Sorry for how late this chapter was submitted tonight, just more distractions.

Shoutout to MadDogLucario96 and DigimonAT0318 for the reviews on the last one.

I haven't got much to say with this one, so let's continue the hunt... and bear witness to the birth of a monstrosity.

Chapter 24: Digital Abomination! Chimairamon!

Digital World. August 8th, 2002. 0842 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

Talk about a lot changing in the past twenty-four hours. First, Ken decides to go on ahead and get himself captured and now we discover that Fortress Gotha can fly. Taichi kinda got upset at me because I got the name from Medal of Honor: Frontline, but I feel it fits. Anyways, we all regrouped last night and got some sleep for what was going to be a long day today. It was early in the morning when Takeru, Koushiro, I and Iori decided to leave the others behind and try to catch up and find the flying fortress. The three of us older Chosen Children were flying on our Armor-Evolved Digimon while Iori was in Sabmarimon who was following us along a river.
"I'm sure Daisuke will be mad, dagyaa." Sabmarimon believed.
"Maybe…" We heard Iori's voice over the D-Terminal. Finally got that radio function installed on it which would be a huge help.
"Why didn't we have Daisuke-han or any of the others come with us?" ForceBeemon asked.
"Not all of us can keep up, especially if the Kaiser's base has indeed gone to the ocean as we have believed." explained Koushiro.
"Yeah, let the others get some more rest while we try to find the place." Takeru said.

"Heads up! The towers are going to the ocean!" Waibanmon informed. He was referring to the long line of Dark Towers we were following.
"Looks like you were right, Koushiro. Fortress Gotha has indeed headed for the ocean." I told him.
"The fortress must be leaving behind the towers." Pegasmon said.
"Like leaving a crumb trail right to the Kaiser."
"But I'm worried this is all just a ploy to lure us into a trap." Iori expressed his worries.
"I'm with you on that, Iori-kun." Koushiro agreed.
"Well, whatever the reason, we know where the Kaiser is going. I'm gonna send a message to the others and tell them what's going on." Takeru pulled out his D-Terminal and began typing the message.

P.O.V. – Third Person

"'We know where the Kaiser's fortress is headed.'" Hikari read off Takeru's message while the rest of the group was eating breakfast.
"Where, where?" Miyako was on edge. She was ready to make up for her mistakes from yesterday, but the waiting for something to happen was not helping.
"They left me behind…" Daisuke groaned.
"Don't be down, Daisuke…" V-mon tried to assure him.
"Yeah, what makes you so special? They left all of us behind." Yamato rolled his eyes.
"Just relax, Daisuke, I'm sure you'll be needed soon enough." Taichi patted him on the back.

"What ae you going to do about the rest?" Monodramon asked the Kaiser who was looking at his screens. He just merely chuckled.
"Don't worry… it will be mine soon." He took a sip of tea he had.
"You sure they're on the way?" Ogremon questioned Ken in the dungeons.
"If I know the others, they'll be here soon." Ken believed.

"Okay, so apparently the base can fly, but the kids are still after it." Phil walked over to Hiroaki who was getting some fishing poles ready at the campsite.
"I just hope they're careful…"
"If I had known it was Lake Yamanaka, I'd have gone right away…" Jun said to herself as she walked with a crowd to the bus station, still wanting to join Yamato on his camping trip even though she was not invited. However, when she got to the station, she saw the bus to Lake Yamanaka driving away. "Hey, don't leave me here!" She yelled as she ran after the bus.

"No way, Hikari-chan too!?" Daisuke shouted as the group was split in half. The children that hadn't gone ahead followed the towers to the ocean. Robinmon, Holsmon, Nefertimon and MetalSealmon continued on flying or swimming through the ocean with their human partners while Daisuke, Taichi, Yamato, and Mimi stayed ashore as their Digimon were unable to fly or swim the distance.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

Sabmarimon and I were swimming underwater, trying to keep an eye for the Kaiser's base while the others were flying above some tiny islands.
"No sign of it anywhere." I heard Pegasmon's voice over the D-Terminal.
"Iori-kun? You see anything down there?" Takeru asked.
"Nothing yet. Sorry guys." I apologized.
"How is it they can't find something that big?" wondered Sabmarimon.
"No idea." I sighed before I looked ahead at the large island we were approaching before I realized something strange about. "Wait a second! Guys! We've found it! The whole base is underwater!" I shouted over the D-Terminal.
"Alright!" "Way to go!" "Good going, Iori-kun!" I heard the others voices say. I looked closer at the base and saw a small tunnel near the back of it.
"Hey, there's a tunnel right there. Sabmarimon, head through it. Guys, we've found a way in."
"Alright, be careful, Iori-kun. Don't do anything stupid, at least not without us." Ross advised.
"Got it, I'll keep quiet until you guys arrive. This thing has to come up to the surface some time…"
"Takeru-kun… up ahead!" I heard Koushiro's voice call out.
"A whirlpool?"

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

"It finally appeared." The Kaiser said as he looked to a screen that showed a red spiral in one of the blank squares as I walked into the control room.
"What exactly is that, oh Kaiser?" I questioned.
"The entrance to the origin of the power of darkness, you could say." Power of darkness? What forces are you trying to play with, Osamu? The screen changed from a map to a camera and now we saw a whirlpool in the ocean. However, it was the most ominous looking whirlpool I had ever seen as it got darker the further down you looked until it was nothing but darkness. "There should be Dark Digimon data in there. After I recover it, my original Digmon will be complete."
"Ken-chan…" I heard Wormmon whimper. "Did you feel that?"
"Feel what?" I whispered to him.
"The cold…"

"Stop, Osamu-chan!" Monodramon shouted; suddenly referring to him by his true name rather than Digimon Kaiser-sama he was saying before. Guess he must have felt the same thing Wormmon did.
"What did you say?" The Kaiser turned his chair to look at him.
"I can feel it… in that entrance… it's hard to explain, but…
"There's something in that whirlpool, it's scary…" Wormmon spoke up. "I'm scared!" The Kaiser chuckled.
"I'm impressed, Ichijouji." He looked to me. "You have an even more pathetic Digimon than Monodramon." He got up out of the chair and walked away. "What a coward…"
"No! Don't go, Osamu-chan!" Monodramon tried to follow him.
"I don't take orders from you!" He then kicked him away.

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

"A giant whirlpool? Is that what they said?" Sora asked as I finished reading the latest message sent from Takeru.
"I hope Iori-kun and Sabmarimon are going to be ok sneaking into that base." Jou's voice said over the D-Terminal as he was riding inside MetalSealmon.
"Don't worry; they know how to be careful." I assured them as I sent another message to Takeru.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"I'm sure they know to be careful…" I said after I repeated the message that Hikari left. "But we just lost contact with them now…"
"In any case, we have to hurry!" insisted Waibanmon.
"I agree with Waibanmon." Pegasmon informed. "This clearly isn't safe for us."
"Right, by the way, guys… Why are you so nervous all of a sudden?" I questioned.
"Well, of course we're nervous! Just look at that whirlpool…" ForceBeemon spouted.
"Takeru, can't you feel it?" Pegasmon asked me. I stared close at the whirlpool before I felt a dark presence coming from it.
"I… I felt it! What is it?"
"Whatever it is… if that don't spell doom, I don't know what is…" muttered Ross.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

Okay, Iori… you got inside, now you just gotta keep quiet until the others show up. Armadimon and I were walking up this long staircase until we saw a bright light up ahead and looked out across an open window. We looked down and saw this sort of reactor; it had four walkways leading to it. I assume this must be powering the base; it has to be.
"That must be the power room." I explained to Armadimon.
"Shall we destroy it?"
"Wait, let's look around some more. Besides… Ken-san is still in here, let's try to find him first."
"Alright. By the way, Iori… aren't you cold?"
"No…"
"Weird… I've been getting chills…"

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

He probably didn't want me to do this but didn't stop me when I followed Osamu down to this viewing deck in his base. We were now deep in the whirlpool and both Digimon were even more scared than before.
"Please, stop! Just this once…" Monodramon was begging at this point. "Or we won't be able to go back! Osamu-chan!" Everything was silent for a moment.
"Let's move." That was all he said. The fortress began moving forward, deeper into the whirlpool.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"It's moving!" ForceBeemon saw the base under the waves slowly moving closer to the whirlpool.
"It's going towards the whirlpool!" Pegasmon observed.
"Iori… Ken…" I muttered as I was now fearful for them. Did either of them have any idea what the Kaiser was dragging them into? And what exactly was the Kaiser trying to achieve with all this?

P.O.V – Iori Hida

We found our way into what appeared to be the dungeons of the base before we felt the whole place lightly rock. It wasn't like it was being attacked but rather-
"It's moving!" Armadimon exclaimed. Yeah that.
"This place…" We walked through and found that we indeed had found the dungeons as we found a whole bunch of Digimon locked up. "Digimon captured by the Kaiser!"
"Boy, your friend wasn't kidding when he said you guys would get here." A voice from a few cells down said. I walked down and saw this large green ogre like Digimon. If I remember the stories, I think this would be Ogremon.
"Are you Ogremon?"
"That's right! 'Bout time you Chosen Children showed up!" He… uh… was certainly the Digimon the others told.
"What do we do, dagyaa?" Armadimon asked.
"This is more important than the power room." I told him. "Armor-Evolve and break them out of the cages!"
"Agreed, dagyaa!"
"Alright, Digimental…" I stopped as I saw a dark whirlpool in the window. "What… is that?"

P.O.V. – Third Person

"Why won't you stop!?" Jun yelled at a car that drove past her. She was so desperate to get to the campsite that she was now willing to take up hitchhiking just to get there. Her luck would change as a car pulled up to her… however the drivers were a bit more on the elderly side.
"Camping, Kenny! Must be great to be young…" The old wife said to her husband as the car drove down the highway… really slowly. So slow that a moped was going faster than them.
"Mary, we were young once, too." Jun just placed her hand in her face at the sheer embarrassment she was going through at the moment.

P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

"Daisuke… what are you thinking?" V-mon asked me as I stared at this single palm tree at the edge of the land.
"How about we cut this tree to make a raft?"
"Are you kidding? Look, Daisuke-kun, I know you're upset about being left behind, but do think." Mimi tried to tell me.
"Ugh! I just wanted to fight the Kaiser! Is that too much to ask?"
"Would you quite complaining!? That's not helping anyone!" Yamato shouted at me.
"Seriously, Daisuke, just get over it. We're not going to be able to do much right now so we might as well get used to it." Taichi explained. I growled again before leaning back on the tree… which tilted forward and caused me to nearly lose my balance. Suddenly the whole part of the land split away from the rest of the landmass and turned into a moving island.
"What's going on?" Agumon questioned.
"I think we're moving!" Gabumon observed.
"Hey, now we might be able to catch up with the others now!" I exclaimed as we looked straight ahead.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"Gah! It's huge!" ForceBeemon exclaimed.
"There should be a cave that Iori and Armadimon entered through somewhere." I believed. "We're going in too."
"Got it." Koushiro and Ross nodded and followed us towards the fortress. As we got closer, these grayish shadows slowly began to float around us. A quick look would show that they had haunting faces on them.
"What are these? Ghosts? They give me the creeps…" I questioned.
"Anyone got a Proton pack?" Ross joked as he tried to lighten the mood as best as he could.
"What gives me the creeps is that gaping black hole down there." Pegasmon expressed his worry. It was an empty black void below us… I hope we don't have to go much further down. "Don't look!" Pegasmon warned.
"Be careful, or it will swallow you…" Waibanmon added. We soon found the entrance way that Iori must have found and flew in.

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

"Now, let's enter the whirlpool." The Kaiser said and the whole base began slowly moving towards it. After a few moments, we were back in the open air again and floating downwards to the black abyss below.
"Forgive me for being so direct, Kaiser… but what exactly are we doing here?" I asked, hopeful that he'll at least tell me what the hell we're doing in this terrible place.
"As I said before, my ultimate creation needs the data of a dark Digimon and we'll find several here." A few moments later, he went completely still and quiet.
"Osamu-chan?" Monodramon spoke up. "Are you okay?"
"It's nothing." He seemed to have come back to reality. "Commence recovery!" A hanger underneath us opened up and three Mechanorimon put on their jets and flew out. The three of them flew further down towards the abyss before a grey shadow passed by the lead one and it suddenly dropped until it vanished in the darkness below, causing a warning signal to ring.
"What's wrong!?" The Kaiser was taken aback by what happened as the other two Mechanorimon shared the same fate. "Answer! What happened!?" The warning blares just kept ringing. "What the hell is going on…?"
"I knew it was impossible to recover it…" Monodramon said. "Just leave it, Osamu-chan."

The Kaiser turned around and began walking away.
"Where are you going?" Monodramon asked.
"If that's the case, I'll recover it myself." My eyes widen when he said that. I quickly got in his way.
"The hell you will!"
"Get out of my way." He growled with an angry look on his face.
"No! I-I can't let you go out there… you clearly saw what happened out-"
"You dare to think you can stop me?" He pushed me aside "You do not order me to do anything." I grabbed him by the shoulder to try and stop him.
"Osamu! You're my brother! It's too dange-" I stopped talking when his fist hit me square in the face. Usually, my judo training would've kicked in and I could've stopped that punch; but considering it was Osamu throwing the punch, I just froze up and took it. The punch was so hard that I let go and fell on the floor where Wormmon quickly ran over to me.
"I don't have a brother! You are an only child, Ichijouji! Do you understand!?" He roared with pure hatred in his eyes.
"I… I… understand, Digimon Kaiser." I softly said. At least that explains why he just calls me Ichijouji now. He marched away and headed down into the hanger. "Monodramon!" I called out to him once the Kaiser was gone. "Get another one of those Mechanorimon ready… just in case.
"Ken-chan! You…!" Wormmon tried to talk me out of it.
"I didn't come all this way to watch him die!" I pushed myself off of the floor.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

I stood back as Digmon drilled another cage open when I saw the others walking down towards us.
"Ah, guys!" I waved.
"Now there's some familiar faces!" Ogremon smirked.
"Shoot, Ogremon? The Kaiser got ya?" Ross asked.
"He got lucky, I wasn't ready." Guess he's too proud to admit he was beaten.
"So, what exactly are you guys doing right now?" Koushiro walked up.
"We're releasing the captured Digimon!" I informed.
"Alright, I'll lend you a hand!" Tentomon quickly Armor-Evolved into ForceBeemon and began drilling some other cages so him and Digmon would get done faster.
"The Kaiser… what is he up to?" Takeru muttered to himself as he looked out that viewing monitor that was in the prison. A few moments later, a dark image begun to come into view. It was an evil looking demon Digimon that clearly got Takeru's attention. "Devimon!?"

P.O.V. – Third Person

The Kaiser climbed into one of the Mechanorimon in the hanger and flew out towards the dark abyss.
"Osamu-chan, don't take chances." Monodramon's voice crackled over the radio.
"Shut up!" After a few moments, he flew down until he encountered the imposing figure of Devimon. However, the demon was missing his bottom half of his body and didn't seem to even be moving. The Kaiser pressed a button and a large vacuum like object popped out and proceeded to extract the data from Devimon. "With this, my original Digimon is complete…" The Kaiser said to himself.
"Do you think you can handle the power of darkness?" A dark voice echoed in his mind that did something to him that had never happened to him since he became the Kaiser. It completely unnerved him.
"Wh-who's that!?"
"Don't underestimate the power of darkness…" The voice began to chuckle evilly.
"I'm hearing things…?" He quickly scoffed but the look on his face said otherwise. "Even if I'm not, it's nonsense. As ruler of the Digital World, there's nothing I can't do." He soon laughed.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"I will obliterate your powers of evil! Come to me, oh holy powers!"
"Stop! If you do that, you won't get off that easily either!"
"But there's no other way. Even if this ends up destroying my body…"
"Angemon!"
"Devimon. Your evil power has grown far too much. You must be erased from this world!"
"Angemon!"
"I'm sorry, Takeru. Heaven's Knuckle!"
"Fool! That was foolish of you, Angemon!"
"Angemon…"
"Takeru. I'm sure we'll meet again. As long as you wish for it."
"ANGEMON!"

My mind was just replaying the events of that painful night, over and over again... The night when my innocence died.
"Back then… I desperately wished… that time would go back. But time never goes back. We don't want to, but we have to face reality. In my endless despair, I blamed fate. I began to feel a rage taking hold of me. All of it directed to Osamu.
"He doesn't know anything…" I said as I took off my hat. "He doesn't understand anything. Damn it!" I threw my hat to the ground and removed my backpack.
"Takeru-san…?" Iori questioned.
"I've had enough. I can't leave it like this. I'll settle this!" I marched away.
"Takeru, wait!" Patamon followed me.
"Where are you going?" Iori called out.
"Forget him. Let him do what he has to do." Ross told him. "Iori-kun, you, Digmon and ForceBeemon continue freeing the prisoners then get out of here. Koushiro, you come with me. I'm gonna look for Ken; you focus on finding the Kaiser's main computer. Steal whatever you can find, battle plans, technical readouts, blueprints; whatever can help us beat him."
"Right." They headed out as well, leaving Iori with the prisoners.

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

I stood in the hanger with Monodramon and Wormmon as the Kaiser returned to the hanger. I was utterly shocked about what he had done at this point now. This was… beyond anything that I was expecting. He was messing with essentially Hell itself. I know the others had said this before but now… now… I truly believe that Osamu… has lost his mind.
"You…you're back." I said.
"I told you, the powers of darkness are nothing that I cannot command." He scoffed as he walked past. Those are some pretty famous last words if he isn't careful… though I think he's now beyond that.
"Please, just don't do anything like that…"
"I told you never give me orders!" He snapped. "Now follow me… I have what I needed out there… and you really don't want to miss this." He cryptically sneered. We soon returned to this control room where he looks at a display of the base that shows a blinking red light. "So they got inside… when? Oh well, I don't have time for them."

The fortress slowly began moving away from the whirlpool. Good, the further away we are, the better. The screen showed what the original Digimon the Kaiser was creating. The thing was an amalgamation of multiple Digimon. Garurumon's legs, Monochromon's tail, the wings of Airdramon and Angemon, the torso and mouth of Greymon, Kabuterimon's head, four arms which belonged to Kuwagamon, a skeletal arm and two of the demon's arms. Finally, there was MetalGreymon's hair which I couldn't understand why that was there, it was already a nightmare to begin with.
"Perfect! My original Digimon is now complete!" The Kaiser exclaimed with glee.
"Hey, do you think the others are upset?" I heard Hikari wondered as a screen showed her with Miyako and Sora, along with Jou who was with MetalSealmon on the ocean below them.
"Well, I know Daisuke is probably upset." Miyako said.
"We had no choice." explained Sora.
"Look!" Nefertimon's voice shouted. I guess they spotted the base.
"It's coming this way!" Holsmon observed.
"Be careful, everyone!" warned Robinmon.

"The entire Digital World… will be mine." The Kaiser began to laugh. "I-I can't wait! All of it will be mine! I'll have won! I'll have beaten those annoying insects! They never stood a chance to begin with but… I beat them! Take a good look, Ichijouji and witness my finest hour! And then it will all be mine… my world… my empire… MY CHIMAIRAMON!" He pressed a button in front of him before a gate opened up and that monstrosity flew out. The Kaiser began laughing manically. I couldn't even believe what I was hearing. He had officially lost it… and dare I say it… I now believe the Osamu I once knew to be gone forever; leaving only this evil being. "Time to give him his first snack."
"Osamu-"
"I told you not to call me that!" He screamed.
"D-Digimon Kaiser… don't do this." He laughed once more.
"You asking me only makes me want to do it more! Chimarimon! Slaughter them all!"

P.O.V. – Third Person

"Something's coming." Miyako observed. A moment later, her eyes widened. "What is that?!"
"Ross-san! Look at that!" Koushiro pointed to a monitor as they tried to find the control room.
"{What the fuck…}" Ross muttered in absolute shock.
"I've never seen or heard of that Digimon before…" Digmon looked at the monitor and watched Chimairamon fly through the air.
"We have to do this now!" exclaimed ForceBeemon. "While the others fight him, we have to free the prisoners!"
"Got it!" Iori nodded.

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

"Red Sun!" Holsmon fried at Chimarimon.
"That will have no effect against Kabuterimon's metal skull." The Kaiser laughed.
"Curse of the Queen!" "Cyclone Burst!" Both Nefertimon and Robinmon's attacks were easily dodged.
"With Angemon and Airdramon's wings, his movement is swift. Now it's our turn." Oh, gods, please get away you guys. They moved out of the way but Miyako and Holsmon were swiped by Chimarimon's tail.
"Miyako-san! No!" I couldn't help but blurt out.
"Enjoying the show?" He taunted. "Garurumon's legs and Monochromon's tail…" Chimarimon began swiping at Nefertimon and Robinmon. "Kuwagamon, SkullGreymon and Devimon's arms… Greymon's body and MetalGreymon's hair… Well? Isn't the Digimon I created amazing?" How could this… monster… even be my brother? These are people's lives he's laughing at! I watched as Holsmon fall towards the ocean but quickly recover before they fell in. MetalSealmon tried to fire one of his Hydro Sphere's but Chimarimon fired a devastating energy blast out of his mouth forcing them to dive underwater just to avoid the devastating attack.
"What's with that thing!?" Miyako questioned. The Kaiser laughed even harder.
"Just as I expected! This is the perfect Digimon partner I was looking for." He then turned to Monodramon. "Unlike you." I don't know if his heart just broke there, but I know mine did as I began feeling tears running down my cheeks.
"Ken-chan…" Wormmon sadly whispered.

"Now if you'll excuse me… I have pest problem in here that needs exterminating." The Kaiser got up and walked out of the room with Monodramon still following him. I still can't believe that after everything that he's still loyal. I was left alone to watch the carnage on the screens before I heard some footsteps approaching.
"Clear!" I saw Ross charge in with Guilmon and Koushiro right behind him.
"Guys…" I said.
"There you are." Ross walked up to me. "This the control room?" I nodded. He sounded like he was getting straight to the point. "Okay, Brainiac, you're up." Koushiro walked up to the holo-computer and plugged in his laptop.
"No protections… big mistake on the Kaiser's part."
"I don't think he expected us to get in here." Guilmon believed.
"Okay, I'm downloading everything I can get."

"Hey, where's the Kaiser?" Ross asked me.
"Looking for you guys."
"He'll probably find Takeru… Iori should be freeing the last of the prisoners and trying to find a way out."
"I see… listen-"
"Don't worry about it. We all understood. If Taichi was the Kaiser or Hikari the Kaiserin, I would've done the same."
"Koushiro-san, make sure you get everything you can about Chimairamon." I told him.
"Is that what that thing is? Alright… hopefully, we can find his weakness as well as a way to take this place down." A few moments later, he unplugged his laptop. "Done! Let's get out while we can!"

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"Takeru, you can settle this later! Now we have other things to do!" Patamon was trying to get my attention but I was just ignoring him. I marched through the cold hallways until I saw a dark shadow approaching. It turned the corner and revealed to be the Kaiser.
"You have some guts… Creeping into the fortress of the Digimon Kaiser, who controls the power of darkness…" I growled for a moment before I couldn't help but laugh at that last phrase. "What?" Oh, that clearly stung his ego.
"Ichijouji-san… how long are you going to play 'ruler of the world'? Is it fun? But do you know what that power of darkness you keep talking about means?" His eyes widened. "You don't, do you? You're meddling with powers you cannot possibly comprehend. You won't just get hurt. It's about time you grew up, huh?" He scowled for a moment as he clearly was trying to think of something to say.
"You're insects!" He finally shouted. "You're insects! Insects, insects, insects!" He's clearly fallen apart.
"Is that all you can say?"
"Sh-shut up!" He swung his whip and it struck me in the face.

I didn't even flinch. I just kept staring at him while my cheek hurt. I raised my hand up to where he struck me and saw some blood on my fingers indicating that he did indeed draw blood.
"Can't win with words, so you resort to violence, huh?" Sure, I'm poking the hornets' nest, but the look on his face… it's incredibility satisfying.
"N-no…" He actually stepped back. Have I now terrified him? Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
"Hm? No? Well, it doesn't matter… Are you done?" He said nothing. "Well, then… it's my turn." I charged him and punched him in the face, knocking him onto the floor.

P.O.V. – Third Person

The Digimon that were outside fighting Chimairamon left their human partners on the small island that Iori had the escaping Digimon wait on.
"Be careful, you guys!" Hikari warned as the flying Digimon headed back into the fight. All the while, it appears that ForceBeemon had drawn the short straw and had all the monstrous Digimon's attention. ForceBeemon managed to dodge the devastating Heat Viper attack but the blast shot all the way back towards the base and rocked it. This caused Takeru to fall over after he had pinned the Kaiser to the floor and was wailing on him. The Kaiser threw him off and grabbed for his whip and turned around to strike him with it. However, Takeru caught it in his hand and gave a smug smile.
"What!?" The Kaiser exclaimed before Takeru jumped him again.
"Tempest Wing!" "Rosetta Stone!" "Metal Wing!" "Beam Drill!" "Hydro Sphere!" All five attacks didn't even leave a scratch on the rampaging abomination.
"What do we do?" Holsmon asked before he was hit with one of the Devimon arms and crashed along the deck of the base.

"Fire Breath!" Monodramon yelled out as he jumped towards the brawl.
"Air Shot!" Patamon responded and the attacks nullified each other. "Wanna fight?"
"If you hurt Osamu-chan, yes!" The two proceeded to stare each other down.
"Holsmon!" Nefertimon flew up to him as Chimairamon was bearing down on them. She pushed him out of the way and a powerful Heat Viper tore a massive hole through the base, just right near Takeru and the Kaiser.
"What the!?" Takeru soon got a good glimpse of the attacking Digimon.
"It's the Digimon I created, Chimairamon. Isn't it amazing? You guys will never be able to defeat him!" The Kaiser coughed as Takeru still was on top of him. Outside, Chimairamon had all four flying Digimon in his hands and was trying to crush the life out of them.
"Takeru!" Patamon got his partner's attention.
"Right! Digimental Up!"
"Patamon, Armor-Evolve! Soaring Hope, PEGASMON!" Takeru hopped on and took off out of the hole but not before he saw Ken's D-3 on the floor. He briefly wondered why the Kaiser had it on him before he decided to focus on other things and just took it with him.
"Ichijouji! We'll finish this next time!"
"Osamu-chan…" Monodramon walked up to him.
"Insects…" The Kaiser muttered as he got up and walked away.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"Guys!" I yelled at the others who were flying out of a different section of the base on Waibanmon.
"Takeru-kun! Have you seen that thing?" Koushiro shouted, referring to Chimairamon.
"Yeah, kinda of. I was a bit more busy beating up the Kaiser… eh, sorry, Ken-kun. By the way, I found your D-3!" I apologized.
"Oh, don't worry about it! He deserves it! I'll explain later! And thanks!" He told me.
"Silver Blaze!" "Waiban Flame!" Our Digimon attacked and struck the hands of Chimairamon which freed the captured Digimon.
"Thank you all." Nefertimon gave her thanks. We all looked to the large Digimon and saw that he wasn't moving.
"Chimairamon stopped attacking. It's our chance to retreat!" I informed. Everyone nodded with me and fled away to regroup with the others.

P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

We regrouped with everyone else on a small moving island before we returned to the mainland as Fortress Gotha was coming back from the ocean. The Digimon we rescued split up after thanking us and went out to spread the word and give warnings about the weapon in the Digimon Kaiser's arsenal. Daisuke was still steaming at us for leaving him behind but Taichi cooled him down as he repeatedly pointed out that they wouldn't have done much.
"Takeru-san, here." Iori handed Takeru his hat and backpack that he left down in the prison level.
"Thanks." I don't know what really went on through Takeru's head at that time… but I'd had an idea. However, I didn't bother bringing it up as it was more or less none of my business, hence why I let him go alone in the base.

"All that…" Yamato said.
"Dammit!" Daisuke punched the ground.
"That thing… was the most terrifying thing I've seen, and I'm including our previous adventures." admitted Jou.
"Well, right now, all we can do is rest for the moment then go back after the Kaiser!" Taichi gave our next plan of attack. "And this time we'll have everyone fighting that beast!"
"Yeah!" We all cheered.

"Ken-kun, are you…" I put a hand on his shoulder as he continued to stare at his D-3 that Takeru handed him back.
"'Return the one who has fallen to the darkness back to his true self.'" He repeated Wizarmon's warning. "I… I was so obsessed with that line because I thought that meant that I was right to believe that the Osamu I knew was still out there, that all these actions were not of his own mindset, you know? I sadly was proven wrong, and stupidly ran off not truly thinking." He sighed. "I'm not making that same mistake again."
"That meaning?" Takeru asked.
"No matter what we do… I'm no longer gonna hold back the next time we fight the Kaiser. We're gonna stop him no matter what. If that requires hurting Osamu… I won't hesitate." He declared. We all quietly nodded our heads. It must have taken everything for him to say that, but he's right. We're gonna stop the Kaiser once and for all. This ends one way or the other; with our victory or our death.

P.O.V. – Third Person

"Um, this place…" Jun turned to look at the elderly couple who drove her to the lake.
"It's Lake Hamana." The woman said.
"But I said Lake Yamanaka…" Jun groaned. "Yamato-kun!" She shouted. She thought she was having it rougher than her brother at the moment.

If she had known the truth, she would never even dare think the idea…

After everything that has just and will soon happen, a little humorous moment with Jun seemed right.

Plus... Osamu thought that this was his finest moment... but in reality, it was Takeru's who took a level in badass! He certainly has grown up before our eyes, hasn't he?

Things are getting really hectic now, but I'm going to tell you all that I'm going on a real short hiatus as I'm going to do a quick one shot that should be up tomorrow. Feel free to enjoy Once in a Lifetime, and take care.

"Push the button, Frank."