"Parallelmon. The name of a digimon of terrible power. And the source of much chaos that has been after the two Digidestined.

It was because of him that these unfortunate events began...

And now, he was here to end it...
But I know one certain thing...
The Digidestined will be certain to fight back, and undoubtedly, the Tamers will...
I pray in the name of the Great Ones that it will be enough, not just for defeating Parallelmon, but also to save Kylee Henke's life..."

Chapter 13 : The parallel dawn

There was many times in his long life that Krasus was hoping to be right on some things. Other times where he was hoping he was wrong…

And right now, it was really one of those times he would have been hoping that he was really wrong, but his experience sadly proved him otherwise.
The digimon Parallelmon had arrived on this world…

And as far as he knew of that strange and yet dangerous digimon, Krasus knew that Parallelmon could be very obsessed.

Although the elder wizard clearly found that it was very, very strange that Parallelmon would be so insisting…He had seen the digimon getting 'discouraged' much more easily than that.

No…it probably meant that whatever Parallelmon truly sought…
It was with both Regan and Kari…
And he wouldn't stop until he would get what he came for…
Absorbing the two children into itself to gain even more power…

---

Regan slumped on the couch, defeated and shocked. Kari stood as shocked as he was, while their partners clearly looked troubled.
No one among them could believe the message they had just received from Krasus…
And yet…it was surely true…

Parallelmon had come here…The digimon that had been after them, the one responsible about why and how the two Digidestined had ended up in Kylee and Riza's world.
And maybe…all those other 'dimensional' troubles that had been happening…

It was probably because of Parallelmon as well…

"It can't be true…" Kari spoke.
"Yet…it is…" Gatomon replied darkly.
"But…what are we going to do?" Kari asked, worried, and with good reasons…

The last time they encountered Parallelmon in the Digital World, they didn't even seemed to defeat him…and both Regan and Kari were in Bio-Merge with their digimon…
So, how exactly would they be able to fight him again?

"It would be useless to keep running…" Lizomon stated darkly.
The other three looked at him.
"We can't simply keep running from him. What good would it do for us?" Lizomon added.
"Besides…we have to fight him now…or it'll be too late…" the dragon digimon added.

"Kari…" Regan started, slowly rising from the couch and walking toward the large window.
"Krasus told me something a while ago, at the beach…" he started.
Despite fully remembering what happened at the beach, Kari still remained worried. She looked at Regan with a slightly questioning look.
"And he told me something…something really…bad…"
"…What is it?" Kari asked, unsure if she truly wanted to know the answer.

"Krasus…He told me that…
Both Riza and Kylee had been infected by their digimon's data…and the Bio-Modify data we have…It happened when we were against MetalPhantomon…" Regan said.
Kari gasped, nearly holding a hand to her mouth.
"However…Riza's been cured…with Bio-Merge…but not Kylee…and she might have not much time left…" Regan added sadly, his head lowering.
"You don't mean…that Kylee is going to die soon…or worse?!?
That's what Krasus told you?!?" Kari asked worryingly.
"Yeah…" Regan answered, still looking toward the window.

"Even so, mourning the current situation will do nothing, Digidestined." The voice of Krasus suddenly said as he appeared out of nowhere in the room.
"No matter what is happening, a stand against Parallelmon must be done, here and now." The elder wizard spoke, his gaze hard.
"But why?!?" Regan asked, turning toward the cloaked wizard. "Are you crazy?!? Fighting Parallelmon in Phoenix City?!?"
"Exactly." Krasus answered. "Because now, we have led Parallelmon to a potentially great source of power…"

His words left a heavy meaning in the air before Lizomon suddenly replied,
"All the Tamers living here!!!" he yelled.
"Precisely…" Krasus replied. "Because of us, we have led Parallelmon to an enormous source of power for him, more children, more Tamers.
You know very well after all that what he seeks is not the power of Digimon…but of their human partners!"
"And just how many Tamers are there in Phoenix City?!?" Gatomon asked, remembering how many people were at the convention. Just how many among them were Tamers?

"We are running out of time…" Krasus said. "The longer nothing is done, the stronger Parallelmon may become!"
"But we weren't able to beat Parallelmon together, Kari and I! And we were even Bio-Merging!" Regan said.
"Who said you have to do this alone?" Krasus said. "You have other very potent friends here, right?"
"Riza…and Kylee…" Kari muttered.
And hearing the tone used by Kari when she mentioned Kylee, no doubt Regan had told her…
"Indeed. We will need as much help as possible to face Parallelmon." Krasus finished, his gaze deep.

---

A few quick mental conversations from Krasus, projected at Riza, Kylee and their digimon, and soon after that, the two Tamers were quickly teleported by the wizard straight into the Digidestined's hideout.

"We could have ran up to here!" Riza complained, slightly holding his stomach, hoping he wasn't going to throw out anything again…
"It would have been too slow, and it would have made both of you far too vulnerable to Parallelmon." Krasus said.
"Parallelmon? Who's that?" Impmon said.
"A very dangerous digimon…and the one undoubtedly responsible for all the troubles that began here…" Krasus answered.
"What?!?" Kylee asked.
"I mean that from the very beginning, when Regan and Kari were sent here, separated by their partners, up to all the other events that were dimensional in nature, like the sudden projections into the Dark Ocean, or unknown creatures attacking out of nowhere.

All of this were caused by Parallelmon."
"He could do that?!?" Veemon asked.

"Parallelmon is not considered a nice name in the Digital World…" Lizomon explained. "That Mega level digimon somehow possess the ability to travel into other worlds, other dimensions, at will…

And along with that, he seems to have very strange motives…He only wants human children that have digimon partners…He doesn't even want digimon at all. Just humans."
"Humans? Why?" Riza asked.
"Because Parallelmon seek the power within the human children. Who knows how many children he has already absorbed, making him very powerful?" Krasus said. "And his latest targets were Regan and Kari."

The two Tamers looked at two very unsure and worried Digidestined.

"Still, it behoves us to face Parallelmon here and soon." Krasus added.
"You want us…to fight him here, in this city?!?" Kylee asked.
"We have to do it…otherwise Parallelmon will only get stronger. Just how many Tamers are there in Phoenix City after all?" Regan asked sourly.
The two Tamers remained silent.
"Hold on though…" Kylee asked. "If that Parallelmon is after Regan and Kari…why isn't he here yet?"

"It seems though that Parallelmon was unable to actually track Regan and Kari's locations at first, and when I was able to found them here, I took the precautions to create shields around this place, since it was clear the Digidestined had considered this apartment as a small sanctuary for themselves in this world." Krasus answered. "Even if Parallelmon is now on this world, he cannot properly track the Digidestined clearly. But in the meantime…there are still many other children…"

"Oh my god..." Kylee muttered. "Every...every Tamers here?!?"
"Indeed..." Regan answered darkly.

Then, Krasus suddenly held out a glowing crystal, having taken it out from the folds of his cloak.
"We are running out of time..." he added, gazing toward the glowing crystal, which probably was, somehow, indicating something about Parallelmon.

Regan suddenly tightened his right fist, which then sparked with crimson electricity for mere moments.
"We can't just stand here and do nothing..." Regan said.
"When you have the power to make a difference, it is your responsibility to act." Lizomon stated.
"Right...When you see something happen, and you knew that you could have done something to change it..." Kari started, looking saddened.
"...It hurts even more then when you can't do a thing..." Gatomon finished, sharing a similar expression.
"So?" Krasus asked, crossing his arms. "Your choice is made?"

Regan turned straight toward Krasus, then held out his right fist, which then glowed with a deep crimson light. "Yes, we're going to fight!" he replied.

A soft pink glow slowly came out from the right palm of Kari, as her saddened look slowly turned to understanding. "After all, we have to do it..."

"You guys..." Kylee muttered.
"You can't do this alone guys..." Riza said. "We can do something too now!"
"Yeah! That's right!" Veemon added. "We'll help too!"
"You can count on us to help you whip out that Parallelmon's ass!" Impmon added, one fist tight.
Kylee closed her eyes and nodded. "That's true. We can do something now...
And it's just like when we helped you fight Ragnarok...
We're your friends...to both of you, Regan and Kari...
And we'll help you as such..."

Regan and Kari returned similar, understanding gazes at the two Tamers.

"Then...let's do it..." Regan said.

And with one sudden movement, he ran for the apartment door, then went for the building's roof.
The others quickly went after him, except Krasus who didn't move...before vanishing.

Soon arriving on the roof, Regan and Lizomon stopped, seeing Krasus standing before them. The other Tamers, Kari and the digimon stopped when they saw him too.
The skies slowly started to darken, above their heads.

"I will go ahead to see where Parallelmon is in the city, and try to slow him down." Krasus said.
"You're-You're really gonna do that?!?" Kylee asked.
"Indeed." Krasus replied with a deep gaze before vanishing in a brief flash.
"Now go children!" his voice carried out in the wind as he vanished. To punctuate his departing words, lightning flashed in the north.

Regan made a brief nod before running toward the edge of the roof, toward the north. Lizomon soon followed after.

"Wait!" Kylee said. "We have no idea where Parallelmon is!"

Regan didn't listened. He leapt.

"Bio-Merge, Activate!" he yelled in the air, before starting to glow, along with Lizomon.

"Lizomon, Bio-Merge to...AtmaRyumon!!!"

A powerful flash of red light exploded in front of the other children and digimon before the large white armoured, four winged form of AtmaRyumon rose in the skies, hovering ominously above the others.

"Krasus indicated the way for us! That lightning was his signal!" AtmaRyumon said, pointing to the north.

Kari nodded before closing her eyes, and slowly started to walk toward the edge, and Gatomon went to her side.
A slow pink glow then appeared around her, as she opened her eyes, looking peacefully to Gatomon...and offered a hand.
The cat digimon returned a strong, determined gaze before taking Kari's hand. Kari's glow then spread out on her.
"Bio-Merge, Activate!" Kari suddenly yelled, her gaze turning determined.
"Gatomon, Bio-Merge to...OrahAngewomon!!!"
The glow then spread out into a wide light, forming multiple feathers that floated around before another large winged form, mainly pink, and six winged this time, as OrahAngewomon came out and hovered above, coming to AtmaRyumon.

"Well..." Riza started, looking at his digivice, then hesitantly looked at Kylee.
Kylee only faked out a small huff before making a small smile.
"Just because you can Bio-Merge doesn't mean you got to be uncertain about showing it!" she said with a small smile.
"Yeah..." Riza replied with a small blush, then caught back himself. "Anyway, ready Veemon?"
"100%!" Veemon replied as Kylee and Impmon took some steps back.
"Bio-Merge, Activate!"
"Veemon, Bio-Merge to...AmaKaisermon!!!"
And with a burst of blue light, AmaKaisermon threw out a wide swing of his wings before taking to the skies.

"Geez..." Impmon huffed, arms crossed. "If only we could Bio-Merge."
"Well...who knows?" Kylee jockingly replied, then her gaze turned more serious.
"But even if we can't Bio-Merge Impmon, we can still do a lot, so let's not give it up! Ready?" she asked as she took out her Mega Digivolution card.
"Thought you'd never ask." Impmon replied. "Bring out that power!" he then yelled.
"Digi-Modify! Mega Digivolution, Activate!" Kylee then shouted as she swiped one card in her D-Arc.

"Impmon, Warp Digivolve to...Beelzemon!!!"

"Digi-Modify! Mode Change, Activate!" Kylee shouted again as she quickly swiped another card into her digivice.

"Beelzemon, Mode Change to...Blast Mode!!!"

And swinging back his black feathered wings, Beelzemon looked at the three Bio-Merged Digimon before looking at Kylee.
"You know I'll be coming, right Beelzemon?" Kylee said, showing a strong gaze.
"Yeah..." Beelzemon replied with a slightly unpleased look. "I was kinda hoping you wouldn't be coming. That old Krasus said that this Parallelmon freak was after Tamers and Digidestined after all...

But I'll make sure to protect you!" Beelzemon replied.
He then wrapped his left arm around Kylee as she extended her own arms to grab hold of her partner as he slowly took off to the skies.

"Alright..." AtmaRyumon said. "With our digivolutions, we've probably started to attract some attention of Parallelmon, but let's get where Krasus showed us to really make sure that Parallelmon knows he has some challengers waiting to fight him!"
"Right." OrahAngewomon nodded.
"We'll show Parallelmon that he shouldn't be messing with us!" AmaKaisermon added.
"Yeah! We'll show Parallelmon the power of our friendship!" Kylee added.

"Then let's go!" AtmaRyumon added before quickly starting to fly north, and then was quickly followed by all three other Digimon and Kylee.

---

"The final hour?"
"It may appears to be the case..."
"Indeed..."
"But let us sssee how it will unfold..."

---

Moments later, all four digimon were flying closer to the central part of the city.
"Where are they?" Kylee yelled from atop Beelzemon. "Where's Krasus and that Parallelmon?"
A huge flash of light to their left quickly answered that question, as an immense form bursted out of a large energy bubble that wasn't there the moment before.
"I think Krasus was trying to hold back Parallelmon in the meantime…" AtmaRyumon said.
"Is that Parallelmon?" AmaKaisermon asked as he looked at the enormous digimon. Most of its body was formed by white plated parts with purple symbols on them, although each limbs were connected by brownish cable-like appendages. And on top of that, its head was decorated by two long spikes and one single eye.

The eyed glowed as the digimon was looking downward, looking at many, many people, mainly children, who were scattering away from the digimon.
"No!" AtmaRyumon yelled, then rushed toward Parallelmon.
But the enormous digimon fired first. A large beam shot from its eye, turning into a large claw-like limb at its end as it went downward at many children running away.

But before the beam could struck out one or several children where the beam was aiming, Krasus appeared out of nowhere on the ground nearby all the children before waving one hand swiftly, and with a brief flash, he and the targeted children vanished before the beam struck the ground, wiping out a good part of the concrete.

"Phew…" OrahAngewomon said. "It's a good thing Krasus is around right now…"
"Anyway…we can't let him go on…" AtmaRyumon said, his right fist tightening.
"Regan…" OrahAngewomon muttered. "Calm yourself. We all know what he can do, and we're going to fight him again…all together."
"Yeah! Let's kick out that freak and show him who's boss!" Beelzemon said.
"Well, I think you'll have to put Kylee on the ground, because you can't fight with her in your hands or on your back." AmaKaisermon said.
"But if I'll do that, that parallel freak might get her!" Beelzemon replied.
"I will make sure that such a thing does not happen." the voice of Krasus spoke on their minds.
"Fine…" Beelzemon grumbled, although Kylee did not really looked enthusiastic. Seeing the immense Parallelmon and what he was trying to do wasn't exactly a pleasant sight.

With a yell, AtmaRyumon charged toward the distracted Parallelmon before opening his mouth, yelling "White Flame Wave!" and spewed out a wave of pure white flames from his mouth. The flames struck Parallelmon on its face, who then reacted, flinching, before he turned to look at AtmaRyumon…before its look seemed to become more insistent…

He threw one large hand toward AtmaRyumon, who quickly raised his shield, blocking Parallelmon's hand. OrahAngewomon quickly followed after, flying above AtmaRyumon before aiming one golden arrow at Parallelmon. "Destiny Arrow!" she shouted before releasing her arrow toward Parallelmon's head.
However, the digimon's eye started to glow before a beam poured out of it eye, going for OrahAngewomon's arrow…before absorbing it…
"Watch out Kari!" AtmaRyumon yelled.
OrahAngewomon quickly flew sideways as Parallelmon's beam had continued toward her, unhindered by the golden arrow.
"He can do that?!?" AmaKaisermon said as Beelzemon flew down to let Kylee go.
"Yeah…Whatever you do AmaKaisermon…Don't get hit by that beam…It can absorb everything…" AtmaRyumon answered grimly.
Nodding uncertainly, AmaKaisermon soon followed after AtmaRyumon, charging for Parallelmon.

"Here you go Kylee…" Beelzemon said as he landed, then released Kylee.
"Alright…just be careful, okay?" Kylee asked worryingly as she looked at her partner.
"…You too…" Beelzemon hesitantly replied before taking to the skies, joining up with the three Bio-Merged digimon.
Kylee looked around, looking for something, or rather someone.
"Krasus?" she asked.
In answer, the tall gray cloaked wizard appeared on her side. "We cannot easily guarantee that facing Parallelmon will be something easy." The wizard said as he started to raise his hands, glowing with power.
Kylee barely nodded, before looking away, and down.
Krasus paused, noticing the girl's reaction.
"There is something troubling you." Krasus said. It wasn't a question, but a clear, obvious statement.
Kylee clenched her fists. "What can I even do right now?!? All my friends, Riza, Veemon, Kari, Gatomon, Regan, Lizomon, and Impmon…

They're all fighting…and I can't do a thing to help!!!" she replied, turning to the inflexible Krasus.
"And even you too are looking like you're going to help…so what can I do?!? Nothing?!?" Kylee added, tears slowly coming to her face.
Krasus did not answered immediately at first.
"So now, it was not only the Digimon who once had the guilt of desiring to be stronger…but the Tamer as well…" he stated.

Kylee paused, startled. "W-What do you mean?" she asked hesitantly.
Krasus looked at her. Deeply. Kylee shivered under the intense gaze of the wizard's black eyes…eyes that reflected so much experience…

"I mean exactly that, Kylee Henke." Krasus started. "Just like your own partner, you too have suffered from this desire of greater power. A desire that nearly had a catastrophic end for your partner, if you remember well…"
Memories of the event when Impmon first became Beelzemon surged back in Kylee…
When Beelzemon accused Regan and Lizomon of being the very evil they had claimed to be hunting...
When Beelzemon had been completely fooled, manipulated by their true enemy, Ragnarok, and then tried to destroy Regan and Lizomon, but had not anticipated Lizomon's power to be equal to his own.
And…
…when Kylee had tried to talk out of sense to her partner…
…Beelzemon shot at her…Although, it was Riza who partly took the hit…
And it needed an angered AtmaRyumon to bring down Beelzemon, and then save Riza's life…

What was it that day?
Regan and Lizomon…
They had seemed to state something about their power…
It wasn't something they managed to get easily…

"Power often has a price, Kylee Henke…" Krasus added, snapping out the Tamer from her reverie. "Do you think that at the very dawn of my existence, I possessed such power? Or that Regan and Lizomon controlled as much strength in the beginning of their journey as they do today?
Or did Kari Kamiya was truly strong in the beginning?

The answer to all these questions…is clearly…No.

No…Power is not something that would be freely given. It is given with a cost…or given after worthy efforts.

And even then, you are not the one who will dictate what you will earn after your efforts.

This goes into all accounts, all facets of all existences…of all Life…
Whatever is done, whoever you are, should you be an artist, a warrior, or something else, that power will be rewarded after many efforts. And often, that power may not always be in a form we would expect…" Krasus finished, and then removed his gaze from Kylee's eyes.

Kylee remained unmoving, shaking slightly as she remained in a bit of shock and confusion.

But she couldn't deny it…
Krasus was indeed speaking the truth…

She looked at the gray cloaked wizard as he obviously prepared some sort of spell to help the others currently fighting and flying around Parallelmon, who kept throwing attacks left and right at them, although fortunately, AtmaRyumon, OrahAngewomon, AmaKaisermon and Beelzemon were able to dodge them, including the 'claw-beam'.

"But then…what do I have to do to earn it?" she asked.

"That…may be left only to yourself…
Or that will be only decided by fate…" Krasus answered, not looking at Kylee.

"But…Then…What do I do now? What can I do now?" she asked, completely lost.

Krasus paused again, looking at Kylee with, surprisingly, a slight smile.
"What you have been trained, or what you trained yourself to do, naturally…" he answered.
"After all, take a look at Regan and Kari. They have trained themselves now up to the point of being able to Bio-Merge. And now, Riza has joined them in that manner.
Beelzemon has continued to train himself in terms of fighting; now being able to be a Mega, thanks to you.
"And I? Well…I continue to use the skills I have been taught, and what I have learned in my long life…

But you Kylee…
What are you trained in now?" Krasus asked as he looked again at Kylee.

"…" Kylee looked slightly down, pondering Krasus' words…before looking at her right hand…

…and the D-Arc in it.

"…A Tamer…" Kylee answered. "I've been trained…and I've trained myself…to become a Digimon Tamer…That's what I always wanted since I was young…
But…I didn't thought…it'd end up like this…"

"No one truly desires many events that may happen in our existences, Kylee." Krasus replied, on a surprisingly slightly softer tone. "I have seen many terrible events in my long life, many things I would have wished never to happen…Yet it did…
Yet, in all of this…it does not mean that we are powerless in the grand turns of Fate…
No…Sometimes just one person, one single being can be enough to change the fate of an entire world…

And that, I speak from clear experience…" the wizard added.
"After all…Eight simple human children were called on a world completely foreign to them…
And yet…these eight children, along with new friends, allowed that world, and their own to be saved. They drove back a possible dire fate. They saved the lives of many, many living beings.
And I am sure you know the children I speak of…" he finished.

Kylee remained silent…then her eyes started to widen…
Ragnarok…
When they all faced Ragnarok…
They were just four children with four digimon…
And yet…they managed to destroy a truly monstrous and seemingly unstoppable abomination…
Just four children and four digimon…had stopped a mad beast claiming to be a god…

A small smile slowly started to appear on Kylee's face.

"…Krasus…

…Thank you…" she said, looking at the wizard. "Thanks a lot…Now I know why you're a friend of Regan and Kari...even if it might not always look like it…"

"We are all kindred spirits, all seeking to make a better world around ourselves…" Krasus added a small smile visible on his face, then it faded. "So now, do what you have to do…as we all…" he added before uttering one strange syllab, a hand aimed at Parallelmon's right foot.

The ground beneath Parallelmon's right foot suddenly turned to mud, and because of that, the large digimon's foot easily sank into the mud, which instantly transformed back into solid concrete, trapping Parallelmon's foot in the ground.

And distracted by this sudden event, as Parallelmon now tried to pull out his foot from the concrete, he didn't took attention to the other four digimon surrounding him.

"Atma Blade!"
"Corona Blaster!"
"Omni Sword!"
"Destiny Arrow!"

All four attacks, one golden arrow, a purple energy blast, and two heavy slashes from swords, struck hard on the side of Parallelmon's face, causing Parallelmon to twitch and let out a loud roar.

"Heh…you ain't liking that, eh parallel freak?" Beelzemon said with a grin.

In answer, Parallelmon's right foot tore through the concrete trapping it before the digimon turned his gaze toward all four digimon.

"Get out!" AtmaRyumon yelled as all four of them spread out, evading the claw-beam Parallelmon shot out at the area where they were standing moments ago.

Watching all of this, Kylee tightened her grip on her digivice…
"And since I'm a Tamer…there's one thing I can do to help my friends fight…" she concluded.

And with that, she pulled out a card from her pocket before taking a look at it : A Power Modify Card.

"Digi-Modify! Power Modify, Activate!"she yelled as she swiped the card in her digivice, instantly giving out a power boost at her digimon partner.

Beelzemon felt it. The new sudden power boost. He looked slightly toward Kylee before smiling at her.
"Thanks Kylee! I think I was feeling a bit lonely about something there..." he replied.
Then he quickly turned back at Parallelmon, who was currently aiming at AtmaRyumon.

Beelzemon began drawing a large pentagram with his gun before passing his gun through it when he finished it, before he yelled "Corona Destroyer!" before firing out huge purple energy blasts which exploded wildly on Parallelmon, who flinched under the assault.

"It's working!" Kylee said, grinning as she saw Parallelmon beginning to falter...

...however moments later, Parallelmon shook his head wildly before looking toward the ground...

...straight at Kylee...

His eye glowed...before a large claw-beam was released from it.

"Kylee!" Both Beelzemon and AmaKaisermon yelled

And mere instants as Kylee saw the huge beam nearing on her, she felt grabbed on the side before feeling the strange feeling of displacement...from a teleporting spell...which undoubtedly originated from Krasus who was standing right near Kylee.

Kylee's vision blurred at the moment of the teleport, but when she was able to see, she saw that she now stood several meters behind her original spot...and saw the huge claw-beam striking the ground before vanishing, along with another good part of the concrete there...

"I have casted another spell around you. It should make your much harder to track by Parallelmon, but I cannot guarantee an absolute certainty of its success." Krasus said, still standing near her as he started to move away from her, after having grabbed her to teleport her away.
"So...be very careful..." Krasus warned. "Undoubtedly, it was the Digi-Modify that attracted Parallelmon's attention.
Remember that his ultimate goal is to absorb Tamers and Digidestineds..."

With that said, Krasus started to levitate in the air...slowly floating upward as he started mutting new words, his expression dark.

As he continued to float upward, a red glow started to appear around him…before it formed up into twelve red energy ball that slowly spun around him.

When Krasus reached a suitable height, he stopped, and muttered a few words.

"Positron Laser barrage."

All the red orbs suddenly straightened before they quickly spun to form a large circle facing the slightly distant Parallelmon…before all orbs glowed at once…and each of them fired out one large Positron Laser, Imperialdramon's attack, straight at Parallelmon.

The twelve beams struck out hard on Parallelmon, pummelling him down as the large digimon stumbled back.

Beelzemon and AmaKaisermon froze as they just saw the many, many beams that struck Parallelmon.

"Holy Sh!T!!!" Beelzemon cursed. "Is that gray cloaked Krasus who did that?!?!?"
"Yeah…"OrahAngewomon replied uncertainly. "He can replicate attacks from digimon."

"Man…We kinda knew Krasus was powerful…but that much?!?" AmaKaisermon added. "It ain't human at all!"

"No…That's magic. That's what it is…" AtmaRyumon corrected. "Remember that Krasus is a wizard…and a powerful one…"

"Still, I would suggest all of you to continue fighting…" the voice of Krasus spoke in the minds of the digimon and their partners.

"Well…you heard him…Let's go before Parallelmon tries another shot at us…" AtmaRyumon stated, then flew upward before preparing to dive at their enemy. The others quickly spread out as well, just as Parallelmon started to recover, and Krasus preparing another orb attack…

"Strato Cannons. Full barrage." Krasus simply spoke, and the orbs glowed again before they started to spin again, but this time, at a faster rate, and increasing so much they started to blur.
Then multi-colored energy blasts started being fired at a really high rate from the spinning orbs, all aimed at Parallelmon.

The blasts kept hammering the large digimon who struggled to remain standing, and tried to go forward.

"White Flame Wave!
"Destiny Arrow!"
"Corona Blaster!"
"Tempest Rend!"

Four attacks then went out flying from all sides, striking at Parallelmon. A loud roar was heard as the digimon fell on a knee.

"Yeah! We're doing it!" AmaKaisermon said.

Suddenly, Parallelmon rose, his eye glowing wide. And with another loud roar he suddenly raised, one arm flinging wide and striking AmaKaisermon with it, sending him flying away before he crashed on a building.

"Damn it, Riza!" AtmaRyumon cursed as he looked where AmaKaisermon had been flung away.
"Regan! Watch out!" OrahAngewomon yelled, and AtmaRyumon looked forward…to see another huge hand flinging at him.
He barely brought up his shield in front of himself, but the impact of the strike send him flying backward before he plummeted down.

"Damn it, damn it! Why just you won't die?!?!?" Beelzemon yelled as he started to repeatedly shoot at Parallelmon's face, but with seemingly little effect.

From afar, Krasus made another quick gesture, which caused many debris to start flying upward, then toward Parallelmon. At the same time, the debris changed, stretching and transforming into sharp lances, sharpening at the same time.

Parallelmon however, shot out another beam from his eye, swallowing the lances before they could reach him. He then swatted at Beelzemon, who narrowly evaded the arm.

"What's wrong?!?" Kylee wondered. "We thought we had him...but he just somehow keeps going? What's wrong with this digimon?"

Parallelmon then looked toward OrahAngewomon, completely ignoring Beelzemon shooting at him once more before his eye glowed again.

With a gasp, OrahAngewomon quickly flew away as another claw-beam erupted from Parallelmon's eye.

And another yell came out from above Parallemon as a large winged form fell down on him, one sword raised.

AmaKaisermon.

Parallelmon started to look up toward the yell...and got struck by the sword before falling earthward, the face crashing in the ground.

AmaKaisermon then landed before looking toward the downed Parallelmon.

"That won't be enough to keep him down!" AtmaRyumon yelled, flying in the air as he took a position near OrahAngewomon.

Indeed, moments after, one of Parallelmon's hands reached upward and struck the ground, pushing back up the enormous figure into a standing position once more.
"Well…something tells me…he's probably pissed now…" Beelzemon muttered.

Drastically true. Parallelmon suddenly leaned forward, swiping his enormous hands toward where AmaKaisermon was, who had no choice but to leap upward as Parallelmon's claws raked the concrete and then smashed into the building on one side. And it didn't took long before he took another mad swing at AmaKaisermon with his other arm.

AmaKaisermon quickly flew sideways to evade the next attack as AtmaRyumon flew above before breathing out white flames on Parallelmon's head.
Even then, Parallelmon seemed to ignore the flames burning on his head as be brought down one arm at AmaKaisermon again who narrowly evaded it before he crossed his enormous wings and yelled "Tempest Rend!" before opening his wings, releasing several blades made of wind, all of them striking at Parallemon's arm. Even then, Parallemon didn't flinched. Not even when a 'Destiny Arrow' from OrahAngewomon and several purple cannon blasts from Beelzemon hammered his shoulders.

Parallelmon then threw his other arm at AmaKaisermon, striking him and sending him crashing on the road, a few meters in front of Kylee.

"Riza! Are you all right?" Kylee asked as she saw Riza's Bio-Merged form slowly struggling to get up.
However, AmaKaisermon partly ignored Kylee as he looked toward Parallelmon who was looking toward them...

...or in fact...Kylee...

"Riza! Watch out!" AtmaRyumon yelled before rushing toward Parallelmon's head.

But too late.
Parallelmon's eye glowed before a large claw-beam was shot from it...going at Kylee.
"No!"

But before anyone could react, AmaKaisermon suddenly raised up, wings wide opened...and standing straight into the beam's path...

There was a flash of light...and AmaKaisermon was gone...

Kylee stood frozen, her eyes wide as she stared at where AmaKaisermon was.

"No...
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!" she screamed, falling on her knees.

All three of OrahAngewomon, AtmaRyumon and Beelzemon were shocked too at the sudden turn of events. But they quickly reacted as Parallelmon obviously prepared for yet another beam attack, this time not intending to miss its first target.

AtmaRyumon threw his right arm completely to his side, holding his sword tight, before he made a wide and powerful swing with it, striking Parallelmon hard in the side of its face.

Though it caused Parallelmon's head to flinch slightly, he still shot another beam toward Kylee.

But Kylee still remained unmoving, as the beam neared her...only to be snatched away by a flying Beelzemon.

"Come on Kylee! It ain't the time to just do nothing!" Beelzemon said.

"But…but…" Kylee started, completetly lost and hesitant.

AtmaRyumon stared hard toward Parallelmon.

"I just don't get it...He can't be invincible...can he?" Regan thought within the Bio-Merged digimon.
"I don't think it could be possible Regan...It has to be something else..." Lizomon answered. "In fact, I think he must have absorbed so many Tamers it made him ultra powerful...And now...with AmaKaisermon absorbed..."

"Damn...we need to find a way to stop him! Just hammering him out won't be enough!" Regan replied.
"Mmm...I think I might have an idea...but something really risky...Definitively a gamble...and a really risky one..." Lizomon started.
"What would it be?"

---

"Kari." AtmaRyumon said.
"Huh?" OrahAngewomon looked at AtmaRyumon curiously and worryingly.
"I think I've got an idea. Just try to hold things together until we'll be back!" AtmaRyumon suddenly said...and charged toward Parallelmon's head.

"Wait! What are you going to-" OrahAngewomon asked.

AtmaRyumon let out a loud yell as he neared Parallelmon.

"Parallelmon!!!" he yelled, and the large digimon turned his head toward him, just at AtmaRyumon started to glow of a fiersome red, starting to bring out his shield in front of him.

And just as he did, Parallelmon shot his claw-beam at him.
"Regan!" OrahAngewomon screamed, shocked.

But despite the beam, AtamRyumon rushed in, still glowing and shield held up in front of him...and struck the beam...

There was a flash of light...and AtmaRyumon was gone.

"N....No...Regan...Lizomon...what have you done?
Just...just what did you had in mind?" OrahAngewomon said.

"Try to calm down Kari! There's got to be a good reason why they'd be doing this!" Gatomon urged up to Kari within OrahAngewomon.
"B-But...what kind of reason...just...why?" Kari replied, still sounding shocked.
"They said they had a plan...
...maybe it's part of it..." Gatomon darkly answered.

Even Kylee and Beelzemon saw AtmaRyumon just seemingly blindfully rushing at Parallelmon and his beam attack. And they too were shocked.

"No...what...what are we going to do?" Kylee asked, gripping tighter on herself as she watched from a distance.
To be honest, she was feeling worried...and a bit weird...but something unexplainable...

---

Krasus had partly retreated from the action, but not entirely of his own will...He stared at the horizon...and at the sun that slowly started to rise from the horizon...
It seemed that their battle had stretched for a longer time than he thought...

Not just for him...

But if his calculations were right...

It might be over soon now...

...for Kylee...

---

"...

The Time...

Isss...

...Near...

---

"Where are we?" Regan asked.
"I guess...within Parallelmon..." Lizomon answered.

True enough, everywhere where AtmaRyumon looked, he saw only tons of children trapped in bubbles in some sort of strange emptiness.
Fortunately for AtmaRyumon though, he wasn't imprisoned within a bubble, but was still surrounded by his red aura coming out of his shield.

"At least the Atma's Protector made us safe enough..." Regan added.
"Yeah. Anyway, now let's get to work. We have a chance now, so let's not waste it!"
But only a little while in front of him, imprisoned into a large bubble, AtmaRyumon saw AmaKaisermon.

"AmaKaisermon!" AtmaRyumon said, flying a bit closer to the trapped Bio-Merged digimon.

"AtmaRyumon? What are you doing here? And why aren't you trapped?" AmaKaisermon asked, surprised.

"Let's just say we played a risky gamble about how far the Atma's Protector can protect us...and it seems we won...for now..." AtmaRyumon replied with a small smile then the smile turned to a serious face.

"Anyway, we don't have much time right now, we need to hurry if we want to end this and save Kylee."

"What? Save Kylee?" AmaKaisermon asked.

AtmaRyumon turned silent. He had let slip out something rather critical...

Oh well...better explain now...that way, it might, hopefully, make Riza much more willing to help.

"Krasus said to us that you and Kylee had been infected with digimon data during the fight against MetalPhantomon. He said that you'd only have around two days before...you wouldn't be humans anymore..." AtmaRyumon explained.

AmaKaisermo's eyes widened.

"However, Krasus knows a cure...

...and it's Bio-Merge." AtmaRyumon finished.

Now AmaKaisermon let out a gasp.

"Yeah...Krasus kinda purposedly threw us in danger yesterday, in the ocean, so that one of you two would Bio-Merge, and thus be cured.

But Parallelmon...that ain't Krasus' doing.

Still...we have to beat him...and save Kylee as well." AtmaRyumon added.
"But...how?" AmaKaisermon asked.
"Bio-Merge, of course." AtmaRyumon answered.
"But...how will she be able to do that?"
"I think I might have an idea to help her...But I'll need your help too...

After all...I'm pretty sure you'd want to help her, don't you?"
"Y-Yeah...

What do I have to do? Whatever it is, I'll do it!" AmaKaisermon said.

AtmaRyumon smiled and nodded before slightly flying backward, and looked toward all the children, all of them not looking at him.

"Everyone! Listen to me!" AtmaRyumon yelled powerfully, causing every child as far as he could see to look toward him.

"Outside, there are other children and digimon fighting Parallelmon as we speak! We need to help them!

Please everyone...give me your strength, so that I'll focus it to them!
Let's tell those outside, our friends, that we are with them!" AtmaRyumon yelled.

"Of course!" AmaKaisermon realized. "Redirecting life energy! Just like we had done against Ragnarok!"

"You got it right." AtmaRyumon said, looking slightly at AmaKaisermon with a smile.
Looking back at everyone else, he yelled again. "Now! All of you, hold on to your digivices, to your hearts, and send out your strength to me, and I'll send it to those outside!

Our feelings, our thoughts...They must get to them!
Let's show Parallelmon that he shouldn't underestimate the strength of our emotions!"

As far as he could see, AtmaRyumon saw the dozens of children nodding before they started to hold on to their digivices.

Then, one by one, all the bubbles started to glow...

---

Parallelmon kept attacking madly, causing OrahAngewomon to be awfully on the defensive.
"It can't...It can't end like this!!!" she desperately thought. "Regan...Lizomon...whatever is your plan...try to make it work!"

Suddenly, Parallelmon stopped, and started to jerk slightly. He started to seem uncomfortable...unsure...

OrahAngewomon looked surprised at this sudden reaction from the digimon. "Could it be?" she started.

Farther down, Kylee looked surprised at seeing the large digimon seemingly stop.
Beelzemon too was also surprised as he flew nearby Kylee.
Suddenly, Kylee let out a pained gasp.
"Kylee! What's wrong?!?" Beelzemon asked as he landed in front of her.

"My...my stomach...I feel...Something's...wrong..." Kylee replied hardly, holding her stomach.

Farther away, Krasus watched...He watched as the events were unfolding...But most of all, he noted Kylee's sudden reaction...

"Regan Astrasz and Lizomon...

If you two are working a miracle right now...please make it happen...You may be our only hope now..."

---

Within Parallelmon, a pure light show was happening everywhere, as all the trapped children glowed of an intense light...and then all fired beams, AmaKaisermon included, at AtmaRyumon.

He opened his arms wide, and was struck by all the beams, letting out a gigantic yell.

The power...it was so enormous, so enthralling, that for a moment, AtmaRyumon nearly lost himself in that enormous power.

But fortunately, both Regan and Lizomon were able to stand, and focused the power.

"Kylee...This is for you...from all of us..." a shining AtmaRyumon whispered.

Then he let out a powerful roar as he opened his arms wide and the gem on his chest plate unleashed out a powerful flash before an enormous beam of pure red energy was unleashed...

---

Suddenly, an enormous roar was heard, coming out from Parallelmon. A horrifyingly pained roar as the large digimon fell on one knee. The digimon now actually looked pained as he tried to hold something...but was losing it...

Beelzemon, OrahAngewomon, a pained Kylee, and a far away Krasus all watched.
And from his vantage point...Krasus smiled.

"My love...they may have done it..." he whispered.

"What the hell is happening to-" Beelzemon started.

A massive red beam erupted out of Parallemon's chest before the beam twisted in the air...and rushed straight toward Kylee and Beelzemon.

Beelzemon quickly wrapped himself around Kylee, seeking to protect her.

"That's...AtmaRyumon!" OrahAngewomon realized as she saw the beam, first thinking it was going to be something dangerous.
But she realized now...that AtmaRyumon might have succeeded with his crazy plan...

The beam struck and engulfed both Beelzemon and Kylee.

First, there was an indistinct yell that was heard coming out from them...then a powerful light exploded from them...

"Impmon...

...Bio-Merge to...

...EosSandhyamon!!!"

As the light slowly started to fade away, OrahAngewomon looked with surprise at where Beelzemon and Kylee were.
"So...that was AtmaRyumon's plan all along...
...They managed to make Kylee and Impmon Bio-Merge together!"

Looking again, she saw, standing peacefully on the ground, a female figure around the same size as herself and Beelzemon, only this figure had long blonde hair...except for two long white streaks coming out from the top of her head and a black bandanna on the top of her face, with a green gem at the middle on it.

Her skin was of a grayish purple, and most of her body was covered in clothes much like Beelzemon although strangely enough, the clothes were a bit scrapped at some parts, and she also wore a short sleeveless greyish jacket, and also, the 'female' digimon had an enormously long and thick red scarf wrapped around her neck, and flowing behind her.

Her eyes were also covered in a gray and smaller scarf as well...as some scarred markings could be noticed around the eyes...as if they had been damaged, or worse...

While she had not a tail like Beelzemon, other details were also different, like the fact that her boots were a bit thinner and didn't had the same spikes than Beelzemon's. Her right arm ended up with long Beelzemon-like claw; however her left arm was covered by a scrapped greyish Angewomon-like glove, along with multiple scars visible wherever the skin could be seen on her body.
And at her belt, a long tri-barrelled shotgun was held up.

Both OrahAngewomon and Krasus(from afar) gazed for a while at the new Bio-Merge digimon, although OrahAngewomon also looked slightly toward Parallelmon, but surprisingly, he had fallen on his knees, looking even too weakened to try to get up.

And suddenly, nearly like a blur, EosSandhyamon rushed in the direction of Parallelmon, charging up with an expression-less face before suddenly leaping out in the air and suddenly, her red scarf twitched before it changed, forming up a pair of large red shredded wings as EosSandhyamon quickly pulled out her shotgun.

"Trident...Desperado!" she yelled before unleashing a triple volley of bullets from her shotgun straight at one of Parallelmon's knees, then quickly jerked more upward before unleashing out another triple volley at the chest, and send one last volley at the face.

Parallelmon was only struck out by all the bullets, wailing around as he finally started to react, rising up, but clearly much more slowly than usual.

"Destiny Arrow!" OrahAngewomon shouted as she shot out a golden arrow which struck on the side of Parallelmon, causing him to suddenly stumble on the side before he started to regain balance.

"Shadow Claws!" EosSandhyamon yelled as she clawed with suddenly oversized darkened claws at Parallelmon's chest, causing the large digimon to stumble backward.

Then, EosSandhyamon quickly pulled back before pulling out her shotgun once more, aiming it again at Parallemon's chest. "Twilight Blaster!" she yelled before the shotgun flared and turned into a bigger gun, reminiscent of Beelzemon Blast Mode's own cannon. And with that new gun, she shot one single black and white blast at Parallelmon's chest, which unleashed a strong explosion on impact, causing Parallelmon to fall on his back.

EosSandhyamon remained expression-less as she stared Parallelmon. She aimed her gun again.
"Kylee, hold on." OrahAngewomon said, floating beside her.
"Huh? What's wrong Kari? You want to spare that freak? Did you forget what he did to Regan and Riza or what?" EosSandhyamon replied rather roughly.
"...No I haven't..." OrahAngewomon replied, looking slightly down and on the side.
"However...I don't think you should lose yourself in just anger about this.

Just take a look at yourself." OrahAngewomon said, pointing at EosSandhyamon.
"That Bio-Merge form, all the power that came out of Parallelmon, just to help you and Impmon Bio-Merge...

Who do you think managed to make that happen?"
"...The boys..." EosSandhyamon answered.
"Yes. We should try to find a way to get them out of Parallelmon first before finishing him out."

"Well...maybe we could try to open up a hole in Parallelmon and try to see what's inside..." EosSandhyamon suggested with a rather devilish grin as she flashed her clawed hand.

Suddenly, Parallelmon quickly rose up before unleashing a new roar of pain.

"What's up with him again this time?!?" EosSandhyamon asked as she braced herself, just like OrahAngewomon.

And suddenly, a red flash emerged from Parallelmon's chest...followed by a four winged figure falling out from Parallelmon's chest: AtmaRyumon falling on his back, holding out Riza and Veemon in his arms.

"Riza!"
"Regan!" both Bio-Merged digimon girls said as they saw AtmaRyumon on the ground with Riza and Veemon.

"Nice to see you again girls!" Riza said as he waved at the two Bio-Merged girls, although for a moment, he stopped as he saw a bit more how EosSandhyamon looked like.

"Are you two okay?" OrahAngewomon asked.

"Heh...a bit tired right now..." AtmaRyumon answered. "I don't think we can keep up with the fight right now.

Girls, give out a hard one on Parallelmon for us!
I'll just make sure to keep us away from Parellelmon while you show him up what we really means!"

"You can count on that!" EosSandhyamon replied, tightening the grip on her shotgun.

"Girls...There are many...many other kids still trapped within Parallelmon!" Riza said as well. "We have to bring down Parallelmon once and for all now! We managed to draw out lot of power from Parallelmon for you Kylee, and more to try to get out of him, so he should be really weakened now.

Finish it now!"

With that, AtmaRyumon started to move a bit further away as Parallelmon seemed to have problems even to stand...

"Alright Kylee, let's end this now. You're ready?" OrahAngewomon asked.
"Yep! Let's get rid out of Parallelmon now!" EosSandhyamon replied.

With that said, OrahAngewomon started to hover higher in the air, fully opening her wings as a soft pink glow emerged from her while EosSandhyamon held up her hands tightly, gathering a purple aura around her.

"Heaven's Judgement!" OrahAngewomon shouted as a large gateway opened up in the clouded skies and large pink, white and golden blasts and meteors of energy went coming down from the gateway, raining down on Parallelmon.

"Twilight End!" EosSandhyamon yelled as she focused her energy into her hands, then held them high, forming out two orbs of deep purple energy before slamming her hands together, unleashing a large expanding purple beam toward Parallelmon.

The drastically weakened digimon was completely unable to move as the energy meteors and the large beam neared him...

A massive explosion erupted, followed by a terrible roar...and masses of flame and smoke erupting from the blast area as the large form of Parallelmon was seen collapsing on the ruined ground before he started to disintegrate himself...

"Phew...finally..." a tired Regan said as he walked a bit closer to the flames, followed up by Lizomon, Riza and Veemon.

Both OrahAngewomon and EosSandhyamon then floated down and touched the ground lightly before they both glowed and separated back into humans and digimon.

"It's done..." Kari simply said on a rather partly sad tone that matched her rather sad face. Despite that now, Kari Kamiya was more inclined in terms of fighting others, it never was an easy thing for her, within. But she knew what she needs to do sometimes...even if it's hard...

Kylee remained silent, her gaze slightly empty. "That...that was..." she started, but found herself unable to end her sentence.
"Yeah...it's like that..." Kari simply added with a light smile.
Regan simply smiled and made a shrug with his shoulders.
"Heh...and to say you wanted to Bio-Merge too Kylee...Guess you got your wish..." Riza said.
"Yeah...it kinda was something I wanted to get...
But now I wonder...did I truly deserved it?" Kylee said.
Riza remained silent for a moment. "I'd say yes Kylee."
"I agree too." Kari added.
"And so do we." Regan replied, looking at Kylee as well. "You earned it."
"...Thanks guys...
But I guess now...

It's going to be...goodbye?" Kylee asked.
"Oh...yeah...I guess so..." Riza said.

"Something's wrong." Lizomon suddenly said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Regan asked.

With Parallelmon destroyed, we should have started to go back to the Digital World directly, since it was because of Parallelmon's influence that we got here, and with Parallelmon gone, we should have started to fade from this world..." Lizomon explained.
"W-Wait a minute! You don't mean he's still alive?!?" Riza asked.
"No...I can confirm he's dead." Lizomon answered.
"Then what the heck is wrong?!?" Impmon asked angrily.

The sound of footsteps started to be heard, coming in front of them...from the flames...

And at the same time, the sound of hands clapping together a bit slowly was heard.

"Well...Congratulations, Digidestineds and Tamers...

You have performed spendidly...

Very well in fact..." a voice spoke from the flames, as the shadow of a form started to walk out from the flames.

Every of the children and the digimon started. That voice...

"N-No..." Regan muttered, sounding both shocked and angered. "It can't be..."

The shadowed form revealed itself to be a red cloaked form...and with a small buff of wind, the hood covering the person's face was pulled back...

...revealing a face...
identical to Regan Astrasz...
...aside from the grey hairs...and the red eyes filled with clear malice...along with the dark smile visible on the face.

"N-N-No..." Kari muttered, looking afraid.
"It's...it's impossible..." Kylee muttered while Riza just looked shocked, just as all the digimon also looked shocked, but all standing in front of their partners with the clear intent of protecting them...

Then...all at once, the children and the digimon spoke out the word...the name...

"RAGNAROK!!!"

"Missed me?" the Regan doppelganger said as the smile grew to a far more maddened and sinister range.