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The three adult-level Digimon ganged up on Tuskmon. ''STRIKING FINISH!'' Stingmon yelled.

''PRICKLY BANG BANG!''

''THUNDER CLOUD!'' Togemon and Wizarmon added, throwing the attacks at Tuskmon, who managed to dodge all of them.

"PANZER KNUCKLE!" Tuskmon yelled, ramming Togemon and Stingmon.

''NO! TOGEMON!" Noelle cried as Togemon, began to glow, then landed in her arms as Palmon once more.

''I tried.'' Palmon whispered, clearly still tired from the previous battle.

''I know. You still haven't recovered from that battle with Youkomon, you need to rest.'' Noelle reassured her partner.

''Stingmon, are you ok?'' Leon yelled as Stingmon dodged another one of Tuskmon's attacks.

''Uhh...I don't know.'' Stingmon replied, slashing Tuskmon across the face with his blade.

''How can three adults be losing to one adult?'' Leon pondered as Tuskmon knocked Stingmon to the ground, reverting him to Wormmon.

''It's time for us to shine.'' Lina smiled at Wizarmon. ''CARDSLASH! IceDevimon's Frost Claw Activate!"

''FROST CLAW!'' Wizarmon yelled as his glove turned blue with ice and slammed into Tuskmon, oblitirating the dinosaur Digimon...

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Chapter 10: Shattered Union

"Tankmon!" Tyler sighed, "Oh jeez."

"We can take him, together." Jason said, still angry from the fight he'd had with Leon.

"HYPER CANNON" Tankmon yelled as a orb of energy slammed into Tailmon.

"NOOOO!" Kaili screamed as she ran towards Tailmon.

"Guys what are you doing?" Tyler asked Patamon and Agumon angrily, "Go out there and help her!"

"BABY FLAME!"

"AIR SHOT!" The attacks hit Tankmon as Kaili was able to get Tailmon away from the battle hastily.

"MACHINE GUN ARM!" Tankmon screamed, destroying the child-level attacks and blasted Patamon and Agumon backwards into a few piles of debris.

"Thats it!" Tyler yelled, holding a card in one hand and his D-Ark in the other, "CARD SLASH! Evolution Activate!"

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PATAMON EVOLVE...ANGEMON

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"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!" Angemon shouted as he sent a beam of glowing energy heading straight towards Tankmon.

"I hope the others are doing ok...especially Noelle." Tyler thought wearily as the battle continued...

Meanwhile, the opposite trio was heading back to meet up with the other members of the group to resolve the argument...

"Noelle, are you okay?" Lina asked, concerned at the other girl's weariness.

"I'm just tired." she replied, panting from running to catch up to the other speedy teens.

"Well don't worry," Leon smiled, "after we deal with Jason and the others, we'll head back to my place and sleep..." Leon was cut off as a dense fog surrounded the trio, and the three became speechless..."Damn."

"Cannonbeemon, Android Type, Virus. Speical Attack is Nitro Stinger...Oh...God..." Noelle said with a look of fear in her expression.

"What's wrong?" Lina asked as Wormmon began to sweat.

"It's a Perfect Level." Wormmon replied as Leon's eyes widened.

"Let's get 'em!" Leon smirked. "CARD SLASH! Heal Chip Activate! Evolution Activate!"

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WORMMON EVOLVE...STINGMON

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The two joined Wizarmon and prepared for the strong Digimon they'd been expecting. But, they noticed something else emerge from the mist behind them...a member of The Chosen!

"Well, It's been along time, eh Noelle? Daddy's going to make everything alright! Cannonbeemon!" A man in white clothing smirked as Cannonbeemon flew at the three tamers.

"W-what!" Noelle broke down in tears. "H-how? Y-you?"

"NITRO STINGER!" He fired away as Stingmon dodged the attack. "SPIKING FINISH!"

"No...No...NO! I won't let you hurt my friends or I anymore! CARD SLASH! Downgrade activate!" Noelle yelled in tears, slashing a card that made Cannonbeemon begin to glow and shrink in size...

"What! NO!" Noelle's father yelled as Cannonbeemon de-evolved into an adult-level digimon. "Dammit..."

"Now's your chance, Wizarmon!" Lina yelled as looked to Wizarmon, who'd already prepared along with the other two adult levels.

"SPIKING FINISH!"
"MAGIC GAME!"

The attacks hit head on, destroying the former CannonBeemon. "F-father, are you alright?" Noelle said as she rushed to his side.

"Hahahahahaha." The man known as Noelle's father began to laugh, then smoke covered him. "Foolish child, you've left yourself wide open. I'm not your father, my name is Mason." In the place of the skinny man that appeared to be Noelle's father now stood a tall, dark man.

"You must know that you can never defeat a Chosen's beast, for they are only remnants of the D-Reaper made in the image of real Digimon. Now, from the data you destroyed, two Digimon are born! Come on out, Boogeymon! Icemon!" Mason laughed evily as the two adult levels appeared.

"Icemon, Adult Level, Data type. Special Attacks are Iceball Bomb and Ice Strike." Lina spoke, reading the data from her D-Ark.

Leon also withdrew his. "Boogeymon, Adult Level, Virus Type. Special Attacks are Death Clash and Ruby Eye."

"Something tells me we're going to need the others for these ones." Wizarmon sighed.

Kaili ran to Tailmon, who was in pain, them grabbed her D-Ark and found a card in to slash. "CARD SLASH! Stamina Activate!"

Tailmon got up, smiling. "That is why I love a good card slash." she said weakly.

"Alright, now that you're okay, how the heck to we beat this guy?" Kaili asked, confused as to how Angemon was going to beat Tankmon all by himself.

"If I had a non-contact attack-" Tailmon was cut off.

"That's it!" Kaili smiled, then grabbed another card. "CARD SLASH! Renamon's Fox Leaf Arrowhead Activate!"

"Now we're talkin!" Tailmon smirked.

"Be careful, Tailmon! Don't attack unless it is totally nessecary!" Kaili shouted. "I couldn't lose her. She's the only friend I have." Tailmon ran out towards Tankmon. "Tailmon, he's in pain! You'd better atack now, before he gets up!" Kaili shouted. She nodded back and leaped into the air.

"FOX LEAF ARROWHEAD!" The attack hit, weakening him even more. "Now, everyone attack at once, that oughta finish him off!" Tailmon shouted as the others nodded.

"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!"
"BABY FLAME!"
"FOX LEAF ARROWHEAD!"

"Yes, direct hit!" Tyler shouted as Tankmon dissolved into data...

"Ok, guys lets get going." Kaili said but Jason interrupted her.

"WAIT! Wait listen..." he said as the sounds of a Digimon battle could be heard in the distance.

"The others, they need our help..." Tyler said as Angemon picked up all the tamers and other digimon and flew in the direction of the others.

''Stingmon, Get 'em!'' Leon yelled as Stingmon lunged for Boogeymon, who broke his attack with his pitchfork.

''I'm going in!'' Togemon yelled.

''No!'' Noelle screamed.

''What?'' Togemon replied.

''I said no! I dont want you to get hurt'' Noelle replied, wiping the tears from her eyes.

''But Wizarmon and Stingmon need me!" Togemon retorted as a scowl came across Noelle's face.

''Fine! Go head! But be careful, dammit!'' Noelle yelled back at her partner.

''When haven't I?'' Togemon said sarcastically as she went into the battle.

''Noelle, whats going on? What are you thinking about?'' Leon asked as Noelle frowned.

''I just have a really bad feeling that something bad is gonna happen.'' she replied.

''Like what?'' Leon inquired, Noelle having piqued his interest.

''I dont know! I just have a gut feeling that things are only gonna get worse and harder for us!'' Noelle replied as Icemon slammed into Wizarmon, knocking him towards Lina.

''Well we'll just have to do our best in our struggles.'' Lina said. ''We were all alone at one point. Then we all met each other today and its been going good so far. As long as we have each other theres nothing that can stop us."

''Lina is right.'' Leon replied. ''We all have one common goal and thats to stop The Chosen from doing any more damage or harm to the people of this world. But first we gotta trash this guy and these bastards. Don't worry. Everything will be fine when we meet up with the others.''

''I guess both of you are right.'' Noelle replied. ''I'm sorry I just started freaking out like that.''

"MEGA FLAME!"
"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!"
"LIGHTNING PAW!"

Three attacks slammed into Boogeymon, knocking him back towards Mason and Icemon.

"Didja miss us?" Jason said with a smirk on his face.

"Not for a second, shit head." Leon smiled as all six of the adult-level Digimon stood beside each other.

"Well, I guess it's finally time for me to exterminate all you cocky little bastards!" Mason laughed. "Kill 'em, NOW!"

"DEATH CLASH!"
"ICEBALL BOMB!"

The two fake Digimon yelled, doing minimal damage to out towering adult Digimon.

"Well, it looks like the only place you're going is Hell, Mason!" Leon smiled, motioning for all the Digimon to attack.

"SPIKING FINISH!"
"THUNDER CLOUD!"
"PRICKLY BANG BANG!"
"MEGA FLAME!"
"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!"
"LIGHTING PAW!"

The attacks hit dead on, shattering Boogeymon and Icemon.

"We did it, yay!" Noelle laughed, then saw the data begin to reform into another Digimon, Boogeymon, this one alone.

"You'll never take me down..." Mason laughed.

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Next Time: The battle heats up as Mason reveals that he can keep bringing his artificial Digimon back from the dead over and over again...And just who is Mason? All this and more as the first saga comes to a conclusion in the next installment!

Digimon Tamers: Infection

Chapter 11: Answers