Rise of the Mechanical Digimon

This was certainly a turn for worse. The day had been going rather well until Prima and Stacy showed up. And what couldn't Yae say as her reason for not wanting Midori to go up against the two? If she was concerned for the woman's safety, she would have naturally said so right away, so it can't have been that.

Upon spotting Yae, Stacy gritted her teeth, Prima rolling her eyes. 'Figures,' the girl thought, 'Why can't that Yae do anything right?'

Mato and Neil heard the sound easily as they went outside of the mall, Mato saying, "Neil-Chan, you know exactly what to do!" Neil nodding as the two took off toward the work station at the speed of wind. It wasn't long until Neku was running toward the building as well.

As Neil and Mato got into the car, Neku just happened to run by there as he quickly joined them as Neil blinked, saying, "Fancy meeting you here," the car taking off.

Midori let out a sigh and said, "Kotaha, bring Yae somewhere safe while I provide a distraction," before muttering, "Also find a way to get to our workplace without her noticing."

Kotaha nodded as she grabbed Yae's hand, dragging her toward a safe area. Yae's eyes went wide as she shouted, "WAIT, KO-CHAN, LET ME TALK TO THE PILOTS OF THOSE ROBOTS! I SWEAR I CAN HELP!"

Kotaha shook her head and replied, "I'm sorry, but I promised Midori I'd get you to safety."

Midori took off on her motorbike shouting, "HEY, IDIOTS, KISS MY ASS!" Prima and Stacy fuming as they spat, "OH, THAT'S IT! YOU'RE GOING DOWN, BITCH!"

Soon enough, the other three got to the base as Neil groaned, "Yeah, sure, don't let me enjoy my day off, you dicks," getting into Agumon as soon, all three were in their mechs and taking off.

Soon enough, the mechs arrived, Agumon sending a flame at one of the mechs, each known as Butterflymon, sending it back as Prima said, "Well, well, well, the cavalry has arrived," Stacy grimacing and whining, "But I wanted to kill that girl!"

V-mon and Wormmon also did the best they could to fight off the Butterflymon, things starting to look a little better. But just how long was this going to last?

Kotaha did certainly take Yae to a safe location. Unfortunately, the only one nearby she could trust was her work place. She figured if Yomaki and Megumi were there, they could watch over the woman, but since it was their day off, they weren't. However, Yomaki had left the door unlocked as not only was there nothing in this place really worth stealing but she figured something like this might happen.

"No, really, I can help," Yae pleaded, thinking, 'Why would those 2 attack this city?'

Kotaha turned to Yae and sighed, "It's gonna be hard to explain this, but come with me. There's a room here I know you'll be safe in."

The Butterflymon were taking in quite a beating until Stacy and Prima nodded at one-another, pulling out their straws and latching them to Agumon and V-mon, sucking the power out of them as both mechs powered down, falling to the ground as Neil gritted his teeth shouting, "NO, C'MON! DON'T DO THIS TO ME!"

At that moment, Monodramon came into the scene only to have the same happen to it, Midori's eye twitching. So much for that.

Meanwhile, Alejandro was currently on a flight back to Tokyo. Wait, where had he been? Well, as it just so happened, Alejandro's business trip had been rescheduled for this very day, and it being the weekend, he took full advantage of it. It wasn't a long trip, the plane itself being faster than usual, so he was able to make it back quickly.

Mato was getting rather annoyed waiting for him to show up and help and as such whipped out her cellphone and called him up. The second he answered, she belted, "WE NEED SOME HELP HERE, YOU MORON!"

Alejandro held the phone away from his ear and sighed, headed toward the base as quickly as possible.

Neku gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, Wormmon, don't let me down," the worm latching string to one of the Butterflymon, the girls very unimpressed by this. Was this really all Wormmon could do? This was weak.

As such, Stacy's Butterflymon easily clawed the web open with its claws as the girl laughed, saying, "Wow, that was just pitiful!"

Before leading Yae to the room with the mechs, Kotaha remembered the storage area and how it could be locked from the inside. With that in mind, she took Kotaha there and said, "Wait here," closing the door before heading to the mech room just as Alejandro had arrived, headed there himself, Yae all the while thinking, 'Dammit! I need to get out there!'

As the Butterflymon continued to chase Wormmon around, Neil started to tremble as he said, "Oh god, it's happened again... I've lost..."

Luckily, Lalamon and Pawnchessmon arrived at that exact moment, ready to fight as Lalamon sent a few seeds into both mechs. However, this hardly did a thing as Prima's Butterflymon jabbed its straw up against Lalamon and started sucking the power out of her.

Alejandro stared at this, feeling like he wouldn't be able to do much as Kotaha's body turned white, Lalamon falling to the ground. This was getting them nowhere.

"Only two more to go," Prima said as Stacy shouted, "Let's light em on fire! Yeah! FIRE! FIRE!" Prima retorting, "Chill out. Our mechs can't do that, remember?"

"You all okay down there?" Alejandro asked as Mato retorted, "DO YOU THINK WE'RE OKAY! WHERE WERE YOU!" Wormmon trying to fight the Butterflymon again.

"Geez, pushy much?" Alejandro replied with a nervous smile, feeling too nervous to go in there and help, though.

The Butterflymon continued to overpower Wormmon, trying their best to jam their straws into him. Strangely enough, dodging was the one thing Wormmon was doing a great job at today.

Midori let out a sigh and said, "Listen, Alejandro, right now, even I'm powerless to stop these two. As much as it pains me to accept help from men at times, you and Neku are our only hope. Please help us."

Alejandro's face turned beet read upon hearing this. Soon, it cleared up as he grinned and stated, "You remembered my name and even asked for my help. I'll do anything to help you! I'll trash them!"

With that, his heart raced as Pawnchessmon's eyes glowed briefly, the robot's legs suddenly splitting into two, the back half shooting backwards, still attached to the body though. Soon, an extra bit of metal appeared on the halves that had been taken from them, thus turning two pairs of half-legs into full legs. Said legs then proceeded to stretch out, the shoes going inside of the mech and being quickly replaced by hooves. The upper body soon grew in size as well, the head going inside of the mech and being replaced by a more manly-looking one. The spear also turned inside-out, the inside part soon revealed to be what looked like a huge medical needle although it really was just a bigger spear. He had just become the champion mech Knightchessmon.

Stacy's eye twitched as she shouted, "So what! You got a champion mech now! Big friggen deal! I can still beat you!"

Knightchessmon stood tall and proud before Stacy's mech as Alejandro remarked, "I won't let you!"

Neku then noticed a young girl running for her life from the Butterflymon, not realizing they weren't even pursuing her and calling out for her mother. When Neku saw this, horrible memories of his past returned, the man breathing heavily.

Prima had her Butterflymon hold out its claws, aiming for the kid as she said, "C'mon, mommy needs a hostage!"

The girl shrieked in horror as Neku fumed and spat, "GET AWAY FROM THAT KID, YOU MONSTER!"

Suddenly, Wormmon's body tucked into his head, the head soon turning inside-out, revealing a dark-green beetle head. Then his old body came out only now longer, soon flipping inside-out as well, revealing a muscular torso. Legs came out from two holes on his lower section, two blade-like claws on the end of the each foot. Two spikes shoulder pads covered holes that a pair of arms sprouted out of, what looked like gun barrels atop each wrist and sharp claws representing fingers. He was now Stingmon.

With that, Stingmon spat, "MOON SHOOTER!" giving Prima's mech a quick kicked to the torso. However, Prima ignored this sent her straw toward the bug, Neku shouting, "I DON'T THINK SO!" Stingmon forming a purple spike from the gun-barrel like attachment on his left hand shouting, "SPIKING STRIKE!" impaling the Butterflymon.

Prima's Butterflymon started to spark as it lowered itself to the ground. This left Stacy trying to use her straw on Knightchessmon.

Alejandro refused to allow this to happen as he pressed a button, Knightchessmon's spear bursting with electricity, the mech shouting, "THUNDER SPEAR!" ramming it hard into the Butterflymon.

As the Butterflymon sparked, Stacy shouting, "STUPID MACHINE!" energy returning to the other mechs as Neil sighed with relief, saying, "That was scary..." Midori asking, "More scary than almost being crushed?" Neil stating, "Good point."

Alejandro had Knightchessmon land as he jumped out, wishing he could kiss Midori as a reward for his efforts. After all, he'd been the hero for once.

At that moment, Yae rushed into the scene, clearly getting herself out of the storage room and shouted, "HEY, STACY, PRIMA, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING!" Kotaha's eyes going wide.

The two opened up their mechs as Prima blinked, asking, "Yae? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be back at the base?"

"Well, I wanted to visit my sister," Yae replied, then noticing the other mechs nearby, Midori's opening up as the woman asked, "Yae, you know these people?"

"Oh no..." Yae said, holding her hand over her mouth as Prima remarked, "Didn't you know this is the town we're at war with?"

"Wait, what's going on here?" Midori remarked, narrowing her eyelids, Alejandro saying, "You gotta be kidding me," Kotaha squeaking, "You WORK for them!"

Yae let down tears asking, "Midori, how could you!" Midori retorting, "I COULD ASK YOU THE SAME THING! I never would have imagined you of all people serving evil!"

Prima and Stacy's eyebrows rose as Yae spat, "I'm not serving evil! You are!"

Neil's eyes widened as he retorted, "Hey, I'm not evil and neither is any of these people!"

Before the conversation could continue, Prima threw Yae a jet pack and said, "We'd better get out of here," before taking off on their own, Yae letting down a tear and taking off, not willing to continue this conversation any longer.

"This doesn't add up..." Kotaha said as Alejandro scratched his head, adding, "I'm just as confused as you are. Wait, who was that?" Kotaha replying, Midori's sister," Alejandro even more confused now.

"But wait..." Mato asked, "Aren't they supposed to be the bad guys?" Neku wondering that himself.

Midori looked down as she said, "I can't believe it..." shaking her head as Neil put on a sad look saying, "Gee, this must be so hard on you. Sorry..." Mato shouting, "DON'T YOU DARE BLACK OUT ON US, AGAIN!"

"Oh no, no, I'm not going through that drama again," Midori replied, shaking her head while grunting, "I mean, I willingly spent time with a guy during that phase! Look, let's just try to enjoy the rest of our time off! I don't wanna think about this!"

Alejandro walked over to Midori and patted her on the shoulder saying, "Thanks... for that speech, back there... you gave me strength..." his heart pounding now.

Midori smiled and said, "Well, try not to get used to it..." then sighed, "You kinda needed it."

Alejandro nodded and replied, "I know, but keep in mind that whatever happens, you got my back."

"Neku-Chan, are you feeling better?" Mato asked as Neku smiled lightly, saying, "Yeah... a little..."

"Well, thank god all of that's over," Neil sighed, adding, "I hope we don't run into more of them. I want to enjoy my two days off," Mato grinning and replying, "Okay, how about a gathering?"

"If you don't mind, I'm gonna head back home," Midori sighed, "I still need to clear my head. I hope you understand," taking off in Monodramon.

And so the weekend went by as the group soon returned to work, Yomaki saying, "Everyone, I have a special announcement to make."

Everyone turned to give Yomaki their undivided attention. This was certainly different for her.

"You've all worked very hard, even those who just started recently," Yomaki said, "I personally think you're all lucky to have joined the force a week before I decided to do this."

"Oh god, don't tell me we're setting up another birthday party," Neil groaned, "Last one was a nightmare!"

Yomaki blinked and replied, "Trust me, even I don't want to do that again. No, I've decided we all need a vacation, so we're gonna spend the next 3 days in the sunny beaches of Hawaii."

Silence filled the area as Jessica asked, "Are you bullshitting us?" Yomaki shaking her head and grinning, everyone breaking out into cheers.

Alejandro smiled wide, his dimples showing as he exclaimed, "A vacation with all of you to Hawaii! This is great!" Kotaha beaming and exclaiming, "Thank you, Yomaki-San!"

Mato squealed with joy as Neku said, "Always wanted to go to Hawaii."

"As an added bonus, you can bring anyone you want, including a future husband is you so choose," winking at Kotaha as Midori smiled and said, "Wow, that'll help calm my nerves."

Kotaha felt even happier now. That meant she could bring Luchi with her. This was just the kind of romantic getaway they needed.

Luckily for the others, at this exact moment, Aku had gotten over his stupor and decided to call a vacation for his group as well, to a different area of course. He figured he needed to clear his head as well.

Neil then realized something. Hawaii was most popular for its beaches. This meant he'd be seeing girls in swimsuits. Normally, he'd have felt a little awkward about this, but then again, he had been showering with the women for the last little while, so it wasn't as if this was too bad.

"So when do we go?" Midori asked as Yomaki replied, "We're gonna be going in an hour. Go home, get your stuff packed and meet me back here within that time slot."

"Wow... 3 days in Hawaii..." Neil said, gulping, "I've never even been to the states before. This is gonna be interesting."

"Even better!" Mato replied with a wink, "Thanks to you, Neil, I studied English!" Neil blinking as she replied, "Well, I had to in order to understand you when I first met you."

Soon enough, everyone was packed as Neil and Mato rode in, the man looking at Mato and gulping, imagining the woman in a swimsuit. He tried not to show it, though. Besides, he would be seeing it soon, the magic that was Mato... in a swimsuit. Just the mere thought made him drool.

Of course, Alejandro was imagining the same thing only with Midori. He couldn't wait to finally see it.

Kotaha and Luchi soon pulled up to the building in Luchi's car shortly after the others had arrived, Midori also pulling up on her cycle with a bag humped over her shoulder. She noticed Kotaha with her fiance, the woman realizing she needed to give up her pride and act nice towards him. After all, the man was marrying her new best friend.

No one could believe this was slim and weak-looking Kotaha's fiance. He was slightly ripped and had curly brown hair. With grace and dignity, he opened the door and helped Kotaha out like a true gentleman, then it became more clear. Under his rough exterior was a very nice man.

Neku had brought a younger girl with long black hair and a dress along. This was his little sister, Rina, and she wasted no time introducing herself to everyone.

Alejandro pulled up at that exact moment as Rina pointed and asked, "Who's that bulky man?" Neku replying, "That's Al."

Alejandro twitched as he thought, 'Dammit, it's ALEJANDRO, not Al! I hate that stupid nickname!' but didn't say it out loud as he didn't want to upset the kid, Rina adding insult to injury by replying, "Oh, so he's Mr. Alex," Alejandro's head slamming into the steering wheel, his horn going off, Rina giggling and saying, "Alex is funny."

Alejandro then sighed and exited the car, asking Neku, "So, who's this little gal?" Neku replying, "This is my sis, Rina," then whispering in his ear, "If you do anything to her, I will kick your ass."

"Pushy much?" Alejandro replied, "I was just curious and happen to like children. It's too bad I don't have a girl of my own. I've been thinking of adoption but I can't find the time to take care of a child."

"Isn't it easier to marry?" Mato asked as Alejandro sighed, "I suppose, but finding my perfect match... it's hard."

Midori saw Neku's sis and patted her on the head saying, "Well, you have your brother's good looks, I see. You'd better be prepared when guys start hitting on you," winking, Rina giggling in response to this.

Seeing all these people made Neil feel left out. He had no one to bring with him. Well, that didn't matter. That just meant more time for him to spend with Mato. Rina walked over to the man with curiosity, wondering what he was thinking about.

Neil looked down at Rina, blinking and saying, "Hi," not sure what to add to that.

Luchi then introduced himself to everyone, shaking hands with all of them as it was merely the polite thing to do. Kotaha had refrained from mentioning Neil's curse, knowing how Luchi would respond if she knew it had affected her.

Seeing the man, Neil's eyes went wide as he thought, 'Okay, body, you do anything funny, like slipping on a banana peel or something, we'll both be dead within minutes.'

Yomaki then opened up the ground next to everyone as a big plane came out, Midori asking, "We have a plane here?"

"Hey, it's better than taking the airport," Yomaki remarked.

Neil blinked and asked, "How did we never notice that before?" Yomaki ushering everyone on board, the others shrugging and boarding.

Midori sat next to Jasmine, allowing, Kotaha some room and refusing to sit next to a man, Neil sitting next to Mato. Rina naturally sat next to Neku, Neku refusing to allow anything else, Alejandro next to Megumi and feeling disappointed that Midori hadn't chosen to sit with him.

Soon enough, the plane took off as Neil let out a sigh, saying, "Well, this is... exciting..."

And it certainly was. Just what exactly awaited them in Hawaii?