"What the –?" Angemon muttered to himself. A giant pink-white crystal loomed up before him. Inside he could see Princess Alexandra curled up with her wings wrapping around her protectively. She seemed to be asleep.
"Welcome, Prince Angemon. Your challenge now is to save the Princess from this crystal of darkness. Inside she is unconcious, the crystal slowly absorbing her strength. She is light, and where there is darkness, light goes also. That crystal will not stop until all her strength is taken out from her." Gene walked in from behind the crystal.
"What?" Angemon said. "Why?"
"I'd rather get rid of things that I cannot have." Gene explained. "You know that the war was started because of this, right? Prince Exveemon sent me to be a matchmaker for him and the Princess. But you had to interfere! You both had to fall in love, leaving my Prince without the chance of having a queen! Then when I caused madness in all the leaders of the Kingdoms and the war had started, all four of you heirs disappeared!"
Gene began to pace around the crystal, telling his story. "Then I found out that some Light Mage Mysticmon sent you all to a different dimension, with someone named Gennai to watch over you and ensure friendship between all four. I watched Exveemon's constant jealousy over you though, Angemon, and I used some of his dark energy to summon you back where you belong, here in this dimension.
"His jealousy was so great that I was able to create this." Gene pointed to the crystal. "A physical manifestation of hatred, sadness and death. I never meant to use it like this as a weapon, but I must avenge my Prince.
"You killed Prince Exveemon even before you destroyed him today. Now, like a parent having to stop a sibling rivalry, I'll take away what was most precious to both of you. Only now, its really only your loss. But enough of my babbling – If you don't break that crystal and save her in time," Gene said, making an imaginary line across his throat. "Goodbye, dear Princess Angewomon."
Angemon's eyes widened. Gene laughed maniacally. That's why! He thought. I thought she was familiar – voice, face, personality – THE SONG!
"Angewomon!" Angemon yelled. He pounded at the crystal wall.
Angewomon's eyes weakly fluttered open. Someone was pounding at the walls of the crystal outside. She couldn't make out what he was saying, since it was already muffled, and bouncing around the walls and echoing.
"Mmph?" She could barely talk. A small light began to appear in front of her, and it revealed the figure of an angel that she knew. Then the light seemed to have split the wall of the crystal and it began to crack, but she felt too weak to care and drifted back to unconciousness.
