The digidestined were tired, hungry, and demoralized. As they stopped for a break, Commandramon said, "You know, I'm starting to think that maybe that river was the other way." "Are you kidding me!" Yelled Patamon, and began shaking him. "We've been walking for hours!" "Hey, stop that!" said JC. "Ugh. Never mind. So what now? Do we turn around?" Patamon asked. Bill thought for a moment. "If we want to meet up with the girls, we should stop for a break and turn around. Beckman?" Beckman paused. "We need food, or we won't be able to cross that desert again. We should be able to find some good plants here in the mountains. Let's split up and meet back here in an hour." "Ok," said John, "Kathy, you and Kudamon stay here and... ummm..." "Guard the camp!" Said Commandramon. "But-" Kathy started, "Thanks for being such a big help Kathy. We'll see you in an hour," said Guilmon. "But you guys," said Kathy, but they were already gone.
Kudamon looked at Kathy. "What were you going to say?" "Kathy sighed. "I was going to say that I've seen a lot of strange footprints around and I think that it would be a lot safer to search in larger groups. But nobody ever listens to-" "What kind of tracks?" Kudamon interupted, "Oops. Sorry." Kathy looked at him. "Like those big bird ones over there." Kudamon looked. "Hmmmm. Could be nothing. Could be trouble. I know two or three Birdramon live here. They're fine. But we should still go find someone. Who do you think will listen to you?" Kathy said quietly, "Lauren would." "Don't worry," said Kudamon, "we'll find them. For now, let's go tell Beckman and Leormon to help us round up everyone into one big group." Far off, a Birdramon's screech was suddenly heard.
Meanwhile, Beckman was doing very well collecting food. Leormon was a little way off looking for water. he began tugging on another plant. Without warning, three Mushmon popped out of the ground. They looked angry. "Ummm, hey guys," said Beckman, "lovely day, isn't it?" "It was," said the middle mushmon, "But then you started vandalizing our property. Fungus crusher!" "Bullet whirlwind!" Kudamon rammed the Mushroomon right before he had a chance to fire. Kathy ran up to Beckman. "Are you alright?" Kudamon stared at the digimon. "Get out of here. Now." The Mushroomon turned around and mumbled to themsevles. One of them said a little to loudly, "I'm going to tell Lucemon about this." Kathy yelled at him. "Go ahead! See if we care!" She threw a rock at them and they scurried off.
Leormon came runnig back. "Beckman, are you okay? I shouldn't have left." "No, Leormon, it's ok. Kathy and Kudamon came and saved me. Thanks guys." They smiled. "No problem," Kathy said, "But right now, we have to go find the others. They could be in as much trouble as you were." They began walking. Suddenly, there was a loud growl. They all looked at each other, then began running toward the source.
When they got to where the growl had come from, their fears were confirmed. JC, John, and Bill were under attack by a giant black bird. Growlmon was holding it off. Leormon said, "That's Saberdramon, the corrupted version of Birdramon." "Yeah," said Kudamon, "But why is she here? I thought only good Birdramon lived on this mountain. Could it be that one of them was somehow corupted? But how?" Beckman looked at them. "You guys, maybe we can stand around and talk about this later. Right now, they need our help." "Look!" said Kathy "Patamon is digivolving!" "Patmon, digivolve to... Angemon! Hand of fate!" Saberdramon flew out of the way of the attack. She screeched, "Black Saber!" She slashed at Growlmon's face while he was distracted by Angemon's attack. Growlmon took a direct hit and fell on his back. Angemon turned to him, "Growlmon, are you-" "Nitro arrow!" Angemon was hit too and he also collapsed. Angemon and Growlmon turned back to their rookie forms and laid unconscious on the ground.
Saberdramon turned to the children. She screeched again. Kathy and Beckman and their digimon partners ran to join their friends. Kathy asked, "Is everyone okay?" Bill said, "We're fine, but Guilmon and Patamon are out cold. Saberdramon screamed, "Black Saber!" She began to dive. Kudamon began to concentrate. "Exceeding light dash!" Kudamon focused all of his energy into his earing, which began to shine brightly. Saberdramon moved her eyes away from the bright light. She missed her target and crashed into the ground. Kudamon immediately took the chance. "Bullet whirlwind!" He tackled Saberdramon as hard as he could. Kathy began moving everyone away. "Come on guys, we need to get Guilmon and Patamon to safety. Kudamon will hold her off." Saberdramon rose up with an even angrier expression on her face. "Nitro dart!" Kudamon tried to dodge the attack but was thrown to the side. "Kudamon!" Kathy yelled.
"Kudamon, digivolve to... Reppamon!" Kathy stopped. "Reppamon! She's coming for you!" Saberdramon began to turn invisible, "Mach shadow!" She dissapeared. Reppamon closed his eyes as his tail swished around. Suddenly, his eyes flashed open. "Random beast fang attack!" Reppamon jumped straight forward and began tearing randomly at the air. Saberdramon reappeared in the exact spot. She screeched in pain. Reppamon landed on the ground. His tail abrubly stopped swishing around. He growled, "Whirling blade!" He began to roll forward. Soon he had gathered a considerable amount of speed. He rolled forward straight towards Saberdramon. He jumped up off the ground and caught her right in the stomach with the rolling tackle. His razor sharp tail caused a deep gash in her chest. She screeched in pain once more. She began to fly away with all her might. In seconds, she was nowhere to be found. Reppamon turned back into Kudamon, panting tiredly. Kathy ran to him. "Kudamon, are you alright?" Kudamon looked at her. "How's everyone else?" "They're fine." "Then I'm fine too," Kudamon said.
Later, when everyone was rested up and Kathy explained how she had decided to come to the rescue, the digidestined began to discuss what they were going to do next. Commandramon said, "That river's that way, I'm sure of it now. Leormon found enough water to last us a few hours, but that's only enough time for us to get to the river." Beckman said, "In that case, I think we should rest for the night and then head straight for the river. We might even find Jenny and Lauren, if they figured out to head towards the river too." JC said, "Sounds good to me." John said, "Me too." Everyone looked at Kathy. She stared back at them. "Let's do it!"