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Chapter 5: Trust
As Mako sat at his computer, he typed in the information that he had gotten in the earlier battle. He listened to the recording of the gadget as he typed in the digimon's name and power levels.
"Gallantmon: Power Level: 4500. MegaGargomon: Power Level: 3500. Sakuyamon: Power Level: 4000. Justimon: Power Level: 4000."
Mako sighed as he leaned back in his chair, thinking about the battle.
'Even though they can bioemerge, they were still no match for Dark Trailmon. His power level was the same as Beelzemon's and even combined they couldn't stop him. But still, that digimon that bears the hazard is still a threat. His power level is the closest to Beelzemon's but what would happen if he went out of control?'
He saved the file and went into the kitchen to get a drink. As he poured the milk, he saw the note his parent's left behind before they left. After he was finished, he looked outside. It was dark out but still early. He grabbed his black coat and headed out the door, walking under the cool night sky.
Suzie walked down the streets fuming with anger. She left Lopmon at home because she wanted to be alone for a while. She kept walking, mad at Henry for not letting her go with him.
'What's his deal anyway? We could've helped out but no. Henry has to do everything by himself.'
She started to walk in a neighborhood where a lot of people were inside of their homes.
"Stupid Henry. Why can't he see that I'm as strong as he is?" she said out loud to herself.
"Maybe it's because he's too blind to see it. Or maybe he's just protecting you," said a voice behind her.
She turned around to see Mako standing behind her at a street corner.
"Mako. What do you want?"
"Nothing. I live around here so I'm just taking a stroll," he said as he walked closer to her. "I heard your mumblings to yourself. Sounds like your brother's a pain."
"Not really. He just worries about me a little too much."
"Yeah. I guess that's a good thing."
"A good thing?" she asked as she looked at him.
"Well, I'm just saying. At least he cares about his siblings. There are some older brothers or sisters who don't even care about their younger siblings. You're pretty lucky to have a caring brother."
"I guess so. Now, about the last time we met. You really don't remember me?"
"Nope. Of course, I wouldn't forget a pretty face like yours."
She blushed slightly and, trying to sound menacing, said, "Don't get touchy with me."
"Not trying to. Now…about your brother, maybe we can show him that you are as strong as him."
She looked at him and said, "How?"
He smiled as he walked closer to her and said, "It's easy really. I can show you how if you come with me."
Suzie was about to say something when something jumped from the trees above and stood in between the two.
"Lopmon!" Suzie exclaimed.
"You keep away from her! She doesn't need to hear your nonsense," said Lopmon in an attack stance.
"Lopmon what are you doing here?" Suzie asked.
Keeping her eye on Mako still, she responded, "I quietly followed you here to make sure you were ok. Then I saw this creep talking to you."
"I was just helping her out," Mako said.
"She doesn't need it. She can prove her strength her own way. She doesn't need your help."
Mako sighed in defeat and said, "Fine. I'll go." He took a card out of his pocket and handed it to Suzie. "Here. You can use that card to help digivolve to mega level. Use it well."
He turned around and walked back towards his home. Suzie looked at the card Mako gave her. It was a weird card that had brilliant sparks of light for the picture and the title on it was 'Warped Digivolution'. Lopmon looked at the card that Suzie was holding.
"Why would he give you a card?" Lopmon asked.
"I don't know. Maybe he's not so bad after all," Suzie said pocketing the card.
As they walked back home, Mako watched them from the shadows.
'Now we shall see how loyal these tamers are.'
The next morning, Suzie woke up and went to eat breakfast. She saw that Henry was on the couch watching the morning news. She ate her cereal and then sat down with him. When Henry noticed her sitting there, he looked at her.
"Look Suzie. I'm sorry that I didn't let you go yesterday but if a bioemergence comes today, then you can come," he said.
"Really?" she asked looking at him.
"Of course. I realize you're a tamer, Suzie, but I don't want anything to happen to you. If anything did, mom and dad would freak."
"I guess you're right. I shouldn't be mad at you Henry. You were just being a good brother and I wasn't thinking about how mom and dad would feel if something happened to me."
"Well, now that that's taking care of, let's go somewhere," said Terriermon as he popped onto the head of the couch.
"Yeah it's a nice day out. Please Henry?" asked Suzie as she gave her brother a sad look.
He laughed and said, "Ok. You don't have to beg. Get dressed and get Lopmon and we'll go."
Suzie got dressed and with Lopmon perched on her shoulder, as well as Terriermon perched on Henry's, they left. They walked through different shops looking at the merchandise. Suzie had brought her own money and bought some new Digimon cards as well as a cute necklace she saw. Henry also bought some things to update on his computer. They bought lunch and then started to head home when they ran into Jeri and Leomon.
"Hey guys!" Henry waved to them.
Jeri saw them coming and waved back. Henry and Suzie went up to them to talk about the recent activities lately.
"What's up?" asked Jeri.
"Not much, really. That Mako kid is still around and I'm not sure why," said Henry.
"He might just be wanting to work on his own for the same cause," said Leomon.
"That's what we're thinking but it seems like there's a lot more to it than that," said Suzie.
"Like what?" asked Jeri.
"We're not sure yet but that's why we're keeping an eye on him. By the way, have you seen Calumon around?" said Henry.
Jeri nodded and said, "He's at home with Masahiko. Those two have gotten to be close friends with one another."
"Well at least it keeps him out of trouble," said Terriermon.
Henry nodded and said, "We better go. See you around."
"Ok. See ya."
They started to walk off when another digital field appeared.
"I guess not," said Suzie.
"Sheesh. Can't we ever get break from these bioemerges?" complained Terriermon.
"As long as they keep coming we have to stop them," said Leomon.
"Right. Let's go," said Jeri.
They all headed off toward the digital field and once they got there, they saw that Takato, Rika, Kazu, and Kenta were also there with their partners. Ryo, however, was nowhere to be seen as well as Mako.
"What's bioemerging?" Henry asked them.
"Not sure yet," said Takato.
As the fog cleared a little bit, in front of the tamers was a huge golden dragon with axed wings and purple hair. Suzie pulled out her pink D-Arc and scanned it.
"Ouryuumon. Vaccine Type. Mega Level. This flying dragon's attacks are Eiseiryuuoujin and Ougai."
"Man, those names couldn't get any harder could they?" said Kazu.
"You guys ready?" asked Henry.
"Of course," said Kazu eagerly.
Takato, Henry, and Rika held up their D-Arcs as they glowed.
BIOEMERGE DIGIVOLUTION
"Bioemerge Activate!"
"Guilmon bioemerge to…Gallantmon!"
"Terriermon bioemerge to…MegaGargomon!"
"Renamon bioemerge to…Sakuyamon!"
Suzie looked at Lopmon and said, "You ready?"
"Yes. Let's help out."
Suzie pulled out a digivolution card and slashed it through her D-Arc.
"Digi-Modify! Matrix Digivolution Activate!"
MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION
"Lopmon matrix digivolve to…Antylamon!"
They all stood in front of the dragon as Andromon, MarineAngemon and Leomon also joined. Ouryuumon immediately attacked the digimon.
"Ougai!" he roared as multiple blasts of energy were shot at the digimon.
"Lighting Joust!" said Gallantmon.
The attack hit the dragon as it roared in pain, causing the others to attack as well.
"Spirit Strike!"
"Gargo Missiles!"
"Bunny Blades!"
"Kahuna Waves!"
"Gatling Attack!"
"Fist of the Beast King!"
The attacks from them were fired at the digimon and they anxiously waited to see how much damage it had done. Before anyone could react, Ouryuumon attacked them.
"Ougai!" he said as a more powerful blast than the last one hit them.
They all fell to the ground with damage done to them. What they didn't know is that they were being watched. In the shadows nearby, Mako had on his gadget as he watched the power levels of the digimon rise and fall. Beelzemon stood beside him watching the battle as well.
"Should we help them?" asked Beelzemon.
"You know that we can't help them. The last battle they were supposed to face on their own so we could get information off of them, but we helped them. We have no reason to help them now and besides it's their battle," he responded.
"Fine. But if things get too bad for them out there, I'm going."
"By then we might have the information we need because the ones we haven't gotten yet are here now. I'll tell you when you can help them if you want."
"That might be best. What about that little guy, Calumon?"
"He's no concern of ours yet."
The battle raged on between the digimon and Ouryuumon while Mako obtained every detail of their power. They were getting weak and decided on something.
"Maybe we should retreat guys. He's too strong," Sakuyamon said.
"I know what you mean. But we can't give up," said Takato.
MegaGargomon landed next to Suzie after dodging an attack from the dragon.
"Suzie, maybe you should go now," said Henry.
"No way. I'm not leaving."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. Go now!"
MegaGargomon went and charged at the digimon with some more attacks leaving behind Suzie. Her anger flared up, as she knew she could help out. That she wasn't as weak as her brother thought. She then remembered last night.
Mako handed her the card and said, "Here. This card will help you digivolve to mega. Use it well."
Suzie took out the card from her pocket that Mako had given her. She looked at it and then at the battle.
'I can be stronger than him,' she thought.
She slashed the card through her D-Arc, not knowing what would happen next.
"Digi-Modify! Warped Digivolution Activate!"
Antylamon started to glow as swirls of dark energy surrounded her as well. She changed in size and shape as she morphed into something else. Once the evolution was complete, standing in Antylamon's place was a dark digimon.
"Cherubimon. Virus Type. Mega Level. Attacks are Lightning Spear and Holy Hug," said Suzie as she read off of her D-Arc. "A virus type? But that can't be right. She's supposed to be a vaccine type, isn't she? Oh, Lopmon. What have I done?"
"This should be interesting," said Mako.
The others looked at this new mega digimon and Suzie knew that this wasn't Lopmon's true mega form. Ouryuumon looked at the mega digimon that just evolved and charged at it.
"Ougai!"
Cherubimon smiled as she swatted away the attack and used her own attacks at the dragon.
"Lightning Spear!" she said as bolts of lightning came down onto Ouryuumon.
Ouryuumon was damaged from some of the bolts of lightning but he was also able to dodge some. His whole body started to glow brightly as he powered up his next attack.
"Eiseiryuuoujin!" he said as he spun around quickly sending a swirling vortex of energy at the virus Cherubimon.
The attack hit full force as Cherubimon was hit dead on. She screamed in pain as she dedigivolved back into her rookie form. Suzie ran up to Lopmon who was on the ground.
"Lopmon! You ok?" Suzie said picking her up.
Lopmon opened her eyes and said, "I'm all right."
"I'm sorry Lopmon. I didn't mean for that to happen. I just…wanted to show Henry that I'm just as strong as him."
"Suzie…you are as strong as him. But you can't prove it by letting others help you. Mako gave you that card but it didn't help you prove anything. You can prove it by relying on your own abilities."
"Thanks Lopmon. I just wish I could help…"
"You can Suzie. Just believe in yourself that you can do it," Lopmon said as she stood up.
Suzie also stood up and said, "You're right. I haven't been a very good tamer because I was only thinking about myself. But now I understand everything. Let's show Ouryuumon what true power is."
"I'm with you Suzie."
Suzie held out her D-Arc as it started to glow, the light engulfing both tamer and digimon.
BIOEMERGE DIGIVOLUTION
"Bioemerge Activate!"
"Lopmon bioemerge to…Cherubimon!"
As the evolution was complete, Cherubimon stood there but this time it wasn't dark. Instead it was a pale pink and white. She looked at her opponent and knew that she could defeat him.
"Let's beat him together guys," said Cherubimon.
"Ready when you are," said MegaGargomon.
"Ok. Lighting Spear!"
"Mega Barrage!"
"Lightning Joust!"
"Spirit Strike!"
"Gatling Attack!"
"Kahuna Waves!"
"Fist of the Beast King!"
All of the attacks hit their target as Ouryuumon screamed and writhed in pain. He finally was deleted as everyone went back into their rookie forms. Mako smiled as he turned off the gadget.
"Looks like they're strong after all. Let's go Beelzemon."
Mako walked off with Beelzemon in tow, still unnoticed by the other tamers. They all congratulated Suzie and Lopmon for a job well done. Suzie pulled out the card that Mako gave her last night and knew that it was because of that card that made Lopmon digivolve into a virus mega digimon.
"I thought I could trust you Mako. I thought you were just like us. But I guess I was wrong…"
She ripped the card in half and let the two halves fall to the ground.
"I'll never trust you again…"