The explosion was heard and felt through the whole place. T.K. and the others rushed over to it and got reunited with each other.

"Girls, what's going on? Where's Ross now?" T.K. said.

"We got cut off when we were chasing someone." Kari said.

"Guys, down there." Ken said as he pointed down the hall and saw sunlight emitting in it. They looked further down to see Ross and Crazillamon.

"Come on!" Kari said as she rushed over there with Yolei.

"Wait!" Cody said as he and the other guys ran after them. Ross heard them coming and saw Yolei and Kari were the first to reach him.

"Ross, what's going on?" Yolei said as they tried to catch their breath.

"Kari, Yolei." They both heard a familiar voice. They looked up to see the strange digimon and saw the person they were looking for. Ken and Cody were the next ones to run out. "Ken, Cody." They both heard and saw him. Kari couldn't believe what was right in front of her.

"Da…vis! It's you." Kari whispered. T.K. ran out and looked up to see what they were all looking at. There he was. Davis stand over them with an emotionless face in black pants and an open vest showing off his chest and he carried a sword without a guard behind his belt.

"Davis!" T.K. said.

"T.K." Davis said as he stared down at all of them. "So what, are Tai and the others here too?"

"No, it's just us." T.K. said.

"So this is the guy you've all been talking about." Ross said as he stepped forward trying to cut the tension. "At least now I know what this guy looks like. Can I ask who the digimon standing next to you is?" They all looked at his new digimon and he seemed familiar.

"This is Saphdramon. The new armor form of Veemon." Davis said.

"That's Veemon? What happened to Flamedramon?" Wormmon said.

"He died with the old us." Davis said as he turned back to all of them. "Now, why did you all come here?"

"Why? We came for you, to bring you back." Ken said.

"I'm not going back. Now that you're all here, I'll kill all of you. Doing that will show that the bonds I have with all of you are broken." Davis said. That made T.K. think back to the last time he saw him.

"What makes you think you understand how I feel? You have parents you see and a brother who cares for you. You had everything I could ever want so how would you know what I feel?!"

"Why?" T.K. said.

"Why T.K.? Why would you come this far for me?"

"Because you're my friend, our bond is more important to me than you think."

"In that case, I'll have to break that bond."

"Why didn't you kill me? Weren't you going to try and break our bond?" T.K. said.

"The reason I spared you had nothing to do with that. I spared you because I needed to become stronger to do it." Davis said.

"How can you say that?" T.K. said. The next thing he knew, Davis jumped right down in a blink of an eye. He placed his hand on his shoulder as he stood right by his side.

"How did he do that?" Yolei said.

"Tell me, wouldn't have it made more sense to become stronger than spend the last three years looking for me." Davis said. "It was your chance to be leader like you always wanted."

"How can I be a leader, when I can't even save my friend?" T.K. said. Davis understood he came so far just for him, but it meant nothing to him. He reached behind him and pulled out his sword out of its sheath. T.K.'s friends saw that he was really going to for a kill.

"Davis no!" Kari shouted, but he reared his sword back and struck. Before his sword could penetrate his back, Crazillaon stepped in and blocked it. Davis pulled back and jumped away.

"He really means it! He really tends to kill us!" Cody was shocked to say. Ross was the only one that stood up to him.

"Guys, I know he's your friend, but we need to fight to defend ourselves." Ross said.

"Watch yourself with him." Crazillamon said as he turned his head to look at Saphdramon. "I've got this one!" He jumped and attacked him, but Saphdramon moved out of the way as he flew up.

"Blue Fire Star."

Saphdramon took the form of a four point star in a blue flame. He dived down and pushed Crazillamon down the side of the crater. Davis swung his sword at Ross, but he reacted fast enough to move out of the way.

"Davis, stop! We're your friends!" Kari yelled as she reached out to him.

"I don't have any friends." Davis said as he swung his sword at her, but Kari pushed her out of the way. Gatomon tried to claw at him, but he moved out of the way.

"Kari, you shouldn't get too close to him. If you want to reach out to the old him, you better do it at a safe distance." Ross warned her. Saphdramon flew up and launched multiple blue fireballs and everyone took cover.

"Saphdramon, now!" Davis commanded as he struck his sword into the ground and jumped into the air. Saphdramon dove down and slammed his foot into it. That caused a giant impact wave that knocked them all down.

'Such force and such power. I didn't think something like this could happen. How strong have these two gotten?' Ken thought as he tried to get up. Davis pulled out his sword and was facing him.

"Ken, move!" Yolei shouted, but it was too late. Ken tried to move to the side, but Davis struck him in his right shoulder with his sword and Ken couldn't help, but scream.

"AAAAWWWW!"

"Ken!" T.K. shouted.

"Sticky Net."

Wormmon shout out his web net from his mouth, but Davis pulled his sword out with blood spilling out and cut through it with the threads being painted red. Saphdramon grabbed him and brought him back to the top of the crater.

"Ken!" Wormmon shouted as he rushed over to his side. Ken held onto his shoulder as the blood was still flowing. "Oh Ken, please tell me that you're alright."

"It hurts doesn't it?" Davis said. "The first time being cut by a blade is always painful. The cold metal entering into your skin. The warmth of your blood seeping out. Don't worry, you'll learn to hold your screams of pain in over time."

"Have you completely lost your mind?" Ken said.

"Becoming a new person sometimes mean that you have to let go of the thoughts you once held." They all looked to see Hydroumon walk over and stand right next Davis.

"You!" T.K. said with deep hatred in his voice.

"This is what I wanted to show you all. Davis has embraced his new dark abilities such as killing without remorse." Hydroumon said. "Veemon's training has done well for him as well. Embracing his new dark power has given him new forms and power when he armor digivolves." Saphdramon dedigivolved and became Veemon.

"So that really was Veemon." Yolei said.

"Wait a minute. Look at Veemon's eyes. They're as black as the night." Hawkmon said and he was right. There was nothing, but blackness in Veemon's eyes.

"You should see him when he armor digivolves into Ravedramon. He's like a wild tiger mixed with a thunderous thunder storm." Hydrouon said.

"Release Davis and Veemon right now." T.K. said.

"You just don't get it. They belong with me and they don't want to go back." Hydroumon said.

"I don't believe you! You're just using him and Veemon for their power." T.K. shouted.

"Careful boy. You don't want a repeat of Shadowseraphimon, do you?" Hydroumon said and that changed T.K.'s anger into nervousness.

"Hydroumon speaks the truth." Davis said. "There's nothing for me back in Odaiba. I left my old life behind. In order to keep me from going back to that place, Hydroumon can use me and Veemon however he pleases."

"But Davis, you can't really think this new life of yours is better than your old one." T.K. said. "You hold no emotion and your living underground. Back home, you were filled with energy and excitement with a stable home."

"I've embraced the dark side that has now been awaken in me." Davis said. "Those trivial things such as emotions, friendship, and excitement all mean nothing. I've told you something similar like this the last time we spoke to each other."

"You can't really mean that." T.K. said as every part of his body was being filled with despair.

"I think we should be taking our leave." Hydroumon said s black flames enveloped around them. T.K. and Davis' eyes met and he could see that Davis felt nothing towards what happened. T.K. finally saw he was gone as the flames covered his eyes and they were gone. The reunion they were hoping for has been destroyed. T.K. fell to his knees and got on all fours. Seeing he escaped and saying those things, T.K. saw nothing changed. "I failed again."