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Chapter Four
Integrity Awakens
Kari slowly came around, groaning.
"Oh Kari." Gatomon moaned, rushing to her friend.
Kari winced as she sat up.
"Remind me not to let this happen to anyone again." she winced as she leaned against a wall.
"You look terrible." Gatomon said in despair.
"Thanks Gato. I feel worse than that." Kari groaned as she heaved herself to her feet, swaying as she did so.
"Kari, you should sit down." Gatomon urged.
"No. We need to get out of here. Preferably before he comes back for round two." she said.
"Kari, you can barely stand!"
Kari took another small step and fell. Gatomon immediately rushed to her aid, and sat her up.
"Stay still." she ordered.
Kari leaned against the back wall of the cell.
"We need to get out of here Gatomon. And I need to tell TK the truth."
Gatomon looked at her.
"Oh yes? What truth is that?" she asked suspiciously.
Kari sighed.
"All through that beating, the only person I wanted to be with, to have there to comfort me was TK. I wanted him there, and I really missed him. I have to tell him that I was wrong to break up with him in the first place. And..." she said.
"And what?"
"And that I still love him." she answered.
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TK, who was sitting with his back to the wall while Patamon tried to angle his foot to the lock outside the cell. He was watching him detachedly, and he suddenly heard the voice he loved behind him.
"I love you too." he said.
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Kari sat upright, thrown by the response she had gotten.
"Gatomon, is it me, or did the wall just say it loved me?" she asked in confusion.
"I wish I could say it was you, but it wasn't. I heard it too." she said in amazement.
They both turned to the wall, and leaned close towards it.
"TK?" Kari asked hopefully.
"KARI!" TK cried in relief.
"Oh thank God, we aren't nuts!" Gatomon said ecstatically.
"TK, please tell me there's a reason you are talking to the wall and you just haven't gone bonkers." Patamon said.
"Patamon!" Gatomon exclaimed.
"Oh good, he hasn't gone yet." he said.
"TK, I'm so, so sorry." Kari said, crying.
"Hey, it's alright. We'll get you out of there." he promised.
Kari smiled slightly.
"I love you, and I don't want to ever loose you again." she said.
"And I love you too, and I wont loose you again. so, we're getting out and stopping the Triad." he vowed.
Gatomon surveyed the cell.
"We cant get out. Can you pair?"
"I've been trying to get the lock but I cant. But you could. We aren't as high priority as you two are." Patamon answered.
"In other words, we need to get into your cell. Hmm. How soft is the mortar holding the bricks we're talking through?"
"Not that bad. Claw at it?" he asked.
"That's my guess. Let's get scraping guys."
With that, the four began pulling at the mortar, determined to loosen it so they could escape.
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WaruSeadramon, LadyDevimon and Parrotmon all towered above them.
"Where's my sister!?" Tai demanded.
"And my brother!" Matt yelled.
LadyDevimon smiled.
"Hmm. Not very pleasant. I don't think we should tell them do you?" she asked.
"Certainly not after such insolence. You should learn manners Digidestined." WaruSeadramon hissed.
"Go to hell!" Rana shouted.
Parrotmon laughed madly.
"Ah, this is the new one, no? Eh?" he asked, distracted.
"What?" LadyDevimon asked.
Parrotmon nodded at Rana, who took a step back. Tsukimon flew up in front of her.
"So it is known at last. The war has begun." WaruSeadramon said with a gleeful malice.
"War? What war?" Joe asked.
"It's no matter to you. Once we destroy you, the threat will end, and we will rule all." Parrotmon crowed.
"Dream on. Get them!" Davis ordered.
The Digimon leapt at them, but they all dropped back down.
"What's wrong with them?" Mimi squeaked.
"We cant digivolve!" Palmon wailed.
"Indeed not. As we said, your road ends here! Poison Wave!"
"Evil Wing!"
"Static Destroyer!"
The attacks hit the Digidestined and they were blown away and scattered across the realm, screaming as they went.
"Find them. Kill them." LadyDevimon ordered three shadowy Digimon behind her.
"Yes my lady." they answered and lumbered off.
"It has begun. We must report." Parrotmon said.
The other two nodded, then followed him home.
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"Push!" Gatomon cried.
She heaved her shoulder against the brick they were trying to move, and heard Patamon do the same.
"It…wont…budge!" Gatomon mewed.
Kari frowned as she thought of why it wouldn't work. Then, it abruptly hit her and she rolled her eyes.
"Gatomon, we're trying to push the brick into their cell. As such, why the devil is Patamon also pushing it?" she asked.
Gatomon opened her mouth to respond, then closed it, resembling a fish. She sighed, rolled her eyes, and turned to the brick.
"Patamon! You are an imbecile! You pull! I push!" she shouted.
"It's not my fault! I'm just doing as I was told!"
"Well who told you!?"
"You did!"
"Don't blame me for your incompetence. Now, pull!"
Kari sighed, and she heard TK giggling on the other side of the wall.
"Why do we bother?" she asked.
"I don't know. Because it means we'll be able to see each other more?"
"Hmm. I like that. Come on. If we wait for Dumb and Dumber here we'll be in our graves before we get through." she said, and started to push with Gatomon.
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Tai woke up in a spider's web, and looked around to see the others were in a similar position. Arukenimon was in the centre of a web, knitting.
"Good. About time you woke up." she said.
Yolei, Mimi and Sora all awoke, rubbing their heads.
"What happened?" Sora asked, as Biyomon flew off the web.
"The Triad blasted us good. I barely made the web in time to stop you all falling on your heads. We're miles away from where we started." she said, leaping down and going back to her human form.
The others all slid off the web that had saved their lives.
"Thanks Arukenimon." Tai said.
"You're welcome."
"Has anyone noticed that every time we go out to save something, we always get blown up?" Sora asked.
"How couldn't you digivolve?" Mimi asked, ignoring Sora.
"There must be a control spire. Which means we're in trouble if we're attacked, as only Hawkmon and Arukenimon will be able to do anything." Palmon said.
"This is true. I should still be able to armour digivolve. Could you not turn this control spire to our advantage if we find it?" Hawkmon asked.
"Yes, I suppose I could. And if I did that, the rest of you would be able to digivolve too." she theorised.
"Good. So we find that, then we rescue Kari, wiping out the Triad en route." Tai declared, pulling out his telescope.
"See anything Tai?" Agumon asked.
"Not much. All I see is grey. There's a control spire at the other end of the shore, and one nearer the centre of the city, so I assume there's one around here too." he speculated, looking around.
"Well hurry up and find it. We don't want a visit from the Triad." Sora urged warily, looking around.
Tai searched around a bit, then cried in triumph.
"Got it!"
Ten minutes later, they were getting close. None of them were talking much, all of them too concerned about Kari and TK. Arukenimon also seemed worried about something or other, but wasn't spilling the beans.
"Come on!" Tai urged.
"Tai, clam down. We cant do anything until we take out the spires, then find the others. We need to be together to take down the Triad. And we cant do that without the Digimon being able to digivolve." Yolei reasoned.
"It's my sister who's in trouble at this moment!" he protested.
"We know Tai. We're all concerned about her too. But we cant help her until we help ourselves." Sora retorted calmly.
"That may be a problem." Hawkmon said.
"How?" Arukenimon asked.
He pointed, and a massive bulky shape was hurtling towards them.
"Oh, that's not good. Hurry!" Agumon cried.
They sped up, but they could see it would do them no good.
"Get to the control spire! We'll hold them off!" Hawkmon ordered.
"Hawkmon…" Yolei began.
"No! Go!" he commanded, and he and Arukenimon turned to face their attacker.
It was massive, the same size of MetalGreymon. Sheathed in black armour, it was a dinosaur with two massive cannons on it's chest, and a large smile and a wild hairstyle.
"Who's that?" Hawkmon asked.
BlackWarGrowlmon: An Ultimate level Digimon charged with hunting down rogue Digimon. His Atomic Blaster can flatten a town in one go.
"Oh, great." Sora said as they reached the spire.
"Pepper Breath!"
"Spiral Twister!"
"Poison Ivy!"
Their three attacks did nothing to the massive control spire, and they turned to face the Triad agent in fear.
"Digidestined. My masters have charged me with your annihilation! Atomic Blaster!"
Two glowing energy balls shot out from his chest and narrowly missed the team at the spire.
"Spider Thread!" Arukenimon yelled, transforming as she attacked.
"Yolei!" Hawkmon cried suggestively.
"What? Oh, right. Digi Armour energise!"
"Hawkmon armour digivolve to…Shurimon , the Samurai of Sincerity!"
BlackWarGrowlmon gave a deep laugh as he swatted the two of them away.
"They're no match!" Agumon wailed.
"Run behind it! Maybe he'll wipe it out for us!" Palmon said, and they went behind.
"Double Star!"
"Spider Thread!"
The two attacks did nothing to stop the monstrosity, who flew upward into the air, and slammed them to back down to earth again.
"That hurt." Arukenimon groaned.
"I feel so helpless." Biyomon despaired.
"Cant you hit him?" Sora asked.
"It wont do anything, he's too big. We need to get rid of this effort, but we aren't strong enough." Agumon said, hitting the spire.
Shurimon got to his feet.
"Arukenimon, deal with the spire! I will take him on!" he said.
"NO!" Yolei screeched from behind.
"You're crazy! He'll kill you!" she protested.
"And if we don't get rid of that spire, he'll kill us all! Go!"
Arukenimon skittered away, while Shurimon leapt at BlackWarGrowlmon.
"Foolish move. Atomic Blaster!"
The two balls hit Shurimon head on and he cart-wheeled away into the distance.
"No, Shurimon!" Yolei cried as her partner's smoking body smashed to earth.
BlackWarGrowlmon turned to Arukenimon and saw that he was too late. She waved at him, and pulled out a hair.
"Ouch, that was a root." she griped, massaging her head.
"No!"
"Spirit Needle!"
The hair disappeared, and the spire turned into a long bodied Digimon. Red with a fire emblem on its back, it turned to face BlackWarGrowlmon, as Arukenimon turned back.
Salamandermon: A fiery Champion level Digimon from the pits of the forge, this fellows Heat Breath will send even the coolest customer looking for water.
"Now!" Arukenimon screamed as she and her creation leapt at him.
"Agumon digivolve to… Greymon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to…Birdramon!"
"Palmon digivolve to…Togemon!"
"Greymon digivolve to…MetalGreymon!"
"Birdramon digivolve to…Garudamon!"
"Togemon digivolve to…Lillymon!"
BlackWarGrowlmon growled, and aimed his cannons.
"Spider Thread!" Arukenimon yelled, her webbing clasping around his arms.
He growled, and the fight was on.
"Giga Blaster!"
The two missiles flew right into BlackWarGrowlmon's cannons just as he attempted to fire.
"Atomic Blaster!" he moaned.
The blast spread outward, sending him crashing to his knees. He struggled to his feet.
"Heat Breath!" Salamandermon growled.
Fire erupted from it's mouth, and lit up BlackWarGrowlmon's feet. He howled, dancing on the spot, before Lillymon added her money's worth.
"Flower Wreath!"
She whizzed around his feet and as he stood forward he fell to his knees. He growled in rage, and swung his arms around.
"Double Blades!" her cried, the edges of them glowing.
"Double Star!"
Shurimon's attack then pinned them to the ground, and it was over. Garudamon flew up into the air.
"Wing Blade!"
The fiery bird swept down from above. BlackWarGrowlmon gave a piteous moan and the fiery bird crashed into him, and with a scream, he was gone.
They all returned to normal, and Arukenimon patted her creation.
"Good boy." she said.
"We did it!" Mimi cried in victory, hugging Palmon.
"That was too close." Sora said in relief as she hugged Biyomon.
"What now? We're on spire down, but we're still no closer to ending this." Yolei said as she surveyed Hawkmon for damage.
"We need to go to deal with the Triad. The other's will be fine, I'm sure. Then, we can save Kari and TK." Arukenimon said, climbing on her pet.
Tai nodded, and looked at the sea.
"Hang on Kari, I'm coming"
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The massive brick gave one last effort of resistance, and then finally slid out of the wall.
"Yes!" TK said in triumph.
Gatomon slipped into the gap, coming up on the other side. Kari, after some painful struggling, finally managed to fit her thin frame through the hole and stand up.
"Kari! My God…" TK said, then ran to her, wrapping his arms around her.
"Ow." she moaned meekly, and he stood back.
"Sorry. Kari, what happened to you!?" he demanded angrily.
"WaruSeadramon. He apparently wants to turn us against the others. I refused and he took offence."
"I'll kill him." TK snarled.
She shook her head.
"No, leave it. We need to escape. Can you get us out of here Gatomon?" she asked.
"Of course." she said, and leapt onto the bars of the cell.
"As she got to work, Kari rested her head on TK's shoulder, and felt relieved and elated to be back where she belonged.
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Cody frowned. There was definitely something around the area.
"There's another Digimon around here. I can smell it." Gabumon said.
Wizardmon nodded.
"I too can feel it. Come. We must move quickly." he said, and they dashed to the next side road.
The team had been blown to the west of the area, and Wizardmon had conjured a gust of wind that had prevented the three kids from splattering themselves on the pavement. Quickly resolving to get to the control spire in order to destroy it, they'd been swinging in and out of small roads trying to avoid the Triad's unseen agent.
"She'll be fine Matt." Joe soothed.
"And so will TK." Gabumon said.
Matt nodded.
"I know. It's just…we cant do anything until we deal with this thing. It makes me feel powerless to save anyone." he grumbled.
"Welcome to our world." Gomamon said, looking around.
Cody sighed.
"We're nearly there. Wizardmon and Armadillomon will hit the thing, then we deal with whoever's chasing us." he said.
Joe nodded. The team was worried. The Triad's strength was greater here in the Dark Ocean, TK and Kari had been prisoners for a long time, there were control spires and they were separated from the others.
"Am I the only one who's concerned that we haven't seen hide nor hair of whoever's tailing us yet?" Armadillomon asked.
"No. Come on. Let's go, before they catch up." Matt ordered, and they moved out.
The team ran across the courtyard to the spire, and reached it without incident.
"Digi Armour energise!"
"Armadillomon armour digivolve to…Digmon, the Drill of Knowledge!"
Digmon and Wizardmon aimed at the spire, when the attack suddenly cut across them.
"Demon Shout!"
A black nexus of energy travelled across the area and knocked the two Digimon to the ground.
"What the?" Matt demanded, and had his answer a second later as a shadow shimmered into existence.
It was a Digimon, tall and rakishly thin. Dressed in black robes and collar, with red armour, it had a long devil's tail, two demonic wings on it's back and a trident in it's hand. It's face was red, with two horns coming out of it.
"Who is that?" Joe asked.
Phelesmon: An Ultimate level Digimon, one associated with death and the trading of souls. His Demon Shout attack can send a good soul to the dirt, but his Black Statue attack is the one to truly watch out for.
He gave a sinister laugh and walked casually towards them.
"Greetings Digidestined. You are most unlucky that I am here. I do not work for the Triad you see? I serve another, more powerful enemy of yours." he said impressively.
"Well, we aren't impressed. Can you leave us alone? We have a control spire to deal with." Wizardmon said.
Phelesmon cackled.
"I fear not Wizardmon. Despite the fact that they do not employ me, I serve another enemy of the Digidestined, who has not had the pleasure of meeting them yet. And I'm sure he wouldn't mind if he never did. As such, your fall must come. Now, step away from the spire."
Wizardmon and Digmon tensed as he raised his fork.
"When I say, run." Wizardmon muttered.
Phelesmon shot at them, but was too quick for anyone to react.
"Black Statue!"
A black beam erupted form his fork, and hit Joe head on. Joe suddenly went rigid, and his body was suddenly encased in hard, black rock.
"JOE!" Cody cried.
"Gold Rush!"
"Thunder Spell!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Marching Fishes!"
The attacks sped at Phelesmon, who vanished into thin air, before returning.
"Perhaps you'd like to join your friend! Black Statue!"
The attack hit Gomamon before he could react, and he too was trapped within black rock.
"Oh no!" Gabumon said, avoiding the fork as it was swung at him.
"Thunder Spell!"
The glowing energy ball flew at Phelesmon, who laughed and flew upwards.
"Digmon, take down the spire!" Matt yelled.
"Demon Shout!"
The black nexus slammed into Wizardmon, and the Champion was lifted into a garden where he slammed down, unmoving.
"Blue Blaster!"
"Gold Rush!"
Phelesmon vanished again to avoid the attacks, and reappeared in front of the two Digimon.
"Go! We'll hold him off!" Digmon cried.
"No, Digmon, no!" Cody pleaded, until Matt grabbed his arm, and dragged him towards the spire.
"Cody, listen, they need to hold him off! We need to get rid of the spire!"
"But how? Without them…"
"Black Statue!"
Matt was about to answer as the attack collided with him, and he too froze up.
"Nuts." Cody moaned and ran.
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon cried, sticking his teeth into Phelesmon's arm.
Phelesmon growled and threw Gabumon into another garden. Digmon steeled himself, and charged.
"Gold Rush!"
Phelesmon avoided the attack with ease, and grinned wickedly.
"Black Statue!" he cried.
Digmon was taken down, and Cody was on his own.
"Excellently done, if I do say so myself. Now boy, it is time to end the threat of the Digidestined. Accept your fate!" Phelesmon cried, and stabbed down at Cody with his fork.
Cody scrambled out of the way, the fork missing him by a centimetre. Cody ran and tried to escape, but Phelesmon appeared in front of him.
"Your race is run. And without you, without any of those here, the threat of the Digidestined will cease to exist." he vowed.
Cody backed up as Phelesmon advanced, looking for any way to avoid his imminent death. He saw none. Unless…
"Wait! Before you kill me, who do you work for if it isn't the Triad?" he asked, fear dripping in his voice.
Phelesmon sniggered evilly.
"I cant tell you that, even if you are about to die. Goodbye little boy! your end has come!"
He brought back his fork, and stabbed. Cody, due to his small size, ducked, and the fork skimmed his head and punched through the spire. It erupted through to the other side, and it toppled to the ground.
"Damn. Right boy, hold still!" Phelesmon cried in fury, and brought his fork around to finish it.
Cody felt tears in his eyes. He had failed them all, and the Digidestined would be destroyed by this threat, whoever it was, if the Triad didn't get there first.
"Thunder Spell!"
Phelesmon, in the process of swinging his fork, stumbled, and turned to see Wizardmon, who was standing with a released Matt.
"Get him Gabumon!" Matt yelled.
"With pleasure! Gabumon wart digivolve to…MetalGarurumon!"
MetalGarurumon slammed into Phelesmon, who crashed into the broken spire, while Wizardmon freed Digmon, who immediately reverted back to Armadillomon.
"Ready pal?" Cody asked in relief.
He nodded.
"Then do it!"
"Armadillomon warp digivolve to…Vikemon!"
The two Megas charged at Phelesmon, who was looking worried. Wizardmon freed Joe and Gomamon, and the fight was on.
"Gomamon warp digivolve to…Plesiomon!"
The three Megas surrounded Phelesmon.
"Foolish Digidestined! You will not stop what is to come! Black Statue!"
Vikemon used his shield and the attack dissipated, and Phelesmon looked terrified.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
The attack hit Phelesmon's wing, and the evil Digimon went crashing to the ground, cursing as he did so.
"Thunder Spell!" Wizardmon cried, and electric ropes bound him to the spire, and Phelesmon cursed, unable to move.
"Sorrow Blue!" Plesiomon cried.
A jet of water slammed into the spire, and flipped it up into the air.
"Artic Blizzard!"
Chunks of ice crashed into the spire, with it's prisoner attached. Phelesmon cried out in pain, and MetalGarurumon went in for the kill.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
Dozens of missiles sped at the wounded Phelesmon, who cursed.
"Mark my words Digidestined! You have not seen the last of me! And if you think your enemies up until now have been bad…just you wait! There are far worse things than Myotismon, the Covenant and the Triad in existence! MARK MY WORRRRDS!" he screamed, as the missiles hit him, and a second later, he was gone.
They came back down and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Cody, I'm really proud of you. You did great." Joe said, clapping his shoulder.
"Thanks buddy." Matt said, mussing up Cody's hair.
"It was too close. Far too close." Cody panted.
"I must agree with that. Let's not come so close to extinction again, alright?" Gabumon asked wearily.
"We all agree with that I reckon." Armadillomon said.
"Who was he?" Gomamon asked Wizardmon.
Wizardmon narrowed his eyes in worry.
"I don't know. He was incredibly powerful. Once we have dealt with the Triad, I shall ask the Sovereigns. Perhaps they will know."
Worry was thick then, before Gomamon started walking off.
"Come on guys. We need to stop the Triad, and we cant do it standing here." he said.
They all followed, and Matt looked out to the sea.
"Hang on little bro, I'm on my way." he said.
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Gatomon gave a miaow of triumph as the door slowly opened.
"Bingo." she said proudly.
Kari smiled weakly at her.
"Good work." she complimented.
"Come on. If we find our digivices we can get out of here." TK said, putting Kari's arm around his neck and helping her out of the cell.
They emerged from the cell, and Kari grunted in pain.
"Cant either of you fix her?" TK asked desperately.
"Not unless we digivolve. But any form should fix her right up." Gatomon promised.
"But we need some food too." Patamon complained.
They snuck along the corridor, and came to rest in an alcove. A Scubamon, the creepy inhabitants of this world, was sitting at the desk, about to tuck into a packed lunch, while another one was just taking his to the table.
"Jackpot." TK said smugly.
"And there's the digivices." Kari said, pointing.
"Go get them then." TK encouraged, and the two Digimon leapt out.
"HEY! How'd you get out here!?" one asked, turning to them.
"Boom Bubble!"
"Lightning Paw!"
The two attacks hit the first one, and he was finished. The other one saw his chances and turned to make a run for it.
Gatomon leapt after him, and Patamon flapped towards him.
"Slamming Attack!"
Patamon knocked him to the ground, and Gatomon looked him in the eye.
"Cat's Eye Hypnotism!" she screeched.
The Scubamon fell to the floor, fast asleep. TK seized the digivices and crests, while the Digimon ate the food.
"Much better." Gatomon said a few minutes later, having decimated a tuna sandwich, a yogurt, two biscuits and a banana.
"Correct." Patamon said, who had munched his way through an apple, an egg sandwich, a scone and a biscuit.
"Ready? Digivolve." TK said., as Kari gave another moan of pain.
"Patamon digivolve to…no one?"
He looked at them in confusion.
"Damn it. There must be a control spire."
Kari suddenly went paler.
"What?" he asked in fear.
"If the other's have come for us, even if they deal with the ones that must be upstairs, as soon as they get in here, they'll be defenceless! They'll be walking into a trap!"
TK turned to the others in panic.
"Quick, armour digivolve."
They nodded.
"Digi Armour energise!" TK and Kari cried in unison.
"Patamon armour digivolve to…Pegasusmon, the Flying Hope!"
"Gatomon armour digivolve to…Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!"
Pegasusmon then nuzzled Kari, and with a flash of green, her wounds healed and she was as good as new.
"Thanks Pegasusmon." she said thankfully, clapping his snout.
"You're welcome." he said.
Kari then turned to TK, and opened her mouth to speak. He didn't give her the chance, pressing his finger to her lips and kissing her deeply.
"Uh, guys?" Nefertimon asked nervously.
They broke apart, to see a group of Scubamon charging into the dungeon.
"Here we go again." TK said, leaping onto Pegasusmon.
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Davis awoke to find himself wrapped in plaster.
"Hey!" he shouted, his voice muffled.
"Don't worry, I'm getting there, wait a second." Mummymon soothed.
Davis sighed, and a second later, the bandages fell off him and he stepped out into fresh air once again. Mummymon moved on from him to undo Rana, who was the last one still in bandages.
"Thanks Mummymon." Ken said thankfully.
"You're welcome. That was a bit too close for my liking." he said.
Rana shook her head.
"You make some interesting friends don't you?" she asked.
"Oh yeah. We're very popular." Izzy said wryly.
"Where are we?" Ken asked.
"Near the control spire. We'll need to deal with it before we meet back with everyone else, or we'll be powerless against the Triad."? he said, and set off.
"It still bothers me Wormmon." Ken said bitterly.
"What does Ken?"
"The fact that I created those things." he said.
"Ken, you were being controlled by MaloMyotismon. You had no choice in it." he soothed.
Ken remained silent.
"So, is being ambushed common for you guys?" Rana asked.
"Yeah. The Dark Masters, the Covenant, and now the Triad have all ambushed us." Izzy said idly.
"We're not very popular with evil Digimon you see. They tend to dislike the fact that we blow them up all the time." Tentomon said.
"What have we let ourselves in for?" Tsukimon asked.
Davis frowned. The others could be anywhere, and Kari and TK were definitely in trouble. Davis pondered Kari. He didn't even feel like he had a crush on her anymore. He supposed that he must have finally accepted that she and TK belonged together. And besides, Tai's cousin was very attractive, and fitted right in. He mused on this as they came to the control spire.
"Come on, let's deal with this thing. Snake Bandage!"
"Digi Armour energise!"
"Veemon armour digivolve to…Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"
Mummymon was shooting at the spire, when a thudding came from behind them.
"Inferno Blast!"
A green haze suddenly surrounded the two Digimon, and they fell to the floor.
"Flamedramon!" Davis cried.
"Oh no!" Tentomon squeaked.
A massive, purple creature with eight heads, like a hydra, appeared, its tongue slipping over it's central head's lips.
Orochimon: An Ultimate level Digimon is from the darkest annals of history. It's Inferno Blast will make any smeller drunk, and it's Dragon Demon attack will slice through anything, and his Demon Destroyer requires no explanation.
"I thought he was a myth!" Wormmon yelped in terror.
"No myth. My mastersss ssseek your doom. I am here to enforce their will." he slithered, coming closer.
Flamedramon stumbled to his feet, then crashed back to the ground.
"I'll have another!" he said drunkenly.
Mummymon was little better, and seemed to think he was dancing with Arukenimon.
"Come along my sweet!" he said, slurring his words.
"What's wrong with them?" Rana demanded.
"They're drunk! Oh, that's not good!" Tsukimon squeaked, as Orochimon turned his head towards them.
"Dragon Demon!"
A massive tail came over his heads then and fired. A fiery dragon erupted from it, which then sped at the team.
"Drop!" Davis ordered.
They fell to the ground and the attack just missed. It dissipated, but it's owner was coming towards them.
"Flamedramon, help!"
"I'll be there once I'm finished my drink!" he called back, before toppling to the floor.
"Oh, not good!" Ken cried.
"What do we do? None of us but Flamedramon can possibly harm him, and he's drunk!" Tentomon cried in panic.
"Flamedramon! Pull yourself together! Fire!"
"Fire Rocket!" he said as he twirled drunkenly.
The attack went nowhere near Orochimon, and the team had to duck to avoid it.
"Never mind!" Davis cried angrily.
"Super Shocker!"
"Sticky Net!"
"Bad Message!"
The attacks, as predicted, did nothing.
"Run." Tentomon commanded and the three Digimon leapt at them.
"Snake Bandage! How dare you touch her bum!" Mummymon cried, and the attack nearly shot down Tsukimon.
Orochimon laughed throatily.
"Your time is here foolsss. Demon Destroyer!"
All eight of his heads shined brightly, and a silver light shot out from them.
"We're dead." Wormmon stated certainly.
The attack hit the ground and an explosion shook the entire area, expanding like a nuclear blast. Rubble flew everywhere, and the Digimon catapulted away, and the humans dropped to the ground. Dirt flew across them area, and as it cleared, Orochimon saw the defeated Rookies lying on the ground, with Mummymon and Flamedramon lying against the spire. The children were all trapped under rubble, bar the girl.
"Davis, please, move!" she pleaded, shaking him.
Her brown hair was a mess, her clothes were all torn, and her partner was unconscious. She knew that if she didn't move she would die. But if she did nothing they would all die.
"Rana…go!" Davis urged, trying futilely to move the rubble pinning him.
"No. I wont leave any of you. We'll get the others and finish him." she promised.
Orochimon laughed again.
"You have no time for that little girl. This time, the Digidestined will not escape!"
Rana looked at her new friends, and at poor Tsukimon, who was struggling to his feet.
"I wont leave any of you." she muttered to Davis.
"You…need to escape." Ken grunted.
"No." she said plainly, standing and facing Orochimon.
"I'm not going anywhere." she growled at him.
Orochimon looked at her with greedy eyes.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes. Do your worst." she challenged, and he licked his lips.
"With pleasure!"
A deep pink beam then lanced out, hitting Orochimon in the nose.
"Ouch!" he growled.
The light expanded, and the spire crumbled under it's assault. Tsukimon grinned, and Orochimon snarled. Davis looked up and saw Rana shining with pink light and grinned. Yes, he definitely liked her.
Tsukimon flew towards Rana as fast as he could. The power of her crest was filling him up.
"Ignorant brat! It will do you no good now! Your end has come!" Orochimon roared and swooped down to bite her into bits.
"Tsukimon digivolve to…Devidramon!"
Devidramon flew right at him, but he felt more power welling up inside him, and smiled.
"Devidramon digivolve to…Megadramon!"
Megadramon was a long, orange dragon, with massive purple wings. On his head was a metal battle helmet, and on his right hand was a massive grasping claw, while on the left was a large cannon.
"Wow! He digivolved again!" Rana said in surprise.
Megadramon: An Ultimate Level Digimon with the destructive force of a nuclear bomb, and his Darkside Attack can flatten an entire city.
"Hang on Rana, and I'll show you some real fireworks!" he promised.
Orochimon snarled.
Megadramon then jetted at the gargantuan attacker, and his grasping claw latched onto one head and ripped it off. Orochimon roared in fury, as Megadramon flew upward.
"Dragon Demon!"
Megadramon put his arms out and the attack dissipated when it passed around the metal claws on Megadramon's arms. He then dive-bombed Orochimon, pulling off two heads as he came to a rest. Orochimon roared further, and turned to face him.
"Inferno Blast!"
Megadramon flew over the attack, then plummeted down at Orochimon, teeth bared.
"Ultimate Slicer!"
The lethal blades took off the other four heads aside form the main one. Orochimon roared onto his feet, and Megadramon moved in for the kill. Then however, Orochimon guffawed and seven replacement heads grew back in pace.
"Megadramon!" Rana cried.
"Don't worry. I've had enough. Cover your eyes!"
"Demon Destroyer!"
"Dark Side Attack!"
Thousands of missiles shot out from his hands, slamming into the glowing heads, blowing them all up before they could fire their attack. Smoke billowed from the stumps, and as they had just been flamed, they were now cauterised. Orochimon roared and turned to Rana.
"Dragon Demon!" he roared.
His tail glowed, but it was too late. Megadramon seized the tail, and with a massive heave, threw Orochimon up into the air. Orochimon roared in terror, realising his number was up.
"Dark Side Attack!"
He joined his two arms together to form one massive cannon, which fired a massive, glowing missile. The attack sped at Orochimon, who roared in helpless fury, and the missile struck.
The explosion rocked the entire area, with several fences falling down, and windows smashing. Rana was knocked off her feet. It was a purple supernova in the air, with energy coursing all over the place, and Megadramon rode out the explosion, then gave a pleased growl, before returning to the earth.
"Megadramon, you're awesome!" Rana shouted, hugging his metal helmet.
"I'm glad I was able to do it. You did well unlocking the crest." he said, nuzzling her.
"Rana!"
Davis, Ken and Izzy were all on their feet, the explosion having blown the rubble off them. The other two Rookies were back on their feet too, and a drunken Veemon and Mummymon were staggering over.
"Ow. I think we have a hangover." Veemon growled.
"Serves you right." Davis said irritably.
"Oh, leave him alone. It's not his fault." Rana said, patting Veemon's head.
He looked thankfully up at her, and she smiled. As she did so, Davis gave her an appraising look, and Ken rolled his eyes. Here we go again…
"Thanks Rana. You made it possible for him to digivolve and save us all." Izzy said, clasping her wrist.
"It was nothing." Megadramon said, before shrinking.
Rana put out her arms and caught her In-Training level partner.
"What do you know? He's a Pagumon." Tentomon said in surprise.
"How'd this happen!?" he demanded, struggling to get free.
"It's perfectly natural. Until your body gets used to going to Ultimate, it'll revert back to In-Training after it's finished." Tentomon soothed.
"Well that sucks." he grumbled.
Rana smiled and cuddled Pagumon.
"Thanks for saving us. Both of you." Ken said with relief.
"Yes, I must admit, it was a tad too close." Mummymon said.
"You're welcome." Rana said with a grin.
"What now?" Izzy asked.
"Well, unless they are blind, deaf and mad, the Triad will have seen that. And all being well, the others will have finished off the other spires. So, we go and face the Triad." Mummymon said.
They set off, confident that their new friend was definitely part of the team.
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"Star Shower!"
"Rosetta Stone!"
The two attacks blew apart several Scubamon, but they could see that they were of no use. There were just too many.
"Time to go?" TK asked as more rushed into the corridor.
"You betcha. Let's go Nefertimon!" Kari urged.
The two Digimon flapped their wings, and flew back up the corridor.
"Equus Beam!"
The green beam lanced out and blew a hole in the wall of the castle. Water surged in, and the two Digimon flew out the hole. TK and Kari held their breath as they struggled upward, determined to escape this realm once and for all.
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Tai's group reached the beach first. They only had to wait a few minutes before Matt's party arrived.
"Sora!" Matt cried, hugging her in relief.
"Mimi! You're safe." Joe said as she kissed him in welcome.
"Is everyone alright?" Tai demanded worriedly.
"We're all fine Tai." Cody assured him.
"Did you see that explosion?" Wizardmon asked them.
"Yes. I sincerely hope it was some bad guy getting blown up." Arukenimon mumbled.
"Don't worry my darling, it was."
Mummymon then arrived, the other's in tow.
"Yolei! You're alright!" Ken cried in relief.
"Yeah, looks like it. What was the explosion?" she asked as she stood next to him, causing Davis, Cody and Mimi to roll their eyes.
"That would have been him. He went to Ultimate." Rana said, cuddling Pagumon proudly.
"Wow. Who does he…?" Tai began, as the sea suddenly erupted.
Pegasusmon and Nefertimon flew up into the air, then shot straight at them.
"KARI!" Tai yelled in relief.
"TK!" Matt cried.
They landed, and hopped off their mounts. Tai hugged his sister thankfully, while Matt rubbed TK's hair.
"Glad you're safe little bro."
"We have to stop meeting like this here." he said.
"Tai, we need to go!" Kari urged.
"What?"
"We need to leave! The Triad is coming, with an army!"
"We'll stop them once and for all sis, don't worry." Tai assured her, before the ground started to rumble and quake.
"What's that?" Rana asked worriedly.
A black point then penetrated the water, and continued to climb. The Digidestined looked up at it in shock as it continued to climb. It was the largest control spire they'd ever seen, sticking over fifty feet into the air.
"Oh no." Nefertimon moaned.
The sea then bubbled, and WaruSeadramon emerged, clashing his teeth. LadyDevimon then flew up beside him, and Parrotmon as close behind her. The Triad gave sounds of fury as they glared at the Digidestined.
The sea then bubbled more and more, and an army of Scubamon, Vilemon and Peckmon then appeared, covering the entire visible area of sea with their presence. Massive blimps also appeared, also turning out to be Digimon.
WaruSeadramon roared in frustration.
"Foolish Digidestined! You have irritated us for the last time! Kill them all!" he commanded, and the army advanced towards the shore.
TK took a look at the oncoming army.
"We're finished." he stated sadly.
Well, a lot has happened this chapter!
TK and Kari have finally admitted their love for one another and are back together! At last!
What is this war that the Triad were talking about? More on that later!
BlackWarGrowlmon has no bearing to the one from Tamers, however you may see familiar faces from that in story 7!
Phelesmon was a very powerful Ultimate. And if he wasnt working for the Triad, who was he working for? Dark events are coming, trust me! We've not seen the last of him, or his unseen master!
Devidramion has gone to Ultimate already! And apolgies, I know Pagumon is a baby, but I couldnt find a nasty looking in-training, and I know Megadramon doesnt evolve from Devidramon, but I couldnt find his proper evolution.
Anyway...
One chapter left of this story! Will the Digidestined escape the Triad? Will Rana remain with the team? Will we finally get some answers?
All will be revealed soon!
And I will give you a clue for the next chapter: an unexpected surprise occurs!
There, think that over. Untiol then, please read and REEVIEEW!