Omnimon Alter-S, Gallantmon Crimson Mode, and the other Digi-heroes all stared in awe and shock at the Biomerged form of Kari and Gatomon, while Ophanimon: Darkness Mode stared down at them, her mere presence and the power she was emitting causing some to feel paralyzed by their fear.
"There is no escape, no hope for any of you. All that is left is pain and despair!" The Dark Queen said menacingly as the shadows around her grew and took shape, where six of her hooded throne guards stood in a circle on her left side.
Omnimon and the others looked at the new arrivals, thinking that they were about to attack, before they saw ShadowforceVeedramon land in between them.
Then, much to the heroes confusion and surprise, the corrupted knight extended his blades, before spinning in a circle, slashing all six guards in half.
"What the...? Did Davis break free from her...!?" Tai started to ask through Omnimon, thinking for a mere moment that Davis was back on their side, before his hope died as, instead of dissipating like all the other Shadow Creatures, their bodies turned to shadows, before quickly wrapping themselves around ShadowforceVeedramon, encasing him in a sphere of dark energy.
The sphere then began to grow and take form, growing to be a slightly larger form than Ophanimon Darkness Mode herself, before its true appearance took shape.
Casting off the darkness, the Digi-heroes and heroines were all in great shock at what now replaced Davis and Veemon, seeing that by the Dark Queen's side was a massive dark dragon that glared at all before it with a set of blood red eyes.
Looking at the creature, it was cast in black scales as it stood on two legs, while spreading out its arms and extending its black claws.
Four black wings emerged from the back of the monstrosity, just as it let out a fearsome and ear splitting roar.
And as shocked as they were at seeing this terrible beast, Sora questioned with disbelief. "What did Kari do to Davis and Veemon?"
"I made them more powerful, Sora, powerful enough to carry out my will. Afterall, they are my greatest champions." Ophanimon DM replied as the dark dragon leaned forward, glaring at Omnimon and those around him, before the Dark Queen extended her left hand, gently caressing her pet's cheek, causing it to growl softly, seeming to like the attention that his Queen was giving to him.
HiAndromon blinked at seeing this, before Kazu had to open his mouth and ask."A champion? She's treating Davis like some kind of pet. Bossing him around like that, man, is Davis whipped."
As soon as Kazu said this, however, the Dark Dragon looked in his direction, letting out a loud and angry roar, before rushing at him with great speed, grabbing HiAndromon in his right hand and crushing him into the ground as he flew, before slamming him into a nearby rock wall.
"Ouch... Maybe you should watch what you say, Kazu..." Guardromon said through HiAndromon, before he looked up and saw black smoke bellowing out of the Dragon's mouth, quickly moving out of the way as a stream of dark purple energy shot out right where the cyborg Digimon was just standing.
"Corona Blaster!" Beelzemon shouted as combatted the beast, firing a great blast of dark purple energy from his Blaster arm at the corrupted dragon, only to look in shock as his attack seemed to bounce off of its scales, where the dragon turned its head up, bothered by Beelzemon's interference and shot up at him too.
"I could use some help here!" Beelzemon called as he turned and flew back, moving as fast as he could with the dragon right on his tail, trying to chomp into him.
Back on the ground, Omnimon, Gallantmon, Aldamon, RhinoKabuterimon, Rhihimon, OmniShoutmon, Arresterdramon, and MirageGaogamon stood in front of Ophanimon: DM, who merely let out an amused chuckle.
"So, who wants to die first before I remake my dark world?" The Dark Queen asked, before Omnimon and Gallantmon moved as one, quickly flanking the corrupt Digimon as they swung their blades at her.
However, much to their shock and surprise, Ophanimon: DM merely held out a finger from each hand, blocking both blades as the two knights struggled to push them further, only to find that they couldn't.
"I expected more from you two." Kari said through her Biomerged form, before her eyes glowed and two blasts of dark energy shot through her fingers, sending both knights flying back a few feet as they cried out in pain.
"Eternal Darkness!" Ophanimon: Darkness Mode then announced, extending her arms fully as her hands glowed with purple auras, before four purple orbs appeared around her, followed by blasts of dark energy shooting out of each orb and her hands, causing the assembled Digimon to quickly move out of the way, while RhinoKabuterimon was hit, causing JP to let out a cry of pain as he was sent flying back, crashing into the ground a few feet back.
"Be careful, we have no idea what she is capable of!" OmniShoutmon called out as he and Arresterdramon went in to try and attack Ophanimon: DM.
"Consuming Shadow!" The Dark Queen then declared, where the area around her was consumed in dark fire, slithering up her body, taking the form of dragon heads, before shooting out, blasting OmniShoutmon and Arresterdramon back and down to the ground, where they each crashed hard.
"Shoutmon!" Mikey called as he, Tagiru and MirrorBallistamon rushed over to check on the pair.
"Are you ok, buddy?" Ballistamon asked, seeing his best friend groaning in great pain as he pulled himself up.
"The darkness is getting even more powerful... It'll take everything we have to beat her..." OmniShoutmon replied, rising to his feet, alongside Arresterdramon, who added. "And thensome..."
"Koichi, circle around her!" Takuya called out as Aldamon rushed straight at Ophanimon: DM, while Rhihimon quickly flew up, over the fight, and moved behind the Dark Queen, turning as he rushed to strike her from behind.
However, in response to this, Ophanimon: DM merely rose her hand, before two dark portals quickly opened in front and behind of her, catching the Legendary Warriors off guard as the pair unfortunately flew into them and quickly closed right behind them.
Wherever they were now, Takuya and Koichi knew two things, first it was dark, and two, both were in trouble.
'What the heck, it's freezing here!' Takuya thought in his head as he felt the temperature drop drastically, causing his body shake, where he then thought as he looked around. 'More important, where is here?'
Koichi, meanwhile, was having a different problem, as he felt the air around him get thinner and thinner, before he suddenly collapsed to his hands and knees, grasping at his throat.
"Koichi!" Aldamon called, noticing the sudden distress of his friend, wondering what was wrong with the Warrior of Darkness.
"Can't... can't breathe..." Rhihimon struggled to say, panicking Takuya at seeing his friend in distress, knowing things were bad for him, but it was far worse for the Warrior of Darkness.
Back in the Digital World, after seeing the two Warriors vanish, MirageGaogamon charged at Ophanimon: DM, ready to attack her head on.
Charging at Ophanimon: DM and keeping himself braced if she used her dark power again, MirageGaogamon got in close and was about to strike.
However, the Dark Queen once again rose her hand, causing a single portal to open, where Aldamon and Rhihimon both came shooting out, crying out in pain as they crashed into the beast knight, causing all three to crash and fall to the ground.
"Guys!" Thomas called, quickly rushing over and examining the status of his partner and their friends.
"I'll be fine, sir. Best check on Aldamon and Rhihimon." MirageGaogamon said, causing the blond to nod and saw the Legendary Warriors groaning as they pulled themselves up.
"Man, if I ever go back there, it will be one thousand years too soon." Aldamon commented, glad to be free from the dark prison, before looking toward Koichi with a remaining worry.
"It's alright, Takuya. I'm fine now." Rhihimon assured, before drawing his staff and saying as he faced Ophanimon: DM. "Besides, we have more important things to worry about."
"Final Justice!"
"Garuru Sword!"
Both Knight Digimon drew their blades and once again went to strike Ophanimon: DM, this time both delighted that they landed a strike on her sides, only to look in shock to see that their attacks did not damage their enemy whatsoever, causing them both to jump back as the Dark Queen laughed wickedly.
"Final Eclipse!" She retaliated as she rose her right hand, where a shadow formed and took shape, becoming a staff with two crescent moons on the ends, before a scythe-like blade, made of dark purple energy, formed on the ends.
"Shall we dance, boys?" The Dark Queen asked in a mocking tone as she spun her weapon in her hands, before charging at blinding speeds at Omnimon, who barely had time to block with his sword, groaning from the large amount of force being applied against his blade, before Ophanimon: DM turned and kicked him, sending him flying back a few feet as he skid across the ground.
At seeing Omnimon down for the moment, she then turned and rushed at Gallantmon, who dodged her attacks as she swung her weapon, doing his best not to be hit by the blades.
"Takato, I don't know how long I can keep this up..." Guilmon groaned within Gallantmon.
"Same here, boy, but we have to keep fighting back..." Takato replied, feeling a similar strain to his being, but had faith that their friends would step in and assist them in their peril.
"You two should have stayed in your hospital bed!" Ophanimon: DM then said as she grabbed Gallantmon by the head with her right hand and slammed him into the ground, before lifting him up once more and throwing him into a nearby wall, continuing to torment the knight Digimon.
Seeing most of her opponents down for the moment, Ophanimon:DM then turned and watched as her champion fought the remaining Digimon, smirking inside to see him dominating the fight as they tried to stop him, before her eyes landed on the humans watching from the side.
"Guess I should pay them a visit." The Dark Queen said with mental smirk, before flying off, just as Omnimon started to get up, looking wide eyed at where she was going.
Back with the abomination Kari had forced Davis and Veemon into, Beelzemon felt some relief as HiAndromon, Antylamon, MarineAngemon, Rosemon, Ravmon and Rafflesimon came to his aid.
However, even with their added support, it did little to slow the dragon down.
Seeing they were losing, Suzie tried her luck as she took out a handful of Digimon Cards from the holder attached to her belt, looking through and selecting one.
"Here we go! Digi-Modify! Dark Horn activate!" She announced, slashing the Card through her D-Power and giving the dark powers of Belphemon: RM to Antylamon, where she gave off a fearsome roar as a set of ram horns materialized around her head, sparking wildly with electricity, before firing it off at the dragon.
But even with her power up, the attack failed to slow down Kari's corrupt servant or his destructive power.
Their luck went from bad to worse as, before Suzie could try another Card, Kenta turned and let out a panicked yell as he cried out. "Everyone, run for it!"
The group of humans turned and looked with terror to see Ophanimon: DM heading straight for them, causing them to statter and try to hide, with Suzie hiding behind a rock nearby, just as Ophanimon: DM landed nearby.
"Oh, Suzie, are we playing hide and seek again?" The Dark Queen asked in a sinister tone, causing Suzie to cover her mouth, keeping herself from screaming as she felt the dark aura getting closer and closer, feeling the chill of Ophanimon: DM's dark power growing closer and closer to her.
The poor girl then felt a shadow over her, causing her to look up in terror as she saw the corrupt Digimon staring down at her with glowing red eyes.
"There you are." Ophanimon: DM said as she began to reach down with her right hand to pick the younger girl up, scaring her to no end.
However, much to Suzie's relief, Omnimon rushed in with a shout, colliding with the Dark Queen as he pushed her back and away from the area.
Quickly getting her bearings, Ophanimon: DM kneed Omnimon in the stomach, causing him to cry out in pain, before his opponent swung her weapon at him, cutting through the red shield on his shoulder, following up by punching him in the face, sending the knight Digimon flying back as the other Digi-heroes moved around him, helping Omnimon up as they all faced the Dark Queen, while the dark dragon landed right behind his Queen, letting out a roar as he glared at them, while the rest of the enslaved Digi-heroes moved and landed around them.
"I find it hilarious that you all thought you could win, especially now. Even with the power from the Crest of Light, you're out powered, out matched, and outnumbered." Ophanimon: DM said sadistically as dozens of dark portals opened up behind her, surprising and scaring her enemies, who watched as Lilithmon and the Gazimon came out of one, before seeing the entirety of Kari's Dark Army follow.
Thousands of Corrupted, including Craniamon, Leopardmon, Zhuqiaomon and Baihumon, along with hundreds of Shadow Beasts and wolves, as well as the Dark Ocean creatures, all marched towards their Queen from the portals, the sight filling the remaining heroes and heroines with dread.
Omnimon, however, wasn't deterred, ready to fight on to the bitter end if need be, where he stood before the rest of the group, seeing the Dark Queen looking back with amusement in her eyes, before being confused as he saw her eyes look past him and were filled with a sudden anger.
A little puzzled by Ophanimon: DM's sudden change in mood, Omnimon looked behind him, now seeing the reason for the Dark Queen's annoyance, seeing that the backup had arrived, including the Digimon of Omni City that had survived the first attack, Gennai, SaberLeomon, Azulongmon, Ranamon, Gigasmon, Petaldramon and Mercurymon, the Celestial Digimon, Cherubimon, Seraphimon and Ophanimon, the remaining Royal Knights of the DATS world, as well as the Digimon that served Shoutmon as both King and friend, lead by a new Digimon, where most were amazed by her beautiful form, while OmniShoutmon was taken aback as he immediately recognized the Digimon, despite the mask covering her mouth and nose.
"Lunamon...?" He asked in surprise, where the Digimon knodded, before replying. "Yes, my King, but now I'm Dianamon. We all felt the power of the Crest of Light, and knew we had to come and help you all."
The other Digi-heroes turned and were in awe as they heard the gathered Digimon cheering, ready to help save their home.
For Koichi, however, he quickly sweatdropped as he saw Ranamon staring at him with hearts in her eyes as she took in his new form.
"And the handsome gets handsomer." The Warrior of Water commented before she wrapped her arms around his left, continuing to look at the Warrior of Darkness with a dreamy smile as she asked. "So what do I call you? Bravemon, Amazingmon, maybe even MyBoyfriendmon?"
Koichi just sighed in annoyance, while the other tried to stifle their laughs, before they saw SaberLeomon come up at the head of the group, with Gennai on his back.
"I gathered up who I could. I know it's your duty to protect the Digimon, but this is their home as well. So let us help you fight this battle, either we save this world, or fall standing at least." Gennai said to the group, who nodded in acceptance, grateful for any help they could get, where they turned at looked at the Dark Queen with determination in their eyes.
"I have no need for prisoners, kill them all!" Ophanimon: DM called in response to the opposing army, causing the dark dragon to let out another loud and deafening roar, signalling the Dark Army to attack as the enslaved Digi-heroes, along with Lilithmon lead the charge, while the Gazimon, putting their survival instincts ahead of their loyalty to Kari, quickly found a good hiding place.
"Alright, everyone, give it all you've got!" Omnimon shouted as he charged forward, followed by the remaining Digi-heroes and their allies, meeting the Dark Army half way as the fighting began, a scene that could only be described as chaos and war.
In one part of the battle, Ranamon used her Whipping Waves to knock a few Corrupted back, while Mercurymon absorbed several attacks sent his way with his right mirror arm, before using his other arm to return the attacks to their senders, knocking a few back.
Gigasmon was busy punching and wrestling with Shadow Beasts, while Petaldramon used his tongue to slam away the enemies that lay in in path, making sure that any that got back up would stay down as he followed up with his Leaf Cyclone attack.
Meanwhile, in another part of the fighting, OmniShoutmon once again found himself in combat with ZekeGreymon, his hands holding back the larger Digimon's jaws as he pushed the Digimon King back, causing OmniShoutmon to groan in pain as he tried to keep him back, but could feel ZekeGreymon continuing to push forward.
"Sunfire Punch!"
"Twin Broadsword Boomerang!"
Two familiar voices called, striking ZekeGreymon's face, causing him to lose focus and allowing OmniShoutmon to attack.
"Victorize Banking!" He yelled, gathering energy in the V section of his head and casting it off at ZekeGreymon, consuming the manipulated Digimon in a blast of smoke.
Looking back at who helped him, OmniShoutmon smiled as he said. "It's about time you guys showed up."
"Apologies, my King. Our travels were delayed by these dark creatures." Apollomon informed, revealing that the corrupted Digimon were appearing all throughout the Digital World.
"But we're here now and that's what matters." Olegmon added, drawing his axes as he said with a booming voice. "Now let's show ZekeGreymon what we do with treacherous seadogs!"
OmniShoutmon smirked at his friends' replies, before the three turned and engaged their corrupted friend in battle once again.
In another section of the fighting, MirageGaogamon, Rosemon, and Ravemon fought against the corrupted, fighting side by side as they knocked them back, unaware of the danger as ShineGreymon came rushing towards them, his black flame swords ready to strike.
However, before ShineGreymon could strike, three attacks shot out and hit him dead on, causing him to roar in pain as he was thrown back, where the DATS team members and their Digimon turned to see Kentaurosmon, RookChessmon and BishopChessmon, along with Sampson, Miki and Megumi in the fight.
"Guys?" Yoshi asked, surprised to see her friends and her boss. "What are you doing here?"
"We came to lend our support." Megumi replied with a smile, causing RookChessmon to nod in agreement with its partner.
"Yamaki is coordinating things at HQ, so we're here to help as best we can, don't let up, we need to hold out a little longer for the Anti-virus to be ready." Sampson added, before the gathered members of DATS returned to the fighting.
Not far from them, Lilithmon laughed wickedly as she swung her chain whip, cutting several Digimon in half, while using her dark energy blast to take out a few more.
"This is too easy." Lilithmon said to herself with a dark smirk, continuing to enjoy her dark powers and how much misery and destruction she was able to cause, before she looked forward, her smirk growing as she saw Beelzemon standing in front of her, glaring right at the former Bagra General.
"So you want to go for round two?" Lilithmon asked with a mocking voice, looking forward to seeing Beelzemon destroyed.
"Yes, but this time, I'm not alone." Beelzemon replied, just as the Tamers' Beelzemon landed right next to him, while Dianamon landed on his left.
Lilithmon's smirk then faded as she also saw Ophanimon, Seraphimon, and Cherubimon float down behind the three, before seeing both Beelzemons raise their arm Blasters and preparing for an attack.
"Oblivion Cannon!"
"Corona Blaster!"
As both Beelzemon called out their attacks, each cast off a blast of energy, where a set of shots, purple and green, quickly headed right for Lilithmon.
With the attacks heading her way, Lilithmon quickly rose her hands, forming a barrier of dark energy in front of her, groaning at the strain as both attacks hit, before her eyes widened as she saw Dianamon and the Celestial Digimon join in.
"Crescent Harken!"
"Strike of the Seven Stars!"
"Sefirot Crystal!"
"Lightning Spear!"
The four attacks join the two Beelzemons', crashing through Lilithmon's barrier as they struck her, causing the demon woman Digimon to scream in pain as she was thrown back, her dark armour cracking and breaking around her as she landed on the ground a few yards back.
"C'mon! Is that all you've got?" The Tamers' Beelzemon yelled, expecting and desiring a fight, only to get what he asked for and more as the dark dragon shot down towards the six Digimon, causing them to scatter as they dodged his attacks.
"I meant from her, not you!" He then said, continuing to avoid the dragon's attacks, while doing what he could to fight back, but found his attacks lacking the power needed to harm the dark being.
Lilithmon, meanwhile, felt great pain in her body as she stood back up, angry beyond anything that she was taken down so easily, before seeing the hiding spot the Gazimon were in.
'Better let myself heal, at least before I get back in there.' Lilithmon reasoned with herself as she made her way over to them.
"Shield of the Just!"
"The Ray of Victory!"
"Magna Blast!"
The three attacks of the Royal Knights who had yet to yield with the Dark Queen shot towards Ophanimon: DM, who spun her Final Eclipse and blocked the attacks, before using the weapon to cut down several Digimon that charged at her.
The Dark Queen then looked around the battle in rage as she saw those who defied her, as well as seeing her puppets and slaves being defeated and pushed back.
'No! No! This isn't supposed to happen! I won! The Digital World is mine! After being silenced for too long, I won't let them stop me!' Kari thought in her head, feeling her anger consuming her.
'Then let me help you, my Queen. Let me take over and let my full power flow through you.' A dark, menacing and feminine voice said in her mind, the Virus finally speaking as it offered Kari a way to end her enemies once and for all.
'Don't listen to it... you can stop this... just end this suffering...' Another, fainter voice said, her light side trying to get through to her.
'Ignore her. She just wants to get in your way and make you weak, like your pathetic friends have done to you. Take my power and use it now!' The Virus told Kari, using her negative emotions against her.
'Do it, or I'll make you suffer as well.' Kari thought, before feeling a surge of energy flow through her being.
Outside her mind, the three Royal Knights, along with Omnimon Alter-S and Gallantmon Crimson Mode, all charged at Ophanimon: DM, only for her to let out a loud cry of rage as a shockwave of energy bursted out of her, sending the five knights, as well as everyone and everything around her, flying back.
This halted the fighting, where all the free Digi-heroes and Digimon then looked at Ophanimon: DM, seeing dark purple Digi-Symbols start to spread and cover her entire body, causing Kenta to asked in fear. "What... What's going on...!?"
"The Virus, it's manifesting through her!" Yamaki informed through their comms as the heroes watched the purple energy consume Ophanimon: DM, where she began to grow and change shape, growing to the size of Quartzmon as she floated into the air.
Changing not only on the inside, but also physically, all watched, horrified as the virus warped Kari and Gatomon, transforming Ophanimon: DM's form to a more warped and twisted being, one of pure darkness.
Spreading out and replacing her arms were a series of tendrils, each cast with dragon-like heads at the end, each swaying and thrashing around wildly, while her legs had changed, forming a long serpent-like tail.
Four long arms popped out of her sides, each with a large dragon-like head on the end, each moving and snapping their jaws as though they had minds of their own.
The armour upon her chest had cracked open, changing to a set of black fangs, where in the maw lay a single red eye.
Her shoulderplates had smoothed out, with strange symbols glowing on them, while her face and crown turned more monstrous.
Finally, a large energy circle arched around her back, brimming with dark symbols and keeping the form afloat as the creature glared down at both its puppets and its enemies.
"You're end has come! This world and every other world connected to it will be Mine!" The creature that was once the Dark Queen declared in a monstrous voice, sending fear through all who heard it, knowing that the fight was no longer in their favour.