Marcus roared in fury, "You will not attack my friends!" His opponent, a saber-toothed lion named SaberLeomon had just scarred Thomas with a claw. Angrily, the bear boy charged, punching and kicking the beast.

"Haha, you think that will hurt me? You have no bite to your attack. Fighting you is pathetic." SaberLeomon shook off Marcus, flinging the boy onto a rock. "And you! Only one of you belongs." At this, SaberLeomon looked at Keenan.

"Me? I am human!"

"No, you are not. You look human but that is all." SaberLeomon charged, hatred filling his eyes. Miki and Megumi moved to protect the boy but both were flung aside. Thomas and Yoshi tried to call up their DNA charge, the key to digivolution, but each time they tried, they found themselves weaker and weaker until they could not even move. Before Spencer, Sampson, and Homer could leap into the fray, something fell to the ground, striking SaberLeomon.

From Marcus' side, Kristy looked up. Soaring toward them was a strange dragon. Quickly, the beast landed. "I know what you want, SaberLeomon but you cannot win that way."

"A-azulongmon!" SaberLeomon exclaimed.

"Forgive my servant, he is overeager. Keenan, you must have sensed the-" With that, the beast broke off and Keenan collapsed. "Someone has died in Ebowamon's territory. Normally, we wouldn't have felt it here but power has passed to another."

"Th-that's where Davis' team went." Thomas said.

"The team is no longer led by Davis. He has passed the responsibility to Ken Ichijouji."

"What are you saying?"

"Just before he died, Davis gave Ken his goggles, passing the job to Ken."

"But how?"

"Strange powers are at work. Somehow, almost all of Ken's team has been captured. Even so, I suspect Ebowamon. However, Cody Hida has vanished completely. He and Ken tried to warn the rest of you but Cody was stopped by something. He is not the only one. Tommy Himi, Taichi Kamiya, and Henry Wong have also suffered the same fate."

"And Marcus?"

"What, Thomas?" Marcus stood, blood falling from his head. Kristy stood next to him, mopping up each drop. However, one drop escaped the boy, falling to the ground.

"Something is not right." Azulongmon said. "I'm afraid, you will need to run. Something has Marcus Damon frozen and now is waking up. I fear it will come for you."

Thomas stared at Marcus who nodded. "Run!" Thomas yelled. Keenan, Miki, Megumi, Sampson, Yoshi, and Homer ran. Spencer had turned to run but froze when he saw Kristy standing there. Quickly, he scooped up his daughter and carried her away. Just in time for the ground roiled and hands tried to grab where she once had stood.

"I will open up a portal to your world, it is not safe!" Azulongmon said, ripping a tear in the sky. Everyone ran through but while Spencer continued running, Kristy was jerked out of his grip. Keenan hit the tear but bounced off, unable to run through it. When he hit it, he began screaming in pain, as though the portal was a knife.

Keenan landed on his feet, shaking from the pain. Occasionally it stopped but then it would start again, causing him to gasp. His whole body hurt so much he couldn't move. Suddenly, he noticed the ground was moving, trying to shake him somehow. A jab of pain hit him, causing him fall onto his butt on the ground. When he tried to get up, he saw his legs were paralyzed, leaving him unable to stand. He felt them with his hands, which froze when they touched the ground, held fast. Keenan then noticed that a mound of earth covered his legs completely. "What happen to me?" (A.N. Man I cringed writing that, I am really bad at grammar but even that got me.)

"While he was wrong in his approach, SaberLeomon was right about something. You are a Digimon. However, no one realized it. When they passed through the Digital Gate, the humans of your world were killed, except one. That boy, you was given a gift. When you returned using a different gate, part of you rejected it. Now, you are unable to pass through a gate made by a Digimon. The pain of trying will rip you apart unless you cannot feel it."

"How?"

Azulongmon drew closer, his left eyes only a few inches from Keenan's eyes. "Look into my eyes. Do not look away." Keenan closed his eyes, and the dragon's voice changed.

Look deep young warrior and meet your fate

There is no escape my mighty hold

For I am god you cannot hate

For your will shall fold

For when you struggle you shall lose

The mind you hold so very close.

So now little one, look at your king

And follow now his very whim.

Keenan felt himself slipping away and finally he was forced to look into Azulongmon's eyes. "Sleep now, and only wake, when the time is justly right."

A.N. Yet another short chapter. I didn't want to kill two in a row so I saved Marcus. I think those of you who have been with me from the beginning know what is coming but don't be too sure. You may be wondering what happened to Kristy and this I can answer you, she met the same fate as the other missing. Even though tomorrow is the first day of class for me, I'll try to get the Valkyrie chapter posted as well as the next one so we can all find out. On a side note, as of the last chapter, I have posted a total of 50 chapters. Woohoo. Needless to say, there will probably be at least 50 more.