Author: Eeep, another pathetically short chapter.


17

Short Rest

"Alright Tai," Matt spoke to the digivice. "You win, this time. We'll see you later then."

"Later," Tai's voice come through the digivice, then no sound can be heard form the other side.

Matt tosses the digivice back to Barbara, "Well, let's go!"

"Are you sure?" Sora asks nervously.

"We need to get Agumon and Gabumon out of here right away," Matt started. "Our own digimon are weakened and we can barely stand ourselves. Tai made the right call."

"If you say so…" Sora quietly breathed out.

"Hold on to your hats everybody!" TK yelled at them. "Dimensional Gate OPEN!"

"WHOOOAAA! OOF!"

The digidestined and Tamers land in a big heap in front of the monster makers and Yamaki.

"Boy did I ever miss that," Yolei spoke out sarcastically.

"Will everyone please get off of me?" Davis screamed from the bottom of the pile.

The digidestined and Tamers slowly arrange themselves off the pile. When they were done, Yamaki walks over to them.

"Glad you could make it digidestined."

"Hey," Davis whispers to Ryo. "Who's the man in black?"

"We can do introductions later," TK quickly interrupted. "Yamaki, can you get Kenta and MarineAngemon here ASAP? We have a couple of injured digimon here."

"I'll get right on it, you just get everyone to the infirmary and debrief them."

"Will do," TK signaled to everybody. "Let's go everyone."

"Wait," Yamaki stops him. "Where's Tai?"

"He's staying behind," Matt answers. "He wants to make sure he took out all of his opponents."

Yamaki flicked his lighter, "Alright then." He walks over to the monster makers and was talking to someone through a radio.

TK and the Tamers lead the group into a room to lay Agumon and Gabumon down.

"Alright," Matt took over the group and looked at TK and his friends. "TK, tell us everything you know."


"That's it," TK finished. "That's all we know."

"Told ya so," Mimi taunted. "It was the power of his-"

"Courage," Izzy broke in. "That's what his power runs on."

"Does that mean we can get the powers of our own crests back?" Joe asks.

"It's a possibility," Izzy muttered.

"But the way Tai got his powers back," Cody started. "Was a little extreme. He almost died."

"He thought he was going to die," Matt started. "His power only activated only just before he did. He was willing to die to protect us."

"The ultimate courage," Ken muttered out loud.

"Big deal!" Veemon yelled. "I'm sure Davis can do that too, right Davis?!"

"Yeah!" Davis showed off. "Just give me a crest and I can do it!"

"It doesn't work like that Davis," Yolei knocked him down. "Tai just ran into the attack without knowing about his power. It wasn't about him attaining his power, it was about making sure that Matt and Sora survive."

"Let's all spell it out shall we?" Mimi jumped in. "L-O-V-"

"Takato!" Yamaki's voice came through Takato's digivice. "Can you hear me?!"

"What is it Yamaki?"

"Something's happening to the gate! Get over here quickly!"

Takato rushes out, followed by TK, the other Tamers and the Digidestined.

"Hold on!" Matt's words stop everybody. "Gatomon, you and all our digimon stay here. You're all too weak right now you're barely standing. Besides, we need someone to look after Agumon and Gabumon."

"Alright," Gatmon turns to the other digidestined's digimon. "You heard him."

"Right, let's hurry!" Matt urged everyone.

The group quickly makes their way back to where Yamaki is.

"What's happening?" Takato ran over to the computer screen.

The monster makers and Yamaki were staring into a static riddled image.

"The gate started to flux, we can't get it to stabilize."

"Do you know why this is happening?" Barbara asks.

"No," Yamaki turns to the group. "I need one of you to try and contact Tai, your digivices have a stronger connection with each other then our own radios."

Takato quickly takes out his digivice, "Tai! Tai! Can you hear us?"

"-akato! Yama-! –ig troub-! Get ove- -re quick-!" Tai's voice can barely be heard through all the static.

"We can barely hear you! What's going on!"

"Arma- -mon! Did you- -that? Arm- -on!"

"Tai! You're breaking up!"

"It's the gate," Yamaki concluded. We can't even get radio waves through it while it's unstable."

"He said there's trouble!" TK blurted out. "Sounds like there's a digimon involved. We have to help him!"

"Yeah we have to hurry!" Takato agreed.

"Out of the question!" Yamaki yelled at them. "The gate is far too unstable to send anyone through the dimensions."

"As much as I hate to admit it," Barbara muttered. "He's right. If we go through the gate now, we might end up in space or the center of the earth!"

"Isn't there something you can do?" Matt asks.

"We're already doing everything we can," Yamaki answers.

"Can yo- -ar me? It- -gedde-! Armageddemon! - - - " The radio suddenly became quiet. They were getting no more from Tai now.

The greatest silence came from the digidestined and Tamers. They all heard Tai's final word, they knew what that meant.

Armageddomon, one of the most powerful digimon they've ever faced. It was capable of taking down Omnimon and Imperialdramon Fighter Mode without a sweat.

"He's fighting alone now…" Matt whispered softly.

Sora places her hands at her heart.

"Tai…"


Author: Tai is on his own against Armaggedemon, is he strong enough to take on this gigantic monstrosity alone?

I originally intended this to be longer, with TK and the Tamers explaining everything to Matt and the other digidestined. But that proved difficult, so they did off screen.