Daichi: Now, back to the plot… and working on fixing the team. I think I've actually found something that duct tape can't fix.

Verity: I can't believe you actually took advice from a Calumon.

BlackGatomon: We don't own anything.

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"I didn't know Minotarumon lived around here," Armadimon remarked.

"They don't," Gatomon replied.

"Am I the only one concerned with how it's attacking the bridge we just rebuilt?" Davis asked.

"I think Nefertimon can handle it," Kari stated. "We should probably get down there quickly, though."

Veemon cast a forlorn look at his lunch before following the others down.

"We'll be coming back for it, you know," Hawkmon pointed out.

"I know…"

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"Is… is that supposed to happen?" Yolei was pretty sure that parts of a Digimon's body were not supposed to flake off like that.

"I don't think it's Nefertimon," Kari mused. "I think it's the Minotarumon. It's not-" She paused for a moment, pursing her lips as though unsure.

"It's not what?" Davis asked.

"It's not…" She took a deep breath, and Yolei wondered just how long she hadn't been telling them things. "It's not a real Digimon. It's a Control Spire taken Digimon shape."

"Wait, how do you know?"

"...T.K. told me. The Thunderballmon and the Golemon were also Control Spire Digimon."

"Why didn't he tell us?" Cody pointed out, and Yolei had to agree. If they'd known it wasn't real, they would have been able to fight long before T.K. and Ken came into the picture.

"...Because he wanted you to fight them like they were real Digimon. So you didn't end up in over your head because you couldn't bring yourself to end a life."

Yolei had to admit that it made a lot of sense. Still, the thought that maybe T.K. didn't trust her was stronger. She didn't even know which feeling was more worth listening to, so she decided to reserve judgement, if only for the moment.

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-Um… I know you and the others aren't on the best of terms, but… could you and Ken get over here? Like, now?

-What do you want, Davis?

-You know Ken's base? Well, without Ken's Crest of Kindness there… it's sort of set to explode. We need it here, if just for a bit. Also, we're being attacked by an Okuwamon, and we need help, since none of us can currently reach the Ultimate Level and there's only four of us.

T.K. glanced at the screen, thinking. On a realization, he delved into a special part of his mind- to the connection that he shared with Patamon. Despite his expectations, there it was, not quite as brilliant as it had been before, but still there. His Crest of Hope.

-Tell Kari to try Digivolving Gatomon into Angewomon. Give it an honest try. I'll see what I can do about the Crest.

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Digivolve Gatomon into Angewomon? Kari, for a moment, wondered if T.K. was just trying to put everyone's thoughts off of what would happen when they joined up again, and the fact that Ken would likely be with him, for not wanting to risk losing his Crest. She couldn't do that.

Right?

Well, there was that one time in that Dark Ocean, wasn't there? She remembered that. Perhaps it hadn't been a one-off thing after all. It couldn't hurt to try, at any rate, what with how ExVeemon and Ankylomon were being smacked around.

She focused, really concentrated, trying to find that spark of Light she had called upon so many times. There it was, just as brilliant as ever.

Angewomon took the field.

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T.K. and Ken, along with Pegasusmon and Stingmon, took a bit longer to get there than they may have liked, what with having to explain to Ken's parents the state of emergency, and why inadvertently blowing up half of the Digital World would be a bad thing, even if the areas were mostly desert anyway.

When they arrived, Angewomon was putting up a decent fight against the Okuwamon, although the fact that it was large and tough enough to take direct hits from her put her at a bit of a disadvantage. T.K. wished he could send help, but even if Pegasusmon had not tired himself out getting there, Angemon had shown himself not very effective against Control Spire Digimon due to the sheer amount of darkness concentrated there, and MagnaAngemon was… less than practical for numerous reasons.

Least of which being that he wasn't sure if he could get him to Digivolve that far at the moment, anyway. He just hadn't had that much to be hopeful about recently.

Still, while Okuwamon was certainly a threat, it was definitely not the highest priority. No, the highest priority was keeping everything from exploding.

"Ken? Are you okay?" Said ex-conqueror was trying very hard not to look directly at anybody. "You didn't drop your Crest… did you?"

"This is… my fault, isn't it?" And this was happening again. Not for the first time, T.K. really wished there was a therapist in on the secret, but of course Tai had told them to not draw attention to themselves.

"You didn't set the base to explode, did you?" He shook his head. "Then it's not your fault. Don't blame yourself for things you had no way of knowing would happen." A small nagging feeling told him that maybe he should start doing the same. He chose to ignore it for the moment.

"But-"

"The best way to make up for your mistakes is to try harder. There are people counting on us, Ken. Do you want to let them down?"

Ken paused for a moment, possibly to mull over his words. "I… I promised, didn't I? That I'd try harder? I guess this is as good a time as any to start." And then there was a soft glow from his pocket, and from Stingmon.

JewelBeemon went to help Angewomon as the kids rushed into the base.

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Verity: Why JewelBeemon, again?

Daichi: Because I'm already throwing canon out the window on this, and I don't particularly like DinoBeemon. And the Crests are basically… freeing the Sovereigns, instead of removing their powers… deactivated them. Kari and Ken are currently the only ones with active Crests.