Chapter 7:

Daisuke, the Digidestind and their digimons were in the computer lab.

Today they were clearing out Control Spires from multiple places in the Digital World.

"Alright, that's the twelve more Control Spires destroyed" Izzy said as the twelve black squares on the map of the Digital World turned white.

"It says here that Greymon is done with this area and is going to the next one. Garurumon is doing the same thing!" he exclaimed with excitement as two more black squares turned white and two red blinking lights move from the newly freed areas to the neighboring black square.

"There's one more Control Spire left for today".

"Maybe Greymon can get that one" Matt suggested while leaning against one of the computer desk.

"Nah, I don't think he can. It's too far away" Tai said.

"Tai's right" Izzy agreed while turning around to face everyone.

"Looks like that one's ours" Daisuke sighed in amusement.

(In the Digital World)

The group was in a city made completely out of metal and they were being attacked by an army of rust colored bulky robots.

The robots, Guardromons, fired rockets at the Digidestind.

All the armored digimons fired their attacks while Daisuke threw talisman at the enslaved digimons but for every digimon they freed, there was about three enslaved digimons in their place.

"There's too many Guardromons for us to fight!" Daisuke exclaimed, narrowly dodging a missile.

"We need to retreat!" TK suggested, just as Digmon de-digivolves back into Armadillomon.

Everyone nodded in agreement and quickly runs as fast as they can away from the Guardromon army.

They turned down an alley and they returned back to the computer lab, one-by-one with Yolei and Hawkmon going in first, next was Cody and Armadillomon and then TK and Patamon.

Kari and Gatomon stayed behind since Daisuke, who was trailing behind tired from fighting the Guardromon, did not have a digivice and needed one to return back.

The duo of Light was too focused on their friend, they did not notice a Guardromon positioning himself at the ledge of a nearby building but Daisuke noticed him.

"Gods of the Wind may your embracing essence lead this soul to salvation!" Daisuke chanted before pointing two fingers at the duo.

A powerful gust of wind pushed Kari and her partner towards the Digi-Port, forcing them to return to the Real World before Guardromon fired his missiles, which destroyed the TV.

Daisuke throws a talisman at the robot digimon destroying the dark ring before she hide behind some cover to catch her breath.

'Alone in the Digital World with an army of champion level digimons trying to kill me, awesome way to spend my after school time' Daisuke thought sarcastically.

(In the computer lab)

All the members of the second generation Digidestind and their digimons landed roughly onto the computer lab floor.

"Ouch! Say, shouldn't we put pillows if we're gonna keep doing this?" Yolei complained.

"Guys, I saw the TV got destroyed as we went through so we can't go back" Gatomon informed everyone.

"Wait a second! Where's Dais?" TK asked after looking around and noticing that the young mage was missing.

"Dais used one of her spells and pushed me and Gatomon into the Digi-Port before it got destroyed" Kari said, sounding depressed.

Yolei got up from the floor and started typing on some keys.

"The gate to that area is closed, we can't get to her" the computer nerd said after a while.

"Oh no, this is all my fault. I should've stayed behind" Kari whimpered.

"It's not your fault Kari, Dais wanted to you be safe and besides, she has seven years' worth of combat experience and training. I'm sure she can take care of herself" TK reassured before an idea popped up in his head.

"Hey Yolei, I think I have an idea. If I can find a Digi-Port in an area near the one she's in, then I can reach her. Got it!".

"I'll be back soon!" the blond said as he points his digivice towards the computer.

"I'm coming too!" Patamon cheered, joining his partner into the Digital World.

"Now what do we do?" Yolei asked.

"I'm going to help TK get Dais back" Kari said before her digivice towards the computer and both her and her partner got sucked into the Digital World.

(Back in Full Metal City)

Daisuke was running from building to building while destroying the dark ring on every Guardromon she came across.

She takes cover inside a building to tend to her left arm that got injured from shrapnel of a narrowly missed missile.

'Shit, this looks bad' Daisuke thought as she pulls out the shrapnel and puts some herbs on the wound before tying it a bandage tightly over it.

'I hate fighting robots. None of my illusion talismans work on them' she mentally groaned before running out of her cover to keep her pursuers constantly guessing where she was.

The road that young mage was running through was empty or so she thought.

She did not notice a Guardromon landing onto a nearby roof and locking its targeting system onto her.

The robot digimon fires his missiles at Daisuke, which she miraculously manage to dodge but the effect of the explosion knocked her several feet away.

Groaning from the pain, Daisuke gets back to her feet and grabbed the side of her head that was aching for some reason.

When she pulls back her hand, it had blood on it.

'Great, now my head is bleeding. I'll have to patch that up later' Daisuke groaned before continuing to run away while stumbling every now and then.

(Somewhere else in the Digital World)

The Digimon Emperor was sitting on a throne with a lot of monitors in front of him, showing Daisuke, who got blown back by another missile strike and crashed against a wall.

"Even though she's human, she can take all those attacks and still fight back against my slaves. I'll have to destroy her while she's still alone and I know the perfect person to do that" the Digimon Emperor smirked before pressing a few buttons.

(In the Real World)

Cody was outside Yolei's family convenient store, explaining to Tai about what had happened during their trip to the Digital World.

"So that's where Dais is, Tai" Cody said, finishing his explanation.

"Okay thanks Cody, I'll take care of everything" Tai whispered before putting the phone down onto its nest.

"Kari's at a friend's house doing a science project on gravity, and they want to see how long I can stand on my head. See ya!" he lied to his mother before getting his jacket and slipping on his shoes before running out of the house.

When Tai got down from his apartment, he saw Matt running towards him.

"Hey Tai, I heard what happened. So are you going to go?" the blond asked his best friend.

"Yeah, in a few minutes but first I have to make a stop at Daisuke's apartment. I have to make up a story to tell her family that she's going to be late tonight" Tai said.

"Ah, don't worry about that. I'll do that for you, just hurry up and go get Dais".

"Okay, thanks Matt" the brunet said before running off to Odaiba Elementary's computer lab.

"Oh, I forgot! I left Mimi on hold when she called from New York. Her phone bill!" Matt exclaimed before running back to his apartment.

(In Full Metal City)

Daisuke was resting in a small building, holding her right shoulder that seemed out of place.

Taking a deep breath, the young mage gave a hard push to her shoulder and with a sickening crack, it was back in place.

"Urgh that hurt like a bitch" Daisuke cursed before she started sewing the gash on her leg.

After the wound had been taken care of, she wrapped it tightly with bandages to get ready to move again.

"When the fuck am I going to get out of this place?" Daisuke swore non-chantingly as she took out some pills made out of herbs and popped them into her mouth before walking out into the street.

But she before she could start running towards the next building to hide, she heard heavy footsteps coming towards her.

Turning around, she saw a large android with a dark ring on his neck walking towards her.

Noticing the ring, Daisuke instantly reached for a talisman in her jacket.

'It's been a while since I fought an ultimate. I don't think I can beat him in my current state but I have no choice but to fight' the young mage thought determinedly as she glared at the android.

(In the Real World)

Matt was at the Motomiya apartment, with Jun being the one answering the door.

"Hey Matt, what are you doing here? And where's Dais?" Jun asked with a smile on her face.

"Well that's kind of the reason why I'm here. Dais got trapped in the Digital World and her friends along with Tai are trying to get her back" Matt explained.

"Oh my god, I hope that Dais is okay. Don't worry about my parents; I'll make up an excuse to tell them".

"Thanks Jun and don't worry, we'll make sure that Dais comes back in one piece" Matt said before leaving the Motomiya front door.

(Back in Full Metal City)

Daisuke takes out a talisman but instead of throwing it at the android, Andromon, she started chanting "Mighty protector, I call upon your divine strength to aid me though my battles".

The talisman started glowing a yellow aura and when it was thrown at the ultimate, it suddenly stopped halfway and created a large barrier similar to her shield spell.

'That won't hold him forever, so I better work quickly' Daisuke thought as she takes out a piece of chalk and started drawing a magical circle as Andromon attacked the barrier.

Every punch and strike of an electric blade that was done against the barrier caused the paper talisman that made it to slowly tear into pieces.

'Okay the circle's finished, now I hope that I can do this' Daisuke thought before undoing the bandages on her right arm, making it start to bleed again.

"Immortal phoenix, grace me unmatched beauty and aid me in my endeavors" she chanted before splashing her blood into the magical circle.

Flames emerge from the circle and standing there majestically was a large bird made out of blue flames.

"Majestic immortal phoenix, I need you to lend me your power!" Daisuke asked the phoenix.

"Why should I listen to a human like you?" the fire bird huffed.

"My name is Daisuke Motomiya; I was the apprentice to your former Spirit Summoner, Ryoki Tamashi! Doesn't that count for something?" the young mage pleaded, as her barrier was nearing its breaking point.

"Just because you were my former Summoner's apprentice, doesn't mean I would easily give away my power to you. You must show me that your worthy of my power".

"You WILL listen to me!" the brunet growled demonically as her eyes and teeth transformed for a moment, making the fire spirit flinch.

"Very well, but only for this one time. What do you wish for me to do?".

"I saw Ryoki once used a powerful chant known as the 'Cleansing Phoenix', which was the strongest technique he ever did with you. I want to do the same thing on this opponent".

Daisuke took a step back and prepared herself for her next attack.

The barrier shatters from getting hit by Andromon's Lightning Blade attack and without the slightest hesitation, Daisuke started the chant.

"Immortal phoenix that burns for all eternity, may you come and cleanse this soul from his sins and embrace him in your flames as you bring him to salvation!" she chanted while making multiple hand movements that ended with her pointing her fingers directly at Andromon.

The blue phoenix absorbed the android into its body and then rises high up into the sky before diving straight down back to earth, causing a lot of smoke and dust into the air.

"Wow, I did it" Daisuke chuckled but her victory was short lived as a thin blade of electricity comes out of the smoke and narrowly missed except for the lower tip that cut the side of her left calf.

"Shit! I thought I had him" she swore while pressing down on her newest wound.

Suddenly, a barrage of stars and a slab of stone came from nowhere and knocked Andromon back.

"Dais!" two voice called out in unison and soon Nefertimon and Pegasusmon came to view.

Both armor digimons landed onto the ground letting their worried partners get off their backs.

"Oh my god Dais, what happened to you?!" Kari gasps as she walks up to her childhood friend.

"Ah just your usual rampaging enslaved digimons, what took you two so long to find me?" Daisuke asked while taking out a roll of bandages and vials full of herbs.

"Well you don't have a digivice, so we couldn't use our digivices' tracking system to find you" TK explained, looking worried about his friend's health.

"Anyway, good thing you arrive. Otherwise I would've gotten killed by that Andromon".

"Andromon?" Kari blinked before turning to see said digimon recover from the previous attack.

"Andromon is that you?" she asked walking a step closer to the ultimate.

"Dais!" called out a different voice and Tai and Cody came running towards them while Yolei was dropped off by Halsemon and Digmon burst out from the ground.

"Tai, it's Andromon!" Kari said to her brother.

"Andromon? Hey Andromon, it's me, Tai!" Tai called out to the enslaved digimon, trying to reach out to their friend.

"Tai? Tai who?" Andromon asked but then said "Oh, that Tai".

Suddenly, Andromon started walking towards Kari and picked her up by her arms.

"Come on Andromon, don't you remember us?" Kari pleaded.

"I am… trying" Andromon said, fighting back the effects of the dark ring.

"We all took a picture together" the brunet said as a lone tear falls down from her face and lands on the android's eye.

"Yes, a picture".

Kari's digivice accidentally falls out from her pocket and it started glowing pink.

After a while, Andromon lowers Kari back down onto the ground and breaks the dark ring around his neck.

"Andromon!" Kari exclaimed with joy from having her friend back.

"I'm sorry for all the problems I've caused" Andromon said before turning around and fires two missiles out of his chest compartment, destroying the Control Spire.

"Andromon, are all these Guardromon going to stay broken forever?" Kari asked as the group follows the ultimate.

"No, I only need to reprogram them. Watch" the android said as he destroys a dark ring on a Guardromon before connecting some wires into it.

A moment later, the Guardromon was back to normal.

"After I finished reprograming all the Guardromons in the city, I will protect this city from the Digimon Emperor" Andromon said.

"That's good to hear" Daisuke, who had bandages wrapped around most of her body and covered in blood and dirt, mused.

"You're the human that I fought when I was under the Digimon Emperor's control. I'm sorry for hurting you".

"Ah, the only thing you did to me was cut my leg. Compared to what I did to you during our fight, I should be the one to apologizing to you!".

"Now that you've said it, my body does ache in a few places. That must one powerful attack you had done to injure me like that" Andromon mused while the Digidestind and their digimons could only stare in disbelief that a human did more damage to an ultimate than the other way around.

"Come on guys, let's get home before it gets too late" Daisuke said, standing up straight and started walking to the exit.

"Whoa Dais; your badly injured. Let one of our digimons carry you back to the Digi-Port" TK insisted but she refused to carried back by anyone, human or digimon.

(In the computer lab)

The group returned back to the Real World to end up facing a really irritated Izzy Izumi.

"Izzy, were you waiting here the whole time?" Tai asked but the computer genius quickly shushed him.

"Let's go" Izzy whispered and everyone sneaked out of the school.

After being a distance away from the school, Izzy started complaining about why no one informed him about Daisuke being stuck in the Digital World and how they were not respecting him calling him.

"I'm sorry I didn't call you" Tai apologized.

"Now that's what I call respect. Okay, I forgive you" Izzy said, like he was not even angry just now.

"Wow! That was easy".

Izzy then started talking about what he had learned about the digivice that second generation were using but Daisuke mostly ignored what was coming out of his mouth as she was busy tending to her wounds.

By the time the computer nerd had finished his explanation, Daisuke was about done tying the wound on her head.

"Man Izzy, your explanation are so long; I'm already done patching myself up" Daisuke mused, looking like a cross between a zombie and a mummy with all the blood and bandages on her body.

"Well its way past dinner time already, so I better get home now" she said as she heads home but was stopped by TK.

"Hey, are you sure it's okay for you to go home on your own? You took quite a beating from the Guardromons and Andromon" the blond asked with worry on his face.

"Don't worry TK, I heal really fast. I'm sure by tomorrow, I'll be in top shape and ready to get back to the Digital World" the young mage said before continuing her journey back home.