Terror spread through all the heroes and heroines at the horrid changes that had occurred to Kari and Gatomon, where all could sense her great power, knowing that in her new form she would be even more destructive and more dangerous than before.
"Perish!" The Dark Queen cried out as dozens of dark energy spheres formed all around her, while dark energy gathered in all four of the dragon heads, before they unleashed a hailstorm of dark blasts down at the battlefield, causing everyone to panic and scatter as they tried to avoid the onslaught, with some unlucky Digimon being struck by the darkness and were instantly destroyed.
"I will wipe you all from existence and rebuild this world anew!" She then called in fury, continuing to cast off her darkness, wiping out a massive section of Digimon in her destruction.
But what shocked the heroes and heroines further than Kari's rain of destruction was that she was striking her slaves as well.
"This is insane!" Yoshi cried as she stood with the other humans, who were all being protected by the combined power of MarineAngemon's Kahuna Waves and the Royal Knights' Magnamon's Aura Barrier, but even those were slowly starting to fail.
Meanwhile, Omnimon Alter-S watched the scene in shock and horror, where Matt spoke to Tai through their link. "Tai, we have to stop her! I'm sorry, but we're out of time and options!"
"But the Anti..." Tai tried to reason, hating the very thought of attacking and ending Kari, only for Matt to cut in as he yelled. "No, look around you! This has to stop now!"
Realizing the pain Tai was going through, knowing he would feel the same way if TK were in Kari's position, Matt calmed down and said with a more softer tone. "There's no other way, I'm sorry."
"All... Alright..." Tai said, holding back his tears as Omnimon raised his sword, gathering all the energy he could into it, ready to make one, decisive strike at the fallen Digidestined of Light.
'I'm sorry, Kari... I'm so sorry...' Tai thought to himself as Omnimon launched forward, straight at the center of the Dark Queen.
"Look out!" Omnimon suddenly heard Sora scream in fear, causing the combined forces of Courage and Friendship to turn quickly, just as the draconic abomination that Davis and Veemon had become crashed into them, slamming them into the ground below with a might roar.
And just as the knight Digimon tried to fight back, the dark dragon's left claw grasped the CresGarurumon arm, crushing it to the point that the blade was shattered to pieces, causing Matt and Gabumon to cry out in pain, before the dragon continued in its attack as it brought its mouth down on the BlitzGreymon arm, crushing it and the cannon store within, which made Tai and Agumon cry out, where the dragon roared once more as it began to thrash the fallen knight with its claws, not stopping its onslaught as it attacked them with a seemingly further enraged state.
"Man, he's really laying it on them." Justimon said as he watched the dragon continued to thrash Omnimon, before Sora's eyes widened as she said mostly to herself. "Davis and Veemon are protecting Kari and Gatomon."
"Despite what Kari did to them, they still protect her." Phoenixmon added, telling that while the Digidestined and Digimon of Courage and Friendship had been warped by the darkness, there was still a part of them just trying to protect those they loved, finding it sweet in a terrible and horrifying way.
"... Anyone... can anyone read me...?" The voice of Janyu suddenly questioned through the comms, causing Takato to reply as he asked through Gallantmon. "Mr. Wong? Is that you?"
"We finished the Anti-Virus." Janyu informed in reply, sending a spark of hope through the group.
"Send it quickly, we need it now!" Sampson said in reply.
"We're sending it, now, but it will be coming in an unusual way." Shibumi then informed, confusing the group at his reply, before there was a flash of light in front of them, causing them to look and see what looked like a large blaster in front of them.
It closely resembled Beelzemon's Blaster, but had four clamps instead of two and had a smoother design to it.
Examining the device, through RhinoKabuterimon JP questioned. "Ok... but how do we use it?"
It was then that Mikey got an idea, flicking his goggles and calling out. "Shoutmon! We need you now!"
"Coming!" OmniShoutmon called back, looking over at ZekeGreymon, who gave off a fearsome roar, but saw Olegmon and Apolomon stand before him.
"Don't worry, matie, we've got things covered here." Olegmon assured, before saying with some command. "Go off and help Mikey. Go off and do what you do best, save the Digital World."
Omnishoutmon nodded in reply, thanking his friends and close allies, before heading over to Mikey, where he looked down at the device in front of him, causing him to ask. "What do you want me to do with this?"
"Just watch and see." Mikey replied with a confident smile, certain his plan would work for the faith he had in himself and in his friends, before preparing his Fusion Loader, which gave off a golden glow as it activated.
"OmniShoutmon!" Mikey called, getting complete compliance with his partner, trusting the brunette.
"Anti-Virus!" The Red General followed up, digitizing the blaster and transfering that Data into OmniShoutmon.
"Digifuse!" Mikey and OmniShoutmon called as one, combining the Anti-Virus with OmniShoutmon's being, causing the massive blaster to materialize and fuse around OmniShoutmon's right arm, where the Digimon King then called. "OmniShoutmon: Vaccine Mode!"
At the declaration, however, the barrage of dark energy ceased, causing everyone to look up at the Dark Queen, only for their eyes to widen as they saw her four dragon arms move towards her chest as a massive sphere of dark energy gathered.
"Ready to die, Heroes?" The Dark Queen asked, her voice having a mocking tone as she said heroes, before unleashing a massive blast of energy right at the gathered heroes.
"Here goes nothing!" OmniShoutmon cried out in response as he pointed the blaster at Kari and fired, causing a stream of light energy to blast out of the cannon, hitting Kari's attack head on as they pushed back and forth with one another in the air.
"She's... She's powerful... I need some help here...!" OmniShoutmon groaned from the strain as he felt the massive amount of dark energy fighting back against his attack, and slowly winning.
'Don't give up... Use the Light...'A familiar voice said in every Digi-hero, heroine and Digimon's mind, one they knew quite well.
Confused, Keenan questioned. "Did I just hear Kari?"
Thinking quickly, Thomas' eyes widened as he then said in reply. "She must be fighting back. We need to hurry, use our Digivices!"
Understanding what Thomas meant, everyone standing behind OmniShoutmon rose and pointed their Digivices at the Digimon King, where they began to glow, right before a stream of light shot out of them and into the blaster, seeing the energy it was firing starting to grow and get stronger.
"That's it... keep it up...!" OmniShoutmon shouted, getting the other's attention as Gallantmon: CM, Justimon, HiAndromon, Rafflesimon, Dominimon, GrandisKuwagamon, Aldamon, Rhihimon and RhinoKabuterimon turned towards the Digimon King and extended their hands as they glowed as well, shooting out energy towards the blaster and fueling it.
Sensing the change in power, the dark dragon halted its assault on Omnimon, whom it was about to extinguish with it's fiery breath, before turning towards the gathered heroes, letting out a roar as it took to the air and flew right at them.
"We also need to help..." Tai groaned through his pain, before Omnimon Alter-S glowed just like the others, sending out his energy, which flew right past the dragon as it increased the attack, which now began to push back the Dark Queen's power.
And as the Anti-virus' energy got closer and closer, the Dark Queen let out a loud cry, shocking everyone as the Crest of Light appeared on its chest, causing her to lose her concentration as the attack hit, where the Dark Queen let out a loud, deafening cry as a blinding light consumed the entire area.
A moment later, Mikey, whose hand was brought up to block the light, blinked once from the fading light, before blinking again as he realized that the sun was out, the Dark Storm was gone.
The Red General then looked around, seeing formerly Corrupted Digimon returning to normal, their eyes no longer glowing as they looked around, while the Shadow Creatures all dissolved around them, fading from existence with cries of agony.
Mikey then saw several dark portals, seeing the Dark Ocean creatures all running through them, most likely running home, before he heard a crumbling sound, causing him to look and see the Dark Fortress falling apart in the distance as it crashed into the ground.
"We did it." Mikey said out loud, seeing Shoutmon, Tagiru, Angie, Jeremy, Yuu, Airu and their Digimon come up to them, all smiling.
However, the brunette then looked and saw something that caused him to rush over, followed closely by his fellow Fusion Fighters, where they saw Christopher, Nene and their Digimon lying on the ground, wearing the same outfits they wore the day Kari first captured them.
"Sis, are you alright?" Yuu asked with concern as he, Airu, Damemon and Opossumon approached Nene, where Yuu helped her up just as she began to open her eyes.
"Yuu...?" Nene asked as she blinked, her eyes returning to normal, before she began to tear up as she hugged her brother and said. "I'm so sorry... What I did, I... I was awful... I was a monster...!"
Seeing and hearing Nene's distressfulness, Mikey, who was helping Christopher up with Tagiru and Jeremy, turned to the blond and asked. "How much do you guys remember?"
"Everything..." Christopher merely replied as he looked down, ashamed at his actions, hating himself for all he had done.
Nearby, The DATS team rushed towards Marcus and Agumon, where Yoshi and Thomas helped the brunette up, while Gaomon and Falcomon helped Agumon up.
"Guys... I'm..." Marcus tried to say, feeling ashamed at all the damage he caused.
"It's alright, Marcus, none of this was your fault." Yoshi said reassuringly, just happy to have Marcus back with them, where she showed her joy as she wrapped her arms around Marcus tightly, embracing him deeply.
Meanwhile, Takuya, Koichi, and JP rushed over to Zoe, Tommy and Koji, where the Warrior of Flame helped his girlfriend up to her feet, who teared up as she sobbed into Takuya's chest.
"Takuya, I was so horrible... I couldn't control myself... I... I..." Zoe let out, continuing to cry, but felt Takuya set his hands around her softly, stroking her hair as he let her rest on his chest.
"Shh, it's alright Z, I'm just glad you're back now." Takuya replied in a whisper, smiling back at the others as JP concoled Tommy, who was crying slightly, while Koichi and Koji remained silent, both just happy that this was all over.
Near them, Henry started to get up, while Terriermon lay on his back as he groaned out. "Momentai..."
"Henry! Terriermon!" Suzie cried out as she rushed at her brother, wrapping her arms around him in a big hug and causing the blue haired boy to fall back down, surprised at first, but smiled as he hugged Suzie back, seeing her continuing to hold him, refusing to let him go, while seeing Kazu, Kenta, Ai, Mako and their Digimon came up to them along with Lopmon.
Meanwhile, Takato and Jeri were helping Rika stand, an action that Guilmon and Monodramon were doing with Renamon.
"Are you alright?" Ryo asked as he walked up to Rika, who kept her head down as she replied. "No, but knowing you guys, I'm sure I will be soon."
"And is Renamon ok?" Guilmon asked, his tone filled with small worry and sincerity as he informed with a caring smile on his face. "I really missed you when you weren't acting like yourself."
"I'm fine, thanks to you and the others." Renamon replied, smiling back at Guilmon, though inside, she was still shaken by all that she had done.
Nearby, Ken and Wormmon rushed over to the downed forms of Yolei and Hawkmon, where Ken crouched down, allowing Yolei to rest her head on his legs.
About to speak, Ken cut in as he cupped Yolei's cheek and soothed."It'll be alright. Remember, I was the Digimon Emperor, so I know all you must be going through, but just remember, you have many people and Digimon around that love you."
"We're glad to have you back." Wormmon added as he did what he could to help Hawkmon stand.
Izzy, meanwhile, sat up with a groan, one mirrored by Tentomon as he lay on his back.
"Izzy!" The redhead heard Mimi cry out, looking up just in time to see her rush up to him, along with Palmon, wrapping her arms around him with tears in her eyes.
"Mimi...I..." Izzy started to say with a solemn look, feeling guilty for all the pain he had caused her, before being silenced when Mimi pressed her lips against his in a deep kiss, causing the Digidestined of Knowledge to remain silent as he returned the kiss, both Digidestined happy that this was over, and that they could be together.
Meanwhile, Matt, whose right arm was limp at his side from his injuries, made his way with Gabumon over to TK and Patamon, who were just waking up.
Opening his eyes and looking up to see his brother, regret and pain instantly filled him.
"Matt... I..." TK began to say, wanting to apologize for all he had done, but stopped speaking as Matt moved down, wrapping his good arm around his little brother and patting his back, assuring him that he was forgiven, actions reflected with Gabumon showing his care toward Patamon
Nearby, Joe, Cody, Gomamon and Armadillomon made their way over to Davis and Veemon, who they slowly helped up as Joe asked. "Are you two alright?"
However, Davis and Veemon's eyes snapped open as the Digidestined of Miracles suddenly yelled with a great concern. "Kari!"
Instantly, both he and Veemon shot up, nearly pushing Joe to the ground as they took off, causing Joe and Cody to look at one another, before heading after him.
When Davis arrived, he saw Tai, who's left arm looked scratched up, Agumon, Sora and Biyomon standing, while Gatomon, whose fur had returned to white, had tears in her eyes as she rushed towards Veemon, hugging him as she cried out. "Veemon... I'm... I'm so sorry, I..."
"It's ok, Gatomon, it's ok..." Veemon said as he hugged her back, comforting her as best he could, while Davis made his way past them, seeing Kari unconscious on the ground, wearing the same outfit she wore when this whole thing started.
"Davis, I..." Tai started to say, before gulping slightly as he saw Davis turn and glare at him.
"Never do that again! There is always another way. Next time, controlled or of my free will, if you try and harm her, I'll end you." The maroon haired boy said to Tai, before kneeling down to check on Kari, staying close by her side and refusing to let her go.
Nearby, Lilithmon and the Gazimon watched the scene, where the demon Digimon growled as she said. "Curse them, they just had to ruin everything!"
"Probably best we head out of here before they find us, sweetcheeks." One of the Gazimon said, causing Lilithmon to agree, despite her desire for revenge, where the four slip away.
Keeping close to Kari, Davis noticed something in her left hand, opening it slightly as he eyes widened to see two Crests lying in her palm.
The first was no doubt the Crest of Light, while the other was a dark purple, with a crescent moon on it.
"I think we can guess what Crest that is." Thomas said as everyone made their way over to the group, before Davis picked Kari up bridal style, keeping a close hold on the brunette, feeling as if he had a duty to see her safe.
"Let's get her back." Davis said to the group, getting nods from them as they parted and let him pass, each and everyone of them wondering who it would be when Kari woke up, the Kari they knew and loved, or the Dark Queen that caused them all so much pain and suffering.
Time would soon tell.