"Late again. Late again." Davis said as he was running down the hall until he entered the computer lab where the others were already waiting.
"Hey you're late!" Yolei said.
"I know." Davis said.
"What about Ken?" T.K. said.
"He's got to help his Mom with some errands, he says go on ahead." Cody said.
"We heard Ross was last seen around this area." Kari said bring an area up and it was in a forest. "There is also reports of some digimon with dark rings on them."
"I can't believe Ross would use innocent digimon just to get back at me." Davis said.
"Yeah Ross is taking this too far. He has to be stopped." T.K. said.
"But Ross has all of Ken's technology." Veemon said.
"Don't you remember block head? He said so himself all he has is the dark rings and the dark spirals." Gatomon said.
"This is going to be like old times." Armadillomon said.
"Let's not waste any more time. Digi-Port Open!" Davis said as they all went through the digital gate.
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Ross
Ross set up a black tower he uses as a base within the digital world and was monitoring the whole place and do his work.
"This is impressive." Crazillamon said. "How did you get this set up?"
"It was easy when you have some Datamon and some heavy lifting digimon working for you." Ross said.
"What about your life back in the real world?" Crazillamon said.
"If Ken could find a way to make it work so can I as long as I avoid Davis and the others." Ross said. "Now then I have work to do."
"Work? On what?" Crazillamon said.
"I have the data on the dark rings, but I'm trying to find a way to make it stronger so I can control a mega, possibly a human." Ross said.
"Ross you're creative, not that smart. I mean this advance science and technology and you get a B in science and the teacher guides you in computers." Crazillamon said.
"That's why I have brainy digimon to help me." Ross said. "If I can get it to work I will take things to a whole new level."
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The Digidestine
The digidestine walked through the forest to try and find Ross, but Davis took a good look around the place because there was something going on in his mind.
"Hey Davis what's wrong?" T.K. said.
"Does anyone have the feeling we've been here before?" Davis said.
"Are we going in circles?" Patamon said.
"We couldn't be." Gatomon said.
"It is the digital world. A lot of things look alike." Hawkmon said.
"I know, but there's just something about this one place." Davis said
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Ross
"Ross look, it's them." Crazillamon said and Ross saw Davis and the others on a monitor.
"I figure they show up." Ross said.
"Shall I go in and take care of them?" Crazillamon said.
"No let's see what they do first. We wait for the right minute and strike." Ross said as they kept watching them.
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The Digidestine
"Are you sure this is the right area?" Yolei said.
"That's what we heard." T.K. said.
"If Ross was here I say he's long gone." Cody said. Davis and Veemon looked up ahead and spotted something.
"Whoa no way." Davis said.
"What is it Davis?" Kari said.
"Take a look." Davis said as they saw not just any cave, but the same cave where Davis and Veemon met. "That's the same cave where I met Veemon."
"Oh yeah I remember that." T.K. said.
"Me too that's also the day Davis, Cody, and Yolei got their D3s and became digidestine." Kari said.
"What a great day that was." Veemon said.
"Wow you mean this is the vary spot where it all started?" Yolei said.
"Since Yolei and I weren't here and this seems to be a valuable memory to Davis and Veemon let's check it out." Cody said. They climbed the cliff and entered the cave.
"Wow nothing has changed." Davis said.
"It's a cave it always looks the same." Gatomon said.
"Look eve the hole I came out of is still here." Veemon said.
"This is where it all started for me. Where I met Veemon, heard about the digimon emperor, seeing the digimon, gaining the digiegg of courage." Davis said.
"What happened on that day?" Hawkmon said.
"I remember that day well like it was yesterday." Patamon said. "Agumon and I were running for our lives while some digimon were under the digimon emperor's control. Tai came to help us, but we couldn't digivolve."
"I met up with those three and we took cover here." Gatomon said. "When Tai sent help Kari, T.K., and Davis came. Then we found the digiegg of courage."
"Tai told us he tried to pull it out, but all that came out were the three D3s you guys have." T.K. said.
"We all tried to pull it out, but only Davis could." Kari said.
"Yeah that's when Veemon came out and a Monachromon under Ken's control attacked and that's when I first used armor digivolving." Davis said.
"Hey I was the one that kicked butt." Veemon said. "I became Flamedramon and freed that Monachromon, and saved a couple damsels in distress." Veemon pointed his thumb to Kari and Gatomon.
"Hey I wasn't in distress I just couldn't leave Kari while she was down." Gatomon said.
"Hey we're a team Veemon so we both saved a couple damsels." Davis said.
"But you're not their knights in shining armor." Armadillomon said and they all laughed putting a damper on Davis and Veemon's spirit.
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Ross
"That must have been a memorable day. I guess they won't be expecting me now." Ross said and a holographic keyboard came up. "I know just the digimon to attack."
"You're not going to send a Monachromon are you? That would be insulting to me." Crazillamon said.
"No I think we should add a twist. Maybe use a digimon from another memorable day of Davis like…this one." Ross said and a Tortomon came on the screen. "Attack Tortomon!" A Tortomon with a dark ring around his ankle started heading towards the mountain.
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The Digidestine
"Seeing this brings back a lot of memories." Davis said.
"It sure does." Veemon said.
"Hey shouldn't we get going?" Armadillomon said.
"Just let Davis and Veemon have their moment. If it was the temple where we found you and Hawkmon I would want to remember all the good times." Yolei said. Then the ground began to shake. "Whoa is that an earthquake?"
"No look something's coming through the wall." T.K. said as cracks started to form and Tortomon came busting through.
"That's Tortomon!" Patamon said.
"Look his ankle, he's being controlled." Gatomon said. Tortomon roared and started spinning in his shell.
"Let's get out of here." Cody said and they started running.
"Davis come on." Kari said as she grabbed him and they started running with Tortamon coming after them.
"What gives? This is just like that day, but this time it's a Tortomon." Veemon said.
"Well we did fight Tortomon when you first became Exveemon." Davis said.
"Take a trip down memory lane later." Gatomon said as the four made it out.
"Guys hurry and get down from there." Yolei said.
"Strong Carapace."
Spikes came out of the cave and hit the ground causing Kari, Davis, and the digimon to be blown off and hit the ground a good distance from the others and they struggled to get up.
"Kari are you okay?" Davis said.
"I think so." Kari said. Then Tortomon came out of the mountain and jumped at them.
"Kari, Davis look out!" Cody said. They wouldn't make it fast enough to help them. Davis grabbed Kari and pushed her out of the way with the digimon jumping the other way.
"Wow this guy seems angrier than the last one." Davis said. Then saw Tortomon walking towards them ready to attack. "Stay behind me Kari it will be okay." Davis held out his arm in front of her. Tortomon was about to bite down until….
"Spiking Strike."
Stingmong came and struck Tortomon pushing his head out of the way and they saw Ken running towards them.
"Sorry I'm late guys. I got here as fast as I could." Ken said.
"Better late than never I always say." Davis said.
"Well don't just stand there move." Stingmon said. Davis grabbed Kari's hand and got her out of the way.
"You two okay?" T.K. said.
"Thanks to Ken." Davis said and turned to Veemon. "Veemon you ready to get in on this."
"Let's do it. Since it's Tortomon it seems appropriate to go Exveemon." Veemon said.
"You got it." Davis said.
"Veemon digivolve to….Exveemon"
Exveemon grabbed Tortomon's tail. He spun around and tossed him into the trees. Stingmon flew in and rapid kicked Tortomon in the head until he ducked down under it with his legs.
"Spinning Attack."
Tortomon started spinning around and moved trying to hit them, but Exveemon held out his arms and tried to stop him. Exveemon was pushed back, but he stood his ground and got a hold of him below his shell and lifted him up having Tortomon's spikes stuck in the ground.
"V-Laser."
Exveemon fired his laser and blasted the dark ring off Tortomon. When he snapped out of it he was confused on what happened.
"How did I get on my back?" Tortomon said.
"Well it looks liked Tortomon is back to normal." Cody said.
"Thanks Ken for coming right when we needed help." Davis said.
"Don't mention it you would have done the same." Ken said.
"And thank you Davis for trying to protect me back there. I guess I should have done this the first time." Kari said as she gave him a peck. Davis was surprised and had an open mouth smile that looked like drool came out with his eyes half opened and fell back with the others laughing.
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Ross' Base
"Ross I just received report that Tortomon has been defeated." Crazillamon said.
"Don't worry about that. I have everything ready." Ross said.
To Be Continued….
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