The explosion went off and it cleared an open field. The four of them went to check out the damage and there wasn't a single trace of any bodies.
"Come out. I know that explosion didn't finish you off." Ravenhoodmon said and all of the digidestined came out of hiding with the five digimon taking their positions.
"Thanks for the save T.K. and Ken." Tai said.
"We're just lucky we moved faster than they did." Ken said. "If that one arrow could do this much destruction, I don't even want to know how much power these guys really have."
"So these are Davis' and Veemon's former teammates? They don't look so tough." Grademon said.
"So you know about us?" Cody said.
"We've been expecting you. We knew that you would come after us." Reapmon said.
"Why don't you make it easy on yourselves? Give us back our friends right now." Ankylomon said.
"Don't bother lying to us by saying they're not here. I can smell them inside that coffin." Garurumon said.
"What are they doing inside there anyway?" Greymon said.
"That's none of your business. You're all wasting your time here." Reapmon said. "Even if they weren't in here, they still wouldn't come back. They chose to come with us."
"You don't expect us to believe that, do you?" T.K. said.
"It doesn't matter what they say. We're taking them back home even if we have to drag them back." Angemon said as all five of the digimon went to attack.
"Sadly, we don't have the time for an all-out fight." Reapmon said. Reapmon jumped up and launched four of his paper seals. They formed a square barrier that trapped the humans and the digimon inside it. Ken placed his hand against it, but he got shocked.
"A force field. We can't get out." Ken said.
"That should hold all of you for a while. One of us is going to have to stay behind to make sure they can't escape and follow us." Reapmon said.
"I'll do it. It should keep me entertained for a while." Madleomon said.
"But you're suppose to be the one to carry that coffin." Grademon reminded him because he didn't want to carry it.
"Don't worry about it." Ravenhoodmon said as he lifted it. "This thing really isn't that heavy. Just catch up with us when you can."
"You got it. If they do manage to get out, this won't take more than a few minutes for me to chew them up." Madleomon said and the other three managed to make their escape.
"They're getting away!" T.K. shouted.
"That isn't your biggest worry." Madleomon said. "Even if you do manage to get out of this, you still got me to deal with."
"That's what they're going for. They're just trying to stall us while the other three manage to get farther away." Stingmon said.
"We better act fast. Anyone have any great ideas because if we even touch this thing, we're going to get shocked." Greymon said.
"Exactly. You won't be able to escape. You might as well get comfortable because we're going to be here for a while." Madleomon said. They had to figure out how to escape quickly. Cody looked around and saw the papers that projected the barrier.
'There must be a way out. We can't grab one of the papers because it looks like they're a part of it.' Cody thought. He grabbed a pebble and started tossing it around on all four walls and watched as it was getting electrocuted.
"Are you bored already kid? Not surprising since you're just a young and stupid kid." Madleomon said. Cody ignored him as he kept doing what he was doing.
"Cody, what are you thinking?" Matt said.
"Trust Cody, he's got to have an idea." Ankylomon said.
"That should work. I need you guys to blast the wall behind us on a single point." Cody said. The digimon decided to trust him. Angemon, Greymon, and Garurumon blasted the back wall. It started to crack like glass and burst into an opening that they used to get out.
"What? What just happened?" Madleomon said.
"How did you know that would work Cody?" Stingmon said.
"I thought it was weird that they would leave him behind. That one digimon suspected we would escape, but there was something else." Cody said. "If it was so powerful to keep us in, why leave one to watch us. I noticed that the walls did shock us, but the farther the walls were from him, the less powerful they were. They must have needed a dark presence like him to keep it up."
"Great work figuring it out, Cody." Tai said.
"The one that put us in there knew if all four left than the barrier would disperse." Ken said. "They had to leave just one in order to keep us here."
"Even if you did manage to escape, you can't get through me." Madleomon said as he extended his nails.
"Why don't you come and see that for yourself?" Ankylomon challenged. Madleomon accepted as he charged right in. The five of them were ready to attack.
"Ankylomon, stop him in his tracks!" Cody shouted. Ankylomon was the first to move in and rammed right into Madleomon as he stopped him from moving.
"Cody, what are you doing?" T.K. said.
"I can handle this one guys. The rest of you go on without me." Cody said.
"We can't leave you here to fight him alone." Tai said.
"We don't have a choice. The other three are taking Davis and Veemon further away. We have to stop them." Cody said. "Ankylomon and I will catch up as soon as we can." They didn't want to leave him, but they had to keep moving.
"Okay." Tai said.
"Just beat this guy soon so we can rescue Davis together." Matt said. The others got on their digimon and took off.
"You get back here!" Madleomon shouted.
"Forget it. You're not going after them. This is where it ends for you." Ankylomon said as he pushed with all of his might and was able to push Madleomon back.
"Don't press your luck with me." Madleomon said. He reached under Ankylomon and lifted him up as he tossed him over his head.
"Guess he's stronger than he looks." Cody said.
"You really think you can take me on by yourself? That's bold talk for such a little kid." Madleomon said.
"You haven't seen anything yet." Ankylomon said as he got back up and Madleomon faced him.
"Oh please. You don't stand a chance against me." Madleomon said as he went to attack.
"Tail Hammer."
Ankylomon swung his tail and smacked Madleomon away. He tried bringing it down, but Madleomon jumped out of the way. Madleomon ran over to his side and saw that Cody was in aligned with Ankylomon.
"Beast Blaster."
Madleomon launched a lion shape dark energy blast and it blasted Ankylomon. It bit down on him and sent Ankylomon sliding towards Cody and Cody got hit by him.
"Cody! Cody, are you alright?" Ankylomon said with concern. Cody tried to get up, but he took a hard hit.
"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. What about you?" Cody said as Ankylomon tried to pull himself up.
"That attack actually bit me. It almost bit through my rock hard body, but that's not the worst of it." Ankylomon said as he faced Madleomon. "You did that on purpose. You tried to hit Cody as well."
"Of course I did. Neither one of you are going to make out of this alive." Madleomon said. "I have my orders to eliminate anyone that will get in our way; that includes you. I must admit that I am impressed that you two are able to stand. That kid got hit, probably what felt like a boulder, and I'm ranked higher than you rock head."
"Do not underestimate us." Cody said.
"We'll see about that." Madleomon said as he went and attack. Madleomon started swinging his claws around with Cody and Ankylomon separating. Madleomon was about to attack Cody, but Ankylomon knocked him away with his tail.
"Cody, get on me. It's obvious he's going to keep going after you. You'll be much safer if you stay on my back." Ankylomon said as Cody climbed up on him.
"You're not safe anywhere." Madleomon said. Ankylomon ran in and slammed his foot on Madleomon and continued to press down on him. "Get off me!" Madleomon said as he got a hold and tossed them off. Ankylomon tried to keep him up so he wouldn't crush Cody. Ankylomon hit the ground and Cody held on tight so he wouldn't fall off. That didn't stop them as Ankylomon managed to get back up.
"You're not going to stop us." Cody said. Ankylomon slammed his tail in the ground and tossed the rocks at him. Madleomon jumped on and over the rocks to dodge them. "No matter how powerful you are, we won't lose to you."
"Let's show him what we've got." Ankylomon said as he jumped high in the air.
"What?! How can he jump that high?" Madleomon said.
"Megaton Press."
Ankylomon spread out his legs and came plummeting down. Ankylomon was like a meteor and smashed down into Madleomon, the dinosaur crushing down on the lion.