Joe was leading everybody back to the church; as best he could through the
unfamiliar sewers. Luckily, Kari's, Yolei's, Cody's, and Ken's D3 device
began to pick up two signals. Patamon wanted to talk to Gatomon in private,
but he hadn't a chance yet, and Patamon figured he wouldn't in the near
future, so he smiled at her instead."TK and Davis must be nearby, and at
the Church!" Patamon exclaimed happily.
Using the D3's to lead the way, they quickly found their way to the familiar hatch to Joe's Church. Joe popped the hatch, and entered the Church. "What the hell happened?" Joe looked around. The church was empty, all the patients were gone, and it looked like a battle had taken place. There was an enormous hole in the ceiling.
"Thank goodness you're back!" Lillymon ran up to Mimi from another room.
"What's going on?" Mimi asked.
Biyomon flew behind Lillymon. "We were attacked by the Council of Five's forces. They took Gomamon, Sora, Gabumon, and your friends TK, Veemon and Davis. We tried to fight them off, but there were too many. Only we escaped."
Mimi looked at Biyomon. She had a black eye on her left side. She also looked very flustered and nervous, but Mimi didn't blame her after all that must have happened. "Are you two hurt?"
Lillymon looked over at Biyomon and smiled. After securing TK, Davis, and Veemon to the roof, she went back to the padded room. She took Gomamon, Gabumon, and Sora out in one trip, and flew them to another nearby rooftop. She secured them with several layers of flowers, but making sure they were hidden from view. She would have done the same with TK, Davis, and Veemon on the roof, but time was of the essence. Then she got Biyomon out of the padded cell. Amazingly, she hadn't let the spires take over. Lillymon was impressed at how she kept her emotions in check. She gave Biyomon a simple task. Help her fool Joe and everybody, or she'd kill them all, starting with her beloved Gomamon. Biyomon tried to talk to her, trying to convince her she was still Lillymon's friend. A backhand strike to Biyomon's face, giving her that black eye, ended any more talk. Lillymon smiled. "Not seriously."
"But that makes no sense." Yolei was looking at her D3 device. "According to this, TK and Davis are nearby."
"Yeah, my device had that to." Kari looked at hers. Ken and Cody had the same thing.
(Damn!) Lillymon thought. (I thought Ladydevimon said the D3 devices tracking abilities were disabled. Must not have been 100% effective.) Thinking quickly, she went over to a table, and took a bag hidden underneath. She gave it to Kari. Kari looked inside and found two D3 devices, along with two organizers. Patamon looked over Kari's shoulder as he flew. "These must be TK's and Davis'."
"They are. They gave them to me during the battle. They didn't want these to fall in Ladydevimon's hands." Lillymon lied. She took them away from TK and Davis to prevent Veemon and Patamon's evolutions.
"We have to rescue them!" Yolei announced.
"And how to you propose that?" Ken asked with a snicker.
"Just because you're a coward, doesn't mean we are." Hawkmon retorted.
"I am not a coward, merely sensible." Ken answered. "We are outnumbered, and outpowered. Not only that, but Ladydevimon seems to be one step ahead of even me, which makes her about fourteen steps ahead of you."
"He's right, you can't go after the Council." Agumon grabbed Kari's hand. "It's too dangerous."
"I'm sorry, but we have to." Kari answered.
"Then let me go!" Agumon announced. "I'll look for them, maybe they escaped." Agumon doubted it, but he had to keep Kari safe. "You can stay here if they come back.
"You can't go by yourself." Armadillomon spoke up."Yer only a rookie."
"Then I'll go with you." Lillymon nodded. "They might not have gotten far. You should stay here, in case anybody comes back." Lillymon flashed a knowing smile at Biyomon. Biyomon shifted uncomfortably and nodded.
Lillymon picked up Agumon and smiled once more at the group. She flew out the window. She flew low, so Agumon would not see TK, Davis, and Veemon tied up to the roof. The rest of the group wouldn't bother going on the roof, so they should be safe there. Lillymon would just keep Agumon occupied for a little bit, and then she would return and wait for Ladydevimon's forces to arrive. It would take a bit to build up enough strength so that the digidestined could be taken quickly and without a fight. Lillymon had some time to kill as she flew across the streets, carrying Agumon in her grip. Lillymon flew down a few more streets, and decided that would most likely suffice her mock search. "Let's check on the roof, maybe we can see something up there."
"Good idea Lillymon." Agumon agreed, realizing there was little chance of finding anybody. Lillymon placed Agumon on the roof. Agumon looked down from the rooftop, but there wasn't anything on the street, not a single digimon or human anywhere.
"Ooohhhhh.." Lillymon moaned, rubbing her shoulder.
"Lillymon, are you ok?" Agumon went back over to Lillymon, who was sitting on a concrete slab.
"I guess, but my shoulder is sore. I hurt it when Joe's Church was invaded. I thought it was ok, but I guess carrying you around aggravated it." Lillymon complained.
"Oh, I'm sorry."Agumon apologized, he forgot Lillymon was just in a battle. "Can I help?"
"No I heal fast." Lillymon smiled at Agumon.
"Ah ok." Agumon jumped on the slab beside Lillymon.
Lillymon hummed to herself. Ladydevimon's forces would still be a bit, and why should she have to waste her time chatting with those pathetic humans? "So Agumon, what have you been up to?" Agumon looked down at his feet. "I've been following my digidestined Tai all this time. But... he's doesn't trust me. He even attacks me if he sees me... I really haven't done much else." Agumon replied. The whole last couple of days have been completely nuts; Agumon couldn't guess what would happen next.
"That's a shame." Lillymon place a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.. "But now Kari is back. If I just get Tai to realize that!" Agumon replied to Lillymon. (Things are not going to get better. Kari will be captured, and thrown in prision, along with the rest of the new Digidestined.) Lillymon replied. "But Agumon, Tai has been ignoring you for years, what makes you think he'll listen to you now?" "He... just will." Agumon replied but sounding uncertain. (Do all my digimon friends from File Island follw their digdestined like sheep?) Lillymon moaned to herself. (They are all fools. I can not believe I could consider them my equal, let alone my friends.) "I don't know Agumon, from what I heard... Tai sounds pretty far gone. Completely nuts." Agumon's lip quiverred. He could not believe Lillymon would be so blunt. He suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if a chill was coming from Lillymon. "We, ah, better get back to Joe's Church." Agumon couldn't think of anything better to mention.
Lillymon squinted in the distance over the roof. She could see Myotismon and Phantomon racing towards their position at top speed, they should be there in ten minutes. Lillymon smiled and nodded at Agumon. "You're right, if anybody is coming, they'll show up at the church."
Ken was with the rest of the group. Everybody sat in the middle of an enormous room. They were all talking back and forth, what to do, how could this have happened, who the other council members were and so on. Alpha was Piedmon, but he was dead, as well as Delta. Cody neglected to mention who Delta was, but no one paid attention. So far, Gamma and Epsilon had yet to show their faces. Ken wasn't really paying attention as Wormon sat under his chair.
"I'm glad at least you and Lillymon escaped." Mimi was redressing Joe's arm wound and checking for infection.
Biyomon shifted nervously. She wanted to tell them, but she would not risk Gomamon's life. She couldn't believe this was her old friend Palmon that was doing this to her. But Biyomon had to follow what Lillymon told her. She fought the tears in her eyes and answered. "Yeah, I just wish more of us had escaped. I finally find my digidestined after all these years, and she gets captured right away."
"At least Palmon's back, and in her ultimate form." Patamon nodded. "That's a big help."
Ken's ears picked up. "Lillymon is Palmon's ultimate form?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Gatomon answered. She still hadn't gotten used to Ken being on their side.
Ken stood up off his chair just as Lillymon and Agumon returned. "No luck, we looked all over." Lillymon answered and smiled at Biyomon.
Ken smiled at Lillymon and walked over to her. "Too bad. But I know you tried." Ken placed a hand on Lillymon's shoulder. Lillymon was just getting over how ironic the fact that Ken was here, back from the dead when Ken pulled down on her shoulder and kneed her in the stomach.
"Oooofff!" Lillymon groaned, as the wind was knocked out of her, surprised by the strength and skill to which the blow was delivered.
"What are you doing?!" Kari leapt up and pushed Ken away.
Ken pushed Kari back and looked at Lillymon. "So are you a Council member or merely one of their stooges?"
"What?" Lillymon choked out. She couldn't believe Biyomon would tell.
"Don't take me for one of these fools." Ken shouted back. "Your Palmon's ultimate form." Ken pointed to Mimi. "I know all of you digimon have partners. She's Mimi, your partner. Biyomon recognized hers. Gomamon recognized his. Yet for some reason you didn't. Now you've been gone for years, turn up all of a sudden, and when we return we find Joe's Church cleared out. Plus the added fact you found out some way to obtain ultimate form, something that should take eons. I'm guessing you have your digivice on you somewhere. Now don't insult my intelligence anymore and fess up."
"He's crazy!" Agumon turned and faced Lillymon. Lillymon stood up, recovered from Ken's unexpected attack. "He doesn't know what he's talking about, right Lillymon?"
Lillymon kicked Agumon across the jaw, sending him back into Kari. "Wrong." Lillymon answered.
Using the D3's to lead the way, they quickly found their way to the familiar hatch to Joe's Church. Joe popped the hatch, and entered the Church. "What the hell happened?" Joe looked around. The church was empty, all the patients were gone, and it looked like a battle had taken place. There was an enormous hole in the ceiling.
"Thank goodness you're back!" Lillymon ran up to Mimi from another room.
"What's going on?" Mimi asked.
Biyomon flew behind Lillymon. "We were attacked by the Council of Five's forces. They took Gomamon, Sora, Gabumon, and your friends TK, Veemon and Davis. We tried to fight them off, but there were too many. Only we escaped."
Mimi looked at Biyomon. She had a black eye on her left side. She also looked very flustered and nervous, but Mimi didn't blame her after all that must have happened. "Are you two hurt?"
Lillymon looked over at Biyomon and smiled. After securing TK, Davis, and Veemon to the roof, she went back to the padded room. She took Gomamon, Gabumon, and Sora out in one trip, and flew them to another nearby rooftop. She secured them with several layers of flowers, but making sure they were hidden from view. She would have done the same with TK, Davis, and Veemon on the roof, but time was of the essence. Then she got Biyomon out of the padded cell. Amazingly, she hadn't let the spires take over. Lillymon was impressed at how she kept her emotions in check. She gave Biyomon a simple task. Help her fool Joe and everybody, or she'd kill them all, starting with her beloved Gomamon. Biyomon tried to talk to her, trying to convince her she was still Lillymon's friend. A backhand strike to Biyomon's face, giving her that black eye, ended any more talk. Lillymon smiled. "Not seriously."
"But that makes no sense." Yolei was looking at her D3 device. "According to this, TK and Davis are nearby."
"Yeah, my device had that to." Kari looked at hers. Ken and Cody had the same thing.
(Damn!) Lillymon thought. (I thought Ladydevimon said the D3 devices tracking abilities were disabled. Must not have been 100% effective.) Thinking quickly, she went over to a table, and took a bag hidden underneath. She gave it to Kari. Kari looked inside and found two D3 devices, along with two organizers. Patamon looked over Kari's shoulder as he flew. "These must be TK's and Davis'."
"They are. They gave them to me during the battle. They didn't want these to fall in Ladydevimon's hands." Lillymon lied. She took them away from TK and Davis to prevent Veemon and Patamon's evolutions.
"We have to rescue them!" Yolei announced.
"And how to you propose that?" Ken asked with a snicker.
"Just because you're a coward, doesn't mean we are." Hawkmon retorted.
"I am not a coward, merely sensible." Ken answered. "We are outnumbered, and outpowered. Not only that, but Ladydevimon seems to be one step ahead of even me, which makes her about fourteen steps ahead of you."
"He's right, you can't go after the Council." Agumon grabbed Kari's hand. "It's too dangerous."
"I'm sorry, but we have to." Kari answered.
"Then let me go!" Agumon announced. "I'll look for them, maybe they escaped." Agumon doubted it, but he had to keep Kari safe. "You can stay here if they come back.
"You can't go by yourself." Armadillomon spoke up."Yer only a rookie."
"Then I'll go with you." Lillymon nodded. "They might not have gotten far. You should stay here, in case anybody comes back." Lillymon flashed a knowing smile at Biyomon. Biyomon shifted uncomfortably and nodded.
Lillymon picked up Agumon and smiled once more at the group. She flew out the window. She flew low, so Agumon would not see TK, Davis, and Veemon tied up to the roof. The rest of the group wouldn't bother going on the roof, so they should be safe there. Lillymon would just keep Agumon occupied for a little bit, and then she would return and wait for Ladydevimon's forces to arrive. It would take a bit to build up enough strength so that the digidestined could be taken quickly and without a fight. Lillymon had some time to kill as she flew across the streets, carrying Agumon in her grip. Lillymon flew down a few more streets, and decided that would most likely suffice her mock search. "Let's check on the roof, maybe we can see something up there."
"Good idea Lillymon." Agumon agreed, realizing there was little chance of finding anybody. Lillymon placed Agumon on the roof. Agumon looked down from the rooftop, but there wasn't anything on the street, not a single digimon or human anywhere.
"Ooohhhhh.." Lillymon moaned, rubbing her shoulder.
"Lillymon, are you ok?" Agumon went back over to Lillymon, who was sitting on a concrete slab.
"I guess, but my shoulder is sore. I hurt it when Joe's Church was invaded. I thought it was ok, but I guess carrying you around aggravated it." Lillymon complained.
"Oh, I'm sorry."Agumon apologized, he forgot Lillymon was just in a battle. "Can I help?"
"No I heal fast." Lillymon smiled at Agumon.
"Ah ok." Agumon jumped on the slab beside Lillymon.
Lillymon hummed to herself. Ladydevimon's forces would still be a bit, and why should she have to waste her time chatting with those pathetic humans? "So Agumon, what have you been up to?" Agumon looked down at his feet. "I've been following my digidestined Tai all this time. But... he's doesn't trust me. He even attacks me if he sees me... I really haven't done much else." Agumon replied. The whole last couple of days have been completely nuts; Agumon couldn't guess what would happen next.
"That's a shame." Lillymon place a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.. "But now Kari is back. If I just get Tai to realize that!" Agumon replied to Lillymon. (Things are not going to get better. Kari will be captured, and thrown in prision, along with the rest of the new Digidestined.) Lillymon replied. "But Agumon, Tai has been ignoring you for years, what makes you think he'll listen to you now?" "He... just will." Agumon replied but sounding uncertain. (Do all my digimon friends from File Island follw their digdestined like sheep?) Lillymon moaned to herself. (They are all fools. I can not believe I could consider them my equal, let alone my friends.) "I don't know Agumon, from what I heard... Tai sounds pretty far gone. Completely nuts." Agumon's lip quiverred. He could not believe Lillymon would be so blunt. He suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if a chill was coming from Lillymon. "We, ah, better get back to Joe's Church." Agumon couldn't think of anything better to mention.
Lillymon squinted in the distance over the roof. She could see Myotismon and Phantomon racing towards their position at top speed, they should be there in ten minutes. Lillymon smiled and nodded at Agumon. "You're right, if anybody is coming, they'll show up at the church."
Ken was with the rest of the group. Everybody sat in the middle of an enormous room. They were all talking back and forth, what to do, how could this have happened, who the other council members were and so on. Alpha was Piedmon, but he was dead, as well as Delta. Cody neglected to mention who Delta was, but no one paid attention. So far, Gamma and Epsilon had yet to show their faces. Ken wasn't really paying attention as Wormon sat under his chair.
"I'm glad at least you and Lillymon escaped." Mimi was redressing Joe's arm wound and checking for infection.
Biyomon shifted nervously. She wanted to tell them, but she would not risk Gomamon's life. She couldn't believe this was her old friend Palmon that was doing this to her. But Biyomon had to follow what Lillymon told her. She fought the tears in her eyes and answered. "Yeah, I just wish more of us had escaped. I finally find my digidestined after all these years, and she gets captured right away."
"At least Palmon's back, and in her ultimate form." Patamon nodded. "That's a big help."
Ken's ears picked up. "Lillymon is Palmon's ultimate form?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Gatomon answered. She still hadn't gotten used to Ken being on their side.
Ken stood up off his chair just as Lillymon and Agumon returned. "No luck, we looked all over." Lillymon answered and smiled at Biyomon.
Ken smiled at Lillymon and walked over to her. "Too bad. But I know you tried." Ken placed a hand on Lillymon's shoulder. Lillymon was just getting over how ironic the fact that Ken was here, back from the dead when Ken pulled down on her shoulder and kneed her in the stomach.
"Oooofff!" Lillymon groaned, as the wind was knocked out of her, surprised by the strength and skill to which the blow was delivered.
"What are you doing?!" Kari leapt up and pushed Ken away.
Ken pushed Kari back and looked at Lillymon. "So are you a Council member or merely one of their stooges?"
"What?" Lillymon choked out. She couldn't believe Biyomon would tell.
"Don't take me for one of these fools." Ken shouted back. "Your Palmon's ultimate form." Ken pointed to Mimi. "I know all of you digimon have partners. She's Mimi, your partner. Biyomon recognized hers. Gomamon recognized his. Yet for some reason you didn't. Now you've been gone for years, turn up all of a sudden, and when we return we find Joe's Church cleared out. Plus the added fact you found out some way to obtain ultimate form, something that should take eons. I'm guessing you have your digivice on you somewhere. Now don't insult my intelligence anymore and fess up."
"He's crazy!" Agumon turned and faced Lillymon. Lillymon stood up, recovered from Ken's unexpected attack. "He doesn't know what he's talking about, right Lillymon?"
Lillymon kicked Agumon across the jaw, sending him back into Kari. "Wrong." Lillymon answered.