Man, is this late. Sorry about that guys. But, it's here now, right? Enjoy!

We've tried defending a lot recently, and it hasn't been working that well. Bakugan went down, Invasion Core is destabilized, our friends are still missing, nothing seems to be working. But, despite all that, we cannot stop moving forward! There's still several Realities we can guard, and we only need to save one of them to stop the Destruction! We will do this!

Powers locked away inside

Step up to give the gift of divine

There is no knowing what we face

But we know it to be unsafe

The time now to find

Our guiding light

And save everything that is known

To protect our home

"And that's when Spectra and Bill tried to take over me and Atom, failed, wiped our memories, and we got sent away by the Destruction." Said Cassie. Annabeth, Sadie and Percy just looked blankly at her. "As you all know, I ended up here, and got help with restoring my memories. And that's about it. Any questions?" Nobody said anything for a second.

"Well, that was a very thorough explanation." Said Annabeth. "And if everything you say is true, then you need to get back out there to help."

"But my memory still isn't fully restored." Said Cassie. "Remember what I said before I started explaining? I can't remember how to leave a Reality."

"Well, then that's a problem." Said Percy. "If you can't leave this Reality, then how are you going to help your friends?"

"I don't know." Admitted Cassie.

"Well, if you can't leave the Reality like you normally would, maybe we could try something more unorthodox." Suggested Sadie.

"What are you saying?" Asked Cassie.

"What I'm saying is that, perhaps, we could use our powers to open some sort of portal for you to leave the Reality. It'll probably be difficult, and maybe dangerous, but it should be possible. Right?"

"I don't know." Said Cassie. She absently began flipping pages in her book, and saw one that stood out. Instead of being blank like most of the other pages, it actually had writing on it. "Huh?" She began reading it. "A Gene to spare, to grant powers of pair. One must use what is at their disposal to use the strange proposal. Unite the powers of the myths to gain access to the brightest pits. The final end will astound you, so be prepared for anything that comes to you."

"A Gene to spare?" Asked Annabeth. "To grant powers of pair."

"Unite the powers of the myths to gain access to the brightest pits." Said Sadie.

"I know I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed," started Percy, "but I don't think that's just a rhyme."

"It's a prophecy." Said Cassie. She flipped to another page, and writing appeared on it. "Just like this one! Dragon of Flame and Darkness shall roll the die, to which all fate is cast. Unless prevented, none can defy, for it erases the past."

"Erases the past?" Asked Annabeth.

"It was a prediction that came to pass a while ago with Probability Helios." Stated Cassie. "It combined the powers of an Infinity Die, from Gravity Falls, with a Bakugan's strength, Helios. It created a being capable of destroying Realities with ease, thereby destroying the past, or erasing it. And if that one came true, then this one should too!"

"Yeah, but how?" Asked Percy. "It's not like we know what it means."

"Unite the powers of the myths." Said Cassie. "That's what we have to do. We have to combine the powers of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and possibly Norse Mythology."

"Wait, what?" Asked Annabeth.

"That sounds dangerous." Said Sadie. "Let's do it!"

"Are you crazy?" Asked Annabeth. "That kind of power may do the Destruction's work for it!"

"But what about the other parts?" Asked Percy. "A Gene to spare, to grant powers of pair."

"What genetics could do that?" Asked Sadie. "I mean, it's not like we can just copy your DNA."

"Yeah, that doesn't sound very logical." Said Cassie. She smiled. "Or, at least it wouldn't be if the G wasn't capitalized. It's not referring to just any gene, it's referring to a Realital Gene, of which I have two."

"But what are these 'powers of pair'?" Asked Percy.

"Two people with the same power." Said Cassie. "If I give someone my other gene, they should gain powers similar to mine."

"And if it fails?" Asked Percy.

"Look, do you want to try and help me save all Realities or not?" Asked Cassie. "I'm going to choose one of you, if you decide to help. I'm going to get back out there! And if this prophecy is my only way, then I'm going to take it." She looked at Percy, then Annabeth, then Sadie. "So, what's it going to be?"

"So, what's the plan here?" Asked Azion. "How are we going to fight against the Destruction at Digimon?"

"Well, there's a few options." Said Syark. "We've got two people here attuned to Digimon who have natural genes. Then, we've got a few who have the genes we gave them. If we do a well thought out plan using them, we should be able to counter the Destruction. Our first option is a frontal assault, defeating the Destruction before it gets to Digimon. Another option is to defend it from the Reality. We all saw how that worked at Bakugan."

"Didn't do diddly squat." Said Chaos.

"Our last option is both." Said Syark.

"Both?" Asked Hanabi.

"We fight the Destruction away from the Reality to weaken him, and then beat him at the Reality while he's in his weakened state."

"It might work." Said Henry. "But how would we split ourselves up?"

"Offensive on the front, defensive on the back." Said Azion. He looked at everybody. "We can't afford to fail this. We've already lost Bakugan, we can't lost Digimon too."

"He's right." Said Chaos. "If we do, their power will only grow larger."

"So, who goes where?" Asked Tom.

"You guys do know that" Syark started.

"I don't know about anybody else here, but I'm going to the front." Said Rika. "We've tried defense before, it's time to go on the offense."

"Yes, but you're not"

"Me and Terriermon will take the back." Said Henry.

"Yeah!" Said Terriermon.

"Okay, you guys are getting way ahead of yourselves." Said Syark. Everybody looked at him. "The Destruction is nowhere near being able to destroy Digimon. There are still at least a dozen protective Realities surrounding it." Those that were talking about the plan to protect Digimon suddenly felt a little idiotic. "Anyways, let's see which Realities are left for us to defend." A map pulled up of many Realities. Some were grayed out while others remained vibrant. The map zoomed in onto a specific location and several Realities stood out from the rest: the reason being that the others were grayed out. "Okay then." Said Syark. "A little further along than I thought it was." Four Realities glowed vibrantly, one between the other three.

"What do you mean?" Asked Guilmon.

"I thought there was a dozen Realities still protecting the Prime Digimon Reality, but there is apparently only a few."

"That's probably because we didn't go for it immediately." Said the Commander. "The Destruction has taken out several of the protective Realities, leaving a select few." He turned to everybody. "So, where do you guys think the Destruction will strike next?"

The hatch began to open as the liquid drained. Atom's eyes fluttered open to the blinding light. "Wh-where am I?" He asked. Memories flashed into his head, causing him to remember everything that had transpired. "Oh yeah, right." More memories flashed in his head, showing him everything that had happened from before he found himself in Hyrule, and few things his unconscious mind had thought of. His eyes shot open. "Man, this thing really works! I can remember everything, and then some!" Something dawned on him. "Wait, why can't I remember my name still?" He tapped his head, trying to get another flash of memories. "Come on, come on!" Nothing came to him. "Darn it! The last of my memories must still be suppressed by whatever control ray Spectra and Bill launched at me." He sighed. "Well, might as well go and catch up with Link." Atom stepped out of the pod and grabbed his shirt. He quickly put it on, then went to grab the Sheikah Slate. As he grabbed it, the door opened, revealing another room. He quickly ran out of the room and found himself faced with a wall. He looked up. "Oh great!" He looked at the wall again to see if there was any footholds or handholds. He was soon climbing it, and found it to be extremely easy. "Why does this seem so easy now? I remember back home that I could barely climb the rock walls." He hoisted himself up onto the ledge and walked out the door. The sun glared down brightly at him, making him rub his eyes. "And it's now very bright. Come on eyes, adjust." Slowly, but surely, Atom's eyes adjusted to the blinding light. He began looking around, and saw very few things besides trees and plants. He didn't look up. Link smiled, knowing exactly what he was going to do. He jumped off the ledge above and flew over Atom. He pulled out his paraglider and landed right in front of Atom, startling him. Atom fell backwards as Link landed. Atom slowly got back up. "What the heck?!" He yelled. "Why would you do that?" Link shrugged and smiled. "Yes, haha, very funny. So, what's the plan now?" Link pointed at the Sheikah Slate. "Okay, here you go." Atom handed the slate to Link, who began fiddling with it. He grabbed onto Atom and they vanished into the sky again. They began to rematerialize outside the lab. But, as soon as they became physical again, something was amiss. Pig-like monsters stood outside the lab, being held back by Zelda and Symin. "What the? What's going on?" Atom looked at the horizon to see a red moon.

"It's the blood moon!" Called Zelda. "While it doesn't revive the monsters anymore, it still seriously enhances them!" Link grabbed his shield and pulled out a sword. Atom instantly recognized it as the Master Sword.

"The Master Sword?" He asked. Link charged in and began fighting the monsters. Zelda and Symin backed away to let him do the fighting, clearly exhausted. Atom walked over to them. "What's going on? What are those things?"

"They're Bokoblins. They're typically harmless, but they can be vicious sometimes. Especially when they're empowered by the moon."

"You sure Link can take them?" One of them landed in front of Atom and Zelda. It got back up and resumed fighting.

"Pretty sure." Said Zelda. She looked around. "Or, at least, he can take care of those two. Not sure if he can take care of that many." Atom looked where she was looking to see a small sea of Bokoblins.

"Uh, are they supposed to come in that many numbers?"

"No." Said Zelda. "Something's wrong. They've never attacked in such numbers before!" Link killed the two he was facing, then looked where we were looking. His face dropped. He shook his head. "Symin, get Purah. We need to evacuate."

"Right away." Symin ran inside and came outside, carrying Purah.

"Put me down! Put me down!" She yelled.

"Before I do, take a look to your left." Said Symin. Purah looked, and instantly settled down.

"Go go go!" She yelled.

"Link, I think you need to use the slate!" Said Atom. "There are too many here to face alone!" Link nodded, and held the slate facing away from him. A motorcycle appeared in front of him. He then handed the slate to Zelda.

"Link, what are you doing?" Link climbed onto the bike. "Link! Stop! There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity! Don't cross it!" Link gave her a thumbs up, then began riding. "Link!" He rode down to face the hundreds of Bokoblins. Zelda looked at Symin and Purah. "Do we have anything to stop him?"

"We can't stop him now." Said Symin. "He's buying us time to evacuate Hateno." Atom looked down at the town.

"I, uh, don't think that's possible right now." Down below, Bokoblins were ravaging the town. Zelda, Symin and Purah looked as well.

"No." Said Zelda, quietly. "No, this can't be happening!"

"I didn't even know they came in such numbers." Said Purah. "Symin, what's the current population of Bokoblins in Hyrule?"

"We've never gotten an accurate count, but it's far, far fewer than this." Atom looked to both swarms of Bokoblins.

"I've got to do something." He said. "I might not yet remember everything, but I remember a few things." He reached into his pocket and grabbed the ball from before. "Leonidas may not be able to interact with anybody, but his power remains!" Atom's hands began glowing. Zelda took notice.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Something that I thought of after I got my memory back." Replied Atom. "Stand back." His hands glowed brighter as Leonidas began to rise up. "Haos Light!" Energy raced out from Leonidas and Atom, striking the Bokoblins. Lots of them disappeared. "Like I thought. You guys have been saying that there's far too many for what there actually should be. That made me think that they're probably clones. Now, to help out Link!" Atom raced to look down upon he sea of Bokoblins. Energy began flowing from him again. "Haos Light!" Energy raced down, dissolving about half of the Bokoblins. Atom was able to see a small circle where Bokoblins kept getting slaughtered. Link continued to fight down there, taking out the Bokoblins. "I've got to help him." Thought Atom. He looked back at Zelda. "Help the townspeople. I'm going down to help Link!" Atom charged down the cliff.

"Wait!" Called Zelda. Atom didn't listen, and kept on going. "He's going to get himself killed!" Atom held up Leonidas as he ran. He quickly approached the Bokoblins.

"Time to call upon past abilities!" Said Atom. Leonidas glowed. "I call upon Mythril Leonidas! Mythril Armory!" Light erupted around him. Several Bokoblins took notice of him and charged him. Blue armor appeared around him as a sword and a shield appeared in his right hand and on his left arm, respectively. He swung the sword, knocking a few Bokoblins away. A few started swinging at him, and he blocked with his shield. He swung at them with his blade, knocking them away. He started making his way towards Link.

"What's he doing?" Asked Purah.

"I, I don't know." Said Zelda. "He just charged in and now he's wearing some kind of blue armor that generated a sword and a shield.

"Let me go check something." Said Purah. She dashed inside the lab. Zelda looked down again.

"Please stay safe." She whispered. Link continued swinging the Master Sword, but knew it was running low on energy. As soon as it failed on him, he'll be swarmed. He knew that, yet continued swinging. He counted down the time he had left, then noticed something to his left. Someone else was fighting alongside him.

"You looked like you needed a hand." Said Atom. He stood back to back with Link. "And I'm also guessing the Master Sword is running low, right? I've got something you can use." Leonidas glowed again. "Dual Wield - Blade!" Another sword came from Atom's left hand. He gave it to Link, who sheathed the Master Sword. The two circled each other, continuing to fight to Bokoblins. Atom didn't notice his armor starting to glow, but Zelda did.

"Why is he glowing?" She asked. The glowing began to fade, as if showing the energy it had left. "Oh no! They're not going to make it!" The glow dimmed further.

"You know what, this is fun!" Said Atom. As he said that, he felt very tired. "What the?" He yawned. Link took a quick looked at him, then went back to fighting. Atom's armor began to fade from the top down. As it reached his arms, his sword and shield began to fade. "No! Not now! Not yet!" His armor vanished, followed by his gear. A Bokoblin swiped him across the chest, knocking him away. Link took notice, but had to continue fighting lest he fall to the same fate. Atom looked up to see a Bokoblin swinging down at him. He closed his eyes and raised his hand up to try and deflect the blow, knowing it wasn't going to work. But the blow never came. Atom opened his eyes again to see the Mythril Blade he gave Link stab through the Bokoblin. He looked around again. All the Bokoblins were gone, or on the floor dead or dying. Link let go of the blade and it vanished. He reached down to Atom and held out his hand. Atom grabbed it and was hoisted up. Link smiled, and nodded, acknowledging Atom's efforts to help him. "Well, what can I say? I couldn't just let you die, right?" They looked back up at the lab to see Zelda looking down at them. Link looked at Atom, then ran for the wall and began climbing up it. "Really?" Atom ran after Link and began climbing as well. About halfway up, Atom started getting tired. "Come on, just a bit more!" Link climbed up the rest of the way and hoisted himself up. He looked down at Atom, seeing him struggling. Zelda noticed as well.

"You don't think" Atom's grip failed him and he began skidding down the cliff. "Never mind." Atom landed on his feet, unharmed. He looked around. "If you go around, there's a path on the other side!" Called Zelda. "Remember? It's the same one we used to get up here in the first place!" Atom looked up at her, then began walking around the large hill. Zelda looked at Link. "So, what was that sword he gave you?" Link shrugged. "You don't know either, huh? Well, let's put that aside for now. How's the Master Sword doing?" Link unsheathed it again and showed it Zelda. "Seems like it's low on energy. You won't be able to use it much more." Link looked at the moon again to see that it had become an even darker red. Zelda looked at it again as well. "It's never been that dark before. What could be happening?" They both heard someone behind then panting. They turned to see Atom.

"I hate long distance running." He said. "Now, do you think you could explain to me exactly what just happened?" Zelda and Link looked at each other.

"I think we could ask you the same thing." Said Zelda.

"What do you mean?"

"What was that armor you made? And of top of that, what were those swords and shield made of? It's a material we've never seen before." Purah came out of the lab.

"I've got it!" She said. She looked in the book she was carrying. "When the world is unstable, and the moon begins to bleed, evil will arise with an evil gleam. The rare event known as the Darkening Moon is only brought about in cases where the Blood Moon cannot help the demons of the world. It makes clones of the most plentiful and makes them rage against all who are not demons." She closed the book. "So that's what we're dealing with."

"Okay." Said Zelda. "So we know what caused it. But we were questioning him on what he did."

"Oh, you mean his weapons and armor?" Asked Purah. "Well, as long as his memory is restored, he should be able to answer our questions." She looked at Atom. "So, I guess first thing's first, what's your name?" Atom sighed.

"One of the only things I still can't remember and it's the first thing you ask." He said. "I still don't know what my name is."

"What?" Asked Purah. "But it should've completely restored your memory! I don't understand!"

"Purah, not everything works exactly as it seems it should." Said Zelda. She looked at Atom. "What do you remember?"

"That depends, where do you want me to start?"

"Well, what are the three Realities that are left?" Asked Azion.

"Let's take a look." Said Syark. He brought up data from each of the remaining Realities, and put them on screen. "Looks like we've just got basic ones. One that all those who know Digimon should know of, especially those in this room. Another one is Data Squad, which the DATA Link Digivice is from. Then, last but not least, we have Fusion. The Fusion Loader that Azion has is the main thing from that Reality." Syark turned to the group. "So, where will the Destruction strike next?"

"If I had to guess, he'd probably go for the most powerful one of the group." Said Azion.

"Which one is the most powerful?" Asked Takato.

"Well, we've never used a regular Digivice." Said Dragonomon. "I'm going to guess that's the weakest one."

"So that leaves Data Squad and Fusion." Said Rika.

"We've seen you two use both Digivices." Said Ryo. "Which one is more powerful?"

"Well, the DATA Link allows for someone to go above Mega level." Said Cindy. "However, the Fusion Loader allows for someone to combine Digimon into stronger variants."

"Combine Digimon?" Asked Henry.

"Kinda like what I can do when I combine Crocolomon and Magnaliger." Said Cindy. "But instead of being limited to only two in a fusion, the Fusion Loader can combine all the Digimon in this room, and then some. It was once even used to combine all the Digimon in the Digital World to save both it and the real world." She paused for a moment. "Is this what it feels like to know a lot more about something than somebody else?"

"Oh boy." Said Andrew. "Okay, before she really gets going, which one would be stronger?"

"I would personally say that Data Squad is more powerful overall." Said Azion. "However, Fusion is far more versatile. It's a real toss up."

"Well, there is one thing we can do." Said Syark.

"No, we are not splitting up again!" Said Tom. "That did not go well last time!"

"Yeah, we're not going down that route again." Agreed Chaos.

"Fine." Said Syark. "But then you need to choose one."

"Neither." Said Clate. Everybody looked at him. "He would expect us to go and protect the strongest of the remaining Realities. So to destroy Realities quickly and easily, he'd go after the weakest one remaining. He's going after the other Reality." Clate noticed that everybody was looking at him like he was crazy. "What?" The Commander stepped forward first.

"How would you know that?" He bluntly asked.

"Just think in his shoes for a second. We're playing an immense game of chess, always trying to outmaneuver the opponent. We would try and protect the Realities that give us the most strength and he would destroy the ones that are unprotected. Cindy, you're a master of checkers, right? How good are you at chess?"

"Well, I wouldn't say I'm a master, but I'm pretty good. As for chess, well, I haven't played in a while, but I suppose I was pretty good when I did play."

"Think of the Realities as our pieces, and the Negative Shifters and the Destruction as his pieces. How would you, playing as him, try to get the king? Take out the strongest pieces or the weakest?"

"Well, I would personally take out the pawns to make it impossible for my opponent to rebound when I take the stronger pieces. Then, no matter how strong the other pieces are, they will fall." Hey eyes widened. "Oh."

"You guys see my point now?" Asked Clate. "With every move he's made, he's played us. Going after the True Evil Reality with Spectra and Bill made us send defenders over there, which they promptly took over while his 'main forces' went after Invasion Core to distract the rest of us. And then, he managed to trick Atom into unlocking Reversion, which put him out of commission until it was too late to save the Bakugan Reality. And then, he told us about the ripple that was heading towards Invasion Core, which made us go over there to defend it while he continued to destroy Realities. In every scenario, he was leading. Now it's our turn to take the reigns. We need to follow his strategy and outmaneuver him with it." Azion looked at him.

"Clate, are you sure about this? If you're wrong, we're losing the Digimon Reality."

"I'm positive." Said Clate. "If he's going anywhere, he's going for the weakest to trick us."

The Destruction looked at Spectra and Bill. "So, where should strike next, master?" Asked Spectra.

"I imagine that those who oppose us will believe I will go after the strongest Realities that remain for Digimon. It'll be quite the opposite, actually. Instead of destroying Digimon, we'll destroy the others first! While they're 'defending' the Digimon Realities, we'll be taking out the ones that protect Gravity Falls, Pokemon and Magic the Gathering! Those are the weakest, especially Gravity Falls. With them all defending Digimon, it'll be very, very satisfying watching them go down."

"Let's do it!" Said Bill. "I'm excited for this one!"

"Do it we shall, but we must first convince them of our plan." Said the Destruction. "That is why you two will go towards the Digimon Realities. Keep them distracted, and keep them there. They will never see this coming."

Well, we're here at Digimon to try and defend it. But so far, it's been very quiet. Maybe we're just here early? Who knows? At least we've had some time to discuss our battle plans, and to get ready. When the Destruction shows its face, we'll be ready for it! But what is this dark feeling I'm getting? If Clate's right, then why does it feel wrong? What could the Destruction be planning?