Chapter 4: Sometimes Brains beats Brawns

Guardromon's Factory, Digital World

"Keep firing Commandramon!" A Guardromon ordered, who was hiding behind a wall in a rather large factory like building with several other machine or beast Digimon with him, including an Armadillomon, a Hagurumon, a Kapurimon, repeats of those Digimon and a few more Guardromon and Commandramon. Who were they from? An Arresterdramon who was dodging all the bullets and talking out several Commandramon with his Mach Flicker attack.

"We have to protect the Veemon, or the Digidestined won't have their last Digimon partner! We have to-" Guardromon was interrupted by a Commandramon running in from another room and coming to him in panic.

"Guardromon, sir! He took Veemon! We tried to stop him but he was too fast! We failed you, sir…" Commandramon cried, resulting in Guardromon's eyes to widen incredibly.

"Oh god no….Please no...It's all over. We can't beat Arresterdramon, we have to give up." Guardromon told his soldiers regretfully, and they all dropped their weapons, then came out to Arresterdramon with their hands/paws/tails up.

"You win, Arresterdramon. We can't beat you, you already took Veemon, just…..just go. We won't try to get him back." Guardromon surrendered, getting a chuckle from Arresterdramon.

"Hahahaha. That's not how it works for me…..I don't just let my targets go….I hunt them down and kill them. But maybe we could compromise….I'll just beat the living turd out of you. SPIRAL SHREDDER!" Arresterdramon screamed, and when he began spinning around, slashing everybody in sight, he reached Guardromon and everything went black for the big guy.

Kasai Residence, Human World

"Come on, Gummymon, Bukamon, Richard! We're gonna be LATE!" Joey called, having woke up early on a Saturday morning(For once in his life), shaking his partner, his brother and his brother's partner awake.

"Aw geez, come on! We've got all day…." Richard mumbled, getting dressed into his regular outfit. Bukamon slowly floated up to Richard's head, while Gummymon was placed on Joey's head, then started sleeping again.

"You know what, it's gonna be cold out today! Better get on my long sleeve!" Joey said, and pulled out a long sleeve version of his brown shirt.

"You too Richard!" Joey said, and Richard put on a blue vest over his buttoned shirt.

"Never go to bed early again…" Richard whined, as the two walked out the door, their partners resting on their shoulder and head respectively.

"Well, we're going to get Chase's partner today and probably be out a little longer than usual! So I figured I'd get some good sleep! Now, on to adventure!" Joey exclaimed, and began racing off, when he spotted something.

"What is i- Oh." Richard saw what caught his brother's attention. It was a giant field of fog, and they knew what it was. A Digimon was biomerging. They ran to where it was located, which was on the local football field.

"Quick! Digivolution...Activate!" The brothers yelled, and their Digimon turned into green and blue balls of light that formed into Terriermon and Betamon.

The brothers reached the field and looked inside. There, they saw a Lynxmon looking around, growling.

"Uh oh! That's Lynxmon, Champion level! Digivolves from Gazimon! We gotta beat it with a surprise attack!" Joey told his brother, who nodded.

"Betamon, Electric Shock!" Richard whispered to his partner, and the Deep Saver Rookie sparked with electricity, then sent it at Lynxmon as a zap of lightning. However, this did not take out Lynxmon, only make him wince and turn to Betamon and Richard, snarling.

"YOU LITTLE SNEAK! Octomon didn't tell me the Digidestined were such little brats! HOWLING BUSTER!" Lynxmon roared, and a sent a flaming blast out of his mouth, which hit Betamon and Richard, covering them in soot and knocking them down.

"Looks like we can't beat him at Rookie! Digivolution….ACTIVATE!" Joey screamed, inserting his drive into the Digivice. Terriermon digivolved into Gargomon, then looked at Lynxmon grinning.

"You hurt my brother! And now, I'm gonna light you on fire, Hehehehe, puns! GARGO LASER!" Gargomon said, and shot several shots out of his arm cannons, which exploded upon contact with Lynxmon.

"Think you're tough, eh? How about this! Wild Nail Claws!" Lynxmon growled, and began slashing at Gargomon, who slid under Lynxmon's legs and delivered a Bunny Pummel directly to his stomach, smashing through the fire and bursting him into data, which was loaded into Joey's digivice.

"Nice! Bro, you okay?" Joey asked, looking to his brother.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Betamon, what about you?" Richard asked his partner, looking down at him.

"Yep! Just a little bruise! That's all over my body….." Betamon groaned, then was picked up by Richard. The fog disappeared and the two brothers walked off, with Gargomon turning back into Terriermon and began gliding along side them.

The two eventually reached Chase's house, where Chase was waiting with Wizardmon holding a yellow Digivice.

"Hey Joey, hey Richard! Look at my new Digivice! It's yellow!" Chase exclaimed, showing off his Goldenrod Device.

"Cool, Chase! And look! It's Logan and Meredith!" Joey pointed out, and Logan was seen riding his bike over on the sidewalk while Meredith crossed the road.

"Hey guys! Come on, hurry u- Wait, why are all your Digimon digivolved?" Chase asked, seeing Agumon, Terriermon, Lopmon and Betamon with some bruises on them.

"I guess we all faced Bio-Emerged Digimon, huh? Me and Agumon faced a Mojyamon, and according to Meredith, she faced a Bakemon. How about you guys?" Logan answered.

"Me and Terriermon handled a Lynxmon while Richard and Betamon hit him with a surprise attack." Joey told Logan, who nodded.

"Alright, Digidestined, let's go. Chase, here is the Yellow Card." Wizardmon gave the card to Chase, who excitedly slashed it through his Digivice.

Guardromon's Factory, Digital World

"What the hell?" Chase screamed, looking at the wreckage that was the Metal Empire village. Wizardmon was in just as much shock, looking around at all the knocked out bodies of Commandramon, Guardromon, Kapurimon and Armadillomon. Hagurumon were stuck in their walls, their gears holding them up.

"It seems there was an attack here….Chase, maybe someone came here to steal your partner so we would not have all 5." Wizardmon suggested to Chase, who now had a angry expression.

"Come on….now I have to wait even more? NO! I'm serious, NO! We gotta find him!" Chase yelled.

"Di-Digidestined? Wizardmon?" A larger Guardromon mumbled, waking up from Chase's yell. Wizardmon flew over to Guardromon and helped him up. He saw that Guardromon had many bruises on him, and one of his arms was severely injured, nearly crushed.

"What happened Guardromon? Where is Chase's partner?" Wizardmon asked his fellow leader.

"Arresterdramon….One of Devidramon's soldiers….He and his teammate, Tuwarmon, kidnapped him….the….e...mon." Guardromon only got to say few words before something sparked inside of him, and he couldn't talk anymore.

"His voice box must've broke. Though he can still project images out of his eyes. Tell me, where are those two? They kidnapped Chase's partner, so we must find it!" Wizardmon said.

A image of a large castle like building located near the Dragon's Den. Wizardmon's eyebrows crossed, and he turned to the Digidestined.

"Digidestined, Chase's partner is located near where Devidramon is. So we must split of into two groups. Me, Chase and Guardromon will fly up to the top and fight all enemies there, as well as get the kidnapped Digimon, while the rest of you battle any enemies that are on the bottom. Understood?" Wizardmon ordered, having somehow already figured out a plan.

"Understood, Wizardmon. But how do we get there? It's a really far away!" Logan asked, seeing that Guardromon's Factory was a four towns away from the Dragon's Den area.

"No worries. There is a lake that stretches throughout here to the Dragon's Den, which Seadramon can ride in. So we'll be there in around an hour. Digivolve your Digimon as soon as we get there. Actually, Gargomon and Turuiemon aren't very big, so only Agumon will have to Digivolve." Wizardmon assured the goggle headed boy.

"Right on! Alright, team, let's go!" Logan shouted, and the team nodded.

Draco Lake, Digital World

"Look at all the Water Digimon!" Joey told his partner, Gargomon, who looked at all the Coelamon, Gomamon, Crabmon and Divermon swimming by.

"Woah, cool! Wait, look!" Gargomon yelled, and pointed to a Submarimon in the ocean being rammed into by several Gekomon, breaking some of his armor.

"They're gonna kill him! If they break his armor, he'll turn back into an Armadillomon and drown! Quick, Gargo Laser those two jerks into smithereens!" Joey ordered, and Gargomon began shooting several shots into the water, all of which hit the Gekomon and drove them away. The Submarimon looked up and saw his savers, then swam up and jumped on Seadramon right next to Joey and Gargomon

"Thanks so much for helping me! I was scared out of my mind! I thought I was a goner for sure!" Submarimon thanked.

"No problem! I am a Digidestined after all! We're going to the Dragon's Den to go save my friend's partner!" Joey explained, chuckling while Gargomon grinned.

"Really!? Well, I should give that guy a ride so he can get there first! Tell him to get in!" Submarimon declared, opening up the hatchet on his forehead.

"Cool! Hey Chase!" Joey called, and his friend walked over.

"What's this Submarimon doing here?" Chase asked.

"He's offering you a ride! We saved him from a few Gekomon, and as thanks, he's giving you a free ride to Dragon's Den! According to my research, he's actually incredibly fast!" Joey told his partner.

"Awesome! Thanks Submarimon!" Chase said to the Armor digivolution, and jumped inside the opening. Submarimon closed it down, then jumped into the lake again and zoomed off ahead.

Tuwarmon's Hangout, Digital World

"Agumon digivolve to…..TYRANNOMON!" Tyrannomon roared, having just Digivolved into his Champion form, as the group had arrived at the shore of Tuwarmon's Hangout. As you may have guessed, this place was where Tuwarmon and Arresterdramon hood out.

"Alright, Guardromon, Chase, let's go up to the top, Logan, Joey, Meredith, Richard, fight anyone on the bottom." Wizardmon said, then flew up to the top of the tower, with Guardromon putting Chase on his head and igniting the jets in his feet, then flew up as well.

"Ready, Tyrannomon? There's gonna be a lot of tough Digimon in there." Logan asked his partner.

"Definitely. Whatever they are, we'll kick their butts. 3...2...1….GO!" Tyrannomon growled, and the four Digidestined and their Digimon ran into the entrance of the tower, several Drimogemon and Garurumon hanging out inside who would fight them.

Meanwhile, with Wizardmon, Chase and Guardromon, they had reached the top of the tower, and looked inside the window.

Inside was a small, blue, dragon like Digimon, trapped in a cage with several Unimon guarding him.

"That's Veemon! He must be….MY PARTNER!" Chase exclaimed, and instantly tried jumping through the window to get him, but Wizardmon pulled him down and they hid behind the wall, with Guardromon floating over.

"Chase, we need to think of a PLAN first! Not just rush into things!" Wizardmon yelled.

"Right, right. Okay then….I have an idea. If Guardromon can hit those Unimon out with Grenade Destroyer, they'll be down. However, Tuwarmon is most likely very close to this room, and then he would come in and spot us, then fight us. So we would have to distract him with decoy. Wizardmon, you can do that, right?" "Yes." "Good. Alright, then we grab Veemon and get out. Tuwarmon will probably follow us after realising it was a fake Wizardmon. So hopefully, I'll be able to Digivolve Veemon or Logan and the others will be out...I KNOW this plan will work." Chase explained, and Wizardmon nodded. Suddenly, Chase felt something in his front pocket, and put his hand in it.

He felt a small object and pulled it out, revealing it to be a yellow drive. He pulled out his Digivice, then looked at Veemon, who noticed Chase and waved, a smile now on his face. Somehow, Veemon knew that Chase was his partner, and when he saw the Digivice, his face became a bit smug. Chase nodded at his partner, then turned to Wizardmon.

"Change of plans, gentleman. DIGIVOLUTION….ACTIVATE!" Chase screamed, and jumped through the window. A yellow beam of light hit Veemon, and he began Digivolving.

"Yeah! I got my partner! Veemon digivolve to….," Veemon was enveloped with a yellow light, and began growing larger. He got much bigger, his claws got sharper and his horn got much sharper. He burst out of the light and roared,"VEEDRAMON!"

"WOAH! He became Veedramon! Alright, get them!" Chase announced, and Veedramon stomped on the ground as a means of intimidating.

"V-Nova Blast!" Veedramon screamed, and shot a blue blast out of his mouth that hit both Unimon, causing them to explode into data, which was absorbed into Chase's Digivice.

"What's going on in here!?" Tuwarmon shouted, and walked into the room, spotting Chase and Veedramon.

"Well, buddy, let's get going!" Chase said, and jumped on Veedramon's back.

"You got it! Chase, right? I don't think we need introductions. But from what I heard from Guardromon and Wizardmon talking before, we're a lot alike! We're both handsome, awesome small but fast dudes! Though I'm much bigger now that I digivolved! Thanks!" Veedramon exclaimed, and jumped out of the window, falling to the ground with Wizardmon and Guardromon coming with him.

"No problem, partner! Woah!" Chase replied as Veedramon landed on the ground, crushing the earth around him. Wizardmon and Guardromon landed next to them, and looked up at Tuwarmon, who was scaling down the tower at high speeds.

"You think you're getting away from me? NO WAY! Mantis Da- Huh?" Tuwarmon was interrupted by an intercom in his ear.

"Sir Tuwarmon, four of the Digidestined came into the bottom half of the tower and took everybody out! Now, they're taking out all the top half! Me and Monmon are the only ones le- AHHHH!" A voice which sounded like Kotemon screamed as a voice from the background screamed "Blaze Blast!".

"Damn, the Digidestined took out my entire team. I told Arresterdramon he should've stayed here instead of going to the lord's house. The fool," Tuwarmon complained, then glanced at Veedramon and Chase, "Now, you two seem like worthy opponents. You took out five of my strongest minions with a single blow. Now, where was I? Oh yes….MANTIS DANCE!" Tuwarmon shouted, and jumped down at Veedramon, slashing at him.

Chase jumped off Veedramon, who was hit repeatedly by Tuwarmon's fast flying fists. Veedramon grunted, then glared at Tuwarmon.

"Heh. You think you're tough? HAMMER PUNCH!" Veedramon shouted, and launched a blue aura punch directly at Tuwarmon's face. It hit, and Tuwarmon was knocked back a few meters.

"Way to go, Veedramo- Look up! He's going for his Smokescreen Ditch attack!" Chase warned, and before Veedramon could do anything, Tuwarmon shot out a few rainbow coloured smoke bombs, creating a large field of smoke, with Tuwarmon attack Veedramon with his scythes since he was blinded.

"Ergh! Cutting Shoot!" Veedramon's claws glowed blue, then shot out several waves of wind that cleared the smoke, and Veedramon saw Tuwarmon charging at him with his Mantis Dance attack.

"MAGNUM PUNCH!" Veedramon screams, and punches the scythes out of the ninja Digimon's hands, then his fist releases a golden blast that hits Tuwarmon, and breaks his chest plate armor.

"Ah! You bastard! Fujin Waves!" Tuwarmon shouted, and sends a blast of wind right at Veedramon, who counters with another Cutting Shoot.

"Mantis Arm!" Tuwarmon screamed, and sends two grappling hooks out of his hands at Veedramon, each with scythes on the end, slashing Veedramon, then spinning around him and capturing him.

"Now, Spider Bind!" An electrical spider web was shot at Veedramon, landing on him and shocking him.

"Veedramon! Ergh….." Chase began panicking, with his partner wincing in pain.

"Ergh….Wait...My drive is still glowing….Could it be that….I digivolved him the wrong way…?" Chase realised, seeing his drive was still glowing yellow. He pulled it out and Veedramon de-digivolved back into Veemon, then put it in again, and a brighter goldenrod light shot directly at Veemon, and he began screaming, with the new power causing him pain, when the he became a yellow figure, and became much taller, with armor forming on him. He burst out of the light, and had became a golden armored, taller Veemon. Aka…..

"MAGNAMON!" The secret Digivolution screamed, with Chase, Wizardmon, Guardromon and Tuwarmon looking at him in shock.

"Awesome…" Chase gasped, and Magnamon looked Tuwarmon right in the eyes.

"Still think you can win…..? I'll just one shot you." Magnamon smirked, but Tuwarmon refused to give up.

"Mantis Dance!" Tuwarmon roared, and began slashing Magnamon, but the scythes didn't make even a dent. Magnamon laughed, then grabbed Tuwarmon's arm and tossed him up in the air.

"MAGNA BLAST!" Magnamon yelled, and a golden blast was shot out of his chest, hitting Tuwarmon and disintegrating him. As Tuwarmon was turning into data, he transformed back into his In-Training form, Tokomon.

"Aw crap….Well, looks like I lost. And it's all that jackass' Arresterdramon fault…." Tokomon mumbled, then burst into data, which was loaded into Chase's digivice.

"Great job Magnamon!" Chase exclaimed, as Magnamon de-digivolved back into Veemon and ran over to Chase, then hugged him.

"That was sooooooo cool! I became a Champion, and then I became another Champion! IT WAS AWESOOOOME!" Veemon shouted, and Chase chuckled. They talked to Wizardmon for a few minutes about going after Arresterdramon then Octomon, and stopped when Logan and the others walked out, with their Digimon in their In-Training forms.

"Hey Chase! How did i- WOAH! Is that a Veemon! That's your partner, huh? Wait, what about Tuwarmon?" Logan asked, carrying Koromon, while Gummymon and Bukamon began talking to Veemon.

"Veemon digivolved to Magnamon and kicked his butt. But what about you guys? Tuwarmon got a call from one of his soldiers that you guys were killing them all, so that's that, but what about your Digimon being in their In-Training stages?" Chase answered, then asked about the tiny little Digimon playing around with Veemon, while Koromon snored in his sleep laying in Logan's arms.

"From exhaustion. They were in their Champion forms the whole time fighting a bunch of other Champions... So yeah." Logan explained, looking down at Koromon, who laughed.

"Alright then! So, uh, we should probably get home, right Wizardmon? We can go after Arresterdramon tomorrow, right? Nothing too bad should happen!" Chase said to Wizardmon, who nodded.

"Of course. But I think we should take that Submarimon and Guardromon with us. Think about it, Submarimon has been getting attacked by mean sea Digimon, and Guardromon should won't be able to heal in his Champion form. He'll have to be in his In-Training form, Kapurimon. And speaking of Submarimon, there he is over there!" Wizardmon pointed to the Armor Digimon sleeping by the ocean.

"Alright then. In their In-Training forms, they should fit in my treehouse. Let's go!" Chase yelled, and went over to Submarimon, the others following him, and slashed the yellow card through his Digivice.

Bareru Residence, Human World

As the gain flashed back to Chase's backyard, Kapurimon and Upamon, Submarimon's In-Training level, began snoring. Logan and Koromon had permission to stay over at Chase's house, so they didn't have to leave first as usual.

"Well, guys, now that we have all our partners….We have to get down to buisness. We have to first go after Arresterdramon, which means we'll be going back to Tuwarmon's Tower. Then, we have to find Octomon and destroy him and his machine. Then we have to face Devidramon himself…..Think we can do it?" Logan asked his team, who thought for a few seconds, then spoke.

"Well as long as me and Terriermon have our same passion to fight and protect those we care about….We'll win for sure!" Joey smiled, and Gummymon began bouncing up and down on Joey's head.

"Same with me and Lopmon, We'll fight for everything we love!" Meredith reassured, and Kokomon nodded.

"As long as we face them head on and have the courage for it, of course!" Richard replied, and Bukamon flew around his head happily.

"We just need a good plan and some resources, then we'll be ready to go!" Chase explained, and DemiVeemon, Veemon's prior form, nodded.

"Good! Cause I'm not sure what I'd do without my friends!" Logan chuckled, and Koromon grinned widely.

"Well, me and Richard gotta go. The Spongebob Movie just got on Netlflix! And I'm sure our Digimon are just as excited!" Joey exclaimed, and the two ran off, with Bukamon and Gummymon lying on their heads.

"I gotta get home too. My parents are going out tonight and my dog hasn't been fed yet, so….bye!" Meredith said, and picked up Kokomon and dashed off.

"So...Chase. You are aware that...We could die fighting Devidramon, right?" Logan asked, looking down at the ground.

"Yeah, of course. But we...I won't let that happen. Not to Richard, not to Meredith, not to Joey, not to you, not to myself. And not to any of our Digimon….Especially Veemon...:" Chase replied, patting DemiVeemon on the head.

"You're right...Well….wanna go inside and play Video Games?" Logan asked, and put Koromon in his backpack to hide it, while Chase hugged DemiVeemon like it was a stuffed animal, then nodded.

Wizardmon looked at Logan and Chase, then sighed. They were right about the death topic...But being their guide, their teacher...He wouldn't let that happen either.

Dragon's Den, Digital World

"They have collected all their Digimon partners….Now, we will send out my army…..What is left of it, anyways, since those damn Digidestined killed them all at Tuwarmon's Tower….Sangloupmon, Goblimon, Octomon and about 25 percent of soldiers lefts…. Sigh….Well, at least I can deal with them….now that I'm Ultimate." Devidra- I mean….Mephistomon stated.

Gwahahahahahahaha….ha?