The digidestined once again spent the night being watched over by Orbmon. When they woke the next morning, the digidestined checked their surroundings. The Roachmon had carried them all the way to the edge of an old looking forest.
"I know this forest. It's called the Forest of the Ancients. Two ancient digimon live here. Dinotigemon and Dinorexmon. Dinotigemon works for Lordmon. However, Dinorexmon was controlled by Darklordmon," Orbmon told them.
"Then, we should probably try to find Dinotigemon and recover Dinorexmon," Jason said. As the group cautiously entered the forest, he then thought of how everyone was when they first came to Zeta and how much they had grown. Even himself, who couldn't stand up for anything.
It was unusually quiet in the forest and they all thought that it would be best if kept that way. They traveled for a good hour before they came to a clearing. But what was in the clearing gave them a scare. A giant beast lay there with injuries all over his body.
"Dinotigemon!" Orbmon cried out running over to his comrade.
The giant beast sat up. "I thought I told you to call me Rig," Dinotigemon said.
"It is improper for acquaintances to go by nicknames," Orbmon said.
"C'mon, Orbmon. You know we're more than acquaintances," Rig said.
"Very well. Oh, and before I forget, these are the digidestined that Lordmon brought here," Orbmon told Rig.
"What's with the digiegg?" Rig asked.
Jason's heart dropped at hearing this question. He hadn't thought about it in a while, but it WAS his fault that Lordmon was like that. Rei went over and rubbed his back to make him feel better.
"It's Lordmon," Gre said. He then explained everything that had happened.
Rig walked over to Jason and put a paw on his shoulder. "You should be proud of yourself. You've faced many hardships. Each one resting your will to go on and fight Darklordmon, and if you ask me, you've passed with flying colors. You've proven yourself worthy of leading Lordmon's army," Rig said.
"Lordmon's army?" Jason asked.
"I guess you haven't heard because you have been traveling, but all of Lordmon's followers have been gathering. They've been training and getting stronger. They know that the final battle is drawing near. They wish to help you the best they can. All of you," Rig told them.
They all thought about this for a minute.
"Now I'm sure of what we have to do. We must defeat the rest of the generals and the elemental lords. Then we will lead the army against Darklordmon himself," Jason said. He had found the strength within him once again and used it to encourage the others. Their spirits had never been so high.
"We'll do it for Lordmon," Gre said.
This was the best news they had received since coming to Zeta. As they formulated a plan, they heard a large explosion nearby.
"He's coming," Rig said.
A large raptor-like digimon ripped through the trees. "Well, well, well. It looks like Darklordmon will reward me greatly. Not only will I be able to destroy Dinotigemon, but the digidestined will come along with him," Dinorexmon said with an evil grin.
"Highland Fang," Rig attacked.
"Ogre Flame," Dinorexmon cried as he blew aqua-colored flames at Rig. It hit Rig and the giant beast flew backwards.
Most of the digimon were still exhausted from the night before. Felimon, however, had reserved his energy. "Felimon warp digivolve to Werepanthermon. Resonating Purr." He started to purr and it caused Dinorexmon to stop fighting. The purr was able to stop any digimon Werepanthermon chose from fighting.
However, Dinorexmon was able to break away from the purr. "Splatter Hunting," Dinorexmon cried as he sliced up Rig.
"Rig!" Leslie cried.
"Scrubmon warp digivolve to Plantmon. Tree of Destiny," Plantmon cried.
Plantmon put his arms straight out. A symbol glowed on his forehead. Another one was on his chest. Finally, there was one on each arm. Vines shot out of the ground and lifted Dinorexmon into the air. The vines formed into a large tree. The tree formed completely around Dinorexmon. They watched the tree as they heard Dinorexmon attack it. There was suddenly a bright light emitted from the center of the tree. Then silence. The watched for a few minutes as no action was indicated from inside the tree.
The vines started to retreat into the ground. All that was inside was a digiegg. "I couldn't purify him. He was destined to start over," Plantmon told them.
"This means there's only three generals left," Jason said.
"What would you like me to do?" Rig asked limping over.
"I'm glad you're okay, Rig. Orbmon, I want you to help Rig get to the army. From there, make sure they are well trained. I want the two of you in charge," Jason told them. Jason had never been more confident, and the others could feel it. "Oh, and take Dinorexmon's egg with you," Jason said. The digidestined said their farewells as Orbmon and Dinotigemon headed off fo Lordmon's army.
"This is it guys. We've come a long way. We've gotten a lot stronger since we got here. We've come too far to give up now. When we first went to Darklordmon's Island, I wasn't sure if we could do it. But now, I'm sure we'll win. There's no turning back, now," Jason said.
The group smiled at his words of encouragement.