"HumAAAAANS!" Sephirotmon; stable only moments before, shook free of the ground and lunged forward, multi-sphered body crashing snakelike along the ground.

"Scatter," Takuya snapped. Everyone did, Kouji grabbing Ryoko, Junpei snagging Kouichi. "Everyone, Spirit Evolution!"

"DOUBLE SPIRIT EVOLUTION!"

"Aldamon!"

"Beowulfmon!"

"Jet Sylphimon!"

"Yuki Angemon!"

"Rhino Kabuterimon...KNIGHT MODE!"

"Armadillomon, digivolve to...Ankylomon/Ankylomon digivolve to...Armourmon!"

Ryoko, with Sneasel, Hiroki, Bokomon, Neemon, Sorcerimon and a still unconscious Kouichi watched as the digidestined charged into battle. Sneasel growled. "Easy," Sorcerimon told the pokemon. "You channelled a great deal of power just now. It has had an effect on your body. You need to rest."

"I...I saw a moon," Ryoko said.

"Yes. The three angels, Ophanimon, Cherubimon, and Seraphimon, all have a moon as their symbol," Sorcerimon explained. The others watched as the hybrids battled Sephirotmon, their attacks doing little against his armoured hide. "On those moons is...well, it was a sort of retreat for them, at times. A place to go and rest. Many digimon lived on the moons as well, servants of the angels. But that was before Cherubimon's betrayal. Now the moons are inhabited by only a few; Cherubimon reduced his moon to a barren wasteland as his first display of his new-found might."

--

Ophanimon staggered out of the castle, spent. In the distance, she could see the massive Sephirotmon making desperate attacks, hurling the Chosen Children's own elemental attacks back at them. Still, the humans had not surrendered, and were, in fact, starting to force the massive hybrid back.

That bringing a smile to her face, she stood, and started running. Behind her, she could hear Cherubimon's rage as it tore at the foundations of his castle.

--

Digicross Frontier Chapter 21

Darkness into Light, Water into Ice.

--

"Fall, blast you, FALL!" Takuya had to marvel at the change in the Steel Hybrid's voice. Formerly a calm, calculating warrior with a penchant for deceit and traps, the repeated defeats at the hands of the digidestined had reduced him to little more than a berserk beast.

Huh, Takuya thought on as he dodged another bolt. When did he pick up the term 'digidestined'? "Well, sounds better than Chosen Children."

"Huh?" Beowulfmon growled. "Aldamon, stay focussed!"

"I'm getting sick of this creep! I say we hit him all at once!" Rhino Kabuterimon

"Aim for the emblem on his central sphere!" Everyone glanced at Bokomon, who was standing on top of the rocks the non-combatants were taking shelter behind. "It's his weak point!"

"Now he tells us," Jet Sylphimon groaned. Yuki Angemon?"

The Ice Angel nodded. "GLACIAL TOMB!"

"FOOL! This ICE SHALL NOT STOP-"

"DIAMOND SCOURGE!" Jet Sylphimon's crystal whip shot out, wrapping around the frontmost sphere on Sephirotmon's body. "Junpei!"

"STORM BRINGER!" Rhino Kabuterimon's twin cannons spoke twice, blasting Sephirotmon. The Steel Beast's 'head' was forced up, revealing the brightly shining emblem of the Spirit of Steel.

"Flame Sword!"

"Zweihander!"

The two blades cut into the emblem, making Sephirotmon scream in pain. It reared back, throwing Jet Sylphimon away, whip shaken loose. "You fools! You will not-"

Everyone stopped, stunned as the crystal lance punched through the torso of Sephirotmon, punching a hole through the centre of the steel emblem. The lance withdrew; "quickly, children..." someone gasped. "His...digicode..."

Yuki Angemon flew forward. "Digicode Scan!" Everyone watched as Sephirotmon, last of Chrerubimon's soldiers, was pulled into Yuki Angemon's D-Scanner. The massive metal serpent vanished, revealing...

"Lady Ophanimon!" Bokomon darted out from the rock he was hiding behind. "You are free!"

The angel touched down, then staggered. "Bokomon. I trust that my book is..." she trailed off, collapsing onto the ground.

--

Cherubimon felt Sephirotmon's fall. Fine, he decided. He had one last card to play.

Tearing through the castle, he threw open a doorway to a small room. In the centre was a small glowing sphere, containing the digicode that he had been planning to offer to Lucemon, then later decided to keep it as insurance should Lucemon ever decide to turn on him.

It meant his death, he was sure. He could feel Lucemon watching his every move. "Well then, watch THIS," he cried, swallowing the sphere of digicode.

The castle exploded. And, deep in the core of the Digital World, Lucemon smiled. Just as he had predicted. And hoped.

--

Yuki Angemon helped Ophanimon to her feet. "Are you okay," he asked.

Ophanimon blinked, momentarily taken aback by the child's voice coming from the angel assisting her. "I am well...Tomoki, isn't it?" Yuki Angemon nodded.

"You really were the one talking to us through our D-Scanners," Izumi said. Ophanimon nodded. "Well...now what?"

"We must flee. Cherubimon is coming, and Lucemon may be with him."

"WHAT?"

Everyone stared; in truth, they had all been about to say the same thing. However, no one had expected such a sound to come from Neemon, who looked...horrified.

Bokomon recovered. "So it's true; he did break the seal."

"Yes. Lucemon's power was much greater than what we had expected. His own efforts had weakened it already; it was through those cracks that he made that he was able to influence Cherubimon."

Aldamon started to say something, then stopped. Then: "This is where I say 'no problem, we'll beat him too', and you respond with something like 'no, he's much more powerful than anything you've ever faced, including Cherubimon."

Ophanimon gave the fire hybrid a small smile. "You've done this before."

"Nahh, just too much TV," Rhino Kabuterimon sighed. "I-" The castle in the distance exploded. "I don't think we have a choice."

"We do," Ophanimon growled. With a cry, she sent out what power she had left, wrapping everyone in a bright silver sphere, then vanishing.

Seconds later, the ground where they were was torn asunder by a crimson lightning bolt. Landing, Cherubimon cast his gaze around, trying to see where his prisoner had escaped to.

--

"We're...not in the Dark Continent any more." Following Tomoki's statement, everyone looked around. "Hey, I'm not Yuki Angemon!"

"Forgive me," Ophanimon explained. "But it was easier to transport you as humans than as hybrid digimon. We should be safe for a short time. But there are things you must know."

"Umm...not to ask any silly questions," Armadillomon started.

Ophanimon glanced at the digimon. "Ah, yes. You must be Armadillomon," she smiled again as Armadillomon looked away, a but flustered, "and you must be Sneasel." Everyone giggled as Sneasel was suddenly speechless.

"Hey, she's giving you the eye," Armadillomon whispered. "Say something!"

"Shut up," Sneasel hissed back.

Pretending to ignore the by-play, Ophanimon glanced at the two humans who were partnered with the digimon. "And Ryoko and Hiroki. I beg your forgiveness." At their surprised looks, she went on. "I beg all of you to forgive me. To drag you here to fight our battles...there was no choice, but I do wish it could have been different. Especially..."

"It's alright," Tomoki said, knowing what she was talking about. "And it wasn't all bad."

"Yeah," Junpei agreed. "We even managed to find Kouji a girlfriend."

"Shut up," Kouji hissed back. Takuya arched an eyebrow at the unintentional imitation of Sneasel Kouji was doing. Then: "And...my brother..."

Ophanimon nodded. "Cherubimon made it to your world and took him. But you know this," she said to Takuya, who nodded. She frowned. "You...the spirits you carry feel different. They've changed under your care." Everyone nodded. "They've grown. We might have a chance then."

"Umm..." Hiroki wasn't looking at Ophanimon, instead looking at the border to the Dark Continent. "Is it me, or is the darkness...receding?"

Alarmed, everyone turned to look. "Cherubimon is drawing on the power of the continent itself." Behind her mask, Ophanimon frowned. "This bodes ill for all of us. His power will be incalculable."

"But..." Junpei looked at Ryoko, then back at Ophanimon. "I thought you angels were like the top of the line, right? Didn't you say that Mega was the final level?"

"Well..." Ryoko looked a bit uncomfortable. "Usually. But some digimon can go past that. Imperialdramon did, during the fight with Skull Demon. But there's no real level past Mega, that we know of. But then, there was never a real need for one, except for maybe one or two digimon that appeared, what, twice?"

"We don't have a choice, do we?" Hiroki looked around at everyone. "If we run, he'll start hurting more digimon, maybe the way we were hurt."

"It is likely," Ophanimon admitted. She started to say more but was cut off.

Cherubimon had arrived.

--

"Soon. Soon, this farce shall be over, and I shall be free. My knights, are you ready?"

A group of digimon regarded the small figure. "We are, my lord. All but the two who are lost to us."

"No matter. When it is over, strike down the winner, whomever it may be."

--

Cherubimon, wrapped almost entirely in shadows save for the odd, and incongruous, flash of pink and gold, glared at the gathered beings. "So, you still plot my destruction, Ophanimon? You and your pathetic humans?"

"The only pathetic one here," Ophanimon spat back, "is you, Cherubimon. You have one last chance to surrender."

Yeah, like he's going to, Junpei thought a bit cynically. A part of him, knowing that the fallen angel was the one truly responsible for the tortures he, Tomoki, and Kouichi had gone through, wanted him to refuse. He wanted payback.

"Fine," Cherubimon spat. "JUDGEMENT THUNDER!" Crimson bolts of electricity shot out, all aimed at Ophanimon. The angel parried them on her shield, then cast it aside, taking her lance in both hands. "Come, then. Come and die by my hand."

Time seemed to stretch. Kouji felt someone beside him. "Kouji..." Ryoko whispered. They both knew what was about to happen.

Hand on his D-Scanner, Koji smiled back. "I'll be careful," he promised. Around them, no one said anything, all focussed on Ophanimon and Cherubimon.

Ophanimon tensed. She knew that Seraphimon would have charged in. Would have been hesitant to ask for or accept help. But Ophanimon had been following these children. She knew that they had suffered. That they had cried. And that they had gained more power than even the angels.

She hated to do it. But she knew there was no choice. And the humans and digimon with her wanted so badly to help take down the monster her friend had now become.

"NOW," Ophanimon roared, charging forward. Around her, small crystals appeared and flew at Cherubimon, striking futilely at Cherubimon's hide.

"Everyone," Takuya yelled. "DOUBLE SPIRIT EVOLUTION! ALDAMON!"

"BEOWULFMON!"

"JET SYLPHIMON!"

"YUKI ANGEMON!"

"RHINO KABUTERIMON!"

Cherubimon, full of power and arrogance, saw nothing for the next few seconds as his world was filled with flames, light, wind, ice, and electricity.

--

"Sneasel, digivolve to...Sorcerimon!"

"Armadillomon, digivolve to...Ankylomon/Ankylomon, digivolve to...ARMOURMON!" The heavily armed digimon watched as the hybrids took off to battle the angel in what he assumed was the Climactic Final Battle, the type that Takeru was always so hyped about getting into. "Not sure what the point is of us digivolving."

"We might be needed to cover their retreat," the first Sorcerimon replied quietly, glancing at his pokemon-hybrid twin. "Plus our powers will be useful for healing any injuries."

The younger Sorcerimon glanced at his human partner. Ryoko's eyes were fixed on the silver and black form of Beowulfmon, darting around the now-massive angel, striking blows with both missiles and blades. "Kouji," she whispered.

"He'll be fine," Sorcerimon said to his partner. "They all will." There was a faint groan behind them. "And our sleeper is awakening." Sorcerimon kept an eye on the boy, now waking up. And his staff hald out, just in case Cherubimon's control hadn't faded entirely.

Himura Kouichi slowly came to, feeling as if her was waking from a very long, and very intense nightmare. His vision was blurred, his body felt...wrong, for some reason. His mind...he was looking for someone. Kouji! His brother. He was close, Kouichi knew it...

But the cute brown-haired girl in red and black was a lot closer. "Umm...hi," Kouichi hazarded.

Ryoko looked at Kouichi, momentarily startled. He looked similar, but his voice was a lot lighter than Kouji's slightly harsher tones. "Um...how much do you..."

Kouichi winced as it came back to him. "A lot, I'm afraid. For what it's worth-"

"Forget it," Ryoko's Sorcerimon said. "We know how much of a controller Cherubimon is."

"Wait," Kouichi said. "I..." Everyone not fighting the mad angel looked at him, curious. "I don't remember much, but there was someone behind Cherubimon..."

"Lucemon," Bokomon suggested.

"Yeah. But, there were...more..."

--

As was more frequently the case, Beowulfmon didn't bother with attack names. He dove in, the single jet engine on his back flaring angrily as he ducked around multiple lightning bolts, made several powerful sweeps with his blade, pulled back, and shot the areas he hadn't hit with missiles. And, through it all, Ophanimon, last of the angels that once ruled this world and saw to its defence, made her own attacks, a mix of silvery lance and shining crystals raining down on the one she used to call a friend.

To his right, a bright flash; Rhino Kabuterimon, now in his 'knight mode', as Junpei had dubbed it, finished forming his blade and took several powerful swings of his own at Cherubimon, the massive energy blade reaching from where he stood on the ground up to Cherubimon. Above, Jet Sylphimon and Aldamon swooped down with more edged attacks, Cherubimon's face and upper torso now showing the signs of multiple slashes and cuts. Circling low, Yuki Angemon pelted Cherubimon with several hastily aimed but nonetheless effective barrages of ice spears.

Every few seconds he could spare, Beowulfmon shot a quick glance back at where the non-combatants were, partly to see if Ryoko was OK, partly to see if his newly-freed brother was awake. Alright, he admitted to himself, it was mostly to make sure Ryoko was alright. He noticed that Kouichi was awake and that Bokomon was looking more alarmed than usual.

The distraction cost him; a massive bolt of electricity slammed into him, throwing the Light Hybrid back. Thinking quickly, Yuki Angemon flew up and caught him, carrying him back to the ground. "Are you alright, Kouji?"

Beowulfmon groaned, then nodded. "Yeah. Just got distracted."

"Well," Rhino Kabuterimon said, running over, "stop sneaking peeks at your girlfriend then." He added a hasty 'kidding!' as Beowulfmon shot him a dark look. With a grunt, Beowulfmon stood up, powered up his jetpack, and shot upwards.

"What's with him," Yuki Angemon asked.

Rhino Kabuterimon glanced at where Jet Sylphimon landed a particularly nasty strike on Cherubimon's back, getting clear just as Ophanimon's Sephirot Crystal struck the weakened area. "You'll find out," he sighed.

"When I get older?"

"No," Rhino Kabuterimon replied with a wink. "When you get a girlfriend."

"Eww!" With that, Yuki Angemon flew after Beowulfmon.

--

"He did what?" Bokomon just stared at Kouichi.

"I don't know all the details," the boy replied. "But I...I don't know, I think I heard Lucemon when he talked with Cherubimon. Lucemon...He was the one who powered up Ranamon so she could double spirit evolve like you can, then did the same to me in Sephirotmon. He wasn't just using the digicode he'd taken from the land to free himself. It sounded like he was trying to do the same thing to some other digimon that he'd captured. But I couldn't get any names."

There was a sudden pained gasp. Everyone looked around, wondering where it had come from. "Neemon? Did you see where that came from," Hiroki asked, who had been watching Yuki Angemon's progress.

"No," Neemon replied quickly, voice...there was something there, but no one could place it.

"Oh no," the older Sorcerimon said, pointing up. "Cherubimon is...gaining power..."

--

Unaware of Sorcerimon's insight, Aldamon decided to press the advantage. "He's weakening. EVERYONE, HIT HIM HARD!" As he said this, he summoned up all the power he felt he could spare, and hurled it at Cherubimon. Around him, the other hybrids opened up as well. Even Ophanimon hurled her own attack, adding its power to theirs.

The result was spectacular. The combined ball of energy dwarfed Cherubimon, slowly overwhelming the angel's defences and swallowing him whole. The only thing he heard was Junpei's voice: "don't anyone even THINK of saying it."

The ball dissipated, leaving Cherubimon's head and the upper part of his torso. "F...fools..." Cherubimon muttered. "I...I..."

"It is over, Cherubimon," Ophanimon said grimly. "Surrender."

"I...I..."

Jet Sylphimon, drained from that last attack, tightened her grip on her sword. "I don't like this," she whispered. A short distance away, Yuki Angemon nodded, he having seen something like this in every other video game he had played.

"I...I will not...be defeated...BY A GROUP OF HALF HUMAN HALF DIGIMON FREAKS!" With a roar, digicode shot from Cherubimon's remains and plunged into the ground. In moments, he was restored.

"Me," Aldamon said tiredly. "I thought it."

"What?" Ophanimon looked confusedly at Aldamon.

"I thought 'there's no way he could survive that.'" Ignoring Rhino Kabuterimon's 'told you,' he glared at Cherubimon. "Well, that had to have taken something out of him." He trudged forward, hands forming a pair of flaming swords, ready to finish the battle.

And was repulsed by a ball of...flame? "Huh? I thought Cherubimon used thunder!"

"I...I..." Cherubimon was shivering all over, as if afflicted. "I have to admit, worm...you taught me one trick...MODE CHANGE!"

"NO," Ophanimon roared, hurling her lance at him.

"CROSSMON!" Cherubimon's form shifted; an energy field caught Ophanimon's lance and melted it. The other Hybrids, who had been slowly advancing, were forced back save for Aldamon, who was able to resist the heat coming from Cherubimon's transformation. Aldamon, thinking the transformation had drained the angel and left him open, charged upwards, both swords aimed forward. He was caught and crushed by Crossmon's taloned foot. "Insignificant pest," he growled, hurling Aldamon to the ground. In a flash, he was Takuya again, unconscious.

"Takuya!" Angered, Rhino Kabuterimon's twin cannons locked onto Crossmon, he dumping what energy he had left into them. "STORM BREAKER!" The two beams lanced out and were partially deflected; there was some minor damage done to Crossmon, but nothing that would stop the beast. Exhausted, his digivolution ended, and Junpei also keeled over, utterly spent.

While that was happening, Beowulfmon shot up, sword out, while Jet Sylphimon and Yuki Angemon tried to fly behind and attack from the rear. "Kaiser...Phoenix!"

The flames slapped into Yuki Angemon and knocked him out instantly; Jet Sylphimon managed to evade the worst of it, caught the falling Tomoki, and flew him towards the ground. Beowulfmon, unhindered, punched through the inferno and drove his blade into Crossmon's neck, then raked the bird's head with missiles and laser fire for extra effect.

Howling, Crossmon struggled in mid-air. "Now," Ophanimon growled, summoning up another lance and flying at Crossmon, just as Beowulfmon had done. Down below, Ryoko, Hiroki, and both Sorcerimon were getting the fallen digidestined clear of the battle. Bokomon watched the battle, not quite gibbering.

Neemon, on the other hand, was staring at something else, off into the distance.

Crossmon saw Ophanimon closing in, lance ready to deliver what could be a killing blow. With a massive shudder, he twisted around, catching Ophanimon with one massive, armoured, wing, and hurled her to the ground. There was a loud snapping noise; Beowulfmon's blade snapped, and Beowulfmon tumbled down to the ground, digivolution lasting just long enough to prevent the fall from killing him.

"KOUJI!" Without thinking, Ryoko got up from behind the cover everyone not fighting was using and ran for where Kouji lay.

"Ryoko!" Jet Sylphimon screamed. "Run, get out of there!" The distraction cost her; Crossmon's beak snapped out, biting into one of her wings, and was followed by another wave of flame. Ophanimon caught Izumi as she fell, landing and staring up helplessly.

"Now...now see how pointless this all was, old friend," Crossmon taunted. "And remember...their deaths are as much your doing as mine."

"No, DON'T!" Ophanimon tried to call up more power, but couldn't.

"KAISER PHOENIX!"

Ryoko felt something shove her to the ground, then her sight went away for a few seconds. When it came back, she tried to get up, but couldn't. Fearing the worst, she opened her eyes, and saw Kouji, hair loose, lying beside her.

Standing between them, arms outstretched, stood Sneasel, eyes fixed on the massive armoured bird in the distance. "Ryoko...are you..."

Ryoko gasped; She now saw the remains of the ice dome that her partner had thrown up to deflect Crossmon's attack, and she could tell the strain it had put on the pokemon. "Thank you," she whispered. Sneasel glanced at Ryoko, smiled softly, then collapsed.

"Armadillomon," Hiroki whispered to his partner, shaking him slightly. "We...we have to help. Tomoki..." he gestured helplessly at Tomoki, unconscious, his own digicode ring visible for all.

"Now, to gain the spoils of this fight." Crossmon shimmered, and became Cherubimon again. He extended a hand, and the spirits appeared over the fallen Chosen Children. Another extension of his power, and the spirits started floating upwards. Along with the humans' digicode!

"No," Ryoko groaned, arms around Kouji's slowly fading body.

"It's over," Cherubimon growled. "What possible effort could you make to stop me? I..." he trailed off, sensing something. Now, all 10 spirits were around him. But the digicode was...fighting him? Hew looked down, and saw Ryoko and Hiroki's digivices glowing. "YOU! YOU MISERABLE INTERLOPERS, I SHALL ERASE YOU FROM THIS WORLD!"

"NO!" Hiroki stood up, glaring at Cherubimon. "I don't care how strong you are, I won't let you hurt my friends!" As he spoke, his two digieggs appeared; one, the digiegg of Kindness, merged with Tomoki's D-Scanner. The other, the Digiegg of Love, flew into Junpei's digivice.

Ryoko saw what happened, and knew what she had to do. Concentrating, she willed her own digieggs to Kouji and Izumi. Light merged with Kouji's D-Scanner; Izumi received the digiegg of Friendship. She saw the burns on Kouji's back fade slightly.

"A meaningless gesture," Cherubimon snarled. "Their digicode is irrelevant. I'll just kill you all with my own hands, and Lucemon can keep your pathetic energy!" He shot down at Ryoko, deeming her the larger threat.

Neemon shot out, moving faster than anyone had ever seen him, and stood in front of Ryoko. "No," he growled.

For an instant, Cherubimon paid little heed to Neemon. Then...he couldn't describe it, but there was a massive amount of power kept barely in check. From several yards back, Bokomon watched it happen, stunned. Then, a faint, ghostly presence appeared around Neemon, something suggesting...

Bokomon was filled with a sense of holy terror. He knew that shape well.

Cherubimon also recognized the image, fleeting as it was. "You..." he gasped, startled. Then it faded, Neemon's more typical, somewhat dazed expression returning. "No, not even you can stop me. DIE!"

"No..." Kouji forced himself up.

"You hurt our friends," Tomoki added, getting up. He glanced at Hiroki. "Thank you, Hiroki. I...I can feel the strength you gave me." He glanced at Cherubimon. "You have something of ours. Give it back." There was a sense of power in his voice; despite holding the spirits created from him, Ancient Megatherium was still able to speak through Tomoki, offer some of his overpowering presence to the child.

Kouji said nothing, D-Scanner out. "Spirits," he yelled. A beam of light shot out, followed by another beam from Tomoki's D-Scanner. The spirits the Chosen Children used, which were still hovering around Cherubimon flew back to their respective D-Scanners.

"No," Cherubimon gasped, feeling the souls still resident in the spirits start to rebel against his control, start to leave him. "No, I need their power to complete his work!" It was no good; The Water Spirits flew into Tomoki's D-Scanner. The Darkness Spirits entered Kouji's D-Scanner; Izumi, Junpei, and Takuya gained the Wood, Steel, and Earth Spirits respectively. "So what," he cried. "You still don't have the power to defeat me!"

"We do," Tomoki said.

Kouji looked at Ryoko for a second, then up at Cherubimon. "They brought it to us. And now we're going to use it to stop you! Darkness into Light! Light into Light!"

Tomoki held up his D-Scanner, accepting the Water Spirits despite the memories they carried. "Ice into Kindness! Water into Kindness!"

"HYPER SPIRIT EVOLUTION!"

The battlefield was bathed in light as the two Chosen Children evolved. The Light and Darkness spirits merged with the Digiegg of light, then merged with Kouji. For Tomoki, it was the Ice and Water spirits merging with the Digiegg of Kindness, then with Tomoki.

What emerged were two massive warriors, one a giant humanoid wolf, heavily armed with cannons and ordinance launchers, and had a winged jetpack attached to his back and around his neck. Beside him stood a massive warrior, looking like he had stepped out of norse legend, white fur cloak that Takuya, coming out of his unconsciousness, recognized as Blizzarmon. In his hands was a massive two-edged axe. Blood red hair practically flew from under the back of a golden help, and Ryoko saw that one eye was covered over.

"Magna Garurumon," Bokomon breathed. "And Kaiser Vikemon. We...we might have a chance!"

Next Episode

-Two new heroes, Magna Garurumon and Kaiser Vikemon, step forth to do battle with the mad angel Cherubimon. But even if that one is defeated, there is still Cherubimon's master to deal with.

And Lucemon's not alone. Next time on Digicross Frontier:

'Sayonara, Neemon.'

"I'm sorry. I have to go save everyone now."