Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, the Chosen Digi-Destined, V-Tamer characters, the Tamers or the Frontier Digi-Destined. I also don't own the rights to the Dragonball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho or Digimon Frontier storylines. Dorothy Kaimodosu and Avengemon are character rights of Dark Warrior. Max, Keke, Kara, Tike, David, Sam and Pikkan are rightful characters of D3 creator, Max Acorn AKA MA. Wyveemon, Mega Veemon and Ultima X are characters contributed by Alan Wilkinson. Saber Veemon, Saitou, Haze Frogmon, Artificial Jax, Sonja, Virus, and Burizalor are characters I've created for this story.
Another long hiatus. I'm growing tired of not having time to write my fics. Anyway, here's the long awaited third chapter of my Millenniumon Saga. Our heroes are forced to deal with Saitou's band of human spell casters and the seven monsters! Now, let's get on straight to the action. Enjoy!
It was Millenniummon's reawakening as his shadow form gave birth to seven destructive monsters through Azulongmon's Digi-Cores. They are hell bent on destroying mankind and leaving nothing in their path. Before they had time to react, Shintomon and X had informed the team about another persisting danger waiting in the lurks. Not only were there seven monsters to contend with worldwide, but also there was a tunnel being forged between the real world and the dark realm within the digital universe. The race was now on as four teams were scattered across the globe to find four of the seven monsters. Led by Takuya, the Frontier Chosen along with Joe and Cody set off to the India/China border. Unfortunately, they have come across with two enemies on their path. One of which is a human and the other is the first of the seven monsters, Haze Frogmon. Just what is the connection between these two? Will they succeed in destroying Takuya's team?
Meanwhile, in Mushiyori City, a spell caster is forging a tunnel between the Dark Realm and the real world. Digi-Destined leader, Taichi Kamiya must stop the unknown enemy, but that opening tunnel has given awesome new powers to a few humans. It's hard to know who is friend or enemy. Taichi and his crew have recruited Yukio Oikawa, a mind-reading human. But while trying to weed out the enemies by their thoughts, Oikawa was shot and the criminal mastermind made his introduction. The crew has taken Oikawa to a local hospital. Where new danger awaits.
((Digimon Frontier Opening theme "Fire!!" plays ))
The Legendary Warriors vs. Haze Frogmon! Killing a Human Being, Reasonable?!
Local Mushiyori Hospital
The mood around this local Mushiyori hospital facility had a eerie vibe to it. Even the crimson skies were enough to creep some of the bravest. Inside, though, the facility was deeming with activity by medical staff and patients alike. Amongst the mass of people inside, Tai and his crew were just discussing the situation with the spell casters' motives.
Oikawa was unnerved by the ordeal while sitting down on a bench quivering in fear. He wasn't in the mood to be continuously interrogated by Tai's group, though it was only for the greater good. Tai stands in front of Oikawa with his arms crossed.
"So then, tell us once again what that guy was thinking."
"I couldn't believe it, but he was saying, 'We'll dig a grave for all people. The seven of us will dig the hole.'"
"'The seven of us…?'"
"Yes. Dark Angel, Neo Saiba the Gatekeeper, Hideto the Sniper, Sigma, Mari the Game Master, the Doctor, and Rei Saiba the Ice Maker."
"Seven names. Those could be their nicknames, right?" asked Max.
"That's right," X replied to the boy. "They undoubtedly have something to do with their abilities, as well."
"Seven humans with abilities," said BW. "The guy who we just saw is probably among them."
"Wasn't there anything else on that guy's mind, Mr. Oikawa?" Tai asked the older man.
"That's all I could get out of the voice of that man's mind that offers any clues. Everything else was just an abnormal bloodlust. He has this urge to kill everyone. He wants every human being dead."
"An abnormal bloodlust?" wondered the masked man known as X.
"Forgive me, but I don't want to die!" Oikawa cries out while grasping the sides of his head. "Why didn't you tell me it would turn out to be this terrible?"
"These are some awful guys," Keke said.
"In any case, we shouldn't let our guards down," Agumon informed the team.
Suddenly, Agumon, X, BW and Tai stopped for an instant to feel a slight disturbance of energy emitting through the hospital. They felt a negative vibe around their surroundings. The whole hospital building became surrounded by shade of orange. It seems as though the group had stepped into a 'territory', so to speak.
"Did you feel that just now?" BW said. "Someone just extended their territory."
"So, there must be someone with an ability in this hospital," replied Keke. "Hey, wait a minute…"
"I-I hear him! It's one of the seven!" Oikawa gasped. "It's the Doctor! He's here! It's a hospital! Why wouldn't he be here?"
"Watch yourselves!" Tai warned his crew. "Don't give him a blind spot! We don't know which direction he'll be coming from!"
With that said, the group gathered together into a circle formation. Agumon, BW, Tai, Max and X put up their guards. Oikawa and Keke remained protected around the four. As the looked around their surroundings, nurses and physicians were helping the sickly around the facility. There was sign of any unusual activity.
Just then, Oikawa and Keke felt something puncture their hands. They winced and looked down to find green mosquito like insects injecting them what looked like green fluid.
"YUCK! What is this thing?!" Keke screeched.
"Keke!" Max cries out.
"Dammit! These things put something in us!" Oikawa exclaimed as he squashed the insect with his hand.
However, that would not save the man. He and Keke felt weakened and fell to their knees. The other five looked on in shock to watch their friends' skins turn green.
"What the hell just happened?! Keke! Mr. Oikawa!" Tai asked.
"I'm… so cold… Max… help me…" Keke shivered tremendously.
"Keke! Stay strong!" Max said as he held the girl.
"My body is starting to ache…" muttered Oikawa.
Agumon walks over and places a hand over Oikawa's forehead. He jumps back and felt a overwhelming burn across his head.
"He's burning! He's got a terrible fever!" the dino cried out.
"What the hell were those things?!" Tai wondered. "Why are they getting sick?!"
"Those were different digimon insects we've seen that are all over the city," X warned the group.
"It's a virus," Oikawa replied while probing the Doctor's mind. "I heard his thoughts! He's going to infect everyone inside of his territory!"
Suddenly, the crew turned towards another direction as they heard the fluttering of wings.
"Brace yourselves!" BW stated. "There's more coming this way!"
"Kill as many as you can!" X calls out.
One by one, viral insects were emerging out from the hallways. The healthy five were throwing out fists to squash the insects. They did everything they could to not only protect themselves, but not to create a scene within the facility. The other people, somehow, were unable to see the insects. A pretty, brown-haired nurse came walking by while taken back by their 'unusual' activity.
"Is there something wrong?" the young nurse asked.
"What?!" Tai turns to face her.
"What seems to be the problem, sirs?"
The nurse did not realize that the viral insects surrounded her yet she was unable to see them. Tai points out to the insects to get her attention.
"Hey! On your shoulders! Your head! They're all over you!"
"Brush them off quick!" Agumon warned the nurse.
The nurse cautiously checked herself and found nothing. Tai's assumption was correct. Ordinary humans were not able to see these 'invisible creatures.' Only those who have made contact with recent, unusual activity would have spotted them. That includes digimon, Digi-Destined and even spell casters.
"There's nothing there. What are you talking about, sir?"
"They can't be seen by ordinary people!" Tai growls. "What's more, these creatures seem to be only after us."
"No! We're going to be done if we don't go all out! But we can't risk getting these civilians hurt!" Max said.
"Our only hope is to find the spell caster who has this ability," said X. "The sickness of these two will only get worse."
"Move out!" BW hollered out.
The four-man crew moved out into the facility while Max stayed to tend to Keke and Oikawa. Tai, X, BW and Agumon headed out into the facility. The nurse attempts to stop them from running across the hallways.
"Lady! Please go help with my son tend to our friends," Tai calls out to the nurse.
"No running inside the hospital!"
Tai and his crew sped off down through several corridors as the viral insects were hot on their trail.
"Tai! I hope you realize that there is more than just doctor in this hospital?!" Agumon asked.
"You got a point. Fine then. Let's just clobber every doctor in the hospital," Tai replied.
"Wow, that's real genius!" BW stated.
"But there is no other choice," replied X. "I can't even seem to sense this guy's ki. Normal humans, even spell casters, have very weak ki compared to our everyday enemies."
"Let's just not beat them to death," Agumon said.
"Right!"
"I say we should split up into three. Agumon and I will head off while you two split up," said Tai. "This hospital is pretty huge!"
"Both of those guys' sicknesses were spreading abnormally fast!" said BW. "Let's do it!"
"Like we have any other choice," replied X. "Remember, when you find the guy with the ability, send out a distress signal or make some noise."
"I call dibs on the first floor!"
"Good pick, BW! Agumon and I will get second!"
"The enemy may not be a doctor from this hospital. Grab a nurse, and have them look first for doctors that they are unfamiliar with," X stated.
Agumon grabs Tai and uses his teleportation technique to send them up to the second floor. X took the stairs in order to reach up towards the top floor. Meanwhile, BW continued his rush down the first floor. He stops just in time to find a blonde nurse walking out.
"Hellllo nurse! Here comes BW! Though, you're not as hot as Renamon. Now that's a foxy chick!"
"Sir? May I help you? You should know there's no running in the hospital."
"M'am! Please, I need your help."
"What is it you want?"
"There's a criminal, posing as a doctor, inside this hospital," BW warned the nurse.
"What?"
"Hurry! Come with me, and if there's a doctor you don't know, then tell me."
"Okay…"
"Hey! What's going on?" a man's voice calls out from the other side of the room.
BW turns around to find a man, in his late-twenties, walking down in a white coat. He approaches BW and puts a hand on him.
"Why are you harassing my staff?!"
"Ah, Doctor Akira. This man was saying something awful."
"Who are you? Leave, before I call the police."
"Yeah, you better call them, white coat! There's a dangerous person in this hospital! He could be posing as one of the doctors here! You have to believe me! Some of my comrades were injected with pathogens by this guy, and are in danger! If we're going to stand around here, every one in this hospital will be at risk!"
"Sir, I take all threats seriously. Okay, I'll come looking with you. Now let go of the nurse."
"Pardon, miss. I don't ever get like this…"
BW moves away from the nurse and starts to head out the door with the doctor.
"Besides, I know every doctor and nurse in this facility," Doctor Akira told BW. "If there's a doctor I haven't seen, I'll you immediately."
"Fine, lead the way, doc."
"Nurse, you might want to call the police immediately."
"Yes, but, um… Doctor Akira… Why are you here sir? Isn't today your day off?"
BW stopped frozen in his tracks and quickly turns around in shock. Doctor Akira stops and has a devious grin on his face. Just before BW could react, Doctor Akira's hands became coated with energy and he swiftly pokes across BW's back. His hands moved faster than any gunshot bullet. BW couldn't even react to read off the ki the doctor was emitting through his fingers. BW felt paralyzed from his head and all the way through his back. He collapses backward and couldn't even move a single muscle. The nurse screams out but not long before the 'Doctor' turns around to swing his right hand across the nurse.
"Shut up, idiot!"
However, his swing became a lethal weapon as the ki energy around his hand became as sharp as a scalpel. He slashes her across the chest and watches as the nurse's chest explodes with a crimson mass. The Doctor looks down across his two victims and chuckled maliciously. He kneels down in front of the fallen warrior.
"You can't even move your arms, legs or even raise your voice. I've paralyzed most of your muscles that you can move voluntary, after all. You can't even summon forth any ki in the meantime. My ability allows me to cut through human flesh like a scalpel with just my bare hands."
"Tai! Agumon! Can you two hear me?! Yes! At least I can still send a distress signal telepathically!"
"We will eliminate every last person who would stand in the way of our wishes," said the Doctor.
Suddenly, the door opened and this time a red-haired nurse walks in. She stops and lets out a scream.
"Help!"
Elsewhere within the facility, Tai and Agumon stopped to hear the scream of the nurse. Agumon quickly picks up onto BW's distress signal.
"What is it, Agumon?!"
"It's BW!"
"What is he saying?"
"Agumon! Tell Tai that I've found him! I've find the bastard we're looking for!"
"BW's found him!"
"You know the drill, buddy."
"Gotcha."
The reptile grabs hold of Tai and places two fingers on his forehead. With that done, he teleports himself and Tai to the exact location where the Doctor is currently positioned.
The red-haired nurse was in a state of shock over the scene. Doctor Akira points out towards her.
"Don't just stand there, nurse! Call the police! There was a suspicious man that just ran out of here! There's a criminal in this hospital posing as a doctor!"
"Yes, Doctor Akira!"
As the nurse ran out of the room to warn the facility, the Doctor lets out a sigh of relief. His cover was nearly blown had he not created an excuse at the last minute.
Top Seventh Floor of Hospital
X stops and quickly feels out the Doctor's territory over the entire facility.
"Every last corner of this hospital is enveloped in this guy's territory! This enemy possesses a fairly widespread territory. I can't let my guard down!"
Ground level floor. Medical room
Doctor Akira snickers over his fallen victims and sits up to walk out towards the door. However, he was stopped at his tracks as he came into contact with none other than the dynamic duo: Tai and Agumon. The Doctor leaps back in utter surprise.
"You! How did you get in here?!"
"Didn't think the Doctor would look like a total wimp," Tai said. "So, this is the guy, Agumon?"
"He looks suspicious enough! Look! It's BW!"
"Hey! What are you doing lying on the floor?! Get up and kick this guy's ass!"
"Agumon! This is the bastard you're looking for! He paralyzed my body using a ki technique with his hands. I wasn't expecting him to catch me off guard! He just slashed up this nurse and I'm sure all the staff will eventually become infected by those bugs by now!"
"Tai! BW just sent me a telepathic note!"
"And the verdict?"
"This is the guy we're looking for! Isn't that right, Doctor?!"
Doctor Akira simply stood his ground and chuckled to himself. There was no use in trying to cover up anymore. The game was over and he was set to get serious.
"Change of plans, my friends," snickered Akira. "I'll kill every person in this hospital."
With that said, the Doctor came charging forward with his right hand becoming coated with the ki scalpel. He slashes across in order to do damage on Tai. However, Tai reacted quickly and leaps out to the side with Agumon joining him. Tai turns to face the Doctor with a scowl. Doctor Akira gets up and fixes his coat arrogantly.
"Ah, I wanted to play the gentle Doctor Akira for a little while longer, but Taichi Kamiya, once my identity was revealed to you, I had little choice."
"So, 'Taichi Kamiya' is a household name?"
"Yes, it is. I heard about you from Dark Angel. He said you guys would come to stand in our way, and spoil our dreams."
"Tai. This is a human. Can we really stoop as low as to kill him?"
"If he's involved with that guy and the seven monsters, then yeah. We have no choice…"
Tough decisions were going to have to be made by the dynamic duo. In order to save the people of the hospital, including Keke and Oikawa, they would have to end up killing the Doctor.
City District of Mushiyori
Elsewhere, Shintomon led his group consisting of Mimi, Dimitri, Izzy, Sora and their digimon partners along. They were out searching for Tai's crew and the digimon were unable to pick up on any distress signals. Though they were still a little perplexed by the appearance of the 'invisible' digimon which ordinary people couldn't see. Fortunately, these were the low-level kind that poses no threats.
"Jeez, look at all this! Ick! Digital bugs! I should have brought my bug spray," Mimi whined.
"They're already getting in my roots! Shoo!" Palmon said while swatting them with a flyswatter.
"Let's get serious guys," Izzy said. "My computer tracking system isn't picking up on any threats. These are just low level digimon."
"Who knows? Maybe I can find another Tentomon lady of my dreams around here," Tentomon snickered.
"These are Corrupt insects," Shintomon informed the crew.
"Ah, this doesn't seem to bad," said Dimitri. "I've seen more bugs in a jungle than this."
"It has to be the spatial distortion," Izzy replied.
"Precisely, right, Izzy," Shintomon stated. "It's evidence that things are progressing along faster than anticipated."
"I mean really! This is ridiculous!" Mimi said. "There's nothing more nasty than this."
"So is there anyone following us anymore?" asked Sora.
"Afraid not, Sora," Biyomon said. "He disappeared before we entered the busier side of town."
"I wonder if they stopped keeping an eye on us," said Dimitri.
"My guess is that he could have gone to check on Tai's group," Izzy predicted."
"You mean Tai?!" the girls asked.
"This is Taichi we're talking about here," Shintomon shrugged his shoulders. "If the situation has gotten as bad as this, then there can be doubt that he met up with those guys and their abilities right away."
"Relax. I know Tai will pull through. He has X, BW, Max and Agumon with him. He can just simply take those spell casters out," Sora assured the group. "Piece of cake…"
"Let's not be so sure. These enemies are humans," Biyomon said. "At least, we think they are…"
"In any case, let's hurry and meet up with Tai and the others. My sister is with them. I just hope nothing has happened to her," Dimitri said.
"He's right! My daughter is with them! Let's get going! Move it along!"
Mimi races off ahead like a track runner with Palmon and Dimitri hot on their trail. Everyone else was left out in the smog just before they caught up with the fleeing woman.
"For someone who hates exercise, she can really run fast like an Olympic runner! She might as well be the golden medallist for Japan," Izzy thought. "Geez, if she can run, then I need to get out more and exercise."
Elsewhere within Mushiyori District
Across the busy city, the crimson skies loomed over the city with a bright, white sun shadowed by dark clouds. Something sinister was in the works and was an indication that Saitou's plans were well underway.
Speak of the devil himself… Saitou was standing on top of a building. He looks off towards the distance and remains motionless as a statue. His predatory eyes were locked on the crowd of people walking across in herds.
Behind Saitou were two ominous figures. One of which was Hideto the Sniper. The other was a shorter, young girl. The girl's hair was brown and she looked exactly like Hikari but her hair had some faint light highlights. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a pink long-sleeve shirt over it. Her stockings were black and reached up all the way to her ankles. A light blue-jean skirt covered her waist and upper portions of her legs. She also wore white tennis shoes and a pair of red clippings in her hair. This was Rei Saiba the Ice Maker. She was the one who spied on Shintomon's crew earlier.
The girl identified as Rei Saiba spoke up as she informed Saitou on the progress of her operation.
"I pulled back as you said, Mr. Saitou," Rei said. "Those are the remaining guys."
"Splendid work, Ice Maker. They've all got such naive looks on their faces."
"What shall we do?" Hideto asked. "Shall I take them out without them knowing?"
"No. Not yet. Their digimon partners and that fool Shintomon will detect you. At this pace, they will all soon enter the Doctor's territory. We'll let him show Taichi Kamiya and the others how we fight against humans. We'll see if Taichi and his crew are willing to fight a human to the death."
With that said, Saitou lets out a maniacal laugh as Rei sighs to herself. She looks back at her fond memories. The mere mention of Taichi was enough to make her shed a tear.
"Oh, Taichi… Sora… I just wish it didn't have to come down to this."
"While they deal with Doctor, I take it Haze Frogmon is set to commence in a battle with some of Taichi's other friends."
"That's correct, Mr. Saitou," Hideto replied.
"Interesting. We'll just see how they handle fighting him and the other Doctor. This will be quite amusing."
Mushiyori Hospital
Within a few minutes, the viral insects were infecting nearly every medical staff and patient. An insect put down even the nurse who was told to call the police. The Doctor's plans were going accordingly to his will.
However, X wasn't about to take this lying down. He took out his frustrations by blasting away every insect with ki blasts. There wasn't any civilians to get in his way and thus would allow him to go all out.
"Damn! What the hell is going on in this hospital? This is why I hated doctors and needles!"
Elsewhere within the facility
Doctor Akira was surrounded by a mass of his precious viral insects. He picks one up and strokes it carelessly. Tai and Agumon were sickened by the man's love for deadly weapons.
"With another one of my abilities, I can make the people within my territory ill, using viruses created by my own mind. The viruses my mind creates are powerful. These insects are my carriers. Death comes all more quickly to those with weaker mental faculties. Your friends, the first ones to be injected, have no more than thirty minutes, I'd say."
Those comments alone were enough to set off Taichi's anger. Like a bull charging against a red cape, Taichi brings himself forward with a fist held out. For the first time, Taichi was relying on himself rather than wasting energy on a psycho with a death wish.
"You're going to regret saying that one!!"
"Tai! Be careful!" Agumon warns his partner.
Doctor Akira was immediately caught off guard and was unable to defend from the oncoming onslaught that Tai was about to unleash. Taichi unleashes a rapid barrage of fists that connect with the Doctor. Punching faster than even the Flash or a professional boxer, Taichi was dealt devastating blows directly at the Doctor. He even squashed the viral insects with his fists. The Doctor's head rocked back from every fist shot.
"Go, Tai! Go, Tai! Knock him out!" the reptile encouraged his long-time partner.
"I'm writing an advice for you bad guys!" Tai cries out angrily while continuing the onslaught. "It's called Don't Piss Me Off!""
Tai delivers several more punches against the Doctor's face as blood splattered onto the floor. Each punch was taking its toll on the Doctor. Tai can say his gratitude to Agumon since his experience as Omega X has allowed Tai to being a stronger fighter in human form. This was one of the rare occasions that Tai wouldn't need to use Omega X to bail him out of jam.
With a mighty uppercut, Tai sends the Doctor crashing back through the door. The Doctor lands onto the ground with his head slamming onto the floor.
"That's the way to nail him!"
"I've learned from X about you spell casters. You lose your powers when you become unconscious or fall asleep. So go to bed, doc."
However, the Doctor wasn't going to take this lying down. Literally. He smiles deviously and speaks out.
"No time for sleep…"
The Doctor leaps back onto his feet swiftly and moves past Tai. He runs down the hall and cackles loudly.
"I'm working a double shift, Taichi!"
"Hey, get your ass back here! Agumon, let's move it!"
As Agumon runs out of the room, he follows Tai to give chase to the mad doctor.
"Catch me, if you can!" the Doctor taunted the duo.
"Dammit!"
The Doctor runs down along the darkened hallways, but Tai and Agumon were in hot pursuit of the psychotic white coat. Akira found himself running across into a pitch-black hall and steps through to go into hiding. Tai stops and slowly walks through the dark hall. Agumon picks up on Akira's location and puts up towards the ceiling. Tai turns and gasps to find Doctor Akira lunging down at him.
"Clever, doc!"
"Yeah! You're pronounced dead!"
Akira uses his ki scalpel in attempt of slashing across at Taichi. Fortunately, Agumon moves Tai away using his teleportation at the last minute. The slash went across the hallways while leaving a dissected trail across the floor and walls. Windows were also starting to crack open because of this.
"Tai! Incoming!!"
The Digi-Destined leader turns around to find the Doctor running across with his ki scalpel. Tai moves to the side to avoid being dissected by the mad man. Akira continuously attempts to slash at Tai at any given opportunity, but Tai's superhuman abilities inherited from Omega X allowed him to maneuver from each slash. Tai even bent down, Matrix Style, to avoid becoming hamburger meat.
Tai goes down and goes for a leg sweep, but Akira leaps over. Doctor Akira takes advantage of a distracted Tai and slashes at him. Fortunately, he only managed to create a cut across Tai's left cheek. He looks down at his cheek and wipes the blood away. Tai had seen enough and snatches the Doctor's arm.
"Stop messing with me!"
With that said, Tai delivers a punch to the mad man's gut. The force of his punch was enough to force Doctor Akira to spit out a mouthful of blood. After that, Tai delivers a spinning back kick to send Akira sailing across the hallway and against the corner of a wall. However, the resilient Doctor Akira slowly rises to his feet while wiping blood from his lips.
"It won't work with me."
"Judging from you moves and your toughness, you don't have the strength of any normal human, huh?"
"Yet another one of my perks, Taichi. When my ability first appeared, I thought of some ways to improve the functions of the body. I can control the supply of stimulants inside of my brain at will. As a result, I feel no pain at all!"
"Ah, so you've turned yourself into a freak, eh?" Tai said. "With a human opponent, I pulled my punches a little bit. But now it appears that won't be necessary."
Doctor Akira took this comment as a threat and channels his ki to create his Scalpel once again. He points out towards Tai and was ready to slice up his adversary.
"I'll dissect you with my bare hands."
Akira charges forward with his ki scalpel. However, Tai moves out from the side and allows Agumon to unleash his attack on the doctor.
"Do it, Agumon! Don't show him any mercy! Fire!"
"PEPPER BREATH!!"
The reptile's mouth widens as he unleashes a fiery blast. Rather than a slow fire blast, this one was launched out like a missile. Doctor Akira saw this coming and managed to dodge to the side. However, he was unable to move his right arm to the side. Agumon's blast incapacitated Akira's right arm and tore it off right off. The Doctor lets out a cry of anguish as the severed stump, where the arm was once attached, lets out a gush of blood.
"Direct hit, Agumon!"
"But I didn't get him all the way through!"
"At least we incapacitated the bastard."
The fiery blast shot through the window and was sent soaring out into the heavens above.
Outside of the Hospital
Shintomon and his group stopped to find the fiery blast from Agumon launched out into the skies above.
"Whoa! If that wasn't a shooting star, then I don't know what to think!" Tentomon commented.
"No! That was Agumon's attack!" Biyomon replied.
"Then, the guys must be really close," Sora said. "There's no doubt that Tai and the others could be caught up in a fight with one of those spell casters. Max and Keke are there with him!"
"Sora's right! We have to see if our children are safe," Mimi said to Shintomon.
"No doubt about it," the higher digimon spoke. "They're in that hospital. So, why don't we go check it out?"
As soon as he said that, Shintomon leads the group down the street towards the hospital. It was only about a few blocks, but they would have to get there as soon as possible. The Doctor will be aware of their arrival.
Mushiyori Hospital
The severed arm plummets onto the ground like a piece of meat. Doctor Akira lands on his feet after leaping away from Agumon's previous attack. He sits up and chuckles to himself despite his right arm being completely chopped off from Agumon's attack.
"I should have roasted that arm right off! Too careless on my part!" Agumon blamed himself.
"Ah, so that's the main attack of Agumon? Pepper Breath, such a cute name for a deadly weapon. I know all about your digivolution forms. Greymon. Metal Greymon. War Greymon. Oh, how can I forget about Omega X? Terra Beam is your main attack, I presume?"
"Wow, you've really done your homework, doc? What else did Dark Angel tell you about me?"
"That you're a dense fool."
"I resent that."
"By the way, that was a warning shot mind you!" Agumon threatened the psychopath.
"Well said, buddy. I'm no longer considering this bastard a human being anymore. Next time, my partner won't miss."
"Impressive. I see now why Dark Angel said not to be careless with you," Doctor Akira snickered. "I have one more talent to show you…"
The Doctor picks up his severed right arm and places it against his armless stump.
"Then again, have you forgotten? My ability is Doctor. Anything I cut, I can stitch back into place."
As soon as Akira said that, he uses his ki energy to easily reattach his severed arm back in place. No more damage caused by Agumon's attack.
"Aw, shit," Tai cursed.
"That's okay. I still have plenty of more juice where that came from. We won't need Omega X for this fight, Tai."
"I wasn't even going to suggest it, but okay…"
"As I have now demonstrated, I can even perform reattachment surgeries on a whim."
Tai and Agumon prepared themselves for the next fercious attack the Doctor has planned for them.
"Now, I think it's time for a dissection, Taichi."
Doctor Akira prepares his ki scalpel and charges forward to attack the duo once again.
"Let's do this, Agumon!"
"Right! No more Mr. Nice Agumon!"
"Fools. I'll cut you up before you even know what hits you. Haze Frogmon. I take it you're taking care of the rest of Taichi's friends in the meantime. Don't let down your guard. We can't afford to fail Dark Angel and Millenniumon now."
Indian/Chinese Border. Unknown Indian Village
Slowly rising to his feet from underneath the rubble, Lobomon catches his breath and looks on ahead to find Haze Frogmon. The woman struggled against the beast's tight grip. The warriors were held at bay just as Haze Frogmon was about to make his next move.
"Oh how rude of me to not introduce myself. You can just call, Haze Frogmon."
"Looks like I'll need to evolve into Magna Garurumon to beat this monster. Takuya. You guys better hurry. I don't know if we can take this monster alone."
"Ha! It seems to me that you fools don't want to negotiate. Very well then. Let's do this the old fashioned way. I have no use for this retched human…"
The sinister amphibian tosses the Indian girl across the dirt, but Kazemon was there to catch her before she hit the ground. The other spirit warriors took battle positions and encircled Haze Frogmon. Loweemon brings out a battle staff and makes the first action course towards the monster.
"We won't let you use these humans as pawns for your sick and perverse game, monster!"
"On the contrary, they are expendable."
"That's enough out of you!" Beetlemon screamed out in rage. "Thunder Fist!!"
The beetle man slams his fist into the earth and creates an aftershock tremor, which in turn caused the ground to crack open. Then, a trail of electricity came blazing through and targeted for Haze Frogmon. The monster manages to maneuver away from the trail blaze and phases forward. He immediately stops in front of Beetlemon and lashes out at him with a whip-like tail. The warrior of thunder is sent sailing across through a straw hut.
Kazemon places the Indian girl on a rock ledge and away from the war zone.
"Thank you, Miss Fairy…"
"Just call me, Kazemon. Don't worry. We'll take care of this monster problem and restore your home."
"Thank you…"
"Just leave this to us."
The wind warrior takes off back to the war zone to assist her comrades. Haze Frogmon looks up to find Kazemon flying forward.
"So, you've come back to get you some? You should played smart and walked away when you had the chance."
"And miss my chance to save my friends? Dream on, fatso!"
"Fatso?! That tears it! You had your chance! Now, you will die with these weaklings you call friends!"
"Hey! You still haven't dealt with us yet!" exclaimed Loweemon. "Kumamon! We'll attack at once! Go!"
"Here's a little ice to cool you down! Blizzard Blaster!" Kumamon said while releasing an array of snowballs from his gun.
Haze Frogmon hops away from the snowballs. He even performed a back flip to avoid several more snowballs being unleashed. Kumamon did not like where this course of action was going.
"Loweemon! This is your chance!"
"You don't have to tell me twice."
The warrior of darkness dashes forward and raises his battle staff overhead. As soon as Haze Frogmon looked over his right shoulder, Loweemon slams his staff against the amphibian's head. The monster's eyes bulged out and created a small lump on his head. This was exactly what Loweemon needed. His plan was to incapacitate the monster long to give the others time to attack at once.
"Attack at once! Now! Lobomon! We'll need you!"
"I'm… right on it…"
Just as Lobomon rose to his feet, he dashes forward to aid his warrior comrades. All four were prepared to unleash their patented attacks on the sinister monster.
"Attack me at once? This ol' trick won't work on yours truly!"
"You want to bet on that?!" Lobomon threatened the creature. "Everyone! Now!"
"TEMPEST TWIST!!"
"CRYSTAL FREEZE!!"
"LIGHTING BLITZ!!
"SHADOW METEOR!!"
With each attack coming forth, Haze Frogmon puts up his guard to absorb the devastating blows. Once the attacks hit their mark, this gave Lobomon the opportunity to slam his light saber against the amphibian beast's head. Even with a mighty blow against his enemy, Haze Frogmon simply shrugged Lobomon off as if he were an insect and strikes him with his tail. The force of the blow sends Lobomon crashing through the ground.
"You guys! It's not working! We're going with Plan B! We're switching out to beast mode!" Loweemon gives command to the warriors.
"RIGHT!"
As Loweemon rushes over to tend to his hikari brother, the other three immediately switched out to their beast forms.
"SLIDE EVOLUTION!!"
"Zephrymon!!"
"Korikkakumon!!"
"Metal Kabuterimon!!"
Haze Frogmon steps forward from the smoke cloud created from the warriors' previous attacks. He looks ahead to find himself toe to toe with the beast trio.
"So, you three had to go through a transformation just to gain an upper hand? When are you ever going to learn? Transformations will not guarantee you a victory. Besides, I don't need some cheap transformation because only fools resort to them."
"Oh yeah? Then, that makes us fools, right?!" Metal Kabuterimon said threateningly.
"Um, JP. You're not helping," muttered Zephrymon.
"I've got this guy! Come and get some, froggy!" Korikkakumon bellowed.
The hairy beast of ice charges forward with incredible power and raises his axes over his head. He brings them forward and went to slam them against Haze Frogmon. The amphibian quickly saw this offensive coming from a long way and successfully dodged by phasing out from the side. Korikkakumon found himself slicing through a rock formation in place of Haze Frogmon.
"Up here, hairy!!"
Korikkakumon gasped in utter disbelief once he heard his enemy calling out from above. He looks up and finds Haze Frogmon with crossed arms. The amphibian beast came flying down like a predatory raptor and spewed out a smog-like cloud towards Korikkakumon.
"Have a little taste of my pollution! One inhale from it will immediately weaken you and render you completely incapacitated!"
"Korikkakumon! Don't breath it!" Metal Kabuterimon warned the youngster.
"Oh no! That smog is swallowing him up whole! I can't even make track of him through that nasty fog!" Zephrymon exclaimed.
The ice beast found himself at the receiving end of Haze Frogmon's deadly smog. He felt his body stiffen and become paralyzed immediately following the exposure to the deadly gas. Korikkakumon falls to his knees and coughs loudly for everyone to hear.
"Ha! That serves you right, human! Now die within the smog! The process shall not take very long."
"Korikkakumon! That does it! Over here, turd face! Bolt of Thunder!!"
The thunder beast's twin spheres came hurtling towards Haze Frogmon with incredible force. However, Haze Frogmon was able to take the double blows head on and pushes them away. The monster opens his mouth and swallows the twin spheres through his mouth. He immediately swallowed the electric spheres and burped with delight.
"Our attacks are useless on this monster! Shoot, I doubt my wind will do anything to him," Zephrymon said.
"Play it smart and don't bother," replied Metal Kabuterimon.
"But I'm not about to sit here and let him attack him! Take this! Hurricance Hail!!"
She summons forth a powerful wind and sends it towards the amphibian. Haze Frogmon puts out his hands to create a powerful barrier to render the wind attacks useless.
"Well, it was worth a shot," the wind warrior spoke.
"Worth a shot?! Ha, you didn't even make your move, petty human girl!" Haze Frogmon cackled. "So, tell me... I wonder where your grand leader is hiding. I hope his trip to the doctor didn't end up being quite a mess."
"Hey, what do you mean, doctor?" asked Zephrymon.
"That's for me to know and you to butt out! As a matter of fact, you two will be joining your hairy friend! Sayanoora!"
Just as Haze Frogmon was prepared to unleash his attack, a massive wave of blue energy came targeting for the beast. He turns to find a wave of energy taking the form of an Arctic wolf. This one was purely light blue and had red eyes shining through like a demon possessed. Haze Frogmon looks on ahead to find Lobomon, or at least a Lobomon-look alike. This was none other than Beowulfmon, the A-Hybrid of Lobomon. It was still Kouji taking on a new form and unleashing a powerful new attack.
"FROZEN HUNTER!!"
"Ack! What is this?!"
"Ebony Blaster!!"
Haze Frogmon looked out from opposite sides to find two attacks sailing towards him from opposite directions. Beowulfmon's attack plowed right through Haze Frogmon to deal him quite a decent amount of damage, but the attacks merely gave the amphibian a few bruises. Kaiser Leomon came out of the shadows to unleash his own attack on Haze Frogmon. The beast screamed out as he was being sent skidding backwards on the ground.
"Way to go, Kouji!" the dark lion growled.
Beowulfmon merely gave his brother a thumbs up and pointed out his fist towards Haze Frogmon.
"Now you shall be purified by the light, creature of darkness!"
"Is that so? Well, if I'm not shaking in my boots! Not!" Haze Frogmon screamed out. "I won't go down that easily… AIR POLLUTION!!"
With that said, Haze Frogmon widened his mouth to spew out large quantities of poisonous smog. The warriors held their ground while doing everything they could to avoid contact with the deadly poison fog. Meanwhile, Korikkakumon was still trapped inside one smog cloud. His body was aching and energy was being drained from his body. These side effects were merely a small dosage of what's to come.
Beowulfmon had his mind off the battlefield since he was showing concern for Takuya and the others. He has no idea of the fact that they could be watched upon by the 'doctor' the amphibian spoke kindly about.
"That was close, but I wonder about Takuya," thought Beowulfmon. "I just hope he and those other two become aware of what's going on! This was mostly likely a set up to split us apart. Well, I'm not about to have any of it! Haze Frogmon, these games of yours end here now! Afraid of what I may plan on doing?"
Haze Frogmon levitated from the ground but looks up ahead to find Beowulfmon being accompanied by Zephrymon, Metal Kabuterimon and Kaiser Leomon.
"I didn't ask for your help, guys," Beowulfmon said.
"You're not going to count us out of this one, brother," replied Kaiser Leomon.
"Yeah, besides, we're a team. That's the only option we have if we hope to defeat this monster and take the halved piece of the Digital Core he is carrying," said Beowulfmon.
"There's no chance you'll be taking my Digital Core. I earned this one and I will not tolerate those who will want to escape with it," the amphibian chuckled.
"I wouldn't be chuckling now, froggy. You're greatly underestimating the power of the legendary warriors. Takuya will not let us down and will return to help us deal with you."
"Those are quite big words from small little turds," Haze Frogmon said.
"First Korikkakumon's been taken out by that damn frog's poisonous smog! Now, we have to deal with this psycho!" thought Beowulfmon. "Takuya… Wherever you are, hurry it up and get your ass back down here! We could use some help right about now…"
Beowulfmon takes out his double-edged sword and brings it forward to strike the beast.
"Let's get this over with, froggy!"
"Kouji! Be careful!"
"Don't worry my brother. I have this one in the bag. We'll draw this out until Takuya and the others get here…"
"Heh, that's if they manage to surprise their doctor's appointment," the beast said in thought.
Local Chinese Medical Facility
Meanwhile, Agunimon, Joe and Cody were patrolling the hallways of the abandoned facility. Or at least it was abandoned. There had to have been some form of commotion to cause people to flee from the facility. Whatever the cause may be, Agunimon and company were sure to find it.
"Gee, what could have caused everyone just pack up and leave?" Agunimon wondered.
"They might have encountered one of the seven monsters and fled from the scene," replied Cody.
"Or worse."
"Look. There's a reception hall down just ahead," Joe pointed out.
"Ah, we just might find some clues there," said Gomamon. "I hope they at least left some grub. I'm starving."
"Let's stay serious here," Armadillomon said. "Though, I have to admit. I need to have something in my stomach."
"We'll be sure to find some food as soon as we find the monster we're looking for," replied Agunimon.
Suddenly, there was a swift movement from behind the curtains. The digimon immediately picked up on the vibrations.
"What is it, Gomamon?"
"I just felt something move," the marine mammal said.
"He's right. We're not alone in this room," Agunimon replied.
"Stick close together everyone," ordered Armadillomon.
"You don't have to tell me twice, Armadillomon!"
With the digimon forming a circle around Joe and Cody, they put up their guards while seeking out for their enemy. Agunimon turns around and finds a figure running through the curtains. He dashes forward and throws out a fist of fire.
"There! Flame Fist!"
The warrior sends out an array of flam waves towards the curtains and sets them ablaze. The perpetrator emerges out of hiding and exposes himself to the team. He was a mere human with dark hair. The man was wearing a white coat and pants. It was quite obvious the man was a certified medical doctor for the facility. But the question was why was he the only one found within the facility?
"Hey, you! Were you just spying on us?!" Cody asked.
"Look, he's a certified medical researcher for this facility," Joe said. "But why would he be hiding from us? I wonder if he knows something we don't."
"Yo, doc! You have some explaining to do!" Agunimon cries out threateningly.
Rather than give them any explanation, the white coat runs forward and lashes out at Agunimon with hands coated with ki similar to Doctor Akira. The fire warrior managed to maneuver to the side. The doctor leaps forward while grabbing Agunimon by his shoulder.
"Hey!"
"You don't deserve answers, human! Now, die!"
"Marching Fishes!"
"Diamond Shell!"
The two rookies managed to save Agunimon at the knick of time before the doctor dissects the warrior. The doctor sidesteps their attacks, but was too late to dodge Agunimon's assault. The fire warrior throws out a fist, which connects with the doctor's face.
"Back off, doc!"
The doctor is sent flying through the wall and left buried under a pile of wall debris. The digimon rush out to find the doctor underneath the rubble.
"What was his deal?! He was acting out aggressively on Agunimon," said Cody.
"He's no doctor. That's for sure," Armadillomon replied.
"No, he's a doctor all right," Joe said.
The fire warrior turned towards the direction of the doctor and came to the realization that the doctor wasn't what he seemed to be. In fact, he barely could sense a ki from him.
"Whatever he it. He's no doctor nor a human," said Agunimon.
"What? But he clearly looks human," retorted Cody. "You can't just take the life of another human!"
"That's because he's not human. If he were human, I wouldn't even think about killing him."
"Something just occurred to me!" Joe said. "We were most likely lured here just for the monster to take advantage of the others!"
"That has to be it! This guy is just a distraction," Cody replied. "It doesn't matter if we take this guy out since the monster is the true carrier of the viral disease going around here."
"Then, I better take matters to my own hands," Agunimon said. "Stand back. This just might get messy."
The warrior stands out in front of the crew and prepares to unleash an attack on the pseudo-human.
"Tell us! Where is your accomplice?! We want to know which creep you're working for!" Agunimon calls out.
The 'fake' human gave no reply to Agunimon's demands and charged towards the warrior. Agunimon didn't hesitate to dash forward and unleash a fiery wave that stopped the fake human in it's tracks. The human's body exploded into a packet of data, which dispersed around the room. Agunimon pulls out his D-Tector and captures the dispersing data.
"Now that's been taken care of. Joe. Cody. Can you guys stay here to watch over those sick people we've found? Joe. I'm sure you can use of that medicine to sustain them for the time being."
"Sure, thing, Takuya!"
"Armadillomon. Gomamon. I say we go and help our friends with that monster," Agunimon said. "There's a good chance that they've already confronted it by now."
"You just lead the way," the digimon pair replied.
"Well, first, we have to know where they are currently engaged in battle…"
As soon as Agunimon said that, there was a massive explosion miles away from the facility. The digimon picked up on the explosion.
"Well, we don't have to go look for them anymore," Gomamon implied. "They just gave us the pinpoint location."
"Good luck out there, you guys. Don't worry. Just leave with these people with us," Cody said. "Armadillomon. You be sure to watch their backs."
"You know I will."
"All right! This will require us to level up," Agunimon said. "EXECUTE FUSION EVOLUTION!"
Just as Agunimon calls forth the power of his spirits, he quickly was transformed into a winged warrior.
"Aldhamon!"
Now, the two rookies underwent their evolutions straight into their champion/ultimate level forms.
"Gomamon shinka!! Ikkakumon!! Ikkakumon chou shinka!! Zudomon!!"
"Armadillomon shinka!! Ankylomon!!"
"Let's head out and hand that monster's ass on a silver platter!" Aldhamon calls out. "There's no time the lose! Hang on, guys! We're coming!"
With that said, Aldhamon flies out towards the canopies of the forests. Zudomon and Anklyomon were not too far behind as they charged through the forests. The direction would eventually lead them to the same Indian village where the battle with Haze Frogmon was taking place. Time was of essence especially since the remaining spirit warriors were in a tight struggle with the Millenniumon-influenced beast.
"I can sense that monster's power. It's strange, but something tells me that the guys don't realize what they're up against. If the monster is the carrier of the disease, then destroying him will restore everything in this territory. No time to waste!"
Mushiyori Hospital, Japan
Tai and Agumon stopped their ground while listening to another one of Doctor Akira's insane preaching. They were sickened over the fact that a normal human being would sell his soul to destroy the lives of innocent lives, especially those of his own kind.
"You know. The way I think about it, each person's ability is closely related to that person's likes, personality, and environment. While I have the abilities of a doctor, what I am doing is murder. It appears that I'm more suited to doing this than I am to my real occupation as a doctor. In other words, I use my gifts to kill."
"Oh that we agree on," Tai implied. "You are one of the seven, aren't you? Not the monsters, but the seven human accomplices. So which one of your friends is pulling your strings?"
"What's that…?!"
"Really which one? There's Dark Angel and Neo the Gatekeeper, and the Doctor, and so on, right?"
"You even know about that, Taichi?!"
"I could ask you the same thing. You know a few things about us, don't you?"
"Tell me who your other members are! Where do they live? Where is their headquarters?!"
"Heh… Here's my answer!!"
With that said, the Doctor charged towards Tai and Agumon with his arm charged with ki. Rather than answering the question, Doctor Akira charged forward to implement an aggressive attack on the Digi-Destined leader.
Agumon manages to pull Tai away from the assault and pushes him away. However, the Doctor was going straight for Tai rather than aiming for the reptile. Tai maneuvers to the side from Akira's ki-scalpel. The doctor maintained his attack and slashes at Tai. However, Tai managed to dodge blow swiftly.
"Hate to break this to you, doc, but this is not my way of questioning!"
Doctor Akira finds himself at a vulnerable spot and left himself wide open. This gave Tai an open opportunity to deliver a strong uppercut against the Doctor's chin. The impact might have broken the man's jaw and it had enough power to send him flying across the empty hallway. However, with strong reflexives, Doctor Akira performs a headstand and leaps back onto his feet with grace. Tai cursed himself while cracking his knuckles.
"Aw, c'mon!"
"Yes, I know. Such a shame, isn't it? Ordinarily, that probably would have hurt enough to knock me out. But thanks to the cerebral anesthetic that I control, I feel fantastic!"
"Why don't you do us a favor and withdraw your territory?!" Agumon demanded.
"Yeah and release these people from their illnesses!" exclaimed Tai. "If you do that, then I won't kill you."
"But you don't intend to let me go, either," the doctor brought up another point.
"That's right. Either way, you're going to prison," Tai stated promptly.
"No, I cannot accept your offer! Once infected by my virus, the illness will continue to progress unless my consciousness is eliminated. And while I'm talking about it, I'm not about to go to prison."
"Then, I really am going to kill you!"
"Oh, you think you can?! You don't understand. I'm neither digimon or a monster. I'm a human. You still think you can kill me, even so?"
Doctor Akira stood as he chuckled to himself with pride. He hoped that his words were enough to freeze Tai in his place and call off his bluff. Much to his dismay, Tai was charging forward with a fist coated with ki that had been lying dormant in his human body ever since being completely exposed as Omega X for many years. The Doctor leaps away to the side as Tai smashes the wall beside the psychotic doctor. His fist was enough to cause the wall to dent and crumble. Agumon came forward and unleashes another fire blast to distract Akira. The Doctor sidesteps the fire blast and looks on ahead at his two adversaries.
"Doc. If it's my only chance, I'll gladly do so, you sick son of a bitch!"
"Is that so? It looks to me like you're wavering."
These words were enough to strike Tai in his heart and freeze him completely in place. A drop of sweat dripped across his face. He was left with only one option and that was to kill the Doctor to save the sickly people and possibly cut off Haze Frogmon's power sources.
Elsewhere within the hospital
X found himself at a precarious situation with a swarm of infected insects ready to bite him. The masked warrior immediately puts up a ki barrier, which quickly extinguished the insects in one full swoop.
"Sheesh! There's no end to these suckers!"
Suddenly, he heard light whimpering coming from behind a door. He immediately busts his way in. Much to his surprise, he found Max sitting by a bed. One reserved for Keke and the other supposedly for Mr. Oikawa. However, Oikawa had suddenly gone AWOL.
"X?!"
"Max?! What are you doing here?"
"I had to find a place to place Keke in. I don't think she's going to make it! Her temperature is rising and won't cool down!"
"We'll find a way to save her, Max. I can promise you that. But, more importantly. Where's Mr. Oikawa?"
"He left, but my main focus was on Keke. I didn't even pay attention to him…"
"You're lying, Max. Where is he?"
"Ok... He went about to find Tai. He was going to warn him something about the enemy."
"Something we don't know about?"
"Yeah."
"Ok, then. I'm off to look for them! You stay here and watch Keke. I'll be right back!"
"Be careful, X! Find dad and help him as soon as you can!"
"I will!"
As X headed out the door, he found another swarm heading towards his direction. He quickly destroys them with another ki blast and searches out for Tai's ki.
"We're all in a bad way…"
Outside of the hospital
Shintomon and his crew were standing outside of Mushiyori hospital. The same haven where an escalation was taking place from within the territory of Doctor Akira.
"All right, let's go!" Dimitri said. "If my sister is in there, then we have to get in there!"
"Wait a minute, Dimitri!" Shintomon replied.
"Huh? Why? We're ready to go!"
"Why hold us back all of a sudden?" asked Palmon.
"Because only he would know what we are going to be up against," Izzy replied. "Right?"
"That's right. From what I can calculate, it's strange. No more strong ki acitivty. It's quiet," the higher digimon spoke.
"Well, now that you mention it, you're right," said Sora.
"What the heck are you guys talking about?!" Mimi asked. "Hospitals are supposed to be typically quiet!"
"No, you don't get it, do you?" Tentomon replied to Mimi. "If that was Agumon's Pepper Breath earlier, then it's strange that there hasn't been action since then."
"What of it, you techno bug geek?!" Mimi snapped at the insect.
"Calm yourself, Mimi," Izzy implored to the woman.
"No! Dimitri's right! My daughter is trapped in there as we speak!"
"As long as she's with Max, she'll be fine," Sora reassured her friend.
"Thanks. That's exactly what I needed to hear."
"We can conclude that the inside of the hospital has become the Territory of someone with an ability," said Shintomon. "What's more, it's undoubtedly the enemy's territory. The fact that there's nobody tailing us any longer backs that up."
"Which means it would be dangerous to go in there inattentively, right?" asked Biyomon.
"That's correct, Biyomon. Especially since Izzy, Mimi and Sora don't have the ability to sense ki. Only myself, you, Palmon, Tentomon and Dimitri can pinpoint any ki or Territory locations."
"Well, we can't argue with that," Izzy said.
"Anyhow, I want all of you to stay here. Dimitri, why don't you come along with me?"
"Me, handpicked by the Great Shintomon?"
"Yes, since you have a sister in there."
"You know I won't refuse the offer just to be assured of my sister's safety!"
"It's settled then. Let's go, Dimitri."
"Dimitri, baby. You be careful in there. Make sure your sister is doing all right."
"I will, mother."
"Good."
As soon as the agreement was made, Shintomon grabs a hold of Dimitri's right shoulder and immediately teleports them inside the hospital.
"I just hope those kids will be fine," Mimi prayed to herself.
As Shintomon and Max were inside the hospital, they picked up onto the location. They felt a slight chill and realized that they had entered inside the Doctor's Territory.
"We must have entered someone's Territory! I can feel it!" Dimitri said.
"Let's hurry and find your sister."
"Okay!"
Elsewhere within Mushiyori
Hideto managed to capture a glimpse of Shintomon and Dimitri exploring the hallways of the hospital through a telescope. Standing behind him were Rei the Ice Maker and Saitou.
"It appears they are watching out for the trap the Doctor has set," said Hideto.
"It looks like these guys are a lot sharper than we previously thought," Rei replied.
"That's just fine. Otherwise, what lies ahead would not be so enjoyable."
"But doesn't this put a great load onto Doctor Akira?" the Sniper known as Hideto asked.
"Saitou-san! We should go in there as well and help the Doctor! If he dies, then his connection power ties with Haze Frogmon will wear off. Both will be killed by the opposition!"
"Then, let them die. This will be a good opportunity to get to know the man known as Taichi Kamiya."
"Yes, Saitou-san…"
Rei didn't know what to make of Saitou's comment. Should she continue to follow his path and inflict pain on others just to extract revenge on the human race? She even questioned Hideto, who was considered a friend to her brother, Neo. But, now those two have become followers to Saitou's cause. Rei herself had her life-threatening injuries completely healed by Saitou in return for her services to her cause. After all, a human driving a vehicle caused her accident and that same human did not even bother to help Rei. She would have to follow Saitou's cause to not only please him but also her brother, Neo. However, she is also familiar with Taichi from her time period and did not want to see him suffer.
"Oh, Taichi. If there was only another way…"
Chinese/India Border. Forest area
The Legendary warriors were continuing their struggle against the amphibian monster. Not even Loweemon and Beowulfmon were putting a dent on Haze Frogmon. It was visibly shown that the five warriors were becoming fatigued. However, the monster wasn't showing any signs of letting go.
"This monster is simply too much for us," Loweemon said while catching his breathe.
"I didn't think he'd be this powerful," replied Beowulfmon. "Even my Frozen Hunter will be enough!"
"Why don't you just evolve into Magna Garurumon?!" Korikkakumon suggested.
"If only I had enough energy, plus this guy doesn't seem like the patient type to just stand around and allow me to evolve…"
Haze Frogmon charges forward with great ferocity and slams himself through both Loweemon and Beowulfmon. The brothers were pushed away at different directions. The other three warriors attempted to aid their comrades but were easily brushed aside by Haze Frogmon's strong, whip like tail. Each warrior was laid sprawled with the monster standing triumphantly tall over his adversaries.
"So, this is the best the legendary spirit warriors can hope to offer? I'm beginning to grow bored. And you still haven't answered my question. Where is the sixth warrior?"
"He'll get here. Just you wait and see," Zephrymon growled. "Once he does, you won't be so overconfident."
"Ha! Don't make me laugh! He's no savior! I wonder how long it will take me to drive his face into the dirt! After that, I'll make him lick my feet."
"Hold on! I'm not finished with you yet!" Beowulfmon calls out to the treacherous monster.
Haze Frogmon turns around to find Beowulfmon back on his feet and wielding his blade sword. The warrior's body slowly began to emit a metallic blue aura. He was undergoing his evolution into his mega form.
"Ahh, so you're attempting to turn it up, Beowulfmon? Go ahead and evolve. The result shall be the same."
"We'll see about that! EXECUTE! HYPER SPIRIT EVOLUTION!"
Beowulfmon's body started to take on a much larger and stronger form. He didn't even need to resort to borrowing the spirits from the other warriors since his evolution upgrade granted to him and Takuya by Seraphimon.
"Magna Garurumon!!"
"All right! That's the way, Kouji!!" Metal Kabutiermon calls out. "Now that creep won't be so cocky!"
Magna Garurumon steps forward and points out his cannon blaster towards Haze Frogmon. The monster stands his ground as the warrior unleashes an array of machinegun fire blasts. The bullets didn't even make their mark on Haze Frogmon as he simply stood his ground and remained frozen in place.
"Wha- Why isn't he moving?! He's intentionally taking my shots head on! Is he insane?!" Magna Garurumon exclaimed.
"Insane is my middle name," the monster replied to his adversary. "Now, it's my turn to return the favor."
As soon as he forewarned the warrior, Haze Frogmon phases out. This caught Magna Garurumon off guard and forced him to look about his surroundings. There was no trace of Haze Frogmon.
"Everyone, get together! He's hiding his ki and is preparing for an ambush!" Magna Garurumon calls out to the team.
"Isn't that a little too late for that, my friend?"
Magna Garurumon recognized the vile voice and turns around to find himself in close contact with the beast himself. The monster responds by slamming a rapid array of fists against the vulnerable warrior. He took each devastating blow before succumbing to Haze Frogmon's ruthless ferocity. Haze Frogmon polishes his adversary off by delivering an elbow shot, which sends Magna Garurumon flying through numerous trees.
"This has been nothing more than a complete waste of my time! I was looking for a challenge with the Great Angels' warriors. All I've received were nothing more than pantywaists unworthy of such titles."
"You know something?! I've just about had it with your big mouth!" Loweemon cries out.
With that said, Loweemon charges forward and attempts to avenge his brother's downfall. Haze Frogmon easily saw the dark warrior coming and blasts him away with ki blast. However, he did not halt his relentless assault on Loweemon. Haze Frogmon's mouth widened and unleashes a poisonous vapor gas. Loweemon becomes succumbed by the amphibian's deadly pollution.
"LOWEEMON!" Magna Garurumon cries out. "You bastard! Your fight is still with me!"
"You can't even get back on your feet. Let alone make a dent on me," Haze Frogmon cackled. "I'm going to take away the most dearest to you! Your own brother! Now watch as I melt your sibling into a pile of bones!"
"KOUJI!!" Loweemon screams out in agonizing pain.
"I'm coming, Kouichi!!"
Summoning forth every ounce of energy, Magna Garurumon rose up to his feet and dashes forward to put an end to the monster's ruthless torture. Just as he even attempted to stop Haze Frogmon, an arrow-shaped fire blast came hurtling towards the amphibian mutant. The shot struck Haze Frogmon and sends him crashing backwards. This gave Magna Garurumon enough time to push Loweemon out of harm's reach.
"Who did that?! Who the hell did that?!" Haze Frogmon roared out angrily.
"Heh. He actually came. It's about time, Takuya," Magna Garurumon stifled with a laugh.
Flying down like a graceful eagle, Kaiser Greymon arrives onto the scene. His fellow warriors were more than happy to finally be rescued by their gracious leader. Well, if he hadn't arrived so late, then the monster wouldn't have whooped them.
"Ah, so you must be their leader," Haze Frogmon examines Kaiser Greymon. "Interesting. I take it you've already taken out the decoy. I'm sure that took your mind off the ball."
"Using human duplicates… Not to mention poisoning these people with disease! What kind of a monster are you?!"
"A really creative one, mind you. What haven't you learned from your own destructive mess, human? Pollution. Epidemics. Outbreaks. Disease. Deforestation. I'm only a representation of your own destructive methods."
"Ok, less talk and more action!" Kaiser Greymon retorted. "I'm not here to be educated by a despicable monster such as yourself!"
"You tell him, Takuya!" Zephrymon calls out in encouragement.
"Foolish humans. Remember, I represent one of the seven monsters created out of Millenniumon's essence! I shall be the greatest monster to ever walk this planet! But in order to accomplish that feat, I must exterminate you legendary warriors! Now, it's time for you to die!"
"Mind if we get ourselves some piece of the fun?!" a pair of voices call out from within the forest.
Haze Frogmon turns around to find a massive hammer being smashed against his forehead. Followed by that, an armored tail swipes at the amphibian beast. The monster is sent skidding across the landscape and towards the poisoned lake.
"Way to go, guys!" Kaiser Greymon acknowledges his two accomplices.
Zudomon and Ankylomon came out of forest landscape. The warriors sighed a great relief. But their celebration was short-lived. Haze Frogmon flips back up onto his feet and possesses an angry scowl over his demeanor. The beast unleashes a primal roar and immediately forms a dark aura. The ground under his feet formed a massive crater. Kaiser Greymon and his crew were prepared to go for another round with the beast.
"I've grown tired of this crap, legendary warriors! Let us settle this! All eight of you against me! This time I won't be holding back!"
"Well then, froggy. Let's have ourselves some fun," Kaiser Greymon replied to the monster's demands.
As the digimon spread out across the battlegrounds, Haze Frogmon sends out an incredible force that knocks each warrior away. This did not budge Kaiser Greymon. The mega came dashing forward with his battle sword.
"That's it, Kaiser Greymon! I knew you would be the last man standing! Bring it on!"
"Heh. Yeah, just keep thinking that, froggy. My crew is not down and out. We have a big surprise in store for you."
Mushiyori Hospital
Doctor Akira had finally gotten through into Tai's head and was relying on crafty mind tricks to throw off the Digi-Destined leader. He suspects that Tai would not lower himself to killing another human being, especially an insane one capable of infecting a mass of innocence with a deadly virus.
"In ten more minutes, those who have been injected with my pathogens will all be dead. Plus, that includes a few of your friends," chuckled Doctor Akira. "The only way to prevent that is for me to pass out. It's either that or kill me. My consciousness must be severed. However, I cannot… be knocked out. What are you going to do then, Taichi? Will you kill me after all?"
"Don't let him get to, Tai. He's just trying to toy with your emotions. He's a human. There has to be another way."
Tai remained silent and ignored his partner's pleas.
"But you've never killed a human, Taichi Kamiya. Isn't that right? It's sure to leave you with a foul aftertaste."
As soon as the Doctor chuckled, Tai managed to speak up and break the complete silent treatment. He was growing tired of Akira's sick and twisted games.
"You're such a nasty bastard. It makes me want to puke!"
"Ah, I appreciate your words of praise!"
Suddenly, Tai gives a head signal to Agumon and points his finger directly for the sick Doctor. His finger was becoming coated with an orange aura.
"Tai… You couldn't be…"
"I'm going for it, Agumon. I've grown tired of these games!"
"Taichi… Don't tell me you're planning to…" Doctor Akira managed to mutter.
"This is another trick I've picked up while being exposed to being Omega X for many years. This time I won't miss…"
"Tai…"
"This time. I'm going to blow your head off."
"Taichi… You're serious…?"
Tai was no longer bluffing and showing any more remorse. The same cocky and fun Tai was now replaced by a focused and determined one. He was going to save his friends and family from this nutcase. The energy was starting to swell and materialize. A tiny orange sphere was forming at the young man's fingertips. Doctor Akira saw through to this and backed away in fright.
"Taichi! You don't want to go through with this! Think about your future! You'll be sent to prison for being a murderer!" the Doctor pleaded.
"Planning out the future has never been my style, you bastard."
Doctor Akira immediately started to run down the hall once he realized that Tai's energy attack was growing in immense size.
"Doctor! I hope you like cremation!"
Suddenly, the door opened up and out came Mr. Oikawa weakly making his way through. Tai saw the man coming in between the hallways and halted his attack.
"Mr. Oikawa! Stay back!"
Doctor Akira took this chance to plot out another scheme as he grabbed Oikawa. The mad doctor applies an arm lock on Oikawa and places a finger ki-scalpel over Oikawa's neck. One false move and Akira would easily decapitate Oikawa on the spot.
"Don't move! Don't you dare move, Taichi! If you do, I'll slice your friend's head off!"
"Tai! We have to do something!"
"I know... Damn it!"
"Quite the complication? Huh, Taichi? Now you have an excuse not to kill me."
Elsewhere within the hospital
Max was still kneeling by Keke's rest bed while taking her temperature. Much to his dismay, the girl's body temperature was still rising to extreme heights. If she continues on in this condition, then she will surely die.
"This isn't looking good, Keke. If only I knew more about medication and healing… Too bad Joe isn't with us!"
Suddenly, Max turned to find a swarm of insects flying in through the creeks of the door. He leaps out and blasts each insect away with small ki blasts.
"Don't you even think about it! I'm not about to lie down and kick the bucket just yet! I won't let you feast on my friend!"
Another ki blast came shooting out through the door to completely disintegrate the remaining insects. Max looks ahead to find Dimitri and Shintomon stepping through the smoke.
"Shintomon?! Dimitri?!"
"Max! Where's my sister?!" Dimitri asked desperately.
Max pointed out to the bed where the sickened girl was resting. The older sibling rushes over to the girls' bed and feels her forehead.
"Shintomon! We have to find a cure to save my sister! She's burning up!"
"My magic won't help to cure Keke. I'm sorry. What Taichi and the others need to do is destroy the one who created the disease, in order to completely cut off it's effects."
"Some higher power you turned out to be! You can't even cure a simple disease! That's my sister!"
"Dimitri! Calm down! Don't worry. My dad will make sure to stop whoever is behind this! Just you wait and see…"
"For your father's sake, let us hope so," replied Shintomon. "C'mon, Taichi. What's the hold up?"
Back from the previous scene.
Doctor Akira was holding Oikawa hostage and was close to pressing his ki-scalpel against the man's neck. This did not suite well for either Tai or Agumon. One false maneuver and it was the end for Oikawa. The man is essential to Taichi, in order to gain more information on Saitou. Plus, Oikawa being dead would only add to the list of causalities on Saitou's hit list.
"You bastard. Don't you even know what the guys you are helping are doing?" Tai asked. "The hole that you're attempting to open is going to draw everything else into it! You think it's funny? Do you think that the Synisters that come in through that hole are just going to sidestep you guys when they run wild?! They're not going to spare you. They're going to kill you and me."
Akira stopped chuckling and went into a slight guilt trip. But not long before chuckling once again and smiling like a psychopath.
"I hope so! I hope they find me!"
"What the hell is wrong with you? You want to die?"
"Taichi, let me give you a little reality check. Everyone goes. You're correct. I want to die. All my life, I've been hard pressed to choose the way I'm going to die. I'm not about to let myself be killed by disease, or by time. However, I wouldn't mind being killed by a Synister. Mankind deserves to go… If they're going to kill all of mankind, then I choose to die atop of a pile of countless dead corpses. Besides, I've never had a purpose in my awful life, but I shall have a purpose in death."
"Then, just die already!" Oikawa cries out.
With that said, Oikawa takes out a bottle of acid and splashes it against Akira's right portion of his face. The doctor howlers out in agony as portions of his skin were being burned off. He looks across at Oikawa.
"You son of a bitch!"
Just as Akira went to slash Oikawa with his ki-scalpel, Agumon was there to save the man by pushing him away. Agumon drags Oikawa away from harm's reach. Now Tai was back where he left off and that was alone with Doctor Akira.
"Curse these devils! They're everywhere!" Akira cried out. "They want to ruin our dream!"
As soon as Akira runs down the hallway, he stops to find X phasing out in front of him.
"What a sad case you've turned out to be," the masked man sighed. "You're not leaving now."
"This is your final warning," Tai stated promptly. "Release everyone from their illness. If you don't, I'll kill you!"
Doctor Akira sighs to himself and finally gives himself in to Tai's demands. He reaches into his coat pockets and pulls out a case of serums.
"Understood. I've been defeated. The fact is, I have a serum. If you inject them with this, they will be spared."
"You better convince me, doc."
"I swear… I swear to you! I really don't want to die, either."
Finally convinced by the Doctor's pleas, Tai slowly approaches Doctor Akira in order to take the serums from him. However, the Doctor had another sinister thought in his mind.
"During the momentary opening I get when I hand this over, I'll kill him. Haze Frogmon. What's this?! Our connection is being severed?! You can't be defeated?!"
India/Chinese forest village
The battle with the first monster was already near its conclusion. Haze Frogmon was being greatly overwhelmed by the legendary warriors and their allies.
"Machinegun Destroy!!"
Haze Frogmon turned to find himself caught by an onslaught attack unleashed by Magna Garurumon. Next, Korikkakumon slams his axes against the beast. Zephrymon polishes him off with an array of her Hurricane Hails. Metal Kabuterimon knocks him backwards with his Bolo Thunder. Meanwhile, the warrior of darkness took this open chance to retaliate and shoots off his Shadow Meteor to throw Haze Frogmon off. Zudomon smashes his hammer against Haze Frogmon, while at the same time smashing the dark digicore on the monster's forehead. Ankylomon dashes forward to slam his clubbed tail in order to knock Haze Frogmon away.
"Yeah! Now, time to polish this guy off! I call upon the power of flames!" Kaiser Greymon cries out.
The flame warrior puts his sword out directly towards Haze Frogmon.
"No… No… I didn't even get a chance to…"
"To waste our precious time?! That digicore is coming back to us! Now, rest in pieces, Haze Frogmon! This is for Mother Nature and the people you've hurt! DRAGON FIRE CROSSBOW!!"
Kaiser Greymon's fury seethed through the attack and its power was immediately amplified a thousand times over. This wasn't like any of the other Dragon Fire Crossbows he's created. This one was going to be big enough to eliminate the monster in the process.
"NO! YOU CAN'T! I SHALL NOT DIE!"
"You already have met death's doors, monsters. Suffer for your sins…"
The blast slams against Haze Frogmon and completely engulfs him in the process. The beast's body started to break down and rings of data encircled his body. Kaiser Greymon knew what this precisely meant. He steps forward and puts out his D-Tector.
"Creature of darkness. You've been created from Millenniumon's shadow and manifested to cause pain to the innocent. With this D-Tector, I shall scan your code and purify you. Digicode scan!"
As soon as he said that, Kaiser Greymon scanned all of Haze Frogmon's deleted data and collected it into his D-Tector. In place of the once foul beast was a completely purified, halved piece of a digicore. Zephrymon picks the halved digicore and grins with delight.
"That's one down you guys. All we need is the other half, the next set of two halves and the full one."
"Look! The pollution is clearing up!" Korikkakumon calls out.
"And the village is being returned to normal. The people here have been cured!" Metal Kabuterimon announced.
"Then, that means everyone at that medical facility should be fine too," said Kaiser Greymon.
"That's a relief," Magna Garurumon replied. "Well, we've defeated one monster… If that guy was just the beginning, I wonder how everyone else will fair?"
"First things, first. Let's get back to see Joe and Cody," Zudomon suggested.
"Good idea. Let's move out!" Kaiser Greymon calls out to his crew.
Local Chinese Medical Facility
Joe and Cody were relieved to know that the medical staff/military guards were being restored to normal. Perhaps, this was a sign of good things to come for the troubles at Mushiyori.
Mushiyori Hospital. Japan
With Tai approaching Akira, he was unaware of the mad man's trap. He came close to taking the serums. Suddenly, a voice calls out in plea to warn Tai. It was none other than Oikawa.
"Don't be fooled, Taichi!"
"I was just going to say," X said.
Tai stopped frozen at his tracks and turned to face Oikawa. The man had managed to probe into Akira's thoughts at the last moment.
"I eavesdropped in on what that monster is thinking!" Oikawa cries out. "He's planning to spring a trap and kill you! There's nothing but glucose inside those."
Doctor Akira backed away in terror and accidentally managed to drop the serums. He was too late to catch the bottles and found himself at a precautious situation. He had just marked his final death warrant and boy was he going to get it.
"NO!!"
"Your last chance just flew out the window!"
"No! I'll kill you for sure this time, you bastard!" Akira calls out towards Tai.
Just before Doctor Akira could even come any closer towards Tai, the Digi-Destined responded by slamming a fist against the doctor's face. He follows it up by delivering devastating blows all across Akira's body like a professional boxer. Only this time he was going to punch the man until he finally dies. Tai was quickly motivated by the sickening threats from earlier on. This allowed Tai to have a good reason to murder Akira.
"Hit me! Hit me! While you do, those who are sick will continue to die!"
Tai takes a stance and quickly forms energy through his fist. He charges forward and aims to deliver a devastating punch to Doctor Akira.
"GO TO…"
Finally, Tai made complete contact with the Doctor's face and slams his ki-coated fist against Akira. The force was strong enough to send Akira flying out through an open window.
"HELL!!"
Doctor Akira found himself flying out through a broken window and crashing against the dirt. He lands shoulder first against the dirt and flipped backwards only to land right on the back of his head. This resulted in an extreme whiplash against the man. Akira stops while sliding in through the middle of the dirt mound. Tai and Agumon looked out the window to check on Akira. The man was quivering as if he were paralyzed. He was definitely close to death's doors. Tai felt guilty for something he never planned to commit: taking away another human being's life.
As Akira suddenly lost consciousness or looked to be dead, Oikawa's skin was returned to normal. His sickness was finally cured. The same could be said for BW.
"Look! The effects are wearing off, Tai!" Agumon stated. "That means… Akira must be dead."
"Good. I hope that bastard stays dead," BW growled. "Way to nail it to him, Tai!"
Soon, everyone infected in the hospital were being restored. This included even Keke. Max and Dimitri were relieved by this turn of events.
Tai looked out through the broken window and examines his fist. He couldn't believe as to what he had done. Sure, he's taken the life of digimon and monsters, but never a human being. He will never live with himself for being a murderer. What would Sora and Max think of him?
"Get the police here, quickly!" a nurse calls out from the background.
"I saw it myself!" a patient exclaims. "Why would Doctor Akira suddenly do such a vile thing…?!"
"Damn it… Killing him was the only thing I could do," Tai thought. I had to do it… Keke's life was at danger and I couldn't let Max down."
Suddenly, Tai's mourn fest was over once he realized X put his hand over the fallen Doctor Akira. He healed the man completely with a dose of healing ki energy. The man was restored back to life, though his territory was completely shut off.
"X?!"
"Relax, Tai. I resuscitated him. It's like an electric shock. There's no reason for you to be saddled with this guy's death."
Tai was relieved to hear that from his long-time mentor. He turned to find Sora, Mimi, Izzy and their digimon walking down the hallways. Coming down from the other side were Max, Keke, Dimitri and Shintomon.
"Dad! You're all right! Look! Keke's been restored!"
"That's good to know, Max. We already took care of the problem."
"Gee, what a mess here," Dimitri commented.
"My god! What happened here?!" Mimi points out towards the broken window.
"Meems. It's a long story," Tai said. "I'll tell it to you later…"
"Tai… I'm glad to see you guys are fine," Sora said.
"Aw, c'mon. You don't think I'm that reckless, do you?"
"Well, I don't know. I see a broken window and some damage in this facility. I'm not about to pull money out of my pocket to pay for the repairs."
"Aw, c'mon! I was doing the good for the community!"
"Ha. Now there's no battle Tai will never win," Izzy snickered.
"Tell me about it. Mom has dad by the chain all the time," Max replied.
Just then, their reunion party was immediately interrupted by the call of police sirens. X and Shintomon gathered everyone together.
"Come on, everyone. There's no use staying around any longer," X said. "If we stay here, there's going to be all kinds of trouble."
"You sure you'll be fine, BW?" Agumon asked.
"Don't worry. I've been through worse. Trust me."
"Everyone. Hold onto me. I'll transport ourselves out of here," Shintomon reminded the group.
As Tai and his crew gathered around Shintomon, the higher digimon used his teleportation to transport themselves out of the crime scene.
The local Mushiyori police arrived to investigate. The nurses told them about Doctor Akira's heinous acts. The police team found Doctor Akira outside of the hospital and took him into custody.
Elsewhere within Mushiyori
Sitting on top of a stairwell, the sinister Saitou watched the police take Doctor Akira away. Another pawn in his game was taken out.
"So Akira and Haze Frogmon have been defeated. No matter. They were merely the first pawns to be taken out of our game. Ice Maker. I leave the second mission up to you. I want you to track down several members of that group and isolate them from the rest."
Rei steps out from the shadows and gives a slow nod to the mastermind.
"Good, Rei Saiba. Don't let me down. While you do your part, Rage Archaeopteryxmon is preparing to expand his territory to deal with the rest of Taichi's friends. It's only a matter of time before we find the one with the ability to break through the seal barrier."
Rei looks out towards the crimson skies and lets out a sigh of relief.
"Oh, Taichi. Forgive me for what I must do…"
Local Mushiyori Police Station.
The crazed doctor was taken into custody for further questioning of the situation. An inspector wanted answers but he was simply receiving 'nonsense' from Akira.
"Okay, doctor. Let's go over this again. You say you slashed up your colleagues, gave a nurse a three-foot scar, and paralyzed a young man… because you were helping them?"
"Detective, have you ever looked in the mirror? I mean really looked. We're diseased. We're suffering. If you knew what's best, you'd take that gun from your holster and do yourself a favor. Erasing every human, that's the only way to save us, or else we'll eat and destroy until nothing is left but piss. Detective, haven't you ever felt like you wanted to kill somebody? I didn't want to kill somebody, I wanted to kill everybody. All of mankind. And if you ask me why, there aren't any creatures uglier than us around, are there? The creatures we call humans know no bounds to their greed. They consume everything, destroy everything! My disgust toward humanity turned to hatred. I did intend to kill. However, it wasn't directed at any individual, it was directed at all mankind, myself included. Capturing me has only delayed the inevitable. For us all…"
Our heroes have defeated Doctor Akira and Haze Frogmon. However, there are still six other monsters across the planet. Akira's other accomplices are well aware of our heroes' whereabouts and will stop at nothing to accomplish their task. Now, Rei the Ice Maker has been sent in hopes of isolating Tai's group into two halves. Will Saitou actually carry through with his plan to open the barrier between the human and dark worlds?
((Digimon Frontier second ending theme "an Endless Tale"))
((Preview))
Takato: This is Takato Matsuda! With one monster and human accomplice down, my team explores Los Angeles to realize that the entire city has been put under a mind control!
Rika: We encounter the second monster, Rage Archaeopteryxmon! Not only does he control every human in the city but controls the power of electricity. This spells trouble when he takes me captive.
Leomon: Rage Archaeopteryxmon! Release these people from your mind control!
Rage Archaeopteryxmon: Not a chance! These humans are my pawns to destroy you, Tamers!
Pikkan: We have to find a way to severe his mind control over these people.
Sora: Who is this little girl?!
Rei: Saitou has sent me to destroy you. You shall pay for leaving me out like that. I can't trust another living human as long as the painful memories of my accident lingers in my mind. I can't forgive you!
Max: Please, release my mom and my friends!
Rei: Not until I see Taichi!
Max: That's my father's name. What's it to you?
Rei: I need to be convinced if all humans are greedy and filled with wickedness. Taichi is one of my good friends…
Keke: Look! What's that weapon Max is wielding?! A hidden power?!
Max: What is this?!
Rei: No! Could he actually be the one…?!
Izzy: Next time…
Human Puppets in Masse! Rei Saiba's View on Humanity!
Saitou: At last, the one with the ability to cut through barriers has been revealed. Thou shall now seek and capture what we've detected.
Now, that was a chapter to write! I know this one took longer than expected and I apologize. I had lots of schoolwork to catch up on. Hopefully, this will be worth the read. After I complete my finals this coming week, I'll have a week and a half to catch up on both my D-Fusion and Pharaohmon works. All I ask is patience.
Until then, be sure to check back for updates. Peace!
