Hello. Compared to the last one this has been a speedy update. In this one probably the worst kept secret is going to be revealed XD Enjoy!
Aldamonburst: Thanks! My decision behind Zudomon was I couldn't find a Digimon that fitted with Armadillomon's champion form. I think I went through all of the ultimate Digimon and Zudomon was the only one that really stood out. And don't worry about it, I've gotten Digimon's levels mixed up before :) It's so easily done.
ZxturtlexZ: Thank you :) I do have plans to bring CaptainHookmon back. It was fun bringing him into the story.
WhiteWolfPrincess95: Thanks! A lot of people have said they like James and Fernanda together lol and I never even thought about when Cody and Ken disliked each other XD
Sweet Cari: Thank you! CaptainHookmon will return, and don't worry Buraimon X will get what he deserves.
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WolfKeeper101: When I saw MetallifeKuwagamon I thought that has to be Wormmon's ultimate form! XD
Warrior-of-water: Thank you :) Yeah, from now on Fernanda, James and Katie will get more action and appear a lot more than what they have done.
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No.1BakuDigiFan: Haha no don't worry I will never abandon this story :) James' crest is Wisdom. It was a tricky one to try and do but I think I sort of got it in some way.
Guest: Thanks, the pirate arc was way too long to cram into a single chapter and I didn't want to rush and cut it down. That story sounds really cool :)
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Digimon 2.5 "Adventure 03"
Episode 37: "The Rise of the Undead King"
.:Gennai's Base, Digital World:.
Wizardmon stepped over the rubble as he walked through the gaping hole which was the main entrance to Gennai's base. The building was still in the same state it was two months ago from the attack.
Outside, there were overgrown weeds sprouting up from underneath the path that led to the main door as well as growing up the side of the building itself. Inside wasn't much different. There was dust and cobwebs everywhere, an obvious sign no one had lived here for quite a while.
The wizard Digimon sighed as he slowly walked further into the building walking down the main corridor. It was cold as a sharp breeze blew in from outside.
He had been told about Gennai's death shortly before returning to the Digital World two days ago, and as it was Gennai who had placed his spirit inside the Spirit Stone he was hoping Gennai had left some sort of information either relating to him or the Spirit Stones.
Each room he passed had had the doors blown off and the room had been ransacked, a clear trail of destruction the Undead King had left when he arrived in search of Gennai.
But as he passed one of the rooms, a shadow emerged on the wall….
Wizardmon was looking for a particular room. Leomon had told him if he wanted to find answers to his remaining questions the best place to look was Gennai's secret lab where he had kept all of his secrets projects.
Of course, the lab wasn't so secret anymore after the Undead King had blasted his way through from the other side.
The room was located at the very back of the base. Prior to the Undead King's arrival, the corridor would have come to an abrupt end but now there was a large hole, exposing the small room.
Wizardmon approached and carefully stepped over the pile of rubble as he entered the room. There was dust everywhere, more than the rest of the building.
He walked over to the main desk and looked around. There was a computer resting on top, covered in dust. He glanced down to see there was a drawer slightly open. Pulling it further open, he saw it was empty. Checking the rest of the drawers quickly he found the rest were also empty except for the last one at the bottom. There was a pile of papers neatly stacked inside.
Wizardmon bent down and picked them up and wiped the dust off the top page. He could just make out the writing, although it was written in human language not Digi Code. "This could be useful for the DigiDestined…" he muttered to himself. He folded them up and placed them in his back pocket.
He turned around and looked around the rest of the room. There were a few machines in the corner where Gennai probably did his experiments. But something else caught Wizardmon's eye. Next to one of the machines, there was a slight difference in the pattern of the stone wall.
Wizardmon walked over and studied it. The stone was slightly larger than the rest and was protruding slightly out from the wall. Wizardmon balanced his staff against the wall before grasping the abnormal stone with both hands. With a little struggle at first, he managed to pull it out. A cloud of dust wafted into the Digimon's face and he dropped the stone to the side before waving the dust away.
Once it had cleared, Wizardmon looked up to see there was a small metal safe tucked away between the stones. Wizardmon fiddled with the lock, and unsurprisingly it wouldn't open.
"No problem." He said to himself. He raised his right hand and created a small energy orb in his palm before slowly teleporting it towards the safe. The orb engulfed itself around the lock before causing it to explode, blasting the safe door wide open.
Once the small explosion had settled, Wizardmon stepped forward and peered inside the safe. Right at the back there was something there… something that shone as a bit of the light caught it.
"Well I never…."
The wizard Digimon placed his gloved hand inside the safe and pulled out its contents; the Spirit Stone of Friendship. He knew it was a Spirit Stone. Leomon had described them to him, and the jewel in his hand matched his description perfectly.
It was a lucky find. He hadn't expected to find one on his journey here, especially after he had been told Gennai had secretly hidden the eight Spirit Stones across the entire Digital World.
He wondered if that had been part of Gennai's plan to keep one hidden in his base. To Wizardmon it seemed like a too obvious place to store such a valuable jewel….
Just then, Wizardmon's ears suddenly pricked up as the familiar sound of shifting rubble was heard from behind. As quick as a flash the wizard Digimon hid the Spirit Stone behind his back and spun round to face whoever had entered the room…
Stood in the entrance to the room was one of the Undead King's Dobermon X, who was soon joined by another who appeared from behind him, both beast Digimon snarling and showing their sharp teeth.
Wizardmon sighed, a little calm despite the current circumstance he found himself in. "Looks like I won't be leaving as easily as I arrive then." he spoke to himself out load.
Both Dobermon X responded with a fierce growl as they began to approach him.
Wizardmon slowly backed up until his back was pressed up against the wall, still with one hand behind his back concealing the Spirit Stone, but one of the Dobermon X sprung forward without warning, lunging at him. Wizardmon raised his staff and formed a defensive barrier in front of himself.
Dobermon X struck the barrier and bounced straight off it, the energy force from the barrier causing him to crash land in the pile of rubble next to his partner.
The second Dobermon X snarled and charged forward just as the barrier vanished….
Wizardmon sighed once more. "I haven't got time for this…. Magical Game!" As quick as a flash, he vanished from sight causing the on-coming beast to skid to a halt. Wizardmon reappeared in the air, behind the bewildered Dobermon X. He pointed his staff downwards and released a blast of electric energy from the end.
Dobermon X turned around and was immediately struck by the surprise attack. There was a bright flash of light that filled the room for a split second as the attack blasted his body into a shower of data.
Seeing his partner vanish in the blink of an eye, the last Dobermon X snarled before retreating backwards and scurrying out of the room and out of sight.
Wizardmon gave chase, knowing he couldn't let him escape.
Outside Dobermon X sprinted out of the main entrance and made a break away from the base. He didn't get far as a bolt of lightning quickly followed him from inside the derelict castle and hit him from behind, destroying him instantly.
Wizardmon appeared from inside the base and descended down, landing on the ground where Dobermon X had been destroyed. He took one more look at the Spirit Stone of Friendship he still held in his hand. "Now, time to get this safely back to the DigiDestined before anything else happens." He said to himself. He placed the Spirit Stone inside his pocket and zipped it shut before flying off up into the air…
.:File City, File Island, Digital World:.
"We're not doing very well guys." Patamon said as he slouched on top of his partner's head. "We haven't found any Spirit Stones yet."
"You have to be a little patient Patamon." MJ commented as she glanced up at him. "Have you forgotten how big the Digital World is?"
Jonathon was walking up front of the small group with his laptop open in the palm of his right hand. A map of the city was open on the screen.
"What are you doing?" Margaret asked as she quickened her pace to walk along side of him.
"I'm narrowing down possible locations within the city where there might be a Spirit Stone." The Izumi boy replied. "Obviously Gennai couldn't have hid them where Digimon frequently go; like their homes, stores and the hospital for example so that should narrow down my search."
"That's great Jonathon, but do you think we could stop off for some lunch right about now? I'm hungry. Plus wouldn't you find it easier to sit down whilst working on your laptop?" Tentomon questioned.
Jonathon came to a slow stop before averting his eyes from the screen. "I guess you're right. According to this map there is a small café at the end of this street."
Suddenly, a dagger flew in between Jonathon and Margaret and impaled itself in the brick wall beside them, causing the DigiDestined and their Digimon to jump back in fright. They then all turned around in the direction of where the dagger had come from.
Stood on top of the roof of a low two story building was Buraimon X. He had his two swords grasped in both hands and his eyes were fixed on the children.
"Who's that?" Patamon whispered down to MJ.
Before MJ had time to answer, Buraimon X leapt off the roof of the building and preformed a double summersault in the air before he landed perfectly in the middle of the road opposite the DigiDestined, still holding his swords.
The children backed up a few steps, with their Digimon naturally taking their positions in front. "… Can we help you?" Gatomon asked sceptically.
Buraimon X placed one of his swords back in its leather casing but still held on to the other in his right hand. "I am here for the emerald." He spoke abruptly.
"What?" the children responded in unison.
"The emerald." The X Digimon repeated. "Hand it over. I know you have it." He added thrusting his sword in Margaret's direction.
Margaret gasped and took a step back, hiding slightly behind Jonathon.
"Oh no he must be a member of the Undead King's army!" Tentomon exclaimed.
Buraimon X remained focused on the young Kimura girl. "Do not make this more difficult for yourself. If you do not simply hand it over I will be forced to take it from you."
"She doesn't have it." Gatomon replied threatening, showing her claws. "And if you lay a finger on her you'll have me to deal with."
Buraimon X chuckled somewhat. "Now why don't I believe you? The Undead King wants that emerald. He is close to the four he requires and I will bring it to him. I never fail a mission." He lunged towards the DigiDestined, retracting his sword and preparing to swipe it at them….
The children and Digimon all ran to the left, barely getting out of the way in time.
Buraimon X collided with the wall and his sword became lodged in between the bricks. He grunted as he stepped back and tried to yank his sword out, but it wouldn't budge.
Noticing the X Digimon was currently incapacitated, the children and Digimon took the chance to escape. They spun round and ran as fast as they could down the street. "Let's get out of here." Jonathon instructed.
Buraimon X growled. "You can run but you can't escape from me." He yanked his sword once more, which was enough to free it from the wall before he swiftly gave chase.
.:Thunder Mountain, File Island, Digital World:.
"What's taking him so long?" The Undead King grumbled to himself as he stared out of his small window from his room at the top of the tower. "Buraimon X should have been back by now."
He slowly turned his attention from the window and looked across the room to where the Spirit Stones of Love, Sincerity and Reliability were resting in their tripods on the table in the corner. He was growing more and more impatient by the minute. He was so close he could almost taste it.
One more. Just one more emerald and he would finally have all his powers back, plus more. Right now he didn't care if he didn't end up with all eight. All that mattered at the moment was getting his hands on that fourth emerald.
He had been tempted before with the three he already possessed, but he had been stopped.
Only the power from four emeralds would give him his body and strength back. Once he was back then would he concentrate on taking the rest of the emeralds from the DigiDestined…
"You better not fail me Buraimon X."
.:File City, File Island, Digital World:.
The children and Digimon reached the end of Firewall Avenue and came to a stop in the middle of the intersection, panting and gasping for breath.
"Do…. Do you think we lost him?" Margaret asked, as she was hunched over breathing heavily.
Gatomon glanced behind them, but the Kimura girl's question was soon answered when Buraimon X appeared, dropping down from above in front of them with both of his swords drawn.
"There is no use running from me. You can not escape." The X Digimon threatened.
Gatomon snarled. "He's only a champion Digimon. If we digivolve we can easily take him down." she spoke, standing firmly in front of her human partner.
The children placed their hands on their digivices, preparing to release their rings….
Buraimon X chuckled, hearing the feline's comment. "Do you really think I travelled here alone? I knew retrieving the emerald wouldn't be a breeze so I brought re-enforcements." He placed one of his swords back in its casing before he raised his left hand and clicked his fingers.
Nothing happened at first, but then the ground began to tremble under their feet. There was an explosion from the left as a Minotarumon X burst out through a wall from inside one of the buildings. A shadow then passed overhead as Megadramon X appeared and hovered just behind Buraimon X. A drain cover in the middle of the intersection began to rumble before it was blasted off high up into the air and Raremon X emerged from underground, damaging the road as he forced his way through the small gap. Nanimon X appeared on the roof of one of the buildings. He jumped down, somersaulting in the air before landing on the ground, pounding it with his right fist as he did.
Buraimon X smiled as his small army positioned themselves behind him. "These Digimon may be a small sample of the Undead King's force but they are not to be underestimated. You could have avoided this situation if you had simply just handed me the emerald to begin with."
The children and Digimon slowly backed up across the intersection, passing over the train tracks in the process. "Oh no, we're outnumbered. Now what do we do?" Margaret murmured.
Buraimon X and his army began to slowly approach them, causing the DigiDestined back away at the same time.
Just as Buraimon X was about to lunge with both of his swords drawn, a Trailmon passed by in between him and the DigiDestined. The X Digimon skidded to a halt and growled as the carriages the Trailmon was hauling passed slowly by, temporally blocking his path.
Once the train had gone by Buraimon X prepared to jump forward and take the DigiDestined by surprise, only to find they had vanished from sight.
"What?" Buraimon X muttered under his breath. He looked around and down all the streets until his eyes fell upon the Trailmon that was disappearing from view as it made its way deeper into the city. "After that train!" he commanded, thrusting one of his swords in the direction it had gone.
"Phew that was close." MJ sighed as she turned her attention from the carriage window and slouched down in the seat next to Jonathon.
The carriage was long and had three seats either side of the aisle. There were a few other Digimon on board that were sat in various places.
"What are we going to do? Buraimon X obviously doesn't believe that I don't have the Spirit Stone anymore." Margaret said a little fearfully.
"They'll know we escaped on the train and sooner or later they are going to catch up with us. We need to come up with a plan." Tentomon stated.
Jonathon sighed. "He's right. We can't waste our time and energy trying to outrun them. He's obviously not going to give up until he's completed his mission. He made that quite clear."
Trailmon turned a corner and began its way up Refresh Street, which was one of the main streets in the city.
"So what do we do? Turn and fight?" MJ asked.
"We'll have to." Patamon said.
Beep…. Beep…. Beep….
"Huh?" Jonathon glanced down to his D-Power attached to his belt where the steady beeping sound was coming from. "Hey, my digivice is picking up something." He removed it and quickly opened his laptop and placed his digivice in the adaptor. A map of the city appeared on his laptop screen with the signal from his digivice appearing in the top right corner.
Margaret, MJ and their Digimon manoeuvred themselves so they could see the screen. "There's only one thing that your digivice would pick up on…" the Takaishi girl commented.
"A Spirit Stone…" Margaret added.
Unknown to them, a Gazimon X was hiding behind a newspaper a few seats back on the opposite side of the carriage. He slowly lowered his paper and peered over the top.
Jonathon smiled as he zoomed in on the top right sector of the map and brought the coordinates up on the screen. "Its north east of here on Virtual Street. There is an abandoned building at the end. That must be the place."
"But now that makes things more complicated." Patamon spoke up. "We can't go looking for the Spirit Stone until we take care of Buraimon X and his army."
"You're right Patamon." MJ agreed. "With him following us there is no way we can head to Virtual Street."
Gazimon X smiled and put his newspaper down on the seat before he crouched down out of sight on the floor. He pulled out a small cell phone device from the bag attached to his waist and pressed the number one on the keypad. Holding it up to his ear he waited for an answer.
"What is it Gazimon X?" A Hagurumon X demanded from the other end.
"Tell the boss I know the whereabouts of another emerald. The DigiDestined are here and have located it for us." Gazimon spoke quietly.
"Excellent work. Where is it? We will inform the boss immediately."
"There's an abandoned building at the end of Virtual Street. But there is something else the boss might like to know-"
Suddenly the whole carriage shuddered violently throwing the children and Digimon from their seats. Gazimon X was thrown against the back of the seat in front of him. He dropped his cell phone in the process and it skidded out of reach down to the far end of the carriage.
MJ, Margaret and Jonathon all groaned as they pushed themselves up in the middle of the aisle. MJ was the first to get to her feet, and she ran to the window. She gasped and stepped back when Buraimon X flew past, the X Digimon giving her a quick glance as he passed. "It's them!"
Buraimon X descended down in between the last two carriages. He withdrew his sword and sliced it through the chain that was keeping the carriages together. The last carriage broke free and slowly rolled to a stop as Trailmon continued on his journey oblivious he was now one carriage short.
The children jumped in fright and looked up as there was an almighty thud from above them and the roof was dented inwards as Nanimon X landed on top. The X Digimon pounded his fist through the roof and dropped down inside the carriage.
Digimon passengers fled for the exits in fear as Nanimon X unleashed his punches, destroying the seats.
"Dark Side Attack!" Megadramon X fired a missile from his right arm. It blasted its way straight through the metal of the carriage and straight out the other side, unknowingly destroying Gazimon X in the process.
The DigiDestined screamed as they were thrown clear of the carriage and ended up sprawled out in the middle of the road dazed from the blast.
Jonathon groaned as he slowly pushed himself up, a little sore from the landing. He quickly glanced around each X Digimon and realised with themselves outnumbered, and their own Digimon a little less strong due to the lack of food they'd had over the past twenty four hours, they were going to need help. As he slowly rose to his feet, he rested his hand on top of his purple digivice and with his finger he pressed three buttons in a certain sequence to send a signal to his father…
.:Izzy's Lab, Minato, Tokyo:.
Izzy was sat at his computer going over data reports of the Digital World he had just received whilst also keeping checks on the progress of the children. He took a sip of his coffee as he brought up a map of Tokyo. "There's still a few Digital Splits floating around… but at least the amount of Digimon attacks have gone down a lot."
"That should keep the Governor happy for now." Jim replied a little humorously as he passed by behind Izzy towards his own desk.
Izzy smiled a little before turning to look back at his computer screen. "If our DDS hadn't gone down without our knowledge then MegaSeadramon X wouldn't have gone undetected for so long…. I still haven't figured out how he managed to digivolve here…"
Haruhiko turned around in his chair. "Those Digital Rings…. What happens to them if they are not used?" he asked.
Izzy turned around to face him. "Huh?"
"Before Dawn left, she asked me that very question. She said when Okuwamon X attacked she lost a Digital Ring before she had chance to use it."
Izzy's eyes widened a little. "Lost it?" he turned around to face the computer screen. Dawn had been at her soccer match when Okuwamon X had appeared… across the road from the bay…."Could it be that-"
His thoughts were soon interrupted when an alarm bell sounded and a window flashed up on his screen in the bottom right hand corner. "Jonathon!" he exclaimed, manoeuvring his chair closer to his desk. "He's sent me a distress signal."
"Are they okay?" Haruhiko asked, walking over.
Izzy typed away on his keyboard bringing up a map of File Island that soon zoomed into Jonathon's location. "They're in the city… and there are five X Antibody signals with them."
Haruhiko looked over Izzy's shoulder as the red headed man brought up the profiles of the X Digimon on his screen, as well as the large plasma screen on the wall.
Jim looked from the big screen to Izzy. "You better call the others."
.:File City, File Island, Digital World:.
"Hi-ya!" Kazemon spun round and karate kicked Nanimon X, blocking his punch. She then extended her hand out released mini tornadoes from the tips of her fingers. "Hurricane Wave!"
The attacks pelted Nanimon X's body head on, striking him like shards of ice coming at him at high speed. He yelped at every hit he took as he was forced back. "Power Punch!" once the attacks stopped he leapt forward, bringing his right arm back before unleashing an almighty punch at Kazemon, sending her flying backwards and crashing into a store window.
"Kazemon!" Margaret cried out.
Minotarumon X fired bullets of energy from the large gun strapped to the end of his left arm.
JewelBeemon blocked each bullet using his spear, but he failed to notice Raremon X appear behind him.
"Rotten Tackle!" Raremon X lowered his head and rammed into the back of JewelBeemon sending him crashing to the ground.
"Heat Wave!" Hippogriffomon opened his beak and released a very high temperature wind.
It slammed into Megadramon X, but he managed to withstand it only being forced back a few inches. "Dark Side Attack!"
Hippogriffomon was thrown back as the missile hit him, and he slammed in to the wall of a building, shattering three windows in the process. He moaned, falling limp to the ground before being showered with broken glass.
"Hippogriffomon!" MJ hollered. She spun round to where Jonathon and Margaret were stood across the street. "They're too strong!"
Margaret was about to reply when Buraimon X suddenly appeared behind her, dropping down from above. The Kimura girl jumped, yelping in fright before staggering backwards away from him.
"Now give me the emerald." Buraimon X threatened. He quickly lunged forward and grabbed Margaret by the wrist, pulling her close to him before she had chance to run. "Give it to me now and my Digimon will spare your Digimon."
Margaret glanced behind her. Kazemon was dazed and took another punch from Nanimon X. Hippogriffomon was down at the side of the road and Minotarumon X had JewelBeemon pinned up against the wall using his gun, preparing to fire. "I-I don't have it!" she exclaimed as she struggled to free herself from his grasp.
"Wrong answer." Buraimon X raised his sword and prepared to strike, and Margaret gasped shutting her eyes tight, flinching.
"Magical Game!" a sphere of electrical energy hurtled towards Buraimon X and blasted his arm that was holding onto the Kimura girl.
Buraimon X yowled in pain, stumbling a few steps from the impact, which also resulted in him losing his grip.
Once she was free Margaret staggered back a few feet, before turning her head to the left. "Wizardmon!" she exclaimed, smiling.
The X Digimon composed himself and turned to face the wizard Digimon who was a few hundred yards down the street.
"She is telling the truth. She does not have it." Wizardmon defended.
"Defending the humans? That is a very foolish mistake Wizardmon. It will only end up getting you killed!" Buraimon X spat before he lunged at the champion Digimon.
As Wizardmon and Buraimon X began to duel, Minotarumon X took his eyes off JewelBeemon for a second, giving the insect Digimon his chance to attack. "Spike Buster!" he thrust the tip of the spear into the X Digimon's side and fired.
Minotarumon X yowled as he was blasted clear across the street and skidded across, coming to a stop when hitting the pavement. His anger rising, he slowly got to his feet and aimed his gun at JewelBeemon. "Bull Fighting Attack!" he fired a single shot, but JewelBeemon flew upwards dodging it.
.:Thunder Mountain, File Island, Digital World:.
The Undead King entered his room and made his way across to the other side where the three emeralds were situated.
He had just been informed by Hagurumon X of the location of the fourth and final one he needed, and that the DigiDestined were also there, aware of its location.
Once he reached the table, a small smile appeared on his face and it slowly turned into an evil grin as his eyes fell upon the three emeralds. Finally, after what seemed like forever his dream of returning was now becoming a reality.
"It is time my lord." The quiet and soft voice spoke from the opposite corner of the room.
The Undead King narrowed his eyes, smiling as he picked up one of the Spirit Stones and observed it. It shimmered a little as it caught a bit of the light coming in through the window. "Indeed it is." He spoke confidently. "It's show time…... And I have the perfect audience for my grand entrance."
.:File City, File Island, Digital World:.
Minotarumon X fired again and again as he continuously moved his gun in line with JewelBeemon who kept on dodging his attacks. The X Digimon roared in frustration. He aimed his gun one last time and fired.
The energy bullet clipped JewelBeemon's wings, causing him to spin out of control and crash to the ground in a cloud of smoke.
Jonathon gasped as he backed up, taking a position beside Margaret and MJ. "What's taking my father so long? Even though most of the Digimon are at the same level they're still too strong due to the X Antibody."
Wizardmon descended down, still holding his staff in both hands after he had dealt a massive blow against Buraimon X. "Where are the others? We cannot take these down alone." He said.
At that moment, Megadramon X appeared behind the wizard Digimon and with a swipe of his arm he swatted Wizardmon away as if he were a fly.
"No Wizardmon!" MJ exclaimed in horror as she watched him tumble to the ground and drop his staff.
Margaret glanced up, and her eyes widened with fear. She grabbed on to MJ's arm. "Look out!" she screamed, pointing up.
MJ, along with Jonathon, looked up to see Megadramon X open both of his missile launchers….
"Dark Side Attack!" Megadramon X aimed both of his arms downwards and was about to fire when he was thrown off balance as he was tackled from the side and slammed against the side of a building.
The three children slowly opened their eyes and stood upright. They glanced to the right to see Megadramon X was slumped with BurningGreymon pinning him against the wall. "Look its BurningGreymon!" Margaret smiled.
"But that must mean…" Jonathon murmured with a small smile appearing on his face. He looked down the street to see Dawn, Tricia and Stacey running towards them.
Buraimon X slowly rose to his feet, picking up his swords. He turned around and looked up to see Lilamon and MetallifeKuwagamon flying overhead.
"Homing Laser!" MetallifeKuwagamon swooped down, and James jumped off his back before he pointed his fingers in the direction of Nanimon X and fired a laser beam from his fingertips.
Nanimon X had just dealt another punch to Kazemon, this time flooring her. He looked up to see MetallifeKuwagamon's attack homing down on him. "Yahh!" he began to run away, but the attack continued to follow him until it struck him from behind.
"Marvel Shot!" Lilamon opened the flowers at the end of her arms and fired two energy spheres from them.
Nanimon X groaned as he heaved himself up from the ground trying to compose himself from MetallifeKuwagamon's attack but he was immediately hit by Lilamon's. He screamed as the blast sent him high into the air and he collided with the wall of a building, slumping down. He moaned in pain and slowly opened his eyes to see IceLeomon lunging straight towards him in mid-air.
"Frozen Fury!" IceLeomon curled his right fist up and brought his arm back before he released an energy packed blast that he slammed into Nanimon X, finishing him off.
Raremon X and Minotarumon X both stood still from across the road, their mouths gaped open after witnessing Nanimon X's demise.
Jonathon, MJ, Margaret and Wizardmon all watched smiling. They then saw Peckmon emerge flying over the tops of the buildings, before Dan, Katie and Fernanda appeared around from the street corner.
Minotarumon X caught sight of him out of the corner of his eye. He turned to fully face him and fired bullets from his gun "Bull Fighting Attack!"
Peckmon descended down. He swooped to the right dodging the first bullet before tilting to the left to avoid the second. He continued to dodge the on-coming bullets before he began to spin his body around. "Spiral Claw!" he gained momentum as he slammed into Minotarumon X.
Cyberdramon and Zudomon appeared either side of Raremon X, who just looked at them one after the other with a gormless look on his face.
"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon lifted his hammer high above his head before slamming it down into the ground sending a shockwave that travelled across the ground, ripping the tarmac as it moved towards Raremon X.
"Desolation Claw!" Cyberdramon raised both his arms in an 'X' position before swiping them down releasing two energy waves…
Raremon X was temporally paralyzed as the Vulcan's Hammer attack engulfed his body and electrocuted him. The two energy waves homed in either side, and struck him one after the other. As the attacks merged as one, they ripped through the X Digimon's body causing him to explode, his slimy mass splattering everywhere before it burst into data.
After Peckmon had finished his attack, he jumped back only to be blasted out of the air by Minotarumon X, who looked rather beaten and bruised.
"Oh no Peckmon!" Katie cried, as she clutched onto her brother's arm.
Kazemon descended down behind Minotarumon X. "Take this!" she exclaimed before she lifted her right leg up and kicked him hard in the back sending him flying forward down the street.
"Heat Wave!" Hippogriffomon released his high temperature wind from his mouth and it howled towards the X Digimon like a hurricane.
Minotarumon X wailed in pain as he hit the wind with full force still flying from Kazemon's kick. The hot wind tore at his body, gradually disintegrating into nothing.
"Alright!" MJ smiled, pumping a fist in the air. "Just two more to go."
BurningGreymon rose up into the air, and hovered just in front of Megadramon X. "This is going to be easy."
Megadramon X growled and opened his two missile launchers. "Dark Side-" he halted his attack when BurningGreymon was joined by MetallifeKuwagamon and Lilamon. "Huh?"
"Wildfire Tsunami!"
"Marvel Shot!"
"Homing Laser!"
All three attacks flew towards Megadramon X gaining force as they did before they all merged together to create an electric filled fire tornado.
"Dark Side Attack!" Megadramon X fired a single missile hoping it would disable the on-coming attack. But the tornado engulfed the missile disintegrating it. Megadramon X's eyes widened before the tornado slammed into him causing an explosion.
Buraimon X cringed and protected his face with his left arm as pieces of Megadramon X's missile launchers fell to the ground. As the smoke cleared, the last remaining X Digimon lowered his arm and opened his eyes. He gasped, his face showing a hint of fear as he looked around to see he was now surrounded by all ten of the DigiDestined's Digimon. He grasped his two swords tightly as he slowly turned around in a full circle, his eyes fixed on each Digimon he passed. He came to a stop when his attention fell upon Dawn who was now stood in front of him.
The Kamiya girl flashed a grin, as BurningGreymon descended down behind her. "Remember us?"
Buraimon X growled and raised both swords preparing to attack.
"Pyro Barrage!" BurningGreymon thrust his arms forward, his two Rudori Tarpana weapons that were equipped to them pointing straight at the X Digimon.
"This is for the Spirit Stone you stole!" Dawn exclaimed.
BurningGreymon released his attack and two laser beams were unleashed. They struck Buraimon X with full force and the bird Digimon was engulfed in a huge explosion that drowned out his scream. Through the smoke of the blast, his two swords fell to the ground before disappearing in a shower of data.
Dawn turned and ran to her older cousin. "Are you alright?"
Margaret nodded. "I'm fine."
"What are you guys doing here?" MJ asked smiling.
"We got a call from Mr Izumi saying you needed help." James replied.
"Who were they?" Katie asked, referring to Buraimon X and his Digimon.
"Some of the Undead King's henchmen. They thought Margaret still had the Spirit Stone of light, and Buraimon X had been sent by the Undead King to retrieve it." Kazemon replied from behind her human partner.
"It's a good job he didn't find out we had another one in our possession." Wizardmon replied, appearing behind Dan and Tricia and removing the Spirit Stone of Friendship from his pocket.
"Wow… where did you get that?" Dan exclaimed in awe.
"I found it inside Gennai's base. I was on my way to see Leomon about returning to your world and decided to take a break in the city when I saw Buraimon X and his Digimon attack."
Stacey stepped forward to take the Spirit Stone from the champion Digimon. As she approached, her crest began to glow inside her D-Watch as it locked on to the Spirit Stone's energy.
Dawn and Fernanda took out the two Spirit Stone's they had found, and the latter walked towards MJ and handed the Spirit Stone of Hope to her. "Here. I think this one belongs to you." The Hida girl said, smiling.
MJ took the jewel and held it up; allowing it to shimmer a little in the light, and her crest began to glow. "Wow… I wonder which Digimon's spirit is inside here…"
"Until we find out the secret of unlocking its power we'll never know." Stacey replied, placing the Spirit Stone in her pocket. "And now we have four we'll be on the Undead King's most wanted list. Buraimon X won't be the last Digimon he'll send to retrieve the remaining stones."
"He'll be furious when he finds out he can't have all eight." Hippogriffomon added.
Jonathon cleared his throat and held his purple digivice up. "Don't forget there is a Spirit Stone right here in the city that we need to find."
"Wait…" Margaret spoke up. "Buraimon X mentioned something about the Undead King was close to the four Spirit Stones he needs…."
"Huh? Why does he need just four? I thought he wanted all eight?" Tricia asked curiously.
"Wait a second." Dawn interrupted. "We have four already…. And if the Undead King is close to the four he needs then…"
"That means there's only one left to find." Stacey finished.
"Although the Undead King wants all eight it sounds like only four is a big step in his plans. We must find the last remaining one." Wizardmon stated. He then turned to face Jonathon. "Do you know where abouts in the city it is?"
Jonathon nodded. "Yes. I locked the co-ordinates on my laptop. There's an old abandoned building at the end of Virtual Street. I believe it could be in there. It's not far from here."
"Then we better move it." Dawn ordered.
The Digimon raced around a corner onto Memory Road, some in the air and some on ground carrying their human partners.
JewelBeemon was carrying Jonathon in his arms, who had his laptop open holding onto it tightly. "Okay Virtual Street is coming up on the right!" he called to Dawn and BurningGreymon at the front of the group.
As they neared the street corner, Digimon could be seen fleeing running past the DigiDestined in the opposite direction.
"That cannot be good." Peckmon commented as a Yakiimon and a Bearmon fled underneath him.
"I hope we're not too late." Wizardmon commented as he flew beside Peckmon.
The DigiDestined turned onto Virtual Street and made their way half way down before they came to a stop, the Digimon in the air landing in the middle of the deserted road.
"This street is awfully quiet." Katie spoke as James helped her down from Peckmon's back. "Where is everyone?"
"Something must have scared them off." Her brother replied, looking around cautiously.
Dawn jumped down from BurningGreymon's back and landed on the ground. She walked a few yards forward before looking ahead, and her eyes immediately fell upon the old abandoned building that was at the end of the street, which was burnt out and in ruins with only half of the structure still standing. "No way…" she gasped under her breath.
"What is it?" Dan asked, glancing at his best friend as he appeared beside her with Cyberdramon.
Dawn stared up at the familiar building, and flashbacks of Datamon flooded through her mind…. When he had her chained to the wall… when she took him on all by herself…and the last thing she could remember was Datamon coming straight at her through the fire…
The Kamiya girl quickly shook her head ridding the images from her mind. "I don't believe it." She finally said, turning to face the group. "This is the building where Datamon held my captive. "
"What?" all the children exclaimed at once.
"You mean that robot freak that kidnapped your Mom thirty years ago and was back for revenge?" Dan asked gawping a little as Dawn nodded in response.
"There was a Spirit Stone right under your nose and you didn't know?" Stacey asked humorously, raising an eyebrow.
"Hey we didn't know about the Spirit Stones back then. How was I supposed to know?!" Dawn snapped.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" JewelBeemon asked, glancing at Jonathon. "It doesn't seem like the place that would be perfect for hiding something so powerful."
The Izumi boy nodded. "That's what makes it the perfect place. My digivice says it is definitely inside that building….or what's left of it."
Dawn began to walk forward, but she was stopped when her cousin stretched forward and grabbed onto her arm, pulling her back.
"Wait Dawn, what are you doing? You can't go in to that building. It doesn't look safe."
"It'll be fine."
"Margaret's right." Jonathon said. "That building is very unsteady and one wrong move could result in what's left standing up tumbling down on top of you."
"Not to mention we must be cautious." James added. "Something obviously scared those Digimon away. I feel we're not alone here."
Dawn turned around to fully face the two boys. She was about to speak when a red lightning bolt shot out from the sky and struck the building causing a massive explosion that tore through its remains. It rocked the street and sent a shockwave out in all directions that shattered windows and flattened street lamps.
Margaret, Tricia, Fernanda and Katie all screamed as the Digimon tried to protect their human partners as the blast sent them flying backwards, and landing in heaps on the ground before a huge thick dust cloud filled the area…
Dawn groaned and pushed herself up, a little dazed. She looked down to see she had landed on top of her cousin; who was curled up trembling with her eyes shut tight and holding her head with her hands. Dawn then looked up and around to see the others slowly sitting up moaning in pain. "W-what was that?" she asked out loud, cringing a little as her head was pounding. She slowly turned around to look behind her to see faintly through the dust cloud the building was now flattened and reduced to rubble.
As the dust cleared some more, clouds began to appear and the sky darkened, as a chilly wind blew throughout the streets. Dawn looked around as a shiver ran down her spine. She looked ahead, as did the others, and they saw something floating up in the air from the rubble, and an evil laugh echoed across the street.
It was a black sphere shaped orb with electrical sparks flashing off of it. As the orb ascended higher into the air it began to grow in size and a dark silhouette could be seen transforming inside it, also growing bigger with four smaller purple, green, red and grey lights floating around.
Margaret slowly pushed herself up into a seated position next to her cousin who was knelt on her knees. "W-what's going on?" she asked, her voice trembling.
The four coloured lights came together in the middle of the silhouette before disappearing from sight. The large orb burst with a loud boom releasing another but smaller shockwave, and the appearance of the figure that had been inside could be seen surrounded by a dark aura.
"No…" Wizardmon gasped under his breath as he stared up in disbelief. "It can't be…."
A large black cape was wrapped around the figure's body as the dark light slowly faded from around it….
"Who is that?" Fernanda gasped as she stood close to her partner Zudomon.
There was the sound of a deep, shrewd chuckle before the cape was thrown back, revealing the true identity of who was behind it.
The children and their Digimon all gasped, wided eyes as they stared up at the vampire Digimon above them.
Wizardmon, at the back of the group, narrowed his eyes and he tightened his grip around his staff as his eyes fell upon his old killer...
"Myotismon…."
To be continued…