FYI, the word 'black' comes up 12 times in this chapter. The main uses being BLACKagumon and BLACKhawk.

I checked that after I noticed that one paragraph in particular has about four uses.

Hmmm...anyway:

Chapter 20 – Saving Private Kari (Part 2)

Matt was in trouble.

He had about six missiles after him and was out of flares.

Checking his fuel, he had enough for about an hour of super cruise (Flying supersonic without the help of an afterburner) but he was gulping this up in his afterburner that he needs to constantly evade these missiles.

'Ah, to hell with it' he thought.

"TK," he announced into his radio, "I'm gonna ditch into the base. Pick me up later, over."

"Sure thing. Good luck, over and out."

Matt steered the F22 Raptor towards the base and locked it in his sights. He looked over his shoulder and grabbed his M8. He could see a missile coming up behind him.

"Hey, wanna play follow the leader?" He said to thin air, "Follow this!"

He jammed the afterburner on, accelerating the Fighter towards the sound barrier.

"Here we go!" He hit a switch, blowing the canopy off. Then he pulled the ejector pin that was over his shoulder and was launched into the sky.

The Raptor continued its course into the base and exploded, creating a huge hole in the roof. A few seconds later, six stinger missiles locked onto the heat signature of the flames and slammed into the base, blowing what was left of it after the Apache attack into the sky.

Meanwhile, two battles raged on simultaneously…

"Dark Shot!"

"Desperado Blaster!"

The two attacks hit midway and exploded spectacularly. The two ultimates fought as hard as their partners, who were also locked in combat nearby.

Davis kneed Patrick in the stomach, and then threw him backwards. The teenager tried to get up, but the man stood on his neck.

"Ahhhh…get…off…me…" Patrick gasped.

"Not a chance!"

Skullgreymon turned to see his partner in trouble. He roared, then charged over, only to be stopped by Paildramon.

"Skull…greymon," Patrick grabbed his digivice, "Take it…to the next level!"

Paildramon was jumped back as Skullgreymon started glowing black.

"Skullgreymon mega digivolve to Blackwargreymon"

The mega landed beside Patrick and wasted no time kicking Davis off him.

"You ok?"

Patrick got up, "Yeah, but that guy got away with Kari. I'm not sure if Gatomon got in or not."

"Blackwargreymon!" Davis jumped up, D3 in hand, "Well this is déjà vu! Paildramon, mega digivolve!"

"Sure thing."

"Paildramon mega digivolve to…Paildramon?"

Davis looked in horror, "What's wrong? I need Imperialdramon!"

"We can't. Not without Ken."

The man looked out towards the plane flying off into the distance, "You picked one hell of a time to leave." By the time Davis had realised his mistake, Patrick found his G36C and was aiming at the Davis.

"Game over. Give it up." He said.

"Never!" He switched on his radio and shouted, "Initiate Operation Last Stand…AHHH"

He screamed in pain as two bullets took off his knees.

"Davis!" Paildramon charged towards Patrick, but was intercepted by Blackwargreymon, who jumped onto his back, knocking him to the ground and causing him to immediately dedigivolve back to Veemon and Wormmon.

"Ow, that hurt…" Wormmon moaned.

"Come on Davis, get up." Veemon was trying desperately to get his fallen friend up.

"I…can't. I'm done for. Go while you still can!"

"No, not yet. You've gone through worse than this!"

"I doubt he's ever got his knees done in before," Patrick said as he approached to two, "Now to finish the job."

Veemon stood between the two, "You want him, and you'll have to go through me!" he stared into the teenager's eyes.

Patrick stared back for a few seconds, then said, "So be it." Before nailing a two round burst into the digimon.

Veemon disintegrated into data before he hit the ground.

"Sir! We're losing cabin pressure!" The co-pilot shouted just after he had put the new flight data into the computer.

"What!" Ken spun round and opened the door into the main cabin. There was a swirl of air as he noticed that the door was open. Kari was standing by it.

"Are you crazy? Don't jump!" The robed man shouted.

The girl turned around, and said "Goodbye" before jumping out.

Ken ran to the door, "You suicidal…" he was cut off as Angewomon appeared in front of him.

"Here you go," She handed him an object before flying off with Kari.

The man was in complete shock. But by the time he looked at the object he hand been handed, it was too late.

The HE grenade went off, blowing the fuselage in half. Then the fuel ignited, obliterating the entire jet.

Angewomon hovered nearby, "Nothing like revenge."

"Come on, let's get back to Patrick. He might be in trouble," Kari said.

Patrick was in complete control.

He calmly walked over to the dieing man and held his rifle to his head, "Operation Last Stand, eh? What's that?"

Davis simply smiled, "Oh, you'll find out in…say…three minutes?"

"Tell me, or I blow you head off."

"Go ahead and shoot me. I'm dead anyway. We're all dead."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Why don't you ask one of your friends? Don't worry, I ain't going anywhere soon." He motioned to his legs.

Patrick walked over to his radio headset that had been knocked off during their fight, "Matt, you there?"

No response.

"Son of a bitch," he switch the channel, "TK, respond!"

"TK here. Hows it going?"

"What's Operation Last Stand?"

The was a brief silence before the man came back on, his tone of voice changed completely, "Something bad for us. I'm getting you out of there. TK out."

"Shit, will someone please have some good news?" He said as he turned his radio off.

"How about, 'I'm safe?'" A voice said behind him. The boy spun around to see Kari standing with Gatomon in her arms.

Patrick just smiled, "You wanna know something? That's the best news I've heard in days."

Underneath Motomiya air base, there is a small underground cavern. In that cavern sat a metal crate, with the words 'OP: LS – LEVEL SIX SECURITY CLEARENCE REQUIRED' printed on the side in standard military stencilling.

In another cavern sat the Fire Control for the entire base. Being underground, it was unaffected by Patrick's aerial bombardment, allowing them to continue Anti-Air defences against Matt's Raptor.

Davis' voice came over a radio. Everyone could easily hear it in the silence.

"Initiate Operation Last Stand…AHHH…" there were gunshots, and the signal cut off.

The men in the cavern looked at each other, and then went about their work. Flicking switches, activating consoles, starting programs, etc. After about a minute, the leader walked up to the main console and took a key out of his pocket. He inserted it into a keyhole by a huge monitor and turned it. Suddenly sirens started whirring throughout the underground part of the base. Red pulsing lights accompanied it.

The top of main screen now read:

'WARNING – OPERATION LAST STAND PROTOCOL INITIATED – EVACUATION PROCEDURES ACTIVE'

And taking up the rest of the screen was a countdown timer:

1:30

1:29

1:28

1:27…

"I believe these are yours…" Patrick handed Kari her D-Terminal and camera.

"Thank you," She set her D-Terminal in her pocket and put her Camera back around her neck.

The UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter landed safely beside Patrick and Kari. Matt jumped out, "Come on, we don't have much time!"

"I'll take your word for it then!" Patrick yelled back over the spinning rotors, "Blackwargreymon, lets go."

The mega digimon flew to his partner's side after a clean up of the remaining SAM sites, then he dedigivolved back to Blackagumon.

They all jumped into the chopper as it quickly took off and flew back towards the castle.

Once they had levelled into a cruise position, Patrick walked into the cockpit, "So would you mind spilling the beans on this Last Stand thing?" he asked the two pilots.

"Every facility under the Dark Master's control has one. It's a final option against an invasion force."

"Final option? God, I can't wait to hear this…"

Davis could only watch as the Blackhawk charged off into the distance. Veemon's sacrifice had been in vain. He would die anyway.

"But at least I'm taking them with me."

Patrick calmly walked back into the hold and sat down in his seat, strapping himself in. He was unusually pale.

"What's wrong?" Kari asked.

The teenager slowly moved his head to the others, "Strap yourselves in. We're in for a bumpy ride."

Kari put on her belt and Gatomon jumped onto her lap. Blackagumon secured himself beside Patrick.

The group landed safe and sound in their own, familiar computer room. No guy with rifles ready to shoot them. No battleships firing missiles at them….

No Patrick…

"Well that was quick. What happened?" Izzy asked before looking over at Tai, "And who's she?"

"You're not gonna believe this," Tai started, "But we've actually been away a lot longer than you think…"

"What's going on?" Kari asked.

"If we get through this, I'll tell you. As for now, hold on tight!"

0:31

0:30

0:29

0:28…

"How's it going youse two?" Patrick shouted into the cockpit.

"I'd say about 30 seconds." TK yelled back.

"We're 4 kilometres out now. Just about safe. I hope."

"Good," Patrick relaxed, "We might just survive after all."

0:10

0:09

0:08

0:07…

In the cavern next door, a whirring sound could be heard from within the crate.

The thing was, there was nobody there to hear it.

The base was in chaos.

Everyone was scrambling for any vehicle they could lay their hands on – Humvees, Jeeps, even fighter jets.

They knew something big was going to happen, and they didn't want to be here. What they didn't know was when…

0:03

0:02

0:01

0:00

OP: LS - DETONATE

The entire base was engulfed in light. Every living thing was vaporised.

The base commander – Davis Motomiya – said three final words before joining his comrades.

"Game over, Paddy!"

The world around the chopper was suddenly turned white. Long shadows were cast out behind boulders scattered around the barren landscape before they were blackened on one side.

Even through the already deafening roar of the Blackhawk's engines, the occupants could hear the colossal 'BOOM' of the explosion.

The helicopter was rocked gently, before the first blast wave hit it, throwing it around violently.

"I'm losing control!" TK shouted.

"Cut power! Go into a controlled free-fall! Try and land us safely!" Matt ordered.

Suddenly another wave hit, but this was no ordinary shockwave. Sparks exploded from all the equipment in the hold. The dashboard in the cockpit burst into flames.

"DAMN, WE WERE STILL IN RANGE!" Matt screamed.

"I CAN'T HOLD ON. WE'RE GOING DOWN!" TK answer.

The digimon started holding their ears and whining, as if there was some sort of noise the others couldn't hear that was driving them crazy.

Kari had an expression of pure terror, "Is this it?" she whispered to herself.

The Blackhawk crashed nose-first into the desert. It even had enough momentum to roll a few times before coming to a complete stop – upside down.

The fuel tanks ruptured right open, and started to trickle towards the fire in the cockpit…