Chapter Four

"Vee-Laser!" cried Exveemon. The attack, intended for the invading Mecharedveedramon, missed and hit a wall.

"Veedra-Rocket!" countered Mecharedveedramon. The attack returned Exveemon to his in-training form.

"Demiveemon!" cried Daisuke.

"You don't stand a chance. You might as well give up now," said a mysterious girl. She seemed about Daisuke's age and had long pink hair with white tips

"Never!"

"Too bad, Miracle boy. Hey, Gekishin, how are you handling that Stingmon?"

Wormmon lay on the ground, engulfed by pain. Ken rushed to his aid. "Nice work, Ironwaspmon. You took it out without even using an actual attack. Now finish the job," said Gekishin, a boy seeming to be about Ken's age with short, brown, wavy hair.

Ironwaspmon closed in for the attack, but stopped. A flash of blue light was followed with the opening of a portal between the two digimon. Out stepped Eugene, Beth, and the two persocoms. "They must be the digipure that Chaos warned us about," said the girl.

"Ironwaspmon, forget about those weaklings. Go mega and concentrate your attacks on the guy," commanded Gekishin.

Ironwaspmon digivolved into Battlewaspmon and began its assault on Eugene. "Stinger Battery!" it cried as it unleashed its attack. Eugene swiftly dodged and countered the attack, sending Battlewaspmon back to its hatchling form, Minigrubmon.

"Is that all you've got? I expected more from a digicursed," said Eugene.

"Kyou, I don't think that a mega-level digimon is enough," commented Gekishin.

"Right. Mecharedveedramon, digivolve to your giga-level form," Kyou said.

Mecharedveedramon digivolved past its mega-level form and into its giga-level form, Warredveedramon. "Eugene, it's a giga. We can't beat that," said Beth.

"No, we can't, but I know a couple of persocoms who can. Hey, Bethany!"

"Yes?"

"...It's fun time."

Bethany grinned maniacally. Her hair turned blood red and her eyes turned fiery as she began to laugh. Warredveedramon began its attack. Bethany rushed at Warredveedramon, threw it high into the air, and leaped up after it.

"How can something that small be so strong?" asked Ken. Bethany caught Warredveedramon in mid-air, threw it to the ground, sped down and attacked it again. She was laughing the entire time.

"She was built out of a digitanium alloy and runs off of a digital engine." Bethany slammed Warredveedramon into the ground, reducing it to its mega-level form, Novaredveedramon. She continued her assault.

"What's going on? How could this little speck take out a giga-level digimon?" questioned Kyou. Bethany laughed as she clashed with Novaredveedramon.

"I'd leave before she gets too carried away," said Eugene. Novaredveedramon was again reduced, this time back to its ultimate form, Mecharedveedramon. Bethany continued to attack.

"Kyou, I think we should withdraw. We should come back when we have the others," said Gekishin.

"Agreed. Mech—Redveedramon, lets go."

Gekishin, carrying Minigrubmon, and Kyou, followed by Redveedramon, fled. Bethany started to pursue them. "Bethany, that's enough," said Eugene. Bethany stopped and returned to Eugene.

"It was close, but we won," said Daisuke.

"Nothing was won today. It will be a long time before the war is over. And besides, you didn't do anything," remarked Eugene. "Get your families and their digimon. As long as you're here, they're in danger as well."

Ken went and got the rest of his family, but Daisuke stayed. "We don't need your help. We can take care of this ourselves," he said.

"Can you take on a mega-level digimon without yours?"

"Uh...No."

"I'd bet you couldn't even take one on with yours, since it couldn't even beat a mere ultimate-level. Go get your family."

Annoyed, Daisuke obeyed. Ken returned with his family and their digimon, followed by Daisuke soon afterwards. Eugene created another portal.

"W-what's that?" asked Daisuke's sister.

"It is a portal that leads to safety. Yagami Tai and Hikari, along with Izumi Koushiro and Hida Iori are already there."

"WHAT! Hikari's in there!" shouted Daisuke as he rushed into the portal. Beth couldn't help but laugh.

"Heh, looks like someone has a crush on Hikari," laughed Eugene. Now thinking it was safe, the Motomiya and Ichijouji families and their digimon went through the portal. "Beth, take Inju and head towards the Digipure of Love. I'll take Bethany and head towards the Digipure of Reliability. We'll meet back here when we get these digipure."

"Got it."