Mikey held a black baby Digimon with yellow eyes as he sat on a bench, his back to a cliff. The other baby Digimon were crowding around his feet as Patamon sat beside him.
The small Digimon in his arms started shaking, giving off a white light.
He Digivolved to Koromon, and Mikey smiled.
"Congratulations!!"
Patamon looked up at his partner's happy face.
"You know…I'll Digivolve, too…"
Mikey looked at him curiously.
"I know. Why? Do you WANT to Digivolve?"
"Not really…I want to stay like this and be with you forever."
Mikey grinned.
"Me, too."
The babies started panicking, looking scared, and Patamon looked up at the cliff behind them.
"It's Leomon!!"
Mikey bolted up, turning sharply.
"RUN!!!!"
He grabbed Patamon, running into the forest and away from Primary Village.
He hid in a bush, shaking from fright, holding Patamon tight.
"Its okay, Mikey…I'll protect you…"
"B-But he's so BIG…"
"I'll still try." Patamon said determinedly.
"Hey, kid."
Mikey turned, seeing Ogremon holding a baby Digimon.
"You're a good little kid, aren't cha? So come on out, or this little guy's squeaked his last squeak."
Mikey froze, fear and panic in his bright blue eyes.
'I've got to protect Mikey! But Ogremon's so big and I'm…not…'
The tree beside them was cut down by Leomon's sword, and Mikey cried out. Patamon moved between them.
"Boom Bubble!"
It had no effect, and a shiver ran up Mikey's shell when he heard another, disembodied voice.
"Destroy the Digidestined! Starting with him!"
Mikey panicked, scrambling back, when…
"Howling Blaster!"
Leomon jumped away, and Raph came into view, riding Garurumon.
Patamon saw Leo take the baby Digimon from Ogremon's unsuspecting fingers.
"Hey!"
"Get him, Greymon!"
Said Digimon towered behind his partner.
"Nova Blast!"
Mikey only picked Patamon up, watching, when multiple Black Gears came down, entering Leomon.
Said Digimon grew, becoming grey and black, and the voice came back.
"Kill the youngest! He's the true threat!"
Mikey tripped as he scrambled backwards, trying to get away.
"MIKEY!!!"
Garurumon was knocked away, and Greymon was knocked head over tail by a Fist of the Beast King.
"Mikey, RUN!!!" Leo yelled.
But Mikey was frozen in place.
"Boom Bubble!"
No matter how many times it hit, the attack had no effect, and Leomon grabbed Patamon with one hand.
"Patamon!!" Mikey yelled, snapping out of his frozen trance.
'It's over…'
"Electro Shocker!"
Leomon released Patamon in pain as Kabuterimon came into view.
"Donnie!!"
"Sorry we're late! The island hit a little detour on the way!"
Palmon jumped off Kabuterimon.
"Palmon, Digivolve to…TOGEMON!!"
She landed heavily, and ran to fight Leomon.
"Needle Spray!"
When Kabuterimon landed, Don and Gio jumped off, running to Leo.
"I think we've got the answer to our problems!" Don stated triumphantly.
"These Digivices have the power to destroy Black Gears!"
Leo looked thoughtful, remembering when his own had glowed and Leomon had returned to normal.
"…Then I have an idea…"
He gripped his Digivice tight as he walked towards Leomon, who in turn was heading for Mikey and Raph, the latter there to protect his youngest brother.
"Hey!!"
Leomon turned to him, as did his brothers.
"Why not pick on someone your own size?!"
Leomon started heading for him, and Raph gave him a 'You're CRAZY!!!' look.
Leo held up the Digivice, and the bright light made Leomon cry out in pain.
'Maybe these thing are worth somethin'.'
Raph joined in, and the combined light drove out all of the Black Gear, returning Leomon to normal.
The Digimon surrounded Ogremon, who fled, and Leomon led them to a valley, where they sat under a large, shady tree.
He explained the prophecy of the Digidestined, and, after all the facts were laid out, it was obviously them.
"So we have to go fight Devimon?" Mikey asked fearfully, Patamon clinging to his shell like a lifeline.
"I say we go." Leo stated, standing up.
"Me, too. I ain't lettin' some Digimon chase ME away!" Raph agreed, also standing.
"I agree. It's impossible for us to lose with the Digivices." Don added in, rising.
"Don't forget about me! I'm going, too!" Gio interjected, standing.
Mikey looked at his brothers, and thought of what his sister would say.
'Let's go, already! I'm not scared of any monster!'
Mikey smiled, nodding.
"I'm in."
And so they set off for Infinity Mountain…
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As Leomon rowed the boat towards Infinity Mountain, Mikey stayed near his brothers, looking up at the mountain fearfully.
"Everything will be okay, bro." Raph assured in his gruff tone, punching Mikey lightly in the arm.
"We'll just kick his shell and then we can go home."
Mikey nodded.
They soon landed, and started making their way up the weathered path in the mountainside.
When they were halfway up, the strange Greek-style temple on the tap shattered as a large Devimon came out, landing on the ground before them.
When he turned to face them, the wind pushed them against the wall, and Gio had to grab hold of Leo so she wouldn't fly off the mountain altogether.
Before they could move, a strange black aura left Devimon's hand, holding them against the wall.
"Did you REALLY believe you could defeat me?"
"YEAH, we do!!"
Mikey recognized that voice…
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
Devimon was caught in explosions and a cloud of smoke, releasing the others.
Mikey looked gratefully at the grey-banded turtle that was sitting on Ikkakumon's head.
"YES!! Great aim, Ikkakumon!! We nailed him!!"
Devimon brushed away the smoke, and Rach growled.
"You pathetic fool! Did you think you could defeat me so easily?"
"Meteor Wing!"
Devimon was hit forward, and Don looked up to see Birdramon drop of Elisa.
"Guys, Digivolve!" She yelled urgently, running towards them.
"Agumon, Digivolve to…GREYMON!!"
"Gabumon, Digivolve to…GARURUMON!!"
"Tentomon, Digivolve to…KABUTERIMON!!"
"Palmon, Digivolve to…TOGEMON!!"
They attacked as one, but Devimon smacked them back like they were annoying insects.
"Howling Blaster!"
Garurumon sunk his fangs into Devimon's arm, but was flung into Greymon, who fell to the ground below heavily.
"GARURUMON!!"
"GREYMON!!"
Both turtles raced down to help their Digimon partners.
"Needle Spray!"
Togemon was lifted up easily, and thrown onto the two Digimon struggling to rise below.
"Meteor Wing!"
Birdramon was grabbed in a tight hold, struggling to get free.
"Electro Shock-!"
Kabuterimon was cut off by Birdramon smacking into him, bringing both down to the ground.
Ikkakumon was blasting Devimon's hand with Harpoon Torpedo, but he was still grabbed, though Rach fell off.
Ikkakumon was thrown at Birdramon and Kabuterimon, who fell from the air a second time.
"BIRDRAMON!!!"
"KABUTERIMON!!!"
The pink and purple-banded turtles raced down to their Digimon as Rach sat up.
"Now to destroy you."
Devimon reached down with a massive hand, ready to grab the orange-banded turtle and crush him.
Garurumon pounced, sinking his fangs into his hand.
"RUN, MIKEY!!!" The red-banded turtle shouted, running up.
Mikey was too scared to move, however, and all Patamon could do was stay with him.
All the Digimon pounced, using fangs, claws, needles, anything to grip onto him.
"Fools!! You can not defeat me!!"
A dark power knocked the Digimon away, and they fell heavily on the ground, soon Dedigivolving.
'I'm the only one left…I have to protect Mikey!'
Devimon turned back to them, reaching out again.
'But I need to Digivolve! If I don't…'
"Boom Bubble!"
The attack had no effect, and tears came to the Digimon's blue eyes.
'I need to protect Mikey! Why?! WHY CAN'T I DIGIVOLVE?!'
The hand was ready to grab them, crush them.
"PATAMON!!!"
The tears fell as Patamon flew to him.
"MIKEY!!!!"
The hand closed, but a white light escaped his fingers, burning Devimon, making him release his hold…
"Patamon, Digivolve to…ANGEMON!!"
The bright light brought everyone's attention up, and they looked in surprise at the angel Digimon above them.
"Is that Patamon?" Rach asked, holding Gomamon on her lap.
"It is…he Digivolved…" Don muttered, amazed.
"…He really had it in him…" Elisa added, the light nearly hurting her eyes.
Mikey looked up in surprise.
"H-He Digivolved…Angemon…"
Devimon went to strike, and Angemon pulled back a glowing orange fist.
"ANGEMON!!!"
He looked down at the worried turtle.
"Don't worry. I'll get him."
Devimon was about to grab the angel, who turned his attention back to him.
"Hand of Fate!"
The beam went straight through Devimon's chest, and the light was nearly blinding.
Devimon disappeared into millions of microscopic pieces, and Mikey felt tears as he saw the same happening to Angemon.
"A-ANGEMON!!!!"
Angemon turned to him, and smiled.
"Its okay, Mikey. I'll come back again…if you want me to…"
With that, he disappeared, and the light died. Mikey felt the tears roll down his cheeks, wetting his mask.
"ANGEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!"
He fell to his knees, crying, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up, seeing Rach, Gomamon beside her.
"R-Rach…h-he's…he's…"
She brought him into a hug, letting him cry into her shoulder.
"Everything's gonna be okay…shhhhh…"
She tried to console him, when she saw some white feathers, like from Angemon's wings, fall in a small group before Mikey.
She shook him slightly, and he turned his watery blue eyes to the feathers, which glowed, becoming a Digiegg.
"P-Patamon…"
He released Rach in favor of hugging the Digiegg to his chest.
The others came up, and Don looked sympathetically at his younger brother.
"I-Is he gonna b-be the same…"
Even Raph softened at the nearly heart-broken look in the baby blue eyes of the orange-banded turtle.
"I'm sure he will be…"
Gabumon stepped forward.
"He used up a lot of energy. He's just sleeping."
Mikey nodded, and Elisa helped him up gently, trying to stop the tears in her soft, gentle way.
That's when a strange device made itself known, a beam of rainbow colored light catching everyone's attention. An old man appeared, floating, as a hologram.
"So, you must be the Digidestined. I am Gennai."
Don looked at him curiously.
"How'd you…?"
"It's just a call. I'm calling you from across the ocean, on the continent of Server."
"…Across an OCEAN? MAN, that's far…" Rach retorted.
"Why the call?" Raph asked gruffly.
"I need you all to come to Server to defeat our enemies."
Elisa looked up from behind Gio, being shy around new people.
"B-But we hardly d-defeated Devimon…"
"The way you are right now, you won't be able to win. But if your Digimon could Digivolve one step further…"
Don perked.
"They can Digivolve MORE?"
"If you get the tags and crests."
The man disappeared, showing a tag and crest.
"The tags were hidden somewhere by Devimon, but the crests are scattered all over the continent of Server."
Don looked curious.
"But it'll be hard to get to Server if we don't know where it is."
"Oh, of course. I forgot, you're from out of town. I'll just send you a map on your laptop."
Before anymore questions could be asked, the connection started breaking, and the last they heard before it went dead was him asking them to hurry.
Mikey looked at all the thoughtful faces around him, and asked, "So…what do we do now?"
"…I say we eat. I'm open to suggestions after that."
Everyone agreed, and Mikey couldn't help that he rubbed the egg the whole time…
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They'd all eaten their fill, and it was time to think about going to Server or not.
"I say we go!" Raph said stubbornly.
"How do we even know if this guy is telling the truth or not!" Rach countered.
As the argument rang over the campfire, and the negative seemed to start winning, Mikey stood up.
"I'm going!"
Silence as everyone looked at him in surprise.
"…Patamon would say the same if he was here right now…" He added, looking sadly at the white and yellow striped Digiegg in his arms.
Agumon stood up.
"We should go! Somebody out there needs our help."
Leo nodded.
"The honorable thing to do is to go and help."
Gabumon turned to Raph.
"Then you can all go home."
Raph smirked.
"This is sounding even MORE tempting…"
Palmon turned to Gio.
"Come on, Gio! We'll be the prettiest flowers on all of Server!"
Gio smiled softly.
"That'll be a nice change."
Tentomon landed before Don.
"There's so much to learn over there!"
"It would be nice to learn there, then." Don answered with a smile.
Biyomon nuzzled Elisa's leg comfortingly.
"Wouldn't it be great to go, El?"
Elisa smiled, putting a hand on the bird Digimon's head.
"I'd like to see what it looks like. And I want to meet Gennai."
Rach looked up at Gomamon, who was on her head.
"I say we go. It could be fun!"
"And beating up a new guy will feel good." Rach added.
Mikey smiled slightly.
"Then we're going?"
Leo nodded as Gio smiled, standing up.
"Then it's decided! We're going to Server!"