been looking for you."

"How nice for me?" sneered Datirimon.

Hiroshi slid the Gospel behind his back. RhodoKnightmon shot her head up and the next thing any of them knew the armored digimon had Hiroshi up in the air, hanging from the book in his right hand.

"Is this what I think it is?" RhodoKnightmon smiled softly. "I think Lord Lucemon would be very, very, very pleased with my findings in this little burgh, pleased enough to put it out of its misery; once he has this little book in his grasp.

"Let him go!" shouted Datirimon.

"That book doesn't belong to you!" growled Vademon and Datamon. "We found it, and we gave it to them so it's theirs now!"

"Fools, I don't care who had it!" RhodoKnightmon shook the book and threw Hiroshi to the ground. "I have it now!"

"Not for long!" Vademon and Datamon jumped forward.

"Data Bomb!" thousands of little, shark shaped missiles flew forward.

"Alien Ray!" a blue beam zapped forward. The bursts exploded into the knight.

The smoke settled to reveal a chuckling knight. "Oh, what sport! Shame you didn't do anything! Spiral Masquerade!" three golden blades slashed forward around the two Ultimates and they exploded into dust. "Does anyone else want to try and take my little literary work from me?"

Hiroshi scooted backwards. He snatched up Datirimon. He looked up at Tiger Vespamon. "Get her!"

"Mach Stinger V!" Tiger Vespamon lifted his arm and fired five glowing missiles at RhodoKnightmon. The knight nimbly back flipped down the street, letting her golden ribbons lash out to strike down the missiles. "Go, Hiroshi, I'll deal with pinkie!" growled Tiger Vespamon. Hiroshi nodded and ran.

"Awe, no audience?" chuckled RhodoKnightmon. "Oh well, this can be the dress rehearsal…for Lord Lucemon's grandest show!"

"Well the curtains coming down on you," growled Tiger Vespamon. He flexed his sword forward. "Royal Master!" Four pink beams shot forward arcing forward and moving to converge on the armored Mega.

"RAH!" RhodoKnightmon pushed forward with her, red crossed shield. She pushed the gospel under the straps that were holding her shield to her left arm and flashed a rose up with her right hand. "Argent Fear!" a red rope shot forward followed by thousands of spiraling rose petals. The rope slashed into Tiger Vespamon's chest armor and the petals exploded into the large hornet. Tiger Vespamon was sent flying backwards but the bug opened his wings and took flight. RhodoKnightmon wasn't far behind him though. "Spiral Masquerade!" the golden ribbons on the knight's back flashed forward as bending, golden blades. Tiger Vespamon's sword crashed down on the blades. RhodoKnightmon flew forward sliding forward with her ribbons. "Don't strain yourself with that…you should watch for this!" RhodoKnightmon's right hand glowed bright orange. "Fist of Athena!" the fist slammed into Tiger Vespamon's face. The insect was sent spiraling downward.

Tiger Vespamon grunted as he made contact with the ground. Flames were erupting around him. He was lying in one of the places that had been struck heavily by Chimeramon. Out of the pluming smoke was the lithe form of RhodoKnightmon her foot kicked forward ready to ram the wasp further into the pavement he was lying on. The hornet swung his sword forward. RhodoKnightmon stomped down on the sword and as she was unbalanced Tiger Vespamon pushed upwards throwing the knight into the flames. The hornet warrior leapt up and took flight buzzing towards the train station.

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Hiroshi tried to not to look back. He knew that if he looked back he would run to Tiger Vespamon, and that would only serve to get him killed. He ran through the gates and up the small rode. Datirimon was under his arm; he was carrying the small digimon like an American football. Soon enough he was seeing a group of children standing around. Strike Dramon was standing by a young man in red and white. Leather shoulder guards and shin guards adorned his clavicle area and his legs.

"Where's your digimon?" asked the boy impatiently.

"RhodoKnightmon…" Hiroshi puffed as he tried to talk and breathe at the same time. "fighting…she has….Gospel…."

"Woah, wait a tic'," The other boy walked up he was a short boy with fuzzy purple hair that matched his shirt. He pushed his glasses up a bit. "RhodoKnightmon?" The smaller boy looked up at the boy in red and white. "That was the digimon that hit the temple in the West. She's a Mega digimon, but she's like in a class of her own. Like she'd put WarGreymon down…Reese maybe we should hide or something…"

"If I had some food I could digivolve!" Koromon hopped forward. "I can feel myself trying to digivolve but there is just not any gas in the tank."

The young boy that had been holding Koromon, Isamu, had spiky brown hair like his father. He wore a red T-shirt and blue jeans. He was thin and lank. "You don't happen to have any food do you Hiroshi?"

"I do…I have some candy bars and this granola thing," Hiroshi stuck his hands into his pockets and revealed the food treasure. "Eat up…we'll need help if RhodoKnightmon is so strong."

Koromon instantly leapt on the food but was quick to give a part of it to Ryuudamon and Strike Dramon.

"Koromon digivolve to Agumon!" a red lizard hopped up and hugged Hiroshi. "Thanks!"

Tiger Vespamon shot out from the trees, suddenly, and turned. "Sorry about the intrusion but we've got company! Mach Stinger V!" Missiles shot forward exploding behind the trees.

"Argent Fear!" a wave of rose petals flooded forward exploded into everything they touched. Tiger Vespamon bounced from one petal to the next. Trees exploded into wooden shrapnel.

"Isamu!" yelped Agumon as he digivolved into the large, red, dinosaur Tyranomon. "Fire Breath!" a blast of flame threatened to envelop the, now, visible knight in pink armor.

"Fool!" RhodoKnightmon pushed her shield forward. The flames fanned out across the metal surface.

"Fine, if that's not hot enough for you, how about this!" Tyranomon was filled with light as he digivolved again and grew larger and his red skin turned to a dark grey. A large X shaped slashed formed on his chest. "Tyranomon digivolve to Master Tyranomon! Master Flame!" A white hot blast enveloped the knight. "That'll teach you for taunting fire!"

"Oh my lizard, you are as cool as a cucumber!" chuckled the knight as she glided out of the blaze.

"Ryuudamon digivolve to TobuCatmon!" the black lizard glided upwards as the purpled furred, winged feline. "Tobutobu Phoenix!" A large red apparition of a bird flew between the knight and Master Tyranomon.

"Flea Bitten Cat!" growled RhodoKnightmon. "How dare you try and interfere! Spiral Masquerade!" a golden blade flew through the flaming bird and slapped TobuCatmon down to the ground.

"Strike Claw!" the dragon man's claws clanked off of the blade slightly deflecting it from stabbing the cat. The blade swung around and sliced through Strike Dramon's shoulder, eliciting a howl of pain as the dragon crashed on the ground.

"Royal Master!" Tiger Vespamon sliced forward unleashing a blast of energy into RhodoKnightmon's unprotected flank. "Hurry, Master Tyranomon take them away, go! I'll be with you soon enough!" The large tyrannosaur gathered up the humans and defeated digimon and charged off down the tracks.

RhodoKnightmon shot up from the forest. Her armor was burned and scorched and dented in places where it took the brunt of Tiger Vespamon's attack. The knight growled angrily and lifted her right hand revealing another rose. "I've played enough, my master is waiting for me and I have what I was looking for, I bid thee adieu!" She tossed the flower forward. It gracefully turned into a tornado of petals that seemed to freeze Tiger Vespamon in place. She turned and flew off in the opposite direction that Master Tyranomon had fled.

"Get back here, Pinkie!" shouted Tiger Vespamon, but the knight was already gone. The petals fizzled away releasing the insect warrior. Tiger Vespamon dropped to the ground. He coughed a little and stood shaking, partially in numbness, partially in anger that he had let her go. His wings shot open and he flew after Master Tyranomon.

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Noriko looked down at her D-Terminal. They had all responded now, Isamu and Hiroshi were on their way, as were Kougi and Kiyoshi. Two more were coming too, a couple of boys named Reese and Carlyle. Sumi said she still had to find her target as did Akeno and Ai. It had been nearly four days since this had started and they didn't seem any closer to any sort of resolution, even with Kiyoshi's news about the supposed defeat of Lucemon, which Noriko doubted. Things were rarely that easy. She sighed.

"We just have to have hope," said Kitai as he played with the recently digivolved Armadillomon and Patamon. "We have to believe in each other and stuff."

"I know, Kitai, I know," said Noriko. "I am worried though, Lucemon isn't making many moves and I still feel like we're on the defensive."

"It's just a matter of time!" said Armadillomon, "Once we have all the destined digimon back to your parents we can make a real move."

"Yeah, Lucemon won't know what hit him!" cheered Patamon.

"I hope so," said Noriko. "I hope so."

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Daemon looked around him. He took a deep breath. "The Digital World, it is marvelous."

"Soon it will be ours," said Damienmon as he looked over the lush forest. "Darkness will flow through this world like blood through veins."

"The oceans will be darkened, and I will have the child of light in my grips," chuckled Dragomon.

"Yes, yes indeed, this world will be ours, but first the Human World," Damienmon's eyes glinted and if one could see beyond the murky redness; one would have noticed a small boy in the glimmer of the demon's eye crying for his mother and father.

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AN: At first I wanted RhodoKnightmon to be Androgynous but…I couldn't keep putting it on a character, especially when Silphymon was already being given the 'it' treatment. So I made RhodoKnightmon a girl, rather like RhodoKnightmon was in the dub, and yes I know I'm not using the dub's name, Crusadermon. Things are starting to steam up…now that RhodoKnightmon has the Gospel of the Fallen Angel…..